Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery
 Ball Play

Directions: From Hokes Bluff take the Centre Road to the Ball Play Community of Etowah County. Pass Croft's Ferry Road to Gilley Road (there's a sign to Mt. Tabor). Turn left and go about a mile to a fork in the road. Take the left fork and Mt. Tabor Baptist Church is just about 3/4 mile on the right.  The cemetery is adjacent to the church.

This survey was taken March 8, 2003.

The rows are irregular and start diagonally off the left rear corner of the Church with Row 1 being against a pasture fence. Unless noted as "DBL" the tombstones will be single. My comments will be shown in 
brackets "{ }". There are a lot of unmarked and unidentified graves here, I've included only those marked in some way.

:: Row 1
Unmarked adult grave.

WALKER,  Hugh Seay   12/6/1902-9/30/1997

DBL Stone
 DENSON,  Albert   12/28/1869-4/28/1944
 DENSON,  Laura Belle   9/26/1874-7/30/1960

 HESTER,  Charles Edwin  4/15/1933-7/27/2000

 HESTER,  Bobby   3/28/1932-5/28/1988

DBL Stone
 HESTER,  Lula Belle   10/28/1907-3/3/1989
 HESTER,  Robert A.    2/3/1907-8/3/1967
{The above, other than the unmarked, graves are enclosed with concrete blocks}

Dbl Stone       "AT REST"
 REED,  John   10/22/1902-8/31/1968
 REED,  Bessie Mae   6/15/1908-2/3/1950

1 small  grave and 1 adult grave, head to toe, with small stones at head and foot.

 VICKERS,  Terry Wayne  12/3/1940-11/28/1996  "JESUS CALLED" {outlined w/decorative stones}

The following are at foot of the above grave.
 LOLLIES,  Charles W. 11/19/1933-2/28/1938  (flat stone grave marker}

 LOLLIES,  Mattie B.  5/25/1905-3/2/1938            "

 LOLLIES,  Jessie J.  2/7/1925-6/28/1953            "

:: Row 2 {This row is short and very irregular}

 ROBERTSON,  W.L.  1919-1933

 SMITH,  Jessie  1901-1921

small grave with rocks at head and foot. 

adult grave with rocks at head and foot.

 LIPSCOMB,  Mary Reed  10/11/1907-3/2/1940


:: Row 3
DBL flat marker
 ROWLAND,  Sallie  5/6/1905-no death date
 ROWLAND,  Albert  11/3/1895-9/30/1980

 ROWLAND,  John Henry  3/29/1929-9/28/1973

 KELLY,  Mary A.  12/29/1923-no death date
{The above graves are enclosed with concrete blocks}

DBL Tombstone     "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
 REED,  Joe E. 7/21/1881-2/23/1961
 REED,  Eugenia S. 5/23/1886-no death date

4 small graves in a row with head and foot field stones

 REED,  Clara Sue  10/26/1938  "dau. of Mr & Mrs. Charles Reed"

DBL Tombstone
 REED,  Henry A.  5/25/1864-12/31/1931
 REED,  Eula M.  8/10/1891-10/10/1933

 POLLARD,  Minnie Lou  fresh grave, buried 3/5/2003 {The overseer of the cemetery, Mrs. Johnson, told me this}                                                                

4 small graves with head and foot field stones

 BANNISTER,  John H.  3/15/1884-3/10/1928  {small flat stone marker}
 BANNISTER,  Willie Ada  9/28/1880-12/18/1955        "

 HESTER,  Albert Harold  5/27/1935-6/9/1936 {outlined with landscape timbers}

1 grave in landscape timber outlined area with:
 HESTER,  Edna Ruth 4/26/1899-7/10/1990  "IN AFTER TIME WE'LL MEET HER"

Single stones in concrete block outlined area
 AUSTIN,  Lewis  3/13/1865-11/25/1951
 AUSTIN,  Laura P.  1/23/1880-3/7/1963   "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

:: Row 4
1 unmarked adult grave in landscape timber outlined area

These graves are under a 16'x12' concrete slab
 DUNAWAY,  Amos  1894-1932
 DUNAWAY,  Truman  1900-1912

1 small grave with head and foot stones

DBL Tombstone
 GREEN,  Linnie B. 3/21/1883-2/10/1974
 GREEN,  Charlie H.  10/4/1887-1/10/1961

 GREEN,  Dessie  8/22/1895-11/1/1967   "GONE TO BE WITH THE ANGELS"
 GREEN,  Ruth  12/31/1916-1/17/1937   "SISTER"
The 2 graves above are in a block outlined area

2 adult graves with head and foot stones

:: Row 5 

 POINTER,  Annie Mae  6/18/1918-7/15/1996   "BELOVED MOTHER" outlined with landscape timbers

 HOOPER,  Alma C. 12/27/1910-1/23/1974   "IN LOVING MEMORY"  small marble marker

DBL Tombstone
 HOOPER,  Pluma C.  1/29/1892-3/23/1973
 HOOPER,  D. Claude  11/22/1888-7/29/1963

 HOOPER,  Bobby Joe  6/13/1936-2/27/1995  U.S. Army  Vietnam

14 graves, small and adult size, head and foot marked with bricks and stones

 ROWLAND,  Lee  10/17/1903-11/20/1920 "son of J.W. and M.F. Rowland"

 ROWLAND,  Eva  3/3/1907-9/6/1907 "dau. of J.W. and M.F. Rowland"

 ROWLAND, 0 John W.  3/8/1878-3/19/1937 "HAVING FINISHED LIFE'S DUTY, HE NOW SWEETLY RESTS"

 BOMAN,  John Henry  1/7/1856-2/9/1960 "HE WAS THE SUNSHINE OF OUR HOME"

 BOMAN,  Annie R.  5/11/1913-12/8/1972 "NONE KNEW HER, BUT TO LOVE HER"

:: Row 6 

2 small graves with concrete blocks head and foot

 ROWLAND,  George Thomas  4/28/1902-10/8/1903 "son of T.W. and G.W. Rowland small marker

6 graves with stones at head and foot

 CAMPBELL,  Malinda  4/1893-6/1902  4' tall spire shaped marker almost illegible

1 small grave with rocks head and foot

 ROBERTSON,  J.T.  8/15/1890-6/18/1897  {father of D.A. Robertson and husband of Nancy}

 DBL Tombstone
ROBERTSON,  John L. 3/7/1874-7/7/1953
ROBERTSON,  Leola S.  9/15/1876-12/11/1933

:: Row 7
DBL Tombstone  outlined with concrete blocks   "married 4/10/1967"
 COUCH,  Mary Lou P. 12/7/1930- {living}
COUCH,  Willard O. 11/20/1922-7/17/1986  {son of Tom and Tommie D.(Robertson) Couch}

next 6 graves are under a concrete slab
 COUCH,  Tommie D. {Robertson} 10/8/1892-4/8/1965 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
       {dau. of D.A. & Barbara Robertson}
    
 ROBERTSON,  Miss Margaret Effie  12/18/1888-1/27/1969 "AT REST"
           {dau. of D.A. & Barbara Robertson}

 ROBERTSON,  J.{John}H.  10/11/1886-2/16/1945 "AT REST"
           {son of D.A. & Barbara Robertson}
      
 ROBERTSON,  D.{Dolphus} A.{Augustus}  5/21/1855-7/14/1904  head stone broken, but has been   repaired

 ROBERTSON,  Barbara {Elizabeth Pollard} 8/27/1854-1/14/1927 age 72 yrs. "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

 ROBERTSON,  Ira O.  {12/1894}-11/24/1939 AL Pvt. U.S. Army {WWI}
           {son of D.A. & Barbara Robertson}

2 graves with small markers with no names or dates

1 grave with small broken marker, illegible

1 grave with small marker, illegible

4  graves with rocks at head and foot

 ROBERTSON,  James A.  8/29/1855-5/24/1903 {brother of D.A. Robertson}

The next 5 graves are under a concrete slab
1, no name or dates

 DAVIS,  Pearl  6/9/1901-3/7/1942 {daughter of Jim D. & Buena Davis}

 DAVIS,  Buena Vester {Robertson}  1876-1958  "MOTHER" {daughter of John T. Robertson}

 DAVIS,  Jim D.  1877-1918  "FATHER"

 ROBERTSON,  Nancy  no dates {probably, Nancy Martin Robertson, wife of John T.}

DBL Tombstone
 DAVIS,  Lola Mae  1903-no date
DAVIS,  James A.  1906-1977

 APPLING,  Bonnie "SUG"  5/25/1915-4/23/1998  "IN REMEMBRANCE"

:: Row 8 

5 small graves marked with small, thin, neat concrete markers at head and foot. no names 

 HENDRIX,  Florence   4/30/1909-5/14/1982

 HENDRIX,  infant   no dates

1 unmarked grave {probably a Hendrix}

 HENDRIX,  Lawrence   no dates

 HENDRIX,  Mary   no dates

1 unmarked grave {probably a Hendrix}

 HENDRIX,  Clemmons   no dates

Concrete block enclosed area with only 1 unmarked grave, room for at least 4 more, none evident

 BING,  Charles   12/16/1914-3/14/1989  "Pvt. U.S. Army" name and dates hand carved in concrete    slab
 
 BING,  Cecil Grady   2/14/1916-2/10/1992  name and dates hand carved in concrete slab 

1 small grave with concrete block at head, with a tree growing in the middle

1 small grave with a concrete block at head

Rows 9 and 10 are very irregular with first graves on both rows in same plot enclosed with bricks

:: Row 9 

DBL Tombstone     grave in above mentioned plot
 FREEMAN,  Nellie Maud   2/11/1881-5/10/1964
 FREEMAN,  Venese   5/8/1912   "dau. of T.L. & "Kit" Freeman

 MCMURTRY,  Viola Jane   8/15/1852-8/15/1923

 MCMURTRY,  H.L.   10/10/1854-11/30/1913

 MCMURTRY,  Flour   no dates   "dau. of H.L. & V.J."

 MCMURTRY,  Luther   no dates   "son of H.L. & V.J."

 MCMURTRY,  Billie   no dates   "son of H.L. & V.J."

 MCMURTRY,  Fannie   no dates   "dau. of H.L. & V. J."

 MCMURTRY,  Airreen   no dates   "dau. of H.L. & V.J."

 MCMURTRY,  J.W.   no dates   "son of H.L. & V.J."

2 graves marked with concrete blocke head and foot

 DAY,  Lillie   1/28/1878-8/28/1937

 DAY,  Charles A.   8/18/1873-10/18/1937   

:: Row 10

Plot on start of Row 8, no graves evident inside enclosure

1 grave with head and foot concrete slab pieces

next 3 graves covered by a concrete slab
1 grave with a small stone with no name or dates {probably Emeline C. Hunt, wife of W.F}

 HUNT,  W.{Welcome}F.{Frank}{"Welk"}   1868-1931   name and dates hand carved with "AT REST"
      {husband of Emeline Cannon Hunt}
                            
 HUNT,  first name illegible   6/18/1894-1/30/1901  "dau. of W.F. & E."

1 small grave

 WALKER,  no first name or dates   small grave enclosed and capped with concrete  

4 unmarked graves

DBL Pink Heart shaped Tombstone
 BEAM,  Sam N.   6/30/1956-4/8/1974   "HE'S NOT DEAD, JUST AWAY"
 BEAM,  Milford J.   10/2/1913-1/29/1988   "Pvt. U.S. Army WWII"

:: Row 11
next 5 graves enclosed with concrete blocks and covered with sand
DBL Tombstone
 ESTES,  Aubrey Ray   7/5/1927-12/3/1989
 ESTES,  Kathleen S.   2/22/1930-no date

 SMITH,  Gladys F.   2/26/1910-4/6/1990

 SMITH,  Huston A.   5/30/1905-10/12/1983

 COUCH,  Jeanette Smith   7/10/1935-12/5/1981   "PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND"

Concrete block enclosed area with no evident graves, but flowers in one corner

1 grave with stones at head and foot

next 6 graves are under a concrete slab

 TUCK,  John R.   4/11/1887-2/2/1956    "HE'S NOT DEAD, JUST SLEEPETH"

DBL Stone with names and dates at foot
 TUCK,  W.H.   1859-1937
 TUCK,  Dovie   1868-1939

 PRUETT,  Mary Ann   1840-1926   "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"

 GWIN,  Sally Ann Tuck   12/27/1885-3/18/1922

 GWIN,  Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Gwin

1 small grave with a small marble slab at head

DBL Stone
 BOMAN,  Annie Dell   1909-(2/24/1997 on funeral home marker at base of stone)
 BOMAN,  S.T. (Son)   1901-1958

{BOMAN, }  James Earl   1932-1936

 WEAVER,  Eula   1910-1937

DBL Tombstone   "THOSE WHO ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY THE TIES OF PURE LOVE ARE NEVER SEPARATED"
 BOMAN,  Ether Ola   12/8/1881-6/10/1963
 BOMAN,  James Cooper   9/6/1876-1/23/1946

:: ROW 12 very irregular

next 5 graves are enclosed by concrete
 DAY,  Pluma Francis   9/17/1889-9/3/1968

 DAY,  James R.   12/24/1865-6/9/1956   "FATHER"

 DAY,  Mary A.   1872-1935   "MOTHER"

DBL Stone
 DAY,  Andrew J. (Jobe)   1844-1935  CSA Marker at foot Pvt. Co. B 16th GA Cav
 DAY,  Francis Johnson   1845-1915

1 grave with illegible spire shaped marker

5 small graves marked with rocks head and foot

DBL Stone   "AT REST"
 DAY,  George N.   6/27/1867-8/15/1938
 DAY,  Olivia M.   3/21/1872-11/9/1962

:: Row 13
 MCMURTRY,  Betty   small grave with name only on concrete block

 REEVES,  Hamilton   small grave with name only on concrete block

 REEVES,  Ella   small grave with name only on concrete block

1 small grave marked with a small painted, smooth brick at head  {maybe Pollard}

 POLLARD,  Latimore M.   5/12/1832-1/6/1913  CSA Tombstone Co. B 41st AL Inf.

 ANDERSON,  Jane   12/25/1835-5/6/1913  {Latimore Pollard's wife}

 POLLARD,  Laura C.   9/29/1915-6/17/1932 {daughter of William D. and Mary Pollard}

DBL Tombstone
 POLLARD,  William D.   9/6/1870-1/28/1948 {son of Lattamore and Jane Pollard}
 POLLARD,  Mary I.   5/3/1884-8/15/1955

 POLLARD,  Bonnie L.   3/6/1920-11/1/1992

 POLLARD,  William N.   8/28/1900-6/1/1944 {son of William D. and Mary Pollard}

1 small grave marked with stones head and foot  {maybe Pollard}

next 5 graves are in a partially chain fenced area 
 POLLARD,  Tom   2/14/1902-3/15/1971 {son of William D. and Mary Pollard}

 POLLARD,  Nathan Anthony   4/4/1958-5/2/1995 grave surrounded with pvc pipe and stone covered

 POLLARD,  Brandy L.   6/3/1984-no date   shows no evidence of a grave

DBL Tombstone
 POLLARD,  J. Floyd   2/6/1928-10/24/2001  grave surrounded with pvc pipe and stone covered
 POLLARD,  Rosa Ponder   1/30/1928-no date

:: Row 14 

 NORTON,  Bobbie Jean   10/28/1945-no date

 NORTON,  Robert   8/29/1921-no date

 NORTON,  6/29/1926-10/2/1991

2 graves with stones at head

 NORTON,  Eddie E.   2/2/1969-no date   "AT REST"  "LOVE LIVES ON"

DBL Stone   
NORTON,  James Earnest 'Pete'   5/11/1922-7/9/1989
NORTON,  Bennie Mae   2/22/1933-no date

1 grave marked with field stone at head and concrete brick at foot

 POLLARD,  Mary Mignon   1929-1940 {daughter of James H. and Annie B. Pollard}

 POLLARD,  James H.   1904-1977 {son of William D. and Mary Pollard}
    
 POLLARD,  Annie B.   1905-no date

:: Row 15

only grave on this row and is at what should be the end. Against a pasture fence, almost.
CANTRELL,  David Carl   1/14/1955-6/11/2000   "BELOVED FATHER AND SON"

Submitted by: Ken McCulloch