Oak Bowery Cemetery
Primitive Baptist Church

Butler County, Alabama

Contributed by Donna Eldridge

N. E. Butler Co.; N.W. 1/4 Sec. 19, Township 11, Range 16

Lower Cemetery

John J. Norman
b. June 2, 1830 - d. may 18, 1891

John Waterman Norman
son of John A. & Leila L. Norman
b. Oct. 19, 1908 - d. March 16, 1920

James F.
son of J. J. & Mary E. Norman
d. Feb. 1, 1858
Aged 5 yrs. & 28 days

Walter M. Tillery
son of James W. & N. C. Tillery
d. June 4, 1860
Aged 1 yr., 4 mos, 8 days

Mary Elizabeth Sheppard
wife of J. J. Norman
b. July 11, 1830 - d. Feb. 5, 1905

D. A. Zeizler
b. Dec. 16, 1822 - d. June  16, 1862

J. W. Tillery
b. June 27, 1831 - d. Sept. 9, 1862
- erected by daughter Jimmie Tillery

James B.
son of James W. & N. C. Tillery
d. Sept. 5, 1860
Aged 3 yrs., 3 mos., 13 days

(Many unmarked graves in cemetery)

Upper Cemetery

Francis Sheppard
b. Aug. 19, 1799 - d. Mar. 15, 1869
Aged 69 yrs., 6 mos., 20 days

Sallie
wife of Francis Sheppard
b. Sept. 3, 1800 - d. Dec. 3, 1885

Dr. Alexander Reddoch Sheppard
son of Francis & Sarah  T. Sheppard
b. June 15, 1832 - d. Jan. 8, 1873
Aged 40 yrs., 6 mos., 23 days
was married to - Mary M. Gholson Dec. 10, 1857

M. M. Sheppard
b. Dec. 22, 1833 - d. Feb. 2, 1913

Annie E.
infant of C.W. & E. E. Sheppard
b. Mar. 12, 1885 - d. April 11, 1885

George N. A. Hornady
b. May 13, 1841 - d. Oct. 11, 1871

Mary E.
infant of G. N. A. & O. W. Hornady
b. Feb. 7, 1871 - d. June 19, 1871

Alabama Caroline
infant of A. R. & Mary M. Sheppard
b. Dec. 27, 1860 - d. July 8, 1861

Francis A. Sheppard
son of Dr. A. R. & M. M. Sheppard
b. Oct. 13, 1869 - d. Oct. 20, 1879

Copied by Jeannette Middleton, May 1973) - Land for cemetery given by Francis & Sarah Sheppard

Source: Deed  Book F; Page 415; Butler Co., Alabama

©2002 Rhonda Smith