Cemetery of Poinsett Co.

Greenwood Cemetery

-Submitted by Sue Chambers, 1999.

There's a bit of the pioneer in all, and Charles B. Greenwood was no exception. In the late 1880s he was living Bay Village. Somehow news began to drift into the village about a new frontier on Little River. His interest was aroused, and soon he was one of the homesteaders of this new land. Not satisfied to cut timber, trap and fish, he felt the people needed a town. So he gave the land where Lepanto is today and hired the surveyors to lay out the streets. The Modern News of Harrisburg had a small item in the paper in 1901 stating a new town was being built and was to be Lepanto. Mr. Greenwood also saw the need for a school and he built Greenwood School. His daughter, Miss Dalton, began teaching in a one-room school at the age of 17 and she taught for many years. Needless to say a site for burial was needed and Mr. Greenwood, in looking over his land, selected a spot that he felt would not be easy to overflow, and Greenwood Cemetery was laid out. The first person recorded buried there was Georgia Swepton in 1902, the last one of Pamelia Belle Cradic Savage in 1948.

DIRECTIONS. The Greenwood Cemetery is on the right side of Highway 135 south as you leave Lepanto.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

BALLARD, Jessie, son of Walter & Lizzie Ballard, born April 18, 1902, died April 12, 1914 BALLARD, William, son of Walter & Lizzie Ballard, born Dec. 9, 1917, died July 24, 1918 BEASNETT, Willie B., born July 27, 1905, died March 30, 1909 BOONE, infant child of Era Gentry & _______ Boone CARSON, William Earl, son of Chester & Virgie Carson, born Nov. 5, 1926, died May 8, 1931 CLEM, Ruby V., dau. of J.W. & G.M. Clem, born Oct. 15, 1912, died Nov. 8, 1912 COLLIER, Bertie White (Mrs. Wm. Ernest), born 1881, died Jan. 14, 1923 COTTON, Rosey, born March 21, 1896, died Nov. 27, 1927 CRADIC, James Walter, son of James W. & Lydia A. Blackburn Cradic, born Oct. 27, 1884, died Nov. 14, 1907 CRADIC, James Washington, born Aug. 18, 1840, died Oct. 25, 1931 CRADIC, Lydia Ann Blackburn (Mrs. Jas. W.), born Dec. 9, 1859, died Feb. 2, 1935 DIXON, Jacob Perry, born Aug. 7, 1863, died June 17, 1922 DONNEHOE, Mary Cox (Mrs. William), born April 24, 1835 in TN, died Jan. 25, 1914 DRISKELL, Orin C., son of L.E. & N.A. Driskell, born Aug. 24, 1917, died March 4, 1919 DRISKELL, W.F., 65y,6m,6d, born Aug. 4, 1854, died Jan. 8, 1920 FOREHAND, Edith, born Sept. 6, 1917, died July 10, 1919 FOREHAND, John Allen, born April 8, 1830, died Jan. 10, 1905 FOREHAND, Liddie, born Sept. 29, 1890, died July 10, 1919 FOREHAND, Marilda (Mrs. John A.), (no birth date), died Oct. 20, 1910 GENTRY, Era dau. of _______ Gentry & Susan Sanford, born ca 1890's, died 1913 GOODON, Thomas S. (no birth date) 2y,4m, died July 17, 1918 GREENWOOD, Charles Bryan, son of Benj. & Nancy Thompson Greenwood, (OBIT) born Nov. 24, 1858, died March 23, 1912 GREENWOOD, N.P., son of C.B. & L.V. Greenwood, born Oct. 11, 1888, died March 9, 1903 GREENWOOD, Ruby, dau. of Chas. B. & Mary Ellen Chambers Greenwood,born Feb. 10, 1902, died Oct. 27, 1903 GREENWOOD, Walter, son of Chas. B. & Mary Ellen Chambers Greenwood, born July 29, 1891, died July 6, 1909 GRIFFITH, Robert S., born May 29, 1870, died Sept. 27, 1926 HALLIBURTON, (Infant), 12d, died 1920 HALL, Nora, dau. of H.T. & L.A. Hall, born April 11, 1906, died July 2, 1908 HALL, Paul, son of H.T. & L.A. Hall, born Feb. 6, 1908, died 1909 HATTEN, Tom, born , died March 7, 1917 HICKS, Earl R., born June 5, 1892, died Feb. 21, 1911 HICKS, Jim, born July 29, 1890, died Feb. 13, 1911 HOWELL, Ethel, d/o John R. & Minnie Hicks Howell, born_______, died October 11, 1918 JAMES, Albert E., born Dec. 21, 1896, died Oct. 31, 1917 JAMES, Etha, (no dates) JERNIGAN, James Douglas, son of A.A. & S.M. Jernigan, born Aug. 28, 1899, died Aug. 2, 1915 JERNIGAN, Jeffrie Jane, born July 29, 1924, died Nov. 18, 1924 JERNIGAN, Opal Geneva, born Oct. 7, 1921, died Dec. 9, 1921 MANLEY, Helen B., born Nov. 24, 1918, died July 24, 1920 MUNDY, Ellen Chambers Greenwood, born 1873, died 1941 MURPHY, Hurby, born Aug. 18, 1905, died Sept. 28, 1910 NICHOLS, Ollie Huddleston (Mrs. Geo. W.), dau. of Lewis & Margaret Huddleston, born_______, died 1923 RAY, J.N., born March 18, 1844, died May 1, 1912 RAY, J.W., born March 20, 1865, died Dec. 20, 1914 ROBERTS, Dr., Benjamin McCuloch, son of Riley J. & Elizabeth O'Neal Roberts, born Oct. 5, 1861, died Feb. 19, 1930. ROBERTS, Dr., M.C., born Sep. 8, 1881, died Feb. 19, 1930 SAVAGE, Edgar E., born Jan. 6, 1905, died Jan. 24, 1923 SAVAGE, James B., born Nov. 6, 1903, died Aug. 20, 1904 SAVAGE, John R., born Oct. 28, 1901, died Jan. 5, 1913 SAVAGE, Pamella Belle Cradic (Mrs. Sam'l F.), dau. of Jas. W. & Lydia A. Blackburn Savage, born Feb. 24, 1882, died Sept. 15, 1948 SAVAGE, Rev. Samuel Franklin, born Nov. 28, 1876, died Jan. 8, 1940 SHIELDS, William R., (no birth date), died Dec. 10, 1920 Veteran:Ark Cook 17 BN U.S. Guards WW1 SMALLWOOD, Cloie, d/o Lewis & Maud Gates Smallwood, 2y8m10d, born Oct. 28, 1913, died July 7, 1916 SMALLWOOD, Maud Gates, d/o Tom & Pearl Bryant Gates (Mrs. Lewis), 30y, born 1893, died Jan. 17, 1923 SPEARS, Clara P., dau. of Robt. & Florence Joyner Spears, born July 20, 1905, died March 24, 1922 SPEARS, Homer G., son of Robt. & Florence Joyner Spears, born March 5, 1904, died April 1, 1926 SPEARS, Mary I., dau. of Robt. & Florence Joyner Spears, born March 1, 1917, died March 16, 1922 STEWART, Minnie dau. of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart, born & died 1910 STEWART, Mamie infant dau. of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart STEWART, Chancel infant son of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart STEWART, J.N. infant son of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart STEWART, J.M. infant son of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart STEWART, Dorothy Elizabeth dau. of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart, born ca 1920's, died 1920's STEWART, Charles son of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart, born March 1928, died June 1931 STEWART, Nina Lou dau. of Charles Joseph & Francis Susan Gentry Stewart, born Jan. 9, 1932/33, died Feb. 1932/33 STINSON, Archie V., born 1892, died 1940 Veteran: Sgt US Army WWI STONE, W.E., born________, died________ SWEPSTON, Georgia N., dau. of E.N. & M.F. Swepton, born Sept. 6, 1897, died July 30, 1902 WENTWORTH, E.N., born Oct. 5, 1862, died May 25, 1910 WILSON, Cary, born March 29, 1886, died Jan. 10, 1929 WILSON, Sarah Alice, born 1886, died 1923 MARKER w/o SURNAME: ???????, Farrell, born Dec. 30, 1910, died Aug. 30, 1911 MARKERS WITH INITIALS: G.P.S. H.G.S. J.A.F. W.E.B.