Graves

In the early 2000s, members of the University of Georgia's Horticulture Department completed an innovatory of burial locations in Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery. In addition to noting the location of marked and unmarked graves, the data records tombstone inscriptions: decedents' names, date of births, date of deaths, epithets, and iconography.

Cemetery Section Grave Statussort descending Grave Symbol Society Marker Inscription Tombstone DOD First Name Last Name Second Grave First Name Second Grave Last Name Third Grave First Name Third Grave Last Name
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked palm leaves "Gone but not forgotten" Pearl Owens
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked Adeline Shaw
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery S Marked decorative ivy "THERE IS REST IN HEAVEN" Harry Newsome
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked cross J. Wymbs
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Marked Hamilton Thomas
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Marked Mary Johnson
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked cross Veteran "GEORGIA PFC CAMP HOSP 2 WORLD WAR I" Charlie Morton
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Marked Violet Thomas
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery M Marked JULIUS JONES
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Marked open book "In Memory of" "She was a faithful friend" Caroline Holt
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked bird over open gate Sleep on dear husband and take thy rest I loved you but God loved you best Anderson Matthews
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked heart daughter "daughter" "At Rest" Maude Morton
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked Codelia Thomas
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked J W
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Marked "Dua of LW & Laura" Laura Reid
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery M Marked "born in Clarksville Tenn., died in Athens, Ga" Langston Hurley
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked palm fronds Lula Jones
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery S Marked cross Veteran "GEORGIA CPL CO D 346 SVC BN QMC WORLD WAR I" Edgar Harden
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked Savannah J[arrell?]
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Marked Mollie Cox
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Marked Whitman Hill
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked palm frond "Asleep in Jesus" "Wife of R.B.Brown." "Born in Oglethorpe Co." Carrie Whitehead
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Marked heart "Jackson Funeral Home, 282 Hull St., Athens Ga" "J" Marion Thomas
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Marked cross "GEORGIA MECH.,313 SERVICE BATT'N" Robert Smith
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery M Marked cross Veteran "FLORIDA PVT 468 QM TRUCK REGT WORLD WAR II" HAMILTON BROWN
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked Ida Pope
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery O Marked dove effigy "At rest" "Mother" Nicey Austin
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Marked masonic masonic December 31, 1991 Richard Livingston Laura Livingston
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked Guy McCree
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Marked Mary Cole
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Marked Edward Iverson
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked dove "Gone, but not forgotten" Dennis Brewer
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Marked Lorenzo Reid
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked "Mother" "Father" "C H S- LYONS FAMILY" December 31, 1893 Collins Collins
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked cross Veteran "Pvt. 530 Engrs." Edward Sanders
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Marked Howard Johnson
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery O Marked Emanuel Johnson
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Marked John Wade
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Marked lady rejoicing cross "Rock of Ages" Lula Heath
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked Ella Brown
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery M Marked Mamie Brown
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked dove Arthur Jones
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Marked "As a husband devoted, as a father affectionate" Simon Pope
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Marked Mary Brown
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Marked wreath "mother of Carrie Lawrence" Rachel Wilder Charlie Wilder Odessia Wilder
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Marked Amanda Iverson
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery S Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery K Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery A Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery L Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery O Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery O Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery M Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery B Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery H Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery N Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery G Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery O Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery M Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery S Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery D Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery E Unmarked
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery F Unmarked

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