LORENZO DOW GIEGER CEMETERY
			Covington County, Mississippi




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Location:  This Cemetery is located on the old Lorenzo Dow Gieger Farm, 
outside Collins, MS on Mitchell Road off Highway 588. Enclosed by a chain-link 
fence, it is well maintained by the present owner of the surrounding property, 
Jessie GIEGER who is the gg-grandson of Lorenzo Dow GIEGER.  All of the following 
are clearly marked with upright headstones.

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L.D. GIEGER
Born 1 Mar 1862
Died 29 June 1909
"He died as he lived, a Christian"

A. Jane  GIEGER 			[maiden name: Angeline Rawls]
[Wife of L.D. GIEGER]
Born 28 September 1860 
Died 18 December 1938
"She was the Sunshine of our home"


J. Alonzo GIEGER 
Born 11 November 1885
Died 8 July 1965

Emma M. GIEGER 				[maiden name: Miller]
[Wife of J. Alonzo GIEGER]
Born 28 November 1890
Died 24 June 1988


Jewell GIEGER
Daughter of J.A & E.M. GIEGER
Born 15 November 1913
Died 17 November 1915
?Our Darling Baby?


Jessie N. GIEGER
Born 23 April 1907
Died 16 January 1975

Hilra D. GIEGER 			[maiden name: Davis]
[Wife of Jessie N. GIEGER]
Born 4 April 1904
Died 17 July 1961



Wiley G. GIEGER
Born 14 March 1915
Died 3 February 1982

Edith W. GIEGER
[Wife of Wiley G. GIEGER]
24 February 1920
15 November 1989



One unmarked grave is located in the corner of the cemetery;  An Infant child 
of Percy WOODS, who died about 1934.

(Information inside [ ] was added by the submitter for clarity...Additional 
graves may be located inside the fenced area, however they are not marked and 
no record exists to suggest their locations.)


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