Taylor Cemetery, Lamar County, Alabama

Located on Military Grove Road

 

 

Number 40  on the 202 Cemetery Map of Lamar County

Transcribed East to West.

 

Surveyed 2004 by James W. Dierking and Kawatha “Kay” Chandler Koonce kaykoon@bellsouth.net  . Parenthetical annotations are those of the transcriber.

 

Row 1 South to North

 

Taylor (Double) – Vera- Oct 9, 1906 – May 27, 1991, Hewett – Sept 17, 1897 – Feb 25, 1961

 

Taylor (Double) – W. J. – 1852 – 1903, Minnie L. – 1857 – 1917

 

Morton, Justin Perry – Sept 24, 1990  (No additional information)

 

Taylor (Double) – Lester Hoyt – Oct 11, 1926 – Sept. 23, 1926, Mirl Dean – Sept 23, 1928 – Nov 10, 1974

 

Taylor, Ferlica Lee , Dau of Mr. & Mrs Hoyt Taylor- May 29, 1952 – April 1, 1958

 

Row 2 North to South 

 

Taylor, Cynthia Dianne, Dau. Of  William & Faye Taylor- May 2, 1960 (No additional information)

 

Taylor (Double) – William J. – Aug 3, 1928 – Sept 16, 1979 – William Jackson Taylor, SP3 U. S. Army Korea, Joy Faye – July 5, 1940 (No additional information)

 

Three  Graves Marked by Fieldstones

 

Taylor (Double)- V. A. – Feb 27, 1864 – March 6, 1890 , G. F. – Oct 17, 1854 – Aug 10, 1916

 

Hollis, Effie Taylor – Aug 10, 1889 – April 1, 1951

 

Hollis, Jim D. – July 22, 1886 – Nov 20, 1968

 

Row 3 South to North

 

Taylor (Double) – Newman Taylor, Alabama PVT U. S. Army WW I – Oct 20, 1890 – May 20, 1965, Bettie Taylor – Oct 26, 1900, July 23, 1961

 

Johnson, W. A. – Aug 25, 1856 – Oct. 4, 1948

 

Eleven Graves Marked by Fieldstones

 

Row 4 South to North

 

McCraw , Bell – May 23, 1887 – Feb 4, 1964

 

McCraw, W. P. – Oct 7, 1879 – Nov 23, 1953

 

McCraw, Lorene – Dau. Of W. P. & Bell McCraw – July 27, 1923 – Aug 30, 1948

 

McCraw, Grace  O. – Nov 4, 1938 – Nov 7, 1938

 

McCraw (Double)- Wm. Bryce – July 14, 1917 – June 23, 1979 – (Millitary Marker) Bryce McCraw  PFC U. S. Army WW II, Maggie L. – March 16, 1921 – Dec 9, 1988

 

Hawkins (Double) – Jimmy Ray – July 21, 1945 – Jan 8, 1970, Carolyn S.  (No additional information)