NEW PALESTINE CEMETERY, CITY SECTION D Picayune, Pearl River 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: Mardi Byrd Kelly & Betty Smith Davis mardikelly@netzero.net betty.davis@juno.com *************************************************************************** Location: Located W of Picayune, Pearl River Co., MS. The cemetery is adjacent to New Palestine Baptist Church and is composed of the original church cemetery plus being the predominant city cemetery for Picayune. All rows are read from left to right. For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** COMING IN FROM FAR RIGHT ENTRANCE, TURN RIGHT ON FIRST GRAVEL ROAD GO TO SECTION TWO ON LEFT (PAST FIRST CROSSROAD-Behind House) CITY SECTION C, ROW 1 BORN DIED Eugene C. GOETZMAN 19 Feb 1896 28 Nov 1984 Ethel A. GOETZMAN 4 May 1898 16 Feb 1961 James Rudolph HANCOCK 5 Feb 1920 5 Sep 1965 Marion GOETZMANN HANCOCK 11 Jan 1920 No Death Date 2 Spaces Oscar J. JONES 5 Aug 1899 27 Feb 1986 Masonic Emblem Nedra V. JONES 19 Sep 1909 No Death Date Married 20 Sep 1927 One Space J. W. FRANCK 1888 1962 Dorothy B. FRANCK 1900 1965 2 Spaces Arnold H. KNIGHT 1900 1965 Lucille K. KNIGHT 1900 1985 16-18 Spaces Large CROSBY FAMILY MARKER Patricia DUNN CROSBY No Dates Thomas Lucius CROSBY 27 May 1925 25 Oct 1997 Robert Howell CROSBY 12 May 1897 27 Mar 1973 Ethel May CROSBY 16 Oct 1896 7 May 1991 6 Spaces CITY SECTION C, ROW 2 40 Spaces Joseph MISCHAK 31 Mar 1907 24 Dec 1964 Anne MISCHAK 11 Mar 1911 No Death Date 2 Spaces Edward Earl HARTFIELD 11 Jul 1920 21 Apr 1982 Eugene "Gene" HARTFIELD 22 Oct 1921 13 Jul 1977 2 Spaces William Reid EWING 16 Sep 1913 10 Feb 1974 CITY SECTION C, ROW 3 Selby F. SMITH 9 Oct 1900 2 Jan 1986 Annie Clare SMITH 7 Apr 1904 19 Nov 1959 3 Spaces Lawrence C. SEAL 4 Jan 1909 No Death Date Ettrula ROBBINS SEAL 13 Aug 1908 30 Mar 1996 2 Spaces Jerusha E. ROBBINS 14 Aug 1883 1 Apr 1980 1 Space Ruth STOCKSTILL WALKER 19 Apr 1926 No Death Date Charles Emmitt WALKER 21 Jan 1922 27 Mar 1992 Mil. Footstone: Charles Emmitt WALKER, JR. 1st Lt. U.S. Army Air Corps WW II Rest of row empty CITY SECTION C, ROW 4 Claudette De ROSE FRIERSON 21 Jun 1941 24 Dec 1962 Sarah Elizabeth SWINDOLL 13 Jan 1911 1 Nov 1964 James Ira MEGEHEE 12 May 1929 20 Jan 1982 CITY SECTION C, ROW 5 Arnold L. KENNEDY 20 Apr 1908 4 Dec 1977 Masonic Emblem Reba S. KENNEDY 6 Jun 1914 4 Feb 1997 Newton D. SMITH 12 May 1882 19 Feb 1964 Cola W. SMITH 5 Mar 1887 12 Apr 1964 2 Spaces L. Dallas PENTON 9 Jan 1924 No Death Date Mary A. PENTON 22 Jul 1927 No Death Date Married 23 Jun 1945 Coa C. EVANS "Father" 21 Dec 1903 13 May 1994 Myrtle M EVANS "Mother" 22 Dec 1902 27 Aug 1974 2 Spaces Purvis W. POLK, Sr. "Father" 2 Oct 1904 13 Feb 1971 Thelma LADNER POLK "Mother" 7 Feb 1910 14 Oct 1962 10-12 Spaces Lucius Osmond CROSBY, Jr. 6 Oct 1907 24 Dec 1978 Verna Mae TAYLOR CROSBY 16 Oct 1926 28 Apr 1988 CITY SECTION C, ROW 6 Mabel KENNEDY 26 Jun 1918 One date only CITY SECTION C, ROW 7 Cecil C. PERKINS 1 Oct 1901 9 Mar 1962 Allie W. PERKINS 27 Apr 1903 22 Apr 1981 2 Spaces James R. WARD 28 Sep 1915 11 Oct 1962 Right side not inscribed 4 Spaces Leta SMITH WELLS 27 Apr 1899 1 Dec 1976 Lawrence Henry WELLS 3 May 1895 15 Oct 1972 Virginia "Mimi" WELLS SANSING 1 May 1928 22 Dec 1994 CITY SECTION C, ROW 8 Empty Row CITY SECTION C, ROW 9 Lona HEGWOOD McREE 6 Jan 1901 11 Dec 1993 Wife of A. H. "Pete" McREE Lorena, MS "Mother of Bob and Charles" Treasa COOK McREE "Mother" 27 Mar 1917 6 Oct 1960 Wagner, SD Picayune, MS 5 Spaces David Buie SCHALLER 2 Dec 1919 24 May 1996 Mil. Footstone - T Sgt. U.S. Army - WW II Mary Lea SCHALLER 8 Apr 1926 No Death Date 2 Spaces Ira WHEAT "Father" 21 May 1902 2 Feb 1974 Masonic Emblem Amanda KENNEDY "Mother" 9 Sep 1905 20 Jun 1983 Eastern Star Emblem Walter H. DELK 27 Aug 1908 10 Jul 1993 Eva THERRELL DELK 23 Apr 1908 No Death Date Married 28 May 1927 2 Spaces Berlin D. BRYANT 5 May 1895 2 Dec 1967 Masonic Emblem Lois C. BRYANT 28 May 1897 30 Sep 1964 Jerry D. BRYANT 16 Sep 1927 7 Nov 1992 Dorothy M. BRYANT 24 Oct 1928 30 Dec 1981 1 Space Hugh Leroy CARR 26 Aug 1894 5 Oct 1962 Lucy LOWRY CARR 6 Jul 1900 4 Aug 1982 4 Spaces CITY SECTION C, ROW 10 Roderick Adrian McREE One date only 27 Jan 1983 Double Headstone for McREE Charles R. McREE Mil. Mkr. MS F2 U.S. Navy - WW II 13 Sep 1928 18 Dec 1968 One Space Fred W. MALLETT "Daddy" 31 Aug 1904 7 Sep 1979 Albert W. MALLETT Age 5 Months 1928 Loretta D. MALLETT "Mother" 30 Jun 1907 4 Mar 1978 Marian V. COPELAND 3 Nov 1933 15 Sep 1988 4 Spaces Blank child's headstone - no inscription Beside a block with a "P" on it CITY SECTION C, ROW 11 2 Spaces Earl HENLEY 1915 No death date Marguerite HENLEY 1918 1993 2 Spaces Bob McLEOD 18 Aug 1920 7 Feb 1966 Retta M. McLEOD 13 Nov 1922 4 Feb 1986 4 Spaces Michael Bryan STOCKSTILL 27 Mar 1959 19 Sep 1968 6 Spaces Barney WHITFIELD 1888 1966 Eva Jane WHITFIELD 1 Jan 1889 16 Dec 1971 4 Spaces S. Medreth DAVIS 4 May 1916 2 Feb 1967 Masonic Emblem Virginia B. DAVIS 4 Sep 1922 No death date Prentiss C. BYRD 10 Feb 1895 26 Nov 1966 Mil. Footstone - LA Pvt. Field Artillery - WW I Julia R. BYRD 29 Apr 1979 Willie "Bill" HERRINGTON 1901 1964 Edith S. HERRINGTON 1897 1977 CITY SECTION C, ROW 12 Almer SPIERS 1895 1983 Mil. Footstone: "Pvt.U.S.Army-WW I 14 Feb 1895 16 Feb 1983 Mae SPIERS 1895 1997 6 Spaces E. Lefferage "Leff" ROBBINS, Jr. 6 Jan 1910 No death date Masonic Emblem Dixie SMITH ROBBINS 15 Sep 1911 No death date 10 Spaces Marcus MILLER 30 Jan 1918 3 Dec 1966 Mil. Footstone - Marcus Pitts MILLER CA Pvt. Infantry - WW II Zellene B. MILLER 17 Jun 1928 30 Dec 1995 Where are these stones???? Percy Wayne JONES 12 Nov 1901 7 Nov 1975 Rena DALEY JONES 10 Mar 1897 21 Dec 1964 CITY SECTION C, ROW 13 Luther Paul JARRELL 12 Aug 1925 25 Jul 1963 Masonic Emblem No inscription on right One Space Arthur S. SLATTEN 10 Oct 1898 23 Jun 1981 Age 82 One Space John H. HILL 4 Sep 1886 18 Mar 1972 Mil Footstone - U.S. Navy - WW I Ethel Bea HILL 1 Sep 1885 25 Feb 1966 Eddie Bea HILL CAMERON 25 Jul 1921 25 Apr 1964 Mil. Footstone - Eddie Bea CAMERON Cpl. U.S. Marine Corps. Res. WW II Euralee N. WHEAT 15 Dec 1912 20 Jan 1977 One Space H. L. "Red" LEE 22 Feb 1911 3 Mar 1978 Annie Ruth LEE 10 Aug 1912 7 Jan 1965 Eastern Star Emblem Clyde E. AVERY 1902 1979 Lena S. AVERY 1908 1984 2 Spaces Solly G. "Doc" MOODY 15 May 1896 27 Dec 1974 Mil. Footstone: Pvt. U.S. Army Gertrude "Gertie" HENDERSON MOODY 28 Jun 1909 10 Mar 1994 G. B. KING 11 Aug 1910 11 Apr 1965 6 Spaces Mark T. HAAS One date only 19 May 1967 Leveria WHEAT 1922 1939 Morris C. WHEAT 8 May 1901 27 Nov 1983 Stella Ordellar WHEAT 30 Sep 1903 25 Apr 1965 William R. BOND 2 Feb 1930 21 Apr 1964 Right side is blank First half of row empty Lynwood Clyde AVERY 7 Jun 1935 23 Jan 1965 Right side not inscribed 6 Spaces Col. Peter M. MILLER, Jr. "A. US Retired" 24 Nov 1912 21 Oct 1975 Mil. Footstone: Peter Michael MILLER Col. U.S. Army - WW II, Korea, Vietnam Right side not inscribed Donnis Raborn ROSSELLI 1904 1965 2 Spaces Andrew J. KUSPERT 22 Sep 1900 25 Dec 1970 Pauline M. KUSPERT 15 May 1895 26 May 1978 ***************************************************************************