FLORA CEMETERY, Madison County, Mississippi USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing Free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was compiled and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Wellington *************************************************************************** Location: This cementery is on the east side of Hwy 49 in Flora, MS . Description: It is a large clean and well kept cemetery with dates ranging from 1816 - present. For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** Surname First/Middle/ Date of Birth Date of Death Alt. Birth Notes Maiden Death Data Abernathy Horace September 1, 1974 US Army. Abernathy Thirza Marble No death date Alexander Mamie Puffer 1881 - 1955 Alexander William Elmer 1879 - 1929 Alexander William Elmer Jan 10, 1916 May 14, 1949 Mississippi Sgt. 100 A.A.F. Bomb Sq. World War II. Allard Charlotte Nov 2, 1953 October 16, 1966 Allard Ray Rowland July 17, 1963 July 18, 1963 Anderson Elise Greaves August 6, 1959 Anderson Elise Greaves August 30, 1944 July 30, 1965 Anderson John Robinson July 31, 1924 Anderson John Robinson April 9, 1909 June 15, 1952 Anderson Nancy 1880 - 1963 Anderson Robert Decatur, Jr. Oct 13, 1947 Oct 14, 1947 Anderson Willie Rebecca Hart March 6, 1911 No death date Anding Claude Ellis February 12, 1964 Anding Claude Ellis Jr. Feb 4, 1908 December 16, 1951 Anding Harold Bell August 27, 1915 October 12, 1937 Anding Lucile Bell July 3, 1939 Andrews Mary L. Andrews Robert E. Axton Minta T. January 11, 1966 Bardin Eunice Cates February 1, 1939 Bardin Thurman Edgar January 31, 1939 Barnes Albert Jan 27, 1900 August 28, 1955 Mississippi Pvt 1Cl US Army World War I Barnes Albert P.,Jr. Jan 21, 1928 September 15, 1950 Mississippi Cpl 1 Marine Div World War II. Bartlett Robert J. Jan 2, 1917 April 26, 1973 Oklahoma / Capt. US Army / World War II. Bates Thomas Jackson May 29, 1960 Mississippi Cpl Co. G 327 Inf. 82 Div. World War I. Baumann Agnes Richter March 9, 1936 March 12, 1970 Beaty C. E. November 6, 1907 Age 48 yrs 4 mos 15 das. / W.O.W. Beaty Irene G. January 19, 1924 Beauchamp Ethel May Rice February 18, 1908 Wife of B. F. Beauchamp. Black Delia Smith February 24, 1955 Black John Franklin March 9, 1959 Blann Sarah Jane June 8, 1924 Blann Thomas Jefferson September 10, 1908 Bowering Bessie McInnis April 5, 1922 No death date Bowering Emma Lewis Sep 13, 1913 No death date Bowering Maurice Joseph July 16, 1922 July 15, 1974 Bowering Walter Kearney Oct 14, 1909 October 25, 1967 Bowman Belton Ray Oct 5, 1909 May 15, 1972 Bowman Madeline Ward Sep 12, 1913 No death date Bradley Annie L. 1881 - 1955 Bradley Irene Stephenson February 12, 1931 Bradley William H. 1877 - 1946 Bradshaw Hillard P June 16, 1964 Bradshaw Pearl A. No death date Bradston Claude W. Dec 18, 1908 July 20, 1958 Lt. Co. 103 O A C World War II. Brecheen Mari Lane October 4, 1955 October 11, 1955 Dau. of William and Miriam Brecheen. Buchanan Inez Sept 26, 1903 February 13, 1963 Buchanan L. Brandon July 21, 1966 Burgess Flossie Mae March 14, 1905 February 15, 1967 Campbell Anne 1902 - 1975 Campbell Charles J. May 9, 1941 Mississippi Sgt 137 Field Arty. 38 Div. Campbell John A. March 3, 1902 December 15, 1946 Mississippi S2C US Navy World War I. Campbell Leila C. February 1, 1912 July 2, 1953 Capps A. A. September 12, 1946 Capps May Ross November 5, 1931 Wife of A. A. Capps. Chapman Ida Weser October 27, 1960 Wife of L. D. Chapman. Chapman Leon D. May 26, 1965 Chenault Roy A. Feb 2, 1931 January 7, 1973 Childress Dudley H. April 15, 1906 May 24, 1966 Childress Jeffrey Stephen May 28, 1963 May 30, 1963 Childress John Robinson April 26, 1934 Mississippi App. Seaman U.S.N.R. Childress L. Leslie February 25, 1901 April 6, 1973 Childress Leila R. 1874 - 1944 Clay Joseph M. Dec 4, 1916 August 25, 1957 Mississippi Pvt Quartermaste Corps World War II. Clore Edward M. Dec 29, 1907 January 7, 1975 Clore Frances H. Sep 19, 1906 February 27, 1976 Coker Cora Bardin August 2, 1951 Coker M. C. April 25, 1942 Collum Catherine F. 1851 - 1936 Collum Elbert 1837 - 1928 Collum Marvin Earl Collum Otey Elma 1874 - 1949 W.O.W. Collum Verdie Irene November 14, 1967 Collum Verdie McClellan 1874 - 1947 Cook Ann B. 1922 - 1969 Cook W. Owen 1919 -No death date Cooper Constance Marie Nov 30, 1964 November 30, 1964 Costello Jean Derrick Sep 14, 1936 June 16, 1972 Covington Harvey H., Jr. Nov 2, 1914 December 23, 1971 Georgia Sgt. Army Air Forces World War II. Cox Ernest Hampton July 5, 1906 October 22, 1974 Cox Imogene Hammack 1879 - 1951 Cox William Alexander 1875 - 1942 Crabb Sallie Shepherd 1856 -1887 Crawford Alice James Oct 18, 1993 No death date Crawford Emmette S. December 21, 1947 Crawford Hugh Rogers Nov 3, 1934 July 26, 1941 Crisler Adah Smith March 18, 1931 Wife of S. J. Crisler, mother of Dr. J. A. Crisler, Dr. R.B. Chrisler, Dr. Hulius Chrisler, Dr. B.C. Chrisler, Tin Chrisler, Lelia Chrisler Campbell. Crisler Benjamin Carl, MD 1881 -1939 Crisler Elizabeth Jinkins Sep 26, 1909 November 22, 1968 Crisler Flora B. Simpson --No dates given-- Crisler Isabel Bratton May 13, 1933 Daughter of Gen. John Bratton & Elizabeth Dubose of S. C., Sister of Bishop Bratton of Miss., Wife of Dr. Julius Crisler. Crisler Julius September 13, 1935 Beloved physician, Surgeon, Philanthropist, and Christian gentleman. Crisler Margaret Elaine March 4, 1901 January 1, 1903 Daughter of B.B. & F.B. Chrisler. Crisler Pauline Cannon 1886 - 1954 Crisler Robert B. 1915 - 1975 Note: Funeral marker. Crisler Robert Blanton, MD 1874 - 1930 Crisler Simeon Joseph Crisler Simeon Joseph March 13, 1907 June 26, 1972 Crisler Tom Crisler William Simpson 1912 - 1912 Note: Funeral marker. Davis Cora Briggs Hammack July 19, 1932 Wife of F. E. Davis Davis Edna June 1, 1906 No death date Davis Elton Sep 30, 1905 August 31, 1954 Davis Francis E. 1883 - 1953 Note: Masonic emblem. Davis Jesse Duke Dec 11, 1900 March 30, 1960 Defore Adlaide Yancy March 2, 1931 Defore Clarence Allen 1885 - 1965 Dodds Amos Ray December 16, 1973 Dodds Gertrude Stafford Dec 4, 1901 No death date Echols Annie P. February 18, 1956 Echols Lois Traxler July 18, 1903 April 14, 1965 Echols Maude A. April 22, 1900 No death date Echols Samuel K. November 22, 1952 Echols Webb Melvin June 12, 1901 October 7, 1954 Echols Wilma Lee Harper April 7, 1905 March 20, 1974 Edwards Charles F. April 12, 1919 December 7, 1965 Edwards Charles M. 1969 - 1973 Note: Funeral Marker. Edwards Mildred August 11, 1925 No death date Elkin Thomas Lee (Snokie) Aug 14, 1913 May 9, 1970 Elkins Mary Ella August 30, 1941 Elkins Richard Wilson October 27, 1946 Estes Avis Sowers Feb 7, 1921 January 21, 1970 Farr Bessie Wiles March 28, 1960 Farr Thomas Livingston July 22, 1953 Floyd Colon N. August 5, 1922 February 3, 1926 Son of Mr. & Mrs. C. N. Floyd. Fore Daniel March 24, 1952 Fore George Dec 2, 1915 February 8, 1928 Fore John Robinson March 10, 1912 August 18, 1972 Fore Ollie G. February 14, 1920 Foster Nancy Scott November 29, 1965 Gardner Mary E. 1890 - 1974 Note: Funeral marker. Garrard Jewel Kirk October 6, 1927 May 4, 1966 Germany Clyde Lewis August 23, 1970 Germany George Terrell July 3, 1967 Germany Grover T. October 16, 1905 d. Feb 29, 1973 Germany Lonia Mae Hall 1910 - 1960 Germany Theresa Faye March 22, 1961 March 22, 1961 Infant daughter of Clyde & Fay Germany. Giardina Charles P. April 27, 1961 Giardina Vincent November 12, 1918 Goodloe Anna T. Wife of John H. Goodloe. Goodloe Beulah Anding November 28, 1965 Goodloe Frank M. November 5, 1921 Goodloe Garret Henry 1866 - 1913 Goodloe Henry Garrett Dec 7, 1920 November 19, 1948 Lt. U.S.N. / Lost at Sea. Goodloe John H. April 16, 1927 Goodloe Laura Rutland d. 1941 Graves Lizzie B. November 13, 1938 Greaves Clarence B. August 6, 1940 Gregory Elmer S. March 8, 1963 Cal. 2 Lt. ICO 164 Depot Brigade World War I. Gregory Myrtis E. April 9, 1967 Grisham Minnie C. F. Grisham Thomas L. September 12, 1936 Haley Chaplain P. E., Jr. June 21, 1907 Nov 26, 1943 Killed in Wold War II. Note: Initial P.E. is for Percy Edward. Haley John B. June 23, 1910 May 9, 1967 Haley Percy Edward April 27, 1948 Hall Lela Dearman December 15, 1951 Hammack C. A. Nov 11, 1906 September 15, 1963 Hammack Eva McDowell February 12, 1946 Hammack F. Tabor, Jr. July 15, 1931 July 8, 1953 Hammack Frederick Tabor April 8, 1905 November 12, 1955 Hammack Fredrick W. November 18, 1914 Hammack Louise Lane April 1, 1905 August 8, 1959 Hammack Maude L. March 3, 1960 Hammack Wilbourne Eugene February 7, 1952 Hardy James Henry April 21, 1913 August 28, 1970 Hardy Marvin Frank March 4, 1926 July 27, 1957 Mississippi Sgt USAF World War II Korea. Hardy Vergie Mae May 19, 1960 Harper David Lewis August 7, 1907 November 29, 1971 Harper Jo Elkin Feb 18, 1908 No death date Harper John Lewis Oct 23, 1929 February 23, 1970 Harrie Maude Alexander August 19, 1900 Harris Infant August 21, 1958 August 22, 1958 Son of Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Harris III Harris Thomas Leslie Oct 27, 1960 January 17, 1961 Son of Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Harris III Harris William Thomas July 20, 1942 Harris William Taylor January 7, 1903 Harris William Taylor II March 25, 1925 April 3, 1925 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Harris. Harris Willie Taylor December 27, 1964 Harrison Cornelia Green January 6, 1974 Hawkins Douglas Casper April 10, 1912 June 27, 1975 Hawkins Josie L. 1870 - 1939 Hawkins Lillie C. Finch September 30, 1954 Hawkins Robert Casper October 24, 1943 Hawkins Rosa A. 1872 - 1964 Hawkins Sara Rowland March 18, 1922 Wife of Dr. R.E. Hawkins. Herron Lynn J. April 8, 1968 Herron Mabel N. No death date Holloway Edna C 1879 - 1951 Holloway Ernest A. 1879 - 1947 Holloway Garrett G. November 30, 1915 December 12, 1932 Hopson Bernice Creel December 27, 1927 November 7, 1968 Hopson Hettie Whitehead May 2, 1901 May 29, 1974 Hopson James Alvin June 8, 1925 November 16, 1967 Mississippi BKR2 U S N R World War II. Hopson Roy Edgar May 25, 1956 Horn Johnie W. November 7, 1906 February 19, 1971 Houston James Gregory July 16, 1971 July 17, 1971 Jackson Ada Collum February 13, 1918 Wife of R.L. Jackson. Jackson Collum Son of R.L. & A.C. Jackson. Jackson Rufus Marvin Sep 17, 1903 August 27, 1904 Son of R.L. & A.C. Jackson. James Abie Stegall January 6, 1970 James Edward Wilson March 14, 1918 March 18, 1964 Johnson Frances E. Hill Sep 25, 1924 August 18, 1972 Johnson George Edward August 16, 1923 No death date Johnstone Robert Nathaniel August 10, 1924 Jones Aslyce Hutchins Feb 14, 1927 January 4, 1971 Jones Captain William B. April 8, 1925 Jones Flora Mann November 12, 1917 Wife of W. B. Jones. Jones Hal J. December 8, 1929 Jones Hal Trotter Nov 8, 1907 November 17, 1952 Jones James Madison b. 1816 Jones Mamie Elizabeth April 18, 1915 Wife of James Madison Jones. Jones Olive Trotter October 13, 1957 Laird J. P. (Jack),Jr. 1929 - 1944 Laird John Perry Dec 10, 1903 November 27, 1963 Lancaster Joseph E. September 22, 1962 Lancaster Lela B. October 19, 1970 Lancaster Sammie West February 7, 1972 Lancaster Vergie Webster Note: Funeral marker at grave site Lane Almus Hervey April 22, 1964 Lane Edna Chapman March 23, 1942 Wife of Coleman Lane. Lane Elias Coleman April 5, 1945 Lane Elias Coleman Jr. Feb 3, 1919 July 4, 1963 Lane Elizabeth Catherine June 6, 1959 December 16, 1962 Lane Ettie Smith February 2, 1963 Lane Joseph A. May 26, 1933 Mississippi Sgt. 155 Inf. 39 Div. Lane Joseph Elbert June 6, 1949 Lane Julius Coleman Nov 5, 1901 February 11, 1924 Lane Marvan Forest Sep 22, 1900 October 27, 1946 Mississippi HA 1C U S Navy World War I. Lewis James Newton August 11, 1956 Note: Masonic emblem. Lewis Mary Stone April 6, 1976 Lewis Sarah Hawkins Dec 17, 1906 May 7, 1951 Liles Bertha Hopson January 25, 1948 Liles Charles Stewart December 29, 1970 Liles Donie Hopson January 23, 1968 Liles Stites E. March 22, 1954 Linn William C. November 20, 1922 b. in Pa. Lipscomb George P. 1892 - 1944 Lorance Archie E. 1883 - 1963 Lorance Clarence W. Oct 19, 1904 November 27, 1955 Lorance Claude Waverly October 24, 1937 Lorance John R. January 20, 1959 Lorance Joseph W. March 7, 1943 Mississippi Cpl. 155 Inf. 39 Div. Lorance Lucile R. August 13, 1973 Lorance Minnie Hammack September 16, 1952 Martin Eugenia J. Sep 28, 1910 September 14, 1971 Martin Lula A. January 18, 1948 Wife of W. E. Martin. Martin Marvin L. March 30, 1911 No death date Martin William E. April 25, 1934 Mashburn Olive Puffer April 6, 1938 McClellan Erma Collum Beck 1885 - 1967 McClellan Samuel Franklin 1877 - 1918 McDowell Anna April 12, 1908 Daughter of J.T. and C.L. McDowell (Sister) McDowell Betty Jo Backstrom Aug 6, 1922 May 26, 1954 Wife of J.D. McDowell. McDowell Catherine Louise T. April 11, 1924 Wife of John T. McDowell. Note: The inital T represents Tabor McDowell Eula May 6, 1937 McDowell J. H. McDowell La Grand V. April 17, 1956 McDowell Lydia May 26, 1964 McDowell Mamie Mann August 31, 1959 McDowell Myrtle Tennis McDowell Tabor Andrews October 20, 1929 McDowell Tennessee Whitehead McGowen Annie Bell February 11, 1946 McGowen Chester B. November 26, 1961 McGowen Daisy November 8, 1940 McKay Samuel Price August 3, 1960 McKay Willie Ray April 26, 1964 Michael Banahan November 20, 1962 Infant son of M.F. & Hart A. Michael. Mullins Frances Kathleen June 28, 1930 No death date Mullins Homer Jan 12, 1924 August 17, 1972 Murphy Ellen August 16, 1934 Murphy Gertrude Crabb 1879 - 1946 Murphy Helen Dec 21, 1903 March 4, 1904 Daughter of L.T. & G.C. Murphy. Murphy John T. August 5, 1907 June 11, 1969 Murphy Luke Thomas 1868 - 1945 Murphy Maggie 1861 - 1932 Noblin Bonnie Lynne August 10, 1920 No death date Noblin Robert Holmes Feb 20, 1904 December 6, 1966 Odom Nola Echols April 2, 1962 Odom William T. March 7, 1971 Oliver Halbert Puffer Dec 27, 1904 April 1, 1934 O'Neal Bettie L. December 13, 1940 Wife of J. W. O'Neal. O'Neal Ethel H. d. Aug 1966 O'Neal H. W. December 9, 1903 O'Neal J. W. January 14, 1926 Penn Carrie Nora Beauchamp December 30, 1970 Penn Thomas Gordon Sr. December 28, 1971 Peterson Harry H. 1912 - 1976 Note: Funeral Marker. Phillips Benjamin West November 6, 1959 Phillips Susie Alice May 27, 1953 Pittman John Robert January 9, 1922 September 9, 1969 Pride Mary F. Pride William G. Rasberry Green David June 8, 1949 Rasberry Tillman T. June 1, 1961 Rasberry Willie Ray 1923 - 1972 Note: Funeral marker. Rice A. P. October 23, 1929 Rice Eugene August 18, 1933 Rice Ida Lee July 31, 1972 Rice Octavia C. September 23, 1949 Richardson Clara 1882 - 1937 Richardson J. W. 1880 - 1930 Richardson Margaret C. Davis January 27, 1957 Richardson William Edgar July 19, 1956 Riley John B. May 27, 1912 December 4, 1972 Riley Kathleen Bardin Sep 13, 1911 December 5, 1970 Rivers Ans McLaurin Son of J.R. & S.E. Rivers. Rivers J. R. December 5, 1907 Note: Masonic emblem. Rivers J. T. Son of J.R. & S.E. Rivers. Rivers Oswald Richard Son of J.R. & S.E. Rivers. Robinson John Lowe November 18, 1958 Robinson Joseph E. Wiles October 3, 1963 Ross Corinne B. Robertson August 14, 1940 Wife of W. Lee Ross. Ross Donnie B. January 22, 1938 Ross Dr. J. Birdsong December 16, 1958 Ross J. C., Capt. September 11, 1918 Ross William Lee October 11, 1964 Rowland Creed W. 1883 - 1960 Husband of Verdie Dixon. Rowland John Feb 1887-Jan1900 Rowland Joseph Augustus April 16, 1950 Rowland Marie Daughter of R.W. & S.L. Rowland. Rowland Robert W., Dr. March 17, 1923 Rowland Sarah Lowe Robinson December 16, 1951 Wife of Dr. Robert W. Rowland. Rowland Thomas May 1893-Jan 1918 Rowland Verdie Dixon October 2, 1940 Wife of C.W. Rowland. Ruffner Joseph Albert December 4, 1957 Ruffner Margaret Scott October 1, 1959 Scott Paul Leon January 30, 1961 Shannon Charles Wesley 1935 Infant son of C.W. & D.M. Shannon. Shepard Ella Feb 1, 1920 b. Dec 1865 Supreme Forest Woodsman Circle W.O.W. Shepard James 1862 - 1918 Shows Ann Bradshaw 1922 - 1948 Wife of Otho Shows. Shows Otho --No Date given-- Sigrest Ernest A., M.D. March 14, 1961 Sigrest Ernest A.,Jr. October 31, 1910 March 25, 1965 Sigrist Elizabeth Manning February 23, 1928 Sigrist Florence Alliene C. November 12, 1918 Wife of Dr. Ernest A. Sigrest. Note: The initial c: is for Cason. Sigrist Jasper G. December 8, 1916 Simmons Edward T. April 25, 1949 Simmons Katie Leila Collum June 30, 1959 Simmons Louis Franklin September 2, 1949 Simmons Tee Collum October 22, 1909 Wife of E. T. Simmons. Simpson Adeline Cannon Nov 27, 1956 b. Dec 8, ---- Simpson Florence L. January 9, 1907 Simpson Mary Evelyn Feb 4, 1907 December 14, 1932 Simpson Mattie J. Mann December 15, 1927 Simpson Percy Forest March 5, 1961 Smith Guy Edgar December 11, 1938 Smith Ida Dunn September 28, 1936 Smith Mary White December 23, 1964 Smith Oscar Orville May 31, 1944 Mississippi Pvt 1 Cl. US Army. Stephenson Clifton Lamar 1896 - 1960 Stephenson Paul Houston September 15, 1951 Stubbs Willie Luther August 7, 1910 July 15, 1944 Mississippi Pvt 8 Inf. World War I. Tanner Maye Nov 2, 1902 June 22, 1953 Tanner Ocie C. September 15, 1975 Aged 72 yrs 11 mos 6 das Note: Funeral marker. Terrell William Thomas March 13, 1922 Thompson Baby Girl March 1, 1962 Thompson Elijah Jefferson, Sr 1886 - 1940 Thompson Rubye Clinton 1891 - 1970 Triplett James Richard June 20, 1907 January 17, 1968 Triplett Kirk William, Jr. 1930 - 1932 Triplett Lewis Neville June 20, 1941 Triplett Nancy Laverene June 26, 1958 Infant dau. of James & Laverene Triplett. Triplett Rebecca C. Hall March 14, 1958 Tucker Elmer Leroy Dec 21, 1951 November 20, 1971 Varnell Frank Oct 12, 1901 October 7, 1971 Wallace Mary A. July 3, 1968 Ward Mary Denise August 23, 1964 December 18, 1966 Warson Ernest M. January 7, 1946 Watson Arthur M. 1903 - 1954 Watson Nary October 6, 1939 Wife of E. M. Watson. Watson Randolph Oct 10, 1901 August 2, 1958 Watson Sylvester F. Nov 1, 1906 October 14, 1971 Mississippi Sgt US Army World War II. Willis Clarence Lewis 1887 - 1961 Willis Esthma Eckles 1905 - 1961 Wilson Jame E. April 27, 1929 Wilson Jesse Jones July 26, 1942 Wren Hattie McGowen January 1, 1960 Wren Mary Leguri November 23, 1950 Wren Michael Joseph March 5, 1956 ***************************************************************************