Ashworth-Thrasher Cemetery

Located outside West Blocton on private property

Submitted by Mike & Kim Clark

Smith, Martha J., Aug. 30, 1845 - May 14, 1898, wife of Uriah Smith (formerly Martha Ashworth married to Uriah Smith buried on Hickory Street, West Blocton, AL)

Thrasher, Infant Son, Jan. 1, 1877 - Jan. 4, 1877 Son of B. A. and L. C. Thrasher

Thrasher, L. C., Oct. 24, 1847 - Jan. 1, 1877, wife of B. A. Thrasher

Swiney, Mary Agnes, died Oct. 25, 1906 - 20 yrs. 5 mo 13 days, wife of J. E. Swiney, shares stone with Geo Robert

Swiney, Geo Robert, died Oct. 24. 1906 - 1 mo 18 days, son of J. E. Swiney, shares stone with Mary Agnes Swiney

Stephens, Eloise Stewart, age 83, died Sept. 5, 2007; burial on Sept. 7, 2007 (Ref: Centreville Press, Sept. 12, 2007, p. 2B)

The above information is verified with attached pictures of the markers. There are 2 more graves listed in the "Baptists of Bibb County Alabama 1817-1974" By Howard F. McCord that we could not find. They are as follows:

Ashworth, A. A. ("Bud"), died about 1916, age 67 years

B. G. "no other marks"

Also 35 unidentified graves

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