Wayfair/Hardshell Baptist Church Cemetery McIntosh Co., Georgia

Wayfair/Hardshell Baptist Cemetery

From Interstate 95 in McIntosh County, take exit 49 and turn west onto Hwy. 251 towards the town of Cox.

Follow this road straight for about 11.1 miles, turn right [north] onto a gravel drive with a sign that states "Hardshell Church".

This is a dirt road that will take you directly to the church, about .1 miles more or less.

This cemetery was surveyed, photographed, and video taped by Amy Hedrick on 10 January 2005.

Row 1:

#1 Unmarked	#2 s/s #3 DAD DUVOY D. JR. GONE HOME APR. 3, 1930 MAR. 22, 1993 "GOD IS LOVE AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD AND GOD IN HIM" Military DUVOY DAYTON MURRAY PFC US AIR FORCE SAME DATES	#3 s/s #2 MOM YVONNE RYALS FOREVER WITH THE LORD JAN. 25, 1931 FEB. 4, 2002 A MOTHER WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WHO NOW DWEELETH IN HEAVEN WITH HER LORD OUR CHILDREN MARLIN AND ROBBIE
#4 A. MARLIN MURRAY FEB. 5, 1952 SEPT. 6, 1988 LOVING SON & BROTHER "I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS" "I WILL MEET YOU ON THE HILLSIDE" MARLIN	#5 Small stone no writing	#6 Mrs. Ethyl Dean Ryals 1907-1970 [fhm]
#7 JESLO RYALS	#8 ANNIE LAURA RYALS BORN DEC. 23, 1874 DIED JAN. 5, 1942	#9 FATHER SMITH RYALS BORN DEC. 23, 1871 DIED APR. 15, 1946
#10 MATTIE RYALS MAY 18, 1893 OCT. 9, 1942		#11 W.B. RYALS SEPT. 11, 1896 JUNE 28, 1934

Row 2:

#12
RUBIN L. RYALS, JR.
SEPT. 10, 1932
FEB. 28, 1974

FHM says
1931-1973

#13
RUBIN L. RYALS
OCT. 10, 1895
NOV. 4, 1967

FHM says
Rubin Ryals, Sr.

#14
ROOSEVELT RYALS
PFC US ARMY
1933 1979

#15
EPHRAIM RYALS
GEORGIA
PFC QUARTERMASTER CORPS
WORLD WAR I
JAN 30 1896 JAN 31 1966

#16
ARTHUR A. RYALS
JULY 7, 1900
SEPT. 2, 1943

PATIENT IN SUFFERING
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER

#17
NETTIE
J. RYALS
1870-1935

#18
BEAUREGARD
RYALS
1861--1934

#19
WILLIE A.
RYALS
1905--1970

#20
METICE C.
RYALS
1912--2004

Row 3:

#21 FATHER GRIMSHAW RYALS MAY 25, 1913 AUG. 13, 1990	#22 MAGGIE RYALS AUG. 25, 1946 FEB. 10, 1904 Gone, but not forgotten
#23 BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN RUSSELL B. RYALS JR. FEB 7 1943 FEB 19 1943	#24 s/s #25 BERTIE C. RYALS BOWEN SEPT. 13, 1912 APR. 16, 1993 MY PRECIOUS CHILD, I LOVE YOU AND WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU.
#25 s/s #24 FALIGAN I. RYALS APR. 13, 1902 SEPT. 23, 1940 DURING YOUR TIMES OF TRIAL AND SUFFERING.	#26 HERBERT J. RYALS FEB. 11, 1934 SEPT. 19, 1984 WHEN YOU SEE ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS, IT WAS THEN THAT I CARRIED YOU.
#27 MINNIE RYALS OCT. 15, 1872--APR. 16, 1943 GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN MOTHER	#28 RYALS REST IN PEACE ISRAEL RYALS MAR. 8, 1866 NOV. 3, 1949 Gone, but not forgotten

Row 4:

#29 s/s #30 Unmarked Slab	#30 s/s #29 RUSSELL B. RYALS GEORGIA PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR II MARCH 9, 1912 APRIL 27, 1972	#31 MOTHER SARAH R. YOUNG MAY 5, 1893 APRIL 4, 1968
#32 FATHER JOHN N. RYALS DEC. 28, 1895 OCT. 4, 1963		#33 EFFIE FLORA RYALS JULY 9, 1908 JAN. 9, 1958 "FIFI"

Row 5:

#34
TOBITHA RYALS ROZIER
APR. 30, 1873
DEC. 26, 1956

#35
J.L. ROZIER
FEB. 1865
FEB. 1940

Row 6:

#36
COLE HAMPTON ROZIER
NOV 10 1976 MAY 7 2003
GONE HOME

DEAR LOVED ONES,
WHEN THIS TROUBLED LIFE SHALL CEASE,
MEET ME WHERE THERE'S PERFECT PEACE.
JESUS DOTH A HOME PREPARE
MEET ME THERE.
COLE

Row 7:

*#37 s/s #38
ROZIER
ASLEEP IN JESUS
HAROLD HAMPTON, SR.
MAY 3, 1918
NOV. 1, 2001
JAN. 1, 1944 [married]

Military
HAROLD HAMPTON ROZIER
PFC US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
SAME DATES

*#38 s/s #37
ROZIER
ASLEEP IN JESUS
VIRGINIA DARE RYALS
MAY 26, 1927
No date
JAN. 1, 1944 [married]

#39
PAULINE FRYER
RYALS
SEPT. 26, 1906
JUNE 19, 1999

"MAMA"
YOU WERE THE WIND
BENEATH OUR WINGS

For God so loved the world,
that He gave his only begotten son,
that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

#40
Grave marked with veteran's emblem

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