Eastside Memorial African American Cemetery Page 1
Eastside Memorial Cemetery aka White Springs Memorial aka Eastside Community
White Springs, Florida
Eastside Memorial Cemetery is an African-American cemetery (4.2 acres in size) on Adams Memorial Drive (Circle per Property Appraiser) in White Springs, Hamilton County, Florida.
The cemetery sign refers to it as Eastside Memorial Cemetery. The Property Appraiser parcel 8482-000 reflects the name Eastside Community Cemetery aka White Springs Memorial Cemetery (Sect. 7, Twp 2S, Range 16E).
From I-75 take White Springs Exit 439. Turn left onto CR 136 (Thunder Road) and travel 2.8 miles to the intersection of Bridge Street and Spring Street in White Springs. Turn right onto Spring Street and travel 7/10 mile (just past Turner Street) to the second entrance to Adams Memorial Drive. Turn right on Adams Memorial Drive the cemetery is less than a tenth of a mile on the right.
The cemetery was surveyed and photographed by Lesleigh Laite Butts May 15 & May 18, 2010.
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| Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
| ALFORD, Eddie |
Dec 17, 1894 |
Jun 16, 1965 |
|
| ANDERSON, E. J. |
1914 |
1980 |
US Army WWII |
| BAKER, Horace |
Aug 22, 1906 |
Aug 13, 1972 |
Florida Pvt US Army WWII |
| BALDREN(?), Grace |
n/a |
n/a |
Mizell's Funeral Home of Lake City temporary marker. Surname unclear, no dates provided. |
| BALDWIN, Jannie |
Feb 7, 1904 |
Oct 10, 1912 |
d/o J. & E. Baldwin (headstone broken, lying on ground) |
| BELL, Charlotte |
Feb 3, 1869 |
Jun 15, 1946 |
s/s Judson Bell |
| BELL, Judson |
Mar 10, 1857 |
Jan 25, 1926 |
s/s Charlotte Bell |
| BENNETT, Herbert Lee |
July 21, 1907 |
Mar 11, 1924 |
|
| BENNETT, Mayme Lang |
Nov 12, 1878 |
Mar 18, 1971 |
s/s Noah H. Bennett, Sr. |
| BENNETT, Noah H., Sr. |
Aug 5, 1882 |
Oct 22, 1967 |
s/s Mayme Lang Bennett |
| BENNETT, Noah Harold, Jr. |
Apr 27, 1911 |
Mar 28, 1990 |
1st Sgt US Army WWII |
| BROWN, Eartha D. |
Dec 29, 1938 |
Feb 13, 2007 |
|
| BROWN, Qunette M. |
May 17, 1950 |
Mar 4, 2009 |
|
| BRYANT, Benjamin |
Sep 26, 1966 |
Apr 25, 1989 |
|
| BRYANT, Horace |
Mar 28, 1892 |
Jun 22, 1946 |
Florida Cpl 156 Depot Brig WWI |
| BRYSON, Sissie |
n/a |
Jul 2, 1927 |
Age 64 Yrs. |
| BYRD, Augustus D. |
Apr 14, 1884 |
Dec 4, 1968 |
Death year could be 1966 or 1968 |
| BYRD, William A. |
May 26, 1935 |
Aug 1, 1942 |
|
| CARTER, Katie |
Dec 23, 1872 |
Feb 10, 1927 |
w/o J. R. Carter |
| CHARLES, Emma |
Aug 1878 |
Aug 26, 1958 |
|
| CHARLES, Pierce |
Nov 14, 1875 |
May 27, 1967 |
|
| CLARK, Estella |
1892 |
1967 |
Thick green algae growing on headstone. |
| CLARK, John |
Jun 1, 1880 |
Mar 21, 1961 |
|
| COLES, Elsie |
1917 |
1972 |
|
| DAVIS, Birty |
Jul 19, 1886 |
Dec 11, 1972 |
|
| DYE, Ernest |
Jul 8, 1917 |
Aug 18, 1993 |
|
| DYE, Joann |
Dec 31, 1926 |
Sep 27, 1999 |
|
| EDWARDS, Eugene |
Apr 10, 1937 |
May 20, 2003 |
|
| EDWARDS, James H. |
Dec 25, 1881 |
Feb 11, 1942 |
|
| EDWARDS, Janie B. |
Mar 22, 1896 |
May 24, 1989 |
|
| GAINES, Minnie Lee N. |
Jun 24, 1925 |
Oct 20, 1990 |
|
| GRAHAM, Charlie |
1904 |
1968 |
|
| GRAHAM, Elliott W. |
Sep 15, 1910 |
Jul 20, 1980 |
s/s Mary M. Graham |
| GRAHAM, John H. E., Sr. |
Feb 9, 1945 |
Oct 18, 2000 |
|
| GRAHAM, Mary M. |
Jul 18, 1911 |
Mar 10, 2001 |
Death date provided by second headstone, not inscribed headstone shared with Elliott Graham. |
| HALYARD, Logan Claude, Sr. |
Jan 26, 1936 |
Mar 10, 1992 |
Pvt US Army |
| HARRISON, ? |
1902 |
Jul 16, 1982 |
Udell Funeral Home temporary marker, partially unreadable. |
| HENDRICKS, Luella |
1903 |
1974 |
Caesar & Chestnut Funeral Home temporary marker. |
| HUGHES, Deloris |
Oct 9, 1940 |
Jul 13, 2008 |
|
| HUNTER, Luke |
Jan 16, 1904 |
Oct 18, 1958 |
|
| HUNTER, Melonese (Mrs) |
1904 |
1992 |
Stevens Funeral Home temporary marker only. |
| JACKSON, Alberta |
Sep 23, 1900 |
n/a |
s/s George Jackson |
| JACKSON, George |
Jan 6, 1909 |
n/a |
s/s Alberta Jackson |
| JACKSON, Georgia Mae |
Jul 8, 1927 |
Jul 11, 1943 |
|
| JACKSON, J. D. |
May 16, 1907 |
Dec 10, 1953 |
s/s Minnie Lee Jackson |
| JACKSON, Lizzie Beth Lang |
1880 |
1972 |
|
| JACKSON, Minnie Lee |
Jan 19, 1907 |
Mar 29, 1962 |
s/s J. D. Jackson |
| JACKSON, S. P. Shep |
Feb 10, 1870 |
Feb 10, 1946 |
|
| JAMES, Walter |
Jan 3, 1920 |
Sep 23, 1965 |
Florida STM1 USNR WWII |
| JEFFERSON, Sheldonia Woods |
Dec 19, 1888 |
May 24, 1939 |
|
| JOHNSON, Ceasar |
n/a |
Oct 23, 1935 |
North Carolina Pvt SATC Greensboro A&T College |
| JOHNSON, Jannie L. |
Jun 30, 1935 |
Jul 20, 1996 |
|
| JONES, Clarabelle |
n/a |
n/a |
Square concrete monument inscribed Jones at head of headstone inscribed Clarabelle with no dates. |
| JONES, Joyce |
May 5, 1934 |
Apr 17, 1990 |
|
| JONES, Nicie |
Apr 9, 1909 |
Aug 3, 1985 |
|
| JONES, Willie P. |
Nov 28, 1900 |
Jul 5, 1972 |
|
| KING, Chor? H. |
Oct 30, 1856 |
May 21, 1935 |
Best guess at name and dates. Hand inscribed in concrete. |
| KING, Grover |
Mar 27, 1922 |
Apr 20, 2004 |
|
| LANG, Joseph S. |
Jun 5, 1876 |
Mar 10, 1918 |
|
| MAGWOOD, Artis L. |
Jun 19, 1944 |
Sep 12, 2009 |
|
| MAGWOOD, Johnny Lee |
Dec 15, 1932 |
Jul 14, 1987 |
US Army |
| MAGWOOD, Minnie L. |
Feb 15, 1910 |
May 27, 1985 |
|
| MAGWOOD, Purvis |
Jun 9, 1942 |
Jun 21, 1981 |
Concrete with hand inscription. Combs Funeral Home temporary marker also. |
| McALLUM, Thornton |
Dec 14, 1941 |
Oct 3, 1976 |
|
| McCALLUM, Jacob |
Apr 7, 1902 |
Mar 7, 1980 |
|
| McCALLUM, Mollie |
Feb 25, 1910 |
Sep 7, 1992 |
|
| MEEKS, Emmanuel |
1812 |
1929 |
|
| MEEKS, L.D. |
1859 |
1916 |
|
| MILLS, Clarence C. |
1949 |
2004 | Sgt US Army Vietnam |
| NEWSOME, George H., Sr. |
Oct 27, 1901 |
Jun 27, 1985 |
|
| NEWSOME, Hattie |
Jul 4, 1902 |
Jun 14, 1965 |
|
| OWENS, Wilbert |
Dec 25, 1910 |
Jan 17, 1990 |
|
| REDDICK, Luke H. |
Nov 1, 1954 |
Jul 30, 1967 |
|
| REDDICK, Sallie H. |
Mar 11, 1930 |
Jan 26, 1973 |
|
| REDIC, Flozell H., Sr. |
Dec 20, 1953 |
Mar 29, 2005 |
|
| RICHBURGH, William H. |
Feb 17, 1917 |
May 15, 1993 |
SSgt US Army WWII |
| ROBINSON, Rosa Mae James |
Apr 14, 1931 |
Sep 1, 1985 |
|
| SCIPPIO, Herbert J. |
Jul 15, 1949 |
Jul 8, 1984 |
|
| SCOTT, Curtis R. |
Nov 1, 1915 |
Jun 6, 1979 | Cpl US Army WWII |
| SHARPE, O'Leary V. |
May 31, 1913 |
Sep 9, 1944 |
Oklahoma Tec 5 QM Corps |
| SIMMONS, Anna |
n/a |
Jan 5, 1941 |
Beloved servant of the Neill family. |
| SINGLETON, Charles P. |
1883 |
1950 |
s/s Hattie A. Singleton |
| SINGLETON, Hattie A. |
1888 |
1981 |
s/s Charles P. Singleton |
| TAMBLEN, Bessie Mae |
Jan 17, 1927 |
Dec 21, 1986 |
Age 65; Mizell's Funeral Home temporary marker only. |
| TAYLOR, Bertha |
Dec 23, 1892 |
May 2, 1996 |
|
| TAYLOR, Johnnie Lee "Candy Man" |
Apr 11, 1935 |
Sep 1, 2009 |
Mizell's Funeral Home temporary marker also. |
| THOMAS, Barbara J. "Lean" |
May 17, 1945 |
Aug 4, 2008 |
|
| THOMAS, Laura P. |
n/a |
1968 |
|
| TILLMAN, Fannie |
1950 |
2010 |
Stevens Funeral Home temporary marker only. Right of Ralph Tillman. |
| TILLMAN, Merdice |
Mar 26, 1919 |
Jan 30, 2004 |
|
| TILLMAN, Ralph |
Dec 11, 1924 |
Dec 11, 1991 |
|
| TOASTON, Riller Lee |
Mar 5, 1899 |
Feb 15, 1980 |
|
| TOSTON, Herbert |
Apr 6, 1896 |
Sep 18, 1958 |
Florida Pvt 32 Co 151 Depot Brigade WWI |
