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The White Family Cemetery is located on the old White family homeplace in the Bloomville section of Clarendon County. There arethirteen grave stones marking fifteen graves. There were twelve tofifteen metal stobs or posts which may have been marking othersgraves with no markers.
The cemetery may be found by traveling from Sumteron Route 521 South. Turn right onto Route 48, known as Oak GroveRoad. (Oak Grove Methodist Church and Cemetery is on Route 48.)Continue on past Oak Grove Church for 3 or 4 miles. Be careful not toblink or downtown Bloomville will be a blur. A few miles pastBloomville a Pentecostal Church will be passed with the new church onthe left hand side of the road and the old church on the right handside of the road. The next buildings that can be seen along the roadare mobile homes. The land mark to look for is a mobile home and ahouse on the right. Turn down the dirt road there. Go on down thisroad until it ends. There will be a fork in the road, but either forkleads to the cemetery.
Cousins, Dee Lowder Schmidt and Cynthia RidgewayParker of Sumter, South Carolina surveyed this cemetery on 16 August1996. The grass had been recently been mowed by a tractor. It wasobvious that someone keeps the cemetery up. Directions to thecemetery had been given to Dee and Cindy by their cousin, PearlieRidgeway Ridgeway of Bloomville.
1. Josephine F. Cutter wife of T.J. Cutter 1878-1910 2. and 3. Elbert Barton White Annie Lowder b. 20 May 1921 b. 31 March 1921 d. 15 Aug 1980 d. 5 April 1990 DaddyMama 4. and 5. Minnie Ruth Timmons White Herchel Washington White b. 19 October 1887 b. 29 March 1888 d. 9 April 1952 d. 10 Nov 1968 Ma Pa 6. Harry L. son of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. White b. 16 Feb 1923 d. 15 Oct 1935 Darling, we miss you 7. Mary E.C. White wife of C.W. Timmons B. 10 July 1852 d. 20 Dec. 1929 Rest mother Rest, In Quiet Sleep While Friends in Sorrow O'er Thee Weep 8. Hattie V. dau. of Mr.and Mrs. C.W.Timmons b. 4 Feb 1879 d. 18 Oct. 1886 9. Charlie W. Timmons b. 16 Aug 1846 d. 3 Apr 1920 Though Thou Art Fond Fond Memry Clings to Thee 10. Charlie T. White b. 16 April 1886 d. 1 Sept 1948 Gone But Not Forgotten 11. Rachel A. wife of John Z. White b. 2 Nov 1838 d. 18 July 1894 12. Joseph N. White b. 8 Apr 1850 d. 2 Nov 1913 13. Frances Alice wife of Joseph N. White Sr b.4 April 1860 d. 25 May 1922 As a wife, devoted As a mother, affectionate, As a friend, ever kind and true 14. Earnest F. son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Haley b.31 Oct 1902 d. 2 Sept 1910 15. Crillie T. White b. 16 April 1881 d.1 Sept 1948