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KEESEE CEMETERY
From Gary Matthews take Highway 48/13 2.6 miles to Highway 149. Turn right, go .9 mile to Palmyra Road. Turn left, go .6 mile. Cemetery is on the left at the corner of Palmyra Road and Coke Road.

We try to keep families grouped together. If someone's last name is listed, it means they have a separate headstone. If it is not listed, they are sharing a headstone with someone else. Sometimes children are on the same headstone as parents.

Since we do not personally know these families, if we aren't sure of a relationship we list who they are buried next to. Any help matching folks with their relatives will be greatly appreciated.
The information is exactly as it appears on the stones. If you know the person's full name, please let us know.
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ALLEN    David Clyde    July 27,1901 - May 18,1996    In Memory

BROOME    John M.    1867 - 1924    (footstone: Father)
Mattie B.    1878 - 1917    (footstone: Mother)

BROWN    James J.    July 5,1925 - July 25,1991
(footstone: James J. Brown   July 5,1925 - July 25,1991)
(footstone: Husband)
Virginia    July 18,1926 - July 18,2003
David B.    Mar.1,1960 - Nov.2,2008       Son

BUMPUS    Samuel    born Jan.10,1842   died Nov.15,1907
Asleep in Jesus, Blessed sleep forever which none ever wake to weep
(footstone)

BYARD    A.B.    Feb.5,1935 -
Alberta P.    Sept.14,1934 - June 15,1009
Married: Dec.31,1954

BYARD    Billy Ray     Jan.13,1944 - Feb.6,2006

BYARD    John C.    Oct.5,1882 - Dec.12,1951    (footstone)
BYARD    Mrs. Mary    wife of J.C. Byard
Feb.12,1885 - Apr.15,1913
An honest woman is the noblest work of God

BYARD    Leonard S. Sr.    Sept.14,1903 - May 18,1995
Millie Mary    Apr.24,1912 - Mar.14,2003
Married: Dec.22,1933    Together Forever

BYARD    Lola Lee    Aug.5,1889 - May 16,1926    (footstone: L.L.B.)

BYARD    Sterling Sr.    July 13,1895 - 7/23/1973
BYARD    Carrie S.     9/1/1901 - 8/4/1982

BYARD    Sterling "Joe" Jr.    July 20,1939 - Apr.5,2005       (footstone: Father)
Vicki Macie    Jan.6,1953 - Sept.10,1999
(footstone: Mother)
Married: July 12,1980

CARLSON    DONALD J. CARLSON U.S. ARMY VIETNAM
OCT.30,1935 - APR.21,1991

CARNEY    Billy Ray    May 25,1956 - Feb.15,2003

CHOATE    Jo Ann     age 54    Feb.8,2007

CLAXTON    W.W.    June 8,1898 - Apr.15,1975
(footstone: Husband)    funeral home marker: Willie W. Claxton
Della F.    Nov.4,1895 - Sept.20,1981
(footstone: Wife)

COKE    Margaret Ann    dau. of Floyd & Lillian Coke
Aug.25,1940 - Oct.23,1940
A little bud of love, gone to bloom with God above
COKE    Wanda    dau. of Floyd & Lillian Coke
Feb.16,1938 - Feb.16,1938
A little bud of love, gone to bloom with God above

DAVIDSON    Milton C.    June 6,1853 - Mar.21,1927
(footstone: Father)
Blanche L.    Sept.3,1865 - May 20,1956
(footstone: Mother)
They were the sunshine of our home

EDWARDS    Estelle    May 25,1946 - Aug.19,1997
Asleep with Jesus    (wire fence around grave)

EVERETT    Jenna Patricia    still born Sept.21,`78
funeral home marker: Jenna Patricia Everett 1987

GILLIAM    Gloria May    Dec.13,1936 - Dec.13,1936

HADDOCK    Isaac J.    Mar.24,1895 - Apr.6,1977
Katie S.    Jan.23,1905 - Jan.20,1939
The way of the cross leads home

HADDOCK    James S.    Aug.8,1868 - June 13,1901
Mary B.    June 18,1870 - Dec.18,1900
Gone but not forgotten

HADDOCK    Mattie P.    1896 - 1961
Asleep in Jesus    (footstone: Mother)
HADDOCK    Zannie Frances    1929 - 1941
Asleep in Jesus    (footstone: Z.F.H.)

HARRISON    JESSE H. HARRISON    S1  U.S. NAVY  WORLD WAR II
AUG.12,1925 - DEC.2,1981

HARTLEY    R. Raymond    Aug.5,1893 - Sept.30,1969
(footstone: R. Raymond Hartley  1893 - 1969)
ON BACK:   E. Marine Byard Hartley McLeod   Aug.10,1924
In God’s Care    (footstone: Wife)

HAYNES    Janice Byard    July 11,1933

HEGGIE    Susie E.    1870 - 1952
HEGGIE    Donnell    1895 - 1919

HOLLIS    Christeen    (no dates)

JACKSON    Emma    1860 - 1911 Mother    (footstone)

KENTNER    Lavina "Pee Wee"    Feb.4,1943 - Dec.12,2003

KIRKLAND    Herman     July 19,1919    Sept.23,2007

LONG    Estell L.    Feb.11,1916 - June 4,1992
At Rest    (funeral home marker: Estelle Long)

MANNING    Lillie M.    Apr.30,1917 - Oct.29,1999

MCLEOD    Enzel Marine    Aug.10,1924 - July 16,2003

MELTON    Frances Bonnie    (footstone: F.B.M.)
born July 11,1921    died July 16,1922
A little time on earth she spent, Till God for her His angel sent

MERRIETT    Steve    1879 - 1962
Lila    1895 - 1988

MOORE    JAMES C. MOORE    PFC  U.S. ARMY  AIR FORCES
WORLD WAR II    FEB.5,1921 - MAY 29,1999

MOORE    Thomas C.    Dec.26,1894 - Dec.11,1985
Frances    April 7,1896 - Sept.15,1988

MYATT    Mary Pearl Shye    Oct.6,1940 - Jun.1,2003

NORMAN    Beddie A.    Dec.24,1908 - Jan.27,1983

NORMAN    Howard E.     Mar.5,1942 - June 4,2006

NORMAN    Louis A.    Oct.25,1938 - Sept.30,1994
An inspiration to all who knew him
“Sonny”    (footstone: Brother)

NORMAN    Mitchell L.    Jan.27,1902 - June 8,1978
(footstone: Daddy)
Ether    May 21,1900 - Feb.24,1991
(footstone: Mama)
Married: Oct.15,1921

NORMAN    William_Levi    Dec.5,1928 - Sept.11,2006

POWELL    Nathaniel Davis
B. 1811 Halifax Co. N.C. - D. 6,Mar.1862
buried Camp Douglas Illinois
wife & children buried Keesee’s Chapel Cemetery
Wife: Susannah Powell
B. 12,Aug.1810 Halifax Co. N.C.
Their Children:
Lucy Ann Powell
B. 1835, Halifax Co. N.C. - D.- -
Susannah Powell Norris
B. 1839, Halifax Co. N.C.
Married 23 Feb.1860 to Ambers W. Norris
Wiley Powell    B & D Mont. Co. Tn.

RITTENBERRY    Joel T.    June 23,1939 - Oct.20,1996
Linda F.    Feb.9,1949 -

ROSE    Bedie A.K.    born Jan.19,1849   died Aug.12,1880

ROSE    ELBERT JAMES ROSE    PFC  U.S. ARMY  1900 - 1977

ROSE    GARRETT H. ROSE    U.S. ARMY  WORLD WAR II  1893 - 1977

ROSE    Grace A.    1915 - 1979

ROSE    Isaac    born Jan.4,1806   died Aug.9,1890   Gone Home
ROSE    Jane A.    wife of I. Rose
born Oct.18,1813   died Sept.12,1883

ROSE    James Albert     June 5,1927    Feb.15,2009

ROSE    Pearl B.    May 23,1907 - Nov.17,1993    In loving memory

ROSE    Rheasia A.    wife of I.J. Rose
born April 13,1841   died July 26,1876
ROSE    Louisa    daughter of I.J. & R.A. Rose
born June 29,1873   died Aug.15,1876
ROSE    Bedie A.    daughter of I.J. & R.A. Rose
born Feb.11,1876   died Aug.11,1876

ROSE    Richard Arland    June 24,1947 - Sept.6,2006

ROSE    William C.    1897 - 1954
Mary L.    1899 - 1956
Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness and love

RUSHING    Connie S.     June 28,1952    Jan.28,2009

RYE    Eva Pearl    Mar.15,1892 - Sept.26,1974    (footstone: Mom)

RYE    John William Sr.    Aug.2,1907 - Dec.21,1995
S. Marie Brumit    Aug.27,1910 - Nov.28,1968

RYE    Sidney    Sept.6,1910 - May 12,2000
(footstone: SIDNEY RYE    PVT  U.S. ARMY
WORLD WAR II   SEPT.6,1910 - MAY 12,2000

RYE    William Robert    March 29,1882 - July 10,1965
(footstone: Father)
Hattie Ann    Sept.13,1886 - March 30,1968
(footstone: Mother)

SHYE    Richard    May 31,1913 - Oct.28,1995    Beloved Father

STONE    Robert R.    Jan.17,1932 - Oct.17,1934
STONE    Ewell E.    Nov.16,1934 - Jan.11,1935
STONE    Jewell E.    Nov.16,1934 - Nov.17,1934

SUITER    Annie    1896 - 1897    (footstone: S)

SUITER    C. Rippie    May 5,1903 - Nov.29,1978
(footstone: Father)
Hattie M. Jan.15,1911 - Jan.29,2000
(footstone: Mother)

SUITER    Claude    1885 - 1939
Betty L.    1889 - 1939
In memory of Frank

SUITER    Wallace    Dec.25,1913 - Mar.3,2004

SUITER    Curtis    1905 - 1906    (footstone: S)

SUITER    David L.    Oct.13,1902 - Jan.31,1981    (footstone: D.L.S.)

SUITER    E.A.    born Aug.23,1870   died Aug.4,1908
God gave, God took, He will restore, He doeth all things well

SUITER    Infant    1960 funeral home marker

SUITER    infant daughter    1900 - 1900    (footstone: S)

SUITER    Lillian    1915 - 1935

SUITER    Lucy    funeral home marker

SUITER    Olean Ruth     0 years    Aug.27,2009

SUITER    Ron    died Dec.23,1905    unmarked

SUITER    Ola    1911 - 1932    (footstone: S)

SUITER    Samuel W.    1869 - 1951    (footstone: S.W.S.)
Lena A.    1872 - 1908    (footstone: L.A.S.)
Sarah F.    1885 - 1933    (footstone: S.F.S.)

SUITER    Samuel Watkins Jr.    1815 - 1873    (footstone)

SUITER    Sarah Clark    1827 - 1905    (footstone)

SUITER    Walk W.    Apr.29,1921 - Oct.6,1985    (footstone: Dad)
Odell L.    Oct.6,1918 - Oct.9,1985    (footstone: Mom)

THACKER    Amelia S.    wife of J.C. Thacker
March 27,1838 - Feb.2,1900    (footstone: T)

WALKER    Lewis A. Jr.    Nov.30,1927 - Oct.26,1995
beloved Husband    (footstone: Walker)
Doris M.    Feb.27,1930 - Oct.14,2004
Loving Wife

YARBROUGH    Edna Pearl    Sept.16,1925 - Oct.18,1930

YARBROUGH    Mary Dickson    born 1860   died 1931
(footstone: M.D.Y.)

YARBROUGH    Ronnie    Apr.1,1948 - Jan.31,2004

YOUNG    Mark Dennis    Oct.23,1943 - Nov.19,2000
YOUNG    Mary Dennis    1943 - 2000    Nave Funeral Home Marker

Transcribed: March 26,2001