Black Oak Cemetery

Contributed by Rachel English
In this cemetery there are multiple graves that are either unmarked or marked with a stick. This part of the cemetery began as African-American.

Biglow, Frank J. (Double stone w/Ophelia Biglow) 3/5/1899 7/5/1977
Biglow, Ophelia (Double stone w/Frank J. Biglow) 10/24/1908 9/18/1990
Brown, A.L. (Husband of Patsy Brown) 1/7/1861 6/4/1935
Brown, Daisy (Double stone w/Isaac Brown) 8/10/1895 No Date
Brown, Isaac (Double stone w/Daisy Brown) 1/11/1890 3/5/1974
Brown, Patsy (Wife of A.L. Brown) 4/10/1865 9/10/1942
Brown, Rev. Ralph L. 1912 1984
Brown, Mr. Thelma H. 1914 1985
Carrington, Alonzo (Double stone w/Bessie Pruitt Carrington) 4/28/1900 6/2/1991
Carrington, Bessie Pruitt (Double stone w/Alonzo Carrington) 8/25/1908 12/8/1986
Carrington, Cornell V. 1930 1999
Christian, Olivia E. 10/21/1900 5/16/1978
Davis, Velma Eunice 4/2/1939 8/13/1995
Dennis, Leonard (PVT US Army World War I) 3/23/1895 5/27/1972
Dennis, Minnie 1896 1923
Dennis, Stella 1895 1974
Gregg, Ella Pruitt 3/15/1879 11/23/1965
Gundy, Angel Lynelle (Dau. Of Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gundy) 2/11/1982
Hollemon, Mrs Mary 9/9/1900 2/23/1988
Jackson, Delois Pruitt 8/7/1946 12/2/1977
Johnson, Trulia Sims 3/25/1908 3/8/1995
Johnson, Will 5/11/1907 7/26/1976
Jones, Cleburn (US Army) 8/2/1909 7/23/1992
Jones, Nevel Larce 7/15/1911 5/31/1947
--Unmarked beside Nevel Larce Jones
Jones, R.C. (PVT US Army World War II) 1/11/1902 2/17/1985
Mangrum, Beulah V. 10/24/1899 8/24/1990
McClure, Claudia 5/14/1920 9/21/2005
McGill, Liza (Wife of John Mcgill) 7/2/1869 9/7/1925
--Unmarked beside Liza McGill
Murray, Lillian R. 2/24/1943 8/29/1988
Pruitt, ?ice ??/??/1932 ??/??/1932
--Several Unmarked beside ?ice Pruitt
Pruitt, Adam D (Double stone w/Fannie A. Pruitt) 11/14/1861 4/25/1951
Unreadable stone beside Adam D. Pruitt
Pruitt, Addie Lee 7/6/19?3 5/28/1984
Pruitt, Ammie (Double stone w/Willie D. Pruitt) 4/20/1910 No Date
Pruitt, Andrew W. (Double stone w/Maddie Pruitt) 1882 1953
Pruitt, Bennie J. 6/14/1951 4/10/1971
Pruitt, Buford 1921 1945
Pruitt, Bobbie 1938 1938
Pruitt, Bories J. 2/12/1936 12/16/1960
Pruitt, Charles M 6/30/1884 7/15/1943
Pruitt, Emma Jean 1942 1942
Pruitt, Essie B. 1/24/1901 1/5/1964
Pruitt, Estelle (Double stone w/Travis Pruitt) 12/4/1915 12/1/2004
Pruitt, Fannie A. (Double stone w/Adam D. Pruitt) 12/25/1867 12/22/1952
Pruitt, Henry L 10/21/1943 11/20/1962
Pruitt, Herma Lee 3/1/1904 1/12/1997
--Unmarked beside Herma Lee Pruitt
Pruitt, Hollis 1933 1934
Pruitt, Rev. J.A. (Double stone w/Mary J. Pruitt) 5/6/1878 5/8/1948
Pruitt, Rev. L. 2/15/1967 No Other Date
Pruitt, Lonnie 12/22/1914 12/31/1991
Pruitt, Lorenzo 12/10/1903 2/24/1998
Pruitt, Loyce W. 1/1/1916 4/19/1992
Pruitt, Lucille 4/14/1922 12/23/1998
Pruitt, Lula Mae 2/12/1893 4/18/194?
Pruitt, Maddie (Double stone w/Andrew W. Pruitt) 1878 1954
Pruitt, Mary Ann 7/5/1880 7/3/1948
Broken stone beside Mary Ann Pruitt
Pruitt, Mary J. (Double stone w/Rev. J.A. Pruitt) 2/18/1880 10/3/1966
Pruitt, Mary M. (Double stone w/Zebedee Pruitt) 7/4/1908 2/29/2004
Pruitt, Minnie Lee 1903 1956
Pruitt, O.L. (Double stone w/Opal Pruitt) 10/16/1898 4/3/1984
Pruitt, Opal (Double stone w/O.L. Pruitt) 1/15/1904 6/20/1987
Pruitt, Prilla (Double stone w/W.M. Pruitt) 1822 8/20/1927
Pruitt, Robert D. (Son of J.A. & Mary Pruitt) 7/7/1906 9/25/1907
Pruitt, Rutha Mae (Double stone w/Young Calvert Pruitt) 6/14/1918-9/16/1999
Pruitt, Shelton M. 1944-1985
Pruitt, Travis (Double stone w/Estelle Pruitt) 2/26/1913-1/12/1991
Pruitt, W.H. 1870 2/12/1940
--Unmarked beside W.H. Pruitt
Pruitt, W.M. (Double stone w/Prilla Pruitt) 1810 2/14/1919
Pruitt, William Theadore 1/8/1906 1/22/1967
Pruitt, Willie D. (Married-12/1/1932- Double stone w/Ammie Pruitt) 8/16/1907 6/23/1998
Pruitt, Young Calvert (Double stone w/Ruthia Mae Pruitt) 1/20/1911 3/8/2001
Pruitt, Zebedee (Double stone w/Mary M. Pruitt) 2/7/1904 12/27/1994
Sanders, Floyd Jr. (Double stone w/Margaret Rose Sanders) 7/25/1935 6/24/1998
Sanders, Margaret Rose (Double stone w/Floyd Sanders, Jr.) 7/7/1939 No Date
Sims, Bettie B. 1/5/1877 3/14/1949
Sims, Caesar (US Army World War II) 11/15/1919 10/30/1981
Sims, Caesar L. Jr. (SGT US Air Force Vietnam) 12/10/1948 3/25/1995
Sims, Caesar L. Jr. 12/10/1948 3/25/1995
Sims, Calvin Wayne 4/3/1933 6/4/1999
--Unmarked beside Calvin Wayne Sims
Sims, Carolyn Joyce 9/27/1954 9/28/1954
Sims, Charlie J. 6/22/1918 6/3/1971
Sims, Dee 4/3/1873 7/30/1958
Sims, Dorma C. 12/5/1910 3/7/2002
Sims, Infant 1917 (Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Sims)
Sims, Infant (Inf. Of Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Sims) 10/17/1917 10/20/1917
Sims, J.A. (Double stone w/Lula Sims) 12/15/1870-2/15/1956
Sims, Rev.J.D. (Double stone w/Susie Sims) 4/10/1875 10/17/1918
Sims, Rev. J. Milan Sr. 6/18/1898 11/25/1990
Sims, Lula (Double stone w/J.A. Sims) 6/19/1881 11/12/1956
Smith, Minnie Leona Sims 3/7/1912 8/12/1996
Sims, Naomi 7/2/1903 10/25/1998
Sims, O.G. 11/30/1909 3/13/1948
Sims, Susie (Double stone w/Rev. J.D. Sims) 6/5/1876 5/28/1973
Sims, Willia Audry 3/1/1912 10/5/1966
Sims, Zora Norris 9/28/1912 1/27/2004
Spigner, Mankie Sims 3/25/1881 10/16/1976
Vaughn, Effie 6/7/1887 4/10/1972
Vaughn, Lee 8/24/1885 11/17/1956
Vaughn, Mary H. 11/16/1910 10/1/1983
Williams, Henry A. 6/18/1935 8/2/1963
White, Doney (Double stone w/Katty White) 1848 1932
White, Katty (Double stone w/Doney White) 1859 1934
White, Ociela CO I 307 Infantry World War II 4/29/1907 12/4/1957

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