OAK RIDGE CEMETERY
Arcadia
Desoto County Florida
FLGenWeb Project,Inc.
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This copy of Oak Ridge Cemetery belongs to Matthew S. Lindsay. Matthew has allowed me to post these page to the Desoto County,for the FLGenWeb Project,Inc. due to Geo cities shutting down personal pages.
Thank You Matthew
This is a partial listing only, if you do not find mention of one of your relatives, please submit it to me and I will add them to this list, if you have photos or other information on this cemetery I would welcome the input.
Thank you
Oak Ridge Cemetery- Find-A-Grave

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Note from Matthew:
Pandy Starling has visited the cemetery recently (1999) and taken pictures of several of her families headstones along with a picture of the building that's on the grounds. She's also given me an idea to put links to photo's. If anyone who has a family member buried here and is willing to either send me a picture or an email with a photo attachment and Peggy will put in on this site. Also if you have a family member that you know is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery and you don't find them here please let me know and I'll place them on this list. Thanks so much!! (if you would like to contact Matthew )
to contact Peggy McSwain  site coordinator

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ALBRITTON

>THOMAS J. ALBRITTON - FEB. 28, 1900 - FEB. 01, 1992
(US ARMY WWI)
>NANNIE P. ALBRITTON - 1919 - 1985
WIGGINS

>FRED J. WIGGINS - AUG. 27, 1894 - JUNE 04, 1975
MOBLEY

>LEROY MOBLEY - JAN. 29, 1891 - JUNE 12, 1952
>MARTHA I. MOBLEY - APRIL 01, 1891 - OCT. 30, 1968

IVEY

>SARAH D. IVEY - FEB. 17, 1886 - MARCH 14, 1987 - (Miss Sallie)
>CHARLES WESLEY IVEY - AUG. 03, 1886 - JUNE 22, 1966
(FLORIDA PVT CO. F 321 Infantry WWI)
FLOWERS

>
BENJAMIN H. FLOWERS - 1892 - 1972 - (Father)
>SUSAN I. FLOWERS - 1893 - 1971
>W. GORDON FLOWERS - 1923 - 1977 -(ceg 2 USNAVY WWII)
>
BENJAMIN H. FLOWERS, JR. 1921 - 1921 - (Infant son)
WILLIAMS

>WILLAIM H. WILLIAMS - 1857 - 1924
>
EMILY A. WILLIAMS - 1864 - 1957
OWSTON/WILLIAMS

>RICHARD LEE OWSTON - SEPT. 11 1910 - DEC. 10, 1981
>JUNE WILLIAMS - DEC. 16, 1909 - NO DEATH DATE
KING/TAYLOR

>EUGENE H. KING - SEPT. 12, 1886 - NOV. 27, 1921
>ZACHARY CRAWFORD KING - SEPT. 06, 1887 - OCT. 02, 1960
>ZIBA GLEN KING - AUG. 23, 1909 - SEPT. 07, 1939
>HELEN KING TAYLOR - JULY 25, 1912 - MARCH 06, 1956

WALDRON

>FRANCIS MARION WALDRON - JAN. 14, 1849 - MAY 07, 1925
>MARTHA ELIZABETH WALDRON - APR. 24, 1853 - OCT. 03, 1915
>THOMAS HUGH WALDRON - FEB. 14, 1890 - JAN. 27, 1965
(Florida-Corp Company K 124th Infantry WWI)
>CAROLYN VANORA WALDRON - 1923 - 1936
WILLIAMS

>
HUGH C. WILLIAMS - JAN. 11, 1893 - MAR. 11, 1911
(son of D. S. & Martha J. Williams)

WALDRON/DAVIS
>JAS. W. WALDRON - SEPT. 10, 1851 - OCT. 13, 1891 - (Father)
>JAMES JULIAN WALDRON - NOV. 18, 1875 - DEC. 23, 1953
>ROSALIE WALDRON DAVIS FEB. 11, 1882 - OCT. 21, 1955 - (Mother)
>CLAUDE EUGENE DAVIS NOV. 15, 1882 - OCT. 28, 1954 - (Father)
>NORMA LEE DAVIS - JULY 21, 1911 - DEC. 11, 1985
>JAMES L. DAVIS - MAY 19, 1923 - OCT. 27, 1985
WILLIAMS

>
JOHN WESLEY WILLIAMS - JULY 03, 1870 - MARCH 10, 1955
MORGAN/RANDALL

>LOWRANZO L. MORGAN - 1864 - 1942
>FANNIE B. MORGAN - 1870 - 1957
>FRANK C. MORGAN - 1901 - 1950
>MILDRED MORGAN RANDALL - FEB. 02, 1895 - JULY 12, 1977
>EARNEST A. RANDALL - 1898 - 1971
>LOUIE ROBERT MORGAN - MARCH 29, 1891 - JULY 17, 1975
>GERTUDE M. MORGAN - OCT. 27, 1891 - MARCH 11, 1988
>ERROL L. MORGAN - JULY 14, 1893 - MAY 04, 1984
>RUTH S. MORGAN - 1892 - 1972
WALDRON

>FRANK WALDRON - 1875 - 1943
>BERTHA C. WALDRON - 1877 - 1971
>FRED G. WALDRON - 1899 - 1900
CAPERS

>MABLE W. CAPERS - JUNE 21, 1907 - DEC. 12, 1981
(buried next to Bertha C. Waldron)
WILLIAMS

>CHARLES OTTO WILLIAMS - MARCH 04, 1873 - JULY 05, 1939 -(Father)
LANIER

>JOHN M. LANIER - 1868 - 1961
>OLLIE S. LANIER - 1875 - 197
2
KING

>RUSSEL SAGE KING 1889 - 1924
>JAMES GARFIELD KING 1881 - 1923
LEWIS

>RICHARD F. LEWIS - AUG. 18, 1874 - DEC. 15, 1945
>FANNIE LEWIS MOON - OCT. 08, 1881 - APRIL 01, 1951
>ROY F. LEWIS - DEC. 25, 1905 - APRIL 15, 1955
>HENRY L. LEWIS - JUNE 09, 1882 - MARCH 10, 1943
>ADA HALL LEWIS - SEPT. 30, 1885 - MAY 08, 1946
>HENRY LAMAR LEWIS - APRIL 03, 1912 - MARCH 19, 1990 -
(TEC 5 US Army WWII)
WHIDDEN

>BILLY C. WHIDDEN - NOV. 25, 1932 - OCT. 22, 1962
(FLA. PFC 945 QM Service CO Korea
.
KING

>JOHN J. KING - 1891 - 1944
>PAULINE S. KING - 1891 - 1974
ROBERTS

>WILLIAM WOODFORD ROBERTS - JUNE 19, 1857 - SEPT. 21, 1927
>LENORAH LEWELLEN ROBERTS - JAN. 15, 1864 - DEC. 24, 1926
>FLORENCE ROBERTS LOWRY - OCT. 23, 1883 - JULY 14, 1972
>HAZEL ROBERTS DISHONG - JAN. 28, 1905 - JUNE 30, 1988
>FLOSSIE M. INGRAM ROBERTS - JAN. 13, 1885 - NOV. 13, 1972
>CLARENCE E. ROBERTS, JR. - JAN. 16, 1909 - SEPT. 15, 1967
(FLA. Master Sgt. US Air Force Korea)

LANIER


>HENRY M. LANIER SEPT. 26, 1905 - NOV. 20, 1989
>DORIS H. LANIER DEC. 27, 1914 - APR. 27, 1994

(This List donated by::Alvie L. Davidson of Lakeland, FL) 

>LINDA LANIER  -  JULY 23, 1840 - OCT. 04, 1940 - (Infant boy) AUG. 21, 1937 - AUG. 21, 1937
>OAKLEY L. LANIER  - OCT. 28, 1897 -  DEC. 06, 1976 - (Pvt US Army WWI)
>ZOLA L. LANIER -  MAY 01, 1897 -  NOV. 11, 1979
BATES/TODD

>AGNES BATES TODD - DEC. 12, 1895 - JAN. 15, 1972
>CHARLES T. TODD - OCT. 14, 1899 - FEB. 11, 1976
COKER

>JONATHON S. COKER, M. D. - (1.) NOV. 19, 1889 - APRIL 19, 1928
(Capt.US Army WWI -2 headstones -(2.)Nov. 09, 1889 - March 31, 1928)

>MAUDE COKER - 1894 - 1945 - (wife of Dr. J. S. Coker)
>ELOISE COKER MAR. 11, 1915 - SEPT. 27, 1918 -
(daug. of J. S. & Maude Coker)
>JONATHON COKER - JUNE 21, 1866 - JAN. 11, 1935
>BEULAH V. COKER - AUG. 03, 1871 - SEPT. 11, 1964
HOWZE

>LLOYD K. HOWZE - JAN. 07, 1909 - DEC. 19, 1975
(PFC US Army WWII)
>MYRTLE O. HOWZE - OCT. 04, 1906 - FEB. 27, 1965
KING
>NAOMI M. KING - JUNE 11 1908 - MAY 02, 1971
WILLIAMS

>GEORGE M. WILLIAMS - AUG. 30, 1889 - JAN. 24, 1973
(Alabama Pvt. US Army WWI)

>LULA WILLIAMS - NOV. 24, 1891 - FEB. 16, 1973
>SILAS WILLIAMS - MAR. 18, 1888 - AUG. 20, 1961
(Fl. Pvt. US Army WWI)
>JOHN D. WILLIAMS - 1891 - 1959
>LEILA WILLIAMS - 1903 - 1988
MORGAN

>EARNEST C. MORGAN - JULY 06, 1930 - APR. 03, 1954
>LOLA E. MORGAN - 1910 - 1945
>JAMES A. MORGAN - 1908 - 1945
>JAMES WILBERT MORGAN - AUG. 07, 1926 - JUNE 19, 1963
-(FLA. COX USNR WWII)
>LULA D. MORGAN - MARCH 23, 1882 - MARCH 14, 1939
>W. A. MORGAN - 1872 - 1949
WILLIAMS

>SUSIE M. WILLIAMS - 1910 - 1981
WIGGINS

>C. WIGGINS - JUNE 12, 1911 - JUNE 20, 1965 -(Mother)
WILLIAMS

>ROXIE WILLIAMS - 1881 - 1976
>J. W. WILLIAMS - 1869?- ?1987 -(dates were very hard to read)
>AGNES WILLIAMS - 1914 - 1928
>DEASER WILLIAMS - 1904 - 1934
>MADIE WILLIAMS - 1910 - 1923
>JHONNIE WILLIAMS - APRIL 15, 1884 - MARCH 08, 1957
>MARY E. WILLIAMS - 1935 - 1992
BATES

>THOMAS BATES - 1902 - 1993
LEWIS

>DELPHINE LEWIS - 1925 - 1993
WILLIAMS

>HARY A. WILLIAMS - 1930 - 1992
MOBLEY

>JAMES MOBLEY - 1914 - 1942
WILLIAMS

>MARY WILLIAMS - 18-- - 1946
(the last 2 digits (in year born) were missing)
>IVA B. WILLIAMS - 1932 - 1960
>JOSEPH W. WILLIAMS, SR. - JUNE 12, 1903 - AUG. 16, 1968
>ALLIE MAE WILLIAMS - 1906 - 1978
>ADDIE WILLIAMS - 1880 - 1949
>ADDIE MAE CARLTON - 1914 - 1993
>ODELL WILLIAMS - 1891 - 1957
>MARIE WILLIAMS - 1885 - 1995?
(couldn't read the death year illegible)
>DAN WILLIAMS - FEB. 26, 1873 - MARch 20, 1953
>PERNELL WILLIAMS - SEPT. 11, 1926 - MAY 02, 1969
ALLEN

>MRS. IRENE ALLEN - MARCH 21, 1917 - JAN. 31, 1957 -
(our beloved Mother)
LANIER

>JAZIE BELL LANIER - APRIL 13, 1928 - AUG. 29, 1974
LEWIS

>JULIUS L. LEWIS - APRIL 01, 1901 - DEC. 01, 1969
MOBLEY

>COMMODORE H. MOBLEY, SR. - 1902 - 1977
>JANIE M. THOMAS - 1914 - 1979
>ELLA WILSON - 1910 - 1982
>JOHN MOBLEY - 1910 - 1983
PELHAM

>OLA L. PELHAM - JAN. 18, 1940 - AUG. 17, 1982
WIGGINS

>JOHN WIGGINS, JR. - 1913 - 1991
ALLEN

>FRANK L. ALLEN - (No dates for either person)
>HATTIE J. ALLEN
BATES

>REV. WALTER A. BATES - JULY 26, 1888 - OCT. 27, 1951
>ANNIE B. BATES - MARCH 12, 1897 - JULY 16, 1974
>WALTER A. BATES, JR. - DEC. 11, 1922 - JULY 25, 1982
(FLT O US Army WWII)
>M. CATHERINE BATES -(no date on the stone)
HAGAN

>EMMA JEAN HAGAN - NOV. 23, 1927 - FEB. 04, 1953
KITTS/WELCH 

>THOMAS LOFTON KITTS - JAN. 17, 1915 - NO DEATH DATE
I met Thomas at the cemetery. He told me he was married for 55
years and had just lost his wife 5 months earlier. He was putting
a balloon on his wifes headstone and taking pictures of flowers his
daughter had sent down here from Tennessee.
He seemed like a very sweet dear man.

>REBA WELCH  -  OCT. 06, 1916 - DEC. 18, 1993  - (Daughter)
>DOLPHAS A. WELCH   - 1880 - 1950  - (Father)
>ADA PAULINE WELCH   - 1886 - 1944 - (Mother)
>Lt. DOC ALTON WELCH   - JAN. 12, 1922  - NOV. 15, 1944 - (died in the war)
>CLARENCE MORGAN WELCH  -  FEB. 03, 1905  - JAN. 31, 1961
>NELLE J. WELCH  -  SEPT. 10, 1898 -  MAY 20, 1974
>JOHN C. WELCH  -  AUG. 18, 1910 -  NO DEATH DATE
>INEZ H. WELCH   -  SEPT. 08, 1913 -  APR. 12, 1982
>BEDGELLE R. WELCH   - DEC. 14, 1911  - NO DEATH DATE
>OLIVE V. WELCH   -  NOV. 14, 1915  - MAY 12, 1987

MCLEOD

>JAMES A. MCLEOD -  JAN. 05, 1867 - FEB. 04, 1954
>J. MYRTIS MCLEOD  - FEB. 25, 1876 - MAY 07, 1949

SMITH

BERNICE MORGAN SMITH - JUNE 07, 1891 - JUNE 04, 1988
HUGH FRANCIS SMITH - MARCH 27, 1888 - APRIL 04, 1957
ALBRITTON/MILLS

>ELAM S. ALBRITTON - 1886 - 1958
>MYRTLE M. ALBRITTON - 1900 - 1953
>CLAUDE C. ALBRITTON - FEB. 05, 1906 - DEC.24, 1968
>JAMES (BUCK) A. MILLS - MAY 31, 1915 - JUNE 08, 1981
>LILLA ALBRITTON MILLS - APRIL 11, 1904 - JULY 10, 1982
>IVA ALBRITTON - NOV. 09, 1911 - MARCH 28, 1983
>RICHARD W. ALBRITTON - JUNE 16, 1916 - JAN. 13, 1992 -
(T Sgt. US Army WWII)
MORGAN

>WILLARD A. MORGAN - 1915 - 1967
>LAURA MORGAN - 1924 - NO DEATH DATE
TOMLINSON

>ROBERT JOHN TOMLINSON 1949 - 1989 - (SP4 US Army Vietnam)
WILLIAMS

>LEO M. WILLIAMS - FEB. 02, 1905 - OCT. 15, 1979
>HAZEL H. WILLIAMS - JULY 25, 1912 - APRIL 12, 2004
HAGAN

>CHICK W. HAGAN - AUG. 18, 1916 - SEPT. 09, 1966
>VIVIAN JEWEL HAGAN - OCT. 18, 1920 - JULY 02, 1969
WILLIAMSON

>JACOB ROY WILLIAMSON 1884 - 1968
>SADIE MAE WILLIAMSON 1894 - 1974
MERCER

>WILLIE MERCER - OCT. 05, 1899 - SEPT. 12, 1967
(Fla. Pvt. Infantry WWI)
HAGAN

>WOODROW HAGAN - JULY 11, 1917 - FEB. 06, 1968
(Fla Pvt. BTRY B 540 FLD Artillery BN WWII)

ROBERTS

>BURL F. ROBERTS, JR. - JULY 31, 1910 - MAY 27, 1986
>LETHA E. ROBERTS - SEPT. 24, 1913 - NO DEATH DATE

WILLIAMS

>MARY DORIES EARL WILLIAMS - NOV. 05, 1956 - APRIL 11, 1992
WIGGINS

>RICHARD P. WIGGINS JULY 12, 1919 - APR. 12, 1993
>EDITH B. WIGGINS MAR. 18, 1919 - NO DEATH DATE
(married Apr. 27, 1946)
WILLIAMS

>GEORGE H. WILLIAMS - JULY 29, 1891 - OCT. 29, 1977
>
IDA T. WILLIAMS - MAY 02, 1889 - JAN. 15, 1974
HAGAN

>FRANK P. HAGAN -  NOV. 27, 1897 - NOV. 11, 1982 - (Father)
>ALICE M. HAGAN -  NOV. 13, 1900 - OCT. 04, 1989 - (Mother)
WILLIAMS

>EMA D. WILLIAMS - JAN. 23, 1925 - MAY 11, 1979
>MORRIS A. WILLIAMS - NOV. 18, 1922 - AUG. 24,1970
(Fla Pvt 1st class US Army WWII)
>DOROTHY C. WILLIAMS - OCT. 14, 1930 - MAR. 06, 1993
>LESTER E. WILLIAMS - FEB. 02, 1926 - APRIL 29, 1973
(Mississippi S1 USN WWII)

WEBB

>IRA LAVAUGHN WEBB - JAN. 23, 1945 - JULY 26, 1969
 (there is a photograpgh on the headstone)

MERCER

>JUDITH ANN MERCER - 1945 - 1970
(she's buried near the "Tinsley's")
ROBERTS

>CLAYTON HAYES ROBERTS - JAN. 02, 1909 - MAR. 25, 1971
(Fla Corp. 34 Mess SQ AAF WWII)

MORGAN

LORENA MORGAN AUG. 04, 1900 - JULY 17, 1977
(wife of T. H. Morgan)

STARK

>SAMUEL EDWARD REED STARK - DEC. 04, 1972 - DEC. 28, 1989
(Mary Louise Roberts Varnadore's half brother.He died from
 Muscular Dystrophy at 17)

ROBERTS

>CODY HAYES ROBERTS SEPT. 12, 1994 - APR. 26, 1995
(would be Clayton Roberts' Grandson he died of SIDS at 7 months.
Information provided by: Mary Louise Roberts Varnadore)
WEBB

>DANIEL G. WEBB - 1911 - 1971
>LEONA WEBB - NO BIRTH OR DEATH DATES
WHIDDEN

>CARL M. WHIDDEN - JAN. 07, 1908 - JULY 18, 1977
>MAXINE WHIDDEN - DEC. 12, 1894 - MAY 02, 1977

TOMLINSON

>THELMA VERA TOMLINSON - NOV. 27, 1912 - MAR. 31, 1978
   (b. in Lake City, FL.) - (d. in Arcadia, FL.)

WHIDDEN

>WILLOUGHBY D. WHIDDEN - JUNE 19, 1920 - JAN. 10, 1978
    (Pvt. 1st class US ARMY WWII)
>BENNIE MAE WHIDDEN - JAN. 11, 1928 - NO DEATH DATE
PONDER/WHIDDEN

>MARCUS E. PONDER - JULY 31, 1898 - FEB. 10, 1968
 (Fla M SG US ARMY WWI WWII)
>DULCENA WHIDDEN PONDER - SEPT. 22, 1914 - APR. 29, 1991 -
 (American Legion)

MERCER

>ADAM FRANCIS MERCER - MARCH  17, 1922 - FEB. 19, 1992
  (US Army WWII-Francis A. Mercer) -   (Married: June 18, 1942)

KING

>SAMUEL E. KING - JUNE 18, 1891 - AUG. 03, 1971

RAULERSON

>GLADYS V. RAULERSON - 1918 - 1966

LINDSAY

>CHARLES W. LINDSAY - 1900 - 1966
>M. J. LINDSAY WYNN - 1912 - 1987  - (Molly)
PELHAM

>HERMAN LEE PELHAM - SEPT. 13, 1907 - MAR. 02, 1960
 (Fla. Pvt. 1st. class US ARMY WWII)
>SARAH J. PELHAM - MAR.CH 09, 1889 - NOV. 27, 1978 -(Beloved Mother)
WILSON

>HENRY "ERIC" WILSON - FEB. 21, 1895 - DEC. 30, 1972
>EVELYN C. WILSON - NOV. 22, 1900 - MAY 19, 1987

WHIDDEN

>JOHN HUGH WHIDDEN OCT. 30, 1906 - MAY 30, 1988 - (Husband/Father)

WALDRON

>GEORGE L. WALDRON - AUG. 31, 1909 - MAR. 28, 1945
 (Fla. Pvt. 1st. class 534 ORD HV Maint Tank Co WWII)

ALBRITTON

>WALTER  VERNON ALBRITTON - MARCH 18, 1915 - MARCH 18, 1991
  (US ARMY WWII)
>NINA  LUCILLE ALBRITTON - JULY 26, 1917 - DEC. 22, 1993
>IRIS  ESTELL ALBRITTON-  OCT. 28, 1913 - OCT. 24, 1971
>OSIE  THARP ALBRITTON - DEC. 15, 1910 - JUNE 17, 1989
>ALBERT  KEATLEY ALBRITTON - FEB. 26, 1879 - FEB. 23, 1954
>SULA  MERRITT ALBRITTON - FEB. 21, 1886 - JAN. 16, 1969
>M. G. ALBRITTON - JAN. 18, 1908 - DEC. 29, 1981
  (CWO US ARMY WWII)
>MARGARET  G. ALBRITTON - OCT. 24, 1913 - NOV. 23, 1990

MOBLEY/BOATRIGHT

>FORRESTER C. MOBLEY - JUNE 04, 1912 - DEC. 21, 1958
>SADIE M. BOATRIGHT - MAY 17, 1909 - DEC. 18, 1969




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