This cemetary is located on a wooded hillside just off Gassaway
Road in Normantown proper. The cleared and fenced plot contains
ten uncarved slabs set up in such a way that I'm sure they mark graves. Based
on their arrangement there may be no more than five unknown burials, but
possibly as many as ten.
There are a number of double headstones, so this list is only
roughly alphabetical. My comments are enclosed in brackets.
BOBBY DELL
FRAME
NOV. 11, 1951
JUL. 17, 1997
[double headstone, banner top center containing:]
FRAME
[left side]DREXELL
1900-1992
[foot, aluminum marker]
HUGH DREXELL
FRAME
1900-1992
[right side]FLORA
1910-
[double headstone, banner top center containing:]
HUFF
[left side]MAUDE M.
1874-1931
[foot]M.M.H.
[right side]GLENA
1916-1931
[foot]G.H.
[double headstone, banner top center containing:]
LOWE
[left side]B.H. "JACK"
SEPT. 18, 1921
APRIL 9, 1991
[right side]LEONA E.
NOV. 27, 1926
SEPT. 3, 1984
[double headstone, banner top center containing:]
MOORE
[left side]DOY LEE
1921-1991
[foot, granite]DOY L. MOORE
TEC5 US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
OCT 23, 1921-JUL 29, 1991
[right side]MAYVIS DEAN
1922-
[double headstone, banner top center containing:]
MOORE
[left side]EMMA E.
MAR. 29, 1890
MAR. 14, 1963
AT REST
[foot]MOTHER
[right side]O. D.
MAR. 29, 1885
SEPT. 18, 1970
[foot]FATHER
[double headstone,top center containing:]
NORMAN
[left side]MOTHER
LUCY B.
1874-1951
[right side]
FATHER
DAVID D.
1864-1910
[double headstone, ornately carved
unpolished marble]
[left side]PERRY G.
NORMAN
SEPT. 21, 1851
AUG. 7, 1910
[italics]Christ loved
him and took
him home
[on pedestal]FATHER
[foot]PGN
[right side]ELISHA M.
WIFE OF
PERRY G.
NORMAN
FEB. 17, 1848
FEB. 16, 1911
[italics]A tender mother
and faithful friend
[on pedestal]MOTHER
[foot]EMN
[granite column, carved to resemble
a pulpit, with open book on top]
REV. SEYMOUR
NORMAN
SEPT. 5, 1861
MAR. 29, 1931
[italics]Here lies one who
did his best
[on pedestal, italics]
The heavens declare the
glory of God
Psalms 19.-1.
[foot]S.H.N.
ZETTA JEAN
WALKER
DEC. 10, 1924
MAY 14, 1995
[double headstone, banner top center containing:]
WILLIAMS
[left side]J. HOKE
1896-1976
[right side]PEARL
1902-1990
About 200 yards up the hill from the cemetary is a little knoll whereon
stand several shaped sandstone (?) blocks and slabs, as well as a rough-shaped
slab resembling, in appearance and situation, a headstone. None of these has
any carving. There is also a white, unpolished, rectangular marble column, about three
feet tall, carved on three sides:
SEYMOUR
NORMAN
BORN
DEC. 12, 1812
DIED
JULY 2, 1880
[italics]Thus sink to rest
the just whom
Christ has blest,
Death brings
them light and
peace and heav-
enly rest.
JEMIMA
NORMAN
BORN
JAN. 18, 1804
DIED
DEC. 25, 1841
[italics]She welcomed death
not only as a release
from bodily suffer-
ing, but as the
fruition of her
hopes of eternal
happiness
[on pedestal]NORMAN
SARAH
NORMAN
BORN
JAN. 7, 1824
[no death date carved]
[italics]Here lies one who
in this life
was a kind mother
a true wife;
She was by many
virtues blest,
And piety among
the best.