Union Chapel Methodist Church

The cemetery at Union Chapel is one of the oldest black cemeteries in Newton County with the earliest grave recorded in 1894. This gravesite was maintained by members of both Jerusalem and Union Chapel Church.

The Newton Record, August 27, 1969, p. 3
In Memory ofBirth/DeathAgedCause of Death
Anderson, Beddie Hardy1906-198276Unknown
Anderson, John L. Selby, Sr.1896-196064Unknown
Anderson, Marshall, Jr.1941-196726Unknown
Anderson, Marshall, Sr.1902-197674Unknown
Anderson, Nora Lee Belt1919-200990Unknown
Anderson, Tom1860-192969Unknown – No medical attendant
Adkins, Garfield1885-191732Appendicitis
Adkins, Jesse1874-194167Unknown
Adkins, Mitchell1860-192060Enlarged Prostate
Adkins, Thomas, Jr.1884-193248Tuberculosis
Atkins, L.J.1917-191810 monthsUnknown
Atkins, Maud1910-19188pneumonia
Atkins, Sherman1916-19171Colitis
Atkins, Thomas1812-189684Unknown
Atkins, Zeola1922-19231Colitis
Barks, Manerva1832-191583Unknown
Beamon, Minnie Lee Williams1916-198468Unknown
Bender, Christine McNair1927-200881Unknown
Bender, George “T.H.”1946-200256Unknown
Bender, Vila Burns1888-191830Tuberculosis
Berry, Geneva Evans1898-192021Tuberculosis
Berry, I.L.1914-191424 daysBold Hives
Billingsley, Dan Richard1928-196840Unknown
Billingsley, Dewitt1899-196566Unknown
Billingsley, Dora1901-192827Unclear
Billingsley, Zena Mae Hopkins1904-199490Unknown
Black, William1870-195282Unknown
Blalock, Harriet1838-1939100Cerebral hemorrhage, High Blood Pressure
Blalock, Isaac “Ike”1862-194684Unknown
Blalock, Mary Francis Young1873-194875Unknown
Blalock, Mattie Evans1893-191925Tuberculosis
Blalock, Varena Banks1860-190848Unknown
Bobbett, Addie Moore1901-192523Complications after childbirth
Bobbett, Chester1901-198281Unknown
Bobbett, Hattie Williams1881–197392Unknown
Bobbett, Lewis1889-192940Tuberculosis
Bobbett, Luella Evans1901-2002101Unknown
Bobbett, William Warren1874-196994Unknown
Boykin, John Lester1900-196666Unknown
Bridges, James1911-199786Unknown
Bridges, Kattie Mae Collier1919-200889Unknown
Bridges, Lewis1934-199258Unknown
Bridges, Percy Lee 1940-200363Unknown
Brisco, Eugene1874-195177Unknown
Brisco, Jenny Garr1863-195087Unknown
Brisco, Laura Malone1845-190055Unknown
Brooks, Lula Grace Rhodes1875-191742Homicide – Gun shot wound by husband
Brooks, Mamie Evans1923-199370Unknown
Broughten, Rebecca Nelson1915-197055Unknown
Brown, Sudie McElroy1914-198470Unknown
Brown, Will1894-198086Unknown
Bruce, Robert James1918-198163Unknown
Caples, Wortley Inez Whitehead1907-200093Unknown
Charles, Dock Infant Son1920-19200Stillborn
Collier, Charley1892-192028Influenza
Collier, Eddie1889-196980Unknown
Collier, Emma McElroy1893-197380Unknown
Collier, Judie May1914-19162Colitis
Collier, Laura Black1863-194683Unknown
Collier, Patrick (Pat), Sr.1848-191365carcinoma of the liver
Crawford, Mae Nell Billingsley1929-200273Unknown
Crosby, Tammy1994-19961House Fire
Crosby, Victoria 1975-199620House Fire
Curry, Annie Pearl Hardy1946-200963Unknown
Curry, Carlton1888-196274Unknown
Curry, Carlton Infant Daughter1913-19130Stillborn
Curry, Carlton Infant Son1925-19250Stillborn
Curry, Elbert1922-192310 m.Colitis
Curry, Eugene Carleton1916-19182Peritonitis
Curry, Jake, Sr.1846-192579Diabetes
Curry, Maggie Windham1880-197292Unknown
Curry, Omigene1930-194312Anemia
Curry, Sarah Windham1865-192863Diabetes Mellitus
Curry, Sarah Williams1893-196976Unknown
Curry, Swanson1901-192322Tuberculosis and Syphilis
Davis, Arthur Eugene1918-19180Immature Birth
Davis, Mattie Lee Curry1900-196767Unknown
Dawson, Lida Infant Daughter1917-19170Stillborn
Dawson, Lida Collier1882-191735Bright’s Disease
Denson, Thelma Whitehead1918-199274Unknown
Dobbins, Ann1855-192065Dropsy
Dobbins, Annie Adkins1881-191938Influenza
Dobbins, John1873-191946Influenza
Donald, Addie B Ware1898-194142Unknown
Donald, Allen1929-19290Premature
Donald, Willie James1927-19273 m.Pneumonia
Dukes, Arthur David, Jr.1936-196731Gunshot Wound
Dukes, Arthur, Sr. 1909-198475Unknown
Dukes, Grenada Simmons1927-202396Unknown
Dukes, J.C.1942-201874Unknown
Dukes, James1972-199623House Fire
Dukes, Robert Lee1924-198056Unknown
Dukes, Rosie Lee Watkins1912-199583Unknown
Dunn, Francis Simmons1886-192135Gunshot Wound
Ellis, Ora Lee Mitchell1924-201489Unknown
Eubanks, Annie Laura Collier Johnson1911-198574Unknown
Evans, Albert1896-198689Unknown
Evans, Alex1891-191321Shot to death
Evans, Allice1911-19143Burned to Death
Evans, Alsena Williams1871-1972101Unknown
Evans, Armanda Harris1906-199185Unknown
Evans, Ben1839-190465Unknown
Evans, Benjamin1913-19141No Physician Attended
Evans, Betsy Curry1872-191644Cancer of the Stomach
Evans, Carson1922-19242Burned
Evans, Charlie1949-199344Unknown
Evans, Charlie, Jr.
Evans, Charlie Lewis
Evans, Charlie W., Sr.1932-200977Unknown
Evans, Chas
Evans, Daisy Bell
Evans, Ed1920-199070Unknown
Evans, Elizabeth Moncrief1909-2014105Unknown
Evans, Ella
Evans, Elmo1909-197263Unknown
Evans, Fannie Evans1902-196462Car Accident
Evans, Felsia DianeCar Accident
Evans, Flora Mae Dukes1951-199645House Fire
Evans, Francis Wheaton1920-198666Unknown
Evans, Frankie Curry1891-196574Unknown
Evans, Freenell1928-198355Unknown
Evans, Huey, Sr. “Blue”
Evans, Infant
Evans, Infant Son
Evans, Irma Lee1933-19439Pneumonia – Influenza
Evans, James A.1891-196978Unknown
Evans, Jimmie Jr.
Evans, John
Evans, John Elbert1929-19302 monthUnknown – No Doctor
Evans, Johnny Lee1939-197738Unknown
Evans, Joseph1937-198345Unknown
Evans, Latoya1982-199613House Fire
Evans, Mable
Evans, Malachi1956-202063Unknown
Evans, Mattie Mae Moore1921-198665Unknown
Evans, Mattie Mae Williams
Evans, Nancy Scott1909-199788Unknown
Evans, Nancy Watkins1847-1954107Unknown
Evans, R.E., Jr.
Evans, Rob1874-195379Unknown
Evans, Robert, Jr.1915-19151 monthBold Hives
Evans, Robert E.
Evans, Sallie Curry1898-197274Unknown
Evans, Lillie “Sallie” Cooper Bobbett1874-196692Unknown
Evans, Sam1895-197075 Unknown
Evans, Thomas Jr.1904-199591Unknown
Evans, Tom Jefferson1870-195584Unknown
Evans, Trudie Sims
Evans, Viola Mitchell1913-198471Unknown
Evans, Virginia Dare Whitehead1924-200480Unknown
Evans, William, Jr.1893-197380Unknown
Evans, William, Sr.1880-196585Unknown
Evans, Willie Alvin
Evans, Willie James
Evans, Willie Lee1935-199661House Fire
Evans, Willie Ellis
Fickling, Pink
Flowers, Neomi McDaniel
Fraiser, Ann
Freeman, Judith Billingsley1932-200876Unknown
Gary, Artie
Gary, Jasper
Gray, Levon L.
Grayson, Archie Lee
Green, Lathan
Hardy, Infant Son
Hardy, Willie James1950-201363Unknown
Harris, Cleveland
Harris, Nancy Anderson1894-196874Unknown
Hayes, Jack
Hill, Francis
House, Viola Nelson1902-196159Unknown
Hoye, Frankie Campbell
Hudson, Infant Daughter
Humphreys, Ivilla May
Hunt, Linedell
Ivey, Infant Son
Ivey, Sue McKennis
Jackson, Jessie
Jackson, L.B.1910-199686Unknown
Jackson, Mary Alice Blalock1900-198888Unknown
Jackson, Mary Ruth Williams1909-199383Unknown
Jefferson, Rebecca E. Collier1886-197387Unknown
Johnson, Carl
Johnson, Charlie Bee1905-195449Unknown
Johnson, Edward
Johnson, Elvie Eliza Edward
Johnson, Annie Louise Infant Daughter1928-19280Stillborn
Johnson, Infant Son
Johnson, J.B.
Johnson, Omer Jene
Jones, Mary Ella Evans 1930-199564Unknown
Jordan, Carrie Lee
Jordan, Della Sharp
Jordan, Francis
Jordan, Infant Daughter
Kidd, Annie Laura Evans1915-196449Car Accident
Kidd, Ezelle
Kidd, James
Kidd, Jim
Kidd, Lydia Whitehead1887-192235Tuberculosis
Kidd, Victor
Lee, Robert and Birdie Neddum Infant Daughter1915-19150Stillborn
Leonard, Crossie Barks Billingsley1865-195893Unknown
Leonard, Sam1844-191571Old Age – No Doctor in Attendance
Lyles, Mary Lee
Lyles, Nathan
Lyles, Roger Lee
Lyles, Rufus
Mann, Anderson “A.D.”
Mann, Dave
Mann, Herbert
Mann, Joanna McElroy1873-195986Unknown
Mann, Mamie Evans1894-196671Unknown
Mann, Richard D.
Mann, Richard Earl
Marshal, James
Marshall, Louise
McCall, Willie Turner
McCord, Carrie Windham
McCord, S.D.
McDaniel, Isaac “Ike”
McDonald, Estella Nelson1903-198986Unknown
McDonald, Jerlean Curry1930-198958Unknown
McDonald, John
McDonald, L.B.
Patterson, Parilee McCarty McDonald
McElroy, Benjamin James1928-195022Killed in Korean War
McElroy, Marcella Sharpe1886-191832Piles
McElroy, Otis1898-196971Unknown
McFarland, Infant Daughter
McGowan, Henry James
McGowan, Ozell Salter
McNair, Candis Beddingfield1891-198594Unknown
McNair, Daron Eugene
McNair, Elton
McNair, Louise Kidd
McNair, Ned1914-198773Unknown
McNair, Selester1920-200989Unknown
Mills, Maukey
Mills, Walter
Milton, Hattie Curry1898-192224Peritonitis – appendicitis
Mitchell, David1900-198080Unknown
Mitchell, Corean Adams1887-196679Unknown
Mitchell, Glover Lee1900-196767Unknown
Mitchell, Randall Infant Daughter1918-1918-0Stillborn
Mitchell, Randall Infant Son1916-19160Stillborn
Mitchell, Rosie Beal1878-191840Nephritis
Mitchell, Wyatt1906-193024Homicide
Moffett, Angie Blalock1896-198185Unknown
Monday, Ike
Moore, Albert
Moore, Annie
Moore, Annie Mae Collier1900-196565Unknown
Moore, Benjamin Boose, Jr.1873-193663Chronic Nephritis
Moore, Bennie
Moore, Curtis
Moore, Gilbert1898-197779Unknown
Moore, Gilbert Infant Son1927-19270Stillborn
Moore, Henry M.1884-194056Stroke
Moore, James1928-19291 Influenza – Pneumonia
Moore, Judie Adline
Moore, Judy Beale1872-192452Tuberculosis
Moore, Lizzie
Moore, Phillip1895-196368Unknown
Moore, Tennie Currie1896-197074Unknown
Moore, Velma1907-200093Unknown
Morgan, Eliza
Morrow, Lucy Mae Hardy1933-197339Unknown
Morrow, Lillian
Morrow, Robert
Murry, Queenie J. Riser
Nash, Ruthie Lee
Needham, Infant Daughter
Nelson, Ethel Robinson
Nelson, Matthew Infant Son1913-19130Stillborn
Nelson, Minnie Moore1874-196086Unknown
Nichols, Willie
Norman, Mary Etta Riser
Norman, Polly Whitehead1878-192042Pellagra
Pace, Chas and Birdie Neddum Infant Son1914-19140Stillborn
Patrick, Ella McDonald
Patrick, Lizzie Vance
Patrick, Parks
Peoples, Ellen
Presson, Joe Lee
Ratcliff, Infant Daughter
Revish, Luada Mae Whitehead1912-195139Unknown
Riley, Willie A.
Riser, David
Riser, Della
Roberts, Lucille Evans
Robinson, Leethanial
Rodgers, Jim
Rogers, Lawrence1853-193988nephritis- old age
Russer, Infant Daughter
Russer, Isah
Russer, Jessie Collier1891-191423Tuberculosis
Russer, Moree
Salter, Linnie
Salter, Sarah
Satchel, Wiley
Shoemake, Sue
Simmons, Archie Harvey, Sr.1898-198183Unknown
Simmons, Ella
Simmons, Mary Thompson Chapman1859-1963104Unknown
Simmons, Morris1844-191066Unknown
Simmons, Otto Ebeneezer1904-197167Carcinoma of the esophagus
Simmons, Poena
Simmons, Rena Bell Evans1900-197878Unknown
Sims, Trudie
Slaughter, Edd
Talbert, James
Tanner, Jimmie L.
Taylor, Gus
Tingle, Aubrey Frances
Tolson, Mandy
Tolson, Mike
Tolson, Ruth
Townsell, Infant Son
Turner, Hellean Denise Evans
Vance, Louisa McDuff
Verry, Willman
Walker, Charles
Walker, Clifton
Walker, Emma Ooten
Walker, Fred1904-197874Unknown
Walker, Hannah
Walker, J.P.
Walker, Nick Earnest
Walker, Rhoda
Walker, William
Ware, Horace1891-190514Unknown
Ware, Laura Cooper1870-192756Uterine Cancer
Ware, Mary Ann McFarland
Ware, Richard “R.D.”1868-192960Poisoning
Ware, Richard David, Jr.1895-191823Pneumonia
Ware, William
Wash, Harrietta
Watkins, Cintha
Watkins, Geneva, Jr.
Watkins, Nina McDowel
Whitehead, Ambrose1876-196084Unknown
Whitehead, Andrew Diow1903-197673Unknown
Whitehead, Archelaus, Sr.1916-198670Unknown
Whitehead, Elijah J. 1921-200180Unknown
Whitehead, Iva Etta Pittman
Whitehead, Litha “Delcia”1902-192018Influenza and pneumonia
Whitehead, Marietta Walker1879-196889Unknown
Whitehead, Marioneth K.
Whitehead, Napolean Gabriel1852-192068Heart Disease
Wilkerson, Infant Son
Williams, Daisy Marie Hodges
Williams, Eddie C. 1942-197633Unknown
Williams, Eula Kidd1926-196236Unknown
Williams, Guss Garfield1883-196885Unknown
Williams, Jerome
Williams, Johnie
Williams, Laura Walsh
Williams, Lula
Williams, Nick1847-192578Enlarged prostate gland
Williams, Oscar1905-192015Influenza
Wilson, Nancy
Windham, Clarence1880-192343Asthma and Dropsy
Windham, Hannah1830-191383Apoplexy (Stroke)
Wooten, Infant Son
Wooten, Sabra Johnson