Fairfield Methodist Cemetery

 

by Carol McGee Anthony, Rufus McGee, and Eric Bonner Wood
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Last Modified: 29 Dec 2006

Status: Active

Location: Inside city limits of Fairfield. 1/2 mile E-SE of the Freestone County courthouse in Fairfield.

Directions: To reach the Fairfield Methodist Cemetery (predominantly African-American), one takes Reunion Street eastward to the Fairfield Cemetery (white) with a sign at the gate. To reach the Methodist Cemetery, one drives through this gate and proceeds along an asphalt topped path. The path proceeds eastward and then southward. If one stops 50 or 100 yards after the path turns south and looks to the east, the Methodist Cemetery will be visible. Or if one drives off the path before it turns south and follows the unsurfaced path around a big oak tree, it will lead directly into the Methodist Cemetery. On close observation it will be clear that while the two cemeteries are in the same general area, they have been separated from the beginning and until recent years were separated by a fence.
Despite the fact that the two cemeteries are so close, these places are separate cemeteries because they have the different funding sources and maintenance.
There are graves amongst the trees and along the stream. Do not look only in the manicured lawn areas.

Associated Churches: This may seem odd since this is named a Methodist cemetery, but some of the recent burial services are held at either Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church on Huckaby Street in Fairfield or New Zion Baptist Church located near the Post Oak community south of Fairfield.

Oldest Marked Grave: 1882 - either Lucy Blain or William Johnson

Families:  George, Proctor, McGee, Riley, Johnson, Harrison, Dickens, Strange

______, Mary B. ? Aug 9, 1920
Adams, Marcia Ruth "Miss Daisy" Mar 8, 1930 Oct 7, 2000
Adams, Robert May 15, 1890 Jan 10, 1891
Andrews, Leroy
    OK Pvt Army Air Force WWII
Apr 20, 1905 Sept 4, 1973
Blain, Julia 1846 1902
Blain, Lucy Mar 20, 1809 June 10, 1882
Blaine, Callie 1881 1962
Blaine, Garland 1918  Sept 23, 1941
Blaine, William Charles Sept 28, 1879 June 28, 1954
Brackens, Amos A. Mar 10, ???? May 20, 1981
Brackens, Connie May 30, 1907 Apr 12, 1964
Brackens, Esker R. 1900 Aug 22, 1970
Brackens, George Alvin 1898 Oct 11, 1963
Brackens, Lillie Mae June 15, 1908 June 12, 1963
Brackens, Lola E. 1990 Apr 7, 1994
Brackens, Martha 1858 Feb 5, 1944
Brownlow, W. L. Jr. Oct 8, 1932 July 30, 1946
Byrd, Charley Lee
    TX St. 3 USNR WWII
Feb 12, 1919 Nov 21, 1946
Canady, Allen Ray Feb 18, 1952 June 20, 1959
Canady, Chess Sept 15, 1885 July 17, 1966
Canady, Cleo Jan 15, 1909 Oct 10, 1928
Canady, Cliff
    Husband & Father
Sept 31, 1931 July 2, 1993
Canady, Henrietta Nov 25, 1891 Oct 24, 1966
Canady, Henry F.
    hus of Violet
1888 1964
Canady, Jimmy 1911 1972
Canady, Johnny Wayne Oct 4, 1958 Mar 9, 1997
Canady, Mrs. Gladys 1915 1971
Canady, Robert C. 1956 1976
Canady, Violet 1890 Mar 15, 1861
Canady, Violet
    wife of Henry
Oct 7, 1891 Mar 15, 1981
Canady, Willie Earl
    Pvt US Army WWII Korea
Nov 6, 1928 Dec 23, 1986
Dickins, Laura June 6, 1892 Nov 12, 1933
Donahue, Alice E. Mar 11, 1871 Sept 11, 1941
Donahue, Will III Feb 12, 1928 Sept 24, 1937
Donahue, Will Jr. May 26, 1869 Jan 3, 1933
English, Eliza 1881 1963
English, Libby Corene June 13, 1915 Feb 11, 2007
English, Mack 1876 Oct 4, 1960
Harrison, Lillie 1906 1932
Harrison, Martha 1869 1935
Harrison, Walter 1875 1937
Hatcher, Josephine Dec 23, 1872 May 15, 1958
Hemphill, Ilver Norman 1905 May 13, 1965
Huckaby, Amanda Sept 8, 1882 Jan 13, 1956
Huckaby, Walter Jan 1, 1879 ?
Irvin, Joe
    US Army WWI
Nov 13, 1896 May 13, 1975
Irvin, Mrs. Hallie 1889 1974
Irvin, Simmie Apr 22, 1901 Aug 30, 1959
Johnson, Callie June 30, 1880 Jan 6, 1933
Johnson, Clara Dec 12, 1902 Dec 29, 1902
Johnson, Corine Oct 10, 1862 Dec 4, 1956
Johnson, Eugene L. Nov 14, 1891 May 21, 1952
Johnson, Henry Lee May 25, 1895 Jan 8, 1951
Johnson, Herman 1885 Oct 25, 1939
Johnson, Isaac 1863 1922
Johnson, Jimmie Sneed 1903 Oct 13, 1971
Johnson, Joe S. Jan 6, 1871 Feb 14, 1958
Johnson, Joe ? July ??, 2004
Johnson, Johnnie Wardell 1884 Apr 20, 1960
Johnson, Laura C.
    age 69y
? May 7, 1976
Johnson, Lydia L. June 5, 1890 May 9, 1905
Johnson, Mae Ida July 17, 1901 Jan 23, 2002
Johnson, Mealie Apr 15, 1889 Apr 30, 1950
Johnson, Minus Feb 10, 1859 Feb 20, 1923
Johnson, Mrs. Joe Jr. Sept 22, 1916 Mar 8, 1975
Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Nov 1, 1897 Apr 6, 1963
Johnson, Pauline 1888 1968
Johnson, Rosa Mae Aug 6, 1894 Dec 23, 1959
Johnson, Rose Jan 1, 1838 Jan 3, 1922
Johnson, William Ellis Dec 20, 1901 Nov 1, 1972
Johnson, William 1818 1882
Jones, Addison no dates no dates
Jones, Sarah ? July 12, 1899
Jones, Veronian Nell Jones Sept 1, 1957 Aug 12, 2001
Jones, William
    age 80
? June 16, 1886
Kelley, Willie Gentry Feb 25, 1887 Oct 23, 1968
Mayes, Paul L. Apr 10, 1944 May 9, 1967
McGee, Beaulah Feb 9, 1887 Jan 20, 1938
McGee, Dave Dec 16, 1873 Dec 22, 1948
McGee, Delbert ? Oct 19, 1967
McGee, Emma Feb 27, 1866 Aug 20, 1920
McGee, Hattie 1884 Oct 8, 1962
McGee, Julia 1883 1966
McGee, Julius Sr. Aug 20, 1888 Dec 18, 1959
McGee, Nat Oct 6, 1865 Mar 9, 1928
McGee, Royce Rage Dec 16, 1928 Aug 30, 1932
McGee, Will M. Sr. Dec 11, 1873 May 3, 1955
McIlveen, Annie 1904 1969
McIlveen, Billie Lorenso 1894 Oct 4, 1950
McIlveen, Eva Lois Oct 7, 1915 Jan 25, 1986
McIlveen, Evalena June 6, 1892 June 6, 1954
McIlveen, Gracie Love "Mom" July 5, 1919 Jan 26, 2006
McIlveen, Laverne Jan 15, 1949 Jan 16, 1949
McIlveen, Mergie Feb 28, 1871 June 2, 1891
McIlveen, Milford ? Aug 25, 1916
McIlveen, William M. Dec 21, 1919 June 26, 1996
McIlveen, Williams Jr. May 18, 1944 Mar 14, 1971
McShan, Calvin E. June 18, 1908 Mar 28, 1974
McShan, Earnestine Mar 16, 1916 Mar 21, 1991
McShan, Leeonard Gene
    US Army Vietnam
Oct 29, 1946 May 26, 1993
Moody, Mary M. Jan 12, 1872 Mar 23, 1962
Nolan, Lucille June 6, 1911 June 21, 1954
Nolan, Willie B. Sr. Dec 27, 1908 Feb 6, 1999
Noland, Bill 1879 1967
Noland, Chanie 1878 1941
Noland, Genete Aug 4, 1943 Feb 17, 1949
Noland, Lucile 1904 Sept 2, 1949
Noland, Maggie Bell Dec 27, 1908 Aug 18, 1912
Owens, Odessa Canady
    Our beloved Mother
Aug 10, 1917 Mar 20, 1984
Proctor, George 1889 Oct 30, 1968
Ransom, Lena Feb 20, 1890 Sept 30, 1949
Riley, Amanda no dates no dates
Riley, Jerr no dates no dates
Robinson, Jerry
    age 53y
? Dec 30, 1892
Rogers, Catherine 1928 1975
Smith, Mary 1899 1932
Tatum, Patricia Ann Nov 25, 1962 Nov 25, 1962
Wayne, David Sept 12, 1919 June 30, 1959
White Lawrence 1910 1974
White, Beatrice 1903 Apr 14, 1971
White, Windsor 1906 Jan 7, 1976
Willis, Lucy June 8, 1863 Sept 27, 1947
Womack, Primer 1868 Nov 4, 1948
Womack, Robert 1868 1955