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Columbia Cemetery

Also known as White Church Cemetery

Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.3430 N;  Longitude, -87.6121 W
Congressional Location:SW-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 14;; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 11W and SE-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 15; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 11W
Common Directions:

Located at the intersection of White Church Road and CR-250W; just under 0.9 mile due south of SR-64.

Last updated  April 2023

The following list is a sincere attempt to show all known graves using several different sources and periodically updated headstone photographs. There may be other graves which are unknown/unlisted due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers. -George Pickersgill

If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, or of any incorrect information whatsoever, I would be grateful for your assistance. Please drop me an e-mail and let me know. Please avoid notifying me of very recent burials that do not appear here. I will capture and incorporate these on the next scheduled cemetery update.
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#     Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Bufkin

Eunice

1878

1972

Wife of Fred BUFKIN.

7992

1C

19

Bufkin

Fred

1882

1946

Husband of Eunice BUFKIN.

7992

1C

19

Bullock

Darrell Dean

23 Nov 1937

--

Husband of Donna Mae BULLOCK. 


Married 7 Feb 1972.

0077

2D

22

Bullock

Donna Mae

14 Apr 1944

21 Jan 2015

nee EALY.  Wife of Darrell Dean BULLOCK. 


Married 7 Feb 1972


Daughter of Cecil & Gladis (SCOTT) EALY. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0077

2D

22

Bullock

Ethel Mae

28 Sep 1900

29 Apr 1982

Wife of Robert BULLOCK.

9667

2A

4

Bullock

James Robert, Jr.

29 Sep 1965

7 Jun 2007

Son of James Robert & Evelyn (THOMPSON) BULLOCK, Sr. 

Killed in a motorcycle accident.

(Click here to view obituary.)

11307

From the Evansville Courier & Press, 10 Jun 2007

2F

2

Bullock

James Robert, Sr.

29 Jul 1929

2 Jan 1985

Huband of Evelyn (THOMPSON) BULLOCK.


Father & Husband


Korea.




9666

2A

4

Bullock

Jay Charles

11 Sep 1926

25 Jun 1996

Husband of Joanna Belle (KEMPER) BULLOCK.  Married 29 Oct 1949


US Navy, WW II.



11080

2D

19

Bullock

Jerry Len

31 Jan 1952

28 Apr 2013

Son of Jay Charles & Joanna Belle (KEMPER) BULLOCK.


US Army



(Click here to view obituary.)

0064

 

2F

1

Bullock

Joanna Belle

31 Oct 1932

31 May 2018

nee KEMPER.  Wife of Jay Charles BULLOCK. 


Married 29 Oct 1949


Daughter of Herman & Thelda Mae (LOVELESS) KEMPER. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0208 GAP

2D

19

Bullock

Robert

23 Feb 1901

8 Nov 1976

Husband of Ethel Mae BULLOCK.

9667

2A

4

Burch

Audrey M

3 Jan 1911

18 Feb 1954

Wife of Rev. James P BURCH.

Died of injuries sustained in a car accident a few months prior.

9585

From the Princeton Clarion, 7 Feb 1954

2A

2

Burch

James P, Rev.

2 Jul 1914

14 May 1998

Husband of Audrey M BURCH.

9585

2A

2

Burkett

Travis Lee

6 Apr 1981

 2 Dec 2022

--

5330

--

--

Burkhart

James David

30 Sep 1953

12 Feb 1994

Son of William "Bill" BURKHART & Caroline (TODD) BURKHART TOLBERT.

11009

2D

15

Burkhart

William

17 Oct 1954

6 Nov 2016

Son of William " Bill" BURKHART & Caroline (TODD) BURKHART TOLBERT. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0164 GAP

2D

15

Burr

Nancy Lee

27 Mar 1952

 --

Wife of Raymond A. BURR

Married 14 1970

5328

--

--

Burr

Raymond Allen

29 Dec 1948

 --

Husband of Nancy Lee BURR

Married 14 Nov 1970

5328

--

--

Burress

Jennifer L

14 Nov 1954

15 Oct 2002

nee SULLIVAN.  Daughter of Doyle & Lul SULLIVAN.
Mother of:  Dewayne & Natalie

11275

11276

2E

18

Burress

Phillip L.

5 Jan 1952

 5 Apr 2017

--

0218 GAP

2E

18

Burton

Vaughn

--

22 Sep 1964

(Note:  From information at the Princeton Library.)

No headstone found.
 

?

?

Butler

Jessie Skelton

25 Jul 1873

30 Apr 1908

--

8831

1D

6

Butts

Carolyn K.

13 Oct 1944

 --

nee Clemens
Husband of Russell S. Butts
Married 25 Dec 1969

0102 GAP

2A

1

Butts

Gerald W

7 May 1942

24 Nov 2019

Husband of Roberta E BUTTS.

 Married
25 May 1968
.

Our Children:  Tina, Kristy and Lisa

0049 GAP

10117

2B

7

Butts

Janie

26 Apr 1940

14 Apr 1954

Struck and killed by a car on IN-64. Driver Gene BIEHL (Mt. Carmel) was convicted of reckless homicide.

9586

From the Princeton Clarion, 16 Apr 1954

2A

2

Butts

Jeanette R

2 Aug 1894

19 Feb 1950

Mother

8019

1A

1

Butts

Johnie W

4 Jul 1939

8 Nov 2003

Husband of Marilyn Jeannette BUTTS.
�Husband & Father�

9546

2A

1

Butts

Keagan Miranda

20 Aug 1976

21 Aug 1976

--

9545

2A

1

Butts

Marilyn Jeannette

30 Nov 1943

2 Dec 2002

Wife of Johnie BUTTS.
�Mom�

10168

10170

2C

3

Butts

Roberta E

21 Jul 1944

--

Wife of Gerald W BUTTS.  Married 2 May 1968.

Our Children:  Tina, Kristy and Lisa

10116

10117

2B

7

Butts

Russell S

26 Jan 1941

10 Apr 2017

Husband of Carolynn BUTTS.
Married 25 Dec 1969 


Son of John "Poppy" & Nannie BUTTS. 

A1C, USAF, VIETNAM





(Click here to view obituary.)

0102 GAP


0103a GAP

2A

1

Butts

William Edward

10 Apr 1918

27 Sep 1986

First husband of Elsie (TYREE) BUTTS GIESEKE. 


Son of Amos & Myrtle A (AUSTIN) BUTTS.


Children:  Janie, Charles, Gerald

10118

10119

2B

7

Bye

Arthur F

10 Apr 1893

28 Apr 1893

Son of William J & Sarah E BYE.

8932

8933

1D

10

Bye

Sarah E

--

17 Apr 1893

Wife of William J BYE.

Aged 21 y. 5 m. 16 d.

8929

8930

1D

10



Sections and Rows.
For purposes of this listing, the cemetery was divided into Sections 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 2F.  Rows were numbered beginning on the east side of each section.  See the images below for reference.
 

Section divisions used for this listing.
Aerial view of the cemetery location; church building in upper-right corner.
7624  Sign over original entrance to the cemetery
8006 View of Section 1A, immediately west of the church.