George County MsArchives Cemeteries.....Howell 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: Jimmy trussell carverofwood1260@wmconnect.com October 26, 2007, 2:51 pm Abstracted By: Jimmy trussell This is yet another Howell Cemetery located in George County, Mississippi. This one, however, is located in the Basin Community. Leaving Lucedale on Hwy 26 west you will go west until you see the Shady Grove Cemetery on your left, just after you pass this cemetery you will take the next left hand turn onto Old Hwy 26. Stay on this road for 1.3 miles and you will come to an intersection on your left with Howell Mill Road. Turn left onto this road and go .6 miles where you will see Howell Cemetery road on your right. Turn right and go .4 tenths of a mile and you will dead end at this cemetery. The cemetery belongs to the Howell family and is maintained by Delois Howell, the wife of Benny Howell who is the Great Great Grandson of G.M. Howell who's wife Elizabeth was the first person buried in this cemetery. Stanley Stringfellow another Great Great grandson helps occasionally with the maintenance. The cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and is in good condition. The cemetery was walked by Mr. Tommy Howell(another decendent of Mr. G.M. Howell), and Jimmy Trussell on the 26th of October, 2007, information being taken from existing headstones and concrete slab inscriptions. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howell Gary W 03-26-1952 02-17-2002 'Son' Howell G. Melvin 06-06-1920 02-20-1975 'Daddy' Howell Maggie Virginia 03-26-1952 02-02-1982 'Mama' Howell John Wesley 03-23-1893 05-10-1974 Smith Barry A 12-23-1969 12-23-1969 'Infant Grave' Bond Lola (Howell) 09-16-1887 03-26-1972 Bond W. M. (Marion) 12-30-1877 06-08-1937 Bond Rollie M 10-22-1923 05-24-2003 ABF2 US Navy , Korea Stringfellow Willie Calvin 04-22-1926 12-04-2004 Howell George C 10-30-1883 07-06-1954 Howell Rae Belle 1893 1941 Howell G. M. 08-04-1852 01-29-1936 Howell infant 1930 1930 inf. of Mr./Mrs. G.M. Howell Howell infant 03-22-1911 03-22-1911 inf. of Mr./Mrs. G.M. Howell Howell Eilzabeth 03-21-1851 07-21-1921 her first name on slab is spelled 'Elizath' Conner infant Jan. 1944 Jan. 1944 inf. of Mr./Mrs. J.F. 'Bud' Conner Conner infant June 1945 June 1945 inf. of Mr./Mrs. J,F, 'Bud' Conner File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/george/cemeteries/howellce109gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb