Chalker Cemetery
Glascock County, Georgia
Highway 102, turn right on Magnolia Church Road then bear right at the fork on Avant Chalker. Glascock County, Ga in Gibson
Returning to Chalker Cemetery to complete the grave photos. Some did not turn out so well. Will need to chalk the graves or clean them to be able to read them. Will return later in the future and post. If anyone has further information on the people buried here please email me.
View from the dirt road known as Avant Chalker Rd.
One of the two concrete unmarked graves in the cemetery.
More Unmarked graves.
Unmarked Children Graves
ADOLPHUS A. CHALKER 1-20-1881 - 2-6-1949
Obituary of Adolphus A. Chalker's son, Douglas J. Chalker, Sr.
Mother - Katie Chalker Newsome 5-19-1888 - 3-1-1925 - She was the Sunshine of our Lives.
James R. Thompson Georgia SGT 313 Inf World War II - 11-2-1915 - 7-7-1944
Twins son of J. L. W. L. Thompson - 10-19-1917 - 10-19-1919 - 10-24-1917 Gone but not Forgotten
E. Hobert Hadden - 11-6-1896 - 8-25-1976
Jessie L. son of J. L. & W. L. Thompson 7-28-1913 - 8-24-1918
Thomas O. Thompson 1925 - 1929
Margaret Chalker- 1913 - 1947
Daniel Glover born Nov, 15, 1824 died Jan 21, 189?
I researched the Augusta Archives and found a little information on the Glover Family. Daniel Glover was the husband of Amanda Reynolds Glover. Eliza Glover Peebles was there daughter, who married Isaac S. Peebles, Sr. She was the mother of Isaac S. Peebles, Jr. In her obituary it mentions sons, Col. Peebles, W. C. Peebles, Leon L. Peebles, Gibson, Ga and Fred J. Peebles of Memphis, Tenn. Daughters, Mrs. A. B. Sams, Chattanooga, Tenn. and Mrs. Agnes P. Dillard of Greenville, SC. Eliza was born 8-15-1936 and died on 8-16-1936 at the age of 81. Her husband, was an Augusta Richmond County Attorney and former member of the State Legislature. At her death she was living in Gibson, Ga and is buried in the Gibson Cemetery.
Ida Reese Chalker 1889 - 1969 M. W. Gallaway & Sons
Ida Reese Chalker, brother was Sterling Reese of Glascock County, Ga, died 1-7-1943 at the age of 45. He is buried in the Bethel Methodist church yard cemetery. Sterling was a native of Glascock county and was the husband of Marie Chalker Reese. Their children: Reba, Sarah, Ellis, Zola and Geraldine Reese, all from Gibson, Ga. Sisters mentioned in his obit: Mrs. Billie Hayes, Augusta, Ga, Mrs. Ida Chalker, Gibson, Ga and Mrs. Mollie Thompson, Soperton, Ga.; brothers, Tom Reese, Warrenton, Ga, Josh and Mearl Reese both of Gibson, Ga.
Mearl Carter Reese, Ida Reese Chalker's brother died 8-8-1952 at the age of 52 and is buried in the Bethel Baptist church yard cemetery. Native of Gibson, Ga and was a farmer. He was the husband of Lillian Chalker Reese; daughter, Mrs. D. A. Smith, Louisville, Ga.; sons, John H. Reese, Gibson, Ga, James Reese, Grovetown, Ga and Bobby Reese of Gibson, Ga.; sisters, Mrs. Dillie Hayes, Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Ida Chalker, Gibson, Ga and Mollie Thomson of Savannah, Ga.; brother, Tom Reese, Gibson, Ga.
Willie Henry Kitchens US Army World War I 8-21-1890 - 6-24-1975
Rawlins Farris Chalker, died 4-1-1974, Gibson, Ga, native of Gibson, retired Civil Service Worker; sons, Harold R. Chalker, Macon, Ga and Ray A. Chalker, Atlanta, Ga.
Sarah Chalker 9-20-1823 - 11-10-1900
Eustice - son of J. L. and W. L. Thompson 10-23-1918 - 1-2-1919
Cleon Phillips GA PVT US Army WWII 8-19-1913 - 2-8-1969
Bernice E. Thompson, daughter of Fred & Alma Thompson - 1929 - 1930
Mathew L. Thompson 1857 - 1937 & Eliza M. Thompson 1869 - 1935
Son of W. A. & S. A. Wilder 4-28-1902 - 3-4-1903
Alice Lillian Chalker daughter of J. J. & Sarah J. Chalker 2-2-1883 - 12-26-1905
Lewis Thompson GA Sergt. 23 Inf. 22 Div. 8-9-1918
Hubert C. son of ? Reese 4-?-1885 - 5-29-1886
Hiram Kitchens Co B 22 Ga Inf CSA
James L. Thompson 1875 - 1948 & Willie B. Thompson 1889 - 1971
John F. M. Kitchens Co b 22 Ga Inf CSA
William F. Larrissy
Mrs. T. J. Chalker 1878 - 1943 - Adolphus A. Chalker's daughter in law.
Others listed in the Chalker Cemetery:
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Wrens, Ga died at the age of 65. Wife of M. L. Thompson. Died of a heart attack. Sons, R. A. Thompson, Stapleton, Ga, H. T. Thompson, Vidalia, Ga; daughters, Mrs. Mollie Reese, Wrens and Mrs. Nannie Lou Rabun, Stapleton. She was a gold stat mother, her son, Sergeant Lewis Thompson killed in France in 1913 while serving in the Second Div. American Expeditionary forces World War.
Iris Duggan, age 76, died 3-14-1972.
J. J. Chalker 3-18-1886 - 7-17-1917
MORE PHOTOS OF THE CEMETERY...............................................................................................................
View of the graves in the back of the woods not visible from the front.
Right of the Cemetery.
Last Updated 03/04/2011
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