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154    HASSELL FAMILY [African-American]

Location - off Backwoods Rd about 1.9 miles from Hwy 64.


Directions: Leaving Hwy 64, enter Backwoods Road. Go 1.7 miles and you'll reach a dirt lane. Stay right on Backwoods Road for about 0.2 mile from the lane. The cemetery is on the left, about 60 yards from the road.

Survey by Vance & Veronica Haskett in 1990.

1. Boston, Cora Lee   (b. 22 Nov 1896 - d. 3 May 1958)
Toodles Service. Parents: John W. Newby & Harriett Hassell
2. Boston, Sallie F.   (b. 11 Oct 1863 - d. 7 Apr 1920)
Wife of J. E. Boston
3. Chesson, Martha   (b. 15 Oct 1873 - d. 19 Aug 1918)
Parents: Barney Miller & Margaret Simpson
4. Freeman, Ida J.   (b. 3 May 1897 - d. 13 May 1964)
Parents: Marmaduke Hall & Lucinda Zollie Hassell
5. Freeman, Joe Willie   (b. 27 Nov 1894 - d. 27 Nov 1954)
Dad: Noah Stallings
6. Gaylord, Christine   (b. 1905 - d. 1973)
7. Gaylord, J.   (b. 20 Oct 1881 - d. 3 Apr 1940)
8. Gaylord, James G.   (b. 27 Aug 1876 - d. Aug 1900)
9. Hall, James Henry   (b. 10 Jan 1901 - d. 12 Jan 1966)
Parents: Marmaduke Hall & Zollie Hassell
10. Hall, Rosa L.   (b. 1 May 1897 - d. 17 Apr 1953)
Parents: Mildord Rhodes & Tamera Sights
11. Hassell, James   (b. 25 Nov 1847 - d. 7 Feb 1917)
In remembrance of our dear father Footstone: J.H.
12. Hassell, L. Lewellyn   (b. 7 Apr 1884 - d. 28 Oct 1899)
In memory of.
13. Hassell, Taylor C.   (b. 8 Aug 1891 - d. 22 Jan 1892)
In memory of
14. Hassell, Warren   (b. 1880 - d. 1956)
15. Hassell, Willey Jane   (b. 5 Nov 1847 - d. 8 Sep 1889)
In memory of my beloved wife I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course that kept the faith. Footstone: W.J.H.
16. Hudson, C. R.   (b. 20 May 1901 - d. 6 Dec 1968)
Funeral Marker/same
17. Hudson, Charlie Rose   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
(carved on cement- hard to read)
18. Hudson, Glada Ann   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Double Cement Slab. Toodles Funeral Marker. Parents: Charles Rascoe Hudson & Leora Newby
19. Hudson, John Wesley   (b. Unknown - d. 28 Jul 1957)
Toodles Funeral Marker-Parents: Roscoe Hudson & Leora Newby
20. Hudson, Rudolph W.   (b. 21 Feb 1937 - d. 28 Mar 1978)
21. James, Joel   (b. 6 Jan 1898 - d. 16 Aug 1916)
Footstone: J.J.
22. Newby, Brad   (b. Oct 1896 - d. May 1904)
Toodles
23. Newby, John Lee   (b. 11 Jul 1899 - d. Mar 1946)
24. Newby, John W.   (b. Unknown - d. 8 May 1951)
Toodles Funeral Marker. Parents: Solomon Newby & Judy Reid.
25. Newby, Rosa   (b. Oct 1894 - d. May 1903)
Toodles
26. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Dbl Cement Slabs. no info
27. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Dbl Cement Slabs. no info
28. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Dbl Cement Slab. no info.
29. Unknown, Unknown   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
Dbl Cement Slab. no info.