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Ehrhardt Cemetery

Ehrhardt Cemetery

Photograph by Anne Gelwicks, 2006


Ehrhardt Cemetery on Mt. Pleasant Road (SC S-5-25), directly off Highway 64,
west of Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, SC

  Partial Transcription by Anne Gelwicks, June 2008 (see additional information below)

Name

DOB

DOD

Inscription / Notes: Actual inscriptions are in “quotes”, Anne’s comments are in italics; More info from www.findagrave.com  are preceded by *.

Ayer, Buddie T

Jan 23, 1897

Mar 31, 1982

* (same stone w Ruth B)

Ayer, Clara B

Nov 30, 1888

Dec 9, 1982

* (same stone w Frank)

Ayer, Eugenia Ruth Bishop

Feb 3, 1900

Feb 6, 1963

* (same stone w Buddie)

Ayer, Frank Lockwood

Dec 28, 1888

May 6, 1975

* (same stone w Clara)

Ayer, Lillie Ruth Gibson

Oct 1, 1902

Jan 7, 1997

*

Ayer, Zelma Ruth

Feb 18, 1922

Nov. 8, 1994

* (obit)

Bairefoot, John T.

Jun. 17, 1949

Feb 10, 1992

*

Bennett, Teresa Hiers

Apr. 2, 1921

Apr. 5, 2006

* (obit)

Bishop, Annie Clayton

Sep. 16, 1912

May 3, 2008

* (obit)

Copeland, Ida Freeman

May 7, 1917

Nov 23, 1922

“Dau of OL & Ruby Copeland”

Copeland, Chester Farrell

Sep 30, 1901

May 16, 1958

“Son of Dr JL & LF Copeland”

Copeland, Clara May

1881

1942

“Dau of DC & EE Copeland”

Copeland, David C

Nov 4, 1849

Sep 17, 1929

Same stone w wife, Elliott

Copeland, David C

Jul 26, 1913

Nov 14, 1983

US Navy WWII”, Same plot w DC & EE Copeland

Copeland, Douglas D

Feb 26, 1913

May 16, 1914

“Son of ID & Nettie Copeland”

Copeland, Elliott Eaves

Sep 28, 1853

Jan 9, 1937

Same stone w David

Copeland, Emmet Probst

Aug 29, 1879

Jun 20, 1936

Same plot w DC & EE Copeland

Copeland, Eugene Wingard

1886

1980

“Son of DC & EE Copeland”

Copeland, Frances Ehrhardt

Sept 19, 1885

Nov 2, 1959

Same stone w Frank

Copeland, Frank Hawkins

Oct 19, 1881

May 29. 1960

Same stone w Frances

Copeland, Frederick E

Mar 22, 1917

Nov 7, 2000

Same stone w Lucy (living)

Copeland, I D

1874

1958

 

Copeland, James Braudis

Nov 6, 1870

Mar 22, 1929

“Our Daddy”, Masonic emblem (Last name on 1 stone, other info on 2nd stone)

Copeland, John Lewis, MD

Mar 14, 1871

Jun 12, 1931

Same stone w wife Lottie

Copeland, Josephine Breeland

Dec 29, 1866

Dec 13, 1957

Same stone w husband Josiah

Copeland, Josiah Isaac

Mar 5, 1845

Mar 8, 1927

“Confederate Soldier”, same stone w wife Josephine, Masonic emblem, iron cross

Copeland, June Ione Jenny Hiers

Jun 2, 1928

Apr 11, 2003

Separate stone: “Daughter of Frank Cecil & Ethel Barnes Jenny, First married to George Floyd Hiers, Widow of LW Copeland, Jr.”

Copeland, Lottie Irene Farrell

Dec 5, 1879

Nov 29, 1922

Same stone w husband John

Copeland, Lucy C

Feb 5, 1917

No date-living?

Same stone w Frederick

Copeland, May Ehrhardt

Oct 26, 1880

Apr 22, 1947

Same plot w DC & EE Copeland

Copeland, Nettie Dannelly

Jul 10, 1881

Jun 13, 1935

“Wife of ID Copeland”

Copeland, Otis Lee, Jr.

Feb 10, 1919

Jul 31, 1981

“PH.D., Lt. Col. USAR, Retired”

Copeland, Pearle Kathleen

1882

1975

“Dau of DC & EE Copeland”

Copeland, Winston D

Oct 20, 1908

Mar 18, 1909

“Son of ID & Nettie Copeland”

Ehrhardt, __ Hodges

 

 

 

Ehrhardt, Anna Dora

Nov 11, 1830

Dec 25, 1909

“Wife of Conrad”

Ehrhardt, Archie B

Jul 28, 1883

Jun 25, 1977

 

Ehrhardt, Charles

 

 

 

Ehrhardt, Charles

Feb 26, ?

Nov 5, ?

 

Ehrhardt, Conrad

Dec 18, 1832

Sep 18, 1908

“Born in Germany

Ehrhardt, Frances Catherine Cline

Apr 20, 1859

Sep 13, 1918

Adj & matching stone w Jacob

Ehrhardt, Jacob

May 1, 1859

Oct 29, 1915

Adj & matching stone w Frances

Ehrhardt, Jacob Lyles

Dec. 7, 1903

Jan. 31, 1959

 

Ehrhardt, M? Rowell

Dec 19, 1867?

Nov 7, 1926?

 

Ehrhardt, Marie Lynes

Dec. 15, 1905

Aug. 1, 1996

*“Wife of Lyles Ehrhardt”

Ehrhardt, Virgil F?

 

 

 

Farrell, KL?

Jan 2, 187?

Jun 29, 19??

Adj to Richard

Farrell, Richard L

Feb 16, 18??

Feb 5, 1958

Adj to KL?

Griffin, Infant Daughter

Jul. 1, 1950

Jul. 1, 1950

“Daughter of Mr & Mrs Julian L. Griffin”

Griffin, Infant Son

Nov. 4, 1917

Nov. 4, 1917

“Son of JP & MK Griffin”

Groseclose, Mary Buck

Dec. 2, 1862

Feb 14, 1928

“Wife of the Rev DB Groseclose”

Groseclose, Paul B

Sep. 16, 1900

Jun. 9, 1958

 

Groseclose, Rev D B

Oct. 20, 1855

Aug. 8, 1932

 

Hiers, Abner B

Feb 17, 1905

Apr 6, 1990

Same stone w Ada

Hiers, Abner Bratton

Feb 17, 1905

Apr 6, 1990

“US Army WWII” (separate stone)

Hiers, Ada K

Jul 27, 1909

Jul 3, 1996

Same stone w Abner

Hiers, Andrew Jasper

Apr 10, 1895

Dec 6, 1919

Same stone w wife Ethel

Hiers, Barbara Elaine

Aug 7, 1954

Mar 2, 1956

“Dau of J Muray & Sally Davidson Hiers”

Hiers, Barney William

May 17, 1886

Mar 24, 1965

Same stone w Ruth

Hiers, Bonnie Denice

Apr 15, 1961

Jan 10. 1982

 

Hiers, Donald Claude

Apr 7, 1936

No date-living?

Same stone w wife Joan, Heinrich & Phyllis

Hiers, Dukes Boyd

Oct 12, 1912

Dec 28, 1942

“Son of LM & MDK Hiers”

Hiers, Earl C

Mar 4, 1903

Dec 27, 1966

Adj & matching to Ollie

Hiers, Emma Morris

Aug 19, 1881

Mar 2, 1958

Adj & matching to Willie

Hiers, Esther B

Apr 30, 1894

Dec 7, 1975

 

Hiers, Ethel R Houck

Apr 13, 1893

Jul 4, 1989

Same stone w husband Andrew

Hiers, George Gilbert

Jun 17, 1891

Dec 14, 1969

Same stone w Meta

Hiers, Heinrich Claude

Feb 11, 1910

Feb 10, 2000

Same stone w wife Phyllis, Donald & Joan

Hiers, J Frank

Dec 22, 1899

Feb 12, 1951

Same stone w Wilma

Hiers, J Roy

Jul 31, 1896

Oct 21, 1970

 

Hiers, Jacob C

Aug 22, 1884

Dec 7, 1924

Same stone w Lillie

Hiers, Joan Kessler

Nov 11, 1936

No date-living?

Same stone w husband Donald, Heinrich & Phyllis

Hiers, Landis Wendell

Jun 12, 1913

Apr 4, 1993

Adj & matching to Louise

Hiers, Lewis M

Aug 11, 1868

Oct 27, 1941

Same stone w wife Minnie

Hiers, Lillie Combs

Dec 20. 1888

Aug 29, 1974

Same stone w Jacob

Hiers, Louise McMillan

Dec 21, 1916

Sep 16, 1966

Adj & matching to Landis

Hiers, Meta Myrtis Deer

Jan 15, 1898

Mar 12, 1984

Same stone w George

Hiers, Minnie D Kinard

Feb 2, 1876

Oct 26, 1932

Same stone w huband Lewis

Hiers, Ollie V

 

 

no date, adj & matching to Earl

Hiers, Phyllis Hiers

Jul 14, 1915

No date-living?

Same stone w husband Heinrich, Donald & Joan

Hiers, Ruth Bishop

Nov 6, 1891

Aug 7, 1983

Same stone w Barney

Hiers, Willie F

Jun 30, 1868

Nov 3, 1966

Adj & matching to Emma

Hiers, Wilma C

Feb 6, 1903

Mar 20, 1930

Same stone w J Frank

Kearse, Janie W

Aug 21, 1917

Dec 22, 1975

Same stone w O. Eugene

Kearse, O. Eugene

Jan 4, 1912

Oct 25, 1975

Same stone w Janie

Kearse, Roy Wilson

1892

1974

“Sgt US Army”

Kinard, George Brooks

Nov. 6, 1867

Mar. 25, 1937

 

Kinard, Henry Alton

Jun. 11, 1909

Mar. 18, 1991

 

Kinard, Mary Olive

Sep. 22, 1912

Sep. 1, 1990

 

Kinard, Olive E. Owens

May 18, 1876

Jul. 29, 1952

 

Kirkland, John M

Jul 28. 1872

Oct 24, 1932

 

Lynes, Harriet Gertrude Kearse

Aug 11, 1877

Aug 26, 1960

Adj stone to John, Engraved birth year has been changed

Lynes, John Samuel

Mar 3, 1875

Nov 21, 1958

Adj stone to Harriet

McKenzie, Katharene Paula Bretz

Jul. 5, 1922

Jun. 30, 2007

* (obit)

McKenzie, Martin Lanham

Sep. 4, 1921

Sep. 21, 2004

* (obit)

O'Steen, Nora Bishop

Nov.17, 1900

Oct. 23, 1986

 

O'Steen, Quillie

Jun. 22, 1893

Jan. 12, 1947

 

O'Steen, Willis Daniel

May 17, 1921

Sep. 29, 1921

 

Peters, Eugene

Dec. 17, 1955

Apr. 19, 2004

 

Peters, Myrtle Hazel

 

 

 

Rhodes, Milton Theodore

Sep. 8, 1923

Dec. 22, 2005

*

 Ehrhardt Cemetery


 Some of the families buried here are:   Ehrhardt, Bishop, Kinard, Kinsey, Belger, Ayer, Rhoad, Fender, Herndon, Sease, Fox, Varn, Loadholt, Copeland, Clayton, Pollard, Boswell, Dannelly



Sybile Pierce contibuted the follwing  information
on family members buried at Ehrhardt Cemetery, 2004


James Vernon McMillan Sr. - son of Acqulla Lee "Mood" & Lula Varn McMillan
B. May 09, 1867 D. December 22, 1951 in Bamberg County, S.C.
Wife: Thelma Priester McMillan
B. December 28, 1902 D. October 11, 1983 in Hampton County, S.C.
Both buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery.


2. Infant Girl McMillan - dau. of James Vernon & Thelma Priester McMillan
B. September 02 D. September 14
Buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery.


3. Rose Marie Corley McMillan - dau. of Robert Wade & Evelyn Elizabeth
Lambert Corley
B. Abt. 1932 D. June 13, 2003
Husband: Charles Robert McMillan Sr.
B. Abt. 1926 D. January 10, 2004 in Lexington County, S.C.

Only Rose Marie Corley McMillan is buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery. Her
husband is buried in Woodbridge Memoral Park, Lexington, South Carolina


4. Henry Fant Mitchum - son of Isaac Henry & Pauline Connelly Mitchum, Jr.
B. 1908 D. 1970 in Bamberg County, S.C.
Wife: Mrs. Rudy Lee Watts Schwartz Mitchum
Only Henry Fant Mitchum is buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery. I don’t know
where his wife is buried.


5. Clifton Moody Rentz
B. October 03, 1896 D. April 10, 1962
Wife: Susan Rebecca "Sudie" Chassereau Rentz
B. October 22, 1899 D. December 18, 1936 in Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, S.C.
I only have Clifton Moody Rentz buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery. It is my
belief that his wife is buried there too since she died in Ehrhardt, S.C.


6. Jamie Murphy Williams Sr. - son of Albert Royser & Mary Jane
HarterWilliams
B. July 22, 1921 D. May 28, 1993 in Islandton, Colleton County, S. C.
Wife: Mary Helen Chassereau Williams - dau. of Little Henry & Edna Idalia
Warren Chassereau
B. September 12, 1926 D. June 18, 1973
Both are buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery.


7. Little Henry Chassereau - son of John Wyman & Ida Rentz Chassereau
B. July 10, 1901 D. July 12, 1972 in Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, S.C.
Wife: Edna Idalia Warren Chassereau - dau. of Henry Barney & Rose Richardson
Warren
B. May 07, 1909 D. January 18, 1997 in Ehrhardt, Bamberg Co., South Carolina
I only have Little Henry Chassereau buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery. It is
my belief that his wife is buried there too since she died in Ehrhardt, S.C.

8. Otis Lee Copeland, Sr. - son of Jacob Lazerus "Laz" & Mary Ann "Tish"
Lane Copeland
B. June 03, 1883 D. July 13, 1953
Wife: Ruby Freeman Copeland
B. March 08, 1893 D. June 05, 1963 in Ehrhardt , Bamberg County, S.C.
Both Otis & Ruby are buried in the Ehrhardt Cemtery.


9. Hammie Oscar Folk - son of William Hamilton & Ella Hughes Folk
B. June 04, 1897 D. September 24, 1978 in Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, S.C.
Wife: Ida Mae Bishop Folk - dau. of Jessie Perzie & Caroline Kizziah
"Carrie" Bishop Bishop
B. May 19, 1903 D. April 19, 1979
I only have Hammie Oscar Folk buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery.

10. June Jenny Hiers - dau. of Francis Cecil "Frank" & Ehel Irene Barnes
Jenny
B. June 02, 1928 D. April 11, 2003 in Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, S. C.
Husband: George Floyd Hiers - son of George Franklin & Florrie Mae Bishop
Hiers
B. February 27, 1927 D. March 27, 1973
Only June Jenny Hiers is buried in the Ehrhardt Cemetery. Her husband is
buried in the Mount Pleasant Luthern Church Cemetery, near Ehrhardt, Bamberg
County, S.C.


11. Fannie Belle Bearden Weems Ehrhardt - dau. of Alvin & Edgis Spencer
Bearden
B. (?) D. May 20, 2004 in Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, S.C.
1st husband: Mr. Weems
2nd husband: Francis Marion "Buck" Ehrhardt, Sr. son of Raymond & Natelie
Kearse Ehrhardt
I only have Fannie Belle Bearden Weems Ehrhardt buried in the Ehrhardt
Cemetery. Her 2nd husband may still be living?


Tombstone Transcriptions and Notes by Ann Parkinson
November 2, 2004


1. Lillie Ruth Gibson Ayer 1 Oct 1902 - 7 Jan 1997
    Married Bud Talbert Ayer 25 Dec 1964 in Ehrhardt,
    Bamberg County, SC
    Dau of Henry Elye and Nancy (George) Gibson
    Lillie was born in Oak Grove Community of Bamberg
    County, SC
    She died in Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, SC
    No issue
    Sis of Annie Sue, Martha E, Henrietta, John Henry,
    Jacob Lazareth, Hattie M, Joseph Ely, Angie L, Laura Marie
    & Julia Gibson

2. Bud Talbert Ayer  23 Jan 1897 - 31 Mar 1982
    Born and died  in SC
    His marriage to Lillie Ruth was his second


This information was contributed for use by the Bamberg County SCGenWeb Project  by:

©2006 Anne Gelwicks
Anne Gelwicks  AnnGelATcomcast.net
June 2008

Sybile Pierce
August 30, 2004

Ann Parkinson  <pas47pap@yahoo.com>
November 2, 2004
(Photograph by Pat Sabin, 2002)

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