The
Bankester cemetery is located in the Bromley community in Baldwin County.
From Spanish Fort, Alabama take Hwy. 225 some 5 miles until you see Bromley
Rd. to the right.Turn down this
road, the pavement will turn into dirt, and go some 6 miles until you see
the first dirt road with no gate blocking it on the right.Turn
down this road and go a ½ mile until you see a narrow dirt road
to the right. The Cemetery is down this narrow road.
This
cemetery is kept up by the Perkins family in nearby Stapleton, Alabama.There
are a lot of graves that are marked by wooden stubs, white wooden crosses
and blank slabs.The oldest marked
grave in the cemetery is that of John Howell who died in 1883. Most of
the graves in the cemetery are of the Bankester family of Baldwin County
and their relations.
Surveyed
on Sept. 8, 2001 by Leon W. Weekley
Burials:
DAVISON,
Albert E.
Sept.
10, 1917
Feb.
14, 1973
“PVT
US Army World War II”
WILSON,
Willis W.
Jan.
18, 1943
Jan.
20, 1989
CONWAY,
Corean
June
3, 1841
Oct.
28, 1925
“Wife
of Sam Conway”
CONWAY,
Samuel E.
Mar.
13, 1850
Dec.
9, 1920
“My
Trust is in God”
WILSON,
Lucious T.
May
23, 1926
July
24, 1989
“US
Navy World War II”
WILSON,
Rusty Donavan
Mar.
21, 1993
“Budded
on Earth to Bloom in heaven”
(infant’s
grave)
TRAWICK,
Lilla Mae
May
25, 1918
Feb.
5, 1919
WILSON,
Richard Wayne
Sept.
25, 1957
Dec.
15, 1980
CONWAY,
Mary E.
1825
- 1902
BANKESTER,
Pauline
1913
- 1997
BANKESTER,
Connie
(no
dates)
BANKESTER,
Bruno
(no
dates)
BANKESTER,
Henry
Aug.
13, 1846
Dec.
9, 1915
“At
Rest”
BANKESTER,
Leonard
Feb.
15, 1884
Dec.
8, 1948
BANKESTER,
Timothy Paul
Mar.
16, 1962
Apr.
8, 1989
HOWELL,
Benjamin J. Sr.
1812
- (no year)
HOWELL,
Benjamin J. Jr.
1840
- 1905
HOWELL,
John
1845
- 1883
BANKESTER,
George W.
(no
dates)
“Co.
C. 15 Ala. Cav. C.S.A.”
(military
marker)
BANKESTER,
Edwin A.
Apr.
22, 1849
Jan.
26, 1924
“At
Rest”
WILLIAMSON,
Lorie Jr.
Apr.
12, 1934
Nov.
15, 1997
“SP4
US Army Korea”
PERKINS,
Dorothy Mae Tyree
Oct.
11, 1928
May
29. 1982
PERKINS,
Homma Ernest
Oct
18, 1922
Dec.
11, 1998
“In
Loving Memory”
RIDER,
Letitia Bankester Perkins
Dec.
5, 1896
Sept.
13, 1989
“Our
Grammy”
PERKINS,
Eric M.
Dec.
11, 1979
Nov.
15, 1996
“Beloved
Son”
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