SHIVERS CEMETERY

Transcribed by Cora and Cassie Shackelford

287 Shackelford Road

Directions: Hwy 19 South, cross over Pike County Line, turn left on Shackelford Rd., go 1 mile, turn left after Al Shackelford's pond. Go thru gate into pasture. Located in a fenced area on a hill. These cemetery records were transcribed from the tombstones. This cemetery census is complete.

Mountain Green Shivers                      Joe A. Vaughn
Jan. 2, 1930 - Sept. 23                     July 8, 1897 - June 18, 1995

Father
Charlie F. Shivers                          Bessie Mae P. Vaughn
Jan. 25, 1884 - Mar. 28, 1969               May 6, 1901 - Nov. 26, 1940

Mother
Ada Green Shivers                           Patrica Vaughn
July 11, 1889 - June 17, 1963               Dec. 31, 1937 - Nov. 15, 1938  

Wiley Eugene Shivers                        John B. Vaughn
Aug. 25, 1914 - Dec. 10, 1979               Aug. 24, 1860 - Oct. 5, 1938

Two (2) Unmark graves  - infants            Virginia S. Vaughn
Anthony Shivers' babies                     Feb. 6, 1863 - Jan. 22, 1954 
                   
                                            Mary Ellen Vaughn 
                                            June 14, 1917 - Feb. 1, 1919
Brother
P. C. Shivers                               J. L. "Buddy" Wilder
Mar. 2, 1917 - Feb. 10, 1951                July 23, 1914 - Jan. 20, 1970

Brother
J. R. Shivers                               James Douglas Wilder
July 19, 1905 - May 23, 1985                Aug. 29, 1889 - April 3, 1962

Joseph Henry Shivers                        Leila Mae Wilder
Jan. 10, 1947 - Jan 15, 1947                May 10, 1895 - Sept. 22, 1975

Timothy Cleveland                           James H. Wilder
1961-1961                                   Sept. 15, 1912 - Nov. 13, 1950
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Joe H. Shivers                              Kathleen Wilder
June 28, 1881 - Aug. 30, 1943               April 9, 1919 - May 31, 1919

Biddie G. Shivers                           George McSwain
Jan. 28, 1885 - Dec. 13, 1932               Mar. 25, 1911 - June 14, 1981

Wilson, husband of Elizabeth Shivers        Nellie McSwain
born Feb. 1821 - Died June 18, 1865         Aug. 15, 1909 (will be buried)
A soldier, An amiable father, here lies
alrest as ever, God with His image blest    James M. Shivers  
The friend of man, The friend of Truth,     July 20, 1891 - July 23, 1929
The friend of ____lling,____ _____.         Age 38 yrs., 3 days

Mrs. Elizabeth Shivers, wife of Wilson      Estelle Shivers
Shivers, was born Dec. 25, 1826,            Wife of James M. Shivers
Died Aug. 16, 1898.                         Sept. 15, 1891 - Aug. 20, 1929
Age 71 yrs., 7 mos., 21 days.               Age 34 yrs, 11 mos., 5 days
Mother, thou hast from us flown
to the regions fair above, We to thee       Jessie Mae Shivers
erect this stone consecrated by our love.   Jan. 20, 1918 - Mar. 3, 1928

Three (3) unmarked shivers graves                       

J. H. Shivers
Born Mar. 12, 1848                          Three (3) Unmarked graves
Died Dec. 30, 1863
A soldier
Dearest brother, thou has left us.
Here thy loss we deeply feel, but his
God that hath bereft us, He can all our
sorrows heal.

Patrick C. Shivers                          Maude F. Shivers
Oct. 14, 1856 - Sept. 13, 1912              Aug. 8, 1888 - June 3, 1916
A father from our house hold is gone.       A Sleep in Jesus, blessed sleep 
A voice we loved is stilled.                from which none ever wake
A place is vacant in our hearts that never  weep.
can be filled.
                                            Gordon Shivers (unmarked)
Janie wife of Patrick Shivers               (Next to Maude F. Shivers)
Feb. 23, 1853 - Dec. 11, 1937

W. P. Shivers                               Elizabeth Gray Shivers
May 12, 1874 - Sept. 16, 1910               1902 - 1904
He was just and upright in all his ways.    Sweetly Resting

Gertrude wife of W. P. Shivers              James Wilson Shivers
Dec. 7, 1873 - Sept 14, 1965                1886 - 1887
                                            Jesus loves me
Rosa Estell Shivers
dau. of W. P. shivers                       William Jefferson Shivers
Feb. 8, 1902 - July 13, 1903                1858 - 1904
Sweet babe, Thy Spirit now hath rest.       The Lord is my Shepherd

Effie Jane Shivers                          One (1) unmarked grave
wife of Emmett T. Jones                     Dau. of Gertrude & W. P. 
(sister to Lester A. Shivers)               Shivers. (B.  Shivers)
Aug. 30, 1906 - July 17, 1929

Lester A. Shivers                           One (1) unmarked grave
(brother to Effie Jane Shivers)
Jan. 31, 1904 - Sept. 1, 1964

James E. Callahan                           Essie Shivers Callahan
P.V.T. Gen. Hosp.33 Georgia                 Wife of James E. Callahan
Died Sept. 17, 1943                         Unmarked grave
(father of Janie Ophelia Shackelford)

Unmarked graver

Janie Lois Shackelford
dau. of Janie Ophelia Callahan Shackelford
Jan 30, 1947 - Jan 30, 1947 infant

Unmarked grave
Barbara Jean Shackelford
dau. of Janie Ophelia Callahan Shackelford
Oct. 4, 1947 - Oct. 4, 1947 infant

(1) one unmarked grave

Worthey                                     In Memory Of
infant son of                               Carrie E. Sanders
P. G. & E. J. Shivers                       Oct. 30, 1874 - Mar. 30, 1902
April 24, 1886 - June 12, 1887              In life beloved, 
Go tender, bud, from the mothers bosom,     In death Lamented. 
for Jesus called in freshness sweet,
our richest gift was this fair blossom,
to lay at ____Savior's feet.                (1) one unmarked grave with 
                                            Dated of Aug. 22, 1929
(1) one unmarked grave
Moss