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Driving directions: From Upper White Oak Lake, go west toward Bluff City. In the sharp curve just before reaching Holleman Cemetery, turn left (go straight) on a dirt road. From the Nevada County line (which is not marked), go about 1/4th mile and turn left on a dim road. The cemetery is about 1/4 mile down this road.
Mt. Moriah No. 2 Cemetery - Black
Second location of Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Older cemetery located further south. Still used for burials. Cemetery expanded and chain link fence installed in 2003Driving directions: From Upper White Oak Lake, go west toward Bluff City. In the sharp curve just before reaching Holleman Cemetery, turn left (go straight) on a dirt road. From the Nevada County line (which is not marked), go about 1/4th mile and turn left on a dim road. The cemetery is about 1/4 mile down this road.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake, Bessie Sims | 9-12-1916 | 11-10-1998 | |
| Curtis, Keontal T. | 1998 | 1998 | Metal marker; located 5 ft. south of Bertha Mae Laster marker |
| Fort, Daisy | 8-26-1910 | 2-8-1983 | |
| Fort, Hardy | 5-11-1902 | 3-19-1983 | |
| Fort, John | 3-21-1877 | 9-17-1964 | |
| Fort, Lizzie | 9-17-1910 | 6-28-1968 | |
| Fort, Willis | 8-22-1998 | Age 92-metal marker | |
| Fort, Obie Lee | 5-31-1927 | 2-21-2000 | |
| Fort, (Infant) | 3-3-1971 | Infant daughter of Hubie and Rosie Fort | |
| Fort, Hubie Lee | 8-9-1935 | 12-12-2011 | |
| Garrett, Margaret | 1952 | 1957 | Metal marker has death date of 9-19-1959 -age 7 yrs, 9 mths. stone has name Maragrett Grett |
| Gill, Minnie Lee | 6-30-1933 | 7-9-1999 | Children--Wanda, Jacquelin, and Darrell |
| Gulley, Bertha Mae Laster | 3-3-1948 | 10-12-1991 | |
| Gulley, Willie W. | 1-19-1913 | 1-20-1987 | |
| Gulley, Guartha | 12-19-1913 | 6-10-2000 | Lue Guartha Gulley on metal marker |
| Gulley, Earvin | 5-23-1948 | 5-10-2011 | |
| Gulley, Edward | 3-26-1951 | 12-10-2016 | Metal marker; full dates from obituary |
| Hardnett, Winston | 12-14-1891 | 10-19-1969 | |
| Holliman, Clarence | 7-22-1907 | 6-10-1972 | Double marker with Hattie B. Holliman |
| Holliman, Hattie B. | 7-3-1920 | 11-14-2005 | Double marker with Clarence Holliman; metal marker has Hattie B. Walker |
| Holliman, Claudie, Jr. | 1953 | 1965 | Age 12 |
| Holliman, Dallas L. | 5-5-1905 | Metal marker; no death date | |
| Holliman, J. W. | 2-7-1884 | 2-20-1963 | |
| Holliman, Johnnie L. | 7-28-1925 | 9-26-1993 | US Army - World War II |
| Holliman, Minnie | 6-20-1959 | Age 71; metal marker | |
| Holliman, R. D. | 1920 | 1981 | Sgt.- US Army -World War II |
| Hollimon, Viola | 1900 | 1956 | |
| Hunter, Almer, Jr. | 2-1-1944 | 9-30-1963 | |
| Hunter, Almer | 6-6-1914 | 3-24-1998 | |
| Hunter, Ella D. | 7-19-1919 | 3-20-2001 | |
| Hunter, Joice Ann | 9-7-1963 | 9-9-1963 | |
| Ingram, Alberta | 1898 | Feb., 1952 | Full date not on stone |
| Jenkins, George | 12-22-1953 | ||
| Mixon, Mae Willie | 5-15-1916 | 7-7-1986 | |
| Page, Wilmer, Jr. (June) | 12-15-1956 | 7-17-1997 | |
| Purifoy, Buck | 3-26-1954 | Age 50 | |
| Purifoy, Charla Mae | 1939 | 3-26-1954 | Age 14yrs, 9 mths., 25 days (from metal marker) |
| Purifoy, Ruth E. | 5-10-1910 | 6-24-1974 | |
| Purifoy, Shelton | 4-27-1943 | 3-26-1954 | |
| Sims, Ennis | 9-1-1918 | 10-14-1987 | Metal marker has birth date of 1923 |
| Sims, Joe | 10-19-1922 | 3-22-1967 | |
| Sims, Louis | 2-2-1893 | 7-24-1966 | |
| Sims, Luther | 7-2-1919 | 6-4-1994 | Pvt.- US Army-World War II; metal marker had 1916 for birth year |
| Sims, Mary | 8-21-1915 | 6-18-2010 | Metal marker; full dates from obituary |
| Sims, Owen | 4-15-1926 | 9-8-1959 | |
| Spruce, Pearl | 1928 | 2000 | Metal funeral home marker |
| Unknown | Metal marker 9 ft. south of Buck Purifoy marker | ||
| Unknown | Metal marker 6 ft. north of Viola Holliman marker | ||
| Unknown | Metal marker 6 ft. south of J. W. Holliman marker | ||
| Williams, Ola B. | 11-1-1951 | 1983 | Could not read full death date |
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References to an "earlier record" usually refer to a survey conducted in the 1950's by the Nevada County Extension Homemakers' Clubs, the original of which is on file at the Nevada County Depot and Museum.
Since 1997, Jery and Jeanie McKelvy have conducted a periodic canvas of each cemetery in the county and use additional resources to keep the listings current.