NEW PALESTINE CEMETERY, CITY SECTION J 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@cityscope.net betty.davis@juno.com *************************************************************************** Location: (name of town or community and driving directions if known) For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** BORN DIED Row 1 Lourie Negbert FORMBY 10 Mar 1893 16 Apr 1965 Bertha Adele Stockstill FORMBY 1 Feb 1896 10 Dec 1991 2 spaces George S. CIRE 21 Dec 1887 23 Aug 1937 Masonic and Woodmen of World Emblem Elena S. CIRE 25 Mar 1893 4 Nov 1977 Inez Cire ESTES 15 Aug 1915 14 Dec 1974 5 Spaces Rawley Keith BURROWS 24 Aug 1926 26 Jun 1988 Mil. Mkr. U.S Army WWII Alvin S. BURROWS 9 Oct 1905 2 Apr 1984 Rita M. BURROWS 1 Jun 1905 18 Nov 1983 Sharon Lynn BURROWS 2 Jul 1945 14 May 1946 "She was loaned to us for a little while" William Henry MOSELEY 1878 1946 Mamie Eva MOSELEY 1888 1963 Frank C. SPITZER 19 Feb 1915 22 Mar 1973 Lucille M. SPITZER 14 Oct 1911 1 Mar 1983 1 space William E. NIKOLAUS 26 Sep 1914 No Death Date Claire Ruby NIKOLAUS 11 Nov 1946 11 Nov 1946 Ruby T. NIKOLAUS 27 Sep 1910 25 Aug 1963 ROW 2 8 spaces Hattie E. CHAPMAN 1878 1944 6 spaces August BURROWS 20 Jul 1868 3 Jan 1955 4 spaces James Edward THOMPSON 8 Apr 1882 1 Aug 1960 Minnie Stokes THOMPSON 10 Dec 1890 18 Feb 1963 "We have loved each other" ROW 3 Effingham "Ed" SWOBODA 6 Jan 1886 11 Apr 1951 Masonic Emblem Inez "Bo" STOCKSTILL JONES 16 Nov 1897 9 Apr 1975 William Edgar JOHNS 4 Jun 1887 12 Jul 1957 "33rd Degree Mason & Shriner" Albert R. HUDNALL 28 May 1892 26 Oct 1945 Susie M. HUDNALL 25 Jan 1893 29 Dec 1975 J. T. NICOLLS 10 Apr 1892 9 Mar 1976 James W. MEGEHEE 22 Apr 1940 7 Sep 1969 Mil. Mkr. LA SSG 15 Med Bn 1 Air Cav Div Vietnam SS-AM & 2 OLC-PH James L. MEGEHEE 9 Jul 1906 29 Feb 1983 Mildred B MEGEHEE 26 Jul 1909 17 Jun 1991 1 space Bert DIBERT 25 Mar 1907 11 Feb 1974 Grace DIBERT 1885 1959 Mamie E. WOOD 1861 1943 1 space W. L. "Pic" MOSELEY 18 Dec 1913 13 Nov 1968 Mary Lyda MOSELEY KLEINFELD 20 Jul 1922 10 Aug 1978 2 spaces Samuel N. DOTSON 25 Feb 1904 6 Aug 1973 Bertha M DOTSON 5 Aug 1908 24 May 1973 "Geraldine" "In thee Oh Lord Have I put my Trust" 1 space ROW 4 3 spaces Silas Monroe JONES 2 Mar 1900 4 Jan 1975 son of Lewis M. Jones & Molly Mills Therold M SANDERS 22 May 1924 13 Jan 1977 Mil. Mkr. M M Pvt US Army WWII 15 Spaces Kenneth Wayne EMBRY 26 Dec 1924 23 Dec 1996 "He died as he lived- a Christian" Muriel Dotson EMBRY Dec 28 1927 No Death Date "Weeping may endure for the night, But joy cometh in the morning" 2 spaces ROW 5 Nannie Mayo JORDAN 18 Jul 1867 3 Oct 1943 "To rest in Peace from earthly Sorrows past" William Harrison JORDAN 17 Nov 1866 23 May 1950 "As you are now so once was I, As I am now soon you may be Prepare for death and follow me" William Prentiss JORDAN 27 Dec 1899 6 Aug 1965 Oma SMITH JORDAN 28 Jul 1903 28 Oct 1963 "Fishing Pals" John Henry SMITH 16 May 1873 18 Jun 1953 Harriett Carolyn SMITH 17 Feb 1877 15 Apr 1945 Jessie SMITH SONGY 8 Nov 1904 21 Oct 1983 "Mother of June, Dot, Jeannie & Thais" 1 space Henry Clifton HILL 14 May 1908 20 Jan 1963 Aubrey C. HYDE 9 Sep 1896 2 Feb 1970 Annie M. MEGEHEE 27 Mar 1899 13 Jul 1997 FHM "In Memory of Anne MEGEHEE Feb 27 1899 Sep 13 1997" Choice B. SANDERS 24 Sep 1893 17 Jan 1968 Emma P. SANDERS 27 May 1899 6 Mar 1947 T. Victor SANDERS 8 Jan 1920 No Death Date Jimmie C. SANDERS 29 Mar 1928 23 Jun 1998 Andrew David OSBOURN 1881 1954 Mary FAVRE OSBOURN 1884 1946 "We Will Meet Again" Agnes M. OSBOURN 10 Jan 1905 23 Sep 1961 1 space William George KRUSE 22 Dec 1876 14 Mar 1961 Helen Sophia KRUSE "Wife" 19 Nov 1874 22Nov 1946 William KRUSE 4 May 1900 27 Feb 1976 Rosa M KRUSE "Wife" 12 Apr 1909 27 Jan 1966 ROW 6 Jessie J. BLACKWELL 20 Mar 1893 5 Nov 1985 Walter O. MILLER 1910 1983 6 spaces Suzanne HILL 15 Sep 1945 One Date Only 11 spaces Henry W. WITTORF 21 Dec 1900 17 Nov 1947 Katherine A WITTORF 16 Jan 1902 11 Jan 1989 "And each tool is laid aside, worn with Work that was done with pride" Alfred E. WITTORF 14 Jan 1927 No Death Date Delores E. WITTORF 24 May 1930 27 May 1992 ROW 7 1 space George Holleman STOCKSTILL 17 Oct 1880 19 Jul 1955 Hettie Jordan STOCKSTILL 15 Feb 1889 11 May 1991 1 Space Rev. Charles B. BLACKMON 1887 1945 Cenie BLACKMON 1898 1971 Joseph N. BLACKMON 23 Jan 1921 26 Nov 1963 Mil. Mkr. MS Pvt Co C 39 Inf Trg Bn WWII 2 Spaces Robert Earl LAIRD 21 Jun 1896 2 Aug 1946 Mil. Mkr. MS Sn 2 c Cl USNRF Vera Bell LAIRD 9 Jul 1902 23 Dec 1960 Bobby LAIRD 25 Nov 1927 16 Sep 1945 "In Loving Memory of Raymond GOODWIN 14 Apr 1917 26 Jun 1944 wounded in combat died in Germany WWII" L. W. GOODWIN 1880 1966 "At Rest" Mabel S. GOODWIN 1889 1970 "At Rest" Raymond L. GOODWIN 1917 1944 4 Spaces Judson Evans SMITH 23 Jan 1937 14 Jul 1985 Marker reversed Walter T. SMITH 1881 1946 Katie Lou HOLLAND SMITH 1887 1956 Ruth HOLLAND 24 Oct 1896 16 Dec 1959 ROW 8 Ernest F. WEDDLE 2 Oct 1904 14 Mar 1978 Lucille S. WEDDLE 9 Mar 1905 No Death Date "The Lord is my Shepherd" Mary H. MADISON 11 Mar 1928 No Death Date Francis L. MADISON 15 Nov 1926 No Death Date "Lo, I am with you always" Clifford Eugene McCARTY 21 Aug 1918 20 Nov 1984 Mil. Mrk. Tec 5 U. S. Army WWII Sarah E. McCARTY 29 Apr 1925 No Death Date 6 Spaces Maude S. GOODWIN 29 Oct 1912 5 Jan 1991 Alvin E. GOODWIN 11 Dec 1911 17 Dec 1986 3 Spaces Edward Luther CAMERON 23 Jul 1913 26 May 1986 Beulah BALASKI CAMERON 16 Aug 1915 24 May 1982 1 Space Sarah W. JOHNSON 1903 1995 Oscar H. JOHNSON 1904 1966 Harry Howard WEST 21 Feb 1890 2 Sep 1951 Marie E. WEST 21 Mar 1902 21 Jan 1981 Richard Carl HENLEY 1944 One Date Only Patricia Delk HENLEY 1946 One Date Only Clarence J. HENLEY 1901 1950 Bernice HENLEY 1905 1944 Shade Currie JEMISON 1883 1945 Gertrude Currie JEMISON 17 Dec 1880 3 Aug 1955 Ralph V. MORRIS 5 May 1905 24 Apr 1993 1 Space Arthur Ashton FOSTER 18 Dec 1902 23 Jan 1988 Sadie E. MEGEHEE FOSTER 8 Apr 1909 8 Jul 1988 2 Spaces William Oliver KELLY 17 Aug 1884 24 Oct 1977 Mil. Mkr. Sgt US Marine Corp WWI "Masonic Emblem" Daisy KESTLER KELLY 1 Feb 1899 8 Jan 1962 "Eastern Star Emblem" Evelyn Page KELLY 9 Jun 1921 1 Jun 1947 William Joseph KELLY 30 Aug 1920 26 Oct 1998 Mil. Mkr. EPC U. S. Navy WW II Mary Ruth KELLY GALL 5 Sep 1922 No Death Date Katherine White WALKER 17 Sep 1856 24 Oct 1949 Thomas Vaughan WALKER 11 Jul 1884 25 Jan 1963 "Shriner Emblem" 2 Spaces Eugene E. FIELDS 24 Mar 1856 28 Feb 1948 Preston L.HILL 24 Feb 1903 29 Oct 1966 Helen H. HILL 21 Apr 1909 24 Feb 1997 1 Space ROW 10 Joan HENLEY 27 Aug 1932 One Date Only 2 Spaces Phillip Jerome HENLEY 8 Oct 1953 22 Oct 1953 "Son of Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Henley" 12 Spaces Camille Louise WALKER 11 Aug 1899 18 Mar 1995 "D.A.R. Emblem" 3 spaces R. B. "Shorty" JONES 21 Dec 1907 8 Aug 199855 Georgia Humes JONES 10 Aug 1912 No Death Date 2 spaces ROW 11 2 spaces Norma HENLEY 14 May 1935 No Death Date David O. BLEEKER 10 Jul 1952 11 May 1998 "son or Norma Henley" Lola GONZALEZ 1900 1967 Margaret J. WILLIAMSON 18 Aug 1914 5 Apr 1995 Joseph G. WILLIAMS 14 Jul 1912 2 Nov 1994 Pratroia DEL MAZO 18 Mar 1960 5 Jan 1940 Guy E. JOPES 28 Nov 1903 3 Sep 1976 Legon M. JOPES 23 Mar 1904 7 Mar 1998 2 Spaces Michael HUGHES 20 Oct 1947 20 Oct 1947 3 Spaces Thomas Scanlan ROSS 19 Apr 1898 23 Aug 1987 Lenore WALKER ROSS 9 Dec 1897 10 Aug 1987 "Colonial Dames, 17th Century Emblem" 2 Spaces Eugene Anthony SWEET 8 Apr 1952 No Death Date Janet Lee SWEET 4 Jan 1955 No Death Date Anna Ka SWEET 19 Aug 1982 22 Nov 1996 "Loved by many" 1 Space Fred H. HENLEY 25 May 1929 27 Apr 1979 "The Lord is my Shepherd I shall Not Want" "Music" "I'll meet you in the morning" Hester Marshall HENLEY 14 Sep 1899 10 Dec 1984 James Ernest HENLEY 17 Aug 1898 1 Sep 1951 14 Spaces Thomas Scanlan ROSS, Jr. 11 Mar 1921 26 Feb 1992 Mil. Mrk. Eloise BASS ROSS 25 Oct 1927 No Death Date 4 Spaces ROW 13 Henry Glenn GIBSON 15 Dec 1918 5 Sep 1994 Mil. Mkr. Tec 4 US Army WW II Jessie L. GIBSON 23 Apr 1927 No Death Date Malissa Louella EAST LANGLEY 31 Dec 1891 8 Dec 1944 Jesse Darmel LANGLEY 19 Apr 1898 2 Jun 1972 W. L. "Bill" MURRAY 11 Jun 1900 17 Jan 1964 "Masonic Emblem" Ollie E. MURRAY 12 Jan 1898 3 Feb 1956 "Eastern Star Emblem" Ernest Ebb "Fats" STEWART 8 Nov 1903 15 Aug 1972 Jackie Marie STEWART 11 Oct 1905 9 May 1990 2 Spaces Henry Ellis PEARSON 9 Dec 1895 19 Aug 1961 Mil. Mkr. MS Pvt 18 Co Rec Depot WWI Irene MEGEHEE PEARSON 26 Apr 1898 8 Jul 1981 Liston EAST 18 Mar 1895 13 Jan 1946 Bessie M. SMITH EAST 5 Jun 1898 5 Jan 1981 William M. EAST 15 Dec 1870 3 Sep 1948 "Asleep in Jesus" Mary M. EAST 21 Dec 1866 6 Apr 1945 "Asleep in Jesus" 1 Space Era Earlene GUYMON 30 Sep 1914 20 Dec 1946 Theresa Ann GUYMON 26 May 1934 20 Dec 1946 Beverly Kay GUYMON 24 Oct 1941 20 Dec 1946 Ronnie MACON 23 Jul 1957 30 Jul 1993 Gladys ASHER GUAMINA 1917 1948 Louis ASHER 9 Dec 1918 24 Mar 1960 Mil. Mkr. MS T SGT Co C 933 Sig Bn WWII "Worshipful Master 1960 Level Lodge No 373 FE & AM" 1 Space Row 14 4 Spaces Charles A NELSON 28 Oct 1892 19 Jan 1956 Mil. Mkr. Pfc 3 co Coast Arty WWI Grace NELSON 20 Feb 1899 4 Sep 1970 Mil. Mkr. "May she rest in Peace" 2 Spaces C. Elwin DAWSEY 5 May 1907 30 Jul 1958 "To Die is to Gain" Mary Lou DAWSEY 18 Jun 1919 15 Oct 1980 "Christ is my Hope" Hiram O SMITH, Jr. 3 Jun 1921 25 Dec 1978 "Husband of Mary Lou Dawsey" "Masonic Emblem" Charles O. EAST 9 Jan 1926 8 Dec 1982 "Sheltered & Safe from sorrow" Russell E. GUYMON 3 Jun 1911 24 Dec 1967 Mary B. GUYMON WATSON 8 Jan 1917 25 Jun 1974 4 spaces Jim BENNETT 19 Sep 1900 14 Oct 1900 Eugenia A. BENNETT 24 Jul 1907 28 Jun 1989 ROW 15 Allen Joshua HART 25 Jul 1902 25 Aug 198 Vera BALLARD HART 2 Dec 1908 3 Oct 1995 "Married 23 May 1936" 2 Spaces A. C. BALLARD 9 Mar 1918 21 Nov 1989 Eloise L. BALLARD 14 Aug 1922 No Death Date Married 23 May 1936 James Manuel BALLARD 27 May 1950 22 Jul 1950 Thomas R. PEARSON 28 Dec 1891 19 Jan 1972 Mil. Mkr. MS Pvt U. S. Army WW I Opal T. PEARSON 20 Nov 1897 27 Jan 1979 Thomas R PEARSON, Jr. 7 Nov 1918 11 May 1980 Mil. Mkr. CWO2 U. S. Army; U. S. Air Force WWII Korea 1 Space George W. DAWSEY 1872 1947 "Woodmen of World" Lillie M. DAWSEY 1887 1967 George Cliff DAWSEY 21 Oct 1904 26 Mar 1974 Minnie K. DAWSEY 10 Jan 1906 No Death Date Daniel Amos LANDRUM 1879 1949 Carrie Rebecca LANDUM 1883 1977 Irma D'ANTONI 13 Sep 1912 7 Aug 1964 "Dau of Mr & Mrs Daniel A Landrum " "Wife of Charles D'Antoni" Charles D'ANTONI 2 Nov 1902 28 Jan 1976 ROW 16 Clara E. HART 1865 1947 11 Spaces Cleveland R DAWSEY 11 Feb 1922 14 Mar 1993 Hazel N. DAWSEY 20 Mar 1925 No Death Date "I have loved thee with everlasting Love. Jer. 31:3" Eugene L. DAWSEY 2 Aug 1911 No Death Date "Masonic Emblem" Marie D. DAWSEY 24 Sep 1925 No Death Date 4 Spaces Clinton Earl SMITH 5 Mar 1908 22 Jan 1975 Mary Carolyn SMITH 21 Sep 1910 27 Nov 1967 2 Spaces ROW 17 Elbert E. MITCHELL 8 Mar 1893 27 Jan 1961 "Masonic Emblem" Mamie L. MITCHELL 22 Aug 1893 24 Dec 1973 2 Spaces William L. WHITMAN 1873 1945 Katie S. WHITMAN 1881 1965 2 Spaces Clifton FURR 14 Nov 1908 1 Aug 1987 Grace W. FURR 3 May 1908 No Death Date 2 Spaces George A. BELL 4 Nov 1877 17 Oct 1948 "Masonic Emblem" Josephine BELL 1880 1969 3 Spaces Arthur A. BYRD 5 Jul 1892 5 Jul 1961 Mil. Mkr. MS Co D 58 Inf WWI Viola W. BYRD 4 Oct 1898 25 Dec 1988 1 Space Grover Cleveland TAYLOR 11 Aug 1885 9 Dec 1933 Vernie Brady TAYLOR 5 Oct 1896 16 Dec 1963 Earl Cleveland TAYLOR 13 Apr 1917 4 Sep 1942 Mil. Mkr. "1st Lt 126 Inf 32 Inf Div WWII" "Killed in service in Australia" 1 Space ROW 18 4 Spaces Charles W. WHITMAN 16 Jul 1915 24 Dec 1961 Mil. Mkr. MS M Sgt U.S. Army WWII Korea BSM Yvonne BASS WHITMAN Amy Priscilla WHITMAN GEER 30 Dec 1943 26 Oct 1991 1 Space Albert M. MABIE 19 Jun 1918 21 Jun 1984 Bettye E. MABIE 25 Jun 1929 No Death Date 2 Spaces Walter T. HALEY 4 Jun 1912 12 Feb 1944 Margaret B. HALEY 15 Sep 1917 13 May 1993 6 Spaces Horace BRADY 1906 1948 "The heart of man is restless until it finds its love" 3 Spaces ROW 19 1 Space Vera Darnell MITCHELL 26 Sep 1919 23 Mar 1945 "Gone but not Forgotten" Oliver ROBERTS 18 Oct 1915 8 Aug 1998 Mil. Mkr. PFC U. S. Army WW II "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved in thy house" Eva N. ROBERTS 17 Sep 1924 21 Jun 1992 "My Mother-a mighty prayer warrior. There will be no more lonely days" Lonnie J. TATE 1895 1975 Vera W. TATE 1904 1990 James A. OSBOURN 4 Jan 1924 24 Jul 1888 Gloria T. OSBOURN 30 Dec 1943 26 Oct 1991 Claude E. GERARD 7 Oct 1907 9 Feb 1969 Annie Mae GERARD 9 Jan 1906 9 Feb 1976 2 Spaces Clifton Valmer MILLER 19 Jun 1904 16 Aug 1948 Katie WILLIAMS MILLER 7 Oct 1906 26 Aug 1994 Dorothy Jean MILLER MEITZLER 15 Oct 1926 No Death Date 2 Spaces Louis E. FREEMAN 5 May 1890 17 Jul 1952 Sadie W. FREEMAN 15 Oct 1988 11 Dec 1948 1 Space Lucille G. FOWLER 1897 1979 Percy W. FOWLER 1887 1968 Leroy William BARNES 5 Feb 1920 11 Dec 1975 Robert W. BARNES 1922 1945 Mil. Mkr. Lt. "He died in service for his country" ROW 20 Lora V. MITCHELL PULLEN 15 Jun 1929 3 Feb 1992 "She smiled even thru the hard times" 3 Spaces Charles H. KELLAR 21 Oct 1927 No Death Date Billy Joe KELLAR 7 Sep 1932 18 Nov 1991 "When we all get to heaven" 1 Space James Stephen ROUSE 8 Jan 1949 8 Jan 1949 8 Spaces Robert Hampton STEWART 7 Feb 1909 4 Dec 1989 Elva HENDERSON STEWART Troy Reginold ROBBINS 9 Apr 1910 18 Jan 1983 Evelyn HENDERSON ROBBINS 24 Jan 1909 7 Dec 1996 2 Spaces Nona Blanton BARNES Sep 12 1915 1 Space ***************************************************************************