"From the Cemetaries of Bladen County, North Carolina, Volume IV, Northeastern Bladen"
pages 113-119.
Bladen Stars Publications
PO Box 992
Clarkton, NC 28433
July 1989
The Garden of Memories Cemetery, aka Bush Cemetery
HENRY VOLLERS PRIDGEN
son of JESSE J. & PHEBE PRIDGEN
May 27. 1907 -- Jan.
11, 1988
WOODARD W. PRIDGEN
son of JESSE J. & PHEBE PRIDGEN
May 11, 1909 -- Oct. 7,
1973
PHEBE A. PRIDGEN
wife of JESSE J. PRIDGEN
1877 -- 1960
JESSE J. PRIDGEN
1876 -- Sep. 9 1932
[son of CHARLIE C. PRIDGEN & SARAH C.
PRIDGEN]
BABES of J.J. and PHEBE PRIDGEN
June 17, 1903 -- Aug. 17 & 20, 1903
ELIZABETH BUSH PRIDGEN
[wife of HENRY PRIDGEN]
Dec. 24, 1859 -- Oct. 14,
1940
aged 80 yrs 9 mos 20 days
[dau. of ROBERT SMITH & REBECCA PETERSON]
CLYDE NATHAN PRIDGEN
Apr 23, 1908 -- June 5, 1982
NETTIE WOODCOCK PRIDGEN
wife of CLYDE NATHAN PRIDGEN
Oct. 9, 1911 -- July
21, 1985
PETER PRIDGEN and wife KATIE
born 1834
[no additional information]
BABE of J. D. & L. M. PRIDGEN
B&D Sept. 10, 1886
D. L. PRIDGEN
Sept. 10, 1886 -- Nov. 8, 1896(?)
[marker difficult to read and
may have been misinterpreted]
IDA VIRGINIA PRIDGEN
Nov. 5, 1895 -- July 17, 1916
LAURA EVANS PRIDGEN
wife of JEFFERSON DAVIS PRIDGEN
1860 -- 1945
JEFFERSON DAVIS PRIDGEN
1860 -- 1932
RUFUS STANLEY PRIDGEN
Sept. 22, 1898 -- Dec. 17, 1963
The next three inscriptions are all on one marker:
BETTIE C. PRIDGEN
Oct. 1899 -- Aug. 1976
FRANK M. PRIDGEN
Dec. 1882 -- July 1962
MINNIE K. PRIDGEN
Apr. 1887 -- Feb. 1923
ELLERY P.PRIDGEN
Mar. 2, 1900 -- July 4, 1941
HENRY R. ALLEN
April 14, 1878 -- April 15, 1957
EULA LEE PRIDGEN
wife of HENRY R. ALLEN
July 22, 1901 -- April 14, 1961
ETHEL S. PRIDGEN
wife of C. BLAIN PRIDGEN
Feb. 18, 1891 -- Sept. 14, 1977
C. BLAIN PRIDGEN
Oct. 29, 1884 -- Nov. 1, 1962
MAYBELLE C. PRIDGEN
wife of GARRIS F. PRIDGEN
May 30, 1896 -- Dec. 1, 1970
GARRIS F. PRIDGEN
NORTH CAROLINA
SGT, US ARMY, WORLD WAR I
Oct. 13, 1888 --
Mar. 15, 1964
[GM]
OHNIE M. KELLY
Aug. 24, 1872 -- Oct. 2, 1966
SULLIE KELLY
wife of JOHNIE M. KELLY
Aug.14, 1869 [1889?] -- Nov. 22, 1954
[ dau. of JOHN LEONARD KELLY & ARMINTA PRIDGEN KELLY]
HENRY CLEVELAND KELLY
Nov. 12, 1884 -- Dec. 1, 1955
[son of JOHN KELLY &
ARMINTA PRIDGEN KELLY]
MATTHEW PRIDGEN and wife MARENIA
born 1836
[no additional information]
JULIA ELLEN
dau. of H. H. & A. R. PRIDGEN
Feb. 2, 1866 -- Jan. 25, 1887
LAURA J. PRIDGEN
wife of W. J. SMITH
Aug. 19, 1861 -- June 9, 1883
LILLIE B. WATTERS and Infant Son
wife and child of EDDIE G. PRIDGEN
Nov. 11,
1886 -- June 21, 1924
[dau. of J. D. WATERS & MARY E. HIGHSMITH WATERS]
EDDIE GURTHA PRIDGEN, SR.
May 10, 1888 -- May 11, 1975
MAGGIE TAYLOR PRIDGEN
wife of EDDIE G. PRIDGEN
Dec. 2, 1888 -- May 1, 1960
[dau. of JOHNNIE TAYLOR & CORDELIA BOVEY TAYLOR]
CLEO C. PRIDGEN
Aug. 17, 1904 -- July 29, 1972
MYRTLE I. PRIDGEN
wife of CLEO C. PRIDGEN
Oct. 18, 1918 - n.d.d.
JAMES A. KELLY
Jan. 18, 1872 -- Oct. 18, 1935
[son of JOHN L. KELLY & ARMENTA
PRIDGEN KELLY]
JOHN L. KELLY
May 14, 1836 -- Jan. 20, 1904
ARMINTHA "MINTA" KELLY
wife of JOHN L. KELLY
Feb. 22, 1851 -- Aug. 15, 1937
[dau. of PETER PRIDGEN & KATIE ALLEN PRIDGEN]
S. A. PRIDGEN
wife of C. B. PRIDGEN
Nov. 10, 1838 -- Nov. 5, 1898
CHARLES B. PRIDGEN
Oct. 18, 1839 -- July 6, 1920
DORA ALLEN
wife of C. B. PRIDGEN
died May 9, 1926
64 years old
[dau. of J.
H. ALLEN & AMANDA EVANS ALLEN]
LAWSON F. PRIDGEN
May 20, 1856 -- Feb. 4, 1934
IDA C. PRIDGEN
wife of LAWSON F. PRIDGEN
Feb. 2, 1859 -- Aug. 30, 1939
[dau.
of MATTHEW PRIDGEN & MARENA POTTER PRIDGEN]
STANSLEY PRIDGEN
Aug. 1, 1879 -- May 1, 1893
TRUDY PRIDGEN
Dec. 23, 1889 -- July 15, 1892
DALSEDIA PRIDGEN
born June 26, 1892
IDA L. PRIDGEN
born June 5, 1887
PRIDGEN INFANT
(no dates)
PRIDGEN INFANT
(no dates)
WILLIAM G. PORTER
1872 -- Dec. 19, 1937
[son of WILLIAM C. PORTER & MARY E.
SQUIRES PORTER]
FLORENCE V. PORTER
wife of W. G. PORTER
Sept. 8, 1862 -- Sept. 3, 1916
[dau.
of LOFTEN PRIDGEN & MAMIE SIMPSON PRIDGEN]
LOFTEN PRIDGEN
Oct. 20, 1839 -- Jan. 21, 1893
HENRY H. PRIDGEN
1838 -- 1924
A. R. PRIDGEN
April 27, 1841 -- Feb. 25, 1891
Mother
JOHN S. PRIDGEN
July 7, 1880 -- Oct. 1, 1959
SUDIE KELLY PRIDGEN
wife of JOHN S. PRIDGEN
Aug. 16, 1880 -- Feb. 21, 1967
PHILLIP NATHAN PRIDGEN
Oct. 30, 1913 -- Feb. 29, 1988
[son of FRANK & MINNIE
PRIDGEN]
{husband of EVA TAYLOR PRIDGEN, father of JUDY and JANET}
EVA TAYLOR PRIDGEN
born Nov. 9, 1918
married Oct. 22, 1939 to PHILLIP NATHAN
PRIDGEN
{dau. of FRED & LOU TALYOR, mother of JUDY and JANET}
Information from Bladen County death certificates that the following person
was buried in Bush Cemetery, but the name is not on the above list:
MRS. MINNIE PRIDGEN
died Feb. 10, 1924
age 36
wife of FRANK PRIDGEN
dau.
of SAM KELLY AND MENTA PRIDGEN KELLY
DAILEY V. RUSS
wife of JAMES L. RUSS
died Nov. 28, 1924
age 74 years
[dau.
of JAMES H. ALLEN & AMANDA EVANS ALLEN]
WALTER HAYES RUSS
Sep. 2, 1870 -- Mar. 1, 1942
[son of ARGLEOUS P. RUSS &
MARY ELIZA ALLEN RUSS]
ROBERT H. ALLEN
born 1853
died Dec. 8, 1940
SARAH R. ALLEN
born Jan. 2, 1877
married May 24, 1898 to ROBERT H. ALLEN,
died Jan. 18, 1956
W.H. ALLEN
1861 -- 1936
J.H. ALLEN
1851 -- 1934
CHARLIE ALLEN RUSS
Jan. 6, 1880 -- Mar. 23, 1960
[son of ARGLUS P. RUSS &
MARY ELIZA ALLEN RUSS]
R. G. RUSS
Sep. 25, 1868 -- Feb. 1, 1942
[husband of IDA ANDERSON, son of A.
P. RUSS & ELIZA ALLEN RUSS]
