Burris Cemetery,  Amite, MS
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Burris Cemetery

Photographed in February of 2002 by-Jennie Livingston.  
Information transcribed from photos by-Lee Kenna, 
Proof reader Mary Pallon.
 
Directions to cemetery- 1.5 mi south of Mars Hill on Greensburg Rd, 
then west on Booker Farm Lane (private--locked gate). Cemetery 25' 
south of lane on road to old house. 

KEY:  s/s = same stone with
      d/o = daughter of
      s/o = son of
      w/o = wife of

Information in parenthesis ( ) added by transcribers.
                                          

Name                        Birth Date      Death Date      Other InformatION

Burris, Hanpton             Jul  3, 1809    Feb 17, 1892
Burris, Mary                Apr  3, 1820    Aug  4, 1857    (Mary "Polly" Magee, first w/o 
                                                            Hampton Burris)
Burris, James N.                            Jan 18, 1855    s/o H. & M. Burris; aged 10 ms 8 ds
                                                            (James Nelson Burris, s/o Hampton Burris
                                                            & Mary "Polly" Magee)
Burris, William L.                          Jul 15, 1847    s/o H. & M. Burris; aged 2 years 9 ms
                                                            (William Louis Burris, s/o Hampton Burris
                                                            & Mary "Polly" Magee, born Sep 22, 1844)
Burris, Lillibelle          Sep 26, 1896    Sep 22, 1897    infant d/o W. E. & A. H. Burris
                                                            (Willie Edgar & Annie Hattie Hewitt Burris)
Burris, Luretta E.          Aug 29, 1850    Jan 16, 1869    w/o J. F. Burris
                                                            aged 18 Ys. 4 Ms. 17 Ds
                                                            (first w/o  Jacob Fleet Burris)
Burris, Lois Saton          Dec  5, 1868    Jun 15, 1869    d/o J. A. & L. S. Burris
                                                            (John Addison Burris & Laura Susannah Toler)                                             
Burris, Mary Blanch         May 14, 1870    Jan 16, 1871    d/o J. A. & L. S. Burris
                                                            (John Addison Burris & Laura Susannah Toler)                                             
Burris, James M.            Mar 23, 1880    Jun 14, 1880    s/o J. A. & L. S. Burris                                                                
                                                            (John Addison Burris & Laura Susannah Toler)                                             
Burris, Mattie Cora         Oct 16, 1876    Jun  1, 1900    (Mattie Cora Prestridge, first w/o 
                                                            George Ernest Burris)
Burris, Mattie L.           Oct 24, 1881    Jan 14, 1906    d/o E. T. & E. A. Burris
                                                            (Mattie Lee Burris, d/o Erasmus Theodore
                                                            Burris & Eliza Amerintha Toler)
Burris, Raiford             Jan 25, 1888    Dec 28, 1892    s/o T. R. & J. E. Burris
                                                            (Thomas Raiford Burris & Julie E. Pate)
Burris, Ross                Mar 31, 1891    Dec 24, 1892    s/o T. R. & J. E. Burris
                                                            (Thomas Raiford Burris & Julie E. Pate
                                                            Note: cemetery book has birth date as Mar 3, 
                                                            1891) 
Dikes, Clay                 Jan 24, 1876    Apr 10, 1890
Dikes, Marcus               Mar 12, 1883    Sep 15, 1884
Dykes, T. G.                Apr  7, 1840    Sep 18, 1895
Van, Mary                   Mar  2, 1934    Apr 11, 1893