MITCHELL CEMETERY, Pearl River County, McNeill, Mississippi


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LOCATION:  McNeill, Pearl River County, MS

DIRECTIONS:  From Picayune take US Highway 11 north to McNeill, MS.  Turn 
west on Sones Chapel Road.  (Be aware that shortly after turning onto this 
road, it takes a sharp curve to the right.  Another road goes straight ahead.)  
After driving 3.3 miles on Sones Chapel Road, turn left on John Amacker Road.  
Go 4/10ths of a mile then turn left on Harry Sones Road.  Approximately 2.1 miles, 
the cemetery is a short distance off the left side of the road surrounded by 
a chain-link fence.    

HISTORY:  Thomas Jackson Mitchell donated the land for this cemetery.
    

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GRAVE BY GATE OF CEMETERY:

Double Headstone:

Daddy
Rufus Mitchell
Apr. 2, 1913
Apr. 10, 1995
(Son of Peter Richardson Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Spiers)

Mother
Eunice T. Mitchell
Nov. 27, 1916

(Maiden Name: Eunice Fern Tynes, daughter of James Lucien Tynes 
and Mary Elizabeth Byrd)

FIRST ROW CLOSEST TO GATE:

John Riley Mitchell
Sept. 13, 1908
May 28, 1991
Blessed are the Merciful
(Son of Peter Richardson Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Spiers)

George P. Mitchell
May 3, 1872
Feb. 20, 1940
Life, death, then life and
love eternal
(Masonic emblem: Square and Compass)
(George Perry Mitchell was the husband of Corinne Saucier and 
the son of Thomas Jackson Mitchell and Leurany Victoria Henley)

John Nelson
Son of
Thomas & Leurany V.
Mitchell
Born
March 13, 1874
Died
July 24, 1898
Dearest brother thou hast
left us
He can all our sorrow heal.
(Paternal grandparents Peter Mitchell and Ellen Kilmurry; 
Maternal grandparents Burwell Perry Henley and Sarah Victoria 
Nelson)

T. J. Mitchell
Born
July 19, 1836
Died
Nov. 29, 1917
A light from our
Household gone
A voice we loved
Is stilled
A place is vacant
In our home
That never can 
Be filled
All is dark within
Our dwelling
Lonely are our
Hearts today
For the one we loved
So dearly
Has forever
Passed away
(Thomas Jackson Mitchell born on Shipboard, Northern Louisiana.  
Son of Peter Mitchell and Ellen Kilmurry.)

Lead Kindly Light
Mrs. L. V.
Mitchell
Wife of
T. J. Mitchell
Apr. 17, 1846
Jan. 29, 1927
She was a kind
and affectionate
wife, a fond mother,
and a friend to all
(Wife of Thomas Jackson Mitchell and daughter of Burwell Perry 
Henley and Sarah Victoria Nelson)

Carlie, Son of T. A. &				
Ellen Spiers
Born Oct. 14, 1896
Died Aug. 4, 1916
None knows thee but
to love thee
(Son of T. A. Spiers and Sarah Ellen Mitchell)

Our Baby
James Edward Kennedy
1918-1918
Only Sleeping
(Son of Bruce Kennedy and Lula D. Spiers was born and died on 
October 10, 1918.)

Smith Twins
of Mr. & Mrs.
James Ira Smith
Mar. 15, 1924

Connie Jean Mitchell
Apr. 22, 1928
Nov. 8, 1928
A Fairer Bud of Promise
Never Bloomed
(Daughter of Thomas Andrew Mitchell and Myrtle Smith; paternal 
grandparents Peter Richardson Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Spiers)

Double Headstone: MITCHELL

Myrtle S. Mitchell 	
Nov. 17, 1905
Apr. 22, 1981 		

Thomas A. Mitchell
Mar. 7, 1904
Aug. 15, 1978
Dying is but going home
(Son of Peter Richardson Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Spiers)

SECOND ROW:

Double Headstone: MITCHELL

Nancy J. 
1879-1964
(Nancy Josephine Spiers was the daughter of John Jackson Spiers 
and Celina Caroline Davis.  She was born March 20, 1879 in 
Hancock County, MS, and died February 7, 1964 in Pearl River 
County, MS.)

Peter R.
1868-1964
(Peter Richardson Mitchell married Nancy J. Spiers on March 5, 
1903. He was the son of Thomas Jackson Mitchell and Leurany 
1904. Victoria Henley.  He was born October 8, 1868 and died 
1905. June 13, 1964 in Pearl River County, MS.)

Miranda Jones
Wife of
P. R. Mitchell
Born
July 16, 1873
Died
Mar. 19, 1899
As a wife devoted,
As a mother affectionate,
As a friend ever kind and true
(First wife of Peter Richardson Mitchell)

Ouida Mitchell
Daughter of P. R.
And Nancy Mitchell
Born Jan. 31, 1906
Died Sept. 7, 1911
She is not dead but
sleepieth
(Daughter of Peter Richardson Mitchell and Nancy Josephine 
Spiers)

Pershing Mitchell
Son of P. R.
and Nancy Mitchell
Born July 13, 1918
Died Aug. 7, 1918
From Mothers armes 
into the armes of 
Jesus
(Son of Peter Richardson Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Spiers)

Francis H. Thomas
Capt. US Army
World War II
Nov. 8, 1914
Dec. 16, 1992

THIRD ROW

K. Solomon Spiers
Nov. 15, 1860
Dec. 17, 1941
Gone But Not Forgotten
(King Solomon Spiers, son of Sarah Strahan and George Spiers, 
married Amanda Emeline Mitchell on November 9, 1893 in Pearl 
River County, MS.)

At Rest
Emeline Mitchell
Wife of
Solomon Spiers
1877 - 1917
SPIERS
(Inscription on top of tombstone
only readable by doing rubbing:
A loved one from us
has gone,
A voice we love is stilled,
A place is vacant in our
home
Which never can be filled.)
(Amanda Emeline Mitchell was the daughter of Thomas Jackson 
Mitchell and Leuraney Victoria Henley.  She was born 
November 23, 1877 and died January 25, 1917.

Pairl Spieirs
Born
July 27, 1894
Died
Mar. 28, 1902
Sleep on dear child
and take thy rest
In Jesus arms, for 
ever blest.
(Son of King Solomon Spiers and Amanda Emeline Mitchell.  Name 
on headstone should read "Paul Spiers".)

Unmarked Grave 
(This is the grave of George Thomas Spiers, son of King Solomon 
Spiers and Amanda Emeline Mitchell.  George Thomas Spiers was 
born October 24, 1908 in Pearl River County, MS, and died 
July 31, 1913.)

Unmarked Grave
(This is the grave of Edna Mae Spiers, daughter of King Solomon 
Spiers and Amanda Emeline Mitchell. Edna Mae was born May 8, 
1907 in Pearl River County, MS, and died July 5, 1913.)

Ruth Spiers
Jan. 25, 1917
Jan. 25, 1917
Safe in the
Arms of Jesus
(Daughter of King Solomon Spiers and Amanda Emeline Mitchell.  
Born and died in Pearl River County MS.) 

Valoree
Dau. of
Robert & Daisy Smith
Nov. 23, 1923
Apr. 4, 1925
Our Darling Baby
(Daughter of Robert Smith and Daisy Spiers; maternal grandparents 
King Solomon Spiers and Amanda Emeline Mitchell.)

Dewey Delmar Hayes
July 6, 1943
Mar. 15, 1989
To know him was to
love him
(Inside heart:  In God's Care)

FOURTH ROW

Our Darling
Willie Elmer
Son of
E. A. & Louella
Wheat
Apr. 16, 1913
July 16, 1913
Gone to be an angel
(Son of Enoch Albert Wheat and Louella Spiers)

Infant Babe of
R. & Franka
Louis
Born & Died
July 1903
Sleep on dear child
and take thy rest,
in Jesus' arms, forever
blest.
(Daughter of Robert Louis and Franka B. Spiers; born and died 
July 7, 1903.)

Mrs. Franka B.
Louis
Born
July 26, 1879
Died
July 7, 1903
She died as she lived,
trusting in God.
(Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Spiers and Nancy Elizabeth Davis.  
She married Robert Louis on March 16, 1901.)

Nolie Wheat
Sept. 20, 1900
Apr. 1913
Gone, but not forgotten
(Nolie Wheat died April 4, 1913.  She was the daughter of Joseph 
Thomas Wheat and Sarah Elizabeth Spiers.)

Alice Miles
Aug. 8, 1909
Nov. 7, 1910

Virgel Kenmar
Oct. 23, 1909
Apr. 14, 1910
Little children
are His jewels.

Jerry M. Kenmar
Jan. 23, 1867
Dec. 13, 1939
Dying is but going home.

Mary W. Kenmar
Mar. 13, 1885
Sept. 20, 1960

(Funeral Home Marker)
Mrs. Rosie Armenthia Hayes)
September 6, 1916
February 24, 1985
Age 68

William Wilson Hayes
Nov. 8, 1912
Feb. 12, 1966
Thy God has claimed
Thee as his own

Infant Son of
Wilson & Rosie
Hayes
Nov. 23, 1944
Stillborn
Gone too soon
(Footstone:  Baby)

Infant of Mr. & Mrs.
Ray Smith
June 5, 1960

FIFTH ROW

T. J. Spiers
Born Oct. 13, 1849
Died Dec. 24, 1917
God's finger touched
him and he slept
(Thomas Jefferson Spiers was the son of George Spiers and Sarah 
Strahan.  He married Nancy Elizabeth Davis in 1876 in Hancock 
County, MS.)

Elizabeth D. Spiers
May 2, 1856
Nov. 25, 1935
She was the Sunshine
of our home.
(Nancy Elizabeth Davis was the wife of Thomas Jefferson Spiers 
and the daughter of William Davis and Julia Ann Lee.)

Sarah Wheat
Wife of
J. T. Wheat
May 22, 1875
Dec 19, 1924
In after-time
we will meet
again

A. C. Spiers
Apr. 29, 1910
May 13, 1934
Just asleep
(A. C. Spiers was the husband of Pearline Necaise and the son of 
(B. William Jefferson Spiers and Rosa Lee Wheat.)

SIXTH ROW

Triple Headstone

Miranda Leigh Sones
Aug. 31, 1977
May 16, 1980
(Footstone:  Dau.)
(Daughter of Randy Sones and Carol Lee.  Paternal grandparents 
are Harry Benjamin Sones and Virginia Pearl Mitchell.)

Robert Byron Sones
Oct. 25, 1979
May 16, 1980
(Footstone:  Son)
(Son of Randy Sones and Carol Lee.  Paternal grandparents are 
Harry Benjamin Sones and Virginia Pearl Mitchell.)

Carol L. Sones
Feb. 28, 1955
May 16, 1980
(Footstone:  Wife)
(Carol Lee married Randy Sones on October 20, 1973.  Carol and 
two of her children died in an automobile accident.  A gravel 
truck and trailer at the junction of John Amacker Road and 
Valley Road, Pearl River County, MS hit her car.)

Double Headstone: SONES

Pearl M.	 
Oct. 23, 1915

(Virginia Pearl Mitchell is the daughter of Peter Richardson 
Mitchell and Nancy Josephine Spiers.  Born in Pearl River County, 
MS, she married Harry Benjamin Sones on August 8, 1935.)  
	 
Harry B.     
June 5, 1905
Dec. 2, 1980
(Harry Benjamin Sones was the son of James Quitman Sones and 
Alma Ball.)

Double Headstone: KNIGGE

G. F.
1929 - 1996	

Joy S.
1936-
In loving memory

SEVENTH ROW

Roman E. Penton
Feb. 22, 1961
Aug. 25, 1981
Therefore if any man be in Christ,
He is a new creature; old things are 
Passed away; behold, all things are 
become new.  II Cor. 5:17
(Roman Eugene Penton was the son of Edwin Eugene Penton and 
Glenda Faye Sones.  Paternal grandparents Leo Penton and Hilda 
Delores Lumpkin; maternal grandparents Harry Benjamin Sones and 
Virginia Pearl Mitchell.)



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