History of Wright’s Chapel Cemetery
The present Wright’s Chapel Cemetery is one of the newer cemeteries of Echols County, having been established in the middle 1970’s. It was consecrated on October 3, 1976 as part of the churches Centennial Celebration. The land for the cemetery was donated to the church via a deed dated June 3, 1880 by Mr. Lewis J. Kinsey. In fact, several members of the Kinsey family had been buried there in the middle and late 1800’s. Several men of the church, under the leadership of Mr. Edgar Herring, tried to locate the old graves but were unable to find them.
A. C. R. (Plunk) Herring was the first person buried in the cemetery in the 20th century—on May 25, 1983. Of those buried in the 19th century, Nancy Carter Kinsey is the only one of whom we are sure. She was the second wife of Lewis J. Kinsey, and the ancestor of many Echols County residents. She died March 29, 1870, and a Memorial Marker was placed in the cemetery in July, 1980 by the Kinsey Reunion group.
Listing of People buried in Wright’s Chapel Cemetery
| Nancy Carter Kinsey Born: 1834 Died: Mar 29, 1870 |
A.C.R. (Plunk)Herring Born: Apr 30, 1911 Died: May 25, 1983 |
Lloyd A. Herring US Army Born: Mar 17, 1947 Dec 31, 1983 |
| Janet S. Herring Born: Sep 24, 1949 Died: Jan 04, 1987 |
Jimmy E. Padgett Born: Mar 11, 1940 Died: Feb 24, 1990 |
Maeda P. Prescott Born: Jul 21, 1922 Died: Jan 12, 1992 |
| Thomas Gary Prescott, Sr. US Army Born: Oct 01, 1914 Died: Nov 29, 1993 |
Benjamin David Kinsey, Sr. US Navy Born: Mar 04, 1935 Died: Jun 24, 1994 |
Edgar P. Herring Born: Oct 07, 1918 Died: Sep 25, 1994 |
| Morris Richard McLeod US Navy Born: Oct 26, 1933 Died: Jan 15, 1996 |
Ellen T. Sowell Born: Dec 19, 1920 Died: May 24, 1996 |
Scott Eric Brooks US Air Force Born: Aug 31, 1961 Died: Nov 16, 1996 |
| Larry M. Herring Born: Oct 24, 1943 Died: Mar 13, 1997 |
Earl Edward Sowell US Air Force Born: Apr 27, 1939 Died: Apr 06, 1997 |
Paul W. Kinsey, Sr. US Navy Born: Aug 22, 1920 Died: Dec 27, 1998 |
| Gwendolyn I. Herring Born: Dec 04, 1956 Died: Jul 06, 1999 |
Leonor Garza Hernandez Born: Apr 11, 1941 Died: Sep 25, 1999 |
Stella W. Herring Born: Oct 26, 1919 Died: Nov 15, 1999 |
| Muriel R. Swilley Born: Jul 14, 1914 Died: Sep 21, 2000 |
Carson W. Sowell Born: Jun 17, 1917 Died: Sep 24, 2000 |
Alton Jack Starnes, Sr. US Navy Born: Nov 02, 1931 Died: May 09, 2001 |
| Edward C. McLeod National Guard Born: Sep 26, 1936 Died: Jul 15, 2001 |
Carson Shane Roberts, Jr. Born: May 07, 2002 Died: Jun 22, 2002 |
Robert D. Staudigl US Navy Born: May 03, 1944 Died: Mar 30, 2004 |
| Roscoe R. Swilley Born: Aug 03, 1912 Died: Oct 01, 2003 |
Irene O. Herring Born: Jan 22, 1919 Died: Oct 23, 2002 |
Lawton A. Smith US Air Force Born: Oct 31, 1931 Died: Oct 16, 2003 |
| Billy Harold Herndon Born: May 02, 1936 Died: Mar 08, 2005 |
Juan Samuel Hernandez Born: Jul 24, 1928 Died: Apr 15, 2006 |
Emma Katherine Crosby Born: Feb16, 1952 Died: Feb 04, 2008 |
| J.C. (Tommy) Thompson US Army Born: Sep 21, 1925 Died: Feb 24, 2008 |
Oveda Johnson Born: May 02, 1915 Died: Sep 18, 2008 |
Richard Wesley Dennis Born: Apr 22, 1938 Died: May 23, 2008 |
| Beauford D. Bone Born: Sep 01, 1956 Died: Jul 14, 2008 |
Steven M. Sali Born: Aug 08, 1933 Died: Aug 28, 2008 |
Fay Crosby Sali Born: Sep 25, 1946 Died: Aug 28, 2009 |
| Sue E. Thompson Born: Jul 07, 1946 Died: May 24, 2010 |
Grace D. Kinsey Born: May 04, 1929 Died: Sep 24, 2010 |
Robin A Deloach Born: Apr 04, 1977 Died: Nov 11, 2010 |
| Betty J. Starnes Born: Nov 22, 1937 Died: Aug 22, 2011 |
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