CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Nicholson, Pearl River County, MS 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: Copied 1 Aug 1997 by Betty Smith Davis and Mardi Byrd Kelly. Submitted to Tombstone Project April 30, 2000 *************************************************************************** Location: Highway 11, Nicholson Community, south of Picayune, MS, near I-59 overpass. NOTES: This cemetery is over 100 years old. Many graves are currently unmarked. Others have missing or damaged headstones. In an effort to re-identify some of the graves, funeral home markers have been purchased by family members for several sites. Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell provided a list of people she remembered being buried here. Her list follows the actual 1997 recording. Additional family notes are in parentheses. For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** Through gate & up on rise, main part of cem: BORN DIED Row 1 Series of four graves: Wife of S. C. FARLEY 4 Mar 1866 15 Jan 1922 On tomb, little round marker: Frances C. FARLEY 1891 1961 Theodore MARSHALL FARLEY 11 Sep 1896 30 Jun 1900 Nancy Vergenia FARLEY 23 Jul 1899 28 Jul 1903 Reba Esther FARLEY 18 Oct 1892 30 Jul 1899 On same tombstone: May FARLEY 14 May 1906 16 Jul 1906 Behind four Farley graves: Double grave: Right Side Charlie FLEMING (McDonald FHM no dates) little angel, maybe child's grave Same coping Daniel FLEMING (also no dates, but another matching angel) Next to them: Child's uninscribed grave with toys on top of tomb Several spaces: Will B. MITCHELL 24 Jan 1901 4 Jul 1980 Avis M. MITCHELL 3 Oct 1900 24 Apr 1974 James Monroe FRIERSON 24 Feb 1907 26 Dec 1964 Lucellie Nora FRIERSON 24 Mar 1910 20 Aug 1994 Difficult to read: Mary C., wife of ?June MILLER 16 Dec 1877 30 Apr 1893? Old Broken Stone - Illegible Infant of J. & MCM - no dates Stobs marking next two graves Myrtle R. MITCHELL 17 May 1912 27 Dec 1974 (d/o John Raymond Mitchell & Emma Pearl McCarty w/o Reuben "Red" Mitchell) Next to Myrtle, same type headstone w/praying hands Red MITCHELL 14 Apr 1908 17 Sep 1990 (Reuben, s/o Vanderville Mitchell & Louisa Blackwell) Metal markers from McDonald FH - No dates: Ramond MITCHELL (John Raymond MITCHELL, b. ca. 1869, d. 7 Aug 1954) Emma MITCHELL (Nee: Emma Pearl McCarty, b. 25 Dec 1875, d. 30 Jun 1950 d/o Reuben & Harriet McCarty) Connavelle MITCHELL (Connie Luvella MITCHELL, b. 1931, d. 1 Dec 1950) Acy MITCHELL - McDonald FHM "d. age 75" b. 17 May 1905, d. __ Jun 1980 Space (Mary O. McQUEEN, w/o Asa) Metal Marker: Nora MITCHELL (w/o Acy MITCHELL, b. ca. 1907, d. 3 Jul 1943) Mack H. MITCHELL 24 Apr 1906 16 Dec 1972 Metal Marker: Lester MITCHELL Two spaces Mamie FORE SLUTSKY 1903 1982 Row 2: Four graves: S. C. WHITFIELD "Father" 4 Sep 1863 19 Oct 1942 Elisabeth WHITFIELD 15 Aug 1841 26 Nov 1874 (w/o J. F. WHITFIELD) Infant - Nancy WHITFIELD - No dates James L. McCARTY 1804 1854 Very Long Space to end of row Row 3: Mildred O. CATLIN 1896 1953 Many spaces Robert BROWN 15 Feb 1788 31 May 1884 Pvt. 13 Reg?t Miss. Militia War of 1812 Next four graves illegible, one is an infant dau., name illegible One is a BROWN (Jane BROWN, w/o Robert BROWN, b. 1812) (Artylisy BROWN, d/o Robert & Jane BROWN) (Infant d/o Robert & Jane BROWN) Tad, son of J.R. & Emma MITCHELL 18 Jul 1916 24 May 1924 McDonald FHM - no dates Ted MITCHELL (same person as Tad Mitchell) (b. 18 Jul 1916, d. 24 May 1924, s/o Acy & Nora MITCHELL) Worn McDonald FHM: Gen____ MITCHELL (possibly Geneva) 10 Oct 1912 Large MITCHELL Plot: Hugo MITCHELL 1936 1965 (d. 6 Mar 1965) Michael - Infant Son (no dates) Baby Boy STEWART (Age 0 yr, 0 mo, 0 days) 1 Jan 196_ Large SHOEMAKE Plot: Dennis SHOEMAKE 12 May 1906 26 Jun 1973 Rita SHOEMAKE 13 May 1913 19 Jan 1981 (Nee: Rita SLAYDON) Billy Mack SHOEMAKE 2 Jun 1934 No death date (s/o Dennis SHOEMAKE) Bonnie Jean SHOEMAKE 24 Feb 1935 8 Feb 1993 Row 4: Six spaces Karen Marie MITCHELL 6 Feb 1962 13 Feb 1962 Four spaces Illegible (probably FARLEY) Francis FARLEY 15 Mar 1839 4 Jun 1907 "Born in Portugal, d. Nicholson, Miss, Age 68 years, 2 mo, 19 days" Spells Plot: Sylvester J. SPELLS 7 Apr 1919 No death date (Large eagle - 32nd deg. Mason) Jewell W. SPELLS 21 Aug 1917 13 Apr 1989 (Eastern Star Emb.) Married 16 Sep 1955 Sarah Virginia, wife of A. M. SLAYDON 11 Feb 1867 2 Oct 1898 Anna Lucille SLAYDON 6 Nov 1896 6 Sep 1897 Broken Marker Two spaces Ida R. BLOCKER (Nee: RICHARDS, d. 13 Aug 1962) 1895 1962 Kinard B. BLOCKER 1895 No death date Large WHITFIELD Plot: Mary C. WHITFIELD 12 Nov 1863 12 Mar 1955 "Beloved wife of Sebron WHITFIELD" Perry, son of Mr. S.C. & Mrs. Mary C. WHITFIELD 25 Dec 1892 10 Dec 1899 (or Berry) Infant - Essclar WHITFIELD 11 Feb 1888(98?)12 Feb 1898 (Mrs. Hilda Hoffman's rec: b. 10 Feb 1898, d. 11 Feb 1898) Several spaces William H. SLAYDON 15 Feb 1945 1 Jan 1967 Joan C. SLAYDON 6 Mar 1950 No death date (Their stones have pictures & Wm. is holding infant, prob. first child) Two unmarked graves - stobs only Lorna Jean FLEMING 9 Aug 1965 10 Aug 1965 Row 5: Infant - had FHM - now missing Calbert R. FLEMING 5 May 1884 18 Jan 1962 Lozain D. FLEMING 7 Aug 1884 23 Oct 1964 Unmarked Infant grave - surrounded by bricks McDonald FHM - no dates Dave BENNETT (David D. BENNETT, d. Mar 1960, age 32 yrs) Andrew J. DAVIS 26 Aug 1894 10 Feb 1972 Miss. Pvt. Co. K 141 Inf. WW I Bertha B. RIALS LOSSETT 17 Feb 1904 28 Mar 1958 In front of Bertha: LeRoy RIALS 23 Jul 1924 26 Jan 1978 Grave w. McDonald FHM - inscription missing Pryor BENNETT (Aged 60 years) 29 Jun 1940 (h/o Wilfrada Adeline MITCHELL) Ellan BENNETT (McDonald FHM) 20 Mar 1922 26 Nov 1956 Pearl FLEMING 1 Jun 1900 28 Nov 1908 John F. FLEMING 24 Apr 1905 7 Jan 1953 Miss. Pvt. 1318 Service Unit WW II Mrs. Sib WHITFIELD FLEMING ?Mother? 21 Jun 1870 25 Feb 1954 Old illegible metal marker - infant grave Andrew Robert SLAYDON 29 Jan 1870 30 Nov 1890 Lavine Abigail SLAYDON 17 Feb 1853 23 Sep 1868 or 1888? Wrought Iron Fence: S. M. WHITFIELD 20 Feb 1852 14 Nov 1898 Infant - John B. WHITFIELD (Age 18 days) 2 Apr 1859 20 Apr 1859 Emeline, wife of Andy MITCHELL 29 Jun 1827 12 Aug 1883? (Stone broken & cemented together - death date smeared) Infant of M. A. & Louisa MITCHELL ? 16 Oct 1889 ? 16 Oct 1889 (earlier recording by Mrs. Hilda Hoffman: b. & d. 12 Oct 1889) McQUEEN Family Plot: W. Asa McQUEEN, Sr. 21 Nov 1902 17 Feb 1974 Mary O. McQUEEN 1 Oct 1901 26 Mar 1984 Infant grave - illegible Two or three spaces Dero H. BENNETT 29 Dec 1907 18 Jul 1962 Andrew J. THIGPEN 21 Jan 1903 6 Apr 1969 Verdie C. THIGPEN 14 Dec 1911 No death date In front of Thigpen's: Charles M. BENNETT 28 Jan 1945 5 Oct 1991 Edward E. BENNETT 13 Dec 1949 7 Jul 1972 Infant - George Franklin BENNETT 13 Aug 1948 14 Aug 1948 Ben. Martin BENNETT 22 Aug 1900 30 Jun 1955 Edwina S. BENNETT 10 Feb 1913 30 Jul 1986 (Nee: Edwina Seal) Thomas F. BENNETT 26 Jun 1886 20 Oct 1971 (Thomas Franklin BENNETT per Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell) Cecilious C. BENNETT 31 Dec 1864 14 Jul 1941 Nancy Martin BENNETT 1 Feb 1868 1 Jan 1938 McQUEEN Plot - can't tell if contains any graves Two illegible graves Tomas STOCKSTILL 2 Dec 1872 15 Mar 1873 (d. 15 Mar 1874 per Mrs. Hilda Hoffman) David H. STOCKSTILL 1 Nov 1860 20 Jul 1861 John M. STOCKSTILL 20 Feb 1861 20 Mar 1886 (d. 1885 per Mrs. Hilda Hoffman) Caroline M. SLAYDON 4 Dec 1829 22 Mar 1908 (Nee: Caroline Penelope MITCHELL, w/o Rev. A. M. Slaydon) Rev. A. M. SLAYDON 15 Sep 1826 24 Dec 1898 William S. DEAN, son of Amanda PARKER 25 Sep 1891 21 Nov 1923 Amanda P. PARKER 12 Nov 1860 19 Sep 1936 McDonald FHM: Albert T. MILLER ?80? Yrs., 4 mo, 26 days 16 Jul 1951 McDonald FHM: Baby Girl BENNETT 16 Aug 1964 Two illegible stones (one is a BENNETT) Larry F. BENNETT (Inf. son of Clifton & Gladys BENNETT) 8 Oct 1937 Andrew J. DAVIS 26 Aug 1893 10 Feb 1972 Miss. Pvt. Co. K 141 Inf. WW I (b. 26 Aug 1894 on Mil. Mkr) Rosa B. DAVIS 9 Oct 1905 No death date Two spaces Bernice STOCKSTILL 1940 1946 One space Cecil E. LEE 1921 No death date Lifey F. LEE 1917 1993 Row 6 - Left to right Allen STOCKSTILL 3 Nov 1918 No death date Alma STOCKSTILL 19 Oct 1919 9 Jul 1996 Married 7 Jul 1937 Infant grave - Mary Ida STOCKSTILL 9 Mar 1941 9 Mar 1941 Space A little behind row: Jack THIGPEN 1 Jul 1900 25 Mar 1975 Liddie FLEMING 12 Nov 1888 26 Mar 1971 Marganie T. THIGPEN 15 May 1875 6 Mar 1959 MILLER Plot: Infant - Nancy R. MILLER 24 Nov 1894 ? 4 Aug 1906 ? (d. 4 Aug 1900 per Mrs. Hilda Hoffman) Infant - Louisa L. MILLER 25 Sep 1892 ? 12 Oct 1895 Two stones end to end - both now unmarked Nancy D. MILLER 17 Aug 1872 8 Oct 1909 Space for three more graves - can't tell if burials there or not. Clarence Marion THIGPEN 17 Jun 1907 4 May 1910 Several spaces Two infant graves end to end - illegible Several spaces George W. MAROSHALL (Marshall) 21 or 27 Jan 1856 1 Mar 1900 Infant - Sydney I. THIGPEN ?30 Mar 1911 2 Nov 1912 Infant - illegible Lee Allen BENNETT 11 Jul 1898 12 Nov 1913 New McDonald FHM's - no dates Baby Boy MEITZLER (d. 1934 per Mrs. Dorothy MITCHELL) Baby Girl MEITZLER (d. 1929 per Mrs. Dorothy MITCHELL) Infant of T. & J. _ THIGPEN 8 Jun ___ 8 Jun ____ Baby Boy MEITZLER (d. 1940 per Mrs. Dorothy MITCHELL) Baby Girl THIGPEN Wilmon I. MEITZLER (Willmon Ervin MEITZLER d. 20 Oct 1945, age 2yr 10 Mo. per Mrs. Hilda Hoffman) Susie L. MEITZLER (Nee: BENNETT, w/o Curtis Conrad MEITZLER, d. Mar 1961 per Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell) Curtis C. MEITZLER (d. 16 Aug 1961, age 59 yrs per Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell & Mrs. Hilda Hoffman) Single stone for two children: Pamela Elise MEITZLER 12 Aug 1970 17 Aug 1980 Theresa Dawn MEITZLER 17 Oct 1973 17 Aug 1980 Beverly Joan RESTER 11 Dec 1949 16 Jul 1995 (Nee: HENDERSON per Dot Mitchell) Row 7 - Right to Left: Mc Donald FHM: Frances R. BENNETT 1926 1994 (Nee: MITCHELL) Herman Ross BENNETT 28 Jul 1925 14 Dec 1983 TEC 4 US Army WW II (s/o Joseph J. & Eugenia MITCHELL) Infant of L.H. & E.M. BURCKS 6 Nov ____ 6 Nov ____ Double Stone: Infants of J.M. & Maggie WHEAT 17 Aug 1917 21 Aug 1917 Other one: 17 Aug 1917 26 Aug 1917 Two spaces McDonald FHM (no dates): Joseph BENNETT (Middle Name Jefferson per Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell) Eugenia BENNETT Two spaces Harry BENNETT Mary Lizzie BENNETT 24 Jul 1896 19 Oct 1918 Mary M. THIGPEN 30 Oct 1869 7 Dec 1917 George W. MARSHALL 29 Dec 1893 14 Sep 1915 Wrought Iron Fence around two graves: "Mother" Hester WHITFIELD 24 Dec 1850 27 Dec 1933 Adaline WHITFIELD, wife of W.A. WHITFIELD 30 Aug 1833 7 Mar 1903 Aged 69 year, 6 mo, 8 days (Nee: Wilfraida Adaline Mitchell, d/o John M. Mitchell, Jr. and Lavinia West) Very large brick tombs above ground, markers fairly recent: John M. MITCHELL 25 Feb 1798 7 Aug 1874 Lavinia W. MITCHELL 20 Feb 1806 30 Nov 1895 Mary D. THIGPEN 23 Apr 1852 29 Jul 1928 J. P. THIGPEN 14 Sep 1843 6 Dec 1931 John McCARTY (d. Aged 52 yrs)11 Mar 1884 Louisa M. CRAFT 10 Dec 1846 11 Dec 1932 William A., Husband of Louisa CRAFT (d. Aged 66 yrs) 1859 1925 Two spaces Infant-Hazel Delphine WILLIS, dau. of Lena MITCHELL 29 Sep 1919 31 Sep 1920 Infant - _______ Louise MITCHELL Infant - illegible Infant - illegible Louisa L. MITCHELL 12 Jan 1879 2 Jul 1945 Willie H. FLEMING 11 Mar 1911 25 Oct 1996 Row 8 - In front of gate closest to church - Right to left: Esther P. MITCHELL (Nee: Thigpen) 22 Jun 1909 13 Dec 1990 Barney A. MITCHELL 6 Jul 1910 29 Jul 1984 Andy Jabe MITCHELL 3 Oct 1879 18 Feb 1959 Large family plot: Minnie MITCHELL STEWART 22 Feb 1881 5 Mar 1970 W. J. STEWART 23 Mar 1878 1 Jan 1937 Rita S. EKES JOHNSTON 21 Oct 1908 19 Aug 1957 Terrence Lee O'BRIEN "Butch" (on foot marker) 3 Feb 1941 24 Nov 1962 Miss A2C 69 Comb Def Sq AF Reda S. O'BRIEN 19 Sep 1912 3 Jun 1993 McDonald FHM: Eugenia Pearl MITCHELL 1910 1989 Infant - Houghland Odonold MITCHELL 4 Nov 1929 21 Jan 1933 Mackie Gene MITCHELL 14 Feb 1942 6 Mar 1965 Two graves in front of Mackie covered by large shrub: Mary E. WHEAT 13 Aug 1887 26 Mar 1913 Infant - R. H. WHEAT 15 Dec 1894 17 Mar 1896 Back on Row 8: Lonnie, son of Louisa L. MITCHELL 8 Jul 1894 13 Aug 1896 Benjamin Felton MITCHELL 2 Oct 1893 28 Apr 1915 W. W. MITCHELL 24 Aug 1857 8 Nov 1921 (William Wiley Mitchell) Florence M. MITCHELL (Nee: Sones) 14 Jan 1866 16 May 1937 McDonald FHM's - no dates: Henrietta THIGPEN Nathan THIGPEN Artenis LABAT 23 Jun 1896 29 Aug 1961 Next stone has same design: Louisa Filone THIGPEN 3 May 1871 6 Dec 1953 Next stone lying on its face Next headstone missing - footstone M.L.M. (Miranda Jane Whitfield Mitchell, b. 18 Feb 1849, d. After 1924, d/o Sebron Britt Whitfield & Nancy Byrd; w/o John Berry Mitchell) John B. MITCHELL 26 Jul 1846 20 Mar 1918 (John Berry Mitchell, s/o John M. Mitchell, Jr. and Lavinia West) Two spaces Andy MITCHELL 1871 29 Jul 1938 Husband of Sally MITCHELL - Father of Percy, Tera, and Clyde Harve MITCHELL 1888 1949 Andrew J. THIGPEN 15 Jan 1861 20 Nov 1943 Infant - stone broken & illegible Temporary markers in large family plot: Florence FRIEND Elner HART Maggie S. MARSHALL Frank MARSHALL Lula Jane FRIEND 18 Feb 1902 25 Jun 1983 C. L. FRIEND 10 Sep 1881 7 Jul 1959 Miss Pvt Co. D Reg't Miss Inf. Spanish Amer. War FORE in center of double headstone: Elmar V. FRIEND 24 Dec 1921 No death date Married 26 Dec 1938 William R. FORE 27 Jul 1914 22 Jul 1988 Down hill, close to rear fence: Charles R. FORE 7 Apr 1962 3 Sep 1982 (Guitar carved above his name) Grave in front of Charles: Gerald H. EDGE "Buffalo" 1950 1979 "Husband" "Daddy" Family Plot: Raymond Allen EDGE 23 Dec 1958 1 Apr 1980 Gladys A. EDGE 2 Aug 1925 6 Jul 1988 Kenneth L. EDGE 29 Feb 1956 14 Nov 1990 Row 9 New Grave - No marker Row 10 Albert A. FLEMING 8 May 1918 No death date Annie Marie FLEMING 25 Apr 1925 11 Feb 1992 William A. "Billy" McKAY 8 May 1938 25 Apr 1974 Row 11 Charles R. FARR 7 Apr 1962 3 Sep 1983 Janie Eddins MARSHALL 10 Oct 1903 27 Nov 1983 Frank Thomas MARSHALL 4 May 1899 6 Apr 1975 Charles E. MARSHALL 1944 1944 Lyda G. FLEMING 1 Sep 1916 11 Aug 1917 Infant of H. & E. J. MITCHELL 10 Jan 1910 10 Jan 1910 Ja 13 Jan 191_ 191_ (Broken headstone) Forest Alma DAVIS 12 Jan 1914 15 Jul 1915 Ruby BURNS (FHM no dates) Mary Ada HOFFMAN 7 Sep 1905 7 Sep 1907 Robert Rolly HOFFMAN 12 Feb 1892 13 May 1895 Eva Caroline HOFFMAN 7 Apr 1899 10 Sep 1890 Paul HOFFMAN 18 Jul 1902 One date only (child's grave) Lower section of cemetery at rear: Gerald H. "Buffalo" EDGE 1950 1979 Raymond Allen EDGE 23 Dec 1958 1 Apr 1980 Gladys A. EDGE 2 Aug 1925 6 Jul 1988 Kenneth L. EDGE 29 Feb 1956 14 Nov 1990 Row 12 John H. WHITE 1890 1957 Rena WHITE 1895 No death date Robert James MITCHELL, O.D. 1924 1984 D. Joyce SCUSTER MITCHELL 1926 1981 C. H. MITCHELL 1 Aug 1893 9 Jul 1982 (Masonic Emblem) (Bronze Mil. Mkr - Ecker H. MITCHELL - Pvt. US Army WW I) Ethel M. MITCHELL 5 Jan 1896 10 Oct 1961 Louisa A. MITCHELL Age 91 7 Nov 1849 21 Oct 1940 (Nee: Louisa Elizabeth Whitfield) M. A. MITCHELL 21 Apr 1850 21 Nov 1925 (Milam Arthur Mitchell, s/o Andrew Jackson Mitchell and Cansada Emaline Mitchell) Lucy Cornelia MITCHELL 21 Jul 1913 24 Jul 1913 Myra Idella MITCHELL (FHM no dates) Ellis PATTEN (FHM no dates) Earl Franklin son of J.E. & Julia _____ Caleb J. CALHOUN 1902 No death date Louvenia CALHOUN 1897 1944 Idell Lorraine McKINNEY 23 Jun 1915 27 Jul 1990 (Nee: Mitchell) William Joseph McKINNEY 22 Nov 1909 27 Feb 1983 U. S. Navy William CARROLL 3 Oct 1881 7 Sep 1954 Martha MITCHELL CARROLL 7 Jun 1881 26 Mar 1959 (Nee: Stockstill) Melton MITCHELL 16 Feb 1873 7 Nov 1937 Euker MITCHELL 18 Apr 1903 24 Mar 1930 Infant MITCHELL 1 Feb 1905 1 Feb 1905 Billy Wayne BROCK 17 Sep 1950 25 Sep 1961 FHM - No name or date William A. BROCK 19 Jul 1930 11 Mar 1981 Bessie M. BROCK 22 Jan 1930 6 Jun 1995 Row 13 John Ernest METAXAS 15 Apr 1905 16 Jun 1970 Cary BYRD MEITZLER 29 Mar 1900 8 Jul 1955 Daisy SEAL MEITZLER 6 Mar 1903 7 Feb 1971 Ed SEAL (FHM no dates) Louisa SEAL (FHM - 73 yrds, 13 days) 7 Oct 1952 Simon SEAL 14 Apr 1906 2 Jan 1964 PFC Co. B 332 Endr. Regt. WW II Prentiss Lamar MITCHELL 4 Nov 1910 26 Dec 1961 Deborah L. MITCHELL 3 May 1954 4 May 1954 Carl Lee NICHOLS 18 Feb 1898 13 May 1948 Myrtis Mae NICHOLS 17 Oct 1909 26 Jun 1966 (Nee: Mitchell) Albert M. MITCHELL 1885 1937 Eula P. MITCHELL 1889 1930 (Nee: Patten) Ulmon MITCHELL 1887 1930 Sally MITCHELL 1881 1957 Byrd MITCHELL 30 Sep 1889 4 Jun 1954 MS Pvt. Co. C 113 Engr. WW I Hallie BENNETT MITCHELL 25 Feb 1890 3 Mar 1969 Ira BENNETT 7 Apr 1903 10 Sep 1962 Ethel BENNETT 8 Feb 1912 9 Mar 1990 Married 11 Feb 1928 Harvey D. BENNETT 24 Feb 1932 One date only Joyce BENNETT 31 Jan 1929 4 Feb 1986 Russell I. MITCHELL 14 Oct 1961 23 Dec 1981 Row 14 Shelly Ethel Rochell BURNETT 1968 1968 Dixie B. BERGER 16 Jan 1935 22 Aug 1987 Hersey MITCHELL 26 Sep 1912 13 May 1991 Myrtle T. MITCHELL 29 Jun 1914 No death date (Nee: Thigpen) Gary Thomas MITCHELL 2 Mar 1951 11 Feb 1992 Sam T. MITCHELL 17 Apr 1923 7 Jul 1994 Doris E. MITCHELL 23 Feb 1929 24 Jan 1989 Marvin M. MITCHELL 21 Jun 1920 2 May 1991 Row 15 John Nolon MILLER, Jr. 1926 1996 Unmarked grave Melvin A. JARRELL 1930 1978 Shirley JARRELL 1938 No death date Row 16 Shelly L. JARRELL 28 May 1928 8 Jul 1984 Eunice O. JARRELL 8 Jan 1927 No death date Johnny M. JARRELL 9 May 1952 25 Oct 1995 (Picture of couple - woman not named) Rufus GIPSON 11 Nov 1907 8 Apr 1990 Enda M. GIPSON 18 May 1909 No death date (Nee: McQueen) Mary Evelyn PURVIS 15 Dec 1918 12 Dec 1975 Mary Jane B. PURVIS 3 Dec 1886 25 May 1981 Julie Robin CAPLES 16 Mar 1960 7 Apr 1995 Elsie E. SAMBALA 23 Dec 1924 4 May 1980 Melvin J. SAMBALA 4 Oct 1923 No death date Anthony DAVIS McDANIEL 27 Oct 1964 24 Oct 1989 Danny Damon McDANIEL 23 Sep 1969 9 Jan 1997 On lower tier of cem., below main section (farthest from church): Fred SONES 25 Feb 1907 No death date Wilda Page SONES 29 Dec 1919 11 Jan 1989 Married 12 Apr 1936 Wooden Marker Frances E. LALANNE 29 Oct 1922 28 Mar 1975 Henry Arnold WEEMS 21 Feb 1907 6 Sep 1968 Marry Allie WEEMS 25 Jun 1913 30 May 1996 J. W. HILL 24 Feb 1929 14 Jun 1987 Jessie J. HILL 25 Oct 1888 14 Mar 1975 Ether MITCHELL HILL 7 Aug 1898 1988 Jane HARRIS Age 75 (Marble headstone 4' tall X 8" wide on 16" square base, full concrete slab Reported to be a black woman. It was also reported that her husband, Frank Harris, is buried beside her in an unmarked grave) (This concludes 1997 recording of cemetery) *************************************************************************** Due to the large number of unmarked or damaged graves, Mrs. Dorthy Meitzler Mitchell has provided a list of the people she personally knew to be buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell and her husband, Toxie, were care- takers of this cemetery for many years. Barney MITCHELL, son of Ulman MITCHELL Esther THIGPEN MITCHELL, w/o Barney MITCHELL Ulman MITCHELL Sally GREEN MITCHELL JONES, w/o Ulman MITCHELL Hersey MITCHELL, son of Ulman Byrd MITCHELL, son of John Berry MITCHELL & Miranda WHITFIELD Hattie O. BENNETT MITCHELL, w/o Byrd MITCHELL d. 1967 John Berry MITCHELL Miranda WHITFIELD MITCHELL, wife of John Berry MITCHELL C. H. (Checker) MITCHELL Etha MITCHELL MITCHELL, w/o Checker MITCHELL Sidney MITCHELL, son of Checker MITCHELL, son of Checker MITCHELL Robert MITCHELL, son of Checker MITCHELL Joyce MITCHELL, w/o Robert MITCHELL John MITCHELL (brick vault built on top of ground) Lavina MITCHELL, w/o John MITCHELL (John was roiginally bur. under-ground, Viney was bur. above-ground) Albert M. MITCHELL, s/o William W. MITCHELL & Florence Sones Eula PATTEN MITCHELL (m/o Toxie MITCHELL) Myra Idella MITCHELL, d/o Albert & Eula MITCHELL Lucy Cordelia MITCHELL, d/o Albert & Eula MITCHELL Prentiss L. MITCHELL, s/o Albert & Eula MITCHELL Marvin MITCHELL Debra MITCHELL William W. MITCHELL Florence SONES MITCHELL Myrtis Mae MITCHELL NICHOLS, d/o Albert & Eula MITCHELL Carl NICHOLS Ellis PATTEN, bro. of Eula Patten MITCHELL Johnny METAXES (from Greece), husb. of Ena MITCHELL Melton M. MITCHELL, 1st h/o Martha STOCKSTILL Martha STOCKSTILL MITCHELL William Carroll, 2nd h/o Martha STOCKSTILL Euker MITCHELL, s/o Melton & Martha MITCHELL William J. McKinley Idella MITCHELL McKINLEY, w/o Wm. J. McKinley Gayle Vangilder, h/o Estelle MITCHELL William LUTHER, h/o Veda MITCHELL Minnie MITCHEL STEWART, w/o William ?Bill? Stewart William ?Bill? STEWART Reva STEWART JOHNSON, d/o Wm. & Minnie Stewart Reda STEWART O?BRIAN, d/o Wm. & Minnie Stewart Terrance O?BRIAN, s/o Reda Stewart O?Brian Jerry O?BRIAN, s/o Reda Stewart O?Brian Louira SEAL Edward SEAL Simon SEAL, s/o Louira & Edward Seal Daisy SEAL MEITZLER, d/o Edward & Louira Seal Cary MEITZLER, h/o Daisy Seal Katherine MEITZLER, infant d/o Cary & Daisy MEITZLER Dorothy MITCHELL POLK, bur. in back of cem., left-hand side Jane HARRIS (a black woman) Frank HARRIS, h/o Jane Harris, but no marker Curtis C. MEITZLER (f/o Dorothy MEITZLER MITCHELL) d. Aug 1961 Susie L. BENNETT MEITZLER, w/o Curtis C. MEITZLER d. Mar 1961 Wilmon I. MEITZLER 3 unnamed infants: Dau. of Curtis C. & Susie MEITZLER d. 1924 Son of Curtis C. & Susie MEITZLER d. 1934 Son of Curtis C. & Susie MEITZLER d. 1940 Pamela Elise MEITZLER, gr. dau/o Curtis & Susie MEITZLER d. Aug 1980 Theresa Dawn MEITZLER, gr. dau/o Curtis & Susie MEITZLER d. Aug 1980 Beverly Joan HENDERSON RESTER, gr. d/o Curtis & Susie MEITZLER d. 1995 C. C. BENNETT (gf of Dorothy MEITZLER MITCHELL) Nancy L. MARTIN BENNETT (gm of Dorothy MEITZLER MITCHELL) Feriby Ann BRISTER MARTIN Martin BENNETT, son of C. C. & Nancy BENNETT Edwina SEAL BENNETT TAYLOR, w/o Martin BENNETT Charles M. BENNETT, son of Martin & Edwina BENNETT Edward BENNETT, son of Martin & Edwina BENNETT Franklin BENNETT, son of Martin & Edwina BENNETT Thomas Franklin BENNETT, s/o C. C. & Nancy L. BENNETT Benjamin Franklin ?Frank? BENNETT d. 1897 Benjamin Franklin "Ben" BENNETT, h/o Lourinda Pearl STOCKSTILL who is bur. in New Palestine Cemetery Ira BENNETT d. 1962 Ethel GIPSON BENNETT, w/o Ira BENNETT Harvey Donald BENNETT, s/o Ira & Ethel BENNETT Eva Joyce BENNETT, d/o Ira & Ethel BENNETT d. 1986 "Rusty" MITCHELL, gr s/o Ira & Ethel BENNETT Rachelle BURNETT, gr. d/o Ira & Ethel BENNETT Unnamed twin daughters of Janie & Jim THIGPEN Unnamed d/o Jackie & Verdie THIGPEN Herman Dero BENNETT d. Jul 1962 Dennis SHOEMAKE Rita SLAYDON SHOEMAKE Bonnie Jean SHOEMAKE, d-in-law of Dennis & Rita SHOEMAKE Rev. Andrew M. SLAYDON Caroline Penelope MITCHELL SLAYDON, w/o Rev. Andrew M. SLAYDON Emeline MITCHELL, sis of Caroline P. MITCHELL SLAYDON Mary Jane MITCHELL BENNETT (gr. m. of Dorothy MEITZLER MITCHELL) Joseph BENNETT, s/o Mary Jane BENNETT Nancy BENNETT, d/o Mary Jane BENNETT Joseph Jefferson BENNETT (uncle of Dorothy MEITZLER MITCHELL) Eugenia B. BENNETT, w/o Joseph Jefferson BENNETT Wesley BENNETT, s/o Jos. J. & Eugenia BENNETT Herman BENNETT, s/o Jos. J. & Eugenia BENNETT Frances MITCHELL BENNETT, infant d/o Jos. J. & Eugenia BENNETT Baby girl - SNELLGROVE Mildred O. CATLIN Mamie FORE Mr. & Mrs. FRIERSON Asa McQUEEN Mary O. McQUEEN, w/o Asa McQUEEN Raymond MITCHELL Emma McCARTY MITCHELL, w/o Raymond MITCHELL 2 helpless sons of Raymond & Emma MITCHELL Nora MITCHELL & Infant son Acy MITCHELL, h/o Nora MITCHELL Conner Larbell MITCHELL "Red" MITCHELL Myrtle MITCHELL, w/o "Red" MITCHELL Venie MITCHELL CALHOUN (Her husb. bur. in PA) Rena MITCHELL WHTE RYALS (1st husb. a Dean, 2nd husb. John White) Mr. & Mrs. BROCK Infant Boy SEAL Mrs. Jewell SPELL Will MITCHELL Wilda SONES, w/o Bill Sones Mrs. Avis MITCHELL Mr. & Mrs. Arnold WEEMS Two McDANIEL brothers Two EDGE brothers S. T. MITCHELL Doris GIPSON MITCHELL, w/o S. T. MITCHELL Rufus GIPSON John N. MILLER, II A man born in Portugal, d. Nicholson, MS C. L. FRIEND Lula MARSHALL FRIEND, w/o C. L. Friend Willie FORE Frank MARSHALL Janie EDDINS MARSHALL, w/o Frank Marshall Billy BROCK Bessie Lou MARSHALL BROCK, w/o Billy Brock Marie FLEMING A STEWART Baby A MITCHELL Infant Alma FLEMING STOCKSTILL Dau. of Alma F. STOCKSTILL Baby Girl LEE Mr. & Mrs. Calbert FLEMING Geraldine FLEMING Five WHITFIELD graves enclosed in iron fence Robert BROWN Mary Marinda BENNETT MARSHALL, w/o George Marshall George MARSHALL A. J. THIGPEN, 2nd husb. of Mary Marinda BENNETT Little George MARSHALL Evelyn PURVIS Shelby JARRELL Johnny JARRELL, s/o Shelby Jarrell Melvin JARRELL Harry BENNETT Lizzie MARSHALL BENNETT, w/o Harry BENNETT Jane BENNETT, mother of Harry BENNETT Lee Allen BENNETT (uncle of Dorothy MEITZLER MITCHELL) Dan BENNETT Infant Boy BENNETT Louisa Ann MITCHELL McCARTY CRAFT (1st m. John McCarty who is bur. Turtleskin Cem.) (Youngest d/o John & Viney MITCHELL) Litt CRAFT, 2nd h/o Louisa Ann MITCHELL Prior BENNETT Sally MITCHELL BENNETT, w/o Prior BENNETT Rosa BENNETT DAVIS, d/o Prior & Sally BENNETT Andrew DAVIS, h/o Rosa BENNETT DAVIS David BENNETT Son of David BENNETT Ellen BENNETT, w/o Leo BENNETT (he's bur. elsewhere) Bertha BENNETT RYALS Leon BENNETT LeRoy BENNETT Infant - Larry Frank BENNETT ***************************************************************************