NEW PALESTINE CEMETERY, CHURCH SECTION 1 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. The church cemetery is divided into three sections, with approximately 45 grave spaces on each row; referred to as Sections 1, 2 and 3. All rows are read from left to right. For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** CHURCH SECTION 1 - ROW 1 BORN DIED Van P. LOVELESS 25 Sep 1908 4 Mar 1990 Louise E. LOVELESS 31 Oct 1906 18 May 1999 4 Spaces Artis WISE 15 Jul 1912 8 Dec 1984 6 Spaces Sheila Fay SHERIDAN 12 Sep 1947 19 Jun 1983 "Loving mother of Tammy, Laura & Ritchie" Laura Ann PEARSON 28 Oct 1968 23 Sep 1986 Darrell G. STOCKSTILL 7 Apr 1929 5 Jan 1994 Christine M. STOCKSTILL 17 Dec 1932 No Death Date Triple plot: Melvin M. WEST, Jr. 20 Aug 1925 14 Oct 1992 Mil. Foot Mkr: U.S. Coast Guard WW II Avora V. WEST 7 Apr 1931 11 Jan 1999 John Byron WEST 28 Feb 1964 20 Mar 1983 2 Spaces William C. BROWN 3 Oct 1928 18 Dec 1971 ROW 2 William H. ELLERMAN 19 Jul 1896 10 Aug 1974 Birdie K. ELLERMAN 12 Jul 1899 25 Nov 1971 Wiley H. GOYNES 1914 1980 Full dates supplied by Gina Penton: 27 Dec 1914 3 Jul 1980 Louise S. GOYNES 1917 No Death Date Full dates supplied by Gina Penton: 18 Mar 1917 2 Spaces Lloyd JONES "Daddy" 10 Jul 1918 22 Sep 1971 Nellie M. JONES "Mother" 29 Nov 1923 7 Oct 1974 Thomas J. PATCH 8 May 1907 6 Feb 1970 Cora Pearl M. PATCH 9 Dec 190 2 Jun 1971 Bryan HAMPTON 14 Feb 1897 13 Sep 1969 Ina Mae B. HAMPTON 6 May 1901 17 Dec 1981 Hannah HAMPTON 16 Jul 189 2 Apr 1973 Joe HAMPTON 21 Dec 1893 24 Aug 1969 Lemuel E. MILLER 18 Dec 1891 25 Jan 1975 Lorenza J. MILLER 24 Sep 189 2 Dec 1966 Robert W. STOCKSTILL 10 Mar 1900 10 Feb 1965 Hattie D. STOCKSTILL 24 Oct 1907 16 Nov 1997 James C. STOCKSTILL 4 Jul 1935 13 Feb 1982 One Space Irene H. VICKEREY 7 Jun 1907 8 Dec 1991 Ralph R. VICKERE 15 Jun 1904 23 Apr 1972 Angela JARRELL "Baby" 20 Jan 1963 20 Jan 1963 3 Spaces Infant d/o Mr.& Mrs. Patrick DAVIS, Jr. 9 Oct 1962 One date only James W. HOWARD 14 Oct 1917 9 May 1995 Cpl. U.S. Army WW II CHURCH SECTION, ROW 3 John RYALS 1886 1941 Gertrude RYALS 1895 1953 Roy H. BENNETT 1903 1958 Lula E. BENNETT 1900 1982 Larry Samuel LENOIR 22 Mar 1945 7 Jan 1995 Samuel Oliver LENOIR 11 Feb 1916 20 Mar 1990 Cordelia LENOIR 8 Sep 1907 No Death Date Ernest Brady FURR "Father" 11 Jul 1913 2 Feb 1990 Mary Pearl FURR "Mother" 24 Oct 1914 4 May 1992 2 Spaces Roger A. WALDEN 1 Jul 1908 4 Jun 1986 Margie B. WALDEN 7 Aug 191 No Death Date James W. FURR 1 Feb 1911 2 Nov 1985 Bessie Mae FURR 4 Jul 1910 23 Oct 1973 Floyd D. FURR 1900 1959 Masonic Emblem Julia Ava FURR 1904 1996 Eastern Star Emblem James Michael BUCKLEY "Jimmy" 12 Nov 1960 5 Jul 1992 R. T. BUCKLEY, Sr. 24 Oct 1898 17 Sep 1957 Maude W. BUCKLEY 6 Aug 1896 14 Nov 1985 J. P. BUCKLEY 1926 1973 Right side blank 2 Spaces Brutus B. BILBO 16 Jan 1880 8 Sep 1966 Masonic emblem Hattie S. BILB 7 Feb 1889 8 Jul 1981 Lewis B. BILBO 28 Sep 1918 29 Jun 1953 2 Spaces J. Floyd WILLIAMS 18 Mar 1901 20 Jul 1974 Masonic Emblem Gladys G. WILLIAMS 26 Sep 1907 No Death Date Eastern Star Emblem Synthia Ruth STOGNER 3 Jun 1967 One date only Dau. of Mildred & Lymon Stogner Mary Annett STOGNER 6 Mar 1953 One date only Dau. of Mary & Seymon Stogner David W. MITCHELL "Bud" 5 Sep 1933 13 Feb 1991 "We love you Daddy" Mil. Footstone: David Wilson Mitchell A/C U.S. Air Force - Korea, Vietnam Frank MITCHELL 25 Feb 1904 8 Jan 1953 Frances Eleanor STOCKSTILL MITCHELL 1 Feb 1905 12 Mar 1992 W. T. STOCKSTILL 4 Apr 1935 18 Sep 1955 Ophelia W. STOCKSTILL "Mother" 7 Sep 1912 30 Jan 1973 Felix M. STOCKSTILL "Father" 5 Mar 1909 12 Mar 1977 1 Space Felix STOCKSTILL 1938 1997 (Picayune F.H. Mkr) Dumas MITCHELL 18 Nov 1900 13 Nov 1952 Callie L. MITCHELL 3 Mar 1907 4 Nov 1997 Lamont MITCHELL 13 Jul 1930 17 Aug 1969 Cleo MITCHELL 19 Oct 192 5 Sep 1991 CHURCH SECTION 1, ROW 4 4 Spaces Cecil Calvin MITCHELL 3 Oct 1865 26 Aug 1944 Masonic Emblem Magnolia Tate MITCHELL 16 Feb 1866 4 Oct 1942 6 Spaces Willie C. RUNNELLS "Mother" 1874 1946 Luther E. RUNNELLS 1902 1962 Maggie M. RUNNELLS 1906 1960 2 Spaces Buell N. POLK 4 Oct 1895 26 Apr 1976 Mil. Mkr.: Pvt. U.S. Army WW I Jennie HAMILTON POLK 7 Feb 1894 15 Aug 1953 1 Space Thomas Lanier WATSON 1880 1969 Masonic Emblem Ella MITCHELL WATSON 1881 1971 2 Spaces "In memory of" Daries F. MITCHELL 31 Jan 1896 25 Dec 1947 "Lost at sea aboard the U.S.S. Park Victory in Baltic Sea Finland" Mildred W. MITCHELL 6 May 1898 8 Mar 1981 6 Spaces Engle C. WALKER "Father" 4 Aug 1919 9 Oct 1972 Gwendolyn B. WALKER 8 Spaces James Robert STOCKSTILL 6 Jul 1960 7 Jul 1960 8-10 Spaces Elijah E. Smith 18 Jan 1879 22 Jun 1951 Harriet C. Smith 11 Sep 1883 27 Jan 1968 CHURCH SECTION, ROW 5 Paul Carl KELLAR 30 Mar 1874 10 Jul 1940 4 Spaces Eastman Tate MITCHELL 17 Apr 1885 4 Aug 1968 Ardilla MEGEHEE MITCHELL 25 May 1884 16 Feb 1941 2 Spaces Gustave MASLICH 15 Feb 1888 28 Nov 1946 Indiana Pvt. 139 F.A. 38 Div WW I 5 Spaces Horace Edwin, MITCHELL, Sr. 30 Jul 1920 30 Oct 1989 S1 U.S. Navy WW II Elaine PICKARD MITCHELL 9 Nov 1925 No Death Date One Space Arthur Lavon MITCHELL 12 Oct 1941 30 Oct 1941 Arthur E. MITCHELL 17 May 1922 30 Dec 1985 Frances L. MITCHELL 25 Jul 1925 6 Jun 1995 2 Spaces Dozier Lee EDDINS "Father" 10 Mar 1889 22 Mar 1967 Eula LEE EDDINS "Mother" 13 Apr 1898 7 Oct 1968 John Lee EDDINS 19 Jul 1928 8 Feb 1942 Bobbie Bing FARMER 27 Oct 1938 8 Feb 1942 Johnny Bing FARMER 17 Nov 1943 14 Feb 1971 Irma Doris FARMER 30 Nov 1920 1 May 1975 Grover FARMER 14 Dec 1912 No Death Date 1 Space Riley EDDINS 15 Sep 1897 26 May 1960 4 Spaces James W. LIVINGSTON 28 Jan 1870 3 Jan 1952 Irma E. LIVINGSTON 21 Feb 1888 2 Aug 1967 2 Spaces James Alvin PRATER 5 May 1928 16 Mar 1951 LA Cpl. 10 Engr. C. BN 3 Inf. Div. Korea 4 Spaces T. C. JACKSON, Sr. 5 Aug 1891 7 Nov 1959 Fanny BLACKWELL, wife of 19 Oct 1893 8 Apr 1944 T. C. JACKSON Thomas C. JACKSON, Jr. 28 Aug 1929 30 Aug 1993 "Ret. MOPAR" SSgt. U.S. Air Force WW II, Korea, Vietnam Brady C. SANDERSON 5 May 1907 25 Nov 1944 MS MSgt. SVC Btry. 628 FA BN 5 Spaces CHURCH SECTION, ROW 6 2 Spaces I. V. WALTERS 26 Sep 1920 2 Mar 1960 MS Pvt. U.S. Army WW II Helen WALTERS 1925 1998 (Breeland FH Mkr, Jackson, MS) 6 Spaces Glen WALKER 17 Dec 1932 17 Nov 1995 Norma Jean WALKER 18 Oct 1932 No Death Date Married 26 Sep 1954 5 Spaces Aaron J. MILLER 13 Aug 1983 13 Aug 1983 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Miller Approx. 18 Spaces Family Plot: R. B. WILLIAMS "Bud" 30 Oct 1921 3 Apr 1997 R. B. WILLIAMS "Randy" 1949 1988 Evelyn V. WILLIAMS 27 Oct 1923 25 Jan 1990 4 Spaces Shannon Darlene GIBSON 30 Mar 1962 12 Nov 1980 Weaver double marker: Dorothy W. BARKSDALE 31 Oct 1919 1 Jul 1986 Thelma W. BARKSDALE 7 Sep 1911 12 Nov 1974 3 Spaces Louise PUYPER SMITH 4 Nov 1925 10 Dec 1991 2 Spaces CHURCH SECTION 1, ROW 7 SAWYER Family Plot: Wiloughby SAWYER "Father" 10 Oct 1868 10 Mar 1939 Ella G. SAWYER "Mother" 27 Jul 1873 5 Aug 1943 Alma Mae SMITH 1 May 1892 7 Oct 1967 Robert SAWYER 18 Jan 1897 28 Dec 1943 "Veteran of WW I" Carl SAWYER 18 Jul 1908 8 Apr 1956 "Veteran of WW II" Willie SAWYER "Son" 17 Dec 1894 One date only Infant s/o R.E. & Lottie VAUGHN 21 May 1936 One date only Robert E. VAUGH 10 Dec 1898 20 Oct 1959 Lottie C. VAUGHN 29 Jul 1901 19 May 1982 2 Spaces Charles K. MITCHELL "Buddy" 29 Jan 1935 12 Dec 1991 Betty L. MITCHELL 15 Nov 1939 No Death Date Married 23 Dec 1960 Norman O. MITCHEL 13 Nov 1907 18 Dec 1990 Dorothy S. MITCHELL 10 Feb 1915 13 Dec 1990 Married 6 Sep 1930 Richard D. MITCHE 27 Oct 1948 One date only Herbert L. KELLY 27 Sep 1911 26 Oct 1974 Vertis M. KELLY 14 Nov 1917 25 Apr 1989 Elias A. MITCHELL 1871 1945 Sarah S. MITCHELL 1878 1938 2 Spaces Jessie Elmer MITCHELL 13 Jul 1900 30 Oct 1964 Aretha S. MITCHELL 28 Jun 1903 30 Dec 1998 Robert E. MITCHELL, Sr. "Father" 12 Oct 1910 28 May 1985 Velma C. MITCHELL "Mother" 17 Oct 1902 1 Nov 1979 Daphne Delphine TATE 7 Nov 1963 16 May 1981 4 Spaces Guy M. GIDDINGS 11 Nov 1868 24 Nov 1939 Carrie GIDDINGS PALMER 9 Jan 1882 31 Jan 1951 3 Spaces C. T. PARKER 27 May 1874 6 Sep 1956 Ceane PARKER 21 Dec 1868 23 Dec 1939 4 Spaces Lawrence M. KING 23 Feb 1920 12 Sep 1984 Rollon R. KING "Daddy" 28 Jan 1898 8 Jul 1979 Masonic Emblem Mary G. KING "Mother" 29 Nov 1897 18 Nov 1980 Eastern Star Emblem 4 Spaces Charles C. FARRAR 4 Nov 1909 5 Jul 1965 MS MM2 U.S.N.R. WW II Katherine W. FARRAR 18 Apr 1914 20 Dec 1987 T. J. WEAVER "Father 1878 1941 Ida Myrtle WEAVER 8 Nov 1888 25 Jun 1979 Coy C. WEAVER 27 Dec 1908 12 Jun 1979 Pvt. U.S. Army WW II Leo W. MITCHELL 9 Jan 1910 5 Oct 1971 Frances G. MITCHELL 22 Dec 192 No Death Date Leo D. MITCHELL 21 May 1949 22 Oct 1951 4 Spaces CHURCH SECTION 1, BETWEEN ROWS 7 & 8 Katherine Van EGMOND 14 Sep 1969 15 Sep 1969 Sandra Raye BEACHT 23 Oct 1969 One Date Only Michael Blaine 16 Jan 1986 One Date Only Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Byron D. TATE Randall CHILDS 7 Mar 1970 8 Mar 1970 Infant Son of Boyce and Alma CHILDS CHURCH SECTION 1 ROW 8 Walter Pete KELLAR 2 Apr 1915 21 Mar 1983 Ollie S. KELLAR 19 Apr 1914 26 Apr 1985 Robert S. RILEY 1903 1979 Masonic Emblem Lou W. RILEY 1897 1952 9 Spaces Robert O. JOHNSTON 22 Mar 1898 20 May 1952 Pearlie S. JOHNSTON 22 Jan 1903 29 Nov 1968 4 Spaces Harry MILLIS 1913 1977 Opal Mae MILLIS 1925 1996 Married 20 Feb 1943 Dale L. MILLIS 3 Oct 1947 11 Jan 1979 Johnny MILLIS 1969 1999 (Picayune FH Mkr.) 15 Spaces George J. MILLER 30 Jan 1912 8 Sep 1987 Addie E. MILLER 15 Oct 1912 No Death Date Married 30 Oct 1936 One Space Walter E. KENNEDY "Father" 19 Mar 1919 13 Apr 1977 Mil. footstone: Walter Edmond Kennedy MM2 U. S. Navy WW II Katherine B. KENNEDY "Mother" 20 Feb 1925 No Death Date Married 26 May 1945 One Space Katherine H. ALSOBROOKS 11 Jul 1920 7 Jun 1994 Baby HEMPHILL 16 Mar 1953 One Date Only Charles E. HEMPHILL 30 Nov 1937 16 Mar 1938 Michael Ray STRINGER 15 Jun 1952 9 Aug 1975 12 Spaces Angel BUCHNER 6 Dec 1986 One Date Only Justin Ras DEAKLES 7 Sept 1986 One Date Only James SMITH 8 Oct 1968 9 Oct 1968 Melissa Ann 9 Sep 1967 8 Apr 1968 Infant dau of Mr & Mrs. B. W. BUSBY 1 Space Michael Carson LORD 10 Dec 1968 10 Dec 1968 Tiffany Ann ALLIGOOD 29 Dec 1969 CHURCH SECTION 1, BETWEEN ROW 8 & 9 Christian Erik COOKSEY 18 Feb 1968 19 Feb 1968 4 Spaces Patricia Ann MARTIN 13 Jul 1965 2 NOV 1967 Kenneth Ray MARTIN 18 Oct 1957 21 Oct 1957 2 Spaces Richard Edward COGGINS 6 May 1955 One Date Only Infant Son of 7 Oct 1954 One Date Only John and June HENRY CHURCH SECTION 1, ROW 9 James Linder BODIE 21 Aug 1934 10 Dec 1934 Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. L. James Linder BODIE, Sr. 14 Sep 1912 16 Nov 1991 Marguerite BODIE 19 Dec 1916 3 Apr 1961 Melvina ELLERMAN 24 Jul 1866 6 Mar 1962 5 Spaces William G. POWE, Jr. 9 Feb 1904 29 Jan 1959 Mary S. POWE 2 Feb 190 No Death Date Tom R. SLAVEN 1909 1937 Jack H. SLAVEN 1869 1943 Mary F. SLAVEN 1881 1937 3 Spaces G. Felmon MITCHELL 18 Apr 1903 28 Aug 1937 Hazel C. MITCHELL 7 Jun 1906 7 Dec 1981 3 Spaces Rosa SCHERRER 5 Feb 1881 2 Jun 1937 "Beloved Wife of F. E. Willhoft" 7 Spaces Champ SEAL, Jr. 18 Nov 1946 One date only 6 Spaces Unmarked Grave (Cement Pad) 4 Spaces A. A. FISHER 10 Feb 1882 6 Oct 1938 Angela Haynes COMPTON 2 Oct 1983 One date only Sylvia DeLEON 30 Aug 1980 31 Aug 1980 Lynda Louise SMITH 11 Oct 1954 11 Oct 1954 Eddie M. MITCHELL 30 Oct 1936 MS Corp 38 Inf 3 Div Oscar Everett MITCHELL 18 May 1936 One date only Son of E. M. & Daisy Infant of Mr & Mrs Chester SMITH 8 Feb 1942 One date only ROBERTS Infant Twins No dates John A. PARKE 29 Jul 1911 26 Oct 1991 Clara E. PARKER 8 Mar 1912 12 Jul 1979 Jemmy D. PARKER 16 Nov 1937 31 May 1939 Tommy M. PARKER 8 Jan 1931 18 Jun 1997 END OF SECTION 1 Gravel Road Between Sections ***************************************************************************