NEW HOPE ARMSTRONG CEMETERY USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. For name searches of this file, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. This is an African American cemetery located on Old Yorkville Road, approximately 3 miles from U.S. Highway 69. The cemetery is on a hillside and many of the graves have collapsed and are in bad need of repair. At least 56 graves are located in the cemetery without stones of any kind marking the interments. Another four stones bear no visible markings. There are three World War I veterans, five World War II veterans, one Korean War Veteran, one Vietnam War veteran ,and two veterans who served in inter-war years buried in this cemetery. Surveyed by Russell D. James and Mike Lowery on 22 October 2003. Hattie Norman Jul 30, 1923 – Dec 11, 1987 Ezell Norman May 13, 1922 – Aug 3, 2002 Johnnie Leech Jan 25, 1900 – Mar 21, 1987 Tom Frank Billups Mar 2, 1915 – Aug 29, 1985 Clarence Holmes Sr. Apr 13, 1913 – Feb 13, 1985 Inez Hatcher Apr 10, 1871 – Dec 22, 1989 Robert J. Gregory 1933 – 1987 Charlie Gregory Sep 1, 1900 – Oct 22, 1990 Lucille Gregory Dec 15, 1912 – Sep 19, 1991 Rev Milton Gregory Apr 1, 1915 – Mar 22, 1989 Melinda Owens Jan 1, 1908 – Mar 14, 1995 Anderson Gregory Mar 10, 1911 – Oct 19, 1983 William Hatcher Mar 8, 1887 – Aug 31, 1971 Will Davis Dec 29, 1909 – Jan 17, 1969 Willie Owens Jul 12, 1936 – May 10, 1996 John Leech Mar 14, 1917 – Mar 21, 1977 Arthur Leech Jr. Jan 29, 1922 – Nov 7, 1983 Louise Billups Ball Dec 6, 1949 – May 29, 1980 Eddie Leech PFC US Army World War II 1919 – 1979 French Jones Jr. Jan 2, 1942 – Nov 10, 1988 Theodoric Moorehead Nov 5, 1934 – Jun 5, 1977 Walter Moorehead Dec 21, 1916 – Feb 4, 1978 Bessie K. Moorehead Aug 27, 1911 – Jan 15, 1978 Arthur Leech Aug 30, 1882 – Mar 18, 1982 Agatha Leech Aug 10, 1892 – Feb 23, 1970 Charlie Leech Aug 4, 1886 – Jul 16, 1972 Fannie May Leech Sep 17, 1902 – Mar 2, 1984 Pearl Moore 1884 – 1964 Johnny Fanks Jul 11, 1910 – Apr 4, 1979 Alsie Matthews Jul 14, 1914 – Aug 27, 1978 Rev. Lorenzo Davis Oct 15, 1878 – May 6, 1963 Walter Nance Sr. Mar 12, 1887 – Sep 4, 1967 Agnes T. Nance Sep 2, 1894 – Jun 1, 1965 Flora B. Smith Jun 17, 1907 – Nov 22, 1970 Vony Lee Warren Apr 4, 1914 – Jan 17, 1982 Ellis Windham Jr. 1906 – 1963 Billy Louis Alexander PV1 US Army Sep 6, 1954 – Mar 23, 1995 Early Heavie Lewis US Army World War I Apr 15, 1895 – Jan 13, 1996 Cassie Lewis Apr 3, 1906 – May 9, 1985 Fred E. Stewart Sr. Sep 5, 1912 – Aug 12, 1987 Ann S. Hughes Feb 14, 1943 – Apr 2, 1990 Roosevelt Stewart U.S. Air Force Dec 28, 1940 – Apr 24, 2002 Edward Hargrove 1945 – 2003 Melissie Mitchell Feb 4, 1906 – Jul 24, 1990 Patricia Ann Mitchell Dec 11, 1967 – Sep 14, 1975 Willie R. Hargrove SP4 US Army Vietnam Jul 30, 1947 – Jul 14, 1992 Debra Ann Hargrove Oct 15, 1954 – Nov 24, 1998 Annie M. Mitchell Mar 11, 1914 – Oct 22, 1995 Henry L. Mitchell Jr. Jan 21, 1973 – Feb 1, 1975 Julie Mae Thomas Ferguson Jul 10, 1905 – Sep 19, 1977 Robert Hargrove May 7, 1914 – Sep 6, 1970 Henry Mitchell Sr. Sep 29, 1885 – May 30, 1958 Henry Mitchell Jr. May 18, 1910 – Jan 24, 1972 Rosie Mitchell Oct 12, 1881 – Sep 19, 1977 Robert W. Mitchell Mississippi Co C 809 Pioneer Inf World War I no dates Donnie Fulton 1886 – 1963 Rome Fulton Aug 17, 1884 – Apr 3, 1967 Mary Inez Ussery Feb 10, 1931 – May 30, 1979 Tom Lacy 1883 – 1951 Flora Stephenson Jul 21, 1897 – Aug 24, 1961 Savilla Cobb Jun 30, 1906 – Jul 22, 1950 Charlie Cobb 1909 – 1963 Hattie Hughes Moorehead Apr 4, 1874 – Jun 30, 1954 Maggie Lou Hinton 1907 – 1953 Jesse Shirley Sep 20, 1883 – Mar 30, 1957 Gertrude Lech Nov 11, 1911 – Jul 29, 1955 Atres Stewart Mississippi PFC 662 Ord Ammo Co World War II Aug 2, 1916 – May 10, 1960 Will Stewart Dec 25, 1878 - Apr 4, 1953 Samuel Vaughn Oct 14, 1897 – Jan 19, 1950 Nathanial Mitchell Sep 6, 1929 – Aug 7, 1948 Earl Nance Oct 12, 1907 – Apr 25, 1948 A. D. Lane died Dec 10, 1939 Isabelle Mitchell 1905 – 1928 Carnell Williams Aug 2, 1931 – Aug 6, 2003 Irene Nance 1886 – 1938 Eliza Windham May 4, 1908 – Oct 30, 1998 Jesse Davis Sgt US Army World War II Nov 23, 1915 – Jul 7, 1977 Grant Davis US Marine Corps Sep 17, 1924 – Aug 2, 1991 Edna Davis Nov 28, 1911 – Apr 24, 1984 Lucille Davis Stokes May 29, 1919 – Jul 2, 2000 Carl White Sep 7, 1957 – Mar 20, 1994 James F. Hudson Pvt US Army World War II Apr 19, 1922 – Jun 14, 1994 Willie Mae Lane Dec 25, 1910 – Jun 29, 1999 Felix M. Lane Feb 6, 1895 – Apr 29, 1997 Rev. Walter Gregory Mar 6, 1906 – May 3, 1999 Leola Nancy Lane Stephenson Oct 29, 1909 – Oct 15, 2002 Nathan Cobb Jun 4, 1904 – May 25, 1998 Pearlie Mae Moody Oct 30, 1921 – Feb 14, 2002 Samuel D. Ellis Nov 28, 1970 – Jun 14, 1995 Clara Louise People Coleman died Jul 8, 2001 Age 71 Sam Jones Jul 3, 1907 – Jul 30, 1997 Blanche N. Mitchell Nov 22, 1905 – Dec 16, 1996 Enoch Mitchell Apr 12, 1908 – Nov 30, 1975 William Beneet Hall Jun 1, 1943 – Mar 21, 1973 Will Sturdivant Jan 14, 1877 – Feb 10, 1963 Mach L. Henry Mississippi Pfc Btry C 64 AA AW BN Korea Mar 15, 1931 – Sep 15, 1957 Clemon Sturdivant 1880 – 1957 Will Ellis Sturdivant Aug 23, 1940 – Sep 24, 1984 Travis R. Sturdivant Jan 20, 1909 – Apr 10, 1983 Mayolla Billups Sturdivant Feb 20, 1912 – Mar 15, 1988 Howard S. Holt S Sgt US Air Force May 26, 1943 – Nov 8, 1973 Christine Sturdivant Bennett Nov 16, 1942 – Jul 27, 1990 Adell J. Sturdivant Jul 30, 1922 – Nov 15, 1991 Tommy James Sturdivant Nov 16, 1934 – Jul 3, 2001 Emma Mae Jones Jun 27, 1959 – Jan 12, 1984 Ira Jones Jr. May 9, 1933 – Dec 20, 1982 Mary Jane Hosea Sep 24, 1915 – Feb 10, 1976 Henry H. Lawrence Cpl US Army World War II Apr 12, 1920 – Jan 5, 1976 Walter Jones Sep 4, 1875 – Jul 29, 1963 Mollie Betts Aug 1, 1916 – Aug 2, 1990 John H. Jones 1901 – 1972 Ella Jones 1886 – 1938 May Ella Gardner birth in the 1860s died Nov 5, 1936 Frank Harrison Dec 26, 1854 – Dec 26, 1919 Victria Young Mar 20, 1873 – Nov 27, 1937 Alabama Moorehead died Feb 28, 1911 Buster infant son of B. & G. Henry Nov 27, 1909 – May 7, 1910 Claude Moorehead Mar 14, 1880 – Jan 31, 1945 Martha Mitchell 1848 – Apr 1, 1912 Virgie Richardson May 24, 1883 – Oct 5, 1910 Rev. W. R. Mitchell Aug 22, 1866 – feb 25, 1925 Eddie Mitchell Oct 1900 – Jun 23, 1944 Mary Etta Mitchell Oct 5, 1871 – Oct 15, 1945 George Muller Jan 17, 1870 – Jul 17, 1912 ??? Muller Apr 14, 188? – Nov 6, 1918