Bankester Cemetery, Bromley, Alabama

Bankester Cemetery was surveyed on March 20, 2009 by Dawn Conway. Corrections and additions are welcome.

Location: Latitude: N 30° 43.800' Longitude: W 87° 50.460'

Driving Directions:

1. From Highway 31 traveling south, turn right on Bromley Rd (west). Travel 2.5 miles to Jimmy Faulkner Rd (formerly Trawler Rd) on the left. Turn here and travel 0.3  mi to dirt road on the right.  Turn on the dirt road and go about .25 mi to the cemetery.

2. From Highway 225 traveling north, turn right on Bromley Rd.  Travel 4.1 miles to
Jimmy Faulkner Rd (formerly Trawler Rd) on the left. Turn here and travel 0.3  mi to dirt road on the right.  Turn on the dirt road and go about .25 mi to the cemetery.

Name Birth Death Inscription Notes Source
Bankester, Andrew Jackson 6 May 1852 10 Oct 1923   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Archie 17 Feb 1891 5 April 1893   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Bruno Gregory 21 Jul 1882 1965   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Charles W 1839 6 Jun 1862 PVT, Co I
23 Ala Inf
CSA		 Headstone 11, 12
Bankester Chester Reese 4 May 1902 27 Nov 1964   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Connie Bartlette 21 Oct 1890 19 Jul 1979   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Dellie 2 Mar 1876 6 Feb 1878   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Edwin Augustus 22 Apr 1849 26 Jan 1924   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, George Washington, Jr 11 Jun 1835 22 Jan 1906 Co C
15 Ala Cav
CSA		 Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, George Washington 1812     Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Henry 1874     (1) 12
Bankester, Henry 13 Aug 1846 9 Dec 1915   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Leonard B 15 Feb 1884 8 Dec 1948   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Leroy 29 Jun 1899 12 Oct 1891   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Letitia Conway 4 Mar 1855 31 Jul 1941   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Mary Ellen Tarvin (Conway) 24 May 1878 3 dec 1900   (2) 11, 12
Bankester, Moses 2 Jul 1887 3 Jul 1888   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Nancy Ann Tarvin (Conway) 1810 unknown   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Pauline 28 Dec 1913 6 Mar 1997   Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Sereptha A 1856     Headstone 11, 12
Bankester, Timothy Paul 16 Mar 1962 8 Apr 1989   Headstone 11, 12
Conway, Corean Bankester 3 Jun 1841 28 Oct 1925   Headstone 11, 12
Conway, Mary Ellen Tarvin 15 Jul 1825 23 Sep 1902   Headstone 11, 12
Conway, Patrick Charles 2 Nov 1823 unknown   Headstone 11, 12
Conway, Samuel Edmonds 13 Mar 1850 9 Dec 1920 My trust is in God Headstone 11, 12
Davison, Albert E 10 Sep 1917 14 Feb 1973 Pvt US Army
World War II		 Headstone 11, 12
Day, Sonya Rene Walley 18 Aug 1962 23 Jul 2008 Loving wife,
mother, and
grandmother 		Headstone 11, 12
Head, Infant of
Charles and Celia		         12
Headl Infant of
Charles and Celia		         12
Howell, Benjamin Jesse Sr 1812 unknown   (1) 12
Howell, Benjamin Jess Jr 1840 1905   (1) 12
Howell, John 1845 1883   (1) 12
Mitchem, Anthony Lee unknown 18 Feb 2007   (1)  
Perkins, Dorothy Mae Tyree 11 Oct 1928 29 May 1982   Headstone 11, 12
Perkins, Eric McKenzie 11 Dec 1979 15 nov 1996   Headstone 11, 12
Perkins, Homma Ernest 18 Oct 1922 11 Dec 1998   Headstone 11, 12
Qualls, Mandy Brown Hodges 10 Oct 1912 21 Sep 2005   Headstone 11, 12
Rider, Letitia Bankester Perkins 5 Dec 1896 13 Sep 1989   Headstone 11, 12
Trawick, Lilla Mae 25 May 1918 5 Feb 1919   Headstone 11, 12
Williamson, Lorie Jr 13 Apr 1934 15 Nov 1997 Sp4 US Army
Korea 		Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Henry Jason 1890 unknown   (2) 12
Wilson, Ida Dee Buck 13 Feb 1921 29 Nov 2001   Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Litchman Jr 8 Apr 19116 22 May 2000   Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Lucious Tanner 23 May 1926 24 Jul 1989   Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Melissa Jean 23 Oct 1971 8 Nov 2005   Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Richard Wayne 25 Sep 1957 15 Dec 1980 Gone but not forgotten
Loving husband and father		 Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Rusty Donavan 21 Mar 1993 21 Mar 1993   Headstone 11, 12
Wilson, Willis W 18 Jan 1943 20 Jan 1989   Headstone 11, 12

(1) Note: grave not found when the cemetery was surveyed on March 20, 2009 by Dawn Conway. However, there were several unmarked graves.

(2) Unmarked grave (Leon Weekley)