George County MsArchives Cemeteries.....O'Neal 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 January 5, 2008, 6:46 pm Abstracted By: Jimmy Trussell Travel north on Highway 57 out of Benndale, Mississippi, you will take the first left hand turn , this will be Deep Creek Road. Now you will go 2.5 miles and the O'Neal cemetery will be on your left. This is a private family cemetery and upkeep is provided by the family. The cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and there is a large American Flag display just inside the main gate. There is also a Mississippi Flag displayed on this flag pole. There are several other smaller American flags on the cemetery fence as well as on the cemetery sign out by the highway. Under the O'Neal cemetery sign is a plaque which reads, "Dedicated to the memory of Master Sgt. Sean M. Cooley, born Apr. 18th, 1969, killed in Iraq Feb. 3rd , 2005. Sean is one of those interred in this cemetery. Sean was a member of the 150th Combat Engineer Battalion from Lucedale, Mississippi. He was the 21st soldier with Mississippi ties killed in the war on terror and the 5th Mississippi National Guard Soldier to die in Iraq. Sean started his military carrer in the US Navy SeaBee's. Shortly after his death in Iraq I recieved several photos showing a newly named "Cooley Chapel" in Iraq as well as several pictures showing soldier's being baptized in front of this chapel. Sean gave the ultimate sacrifice for this and our many other freedoms. We will always remember him as well as all the others that have given "Their All". Jimmy Trussell walked this cemetery on the 5th of January 2008, and information was taken from headstone inscriptions. Thanks to the O'Neal family for permission to survey this cemetery. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooley Sean Michael 04-18-1969 02-03-2005 h/o Laura O'Neal Francis M 06-12-1911 04-08-2001 w/o Odis W. O'Neal O'Neal Odis W 07-08-1904 12-30-1985 h/o Francis O'Neal Maxine M 02-22-1932 03-13-1988 w/o Odis H. O'Neal O'Neal Odis Harold (Jr.) 02-16-1955 05-08-2005 h/o Pamela Diane File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/george/cemeteries/onealcem152gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb