Mt Moriah Baptist Church

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

Tennille, Washington County, GA

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery has approximately 15 veterans buried there. Five veterans served in the Civil War, three served in Europe during World War I, six served during World War II, and one served in Iraq.

Owen F. Brantley

Private First Class

United States Army

World War II

January 22, 1917 – July 11, 1989

John Bullard

Private

Co. A, 28th GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

January 20, 1844 – July 16, 1923

Isaac Chester

Private

Co. D, 59th GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

Unknown – September 13, 1914

Stanley L. Fredrick

Captain

Co. B, Warrior Brigade

Iraq 2009, 2011

United States Army

October 14, 1983 – March 16, 2014

Ralph Elijah Hartley

Coxswain

United States Navy

World War II

April 18, 1924 – May 30, 1964

Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Tennille, GA

Rufus Hodges. Hartley, Sr.

United States Army

World War II

June 12, 1926 – May 23, 2011

Seaborn G. Hartley

Private

121st Infantry, 31st Division

United States Army

World War I

July, 1894 – October 23, 1926

H. Ray Hitchcock

Corporal

Technician 5th Grade

United States Army

World War II

Served in Europe from December 1, 1944 to July 19, 1946

December 12, 1922 – July 25, 2013

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Tennille, GA

John Jordan Jenkins

Private

Co. H, 28th GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

May 14, 1833 – October 8, 1906

Lewis Lafayette Lanier

First Sergeant/2nd Jr. Lieutenant

Co. F, 5th GA Infantry

Co. C, 22nd Battalion, GA Heavy Artillery

Confederate States of America

September 12, 1835 – October 15, 1896

Arlie Watson Layton

Private

327th Infantry, 32nd Division

United States Army

World War I

August 27, 1890 – December 1, 1938

Jerry Shurling

Sergeant

57th Field Hospital

World War II

United States Army

October 27, 1918 – September 15, 1950

Tullie M. Shurling

Private

United States Army

World War I

1891 – 1990

James Norman Wammock

Staff Sergeant

United States Army Air Forces

World War II

October 24, 1919 – September 30, 2006

John A. Wise

Private

Co. E, 12th Battalion, GA Light Artillery

Confederate States of America

March 20, 1846 – June 21, 1903