Willow Lawn Cemetery, Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida
Willow Lawn Cemetery is an African-American Cemetery located in Lake Wales, Florida. It is
still an active cemetery. One section of the cemetery dates back to the 1920s and 1930s.
However, records were not kept until about the 1940s or 1950s. This list was compiled primarily
from an interment book kept by the City of Lake Wales, Florida. The interment book was handwritten
and therefore some names and dates were hard to read and decipher.
Please note that not all pages were transcribed and most names beginning with the letters J,
L, M, Mc, P, R, S, T and W are not included in this list.
Please also note that most of the dates listed (in the far right column) are the date of
INTERMENT or burial. If known, the date of death was provided.
SURNAME GIVEN NAME DATE OF DEATH INTERRED
ADAMS, Bessie Lee Nov 5 1979
ADAMS, Emma Jul 6 1980
ADAMS, Hobson Mar 20 1983 Mar 24 1983
ADAMS, Jessie Oct 24 1966
ADAMS, John Brown Oct 8 1953
ADAMS, Juanita Miller Oct 19 1973
ADAMS, Lonnie Aug 13 1954
ADKINS, Belle Y. May 2 1969
ADKINS, Johnnie Jan 3 1969
ADKINS, Minnie Oct 7 1967
ADKINS, Robert A. Apr 7 1973
ADKINSON, Baby Girl Jan 8 1959
ALBRITTON, Donna Lethisa Jul 9 1994 Jul 15 1994
ALEXANDER, Frank Jan 4 1989
ALEXANDER, Frank Sep 3 2003 Sep 6 2003
ALEXANDER, Mosezella Jan 4 1989
ALEXANDER, Mosezella Brown Nov 24 1993 Dec 1 1993
ALEXANDER, Oliver B. Aug 21 1991 Aug 24 1991
ALLEN, Alice no date
ALLEN, Bessie Sep 4 1956
ALLEN, Charles Feb 7 1966
ALLEN, Dora Mar 20 1945
ALLEN, Eddie L. Aug 29 1988 Sep 3 1988
ALLEN, Fletcher no date
ALLEN, John. L. Sep 28 1977
ALLEN, Lawson, Jr. Sep 13 1980
ALLEN, Sam Thomas Aug 21 1976
ANDERSON, Aaron Dec 7 1987 Dec 11 1987
ANDERSON, Freddie Lee Apr 11 1987
ANDERSON, George Apr 17 1965
ANDERSON, Shirley Jul 5 1985
ANDREWS, Derrin Jerone Aug 24 1985 Aug 29 1985
ANDREWS, Michael Anthony Apr 12 1991 no date
ANTLEY, Freemon May 21 1988
ARTHUR, Lois Mar 4 1987 Mar 7 1987
ASBURRY, Curtis Dec 12 1942
ASBURY, Gertrude Jun 3 1976
ASBURY, Render Graham Nov 27 1989 Dec 1 1989
ATMORE, A. A. Freeman Feb 13 1980
ATMORE, Jimmie Otto Feb 1 1980 Feb 9 1980
ATMORE, Pocahuntas Jul 13 1986 Jul 19 1986
ATMORE, Willie, Oct 19 1962
ATMORE, Willie, 1962
AUSTIN, Earl J. Sep 21 2000 Sep 27 2000
AUSTIN, James Feb 12 1961
AUSTIN, James no date
AUSTIN, Lula Mae Jul 27 1994 Aug 4 1994
BACON, America Dec 11 1991 Dec 18 1991
BACON, Brooks Dec 31 1974
BACON, Brooks, Jr. Dec 10 1988
BACON, Estella Mar 12 1966
BACON, Samuel Aug 21 1982 Aug 28 1982
BACON, Samuel Aug 15 1987
BAGLEY, Leona May 11 1976
BAGLEY, Nathaniel Sep 24 2002
BAGLEY, Nerdell Jan 21 1967
BAKER, H. John Mar 25 1963
BAKER, Iceola Mar 2 1954
BAKER, Sarah Lee Taylor Dec 17 1977
BARFIELD, Bertha Dec 23 1968
BARNES, Johnnie Mae Jun 22 1974
BARNETT, Clarence Edward, Sr. Sep 30 1996
BARNETT, Lillie Mae Lee Apr 14 1970
BARNETT, Ruby Lee Aug 13 1994
BARRETT, Geraldine G. Sep 13 1985 Sep 29 1985
BARRETT, Jean Young Apr 7 1997
BASTISTE, Batista no date
BATISTA, Fannie Mack Jan 18 167
BATTLES, F. Willie Feb 17 1983 Feb 23 1983
BATTLES, Gennie Jul 19 1944
BATTLES, Mary Sep 24 2001
BATTLES, Moses Jul 21 1981 Jul 27 1981
BELL, Alex Feb 28 1981 Feb 14 1981
BELL, Dwayne Jul 3 1981 Jul 7 1981
BELL, Leslie May 3 1971
BELL, Thomas Dec 14 1964
BELLENGER, Anna Porter Mar 3 2000
BELLENGER, Arthus Feb 19 1986 Apr 22 1986
BELLENGER, Jacquelyn May 17 1969
BELLENGER, Jesse Jul 8 1978 Jul 15 1978
BENNETT, Eugene Sep 5 1987
BENTON, Eddie Lee Sep 6 1986
BENTON, Jessie Apr 5 1990
BENTON, Leroy Jul 10 1976
BETSEY, Helen Dec 27 1964
BETSEY, Robert Dec 27 1964
BEVEL, Sol Jul 15 1972 Jul 22 1972
BICKERS, Mary Jul 28 2001
BLACK, Carrie Apr 8 1991
BLACK, Charles Dexter Jun 2 1985 Jun 6 1985
BLACK, Lillian Dec 13 1969
BLACK, W. H. Aug 30 1951
BLACKMON, Willie, Aug 27 1954
BLAIR, Eric Dean Dec 10 1988
BLAKE, Joe L. Jun 26 1969
BLAKE, John A. Apr 17 1967
BLOCKER, A. C. Jun 9 1979
BLOCKER, Columbus Feb 16 1974
BLOCKER, Lucinda Feb 24 1976 no date
BLOCKER, Lucinda Mar 1 1976
BLOCKER, Mary Jun 24 1989
BLOCKER, Walter C. Jul 12 1997
BLOCKER, Bruce E. Nov 15 1967
BONDS, Sophina Lamonica Sep 27 1986 Sep 4 1986
BOOKER, McKinley, Mrs. no date
BOONE, Mary Jane Mar 1 1976
BOOTH, Wilkens Mar 5 1966
BOOTH, Wilkens, Mrs. 1948 no date, Willie Lee
BORDERS, J. W. Sep 8 1986 Sep 13 1986
BOSTON, Joe L. Dec 3 1980 Dec 6 1980
BOSTON, Nora L. Jan 16 1999
BOSTON, Willie J. Apr 17 1980 Apr 19 1980
BOUIE, Bonzola Apr 17 1980 Apr 19 1980
BOYD, Ernest Feb 18 1977 no date
BOYD, Mattie Oct 20 2001
BOYD, Ray no date
BOYD, William Feb 24 1988
BOYD, William Henry, Jr. Feb 20 1988 Feb 29 1988
BRADLEY, McKinley Aug 18 1989
BRADLEY, Ollie M. Apr 15 1969
BRADLY, James Feb 10 1981 Feb 14 1981
BRAGGS, Celia Dec 23 1981
BRAGGS, James Jun 6 1986 May 1986
BRANDON, Agnes Juanita Mar 30 1994
BRENT, Brian K. Feb 21 980
BREWER, Kelly D. Jun 21 1954
BRIDGES, Jonah Jan 18 1977
BRINSON, Rosa Lee Apr 21 1969
BRINSON, Russell Aug 2 1997
BRINSON, Russell, II Dec 29 1990
BROOKE, Annie L. Feb 13 1971
BROOKS, Clyde Sam Jul 25 1965
BROOKS, Marsellous Jul 15 1967
BROOKS, Mattie Aug 13 1960
BROWN, Amos Nov 16 1991
BROWN, Annie L. Nov 16 1981
BROWN, Charles no date
BROWN, Charles Nov 3 1943
BROWN, Della Mar 12 1966
BROWN, Edward Aug 22 1978
BROWN, Frank Mar 5 1983
BROWN, Frank Oct 11 1983
BROWN, Janie no date
BROWN, Janie Mar 17 1976
BROWN, John Feb 8 1969
BROWN, Joseph no date
BROWN, Mary Jane Dec 17 1980 Dec 20 1980
BROWN, Nettie Aug 1962
BROWN, Ray A. Jun 29 1974
BROWN, Robert Jan 15 1961
BROWN, Rosa Lee Dec 29 1979
BROWN, W. B. Nov 26 1969
BROWN, Will J. Sep 2 1983
BROWN, Willie H. Jan 28 1967
BRUNSON, Lonnie H. Mar 3 1985 Mar 9 1985
BRYANT, Algie Broughton Aug 7 1966
BRYANT, Augusta Spe 6 1977 no date
BRYANT, Emma J. May 25 20002
BRYANT, Emma Mae Mar 28 1953
BRYANT, Martha Aug 14 1979
BRYANT, Nellie Jul 19 1997
BRYANT, Ollie R. May 31 1969
BRYANT, Perry James Jun 5 1999
BRYANT, Riley Oct 19 1970
BUCKLEY, Fannie Mae Feb 17 1991 Feb 23 1991
BUCKMASTER, Joseph G. Aug 3 1984 Aug 11 1984
BUNDRAGE, Ethel R. Nov 3 1990
BURCH, Bartley Robert Jan 29 1972
BURCH, Clessie Feb 16 1985
BURCH, John C. Feb 6 1966
BURCH, Mary Jul 28 1988
BURCH, Susie Apr 27 1961
BURGESS, Thomas Dec 18 1985
BURNS, Hazel P. Jul 12 1978
BURT, Joslyn Mar 29 1981 Apr 4 1981
BUTLER, Beatrice Aug 30 1969
BUTLER, Donneller Jun 29 1983 Jun 23 1983
BYRD, Lorenzo Jun 21 1983
BYRD, Melody Deon Jul 18 1977 Jul 21 1977
CAIN, Missouri Dec 29 1993
CALDWELL, Emmie B. May 2 1993 no date
CALDWELL, Roy L., Jr. Mar 7 1981
CALDWELL, Roy L., Jr. Dec 6 1991
CALDWELL, Sandy C. Nov 11 1969
CALDWELL, Willie Dec 3 1984
CALHOON, George Sep 21 1956
CALHOUN, Agnes Jun 18 1983
CALHOUN, Charles Jun 12 1985
CALHOUN, King David, III Apr 6 1991
CALVIN, D. C. no date
CAMERON, Segisman Feb 9 1991
CAMPBELL, Will no date
CANADY, Baby no date, Baby of Charles
CANADY, Elizabeth no date
CANNON, Wayne Jan 23 1966
CARITHER, Laura Oct 27 1990
CARLOUS, Mary Bea Dec 16 1976 Dec 22 1976
CARMICHAEL, Vivian Mar 24 1989 Apr 1 1989
CARMITHER, Lizzie May 6 1967
CARMITHER, Willie Dec 6 1969
CAROL, Mable Jul 17 1982
CAROLL, Warren Jan 11 1982 Jan 18 1983
CARTER, Alice Jul 11 1966
CARTER, Annie L. Oct 18 1973
CARTER, Hattie Mae Jun 19 1965
CARTER, Mack Apr 30 1966
CARTER, Mack Apr 30 1966
CARTHAN, Willie B. Sep 25 1991
CASTON, Robert Sep 9 1950
CASTON, Robet Dec 19 1965
CEASER, William Nov 20 1983 Nov 26 1983
CEASER, William, Jr. Jul 19 1992
CHADWICK, Baby Dec 25 1984
CHADWICK, Johnnie Oct 9 1986
CHANEY, Andrew Mar 20 1989 Mar 25 1989
CHANEY, Anthony, Jr. Mar 18 1977
CHANEY, Antonio D. Jan 26 1979
CHATMAN, John S. Feb 23 1984
CHERRY, Alfonzo Dec 22 1988
CHERRY, Busble Mar 12 1967
CHERRY, Edward Dec 4 1978
CHERRY, Harvey L. May 6 1978
CHERRY, Henry Feb 19 1967
CHERRY, Horace, Sr. Jan 13 1990
CHERRY, Johnnie Adkins Jan 2 1959
CHERRY, Levi 1952 no date
CHERRY, Robert Lee Jul 3 1971
CHESTER, Anna Porter 1939 no date
CHESTER, Robert Lee Sep 12 1960
CHISHOLM, Mary Filmore Aug 4 1986
CHRISTOPHER, Jerry Oct 8 1983
CLAIR, A. J. Oct 25 1980
CLAIR, Auzzie Apr 1964 no
CLAIR, Evelyn Feb 2 1991
CLAIR, Roselyn, Mrs. Oct 12 1950
CLAIR, William J. 1950 no date
CLAIR, William, Jr. Nov 14 2002 Jul 21 2001
CLAIR, Willie Mae Jul 3 1971
CLAIR, Zettie Mae Oct 31 1976
CLAITT, Alberta Feb 11 1987 Feb 14 1987
CLARK, Henry Apr 16 1966, Rev.
CLEVELAND, Clara Jan 20 1966
COBB, Viola T. Sep 18 1975
COHAN, Clara Aug 30 1947
COHEN, Isaac no date
COLE, Julia no date
COLEMAN, Cleo Patricia Aug 17 1959
COLEMAN, Cleveland Jan 25 1969
COLEMAN, Georgia Jun 21 1980
COLEMAN, Willie Lee, Mrs. Jan 6 2001 Jan 13 2001
COLLINS, J. C. no date
COLSON, Ada Jul 8 1978
COLVIN, Anna Porter Aug 13 1966
COLVIN, Anthony D. Jan 27 1979
CONEY, Eddie Apr 19 1969
CONEY, J. B. Nov 18 1984 Nov 21 1984
CONEY, Laura Feb 4 1985 Feb 9 1985
CONEY, Lucile no date
CONEY, Lucinda Aug 27 1974
COOK, Henrietta Sep 6 1999 Sep 11 1999
COOK, Jesse May 24 1975
COOK, Jessie Nov 23 1954
COOK, L. C. Dec 1 1984
COPEL, Irish J. Dec 11 1980
COPELAND, Alberta 1945 no date
COPELAND, Daugheter no date
COPELAND, Elaine Oct 14 1987
COPELAND, Joseph W. Dec 11 1974
COPELAND, Lula Feb 10 1990
COPELAND, Melissa 1951 no date
CORAL, Mabel no date
COSTON, Gussie Mar 23 1974
COUNCIL, Molly G. Davis Jan 10 1965
COX, James Aug 25 1979
CRAMFORD, Ruthie no date
CREDIT, Nathaniel Jan 12 1991
CRENSHAW, Geraldine Dec 11 1966
CRUMP, Mamie Jan 29 1947
CUFF, Obe Aug 10 1987 Aug 15 1987
CUFF, Rebecca Jul 14 2001 Jul 21 2001
CULBREATH, Warren Feb 13 1968
CULVER, Beatrice Oct 14 1985
CURLEY, Willie Kingcaid Aug 14 1971
DACOSTA, Allie Jul 30 1997 Aug 6 1997
DANCER, Joe May 28 1987
DANCER, Lillian Apr 20 1990
DANGERFIELD, Robert Dec 23 1989
DANIELS, A. D. Sep 6 1979
DANIELS, Dorothea Sep 12 1967
DANIELS, Ernest Aug 18 1990
DANIELS, Estelle Jul 12 1991
DANIELS, Jafus Lee, Jr. Sep 10 1984 Sep 18 1984
DANIELS, Jofus Lee, Sr. Aug 23 1974
DARBY, Esther Jun 22 1974
DAVIS, Agnes McGriff Sep 20 1986
DAVIS, Alberta Feb 25 1996 Mar 2 1996
DAVIS, Anthony Mar 14 1987
DAVIS, Carrie Jun 1 1983
DAVIS, Christine Jul 25 1991
DAVIS, Christine Oct 11 1991
DAVIS, Clarence Edward, Sr. Dec 28 1990
DAVIS, Clifford May 28 1986
DAVIS, Cordia, Sr. Mar 16 1991
DAVIS, Cordie, Mrs. Aug 30 1951
DAVIS, Dashena Nichole Jan 9 1986 Jan 25 1986
DAVIS, Elizabeth Apr 17 1977
DAVIS, Ella Mae Jan 16 1961
DAVIS, Ethel Feb 23 1984
DAVIS, Eula Mae Jan 28 1982 no date
DAVIS, George Jul 25 1991
DAVIS, Gertrude Sep 20 1980
DAVIS, Gussie Aug 29 1998 Sep 5 1998
DAVIS, Harry, Sr. Aug 17 1996
DAVIS, Henry Sep 2 1978
DAVIS, Ira Joe Aug 8 1967
DAVIS, Irene Feb 2 1991
DAVIS, Jimmie Lee Sep 15 1979
DAVIS, Johnnie Lee Nov 8 1991
DAVIS, Lab May 11 1974
DAVIS, Leonard Aug 21 1987
DAVIS, Lillie Mae Lee Dec 17 1983
DAVIS, Oslar T. Feb 12 1982
DAVIS, Roses, Jr. Oct 18 1980
DAVIS, Sinclair Aug 18 1973
DAVIS, Sophia Oct 2 1985
DAVIS, T. Mar 28 1981
DAVIS, Telma Jun 6 1987
DAVIS, Willie James, Jr. May 27 1976
DAVIS, Woodrow Mar 9 1968
DAVIS, Zeke Dec 19 1980
DAWES, Henry Nov 21 1986
DeBRIDE, Alphosina Jan 31 1983 Feb 5 1983
DECOSEY, Even Lee Jan 28 1979
DEKLE, Dora S. Mar 8 1983 Mar 24 1983
DICKASON, Helen Sep 8 1986
DICKERSON, Robert Jan 5 1980
DIX, Theodore Nov 9 1985
DIXON, Baby no date
DIXON, Bertha Jan 30 1966
DIXON, Carl Apr 27 1995 May 3 1995
DIXON, Dan Nov 22 1971
DIXON, Donnie Jul 8 1970
DIXON, Henry Sep 28 1979
DIXON, William Samuel Aug 26 1967
DIXON, William, Jr. Feb 12 1991
DORLENAT, Daniel Apr 18 1987
DORSEY, Johnnie Lee Aug 7 1978
DOUSE, Carrie May 18 1989
DOUSE, McGinnis Apr 17 1982 Apr 24 1982
DRAKE, Mable Nixon Nov 19 1973
DRAKE, Will Jul 12 1969
DRAYTON, Claudius Jan 2 1994 Jan 7 1994
DUBLIN, Gabriell Oct 9 1994 Oct 15 1994
DUBLIN, Georgia Ethel May 31 1991 Jun 8 1991
DUBLIN, J. C. 1951 no date
DUBLIN, John no date
DUBLIN, Leroy Dec 8 1975
DUBLIN, Mrs. no date, Mother
DUKES, Elgin Jun 6 1988
DUKES, Tina Jul 22 1978
DUNCAN, Evelyn M. Apr 10 1988
DUNCAN, George Aug 22 1981
DUNLAP, Levi Mar 8 1983 Mar 15 1983
DUNN, Artice Jun 24 1993, Infant
DUNN, Lee Charles Jan 24 2000 Jan 29 2000
DUREN, George May 11 1951
DUREN, George Jul 14 1982
EARLY, Dorothy Dec 30 1972
EDDIE, Mother Jul 9 1947
EDWARD, John W. no date
EDWARDS, Hannah Jun 30 1978
EDWARDS, James Aug 19 1988
EDWARDS, James Sep 9 1993
EDWARDS, Lilly Oct 12 1996
ELLIS, Bernice Oct 10 1983
ELLIS, Children Aug 13 1954
ELLIS, Evelyn Sep 23 1989
ELLIS, Geraldine 1952 no date
ELLIS, Herbert Jun 24 1985 Jul 6 1985
ELLIS, James, Jr. Dec 19 1992 Dec 26 1992
ELLIS, Mabel Sep 1 1979
ELLISON, Richard Lee Dec 14 1971
EMMONS, Dorsey Phillips Oct 25 1964
EMMONS, Lemar Mar 2 1969
EPPS, Baby Boy Oct 13 1976
EVANS, Maggie Lee Jun 27 1991 Jul 3 1991
FAGEN, Jeff, Jr. Oct 30 1971
FAIRWEATHER, Verna Apr 19 1983
FAISON, Lottie M. Oct 24 1981
FAULK, Pastura Aug 18 1950
FAVORS, Willie Aug 4 1984
FELDER, Shuvine 1944 no date
FELDER, Aug 15 1981
FELTON, Bessie Dora Oct 2 1989 Oct 28 1989
FERGUSON, Phillis T. Dec 1 1974
FERRELL, David Apr 26 1980
FERRELL, David Lee Apr 16 1964
FERRELL, Dearies Mar 17 1971 Mar 20 1971
FERRELL, Lucinda Mar 7 1965
FERRELL, Oscar, Sr. Sep 15 1978
FIELDS, George Apr 18 1980
FIELDS, Hazel L. Jun 30 1976
FIELDS, Nigie Lee Oct 12 1968
FIELDS, Ruth N. Dec 17 1988
FIELDS, Samuel Apr 4 1965, Rev.
FIELDS, Theodore R. Aug 22 1976
FINKLEY, Roosevelt Feb 11 1989
FINN, Louis Jul 12 1972
FISHER, Annie Oct 17 1986
FITTS, Vivian Oct 4 1970
FLEMING, Ella Mae May 22 1989
FLOYD, Ester Jun 21 1985
FLOYD, Flossie Jul 21 1981
FLUSSAINT, Exameme Feb 9 1980
FOREMAN, David Feb 19 1963
FOREMAN, Holbrook Sep 7 1996 Sep 14 1996
FOREMAN, Mary M. Mar 13 1988
FOREMAN, Ossie Oct 22 1971
FOSTER, Albet Jan 25 1986
FOSTER, Ginnie/Jinnie Dec 20 1964
FOSTER, Infant no date
FOSTER, James N., Sr. Oct 10 1989
FOSTER, Nathaniel no date
FRANICS, Egbert Joseph May 4 1974
FRAZIER, Dan Oct 1 1994, cremated
FRAZIER, Nellie Jul 8 2001 Jul 14 2001
FRAZIER, Ray L. Feb 11 1978
FRAZIER, Rosa Dec 29 1953
FREEMAN, A. C. Antonio Atmore Feb 13 1990
FREEMAN, Audra Oct 24 1963
FREEMAN, Burley Aug 18 1990
FREEMAN, Clarence Oct 31 1952
FREEMAN, Jesse Henry Aug 25 1973
FREEMAN, Jessie no date
FREEMAN, Kwane Sep 10 1993
FREEMAN, Oscar, Sr. Dec 10 1983
FREEMAN, Willie Jan 23 1982
FREEMAN, Willie Lee, Mrs. Sep 24 1992
FROST, Bill Jun 18 1984 no date
FROST, Eunice Apr 14 1984 Apr 21 1984
FULLER, Anetta Feb 6 1969
FULLER, Shirley Jean Sep 14 1991
FURMEN, Flossie B. Jan 6 1988 Jan 7 1988
GADSON, Theodore Feb 9 1980
GAINES, Irene Nov 18 1972
GAINOR, Elijah Mar 18 1967
GAMBIER, Dominique Jun 10 1992
GARDNER, Eddie no date
GARDNER, Isaac Jan 18 1973
GARDNER, Leona Mar 4 1989
GARDNER, Rachel Aug 28 1971
GARDNER, Tommie Apr 13 1991
GARRETT, Doshia Mar 27 1973 Apr 2 1973
GARRETT, Ernest Dec 31 1973
GARRETT, Joseph, Sr. &nb