Lykes Family Cemetery

(formerly located on the Lykes Plantation at Spring Hill) 

Section 22  - Township 24  - Range 18 

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Wide view of the Lykes Family Cemetery
This beautiful photos shows the well kept Lykes Family Cemetery once located on the Lykes Plantation in the old Spring Hill Community.  (Photo 2007 by Jeff Cannon- ©Copyright)

PLEASE NOTE:  We will soon be uploading a detailed history for the Lykes Family Cemetery as we are finishing our research.  Please check back for a complete cemetery history.


Headstone Transcriptions for Lykes Family Cemetery
(partial reading- more names to be added)

NOTE:  In addition to the taking of a headstone inscription reading we have also consulted a number of other records including but not limited to cemetery research by Mary Wilson, Florida Death Index*, Local Funeral Home Records, W.P.A. Records, Unpublished Genealogical Society Records, obituaries and newspaper articles.  If we have an obituary on file for someone listed we would be happy to provide a copy upon request.


KEY  FOR  SYMBOLS
s/o - Son Of
d/o - Daughter Of
w/o - Wife Of
h/o - Husband Of
m/o- Mother of
ss/w- Side by Side With




BASSETT, J.F.   No dates  (Co.C. 9th FLA  C.S.A.)   
BRAMAN, Annie J.   b. July 29, 1843  d. Jan. 7, 1918  (She now sweetly rests she is not dead but sleeping)
BRAMAN, Charles H  b. August 6, 1851  d. June 1, 1926
BRAMAN, Charles J H   b. July 9, 1888  d. Oct. 9, 1918  (His work is done the victory won)

CARRERE, John Francis  b. Aug. 18, 1920  d. Dec. 29, 1972
COLTON, Margaret Howell Lykes  b. 1916  d. 1992  (ss/w Richard Clark Colton)
COLTON, Richard Clark   b. 1901  d. 1994   (ss/w Margaret Howell Lykes)

FERGUSON, Chester Howell  b. July 1, 1908  d. March 3, 1983

GREEN, Jane V. Law  b. Dec. 23, 1854  d. March 20, 1932*
GWINN, Marguerite Stringer  b. Sept. 1, 1880  d. Oct 13, 1954*

HAGAN, Ada Belle Lykes  b. Nov. 18, 1920  d. Nov. 20, 1990  (ss/w Herbert Leo)
HAGAN, Herbert Leo  b. Nov. 1, 1931  d. Dec. 30, 1972  (Hope like the tides comes and goes. Love like the sea is constant- ss/w Ada)

KENDRICK, Douglas Blair M.D.  b. July 21, 1907  d. Sept. 2, 1994  (Maj. Gen US Army Medical Corps)
KERR, David Clement Gordon  b. Oct. 9, 1929  d. Feb. 23, 2002

LAW, Ada Cooper   b. May 15, 1893   d. Nov. 23, 1980
LAW, Allie  b. Jan. 28, 1892  d. May 20, 1892  (d/o J.C. & A.M. Law- Of such is the kingdom of Heaven)
LAW, Annie Joe  b. Aug. 8, 1888  d. Sept. 12, 1965 
LAW, Annie Marshall  b. Jan. 21, 1860  d. Feb. 12, 1937  (I know that my redeemer liveth)
LAW, John C. Jr.  b. Oct. 28, 1898  d. May 29, 1899  (s/o J.C. & Annie Law) 
LAW, John Calhoun  b. Sept. 18, 1852  d. March 14, 1928  (God is my refuge and strength)
LAW, Marilyn Jean   b. Sept. 24, 1927  d. Oct. 3, 2001  (Loving d/o Tom Law- m/o Jim, Rick, & Jeannie Stapler)

LAW, Martha C.  b. March 26, 1812- Liberty county, GA- d. Oct. 28, 1882  (In the 70 year of her age  She was a dutiful & Affectionate companion & the most self denying & devoted mother and a pious christian. Her bereaved family have erected this humble tablet to her memory & hope to meet her in the realms of bliss)
LAW, Martha J  b. Dec 27, 1875  d. Oct. 5, 1878  (Sacred to the memory of  Aged 2 years 9 months 22 days)

**LAW, Peter W. Jr.  b. April 4, 1830  d. June 16, 1860  (Sacred to the memory of Aged 30 years 2 months) (Note: Obit gives date of death as June 16, 1870 at age 20 of typhoid fever- Errors in headstone)

LAW, Peter W. Capt.  who died Nov. 24, 1852 at 51 yr of his age. He was a true patriot & pious christian. His bereaved family have erected this humble tablet to his memory & hope to meet him in the realms of bliss.  Though sad is the wail of the disconsolate heart when earths fondest ties have been riven how consoling the prospect when death bids us part of a happy reunion in heaven

LAW, Virginia Evelin-  No Dates (In memory of  d/o J.B. & E.S. Law)
LYKES, Almeria Belle d. Oct 9, 1926 (Aged 73 years ss/w Howell)
LYKES, Charles Parkhill  b. March 4, 1917  d. May 25, 1989 (A life devoted to his fellow man ss/w Mason Mallory)
LYKES, Dick Mayo  b. 1923  d. 1945  (Okinawa- note this is a bird bath headstone)
LYKES, Frederick  b. March 30, 1806  d. March 30, 1876
LYKES, Frederick Eugene  b. July 2, 1877 at Spring Hill  d. Nov. 10, 1951 in Brooskville, FL (ss/w Meta Velma)
LYKES, Frederick Eugene Jr.  b. Oct. 9, 1916  d. Nov. 29, 1946
LYKES, Genevieve Parkhill  b. May 30, 1885  d. Jan. 5, 1971  (ss/w James McKay)
LYKES, Howell Tyson  b. 1879  d. 1942  (ss/w Stella Long)
LYKES, Howell Tyson d. May 14, 1906 (Aged 59 years ss/w Almeria Honored in their lives.  Regretted in their deaths They rest from their labors and their works do follow them.)

LYKES, Howell Tyson III  b. 1908  d. 1964  (ss/w Margaret McFadden)
LYKES, James McKay  b. Nov 30, 1880  d. Nov. 26, 1943  (ss/w Genevieve)
LYKES, Jean  b. Feb. 19, 1917  d. Aug. 3, 1998
LYKES, John Wall  b. June 17, 1887  d. May 19, 1957
LYKES, Joseph Taliaferro Jr.  b. 1918  d. 1991   (ss/w Marjorie Carrere)
LYKES, L. G.  b. Dec. 10, 1882  d. Dec. 17, 1924  (s/o H.T. and A.B. Lykes)
LYKES, Margaret Elizabeth  (w/o Dr. Sheldon Stringer  in loving memory of our dear mother who was taken from us Nov. 25, 1907  She leadeth us onward and upward)

LYKES, Margaret McFadden  b. 1917  d. 1989  (ss/w Howell Tyson)
LYKES, Marjorie Carrere  b. 1924  d. 1994  (ss/w Joseph Taliaferro)
LYKES, Mason Mallory  b. May 28, 1922  d. Open Date  (ss/w Charles Parkhill- note: tree of life with sunshine)
LYKES, Meta Velma Roberts  b. Sept. 26, 1891 in New York City  d. Aug. 16, 1974 at Spring Hill  (ss/w Frederick Eugene)
LYKES, Norman Roberts  b. 1918  d. 1993
LYKES, Ruth Freeman   b. Oct. 23, 1891  d. Oct. 11-1985  (w/o John Wall Lykes)
LYKES, Stella Long  b. 1883  d. 1953  (ss/w Howell Tyson)
LYKES, Thompson Mayo  b. Nov. 27, 1884  d. Nov. 10, 1941  (In memory of)

MAYO, Washington Thompson  b. Nov. 26, 1816  d. Jan. 5, 1885 (Erected to his memory by his only child)
MAYO, Margarett Susan b. Aug. 14, 1817  d. Dec. 4, 1868 (w/o Washington T. Mayo- In Memoriam of)
MCKEOWN, Theodore  b. March 20, 1878  d. March 10, 1888  (In memory of  Suffer not the little children to come unto me for theirs is the kingdom of heaven)
MICKLER, Alice J.  b. May 9, 1887  d. Feb. 3, 1981  (An inspiration to all)
MICKLER, Bartley Law  b. July 24, 1868   d. June 27, 1881  (Sacred to the memory of  "So he giveth his beloved rest")
MICKLER, Joseph b. April 12, 1886  d. Mar. 5, 1920 (
MICKLER, J.B.  b. Feb. 7, 1833 d. Oct. 7, 1886 (Here rests a beloved husband and father- Mason)
MICKLER, John Ellis  b. Oct. 26, 1911  d. March 19, 1977  (In loving memory)
MICKLER, Katherine J. b. April 13, 1848  d. May 15, 1919 (w/o D.H. & m/o Harry Malcolm Baisden- Daniel & Joseph)
MICKLER, Malcolm P.  b. Sept. 15, 1876  d. July 23, 1952
MICKLER, Malcolm P. Jr.   b. Jan 9, 1913  d. July 16, 1976
MICKLER, Martha E.  b. Dec. 10, 1840  d. March 31, 1881 (w/o  J.B.Mickler- Sacred to the memory of)
MICKLER, Robert Bloxham  b. Oct. 28, 1872  d. Dec. 3, 1881  (Sacred to the memory of)
MICKLER, Thomas Edwin   b. May 23, 1866  d. June 30, 1881 (Sacred to the memory of- Asleep in Jesus)

OLIVER, Nancy Wooten  b. Aug. 7, 1936  d. Nov. 16, 2003  (ss/w William Felton)
OLIVER, William Felton  b. July 18, 1935  d. Open Date  (ss/w Nancy Wooten)

PETERSON, Malcolm C.  (who was born in Robinson Cnty, N. Ca. on 9th July A.D. 1811 and died Oct. 10th A.D. 1886- Sacred to the Memory of)
PETERSON, Rosa Baisden  b. 1815 McIntosh Cnty, GA. d. 1902 at Spring Hill (w/o Malcolm C. Peterson- long inscription)

RANKIN, Arthur Lee  b. Sept. 8, 1914  d. April 25, 1972

STAPLER, James Thomas  June 9, 1950- only date
STAPLER, Jeannie   Dec. 31, 1960- only date
STAPLER, William R. "Rick"  b. 1952  d. 1974  (There is a better time and a better place)
STRINGER, Frederick Lykes  b. Dec. 14-1874  d. June 7, 1942
STRINGER, Sheldon Dr.  b. Nov. 18, 1834  d. April 6, 1903 (Loyal and helpful in every phase of life loved and honored by his family, his friends, his state. his record is undying- Mason)
STRINGER, Sheldon M.D.  b. June 23, 1883  d. Oct. 8, 1949

THOMPSON, Frederick Lykes  b. Jan. 11, 1908  d. Oct. 22, 1991 (In Heaven the angels do always behold the face of our savior)
TURMAN, Dolly Hardee  b. Oct. 29, 1910  d. Oct. 29, 1983  (In Memory- ss/w Solon B.)
TURMAN, Solon B.  b. March 2, 1900  d. Oct. 9, 1990 (In Memory- ss/w Dolly Hardee)

WALL, Barbara R.  b. Aug. 30, 1810  d. May 30, 1883 (w/o Perry G. Wall- NOTE: Perry buried in Tampa)
WALL, Charles Frances b. May 12, 1889  d. Aug. 14, 1913 (In Memory of my Father- Mason)
WALL, Susan Mayo  (Sacred to memory of- Beloved wife and dear Mother who died Aug. 12, 1908)
WEBB, Guy Regan  b. Oct. 1, 1908  d. Sept. 13, 1974
WEBB, Ruth Lykes  b. Feb 2, 1913  d. Feb. 14, 1988
WOOTEN, Nancy Lykes  b. March 9, 1917  d. Feb. 12, 2001 (ss/w Robert Carter)
WOOTEN, Robert Carter  b. Dec. 5, 1909  d. May 31, 2000 (ss/w Nancy Lykes)





Headstone Transcriptions and Historical Research by Jeff Cannon- Copyright ©2008
This page was last revised on July 13, 2008