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Walnut Hill Cemetery

(Also known as Genung Cemetery)

Union Township

Gibson County, Indiana 
Coordinates: Latitude, 38.2700; Longitude, -87.5748
Congressional Location: SW-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 7; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:

Located on the east side of County Road 50W, about 0.2 mile north of the intersection with County Road 600S; about 1.25 miles north of Fort Branch.

Last updatedAug 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.

If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown here, or of any incorrect information whatsoever, I would be grateful for your assistance. Drop me an email and let me know. Please avoid however, 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 and Inscriptions

Photo#              Photo

Lot

Sec - Row

Racine

Barbara S

21 Sep 1936

25 Nov 2019

nee DOUGAN.  Wife of Maxwell J RACINE. 


Daughter of Donald & Golden (WORKMAN) DOUGAN.

0063

1342

SA-36

Racine

Maxwell J

11 Apr 1932

4 Jan 1982

Husband of Barbara S (DOUGAN)  RACINE.

A3C, US Air Force, Korea.


0063

7249

1342

SA-36

Racine

Russel L

29 Sep 1941

14 Feb 2018

Son of Max & Alma Jean (BLYTHE) RACINE.


Click here to view obituary.

0161

?

SA-2

Raines

Iva N

19 Apr 1936

--

Wife of Marcus K RAINES.

Married:  8 Feb 1958. 

Our Children:  Kenneth, Zelma, Sandra, Daniel.

0108

0109

?

SA-19

Raines

Marcus K

19 Apr 1936

--

Husband of Iva NRAINES.

Married:  8 Feb 1958. 

Our Children:  Kenneth, Zelma, Sandra, Daniel.

0108

0109

?

SA-19

Rainey

Joyce

4 Jul 1952

2 Jul 1953

Daughter of Frank R RAINEY.

(Very difficult to read information painted on concrete marker.  Identification from cemetery burial records.)

5212

74

N-60

Rainey

Celia Ann

1882

May 1941

Wife of Oran RAINEY.   

Married 16 Oct 1904 in Pike County, Indiana. 

Daughter of James & Nancy BLAIR.

Buried:  15 May 1941.

4237

602

N-19

Rainey

Frank R

17 Mar 1907

10 Apr 1982

Second husband of Mildred Lorrine (LASHBROOK) DeLONG RAINEY. 


Son of Oran & Myrtle RAINEY.

5211

74

N-60

Rainey

Harry

5 Jul 1888

Mar 1932

Husband of Oma (WILLIS) RAINEY. 

Married 1 Oct 1910 in Pike County, Indiana. 

Son of William & Elizabeth (BARRETT) RAINEY.

Buried:  10 Mar 1932.

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878

S-7

Rainey

Helen Marie

1 Jun 1922

12 Sep 1998

nee RITCHIE.  Wife of Luther RAINEY. 


Daughter of Charles & Ruth Pearl (PATTON) RITCHIE.

5685

1044

S-15

Rainey

James

5 Sep 1920

3 Dec 1996


Son of Elijah H & Alice E (CAMPBELL) RAINEY.

7587

1437

SA-61

Rainey

John S

24 Sep 1912

1 May 1985

Son of Elijah H & Alice E (CAMPBELL) RAINEY.

Pfc., US Army, WW II.


7588

1437

SA-61

Rainey

Luther

1 Dec 1907

1 Aug 1984

Husband of Helen Marie (RITCHIE) RAINEY. 

Son of Charles & Maggie (DENTON) RAINEY.

Pvt., US Army, WW II.


5686

1044

S-15

Rainey

Mildred Lorrine DeLong

1 Dec 1918

9 Nov 1992.

nee LASHBROOK.  Wife of Melvin A DeLONG, 1st; and Frank RAINEY, 2nd

Daughter of Herman W & Ruth (IVY) LASHBROOK.

“Mother”

5210

74

N-60

Rainey

Oma

1886

Jul 1942

nee WILLIS.  Wife of Harry RAINEY. 

Married 1 Oct 1910 in Pike County, Indiana. 

Daughter of Charles & Jane (PAYNE) WILLIS.


Buried:  30 Jul 1942.

5487

878

S-7

Rainey

Oran

30 Dec 1874

Nov 1960

Husband of Celia Ann (BLAIR) RAINEY. 

Married 16 Oct 1904 in Pike County, Indiana.

Buried:  25 Nov 1960.

4237

602

N-19

Rainey

William Charles

20 Feb 1919

8 Sep 2003

Son of Harry & Oma (WILLIS) RAINEY.

5486

878

S-7

Ralston

Martha "Patsy" Neely

19 Oct 1792

27 Jul 1886

nee NEELY.  Wife of Andrew D Ralston. 

Married Nov 1817 in Kentucky.

Daughter of Joseph & Martha NEELY.

“Our Mother” 

(Click here to read biography from Jas. Tartt's History of Gibson County.) 

Thanks to Allan Gilbertson for submitting the above information.

4737

207

N-41

Ramey

Orpha J

abt 1848

Feb 1922

nee KENNERLY.  Wife of George W WOODS, 1st, married 22 Apr 1870; Alonzo C MUNTZ, 2nd, married 20 Sep 1887; and James B RAMEY, 3rd, married 9 Nov 1916 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 

Daughter of Isaac & Lavina (McDOWELL) KENNERLY.

Buried:  13 Feb 1922.

No headstone found or identified.
 

197

N-31

Ramsey

Cecile B

26 Apr 1892

16 Jul 1963

nee WRIGHT.  Wife of Harry W RAMSEY. 

Daughter of Benjamin F & Anna B (GAINES) WRIGHT.

“Mother”

4870

17

N-46

Ransford

Gilberta Louise “Bert”

21 Apr 1930

5 Feb 1994

Wife of Ray Melvin RANSFORD. 

Married 3 Sep 1949. 

Daughter of Bernard & Cora (RINGHAM) LEE

“Our Children:  David, Bernard, Collene, Mary, Wes, Donald”

7018

7020

1321

SA-15

Ransford

Ray Murray

26 Jul 1927

22 Feb 1974

Husband of Gilberta Louise “Bert” RANSFORD.   

Married 3 Sep 1949. 

Son of Ross Murray & Ethel Mary (DAVIS) RANSFORD.

“Our Children:  David, Bernard, Collene, Mary, Wes, Donald”

Indiana, Pfc., US Marine Corps, WW II.


7017

7020

1321

SA-15

Rawlins

MacDonald R

31 Jul 1885

?

Infant.


(Date of death is illegible.)

5958

326

S-29

Reader

William

1861

Jan 1931

Husband of Amelia E (BRUNER) READER. 

Married 8 Nov 1891. 

Son of Adolf & Hannah READER. 

Buried:  5 Jan 1931.

4096

761

N-12

Rease

Mable

1889

Nov 1954

Wife of William REASE, Jr. 


Buried:  12 Nov 1954.

5181

4

N-59

Rease

Mary

abt 1859

Apr 1950

nee HAYNES.  Wife of William REASE. 

Married 11 Nov 1886. 

Buried:  23 Apr 1950.

No headstone found or identified.
 

12

N-51

Rease

William

30 Oct 1861

23 Jan 1939

Husband of Mary (HAYNES) REASE. 


Married 11 Nov 1886.

4977

12

N-51

Rease

William, Jr.

14 Feb 1889

7 Feb 1973

Husband of Ethel REASE; Mabel REASE; and Nancy REASE. 


Son of William & Mary (HAYNES) REASE.

5180

4

N-59

Redman

?

?

Mar 1911

Grandchild of James ROBINSON.

Buried:  6 Mar 1911.

No headstone found or identified.

437

S-56

Redman

?

?

Dec 1894

Child of Thomas "Tom" & Susan (WELMAN) REDMAN.

Buried: 22 Dec 1894.

No headstone found or identified.

472

N-35

Redman

Absalom

21 Feb 1857

Jul 1931

Husband of Serena C (COOPER) REDMAN. 


Married 31 Oct 1878.

“Father” 

Buried:  4 Jul 1931.

4377

4379

N

26

Redman

Arvel D

1909

Jan 1929

Son of George Newton & Velma (DePRIEST) REDMAN.


Buried: 13 Jan 1929.

5907

5906

332

S-26

Redman

Carl L

10 Jun 1904

30 Oct 1904

Infant son of Jesse P & Nellie A (PECK) REDMAN.

6197

6198

546

S-37

Redman

Dora Belle

1871

Feb 1941

Daughter of Wesley & Almira REDMAN. 

Sister of Cordelia (REDMAN) STIEFEL. 

Buried:  7 Feb 1941.

4174

4173

774

S-15

Redman

George Newton

5 Aug 1879

Jun 1944

Husband of Velma (DePRIEST) REDMAN, 1st, married 19 Jul 1905; and Serena (STEWART) REDMAN, 2nd


Son of William & Frances E (RODGERS) REDMAN.


Buried:  10 Jun 1944.

5865

5906

331

S-25

Redman

Grace Leah

abt 1877

15 Jan 1910

nee SLATER.  Wife of Charles REDMAN. 

Married 25 Nov 1908. 

Daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (CUNNINGHAM) SLATER.

Buried:  17 Jan 1910.

No headstone found or identified.

174

N-41

Redman

Helen Louise

23 Jun 1907

23 Jan 1997

nee HEPLEY.  Wife of Jesse Glen REDMAN. 

Married 8 Jun 1933.

Daughter of Walter & Vessie (TRISLER) HEPLEY.

7353

1258

SA-45

Redman

Jesse Glen

23 Jun 1907

29 Apr 1986

Husband of Helen Louise (HEPLEY) REDMAN. 

Married 8 Jun 1933. 

Son of Jesse P & Nellie A (PECK) REDMAN.

7353

1258

SA-45

Redman

Jesse P

26 Sep 1875

9 Apr 1934

Husband of Nellie A (PECK) REDMAN. 

Married 18 Aug 1903. 

Son of Wesley & Almira REDMAN.

“Father”

6199

6198

547

S-37

Redman

Mattie J

abt 1878

Nov 1896

Daughter of Thomas W "Tom" & Susan J (WELMAN) REDMAN.

Buried: 25 Nov 1896.

No headstone found or identified.

472

N-35

Redman

Nellie A

7 Jan 1883

18 Mar 1972

nee PECK.  Wife of Jesse P REDMAN.

Married 18 Aug 1903. 

Daughter of John & Anna PECK.

“Mother”

6200

6198

547

S-37

Redman

Oscar H

?

8 Dec 1914

Son of Oscar & Nellie L (DICKERSON) REDMAN.

Grandson of Absalom "Abe" REDMAN.

No headstone found or identified.

192

N-26

Redman

Rollin Doyle

1907

Oct 1951

Son of George Newton & Velma (DePRIEST) REDMAN. 


Buried:  14 Oct 1951.

5866

331

S-25

Redman

Russell

29 Sep 1897

29 Oct 1911

Son of Absalom & Serena C (COOPER) REDMAN

1847  Photo courtesy of Phil Pegram.

192

N-26

Redman

Russell

--

Aug 1914

Grandson of Absalom & Serena C (COOPER) REDMAN. 

Buried:  8 Aug 1914.

4391

192

N-26

Redman

Ruth

15 May 1911

11 Jul 1911

Daughter of George Newton & Velma (DePRIEST) REDMAN.

5909

5906

332

S-26

Redman

Serena

24 Sep 1883

19 Mar 1964

nee STEWART.  Second wife of George Newton REDMAN. 


Daughtr of Benjamin S & Sarah STEWART.

5864

331

S-25

Redman

Serena C

15 Nov 1859

May 1959

nee COOPER.  Wife of Absalom REDMAN.


Married 31 Oct 1878.

“Mother” 

Buried:  10 May 1959.

4377

4378

191

N-26

Redman

Susan J

abt 1854

Feb 1895

nee WELMAN.  First wife of Thomas W"Tom" REDMAN. 

Married 25 Aug 1872. 

Daughter of John & Martha WELMAN.

Buried: 22 Dec 1894.

No headstone found or identified.

472

N-35

Redman

Velma

1880

Dec 1926

nee DePRIEST.  First wife of George Newton REDMAN. 

Married 19 Jul 1905. 

Daughter of George & Martha DePRIEST.

“Mother’ 

Buried:  24 Dec 1926.

5908

5906

332

S-26

Reed

Connie

18 Mar 1954

--

Wife of Michael REED. 

Married:  29 Jun 1973.

0019

?

SA-52

Reed

Ermal Ray, Jr. “Jay”

26 Nov 1969

14 Sep 1989

Son of Ermal Ray & Diana Lee (WRIGHT) REED.

“Son”

7126

?

SA-26

Reed

Ermal W

17 Sep 1909

25 Apr 1977

Husband of Fern A (THOMPSON) REED. 

Son of Herbert & Lena Leoti (AMBROSE) REED.

Pvt., US Army, WW II.


5263

5264

1110

N-62

Reed

Ethel B

1880

Jan 1956

Wife of George W REED. 

Buried:  11 Jan 1956.

3963

937

N-5

Reed

Fern A

26 Sep 1912

16 Apr 1997

nee THOMPSON.  Wife of Ermal W REED. 

George & Lora (ROWE) THOMPSON.

5263

1110

N-62

Reed

Flora Jane Walden

21 Sep 1891

25 Jan 1969

nee WALDEN.  Wife of William Edgar REED.

Daughter of William W & Mary E WALDEN.

“Mother”

3974

938

N-6

Reed

George Washington

21 Mar 1879

2 Oct 1973

Husband of Ethel B REED. 

Son of Calvin & Elizabeth REED.

3963

937

N-5

Reed

Georgia M

12 Oct 1901

13 Jun 1987

nee THOMPSON.  Wife of Shirley REED. 

Married 27 Sep 1919 in Pike County, Indiana.

Daughter of George T & Lora (ROWE) THOMPSON.

7561

1439

SA-59

Reed

Herbert

7 Sep 1888

Jan 1957

Husband of Lena Leoti (AMBROSE) REED, 1st, married 8 Apr 1909 in Pike County, Indiana; and Wilda REED, 2nd. 

Son of Elisah & Rhoda C (VANWINKLE) REED. 

Buried:  31 Jan 1957.

3959

919

N-5

Reed

Hiram A "Gus"

1872

May 1954

Husband of Rebecca (RICKETS) REED. 


Married 31 Jan 1895. 

Son of Hiram & Mary (McALISTER) REED. 

Buried:  23 May 1954.

4154

1157

N-15

Reed

Infant

16 Mar 1946

16 Mar 1946

Stillborn son of William Harold & Mary John REED.

3972

938

N-6

Reed

Jack D

10 Feb 1924

14 Mar 1997

Husband of Phyllis Ruth (FOUGINES) REED.   

Son of Shirley & Georgia M (THOMPSON) REED.

“Our Sons:  Michael, Richard “Rick,” Tony”

Pfc., US Army, WW II.


7575

7576

1438

SA-60

Reed

Lena Leoti

8  Oct 1891

Apr 1925

nee AMBROSE.  First wife of Herbert REED,

Married 8 Apr 1909 in Pike County, Indiana.

Daughter of Jospeh C & Margarette A (RINGER) AMBROSE.

No headstone found or identified.
 

821

N-16

Reed

Lorena M

30 Jul 1909

31 Oct 1996

Daughter of Hiram A "Gus" & Rebecca A (RICKETTS) REED.

4155

1157

N-15

Reed

Mary John

1 Feb 1922

26 Apr 2016

nee ROBERTS.  Wife of William Harold REED. 

Married:  30 May 1942 in Branson, Missouri. 

Daughter of Charles & Susan (GARRETT) ROBERTS.

(Click here to view obituary.)

0256

938

N-6

Reed

Michael

29 Jul 1950

--

Husband of Connie  REED. 

Married:  29 Jun 1973.

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SA-52

Reed

Michael A

28 Jan 1947

28 Jun 1947

"Stillborn"

5253

77

N-62

Reed

Phyllis Ruth

12 Aug 1928

20 Sep 1999

nee FOUGINES.  Wife of Jack D REED. 

Daughter of Charles & Ruth FOUGINES.

“Our Sons:  Michael, Richard “Rick,” Tony”

7575

7576

1438

SA-60

Reed

Rebecca A

1869

Mar 1951

nee RICKETTS.  Wife of Hiram Gus REED. 

Married 31 Jan 1895. 

Daughter of Thomas & Frances RICKETTS. 

Buried:  18 Mar 1951.

4154

1157

N-15

Reed

Shannan L

15 Mar 1960

20 Jul 2002

nee GRIDER.  Wife of Tony L REED. 

Married 17 Sep 1983. 

Daughter of James & Florella (COFFMAN) GRIDER. 

Born in St. John’s, Arizona.

“Our Children:  Andria & Tyler”

7553

7555

?

SA-58

Reed

Shirley

28 Aug 1900

14 Oct 1970

Husband of Georgia M (THOMPSON) REED.

Married 27 Sep 1919 in Pike County, Indiana.

Son of Oscar & Nettie (BARRETT) REED.

Reinterred here from Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Pike County, Indiana.

7561

1439

SA-59

Reed

Tara Leann

15 Jan 1980

30 Aug 1980

Daughter of Mike & Connie (HICKROD) REED.

“Our Darling Daughter”

7473

1358

SA-52

Reed

Tony L

20 Jun 1959

--

Husband of Shannah L (GRIDER) REED. 

Married 17 Sep 1983.

“Our Children:  Andria & Tyler”

7553

7555

?

SA-58

Reed

Wilda L

14 Nov 1898

9 Feb 1973

nee GOODSON.  Second wife of Herbert REED. 

Daughter of John W & Effie B (JONES) GOODSON.

3959

919

N-5

Reed

William Edgar

11 Jun 1885

26 Jun 1938

Husband of Flora Jane (WALDEN) REED.

“Father”

3973

938

N-6

Reed

William Harold

30 May 1918

3 Feb 2003

Husband of Mary John (ROBERTS) REED.

Married:  30 May 1942 in Branson, Missouri. 

Son of William Edgar & Flora Jane (WALDEN) REED.

Petty Officer, US Naval Adv. Base, 140th Rec. Station, Espiritu Santo, N.H., South Pacific WW II.



0256

3970

938

N-6

Reel

Betty J

14 Aug 1924

9 Apr 1986

nee RITCHIE.  Wife of Woodrow REEL. 

Daughter of Charles & Ruth Pearl (PATTON) RITCHIE.

3982

902

N-6

Reel

Charles G "Charlie"

29 Jun 1950

13 Mar 2018

Husband of Valada Sue (DIXON) REEL. 

Son of Woodrow & Betty (RITCHIE) REEL.

(Click here to view obituary.)

0255

902

N-6

Reel

Valada "Sue"

26 May 1956

19 Sep 2012

nee DIXON.  Wife of Charles G "Charlie" REEL. 

Daughter of Franklin & Valada (JONES) DIXON. 

(Click here to view obituary.)

0255

902

N-6

Reel

Woodrow

6 Dec 1916

23 Mar 1986

Husband of Betty J (RITCHIE) REEL. 

Son of Burly & Alma (KELL) REEL.

TEC 5, US Army, WW II

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3982

3993

902

N-6

Reeves

James Clarence

27 May 1905

25 Apr 1999

Husband of Edith REEVES. 

Son of James & Ida REEVES.

7116

1278

SA-25

Reeves

Raymond L

1926

Mar 1960

First husband of Phyllis L (WOODS) REEVES TAYLOR.

Son of James C & Edith REEVES. 

Buried:  1 Apr 1960.

7113

1278

SA-25

Reinhart  

Alma

?

Mar 1925

Daughter of Theodore REINHART.

Buried:  17 Mar 1925

No headstone found or identified
 

757

N-16

Reinhart     

Herman B "Breadwagon"

24 Jan 1911

16 Oct 1980

Son of John & Elizabeh "Lizzie" (RITZERT) REINHART.

"No immediate survivors."

Buried:  18 Oct 1980

No headstone found or identified
 

141

N-51

Reinhart  

Theodore

21 Aug 1909

30 Jun 1971

Son of John & Elizabeh "Lizzie" (RITZERT) REINHART.

Buried:  1 Jul 1971.

No headstone found or identified
 

757

N-16

Reynolds

Dolores L

21 Mar 1915

27 Feb 1994

nee NEWTON.  Wife of Marsovan REYNOLDS. 


Daughter of Porter A & Ida Mae (BOLIN) NEWTON.

7067

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SA-20

Reynolds

Hannah J

1845

Apr 1925

nee WALLACE.  Wife of Richard REYNOLDS. 

Married 3 Feb 1870. 

Buried:  30 Apr 1925.

5851

724

S-24

Reynolds

Marsovan

23 Nov 1911

8 Mar 1990

Husband of Dolores L (NEWTON) REYNOLDS. 


Son of Urie B & Della (GUDGEL) REYNOLDS.

7067

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SA-20

Reynolds

Richard

1847

Jul 1923

Husband of Hannah J (WALLACE) REYNOLDS. 

Married 3 Feb 1870. 

Buried:  25 Jul 1923.

5851

724

24

Reynolds

Ruth E Merritt

28 Jun 1908

12 Dec 1992

nee MERRITT.  Wife of Travis U “Tacky” REYNOLDS.


Daughter of Allen & Lula MERRITT.

“Our Daughter:  Myrna Lynn”

5721

1046

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Reynolds

Travis U “Tacky”

10 Jun 1904

20 Sep 1988

Husband of Ruth E (MERRITT) REYNOLDS.

Son of Urie B & Della (GUDGEL) REYNOLDS.

“Our Daughter:  Myrna Lynn”

5721

1046

S-17

Rhinefort

George

1860

May 1951

Husband of Mary E (GARRISON) RHINEFORT. 

Married 4 Jul 1883.

“Father”

“Magie, Their Daughter, Buried at Providence.  1886-1887” 

Buried:  6 May 1951.

5782

5784

5785

680

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Rhinefort

Mary E

1864

Apr 1941

nee GARRISON.  Wife of George RHINEFORT. 

Married 4 Jul 1883.

“Mother”

“Magie, Their Daughter, Buried at Providence.  1886-1887” 

Buried:  2 Apr 1941.

5782

5783

5785

680

S-21


Sections and Rows
The cemetery can be defined as having five sections.  Three large sections: North (N,) South (S) and South-Addition (SA); and two small sections at the west end of the larger sections:  Northwest (NW,) Southwest (SW).  For purposes of this listing, rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.

3844  View of the cemetery entrance from CR-50W
3843  View from the center of the cemetery, looking west to the entrance.
6873  View of the South Section from the southeast corner.
7622  View of the South-Addition Section from the northeast corner.

Transcriptions taken from the headstones.

Photographs by Daniel L Elliott on 27 Apr, 29 Apr and 4 May 2010.