Sunnyside Plantation Cemetery, Franklin County, MS Submitted by: Angela Arnold ***************************************************************************** USGenWeb NOTICE: Libraries and individual researchers may download this file for personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use requires written permission from the transcriber. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************** Unsure of the name of this cemetery that I am calling Sunnyside Plantation. It is on private property and is on the old Sunnyside Plantation west of Roxie off of Hwy. 84. Driving directions are: From the Franklin & Adams Co. line on Hwy. 84 go east for 1 & 1/4 mile to the drive way on the right side of the road before the RR track overpass. Turn there and go in drive till you see the old hwy 84, turn right and go to a small dirt road to the left then cross the RR tracks and follow dirt road till you see the cemetery on the left. The dirt road does have a gate on it that is sometimes locked, so permission to enter would be needed. This cemetery is small but has one nice size tombstone in it and it is fenced in. List of tombstones: Dr. M. C. Johnson Born: Fairfax Co., Va. Sept. 28, 1826 Died: Jan. 23, 1887 (to the west side of this same tombstone is another inscription) Mrs. Sophia Johnson Drake Born: Franklin Co.,Miss. Died: July 1, 1896 These stones simply reads: Our Father John Smith erected by: Sophia Johnson John Ray erected by: Sophia Johnson Our Mother Ann Ray erected by: Sophia Johnson Our Brother John B. Smith erected by: Sophia Johnson Elkins Son of John L. & Lida O. Calcote Born: May 5, 1875 Died: May 11, 1876 aged 9 months and 11 days Bessie Daughter of John L. & Lida Calcote Born: Mar. 7, 1877 Died: Jan. 28,1878 Aged 10 months and 21 days ( tombstone is broken inhalf and hard to read) Little French Son of John L. & Lida O. Calcote Born: Jan. 17, 1881 Died Jan. 17, 1885 aged 4 years Our Walter B Son of C.N. & A. Ratcliff Died May 16, 1885 Aged 1 year 3 months and 26 days ( a small stone at the end of grave has his initials W.B. R.) Cora Infant daughter of Jerry and Lizze Mock Born: Nov. 24, 1874 Died Dec. 12, 1874 Walter A. Son of J. & M. A. Mock Born: Aug.9,1854 Died Aug.30, 1856 aged 2 years and 21 days Jeremiah Mock Died: July 8, 1865 aged 75 years ( inscription reads) " He Died As He Stood A Pure Upright Man" Martha Ann Smith Wife of Jeremiah Mock Died: June 5, 1907 aged 82 years Martha Ann Baker Born: Oct. 31, 1895 Died: Feb. 1, 1989 aged 93 years (metal marker) Next grave is a metal marker that can't be read. Jerry Mock Born: May 13, 1852 Died: Jan. 6, 1933 Marmaduke C. Son of J. & L. M. Mock Born: Jan.17, 1875 Died: June 21, 1898 Next grave is a metal marker that can't be read. Mary Christine Baker Born:June 19, 1933 Died: June 5, 1988 The large grey stone of Dr. M.C. Johnson's reads " A friend to the friendless Take them, O Father , In thine arms And may they hence forth be a Messenger of peace between our Human hearts and Thee."