Bethlehem Baptist Church

Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery

Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia

Notes in parenthesis are from Jeanne who surveyed this cemetery.


Joint stone
Elizabeth PridgeonA. L. Pridgeon
born June 15, 1848born May 11, 1844
died Mar. 1, 1911Died Apr. 24, 1911
"In my house are many mansions""Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"


There is also a new stone placed in front of Alsbury's stone to indicate his Civil War service. It reads:

"A.L. Pridgen
Pvt. Co. B 28 Ga. Inf.
Confederate States Army
May 11, 1844 - Apr. 24, 1911."


Elijah W. BeachamSarah P. Beacham
1862 - 19231866 - 1959
 (Sarah Pridgen)
Joint stone

Elzie
son of
E. W. & S. A. Beacham
Feb. 25, 1895 - Dec. 26, 1906


Cleon H. BeachamJulia B. Beacham
Sept. 2, 1902 - Nov. 4, 1980Nov. 18, 1903 -

Joint stone

(I took a photo in 1982; her grave was still fresh and there was no inscription for her death as yet)


FatherMotherInfant Son of
Louis Cleon PridgenMattie L. Haywood PridgenLouis C. & Mattie L. Pridgen
May 30, 1888 - Feb. 18, 1951Feb. 8, 1894 - Dec. 17, 1982June 15, 1918 - Feb. 8, 1919

Louis and Mattie are listed on a Joint stone. Their infant son is buried next to Mattie


Lizzie B. Pridgen
Sept. 28, 1880 - July 28, 1959
(never married)


Mamie Braddock
Oct. 12, 1895 - Oct. 6, 1913

(Mamie was the daughter of
Mary "Mollie" Pridgen and Albert Leroy Braddock,
the brother of
Ella Pridgen, Lawson's wife.)


E. W. PridgenAnnie Cobb Pridgen
Nov. 21, 1886Mar. 2, 1889
Nov. 1, 1942Feb. 5, 1919


Our Babies
LouiseInez
dau. ofInfant dau. of
E. W. & Annie PridgeonE. W. & Annie Pridgeon
Born: Dec. 19, 1908Born: April 19, 1910
Died: Mar. 13, 1911Died: Mar. 19, 1911
In Heaven there is one angel more.Buds on earth Bloom in Heaven.

Double Stone

Valeria P. KeenIsaac C. Keen
Mar. 5, 1878 - Apr. 19, 1967May 25, 1871 - Nov. 13, 1940
(Valeria Pridgen)
Joint stone


Herschel Lawrence Keen
son of
Mr. & Mrs. I. C. Keen
Born Feb. 5, 1906
Died Aug. 19, 1910
"He carries the lambs in his bosom"


Baby Keen


Francis A. JoseyMattie F. Josey
Nov. 15, 1890Sept. 13, 1890
Nov. 26, 1983Oct. 4, 1976
 (Mattie Pridgen)

Joint stone


Ethel Josey
July 8, 1911 - Jan. 2, 1914

Shepherd
Owen Monroe (Shepherd)Doris Pridgen (Shepherd)
July 29, 1912 - Aug. 28, 1986Feb. 11, 1912 - Oct. 10, 1986


Robert Lee PridgenJ. Thomas Pridgen
Nov. 5, 1917Born Aug. 5, 1878
June 17, 1984Died Dec. 10, 1931


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