ROCKY BRANCH CEMETERY
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, GEORGIA
SURVEYED 29 DEC 1998:
MOZELLE RENTZ
D.75YRS OLD
(COULD NO LOCATE)
ONE ADULT SLAB UNMARKED, IDENTIFIED AS:
CLINT KEITH ROLLINS, DIED ABT LATE 1961
ONE ADULT SLAB UNMARKED, RIGHT SIDE OF ABOVE, IDENTIFIED AS:
JOHN ROLLINS(FATHER OF ABOVE), DIED 1930'S
ONE ADULT SLAB UNMARKED, RIGHT SIDE OF TWO ABOVE, IDENTIFIED AS:
LADY FRIEND OF JOHN ROLLINS
INFANT OF MR AND MRS R.J. RODDENBERRY, HEADSTONE AND SLAB
8 APR 1917/9 APR 1917
THOMAS J. RODDENBERRY
GA Y3 US NAVY WORLD WAR I
31 MAR 1899/6 MAR 1941
(CRACKED IN THREE PLACES, HAS SLAB)
ONE INFANT GRAVE CORNER OF CEMETERY NEAR FENCE
HAS BRICKS AS SLAB
TWO INFANT BRICK SLABS RIGHT SIDE OF THOMAS J. RODDENBERRY
ONE HAS BROKEN HALF HEADSTONE MISSING
ONE HAS FUNERAL MARKER, EMBEDDED DATES OF 17 FEB 1925/6 DEC 1927
ROBERT W. RODDENBERRY
28 APR 1855/11 OCT 1918
(ON BACK HAS, "ERECTED BY MRS R.W. RODDENBERRY)
(MASON),(HAS HEADSTONE AND SLAB)
MARY A. RODDENBERRY
1 SEP 1855/13 OCT 1942
(BESIDE OF ROBERT W. RODDENBERRY)
S.J. WILCOX
3 APR 1866/13 OCT 1932
(HEADSTONE AND SLAB)
ELLA R. WILCOX
25 DEC 1875/13 MAR 1931
(BESIDE OF S.J. WILCOX)
FANNIE A. WILCOX
30 DEC 1891/11 MAY 1905
(RIGHT SIDE OF ELLA R. WILCOX)
INFANT SLAB RIGHT SIDE OF FANNIE R. WILCOX
J.W. VARN
29 MAR 1852/12 OCT 1919
(MASON),(PICTURE MISSING FROM HEADSTONE, HAS SLAB)
SARAH VARN
22 MAY 1883/9 JUN 1925
(BESIDE J.W. VARN)
MRS STELLA BENSON
12 FEB 1889/11 AUG 1914
(HEADSTONE AND SLAB),(PICTURE MISSING FROM HEADSTONE,HAS SIMILAR HEADSTOEN IN DESIGN TO SARAH VARN'S HEADSTONE)
TWO UMARKED ADULT SLABS, SIDE BY SIDE, IDENTIFIED AS:
PARENTS OF DONALD E. DICKSON WHO MARRIED A CROSBY)
WALLACE R. SELLERS
28 AUG 1885/11 JUN 1908
(RIGHT SIDE OF S.W. SELLERS),(HEADSTONE AND SLAB)
S.W. SELLERS(SEABORN)
1 JUN 1851/9 DEC 1908
(MASON),(HEADSTONE AND SLAB)
(SON OF LEMUEL SELLERS, GRANDSON OF SAMUEL SELLERS)
SLAB WITHOUT HEADSTONE MARKED:
S.W. SELLERS JR
2 MAR 1888/19(17?) JUN 1913
(FOOTMARKER S.W.S.)
FIVE INFANT SLABS HEAD OF S.W. SELLERS JR, SIDE BY SIDE
CECIL F. VARN
17 NOV 1887/8 JUL 1888
(HEADSTONE CRACKED IN HALF BUT IN PLACE)
MRS MARGRET VARN
17 JUL 1893/ AGED 79 YEARS
(MARKED, "ERECTED BY HER SON L.B. VARN),(SLAB CRACKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES)
GRAVE MOUNT RIGHT SIDE OF ABOVE
FENCED IN PART OF THE CEMETERY THAT HAS GATE MARKED, "W.C. SWAIN", HAS THE FOLLOWING IN IT:
THOMAS L. SWAIN
1885/1953
(FUNERAL MARKER AND SLAB),(JESSE THOMAS FUNERAL HOME ON MARKER)
18 FEB 1964/1940??(86YRS OLD) ON FUNERAL MARKER BARELY READABLE, NOT SURE OF DATES
(FUNERAL MARKER ALSO EMBEDDED WITH DATES 7 FEB 1925/6 DEC 1927)
(RIGHT SIDE OF W.G. SWAIN),(LEFT SIDE OF THOMAS L. SWAIN)
W.G. SWAIN
5 NOV 1858/18 SEP 1905
(MASON)
(HEADSTONE AND SLAB, HEADSTONE IS LEANING TO BACK)
ONE INFANT SLAB UNMARKED, HAS WOODEN MARKER
(THIS IS CLIAMED TO BE THE FIRST BURIAL)
ONE INFANT GRAVE, RED BRICK BORDERED
WILLIAM J. COPELAND
19 JAN 1855/7 JUL 1927
MILEY COPELAND
19 SEP 1876/8 SEP 1956
(BESIDE WILLIAM J. COPELAND)
(JESSE THOMAS FUNERAL HOME ON MARKER)
FLARANCE C. STANKOWITZ
AGE 76
(HEADSTONE AND SLAB),(FOOT OF RUDOLPH A. STANKOWITZ)
RUDOLPH A. STANKOWITZ
AGE 56
(HAS HEADSTONE AND SLAB)
UNMARKED ADULT SIZE SLAB, UNREADABLE WITH NO HEADSTONE
(LEFT SIDE OF RUDOLPH A. STANKOWITZ),(HAS "M…..")
UNMARKED ADULT SLAB LEFT SIDE OF FLARANCE C. STANKOWITZ
UNREADABLE SLAB
UNMARKED INFANT SLAB LEFT SIDE OF ABOVE UNMARKED SLAB
MARJORILE(MARJORIE) CORELAN(COPELAND)
13(8?) JUN 1938/17 JUN 1938
TWO UNMARKED SLABS ADULT HEAD OF WILLIAM AND MILEY COPELAND
THE OLD CHURCH BUILDING IS STILL STANDING, MISSING WINDOWS BUT LOOKS IN GOOD CONDITION. A PIECE OF THE ORGAN IS STILL INSIDE THE CHURCH.
THERE ARE TWO PILLARS TO LEFT OF THE CHURCH WITH CEMENT SLAB WHERE THE ROCKY BRANCH SCHOOL WAS.
SCHOOL STOPPED EARLY 1900'S.
CHURCH STOPPED AROUND 1965 OR SO.
INFORMATION ON UMARKED SLABS PROVIDED BY MR JUNIOR ROLLINS(CLINT KEITH ROLLINS). HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER ARE BURIED HERE.
CHURCH MOVED ON DOUGLAS HIGHWAY, NEXT TO YEWELL MILES HOME.(?)
CHURCH FIRST STARTED AS A METHODIST CHURCH.