OLIVE BRANCH CEMETERY

Alexander County/Illinois Genealogy Trails

Located in Olive Branch.

Source: ALEXANDER COUNTY CEMETERIES, ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Editors Elaine Bonifield and Louise P. Ogg, ©1976 Pulaski-Alexander Soil and Water Conservation District. Used with permission;

Other sources: obituaries, SSDI, and 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor.


AMBLER, H. Ransome, b. June 24, 1883; d. Oct. 31, 1949. (Same stone as Icy Mae)

AMBLER, Icy Mae, b. Jul. 24, 1892; d. ?? (Same stone as H. Ransome)

AMBLER, John Lloyd, b. Jan. 29,1911; d. Dec. 3, 1969.

BAILEY, Ruth Kathleen Harris, b. Sep 14, 1921; d. Sep 4, 1991.

BALDWIN, Mattie Holmes, b. Aug 5, 1881; d. Dec 6, 1958.

BARNETT, Annie E., b. June 24, 1875; d. Jan. 14, 1898.

BARNETT, Bertha, b. July 14, 1888; d. Dec. 25, 1943. (Same stone as Elijah)

BARNETT, Elijah, b. Mar. 14, 1883; d. Jan. 15, 1951. (Same stone as Bertha)

BARNETT, Frances L., b. Sept. 13, 1860; d. Apr 8, 1921. (Same stone as James C.)

BARNETT, James C., b. Dec. 26, 1850; d. Mar. 24, 1904. (Same stone as Frances L.)

BARNETT, Zolan Dale, b. & d. Jan. 29, 2006, son of Jason and Brandi Stokes Barnett.

BEASLEY, Lotus, b. Aug. 29, 1903; d. Sept. 19, 1903.

BENEFIELD, Ethel, b. 1875; d. 1949.

BENEFIELD, Grace, b. 1917; d. 1918.

BENEFIELD, James, b. 1872; d. 1947.

BENEFIELD, James Garson, b. Aug. 19, 1909; d. Feb. 18, 1909 (dates are questionable)

BENNETT, Carrie R. (nee Walker), b. Dec. 28, 1888; d. Sept. 6, 1911. (Same stone as Eugene)

BENNETT, Eugene, b. Aug. 18, 1911; d. Sept. 25, 1911. (Same stone as Carrie R.)

BENNETT, Marilyn Jean, b. Feb. 16, 1945; d. Mar. 5, 2002. (Same stone as father-Richard--Source of dates SSDI and obituary.)

BENNETT, Richard H., b. June 3, 1909; d. Dec. 4, 1988. (Same stone as Marilyn Jean--Source of dates SSDI.)

BIGHAM, Wayne, b. Aug. 30, 1944; d. Oct. 23, 2003.

BISHOP, G. A., b. July 11, 1911; d. Jan. 20, 1913.

BISHOP, Linnie, b. Aug. 3, 1888; d. Aug. 1, 1942.

BRADSHAW, Harley, b. July 7, 1903; d. June 18, 1919. (Same stone as Lena)

BRADSHAW, Lena, b. Jul 11, 1909; d. Oct. 8, 1910. (Same stone as Harley)

BRADSHAW, Mary O., b. 1877; d. 1955. (Same stone as Samuel E.)

BRADSHAW, Samuel E., b. 1875; d. 1951. (Same stone as Mary O.)

BRIDGES, Lavona, d. Wed., Aug. 30, 2006, age 81.

BROWN, Albert W., b. 1880; d. 1957.

BROWN, Basie Lee, b. Feb. 23, 1934; d. Feb. 27, 1934.

BROWN, Ella B., b. 1905; d. ??

BROWN, J. W., b. Oct. 13, 1850; d. Dec. 14, 1934. (Same stone as Lizzie)

BROWN, Lizzie, b. Jul 20, 1855; d. Jan. 26, 1933. (Same stone as J. W.)

BURK, Josephine, b. Feb. 17, 1900; d. Jan. 27, 1901.

BUTLER, John W. b. Dec. 28, 1870; d. Feb. 10, 1910. (Same stone as Lillian R.)

BUTLER, Lillian R., b. Sept. 7, 1878; d. June 3, 1936. (Same stone as John W.)

CAMPBELL, Joseph, b. May 14, 1902; d. Oct. 29, 1962. (Same stone as Thelma B.)

CAMPBELL, Mildred McKee, d. Mar 24, 2007, age 97.

CAMPBELL, Thelma, B. Oct. 2, 1906; d. Mar. 5, 1965. (Same stone as Joseph)

CARNER, Cecil, b. Sep 12, 1920; d. Apr 21, 1992; s/o Curtis and Zella Martin Carner.

CHANDLER, Jennie, b. Aug. 28, 1862; d. Apr 15, 1923. (Same stone as Thomas J.)

CHANDLER, Thomas J., b. Aug. 22, 1854; d. June 25, 1926. (Same stone as Jennie)

CHILDERS, Garrison S., b. July 24, 1892; d. Nov. 8, 1968.

CHILDERS, Martha S., b. 1866; d. 1928.

CHILDERS, Veneta L., b. Dec 19, 1926; d. Jan 14, 1930.

CHISM, Howard F., b. Jan. 1, 1888; d. Jan. 28, 1960.

CHISM, Minnie E., b. 1871; d. 1928. (Same stone as William Eli)

CHISM, William Eli, b. 1865; d. 1908. (Same stone as Minnie E.)

COAKLY, Alice Marie, b. 1925; d. 1930.  (Same stone as J. E.)

COAKLY, J. E., b. Dec 3, 1882; d. Apr 7, 1940.

COHEN, Lena Fay, b. May 3, 1934; d. Aug 6, 1934.

COLLINS, William, d. July 10, 2006.

COX, Annie Mildred, b. Feb. 16, 1913; d. Feb. 17, 1913.

COX, Juanita Maxine Miller, b. Oct 15, 1919; d. July 31, 2007; w/o Huie Cox; d. Jul 1, 1993; md. Oct 31, 1939.

COX, Virtus McKee, b. 1924; d. June 26, 2006.

DALTON, Franklin, b. Nov. 2, 1911; d. Nov. 4, 1911.

DALTON, Mary G., b. 1871; d. 1930.

DANNER, Frank, b. 1888; d. 1935.

DENFIP, Frank B., b. 1874; d. 1943.

DENFIP, Levi, b. c1867; d. Apr. 22, 1943. (See obituary.)

DENFIP, Octavia, b. 1875; d. 1970.

DEWEESE, Caroline Flenner, b. c1856; d. Jan. 3, 1930, age 75. (Stone has b. Jan. 22, 1850--Same stone as J. W. and Robert M.) (See obituary)

DEWEESE, J. W., b. Aug. 22, 1850; d. Sept. 27, 1931. (Rev. John Wesley--Same stone as Caroline and Robert M.)

DEWEESE, Robert M., b. Feb. 9, 1885; d. Apr 18, 1953, age 67. (Same stone as J. W. & Caroline--see obituary)

DEXTER, Infant, dau of J. W. & R. E. Dexter, Feb. 19, 1909.

DEXTER, Ivan Merlin, son of J. W. & R. E. Dexter, b. Jan. 10, 1906; d. Dec. 4, 1927.

DEXTER, Joseph W., SGT, CO B, 12 KY CAV, b. Sept. 15, 1841; d. Oct. 23, 1934.

DICKERSON, Jim Andy, b. Mar 25, 1920; d. Jan 13, 1991; s/o Buck and Ruby Lang Dickerson.

DILLMAN, Ida M., b. Sept. 22, 1859; d. Sept. 19, 1919. (Same stone as J. Charles)

DILLMAN, J. Charles, b. Apr. 2, 1855; d. May 2, 1917. (Same stone as Ida M.)

DOWDY, Juanita, b. Feb. 5, 1928; d. Nov. 7, 2001. (Same stone as Norman)

DOWDY, Norman, b. Mar. 18, 1926; d. Oct. 6, 1994. (Same stone as Juanita--Source for dates SSDI.)

DUNNING, Alta May, b. Aug. 9, 1888; d. ?? (Same stone as Jerry I.)

DUNNING, Jerry, b. Feb. 28, 1860; d. Dec. 25, 1929. (Same stone as Nellie)

DUNNING, Jerry I., b. June 6, 1882; d. May 10, 1949. (Same stone as Alta May)

DUNNING, Nellie, b. Aug. 5, 1861; d. Jul 4, 1941. (Same stone as Jerry)

FAULTS, Jr., Nov. 5, 1943.

FELDEN, Agnes F., b. Feb. 10, 1879; d. Feb. 13, 1956.

FELOON, Phillip H., b. 1847; d. 1920.

FISHER, William M., b. 1859; d. 1933.

FLENNEKEN, Rebecca, b. Oct. 28, 1860; d. Dec. 8, 1928.

FOSTER, Elenor M., b. 1923; d. 1924.

FOSTER, Hester L., b. 1898; d. 1963. (Same stone as Walter E.)

FOSTER, James E., b. & d. 1922.

FOSTER, Margaret E., b. & d. 1918.

FOSTER, Walter E., b. 1895; d. 1939. (Same stone as Hester L.)

GANNON, Carrie W., b. Sept. 10, 1886; d. May 19, 1890. (Same stone as Maggie E.)

GANNON, Eugenia, b. Sept 12, 1888; d May 23, 1890.

GANNON, Maggie E., b. Mar. 14, 1883; d. May 12, 1890. (Same stone as Carrie W.)

GANNON, Michael J., b. Aug. 4, 1850; d. Feb. 27, 1899.

GANNON, Sarah J., b. June 2, 1857; d. Aug. 6, 1927.

GARRISON, George W. 1849

GARRISON, Jennie, b. 1891; d. 1935.

GIBEAU, Josephine, b. 1849; d. 1934.

GOLDSBERRY, Bessie Irene, b. 1900; d. 1963.

GOLDSBERRY, Solomon, b. 1867; d. 1954.

GRUBBS, Alvie, b. 1893; d. 1913.

GRUBBS, Charles, b. 1864; d. 1902.

GRUBBS, Jennie Lesar, b. 1873; d. 1912.

HAYDEN, Emaline, b. 1846; d. 1925.

HEADY, Rev. Billy Don "Preacher", b. Feb. 23, 1935; d. Feb. 4, 2004.

HEWITT, Cleo Francis, dau of A. & L. Hewitt, b. May 7, 1911; d. Oct. 29, 1919.

HUITT, Everett, b. 1886; d. 1958. (Same stone as Ruth Light Huitt)

HUITT, James E., b. 1862; d. 1933. (Same stone as Sarah E.)

HUITT, Randall, E., b. Nov. 18, 1918; d. Aug. 19, 1954. ILLINOIS, CPL CO A 1252 ENGR COMBAT BN, WWII, SS-PH.

HUITT, Ruth Light, b. 1888; d. 1927. (Same stone as Everett)

HUITT, Sarah E., b. 1866; d. 1944. (Same stone as James E.)

JACKSON, Lucile Davis, Inf d/o T. H. & Rubye Jackson, d. Mar. 30, 196?.

JENNINGS, Barbara Boecker, b. Oct 12, 1926; d. Apr 15, 2007.  (See obituary)

KELLY, Clifford Ray, b. 1938; d. 1945.

KIRKHAM, Allice E., b. Apr. 9, 1886; d. Mar. 3, 1960. (same stone as Don I.)

KIRKHAM, Don I., b. Nov. 17, 1886; d. Aug. 31, 1932. (See obituary) (Same stone as Allice E.)

LESAR, Bertie L., b. Nov. 28, 1880; d. Feb. 21, 1908.

LESAR, Clara J., b. May 22, 1887; d. Nov. 7, 1918.

LESAR, John B., b. Aug. 31, 1851; d. Nov. 27, 1936.

LESAR, John Calvin, b. Dec. 11, 1907; d. Sept. 25, 1908.

LESAR, John W., b. 1873; d. 1951.

LESAR, Letha A., b. Sept. 2, 1975.

LESAR, Merel G., b. Oct. 26, 1910; d. Aug. 10, 1966.

LESAR, Sarah M., b. Dec. 16, 1850; d. Oct. 1, 190l.

LEVIL, Sam, b. 1886; d. 1960.

LONG, Theodore Ronald, b. Oct. 28, 1930; d. Dec. 18, 1930.

LOWE, James A., TN, PVT, 9 INF, May 2, 1932.

LOWE, James V., b. Feb 27, 1928; d. Aug 29, 1938.

MALONE, Clara B., b. Oct. 17, 1863; d. Aug. 1, 1921. (Same stone as Milton D.)

MALONE, Jeff D., b. 1861; d. 1902.

MALONE, Milton D., b. July 29, 1853; d. Feb. 11, 1911. (Same stone as Clara B.)

MASTERSON, Harold, b. Feb. 8, 1923; d. May 15, 2003.

MATHEWS, _________, b. May 27, 1896; d. Jul 31, 1956.

MATHIS, Emma, wife of Archie Mathis, b. Mar. 28, 1884; d. Mar. 17, 1908.

MCDANIEL, JAMES N. (Served in Sp Am War, Co. E, 4 IL INF--Source: 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor)

MCKEE, Anthony, b. Jul 2, 1853; d. Jun 26, 1918.

MCKEE, Calvin Redrick, b. 1925; d. 1926.

MCKEE , Donna Kay Dowdy, b. Apr. 15, 1944; d. Dec. 20, 2001.

MCKEE, Dora E., b. Sep 22, 1870; d. Sep 18, 1945.

MCKEE, Ina A., b. Oct 22, 1900; d. Feb 21, 1921.

MCKEE, Iola Fern, b. 1929; d. 1930.

MCKEE, Jerry, b. Sept. 23, 1944; d. Oct. 14, 2004.

MCKEE, Lela Gayeetta, b. 1923; d. 1924.

MILLER, Emma, b. 1878; d. 1960.

MILLER, Jane, b. Feb 26, 1877; d. Dec 25, 1966.

MILLER, Robert Clifford, b. Jan 16, 1927; d. Apr 12, 2008.

MINTON, Henry A., b. 1889; d. 1947. (Same stone as Julia V.)

MINTON, Julia V., b. 1893; d, 1950. (Same stone as Henry A.)

MINTON, Mary C., b. Jul. 24, 1924; d. Dec. 27, 1924.

MINTON, Mikey James, b. Nov. 13, 1919; d. Apr. 5, 1920.

MOORE, Grace, one date Oct 18, 1921.  (Same stone as Lilly Mae)

MOORE, Lilly Mae, b. 1925; d. 1926.  (Same stone as Grace)

NEWTON, Shirley Ann, b. Nov 12, 1937; d. Nov 24 1937.

OLDHAM, Joseph, b. Mar 17, 1874; d. June 18, 1946.

OLDHAM, Laura, b. Jan 10, 1880; d. Sep 28, 1967.

OLLER, Lillie Mae, b. 1886; d. 1923.

OLLER, Lilly May, b. Apr. 9, 1885; d. Mar. 21, 1923.

OLLIS, Dale E., b. May 3, 1932; d. June 23, 1962, ILLINOIS, CPL HQ & HQ CO 27 INFANTRY, KOREA.

OLLIS, Richard, b. Sept. 1, 1891; d. Jan. 21, 1986. (Same stone as Zola O. & Dale E.)

OLLIS, Zola O., May 24, 1903. (Same stone as Richard and Dale E.)

ORR, Aueustus, b. 1876; d. 1923.  

ORR, Betty, b. Oct 9, 1891; d. Mar 26, 1943.  (Same stone as Eva)

ORR, Eva, b. Dec 11, 1846; d. Dec 16, 1938.  (Same stone as Betty)

ORR, William, b. 1885; d. 1957.

PAPANEK, Georgianna Mae (nee:  Dain) Foster, b. Oct. 16, 1919; d. Sept. 30, 2006.

PITTMAN, Carrie, b. 1902; d. 1922.

PLEMONS, Norma J., b. May 26, 1930; d. Jul. 7, 2005.

PORTER, Elva E., d. Aug 22, 1975, age 80y, 5m, 20d.

PORTER, William F., ILLINOIS PVT CO B, 21 INF REGT, WWI, b. May 1, 1893; d. Dec 13, 1964.

RAMBO, Roy S., (no dates)

RAPP, William H., son of M. V. & Laura Rapp, b. Nov. 28, 1888; d. Sept. 7, 1906.

REED, Iona V., b. Dec. 13, 1923; d. Sept. 17, 2006.

RODGERS, Scotty Eugene, b. Mar. 25, 1969; d. Jul 10, 2002.

SICKMAN, Joseph E., b. 1886; d. 1957.  (Same stone as Martha.)

SICKMAN, Martha, b. 1885; d. 1959.  (Same stone as Joseph E.)

SICKMAN, Willis W., b. Feb 9, 1912; d. Jun 24, 1932.

SISSOM, Marcella, b. Sept. 8, 1927; d. Jan. 31, 2006.

SMILEY, Harvey, b. 1883; d. 1962.  (Same stone as Pearl Mae)

SMILEY, Pearl Mae, b. May 24, 1890; d. Oct 11, 1943.  (Same stone as Harvey)

SMILEY, Thomas L., ILL TEC 5 249 GENERAL HOSPITAL, WWII., b. Jan 11, 1911; d. Nov 28, 1959.

STILLEY, Fred, b. Aug. 16, 1932; d. Apr. 3, 2006.

STOKES, J. L., b. Apr 5, 1875; d. Mar. 17, 1916.

STORY, Billy D., b. July 25, 1955; d. July 31, 2003.

STOVER, Gertrude A. (Greenley), b. April 6, 1921; d. April 25, 1973. (See obituary)

STOVER, Robert E., b. Oct. 5, 1914; d. April 25, 1973. (See obituary)

STRAUB, Edna, b. Feb. 13, 1887; d. June 30, 1954.

STRAUB, Mary E., b. Apr. 3, 1917; d. June 15, 1918. (Same stone as Mildred E.)

STRAUB, Mildred E., b. Apr 3, 1917; d. May 5, 1917. (Same stone as Mary E.)

TEEL, Ida E., wife of W. R. Teel, b. Jan. 6, 1865; d. June 28, 1908.

TEEL, William N., son of W. B. & L. E. Teel, b. Sep 18, 1904; d. Jan. 23, 1909.

THOMAS, Loren Wayne, b. July 24, 1924; d. Sept. 22, 2002.

THROGMORTON, Junita May, b. 1927; d. 1929.

THROGMORTON, Virginia, 1932.

TONEY, Annie I., wife of Egbert Toney, dau of J. F. & M. C. Gillion, b. Sept. 19, 1886; d. Mar. 24, 1907, Aged 20y, 6m, 5d.

VAUGHN, Julia Ann Lemmons, b. Jan. 11, 1870; d. Sept. 17, 1931, age 61. (See obituary) (Same stone as Thomas J.)

VAUGHN, Thomas Jefferson, Sr., b. Aug. 14, 1860; d. Sept. 19, 1927. (Same stone as Julia Ann)

VICK, C. C., b. 1857; d. 1918. (Same stone as Josephine)

VICK, Josephine, b. 1865; d. 1942. (Same stone as C. C. Vick)

WALKER, George B., b. 1875; d. 1934.

WALKER, James E., b. Dec. 23, 1933; d. Jan. 5, 1934.

WATSON, Ralph H., b. Jan. 29, 1915; d. Mar. 1, 2003.

WEATHERLY, William M., ILLINOIS, PFC, 12 ENGINEERS, WWI, b. Apr. 27, 1891; d. May 7, 1967.

WESTERMAN, Michael H., b. 1855; d. 1938.

WILBOURN, Benjamin F., CO D, 50 MO INF.

WILBOURN, Della, b. Oct. 5, 1884; d. Mar. 23, 1956.

WILBOURN, Julia T., b. Nov. 8, 1855; d. Sept. 5, 1934. (Same stone as William W.)

WILBOURN, Walter F., b. Jan. 9, 1883; d. Apr 29, 1955.

WILBOURN, William W., b. Sept. 10, 1855; d. Sept. 29, 1937. (Same stone as Julia T.)

WILDER, Inez E., b. 1862; d. 1919. (Same stone as Stokley)

WILDER, Stokley, b. 1860; d. 1957. (Same stone as Inez E.)

WILLIAMS, Harvey D. "Dale", d. Dec. 12, 2006, age 67.

WILLIS, Cecile E., b. Jan. 29, 1931; d. Nov. 10, 2006, age 75.

WILSON, Bobby J., b. Oct 20, 1938; d. Jul 13, 2007.

WILSON, Claude, b. Jan. 2, 1906; (d. June 25, 1999--from SSDI) (Same stone as Goldie Mae)

WILSON, Goldie Mae, b. Jan. 13, 1907; d. Oct. 5, 1970. (Same stone as Claude)

WILSON, Lester Eugene, b. May 4, 1928; d. Jan. 28, 1929.

WINN, Orman Jr., b. Nov. 17, 1931; d. Oct. 19, 2003.


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