Simms Ridge Cemetery

Located: Go West Hwy #63 to West Point Road, turn and go to Waterloo Road, turn right and go 10 miles, then turn left, go about 3/4 mile, the cemetery is on the left at Simms Ridge Church of Christ.  (The burials listed below only go through part of 1983.)

Ayers, William C.    24 Apr. 1923 - 24 Oct. 1981     WWII

Bowden, Brinda    d. & d. 3-10-1949    

(fieldstone marked grave next above.)

Brewer, Ethel Mae    11-22-1913 - 12-9-1945

Crews, Robert B., son of Robert and Pearl    1-2-1913 - 1-7-1913

Crews, Mary G, dau. of Tobert and Pearl     3-17-1919 - 11-7-1919

Dial, Lester M.               29 Apr. 1893 -          ) one

Dial, Walter B.    20 July 1893 - 17 Apr. 1972 ) stone

Gallaher, Robert C. PHM 1st C.     7-14-1915 - lost his life in South China Sea, 10-24-1944

Gallaher, Robert G.    1871 - 1959 Father     ) these 3

Gallaher, Mattie N.    1880 - 19-- grave there) on same

Gallaher, William H     1905 - 1950               ) stone

Green, Louise Lovell    d. 10 Feb. 1959    Age 38  (Source:  Obit.)

Hollis, Hattie N.    8-31-1899 - 3-25-1906

Kelly, Clarence H.    1-9-1893 - 11-8-1962 ) one

Kelly, Minnie S.   10-9-1890 - 12-26-1962 ) stone

Kilpatrick, Martha Jane   12-22-1866 - 8-2-1938

(4 filedstones marked graves next to above)

Lopp, Inf son of Walter & Mildred       b. & d. 10-7-1933

Lovett, Annie     d. 11-1, 19-- 17 y, 7 m, 4 d

Lovell, Delia S.    16 Sept. 1894 - 16 Sept. 1972

Lovell, Joe Wheeler    29 Mar.  1893 - Dec. 1949

(1 fieldstone marked grave & 1 with unmarked slab next to above)

McDonald, Rubin S.    4-23-1914 - 10-14-1935

McGee, Lena    20 Jan. 1900 - 12 Sept. 1901

McGee, Kenneth    10 Nov. 1938 - 22 May 1939

McGee, John    1907 - 1958

McGee, George W.     12-20-1864 - 2-26-1941 ) one

McGee, Fannie C.                      9-17-1877 - 19 ) stone

McGee, Dan                 2-4-1866 - 1-13-1956 ) one

McGee, Beckie                               12-9-1874 ) stone

McGee, Inf. of  Mr. & Mrs. Dan     1896 - 1898

( 3 fieldstone marked graves next to above)

Moore, W. Henry     1-19-1867 - 10-28-1945    Father

Moore, Annie     9-12-1872 - 1-31-1935     Mother

Moore, Carl     1913 - 1914

Moore, Inf. son of W. H.     1908

Moore, Ethel     1899 - 1901

Moore, Inf. son of W. H. & A.    1901

Moore, George S.    1932 - 1934

Moore, Odie F.    6-25-1894 - 11-14-1960 )one

Moore, Lillie B.        5-23-1895 - 8-5-1955 ) stone

Moore, Rosey D., dau. of T. J. & M.    5-16-1895 - 1-26- 1897

Moore, Kennith    27 June 1937 - 21 Nov. 1939

Moore, Lillian D.    3 Dec. 1897 -                 ) one

Moore, Tom    1 May 1895 - 14 Sept. 1976 ) stone

Pennington, Billy Maylon, Inf. son of Buford & Mary    b. & d. 30 May 1947

Pennington, Bufford M.    22 Jan. 1908 - 13 Jan. 1966 ) one

Pennington, Mary B.        30 Dec. 1928 -                     ) stone

Pennington, Inf. son of Buford & Mary     b.& d. 4 Sept. 1948

Ricketts, Buford M.    24 May 1918 - 30 June 1979

Shaffer, Polly Rebecca      9-4-1818 - 12-10-1890

Shaffer, Walter B.     1-1-1887 - 2-14- 1887

(16 fieldstone marked graves in Shaffer row)

Shaffer Dennis Fleet     10 June 1910 - 27 June 1937     27 y., O m., 17 d.

Shaffer, George W.          9-9-1844 - 10-23-1925 Father ) one     Co. H. 14th Iowa *

Shaffer, Margaret M.    9-22-1851 - 12-30-1925 Mother ) stone

Shaffer, George    1899 - 1900   son of T. F. & Ella

Shaffer, John W.                                   8 Feb. 1888 - 24 July 1969 ) one

Shaffer, Mattie Dial, wife of John W.        10-16-1889 - 11-4-1924 ) stone

(1 new unmarked next to above)

Shaffer, Infant     14 Oct. 1928   Dau. of Bill & Annie

Story, Horace C.                       5-18-1890 ) one

Story, Maggie L.     2-6-1892 - 6-14-1954 )stone

From original "At Rest" Cemetery Records of Lawrence County and Supplement I.  Listed by Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Gresham & Mrs. W. F. Alexander May 1, 1966; Bruce Johnston May 5, 1983

Contributed by Reita Burress            Mar. 15, 2004