Where my paternal grandparents are laid to rest

Katie Gilmer at her great-grandparents' grave

Katie and her g-g-grandfather
 James Shorter's grave

My dad's parents, James Arthur and Fannie Melissa Grimes Wilson are buried at New Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery in the Curtis community, between Elba and Opp. My grandmother Wilson's father, James Shorter Grimes, was the first person to be buried in this cemetery. Now many of his family are buried there with him. When you enter the cemetery from the front side, you see nothing but "Grimes" graves.

My grandmother Wilson's grandparents, John W. and Julia Ann Garrett Grimes, are buried in a family cemetery near Curtis, the Holland-Grimes cemetery. For many years the cemetery was forgotten and overgrown with weeds, bushes and trees. My cousin Linda and I worked to get the small cemetery cleaned up and the tombstones cleaned. Today it is well taken care of by seasonal caretakers. At the October Grimes reunion in 2008, we plan to put a Civil War marker at the gravesite of John W. Grimes.

Grandmother Wilson's maternal grandmother , Malissia Tillis, is buried at Danley's Cross Roads. Nobody knows what happened to her husband or where he is buried.

Sophia Wyatt Wilson

Papa Wilson's mother Sophia died when he was a young man. She is buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery at Bulloch, near Brantley, AL.His father, H. A. Wilson, along with my granddaddy and his twin siblings Mattie and Frank, moved from Bulloch in Crenshaw Co. to Curtis Community in Coffee Co. He later remarried and died while living in Opp, AL, where he is buried in the city cemetery there.

James Wilson was the father of H.A. Wilson and he came from GA to Crenshaw Co. Buried at Bulloch cemetery.

My g-g-grandfather, James Wilson

These are my paternal ancestors who are buried in Alabama.