”IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE SLEEPING
IN DOWNING CEMETERY”

By Raymond H. and Aline Quenon (1977)

(Updated Feb 2, 2007)

Web Page 4

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OPAL LUCILLE STEPHENS

14 MAY 1906             16 MAY 1975

Wife of Ira Olen Stephens
[PHOTO]

ROBERT F. STEPHENS

06 NOV 1881             02 NOV 1958
[PHOTO]
 

SALLIE F. STEPHENS

22 MAY 1862             24 JUL 1886
[PHOTO]

JOHNNIE STEVENS

14 NOV 1883             22 NOV 1884

Son of R.T. & M.B. Stevens
[PHOTO]

MARY B. STEVENS

02 MAR 1855             19 DEC 1928

Wife of Richard T. Stevens
[PHOTO]

MAUD STEVENS

21 SEP 1878               02 SEP 1880

Dau of R.T. & M.B. Stevens
[PHOTO]

MONA STEVENS

Dau of Ross M. Boyd
[PHOTO]

RICHARD T. STEVENS

16 MAY 1845             30 MAY 1896

*CSA Veteran

W.O. STEVENS

18 JUN 1872               26 MAY 1924
[PHOTO]

DORPHUS MARIE STEVENSON

21 JUL 1905                19 AUG 1993

Wife of John Emery Stevenson, III
[PHOTO]

JOHN EMERY STEVENSON, III

05 AUG 1905            04 DEC 1991
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

STELLA STEWARD

10 OCT 1901              NOV 1986

Metal marker
[PHOTO]

GEORGE W. STONE

07 JUN 1901               01 MAY 1971 

ORA STONE

10 JUL 1902                1974 

PEGGY MARLENE STONE

06 SEP 1946               28 OCT 1978
[PHOTO] 

EDGAR “TUFFY” STURDIVANT

 28 MAR 1916            19 MAR 1998

 (Husband of Helen Grissom)
[PHOTO]

HELEN GRISSOM STURDIVANT

11 SEP 1920               06 JAN 2003

Dau of I.N. & Icie Grissom
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

T

 
ANNA TARPLEY

13 JAN 1898               10 JUN 1976

Wife of S.G. (Gid) Tarpley
[PHOTO]

BARBARA TARPLEY

1935                            05 JUN 1989
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]
 

ARTHUR LEROY TARPLEY

12 SEP 1926               31 JAN 1984

Son of Arthur Roy & Anna Tarpley

*Veteran, WW II
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO] [SERVICE]

ARTHUR ROY TARPLEY

13 NOV 1900             09 JAN 1988

Son of James S. Tarpley
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

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ESTHER LEORA TARPLEY

15 NOV 1906             02 JUL 1998

Wife of Arthur Roy Tarpley
[PHOTO]

HENRY CURTIS TARPLEY

16 OCT 1930              30 SEP 1987

*Pfc, US Army, Korea
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

JAMES S. TARPLEY

1874                            1961
[PHOTO]

LEONA KYLE TARPLEY

11 APR 1925               21 AUG 1980

Wife of Arthur Leroy Tarpley
[PHOTO]

RICKY TARPLEY

30 MAR 1955             17 MAR 2001

Son of Tarpley
[PHOTO]

S. G. (GID) TARPLEY

12 MAR 1898             12 JUN 1969

Son of James S. Tarpley

Husband of Anna Tarpley
[PHOTO]

WALTER CARROL TARPLEY

23 AUG 1934              23 NOV 1934

Son of Artie & Esther Tarpley
[PHOTO]

WALTER D. TARPLEY

15 MAR 1932             11 APR 2005

Son of Samuel Gideon & Anna Tarpley
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

MRS. C. F. TAYLOR

15 OCT 1820        12 OCT 1887
[PHOTO]

CHARLES S. TAYLOR

15 OCT 1877              18 JUL 1955
[PHOTO]

BEVERLY GALE TIMMONS

29 DEC 1944              14 DEC 1991

Son Dexter & Jake V. Timmons
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

DEXTER ODA TIMMONS

08 JAN 1914               05 OCT 1988

Wife of Jake V. Timmons
[OBITUARY]

GARY A. TIMMONS

Born & Died 01 FEB 1942

Son of J.V. Timmons 

JAKE V. TIMMONS

07 OCT 1913              03 OCT 2000

Husband of Dexter Oda Lane Timmons

*Veteran
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

MAMIE TIMMONS

05 MAY 1892             12 OCT 1975

Wife of Roy Timmons 

ROY TIMMONS

12 APR 1889               25 DEC 1962

V
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EMMA LILLIAN HAFFORD VAUGHN

12 AUG 1906              08 DEC 2001

Dau of C and Josephine Hafford
[PHOTO]

W

HARRY M. WARNER

27 JUN 1907               05 DEC 1975
[PHOTO]

PEARL “HASLEY” WARNER

20 AUG 1910              21 JUL 1984

Wife of Harry M. Warner
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

Infant Dau of

Born & Died 21 MAR 1905

C.W. & R.B. WARREN
[PHOTO]

 JOSEPH ROBERT WARREN

28 MAY 1914            11 JAN 1981

*MSgt, US Army, Retired – Korea
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO] [SERVICE]

NORA ANNIE WARREN

15 SEP 1900             13 JUN 1981
[OBITUARY]

RILLER BLANCHE WARREN

15 JAN 1872               26 MAR 1905

Wife of C. W. Warren

Dau of R.C. & J.A. Loudermilk
[PHOTO]

VERA PEARL WESSON

02 DEC 1905              06 SEP 1906

Dau of H.H. & A.G. Wesson
[PHOTO]

FAY WESTMAN

29 DEC 1912              16 MAY 1992
[PHOTO]

NORA A. WESTMAN

13 AUG 1901              1999
[PHOTO]

Wife of Fay E. Westman

ADA R. WHATLEY

17 JAN 1887               10 JAN 1994

Wife of R. Doss Whatley
[PHOTO]

HERBERT GREER WHATLEY

29 FEB 1912               16 MAY 1992
[PHOTO]

LOIS NANCY WHATLEY

16 MAR 1916             05 JUN 1998

Wife of Herbert Greer Whatley
[PHOTO]

R. DOSS WHATLEY

25 JAN 1886               28 MAY 1971
[PHOTO]

JOE B. WHITAKER

20 MAR 1933            08 Aug 2000

Son of Tom & Ola Hulsey Whitaker

OLA WHITAKER

28 JUN 189               03 APR 1979

Wife of William Thomas Whitaker

Dau of Mattie and Zack Hulsey
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

A.J. (ANDREW J.) WHITLOCK

1837                            1908

Husband of Lula C. Loudermilk
[PHOTO]

C. J. WHITLOCK (CLARENCE)

1894                            1946

Son of A.J. & L.C Whitlock
[PHOTO]

CURTIS WHITLOCK

1903                            1911

Son of A.J. & L.C. Whitlock
[PHOTO]

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GLATHIA WHITLOCK

1893                            1956

Dau of T.J. & S.J. McGinnis

Wife of James M. Whitlock
[PHOTO]

INFANT 1901

Dau of A.J. & L.C. WHITLOCK
[PHOTO]

TWIN INFANTS 1919

of J. M. & G.B. WHITLOCK
[PHOTO]

JAMES M. WHITLOCK

26 DEC 1892              20 JAN 1974

Son of A.J. & L.C. Whitlock

*Pvt, US Army, WW I
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

LUCILLE WHITLOCK

29 DEC 1921              MAR 1973

Dau of J.M. & G. Whitlock
[PHOTO]

LULA (L.C.) WHITLOCK

1870                            1953

Wife of Andrew Jackson Whitlock

Dau of R.C. & J.A. Loudermilk
[PHOTO]

AMELIA WILHELM

05 OCT 1875              22 JAN 1958

Wife of George W. Wilhelm
[PHOTO]

GEORGE W. WILHELM

09 FEB 1858               13 SEP 1931
[PHOTO]

LILLIAN PERCH WILHELM

16 DEC 1898              28 AUG 1916

Dau of G.W. & A. Wilhelm
[PHOTO]

ELLEN L. WILKERSON

21 AUG 1881              05 JAN 1970

Wife of W. H. Wilkerson

Mother of Mamie Wilkerson
[PHOTO]

H.C. WILKERSON

Died APR 5, 1908, AGE 44 YRS

Wife of W. H. Wilkerson
[PHOTO]

L. D. WILKERSON

02 SEP 1913               25 DEC 1992
[PHOTO]

MYRTLE OLENA WILKERSON

20 MAR 1914             26 AUG 1989

Wife of L. D. Wilkerson
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

W. H. WILKERSON

13 JUN 1871               04 JUN 1954
[PHOTO]

D. N. WILLIAMS

15 FEB 1903               26 JUL 1903

Son of N. & P.C. Williams
[PHOTO]

DWIGHT WILLIAMS

15 SEP 1933               02 JUN 2001

Son of Tom and Mamie Wilson Williams

Husband of Eulene Preston

*US Marine Veteran, Served in Korea
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

G. M. WILLIAMS

28 MAR 1884             09 APR 1890

Dau of N. & P.C. Williams
[PHOTO]

MAMIE WILLIAMS

18 SEP 1892               14 MAY 1937

Dau of Henry & Alice Wilson

Wife of Tom Williams
[PHOTO]

MERLE GUNN WILLIAMS

No Grave

Dau of Joe & Arizona Gunn

Wife of Wayne Williams
[PHOTO]

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N. (NATHAN) WILLIAMS

1860                            1939
[PHOTO]

PARKER B. WILLIAMS

12 JUL 1931                AGE 39 YRS

*Pvt, 141 Inf, 36 Div, WW I
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

POLLY WILLIAMS

1865                            1943

Wife of Nathan Williams
[PHOTO]

THOMAS J. WILLIAMS

1888                            1971

Son of Nathan & Polly Williams
[PHOTO]

WAYNE WILLIAMS

20 DEC 1916            23 FEB 2001

Son of Thomas & Mamie S. Wilson Williams
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

ALICE WILSON

11 JUN 1872               14 MAY 1946

Wife of Charles Henry Wilson
[PHOTO]

C. H. (CHARLES HENRY) WILSON

07 SEP 1867             22 FEB 1942

Son of Volentine & Sarah Wilson
[PHOTO]

CLIFFORD WILSON

09 DEC 1897              01 NOV 1977

Son of Martha Jane Kelley &

David Volentine Wilson
[PHOTO]

EULA POWERS WILSON

09 AUG 1883              30 SEP 1964

Wife of J. Frank Wilson

Wife of Doc Macon
[PHOTO]

GILBERT WILSON

31 MAR 1938            31 MAR 1938

Son of Mollie Scott and Volentine Wilson

(Listed in error as Leonard’s son in book.)
[PHOTO]

GLADYS M. WILSON

04 OCT 1908-11 JUN 1991

Wife of Lester Wilson

Dau of H. W. & A. A. Scott
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

HERMA WILSON

03 FEB 1901               01 MAY 1992

Wife of Clifford Wilson
[PHOTO]

J. F. (FRANK) WILSON

05 SEP 1879             28 JAN 1921

Son of Volentine & Sarah Wilson
[PHOTO]

INFANT OF J. F. & EULA WILSON

(Buried south of James L. Bishop’s grave)

LESTER V. WILSON

09 OCT 1905              07 AUG 1989

Son of Dave & Martha J. Wilson

*Veteran, WW II
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

MOLLIE WILSON

30 APR 1901             26 OCT 1995

Wife of Volentine Wilson (Mar. 11 Jun 1933)
[PHOTO]

VOLENTINE WILSON

26 DEC 1908            18 APR 1981

Son of Eula Powers and James Frank Wilson
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO] [SERVICE]

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SARAH E. WILSON

11 JAN 1846               25 DEC 1906

Dau of C.H. & M. Isham

Wife of Volentine Wilson
[PHOTO]

VOLENTINE WILSON

18 JAN 1833               14 OCT 1912

Son of Henry & Jensie J. (Walraven) Wilson

*CSA, 30 Cav, Texas
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

DONNA KAY WINKLES

28 FEB 1957             25 AUG 2002

Dau of Robbie Scott & Bobby G. Winkles, Sr
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

BABY WOOD

1904
[PHOTO]

CHESTER WOOD

1899                            1905
[PHOTO]

G.E. WOOD

17 JUL 1855                27 APR 1907
[PHOTO]

W. S. WOOD 

11 OCT 1823              03 FEB 1891

*CSA Veteran
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

MARIE WOODWARD

12 DEC 1899              07 OCT 1970

Wife of O.A. Loudermilk

Dau of George Hanson
[PHOTO]

CHAUNCY P. WOZENCRAFT

24 AUG 1896              19 FEB 1901

Son of W. & R.N. Wozencraft

JAMES W. WOZENCRAFT

25 AUG 1858              12 JUN 1922
[PHOTO]

LAWRENCE LEVY WOZENCRAFT


30 NOV 1876             03 AUG 1937
[PHOTO]

OSCAR W. WOZENCRAFT

12 AUG 1913              08 SEP 1914

Son of J.G (or C.). Wozencraft
[PHOTO]

ROBERTA N. WOZENCRAFT

08 JUN 1860               03 MAR 1939
[PHOTO]

WILLIE WOZENCRAFT

Husband of Roberta Wozencraft

(unmarked grave)

ANNA MAY WYLIE

10 NOV 1938             18 NOV 1999

(Dau of Artie & Esther Tarpley)

Y

DEWEY YATES

19 JUL 1901                23 OCT 1963
[PHOTO]

EVA UTYCIE CHAMPION YATES

29 DEC 1897              26 OCT 1983

Wife of J. P. Yates
[OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

J. P. (TILLER) YATES

06 NOV 1893             07 MAY 1976
[PHOTO] [SERVICE]

OLA MAE CHAMPION YATES

15 OCT 1912              OCT 1963

Wife of Dewey Yates
[PHOTO]

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LIST OF KNOWN VETERANS BURIED
IN THE DOWNING CEMETERY
AS OF MAR 2003

PAGE 38

CSA, CIVIL WAR

JOSEPH F. GRIFFITH

HENRY CLAY LOUDERMILK
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

ROBERT CARROLL LOUDERMILK
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

VOLENTINE WILSON
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

ZACHARIAH HULSEY (1836/1912)
 [MARKER] [PHOTO]

RICHARD T. STEVENS

W. S. WOOD
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

 

WORLD WAR I, US ARMY

 
HOUSTON BEATY
[MARKER]
[PHOTO]

NATHAN CARROL EVANS
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

I. N. (SAM) GRISSOM
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

ZACK HULSEY
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

J. F. KENNEDY
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

EARNEY V. LOUDERMILK
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

JEFF W. LOUDERMILK
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

WALTER E. LOUDERMILK
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

JAMES M. WHITLOCK
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

PARKER B. WILLIAMS
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

G. H. (George/Pap) HULSEY

TILLER YATES
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

 

WORLD WAR II and Later


GARLAND BOYD, WW II
[MARKER][OBITUARY]
[PHOTO]

GEORGE W. BRYANT, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

WILLIAM C. BROOKS, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

WILLIAM B. BURTON, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO] [PHOTO]

JERRY ALVIS BUSH, Retired, USAF
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

RAY CALVERT, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

OSCAR CHAFIN, USN
[OBITUARY]

CLARENCE W. COAN
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

JAMES LYNN COAN, USN, Vietnam
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

JOHN RALPH COAN, USN, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

JAMES DONALD COOK, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

OTTIS DALE DAVIDSON, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

GENE PAUL EVANS
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

RECTOR MERLIN EVANS, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

OTIS GRIZZARD, US Army, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

BELON HORNSBY, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

TRUMAN HORNSBY, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

BOB HASLEY, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

JOHN R. HASLEY, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

AARON HULSEY, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

ALVIN RAYMOND JOHNSON, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

HOMER RAYMOND JOHNSON, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

C. H. (HAM) LOCKE, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

JESSIE JAMES LOGAN, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

BEUNA E. LOUDERMILK, WAC, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

ELVIN CONLEY LOUDERMILK, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO] [OBITUARY]

FRANKLIN HARDY LOUDERMILK, US Army
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

JAMES ARNOLD LOUDERMILK, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO] [OBITUARY]

LAYNE LOUDERMILK, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

R. Q. LOUDERMILK, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

ROY LEE LOUDERMILK, USN, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

ALEXANDER VAN McGINNIS, US Army, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO] [OBITUARY]

JOSEPH MARTINEZ, WW II
[PHOTO]

ELDON McGINNIS
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

WILLIE P. PHIFER, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

WILLIE P. PHIFER, JR.
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

RAYMOND HALL QUENON, WW II, Ret, USAF
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

J. B. RUTH, WW II
[MARKER]

TERRY ROSS RUTLEDGE
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

BILLY JACK SCOTT, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

EDWARD H. SCOTT, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

RODNEY G. STONE, SN, USN

GAYTHERN MURDELL SHUPP, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

WARREN E. SANDERS, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

JOHN EMERY STEVENSON, III, USAF
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

ARTHUR LEROY TARPLEY, WW II
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

HENRY CURTIS TARPLEY (Korea)
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

HENRY D.TARPLEY, US Army, Korea

JOSEPH ROBERT WARREN (Korea)
[MARKER] [OBITUARY] [PHOTO]

JOE B. WHITAKER, USAF, WW II
[OBITUARY]

DWIGHT WILLIAMS, USMC (Korea)
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

LESTER WILSON, WW II
[MARKER] [PHOTO]

BOBBY GAIL WINKLES, USAF, Korea
[PHOTO]


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