Myers-Shumpert Cemetery, Itawamba, Mississippi http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/itawamba/cemeteries/myers-shumpert.txt =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Nancy Parker Fruge ================================================================================ August 2004 DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of Hwy 178 & 371 in Mooreville (Lee Co.), turn south on 371 and continue for 9 miles. Turn left (west) on the Pennington Lake Road. Before you pass the lake, turn left on the Jo Ritter Road. Cemetery is in the woods on the right side of the road. It is partially fenced with a wrought iron sign over the gate and is not maintained. This cemetery is located on the west side of the Tenn-Tom Waterway in western Itawamba County. The coordinates are SW 1/4, Section 7, Township 11, Range 8E. Rows are not marked and are recorded from left to right. Graves continue on into the woods. There are probably a lot more graves that have been lost over the years. Cemetery recorded on Oct. 21, 2003 by Mary Armstrong Parker O'Neal and Nancy Parker Fruge'. NOTE: Annotations in brackets [ ] by Mary Armstrong Parker O'Neal. Please advise of any corrections to (nfruge@bellsouth.net). "Row 1" 4 spaces GRIFFIN, Charity S.[Shumpert] 03 Apr 1866 - 16 Mar 1932 [d/o Bailey SHUMPERT & Adella Frances BURDINE; m. GRIFFIN] SHUMPERT, J.[Jessie] 29 Oct 1861 - 23 Aug 1889 [d/o Bailey SHUMPERT & Adella Frances BURDINE] SHUMPERT, D. G. [Daniel] 27 Dec 1867 - 17 Jul 1889 [s/o Bailey SHUMPERT & Adella Frances BURDINE] SHUMPERT, Adella F.[Frances Burdine] 03 Aug 1829 - 26 Aug 1918 [d/o Wesley BURDINE & Sarah STANDIFER; m. Bailey SHUMPERT] SHUMPERT, B.[Bailey](Mason) 11 Aug 1825 - 16 Sep 1880 [s/o George Adam SHUMPERT & Rhoda CONWILL; m. Adella Frances BURDINE] "Row 2" MYERS, Nancy E. (d/o J.G.S. & Mary) 15 Jun 1865 - 05 Aug 1903 MYERS, Mary J. [Finkley](w/o J.G.S.) 25 Feb 1840 - 17 Feb 1922 MYERS, J. G. S. [John Goodwin Swartz] 26 Dec 1834 - 25 Sep 1927 [s/o George MYERS & Luodicia CONWILL; m. Mary Jane FINKLEY] MYERS, Anna B. 28 Oct 1872 - 18 Mar 1950 MYERS, Joe P. 10 May 1870 - 17 Feb 1954 [s/o J.G.S. MYERS & Mary Jane FINKLEY; m. Anna B.] MYERS, Wesley 15 Oct 1877 - 06 Sep 1958 [s/o J.G.S. MYERS & Mary Jane FINKLEY] MYERS, Lela V. 14 Dec 1882 - 16 Sep 1970 [d/o J.G.S. MYERS & Mary Jane FINKLEY] MYERS, John E.[Elliott] 20 May 1875 - 26 May 1967 [s/o MYERS, Audrey D.[Dugger] 08 Jan 1885 - 18 Oct 1981 [d/o William DUGGER & Mary "Molly" CONWAY;m. John Elliott MYERS] 3 spaces SHUMPERT, Frederick 31 Aug 1850 - 11 Mar 1892 [s/o Henry SHUMPERT & Susan E. NICHOLS;m. Martha UPCHURCH] SHUMPERT, Maryetta 06 Feb 1873 - 30 Sep 1875 [d/o George F. SHUMPERT & Mary Elizabeth GOODWIN] GREEN, William E. (s/o J.C. & A.F.) 06 May 1854 - 29 May 1855 SHUMPERT, Susan E. [Nichols] (w/o Henry)01 Jan 1828 - 27 Apr 1902 [d/o Mark NICHOLS & Elizabeth LEWIS; m. Henry SHUMPERT] SHUMPERT, Henry 21 Sep 1813 - 22 Oct 1872 [s/o George Adam SHUMPERT & Rhoda CONWILL; m. Susan E. NICHOLS] "Row 3" SHUMPERT, Joel B. (s/o W.J. & F.E.) 19 Aug 1857 - 19 Nov 1879 SHUMPERT, Francis E.[Conwill](w/o Wm. J.)07 Feb 1840 - 12 May 1873 [d/o Daniel G. CONWILL & Elizabeth BEDENBAUGH;m. Wm. J. SHUMPERT] "Back in Woods" PARKINS, Phebe 25 Feb 1874 - 22 Dec 1860 THOMPSON, H. F. 28 Jul 1857 - 15 May 1862 SHUMPERT, Rhoda [Conwill] 06 Nov 1795 - 07 May 1872 [d/o Joseph CONWILL & Sophia GOODWIN; m. George Adam SHUMPERT] SHUMPERT, George [Adam] 01 Dec 1790 - 19 Mar 1853 [s/o John Peter SHUMPERT & Mary Elizabeth SHAFFER;m. Rhoda CONWILL] Broken marker (can't read) SHUMPERT, Mary M. (d/o B. & A.F.) 22 Nov 1853 - 10 Mar 1859 CONWILL, Timothy L. 15 Aug 1860 - 28 May 1939 RANKIN, M. E. 28 May 1849 - 26 Jul 1849 RANKIN, W. B. 12 Dec 1852 - 16 Jul 1856 CONWILL, Y. J. [Yates Jury] 16 Dec 1824 - 18 Aug 1860 [s/o Daniel G. CONWILL & Elizabeth BEDENBAUGH; m. Nancy ] CONWILL, Nancy 07 Mar 1826 - 13 Mar 1916 [m. Yates Jury CONWILL] CONWILL, Infant (s/o Y.J. & F. E.) 19 Aug 1882 - 19 Aug 1882