NEW PALESTINE CEMETERY, CITY SECTION O 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@earthlink.net bettydavis@houston.rr.com *************************************************************************** For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** SECTION O BORN DIED ROW 1 Very large "SMITH" Headstone One foot marker Maurice L. SMITH, Sr. 21 Dec 1920 30 Jan 1973 Appears to be a grave on right, but No inscription 2 Spaces Marion Byrne RUDEEN 19 Apr 1925 7 Jan 1973 Dr. D. C. RUDEEN 1924 1999 (McDonald FHM) Charlean S. RUDEEN 5 May 1928 24 Mar 1998 One Space Robert J. STEWART 1920 1972 Helen N. STEWART 24 May 1894 29 Apr 1974 Eugene S. STEWART 12 May 1894 31 Dec 1973 Each side of stone has diagram of a book Inscribed "Book of Life" 5 Spaces ROW 2 5 Spaces Footstone markers Cleta S. DUBUSSION 23 Apr 1910 8 Dec 1986 Gus Ernest RUDEEN 12 Oct 1897 5 Jun 1967 Zada M. RUDEEN 17 Sep 1901 12 Dec 1981 Jack H. SLAVEN 12 Oct 1907 23 Jan 1993 Onita M. SLAVEN 11 Aug 1915 No death date William Stecil KELLAR "Father" 28 Feb 1907 7 Mar 1984 Alyne S. KELLAR "Mother" 9 Jun 1914 10 Mar 1988 4 Spaces Row 3 Edward C. SONES 26 Sep 1904 12 Apr 1973 Mary M. SONES 26 Jul 1917 No death date 2 Spaces NEW PALESTINE CEM. SECTION O BORN DIED Sherman E. DENNEKER 11 Aug 1910 2 Apr 1991 Lillie Mae DENNEKER 13 Jun 1914 18 Feb 1973 Francis P. DOSSETT 29 Sep 1902 13 Apr 1973 "We will meet again" Mattie K. DOSSETT 17 Jan 1911 26 Sep 1990 "In heaven someday" Fred Gray MacDONALD 1908 1972 Nina NICHOLS MacDONALD 1909 1974 2 Spaces Bruce G. JONES 7 Jul 1928 16 Sep 1972 Mil. Footstone: VA PFC 27 Eng. Base Equip. Co. One Space DENT Headstone Mil. Footstone: Basil C. DENT - U.S. Army 22 May 1922 26 Sep 1976 Nancy Pansy DENT 1919 1996 ROW 4 4 Spaces Lloyd MORRIS 3 Oct 1909 23 Jul 1983 Velma S. MORRIS 20 Nov 1913 20 Nov 1982 Alyce C. SNOW 17 Oct 1898 7 Dec 1973 Flora M. BATES 9 Jan 1925 19 Jul 1973 "Beloved Mother" Fred G. MacDONALD, Jr. 16 Nov 1928 11 May 1992 Juanita P. MacDONALD 5 Nov 1928 No death date Urn: "In God's Hands" 2 Spaces Joe T. LANCASTER 3 Jan 1904 29 Nov 1984 Lottie H. LANCASTER 30 Jul 1912 24 Dec 1998 Top of stone: "In Loving Memory" Nol B. LANCASTER 18 Jan 1900 28 Nov 1972 "Brother" Mamie Lee APPLEWHITE 1 Sep 1927 27 Nov 1972 ROW 5 MITCHELL HEADSTONE "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God" Footstones: Emmett R. MITCHELL 11 Jun 1900 9 May 1973 Masonic emblem Dora Louise S. MITCHELL 26 Oct 1899 21 Jun 1986 Melville E. MITCHELL "Goolie" 28 Jun 1929 29 May 1991 Masonic Emblem "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" Mil. Footstone: SSgt U.S. Air Force Korea One Space William Howard CHARLAN 12 May 1911 17 Jun 1973 Annie Lucile CHARLAN 12 Apr 1912 18 Jan 1991 Andrew OLIVER 6 Feb 1905 1 Oct 1973 Lena OLIVER 10 May 1910 14 May 1997 "Thy kingdom come" 5 Spaces James Wilbert ODOM 6 Apr 1905 20 Nov 1973 "Father" Octavia A. ODOM 4 Feb 1906 16 May 1998 "Mother" Cheryl Lynn BATCHELOR 21 Mar 1966 19 May 1977 "Forever in our hearts" ROW 6 Otis W. SAMPLES 17 Mar 1909 9 Mar 1989 Clina Lynn S. SAMPLES 19 Apr 1908 3 Jan 1999 Daughters of Dr. B. W. INMAN Jessie B. Mil. Footstone: Jessie I. FLOYD LA TEC 5 Women's Army Corps. WW II Gertrude Ozenne Susie Lee 11 Aug 1910 8 Sep 1993 2 Spaces Uriel K. WELLS 15 Feb 1902 18 Jan 1990 Mildred W. WELLS 22 Apr 1912 No death date 6 Spaces Gerald G. WELLS 17 Oct 1936 17 Nov 1973 One Space George WELLS 4 Jan 1907 15 Oct 1986 Iva M. WELLS 19 Dec 1911 No death date ROW 7 2 Spaces John F. McLendon 21 Jan 1896 21 Dec 1973 Hazel B. McLendon 11 Mar 1909 24 Feb 1977 4 Spaces George C. GRAEBER 18 Sep 1909 17 Mar 1986 "Father" Hazel A. GRAEBER 29 Jul 1911 1 Oct 1976 "Mother" Donald L. ROOD 3 Mar 1950 3 Dec 1978 Clifton A. ROOD 4 Nov 1913 20 Dec 1972 "In After-Time We'll Meet Her" 4 Spaces Karen C. DUBISSON 21 Oct 1958 6 Sep 1972 "Gone to be an angel" 3 Spaces ROW 8 Orville D. PEARSON 21 Oct 1919 18 Jul 1973 Footstone: O.D.P. Lucille S. PEARSON 11 Jul 1924 No death date Otto Kenneth THIGPEN 13 Mar 1928 16 Apr 1994 Shriner's emblem Doris SMITH THIGPEN 19 Apr 1928 No death date Above names: Pair of hearts inscribed "Kenny" and "Dot" "Though they sleep, their memory lives on" James Richard DAVIS 30 Jul 1905 18 Jan 1980 "Father" Sara Ann A. DAVIS 12 Dec 1903 13 Jan 1991 "Mother" Cyril E. PIAZZA 25 Nov 1924 9 Jan 1988 "Father" Beverly B. PIAZZA 31 May 1928 7 Jul 1982 "Mother" Leonard H. ALSOBROOKS 20 Oct 1882 11 Jul 1977 Louisa E. McQUEEN 9 Oct 1888 1 Aug 1976 William V. SEAL 4 Aug 1907 17 Mar 1973 2 Spaces DUBISSON Headstone Footstones: Sidney Joseph DUBISSON 1896 1978 Pvt. U.S. Army WW I Ruby M. DUBISSON 24 Apr 1911 No death date ROW 9 Left half of plot blank Phyllis D. MACKEY 14 Jul 1925 6 Oct 1985 Lester L. SEAL 27 Dec 1911 No Death Date Margorie D. SEAL 20 Aug 1918 4 Jun 1998 "Forever in my heart" Kenneth L. DASH 30 Jan 1921 1 Feb 1978 "In loving memory" Matching stone Anna C. DASH 11 Aug 1911 5 Apr 1995 "In loving memory" 4 Spaces QUICK Double Headstone Left Side Not Inscribed Edith MARTIN QUICK 26 Dec 1913 6 Jun 1992 Miles A. ROPER 15 Nov 1909 5 Aug 1995 Ruth M. ROPER 8 Apr 1905 3 Feb 1979 2 Spaces ROW 10 Odis C. SPIKES 25 Jun 1922 22 Mar 1990 Mil. Footstone: Odis Carroll SPIKES RM2 U.S. Navy WW II Willie Mae T. SPIKES 25 Jun 1926 27 Mar 1976 Double headstone: Loraine S. BURBANK 20 Jul 1908 20 Aug 1995 Hilda S. KING 28 Jul 1918 No death date 1 Spaces Footstones: William Wentz McGRAW 15 Sep 1898 15 Apr 1990 Zora McLEOD McGRAW 14 Apr 1901 22 Apr 1979 William Holt McLEOD 30 Jan 1904 29 Jan 1994 4 Spaces ROW 11 LA SHELLE Headstone Footstones: Merlin James 1906 1983 Ingovar LEIGHTON 1901 1991 CHATMAN Double Headstone: Footstones: Joe Charles 8 Oct 1904 27 Apr 1992 Eugenia LEIGHTON 8 Jan 1911 No death date 4 Spaces James Talmon JONES 30 Sep 1909 16 Dec 1983 Annie Lou M. JONES 3 Nov 1921 No death date 1 Space Josephine C. WEHRSTEDT 1923 1992 (McDonald FHM) 2 Spaces SEAL double headstone w. 3 footstones: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to His purpose" Footstone: Herman Eugene SEAL 25 Jun 1939 No Death Date "Likewise the suffering and death in our own lives are meaningful parts of God's total plan for mankind" Footstone: Michael Scott SEAL 19 Jun 1967 18 Jul 1976 1 Space Barbara Jean S. 29 Apr 1936 18 Jul 1976 ROW 12 2 Spaces Lewis Byron BILBO, Jr. 9 Dec 1949 3 Nov 1998 (O'Bryant O'Keefe FHM, Pascagoula, MS) Age 48 4 Spaces BRUNSON Double Headstone: Rufus William BRUNSON 30 Jul 1912 1 Jan 1999 Masonic Emblem Edna G. MITCHELL 12 Oct 1918 No Death Date Eastern Star Emblem "I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it someday for a crown" HARRIS Double Headstone: "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain" M. W. HARRIS "Billy" 4 Dec 1915 9 Oct 1998 Mil. Footstone: Marion W. HARRIS Pvt. U.S. Army WW II Mary Kathryn HARRIS 18 Apr 1921 No Death Date "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints" 2 Spaces LITCHLITER Double heastone: Left side blank Rt. Side Footstone: Fred Fowler LITCHLITER 19 Jan 1911 5 Jun 1977 CSK U.S. Coast Guard WW II ROW 13 2 Spaces Murry MARTIN "Pete" 29 Dec 1920 22 Mar 1979 Mil. Footstone: Murry MARTIN - U.S. Army Matching stone: "Mutt Hutchings" Evelyn Marie MARTIN 3 Aug 1918 31 Mar 1998 Curtis C. LOVELESS 15 Sep 1910 15 Mar 1997 "Gone but not forgotten" Madye LOVELESS 29 Jan 1912 3 Aug 1988 James L. LOVELESS "Dad" 28 Nov 1936 15 May 1998 June B. LOVELESS "Mother" 8 Apr 1935 No Death Date Urn: 25 Dec 1971 Charles Gail DUBISSON 22 Sep 1939 16 May 1993 "Forever in our hearts" 2 Spaces Seba DENT ECROYD 11 Mar 1943 19 Oct 1978 THE MOORE FAMILY (Very lg. Plot marker) Footstones: Sarah E. WILLIFORD 30 Dec 1895 18 Mar 1997 "Loved to crochet" Mil. Footstone: Raymond W. MOORE 4 Jun 1921 19 Jan 1984 1st Lt. U.S. Air Force WW II One Space Michael ALLEN 8 Jan 1957 25 Aug 1978 "Lover of music" ROW 14 Lambert N. SIMS "Papa" 27 May 1908 12 May 1974 Bessie V. SIMS "Mama" 29 Jul 1910 14 Aug 1986 Eunice SLAYDON "Becky" 7 Jun 1934 12 Nov 1988 Charles A. SLAYDON 26 Jun 1932 No Death Date Urn: Married 30 Jul 1954 6 Spaces Stanley C. STRAHAN 23 Oct 1901 8 Oct 1983 Lucille JONES 27 Jul 1915 No Death Date Lacester W. BEAN 5 Mar 1918 17 Jul 1999 Cleo M. BEAN 25 Dec 1915 No Death Date Married 10 Sep 1939 2 Spaces End of Section "O"