George County MsArchives Cemeteries.....Davis Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diona Parker Dickerson diona.dickerson@mchsi.com July 27, 2006, 5:35 pm Abstracted By: Diona Parker Dickerson Cemetery is off of highway 26 headed out of The town of Lucedale, cross the highway 63 overpass, take a right on Howell Road. Cemetery is on right inside a chain-link fence. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weir Rosa Mae October 6, 1936 August 9, 1941 Weir J C April 18, 1932 Feb 10, 1962 CPL US Army Korea, stone reads 'son' also. Weir Kinnie November 1, 1930 September 9, 1972 'Our Loved One' Weir Christine January 11, 1934 Only Date Weir Maudie D. October 30, 1912 September 9, 1975 (maiden name was Dickerson) Weir Mallie B. August 23, 1929 April 18, 2001 Weir Ernest W. June 20, 1934 Only date Grant Donald Leewood January 18, 1965 January 21, 1865 Top line of stone reads Infant Son, stone is broken, has a small tree growing through it. Grant Donnell July 26, 1952 March 23, 1991 CPL US Marine Corps Vietnam (double stone with wife Teresa Parker Grant) Grant Teresa Parker October 19, 1957 nd They gave their today for our tomorrow. Melissa, Donna, Troy, and Wayne Unmarked Unmarked (grave of Laughlin Shepphard) 2************ Row**************** Coleman Sidney J. December 7, 1928 November 16, 1993 CPL US Air Force Coleman Delois E. July 15, 1932 December 9, 1984 Mother, She still lives within our hearts Dearman J.R. 'Bob' August 16, 1908 October 18, 1972 Dearman Sadie Lee January 8, 1900 June 14, 1988 Grant Lucius A. June 3, 1921 December 23, 1983 PVT US Army WWII 3**************** Row****************** Lane Son 1930 only date Son of Ray and Mary Lane Lane Son 1932 only date Son of Ray and Mary Lane Lane Ray, Jr. 1932 1933 Lane Ray 1890 1956 Father Lane Mary D. 1898 1997 Mother--double stone with Ray Lane Sr. 4****************** Row****************** unmarked grave infant Reeves Christine Virginia January 6, 1929 March 1, 1936 Reeves Mary Magdaline August 25, 1931 March 21, 1936 Reeves Willie June 24, 1895 December 29, 1981 Father. Double stone with Hattie D. Reeves Hattie D. March 24, 1905 October 27, 1989 Mother. Double stone with Willie Reeves Palmer Christain A. November 6, 1998 only date Mama's little angel 5********************* Row***************** Vickers Vera V. February 16, 1907 March 23, 1983 Rest in peace. (nee: Vera Virginia Dickerson) unmarked infant Burleson Richard P. January 27, 1942 January 30, 1982 Sgt US Army Vietnam Vickers Michael Henry December 26, 1957 December 23, 2002 (no stone, only a card on a pick at gravesite, George County Funeral Home had information) Vickers John H. May 17, 1936 July 28, 1991 Double stone. (George County Funeral Home tag reads John Henry Vickers, age 56) Vickers Geraldine M. February 8, 1939 only date Double stone with John H. 6***************** Row******************* Reeves Lester December 13, 1903 December 12, 1974 Double stone with Sarah D. Reeves Sarah D. December 23, 1908 March 2, 1990 Double stone with Lester Reeves Dickerson Hannah 1875 1929 Dickerson Mack 1873 1937 ( Matthew D. Dickerson married to Hannah Davis) Dickerson George June 9, 1910 March 27, 1984 Tec 5 US Army WWII (son of Matthew and Hannah Davis Dickerson) Dixon Rosa Lee D. August 19, 1902 March 6, 1985 Gone but not forgotten. Edna, Edmond, Earl, Joe, J.D. Dixon James 'Jim' December 3, 1906 November 30, 1989 In Loving Memory Dickerson Matthew February 14, 1913 January 23, 1994 PFC US Army WWII unmarked Devoe (Plot for Devoe 'Bo' Dickerson, footstone only, Devoe is still alive at time of transcription, 2006) Tolbert Jerry Cooper December 12, 1935 January 28, 2004 Double stone with Phyllis Merlene Tolbert Phyllis Merlene October 10, 1942 only date (still alive at time of transcription, 2006) 7*********************** Row***************** Dickerson Ernest September 18, 1894 August 2, 1954 (son of Charley and Ella Davis Dickerson) Dickerson Charles C. March 25, 1856 May 5, 1918 Double Stone with Ella. (Charles Columbus Dickerson, son of Joel and Sarah Dickerson) Dickerson Ella March 11, 1868 March 10, 1928 Double stone with Charles. (Ella Davis, daughter of James and Sarah Davis, sister of Hannah, Julia) Dickerson Beverly June August 20, 1950 February 20, 1953 Dickerson Ernest Rickey August 3, 1956 August 3, 1956 Dickerson Pat Harrison November 1, 1913 August 11, 1990 'Daddy' Dickerson Mildred Humphries November 18, 1916 October 9, 1986 A decanter in the middle of the two stones reads: Barbara, Joseph, Everette, Dianne. Dickerson Julia (Davis) December 6, 1873 February 24, 1957 Mother is gone but not forgotten. Dickerson John May 1, 1879 August 14, 1966 Father is gone but not forgotten. Dickerson Roy C. June 7, 1910 June 16, 1990 Beloved father Weeks Eva Mae Fairley (Dickerson) March 18, 1920 April 11, 2000 Brown Barbara January 14, 1940 July 26, 1997 Mother 8************ Row************ Empty plot Empty plot Davis Rebecker 1873 1935 Empty Plot Empty plot Davis Sarah A. June 16, 1837 September 5, 1901 In God We Trust Davis Rebecca 1935 Our Mother, gone but not forgotten Davis Ellis July 19, 1900 September 3, 1900 Davis Lola February 23, 1903 April 11, 1903 Dickerson Walter J. September 26, 1901 September 7, 1903 Infant Unmarked Plot Empty Mickens Edner May 27, 1905 July 9, 1977 In Loving Memory Davis Watson August 24, 1895 January 31, 1986 Davis Ida Kemp March 28, 1906 July 17, 1978 Plot Empty Dickerson Clarence August 23, 1936 August 5, 2000 US Navy Dickerson Silas November 25, 1916 December 6, 1986 Sgt US Army WWII, star of David on the stone Dickerson Olive Gladys Irene Feb 1, 1922 Sep 9, 1997 Additional Comments: Information in parentheses has been added by transcriber. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/george/cemeteries/daviscem22gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 11.7 Kb