Straight Bayou Cemetery, Sharkey County, Mississippi Compiled by Larry Wheeler. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Straight Bayou Cemetery is located in the northeast [T14N, R5W, Section 13] Sharkey County, Mississippi. It can be reached from Highway 61 by taking highway 14 east from Anguilla towards Louise. Go approximately four miles and there will be a paved road to the left (North). Take this road until you get to the bayou then veer right and continue three or four miles. The Straight Bayou Church is on the left. To reach the cemetery you go across the Bayou, and the cemetery is on the left. The oldest recorded grave is 1887. There are 290 identifiable grave markers. There are additional graves with no markers. The author made this listing in October 2000. The information comes from the tombstones. In addition reference was made to World War I registration data, the Social Security Death database, and the census for years 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920. Where tombstones list birth dates and no death, that information was recorded. The individual may still be alive. Every attempt was made to ensure accuracy, but some stones were very difficult to read. For those having questions or comments they can contact the author: Larry Wheeler at lowheeler@msn.com or by regular mail at 14726 Red River Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78410. Name DOB DOD Relationship Allen Roy Lane October 20, 1937 February 24, 1948 Anderson B. Russell September 14, 1914 December 1, 1981 Anderson Lonnie E. January 7, 1942 January 9, 1942 Atkinson Lilla M. 1872 1933 Atwood Joe F. Husband of Mandy Holifield Atwood Atwood Mandy Holifield Wife of Joe F. Atwood Barnes Andrew Barnie 1908 1937 Barnett Betty A. July 28, 1934 January 30, 1947 Barnett Dell Clifton November 27, 1908 January 31, 2000 Barnett Janis C. May 5, 1938 June 30, 1939 Bates Charley M. 1887 1940 Husband of Maggie Bates Bates Maggie October 14, 1885 September 22, 1987 Wife of Charley M. Bates Bennett Agnes P. September 18, 1915 Wife of Louis F. Bennett Bennett Louis F. April 6, 1913 September 6, 1999 Husband of Agnes P. Bennett Boyd Eunice 1900 1909 Boyd Grafton 1928 1928 Son of John S. & Mary E. Boyd Boyd Hugh N. August 1867 February 15, 1908 Husband of Mary Evans Boyd Boyd Hugh N. II July 13, 1908 January 31, 1995 Boyd John Sampson July 29, 1898 January 23, 1983 Husband of Mary Elizabeth Boyd Boyd Lula A. Underwood 1869 1943 Wife of William M. Boyd Boyd Mary Elizabeth March 7, 1896 September 4, 1974 Wife of John Sampson Boyd Boyd Shelton A. July 11, 1903 June 16, 1905 Son of Hugh N. & Mary Evans Boyd Boyd William M. 1898 1898 Boyd William M. 1869 1945 Husband of Lula A. Underwood Boyd Boyd William E. October 17, 1901 February 28, 1902 Son of Hugh N. & Mary Evans Boyd Boykin Sylvania Diffey March 6, 1910 May 24, 1972 Wife of John Michael Diffey Bryant Jill Turner January 12, 1914 March 21, 1994 Busby Jewell 1913 1941 Cannon Argie 1850 1937 Cannon Charley H. 1848 February 24, 1908 Catledge George Walter September 6, 1914 Husband of Katie Hall Catledge Catledge Katie Hall August 1, 1916 June 18, 1978 Wife of George Wallace Catledge Cauthen Dixie Middleton November 18, 1944 July 2, 1989 Wife of Ernest Douglas Cauthen Cauthen Ernest Douglas August 9, 1929 Husband of Dixie Middleton Cauthen Chaney Chapp Lemar December 27, 1923 February 28, 1928 Cheatham Ernest E. April 27, 1907 November 1, 1908 Son of O.E. & W.I. Cheatham Cheatham O. E. May 8, 1871 April 23, 1910 Cook Robert L. September 6, 1884 March 11, 1908 Woodman of the World Courtney James M. Sr. May 22, 1930 June 12, 1980 Covington Cecil L. Sr. November 20, 1921 May 14, 1983 Crotwell Miller L. July 13, 1915 February 12, 1998 Crotwell Miller Shelby October 16, 1949 August 27, 1972 Husband of Tulion Eugene Crotwell Crotwell Tulion Eugene July 29, 1947 March 25, 1972 Wife of Miller Shelby Crotwell Diffey Choyce H. August 14, 1919 January 12, 1987 Husband of Ocie Mae Diffey Diffey Dolores Jean November 7, 1936 February 27, 1940 Diffey John Michael February 15, 1907 November 15, 1948 Husband of Sylvania Diffey Boykin Diffey Lula August 12, 1888 November 27, 1956 Wife of Thomas M. Diffey Diffey Ocie Mae May 16, 1921 June 10, 1996 Wife of Choyce H. Diffey Diffey Thomas M. May 2, 1882 June 30, 1947 Husband of Lula Diffey Dixon Infant August 14, 1949 August 14, 1949 Daughter of L.E. Dixon Evans Bennie B. September 17, 1892 December 19, 1963 Husband of Mildred West Evans Evans Curtis Robert April 10, 1895 1959 Husband of Ruby M. Evans Evans James W. July 1861 1941 Husband of Lela Evans Evans John Walter August 6, 1900 December 16, 1974 Evans Lucille S. 1859 1901 Wife of Steve A. Evans Evans Melissa B. February 17, 1875 September 1, 1959 Evans Mildred West January 24, 1906 April 6, 1986 Wife of Bennie B. West Evans Norman November 25, 1897 October, 1976 Husband of Pearl Evans Evans Pearl Mrs. 1900 1935 Wife of Norman Evans Evans Ruby M. December 18, 1897 August, 1971 Wife of Curtis R. Evans Evans Steve A. 1860 1900 Husband of Lucille S. Evans Fulton Dwayne ( Sonny) 1936 1988 Husband of Peggy Fulton Fulton Peggy 1940 Wife of Dwayne Fulton Gordon Lawrence Allen June 24, 1937 September 29, 2000 Grant Dorothy B. November 9, 1929 Wife of Lawrence Grant Grant Infant 1947 1947 Son of Lawrence & Dorothy Grant Grant Lawrence May 21, 1925 May 10, 1978 Husband of Dorothy B. Grant Green Betty Lou February 18, 1934 February 18, 1934 Daughter of Thomas & Louella Green Green Francis Ruth June 12, 1936 May 12, 1942 Daughter of Thomas & Louella Green Green James Henry June 24, 1935 June 24, 1935 Son of Joseph & Lottie Green Green Lottie S. June 7, 1918 April 3, 1945 Green Louella Sanders Mary 15, 1906 April 24, 1974 Wife of Thomas Leo Green Green Thomas Kimbriel April 18, 1930 May 2, 1931 Son of Thomas & Louella Green Green Thomas Leo October 15, 1901 March 3, 1986 Husband of Louella Sanders Green Grim Clarence Michael October 25, 1917 July 8, 1982 Hall Cudia L. October 20, 1912 January 2, 1917 Daughter of Joseph W. & Lena M. Hall Hall Joseph Walter December 24, 1880 March 14, 1926 Husband of Lena Howell Hall Hall Lena Howell September 8, 1882 September 16, 1972 Wife of Joseph W. Hall Hall Leonard Dewey September 23, 1922 June 9, 1993 Harlan John N. August 17, 1850 March 29, 1927 Hodges Lindsay February 10, 1980 December 22, 1981 Dau of Joseph R. & Linda Lewis Hodges Hodnett Andrew Malcom April 27, 1990 April 30, 1990 Son of Robert & Stephanie Brown Hodnett Hodnett B. Smith June 7, 1881 September 14, 1906 Hodnett Beatrice Skeen January 12, 1913 February 14, 1968 Wife of William Hughey Hodnett Hodnett Sarah Frances November 30, 1936 September 25, 1979 Hodnett Sarah Powell 1872 1954 Wife of William Jesse Hodnett Hodnett William Hughey January 8, 1911 June 8, 1999 Husband of Beatrice Skeen Hodnett Hodnett William Jesse 1867 1958 Husband of Sarah Powell Hodnett Hollis Mary Elizabeth 1883 1946 Wife of William E. Hollis Hollis William Ezra June 1, 1877 1958 Husband of Mary Elizabeth Hollis Holloway Aubrey 1929 1931 Holloway Lula A. 1869 1943 Holloway William M. 1869 1945 Hooker James E. July 7, 1881 March 22, 1959 Husband of Myrtle J. Hooker Hooker Myrtle J. February 27, 1902 May 20, 1978 Wife of James E. Hooker Hubbard Ada M. January 21, 1926 Wife of Hiram W. Hubbard Hubbard Hiram W. August 17, 1923 February 26, 1993 Husband of Ada M. Hubbard Hudgens Essie G. December 21, 1917 June 14, 1997 Wife of James Howard Hudgens Hudgens James Howard February 24, 1916 1981 Husband of Essie G. Hudgens Hudgens James Michael January 30, 1967 January 30, 1967 Hussey John Thomas October 23, 1900 April 28, 1942 Husband of Velma Boyd Hussey Hussey Velma Boyd November 20, 1896 September 29, 1982 Wife of John Thomas Hussey Jackson Infant January 21, 1919 Child of Alice Jackson Johnson Alma H. August 1, 1880 January 22, 1962 Wife of Wiley B. Johnson Johnson Elbert Floyd Jr. March 31, 1967 April 1, 1967 Johnson Floyd April 26, 1912 October 25, 1986 Husband of Lettie H. Johnson Johnson George P. September 17, 1904 June 26, 1964 Husband of Margaret Johnson Johnson Lettie H. April 11, 1916 Wife of Floyd Johnson Johnson Margaret June 9, 1916 Wife of George P, Merchant Johnson Samuel Floyd June 21, 1965 June 22, 1965 Johnson Samuel William January 20, 1899 June 3, 1969 Johnson Wiley B. August 31, 1874 July 10, 1937 Husband of Alma H. Johnson Jones Bernice Elizabeth December 23, 1922 May 22, 2000 King Annie Nell January 29, 1929 November 20, 1993 Wife of Jimmie King King Betty J. December 27, 1943 March 21, 1944 King Demarkes L. Jr. July 1, 1918 November 28, 1959 King Demarkes L. Sr. February 28, 1891 June 12, 1962 Husband of Emma W. King King Emma W. June 27, 1895 December 24, 1981 Wife of Demarkes L. King, Sr. King Ernest Ovene September 21, 1887 June 21, 1979 Husband of Lizzie McDonald King King Essie Opal Foy November 3, 1930 Daughter of Jill King Jane O. August 25, 1929 March 8, 1988 King Jimmie March 18, 1923 January 17, 1986 Husband of Annie Nell King King Julia M. November 15, 1900 August 13, 1973 King Lizzie McDonald April 1, 1900 March 26, 1974 Wife of Ernest Ovene King King Nathille B. July 2, 1919 Wife of William D. King King Robert M. October 22, 1938 November 15, 1998 King Robert April 15, 1922 January 1, 1923 King Verna David May 29, 1893 January 1, 1987 King W. R. Sr. August 9, 1855 October 5, 1934 King William D. December 23, 1915 March 30, 1977 Husband of Nathille B. King King William Randolph April 21, 1878 December 14, 1935 Lewis Wendell Hardin April 17, 1918 December 3, 1985 Husband of Florence Mozelle Skeen Lewis Lilly W. C. (Bill) February 5, 1914 September 7, 1935 Mathis Elbert September 22, 1905 June 19, 1968? Mathis Louise Marie January 14, 1940 February 19, 1990 McCoy Eugene Weston April 11, 1915 November 26, 1994 Husband of Virgie C. Quinn McCoy McCoy Leondis May 17, 1889 February 1, 1980 Husband of Mandy Powers McCoy McCoy Virgie C. Quinn December 26, 1914 February 6, 1999 Wife of Eugene Weston McCoy McDaniel Ina Mae February 8, 1920 November 20, 1922 McDaniel James Lonnie April 12, 1892 February 1, 1980 Son of Julia A. McDaniel McDaniel John Clinton August 24, 1886 November 5, 1967 Husband of Mamie R. McDaniel McDaniel Julia Ann 1860 1936 McDaniel Mamie R. February 7, 1894 October 17, 1957 Wife of John Clinton McDaniel McDaniel Mamie Sanders June 10, 1907 March 8, 1999 McDonald Andrew Harmon 1868 1925 Husband of Dorah F. McDonald McDonald Dorah F. December 16, 1868 October 3, 1908 Wife of Andrew Harmon McDonald McDonald Douglas Dr. September 16, 1925 March 24, 2001 Husband of Wilma Keith McDonald McDonald Jessie Ander October 5, 1895 October 1, 1924 Cook 162nd Depot Brig McDonald Mary V. Boyd 1878 1960 McDuff A. J. (Hutt) May 22, 1909 August 20, 1984 McDuff Herbet September 8, 1926 October 15, 1997 Son of A.J. McDuff McDuff Shelton August 30, 1923 October 6, 1979 McDuff Vencie M. January 13, 1889 June 16, 1965 Wife of Walter M. McDuff McDuff Walter M. April 2, 1882 September 24, 1960 Husband of Vencie M. McDuff McNeil Alyne Boyd 1910 1982 Wife of Arnold Morris McNeil McNeil Arnold Morris 1900 1931 Husband of Alyne Boyd McNeil McNeil Curtis 1907 1928 McNeil John M. September 20, 1874 December 30, 1951 Husband of Lucy B. McNeil McNeil Lucy B. August 6, 1880 July 24, 1958 Wife of John M. McNeil McNeil Myrtle Hall January 18, 1908 October 29, 1934 McWilliams George D. August 1, 1909 August 6, 1979 Husband of Zelma Lee McWilliams McWilliams Zelma Lee October 5, 1917 March 28, 1996 Wife of George D. McWilliams Merchant Avie September 22, 1926 July 3, 1999 Merchant Bertha L. October 27, 1901 September 27, 1989 Wife of William S. Merchant, Sr. Merchant Fontain December 16, 1898 July 26, 1981 Merchant Lance 1870 1957 Merchant Tennie Ratcliff 1888 1938 Merchant William Stance Jr. October 6, 1920 July 16, 1978 Sgt US Army WWII Merchant William Stance Sr. December 22, 1894 September 13, 1987 Husband of Bertha L. Merchant Moore Effie E. July 2, 1876 June 18, 1949 Wife of James A. Moore Moore Helen Bradham April 14, 1909 February 20, 1999 Wife of James Wesley Moore Moore James A. May 15, 1851 April 19, 1935 Husband of Effie E. Moore Moore James Wesley March 25, 1906 February 26, 1976 Husband of Helen Bradham Moore Moore Mabel Hall September 24, 1906 December 31, 1990 Wife of Phillip C. Moore Moore Phillip C. January 13, 1908 July 18, 1986 Husband of Mable Hall Moore Moore Phillip D. April 22, 1932 May 17, 1987 Mouchett Annie Laura Patterson October 14, 1893 July 28, 1988 Wife of John Henry Mouchett Mouchett James Vester September 13, 1916 June 18, 1968 Mouchett Sammie Ernest September 8, 1918 November 3, 1981 Son of John H. & Annie P. Mouchett Norrell Mary A. Boyd May 8, 1846 December 20, 1900 Wife of J.W. Norrell Parish Howard 1899 1978 Pettigrew Mittie T. April 18, 1940 Wife of Sam P. Pettigrew Pettigrew Sam P. June 25, 1934 July 18, 1999 Husband of Mittie T. Pettigrew Pigg Billy Joe February 4, 1935 October 2, 1982 Poole Jeff January 9, 1884 May 9, 1928 Husband of Lizzie Poole Poole Lizzie April 9, 1891 July 30, 1929 Wife of Jeff Poole Porter Cecil Franklin May 14, 1885 1932 Porter Eulon 1925 1943 Porter Grover C. 1910 1955 Son of William J. & Ella Wilson Porter Porter Henry ~1917 October 28, 2003 Porter James 1914 1914 Porter Margaret M. May 27, 1922 May 1, 1981 Porter Mattie Powell May 30, 1894 December 13, 1989 Porter Roy Gordon November 11, 1918 December 6, 1988 Powell Flora Johnson April 26, 1912 July 6, 1982 Wife of R.J. Powell Powell George W. May 28, 1856 September 4, 1905 Husband of Sarah C. Powell Powell Georgia A. October 1, 1890 March 5, 1907 Dau of George W. & Sarah C. Powell Powell Ghita May August 12, 1901 January 29, 1907 Dau of George W. & Sarah C. Powell Powell Henry Q. June 22, 1896 November 7, 1915 Son of George W. & Sarah C. Powell Powell Lula July 17, 1886 May 11, 1891 Daughter of J. & M.E. Powell Powell R. J. August 7, 1904 July 18, 1981 Husband of Flora Johnson Powell Powell William Newton November 25, 1888 January 10, 1890 Son of George W. & Sarah C. Powell Pruden Charles S. (Vester) September 21, 1916 January 7, 1999 Husband of Ida Delean Pruden Pruden Ida Delean June 22, 1929 Wife of Charles S. Pruden Ratcliff Clara Mae Turner December 31, 1899 May 22, 1961 Daughter of William and Jessie Turner Rawls Thomas Jefferson February 14, 1863 September 24, 1915 Ray Jack 1858 1934 Husband of Louise Ray Ray Louise 1856 1931 Wife of Jack Ray Robinson Ernest E. April 7, 1916 September 1, 1997 Husband of Hettie Cecil Robinson Robinson Hettie Cecil October 11, 1915 July 29, 1994 Wife of Ernest E. Robinson Sanders Bennie L. June 26, 1918 May 7, 1920 Sanders Floyd W. April 21, 1925 October 5, 1928 Sanders Lucille L. August 13, 1913 April 5, 1928 Sanders Mollie E. January 17,1894 February 2, 1970 Sanders Robert L. January 19, 1935 April 12, 1964 Sanders Steve A. November 28, 1911 January 1, 1967 Sanders William Harrison April 21, 1890 1952 Sandling Connie Mrs. August 6, 1890 November 16, 1917 Wife of W.F. Sandling Sandling Ellen Katherine October 26, 1921 October 12, 1923 Sikes Mathew J. April 30, 1877 March 18, 1915 Husband of Ola King Sikes Sikes Ola King January 24, 1885 October 11, 1923 Wife of Mathew J. Sikes Sims Alma E. Green February 12, 1908 Wife of Charlie S. Sims Sims Charlie S. June 22, 1900 March 11, 1989 Husband of Alma E. Green Sims Smith Cecilia Covington January 2, 1963 April 20, 1985 Wife of Gregory R. Smith Smith Coallie E. September 16, 1888 October 23, 1972 Smith W. H. May 31, 1881 February 18, 1936 Spears Vivian Hall May 18, 1910 January 17, 1940 Steen Callie Hodnett June 24, 1913 May 22, 1986 Wife of Oscar Harris Steen Steen Oscar Harris June 30, 1910 October 26, 1994 Husband of Callie Hodnett Steen Tisdell Fredric W. 1886 1915 Tisdell Hazel M. November 20, 1915 Wife of R. L. Tisdell Tisdell Joseph Oscar December 7, 1882 October 30, 1935 Husband of Stella Ratcliff Tisdell Tisdell Oscar E. December 7, 1909 June 3, 1963 Son of Joseph & Stella Tisdell Tisdell R. L. (Bob) February 26, 1904 March 16,1990 Husband of Hazel M. Tisdell Tisdell Stella Ratcliff January 17, 1887 March 20, 1950 Wife of Joseph O. Tisdell Tolar Christine January 8, 1915 January 13, 1915 Tolar Clara Wilkes October 15, 1887 September 21, 1969 Wife of Nick Courtney Tolar Tolar David Wesley February 20, 1909 August 19, 1912 Tolar Doyle Austin December 19, 1915 July 21, 1919 Son of Nick C. & Clara Tolar Tolar Infant 1950 1950 Tolar James Howard June 2, 1919 June 15, 1921 Tolar Katie Ezell September 24, 1926 February 25, 1989 Wife of Nick Courtney Tolar Tolar Lewis Hermon December 20, 1912 March 24, 1914 Tolar Nick Courtney Jr. May 8, 1924 December 16, 1988 Husband of Katie Ezell Tolar Tolar Nick Courtney Sr. January 11, 1885 October 25, 1963 Husband of Clara Wilkes Tolar Tolar Preston Aaron October 28, 1917 August 2, 1919 Son of N.G. & Clara Tolar Tolar Sarah Dean Ezell June 19, 1929 January 22, 1993 Wife of Billy Gene Tolar Tolar Thomas Donald August 22, 1931 March 21, 1937 Turnage Janice D. Jones July 13, 1954 November 9, 1997 Turner Bennie Edward June 23, 1890 November 14, 1920 Ms. Pvt 3 Casual Comp, Turner Essie Pearl Russell August 16, 1872 October 22, 1941 Wife of William Jasper Turner Turner Gordon E. 1904 1964 Husband of Minnie Lee Turner Turner John Auston May 2, 1907 September 2, 1968 Turner John 1822 April 4, 1908 Husband of Sarah Turner Turner Kermit Russell October 29, 1928 October 28, 1981 Turner Lillie J. December 7, 1901 August 19, 1993 Wife of William J. Turner Turner Minnie Lee May 9, 1903 January 10, 1990 Wife of Gordon E. Turner Turner Sarah 1824 December 8, 1887 Wife of John Turner Turner William J. February 23, 1902 January 13, 1982 Husband of Lillie J. Turner Turner William Jasper November 1866 1943 Husband of Essie Pearl Russell Turner Wallace Infant 1950 1950 Wheeler Ella Wilson August 1889 May 2, 1917 Wife of Luther J. Wheeler Whittington Eunice Merle April 23, 1913 Wife of James Wesley Whittington Whittington James Wesley March 29, 1906 September 8, 1977 Husband of Eunice Merle Whittington Wilkes Dave Lacy 1863 1947 Husband of Katie Jo Wilkes Wilkes Katie Jo 1883 1936 Wife of Dave Lacy Wilkes Wilkes M. L. November 26, 1894 November 27, 1912 Daughter of Dave L. & E.M. Wilkes Wilson John B. 1886 1936 Windham Gertrude 1873 1941 Wife of John C. Windham Windham John C. November 29, 1867 September 29, 1949 Husband of Gertrude Windham Yelverton Charles Varto November 29, 1922 December 11, 1922 Son of T.H. Yelverton Yelverton Nelson W. November 4, 1920 September 3, 1923 Son of T.H. Yelverton