George County MsArchives Cemeteries.....Mt. Pleasant 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 December 22, 2007, 6:21 pm Abstracted By: Jimmy Trussell Leave Lucedale, Mississippi on Old Highway 63 South, you will come to the intersection with the highway 63 by-pass. Take a left hand turn onto the by-pass, you will go (South) 4.2 miles and there on your right will be Mt. Pleasant road. Take this right hand turn and now go 1.8 miles, the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist church and cemetery will be on your left. The cemetery is the property of this church, and upkeep is done by members and some relatives of persons buried here. The walk was done on the 21st of December 2007 by Jimmy Trussell. Information was taken from all legible temporary grave markers and headstone inscriptions. the were many unmarked graves in this cemetery.The oldest marked grave is dated 1952.We have several veterans and one Purple Heart recipient buried here.This cemetery should not be confused with the Old Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackston Hazel (Street) 08-27-1931 07-17-2002 'Mother' Blackston Charlie E 04-10-1929 02-12-1976 Blackstone Clarence 10-10-1906 01-04-1983 Pfc., US Army, (note spelling of last name) Blackston Minnie Lee 03-02-1934 02-16-2007 Tatum John L 07-16-1943 07-04-2006 'Sonny' Tatum John Louis (Sr.) 09-12-1912 05-31-1982 h/o Lillie Mae Tatum Lillie Mae 02-21-1922 08-21-2003 w/o John Louis Wilson Willie K 02-26-1914 08-18-2005 wilson Inez L 12-18-1914 08-21-1996 'Loving Wife' Lawrence Hattie H 04-17-1889 02-28-1982 'Mrs. Hattie' Lawrence Clinton H 12-05-1891 01-01-1979 Wilson James E 09-??-1885 02-26-1981 Wilson William W 1911 1988 Pvt., US Army Malone Phamie T 1916 1992 'Beloved Wife' Phillips Lorenzo 12-12-1949 05-11-2003 53 years old Montgomery Norris Matthew (Sr.) 08-23-1952 10-11-2004 'Beloved Husband and Father' Hill Elder James Willis (Sr.) 1944 1995 49 years old Williams Leslie W 05-22-1910 09-24-2006 96 years old Williams L C 02-17-1907 12-23-1996 Lawrence Jack C 10-07-1930 11-01-1994 Pfc., US Army, Korea Rogers Joseph B 07-01-1940 09-16-1983 Major Carolyn (Rogers) 08-05-1960 04-20-1997 SP4, US Army, 36 years old Rogers Quantaysen 12-10-1988 10-06-2001 'Taysen' Bryant Rev. Willis 01-06-1906 05-19-1982 'Psalm 23' Carter Robert L 1919 1981 Pvt., US Army, WW-2 Street Wesley E 10-05-1908 01-10-1997 Street Leroy 04-27-1911 12-31-2002 'Father' Street Mrs. Doris Ereatha 10-10-1929 10-12-2007 78 years old Chaney Erma Pearl 03-21-1933 11-02-2005 'Wife & Mother' Wells Elvoutis 08-26-1892 10-21-1971 Wells Emmitt 07-18-1888 12-24-1973 Dorsett Annie Bell 10-22-1906 10-19-1990 83 years old Dorsett Ira 01-02-1909 09-01-1995 Powell Henderson 06-18-1897 04-17-1985 Pvt., US Army, WW-1 Powell Emme 05-04-1883 03-15-1967 Lawrence Lorenzo 1912 1999 Taylor Estella K 1929 1992 Fairley Cainaan Micheal LeKeith 09-28-2005 01-15-2006 3 months old Williams Mamie 1932 2004 Smith Matthis 12-09-1992 03-05-1995 'Tynekowa T'Angel' Lawrence Lemoyne K 06-27-1981 03-05-1995 Grayson Cynthia 09-23-1960 04-08-1973 Lawrence Mary (McNeil) 04-22-1881 08-09-1953 'Mother' Beard David Lee 10-20-1927 03-15-1953 Pfc. Co. 'L' 17th Inf., 7th Inf., Korea, PURPLE HEART MEDAL Blackston Joseph 05-28-1934 02-10-1952 Grant Mary Ann (Lawrence) 12-08-1862 01-11-1954 Zimmerman Mary (Grant) 01-01-1884 10-09-1952 Blackston Daniel 01-19-1927 03-14-1954 McDuffy Cammie 09-05-1881 06-05-1965 'Sister' Lawrence Prentiss Marcus 04-05-1878 11-09-1958 Lawrence David R 1961 1993 Lawrence Edward Boyd 04-18-1890 03-22-1988 Lawrence Ruth (Phillips) 07-05-1897 01-13-1962 Lawrence Georgia E 11-12-1902 06-14-1964 'Mother' Williams Victoria (Grant) 09-21-1893 02-02-1967 Williams Edd 03-04-1890 10-31-1963 Pfc., Co. 'H', 816th Pioneer Inf., WW-1 Grant Gertrude 07-23-1903 02-11-1998 94 years old Grant Silas 02-16-1897 10-12-1969 Pvt. Wagon Co., QMC, WW-1 Thomas Roberta (Zimmerman) 02-07-1909 10-07-1970 Street Willie 07-13-1909 05-16-1963 Cpl., 3543rd Base Unit, AAF, WW-2 Lawrence Robert E 09-07-1910 08-25-1968 Sgt., US Army, WW-2 Brown Elizabeth L 03-14-1899 02-25-1971 Evans Tyrone Franswau 1952 1975 Pvt., US Army Evans Ophelia (Lawrence) 02-17-1906 09-02-1998 Laurence Leslie 01-07-1914 06-14-1999 (note spelling of last name) Laurence Edith B 02-13-1920 04-02-1999 (note spellinf of last name) Lawrence Booker T 1916 1986 US Army, Korea Benjamin Loch 01-15-1890 02-02-1969 Pvt., 437th Res. Labor Bn., QMC Lawrence Mary Lee 02-22-1903 01-06-1991 Grant Wade Hampton 1889 1978 Pvt., US Army, WW-1 Foster Charity L 07-25-1919 02-18-1998 Psalms 23 Street Mary E 09-12-1889 01-29-1979 Psalm 23 Fairley Julia A 09-13-1885 03-16-1989 Henry Pearlie Rosa 04-09-1898 04-29-2000 Grant Charles Lindsay 09-17-1902 06-16-2002 US Army, 'Professor' Lawrence Jimmy S 07-31-1940 05-08-1994 Lawrence Luella 05-23-1943 10-27-1987 Lawrence Louis 05-08-1902 02-17-1969 Lawrence Princess 08-26-1904 07-13-1994 Holmes Jack Johnson 08-11-1932 10-27-1995 Holmes Annie Mae 04-29-1935 04-18-1998 'Sis' Fairley William Chester 12-22-1924 02-22-1997 Bilbo Grover 10-01-1913 04-06-2003 Bilbo Gertrude (Fairley) 01-14-1930 08-25-2006 Lawrence E V (Jr.) 08-04-1968 10-04-1990 'Chuckie' Lawrence Edd Vise 1929 1998 68 years old Fairley Alton B. (Jr.) 1992 1992 'Baby Boy' Bilbo Annie 11-04-1890 06-12-1968 Lawrence Laura V 12-11-1911 11-21-1975 Lawrence Ollie 03-03-1900 07-26-1998 Epps Juanita (Lawrence) 03-16-1940 10-31-1979 Lawrence Wiley R 02-03-1933 10-29-1980 Fairley Lonnie Wayne 08-06-1959 05-07-2003 Fairley Francine 07-30-1962 08-24-2002 40 years old Fairley Laura unknown unknown Fairley Robert (Sr.) 1920 1984 Pfc., US Army, WW-2 Fairley Eliza (Nix) 07-28-1920 01-04-2006 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/george/cemeteries/mtpleasa135gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 9.2 Kb