OLD GOOD HOPE CEMETARY, Mendenhall, Simpson 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: Recorded by Mr. and Mrs. George G. Warren Contributed with permission of Mr. and Mrs. George G. Warren by Tina M. Skaggs skaggsboys@juno.com *************************************************************************** Location: The Good Hope Cemetary is located in a rural area off highway 541. It is about 8 miles out of Magee, Mississippi. For name searches of this index, use the "Find" or "Search" feature of your browser. *************************************************************************** Information is as follows: Name and/or Description Birth date Death Date * Indicates information not readable or not available J J Ashley 7/2/1856 7/21/1914 A Kennedy 5/27/1816 7/7/1907 Margaret Kennedy 10/11/1818 10/9/1890 Amanda Ashley 4/13/1856 5/29/1897 Son of J J Ashley 1874 6/25/1888 Fran* Ashley 1882 1908 Laura Ashley Fairchild 5/3/1880 6/17/1968 A C Bishop 2/14/1847 7/22/1889 M S Bishop 9/22/1844 12/23/1928 Francis Bishop 1877 3/1891 W E Bishop 6/4/1883 6/3/1901 Quitman H Mott 5/1/1917 11/11/1979 Louise High Mott 5/15/1920 Carl Turner 11/28/1917 3/26/1918 Richard Turner 6/24/1895 7/9/1956 Rosie E Turner 10/15/1897 Irene Turner Smith 1/8/1929 11/29/1969 Louisa Brown Mott 8/8/1891 8/1/1969 Ollie Mott 8/1/1874 5/20/1942 Mollie Mott 4/18/1877 3/6/1924 Dorothy Mae Mott Wife of C J Bennett 12/31/1920 1/24/1954 John Ray Helms 7/31/1899 11/5/1983 Ida Mott Helms 1/5/1906 12/28/1989 Billie George Holmes 12/6/1929 4/21/1946 H. L. Helms 8/23/1906 11/18/1958 Barney Warren 3/29/1917 Velma Warren 2/20/1920 Mark William Brewer * 1979 Estus L Thames 2/22/1901 * Lola B Thames 6/20/1902 8/14/1973 Oscar Mooney Wade 1888 1917 Willie Bailey Wade Boone 1891 1980 J P Knox 7/4/1856 6/23/1924 Jesse C Knox 5/20/1895 3/10/1925 Shirley Fae Jones 6/7/1945 7/24/1982 Lottie J Puckett 1890 1943 Wiley Puckett 1891 1948 Mary Earsula Puckett Warren 6/10/1914 10/16/1980 W. D. Phillips 1/8/1870 7/27/1942 Daughter Phillips 12/23/1905 12/23/1905 Liddia A Phillips 4/11/1871 6/16/1950 Linnie l Robinson 6/7/1923 11/4/1965 Robert l Puckett 5/26/1920 1/7/1959 Charline Puckett 3/4/1925 * Duffie Puckett 3/29/1912 10/6/1959 Belle Puckett 12/23/1912 * Willie Ray Puckett 6/8/1931 9/9/1973 Kathleen Puckett 4/19/1936 * Elias Davis 7/1/1894 1/4/1977 Ida Thompson Davis 12/14/1885 4/19/1970 Breda Jo Brinson 7/18/1962 * Timothy Earl Brinson 8/9/1978 * William Thomas Brinson 4/3/1935 * Bertie Man Brinson 7/20/1941 9/4/1988 R. Tyree Womack 1/11/1888 1/8/1955 Alta B. Womack 6/22/1892 4/23/1979 Mary Maude Jones 11/17/1881 7/20/1952 Sylvanus V Jones 4/16/1879 3/24/1945 Lula Jones 1882 1/9/1918 Infant Barr (Child of Ammi and Irena Barr) 1/19/1924 1/22/1924 Ammi I Barr 8/2/1894 * Irene S. Barr 10/7/1897 11/3/1981 Mitchell R Currie 10/3/1902 3/21/1973 Lou Etta Currie 8/3/1905 * Grover T Floyd 4/19/1911 4/30/1973 Bryan Floyd 11/11/1883 11/5/1952 Lottie E. Floyd 3/22/1890 1/18/1979 Sam Calvin Floyd 11/11/1916 7/3/1946 James Bura Floyd 1907 1980 Ora M Floyd 8/24/1887 4/20/1982 Will Thomas Waters 8/11/1884 12/3/1959 Mandy Jane Waters 8/1/1882 1/23/1972 John Terrell Pruitt 6/21/1896 3/25/1978 Sarah Ann May Pruitt 6/29/1903 11/9/1987 Children of John Terrell and Sarah Ann May Pruitt are James Albert Elouise Dorris Ann Vernon Terrell Sr. (Dick) James Albert Pruitt 2/28/1921 1/12/1927 John Albert Kennedy 7/9/1869 9/23/1948 Mary Francis Kennedy 12/6/1874 * Luther Shows 1871 1950 Minnie Shows 1884 * Joseph Marvin Shows Sr. 9/7/1883 7/23/1962 Dollie Jones Shows 12/7/1886 1/31/1969 Alpha E Turner 1889 1975 Johnnie A Turner 1889 1957 Jennie L Jones 1/23/1897 1/21/1976 William O Jones 1/22/1898 2/22/1950 Colon Braxton Craft 3/20/1914 5/30/1968 Birdie Sue Craft 10/27/1912 * H Frank Craft 1/8/1873 5/23/1941 Rosie L Craft 12/25/1872 * Lavon H Jones 6/1/1917 10/25/1974 Meshack Jones 3/15/1885 12/21/1952 Lessie Jones 4/20/1886 2/16/1976 Hilburn Jones 10/2/1924 8/7/1975 Ruby G Jones 7/30/1926 * Henry J Jones 11/18/1898 * Velma C Jones 1/26/1908 * Billy Joe Jones 1/3/1936 11/12/1979 J Marrion Jones 2/28/1892 12/5/1967 Minnie L Jones 1/15/1896 4/16/1966 Andrew J Kennedy 2/16/1899 5/3/1988 Nola E Kenney 6/9/1898 9/7/1978 Children of Andrew J and Nola E Kennedy Wilma Lee Kennedy James A Kennedy Wilma Lee Kennedy 4/19/1924 8/3/1937 James A Kennedy 4/1/1933 6/3/1936 Mary M Kennedy (Daughter of J V and Annie Kennedy 11/19/1926 5/13/1927 Annie A Kennedy 5/27/1907 1929 Elva Dale Upton 4/2/1916 1/31/1964 Sarah Gussie Upton 9/2/1922 * Twin Sons of Elva and Sarah Upton 6/24/1944 6/24/1944 C J Jones 1852 1917 Henry M Jones 10/2/1922 7/23/1944 Mavis E Jones 1/31/1927 1/15/1936 Chesley E. Jones 1853 1917 Martha J Jones 1860 1933 Jasper T Jones 5/24/1887 2/16/1962 Addie F Jones 7/26/1885 7/4/1974 Grace Craft 1949 1949 Grayson Craft * * Burley F Craft 8/6/1909 9/30/1989 Lillie M Parish Craft 3/10/1914 * William S Craft 4/24/1884 5/6/1949 Regy H Craft 2/4/1891 1/12/1972 Rance L Craft 1/1/1871 3/30/1941 Sarah M Craft 9/11/1875 3/1/1958 Hilyer H Jones 5/18/1858 1/5/1926 Nancy Jones 3/6/1864 1/29/1932 Jones T Turner 9/9/1941 * Albert G. Hawkins 4/8/1911 8/7/1973 Vema S Hawkins 12/12/1911 * S W Shearer 1863 1930 Jennie Shearer 11/10/1870 7/7/1950 James Floyd 7/2/1878 10/22/1932 Daniel Austin Cook 3/19/1953 12/26/1953 George Samuel Warren 1/22/1909 9/17/1987 Mainie Mae Warren 11/28/1911 11/20/1944 Connie Jean Warren 10/18/1930 10/29/1996 Edward S Roberts 11/27/1919 4/20/1973 Eliza W. Roberts 1/20/1886 11/6/1967 C B Roberts 4/23/1915 10/17/1978 Nettie Lee Roberts 11/28/1918 * Sam Warren 5/7/1935 10/1/1971 Annie Jane Warren 11/4/1951 11/20/1951 George Howard Warren 6/29/1934 4/15/1956 Son of Martin F Shows 1/11/1943 1/13/1943 Lola M Shows 5/2/1915 6/2/1964 Lola Family Tree Mother Mayala Cooper Jones Faterh Woodie J Jones Husband Martie F Shows Sons, Martin V Shows, and James V Shows, Robert D Emma Shows 12/6/1885 4/9/1976 lamar Shows 7/15/1878 12/15/1945 Ina Lee Cooper (Daughter of J L and Emma Cooper) 1915 1917 Lina Cooper (Daughter of J L and Emma Cooper 1913 1914 Emma Wade Cooper 3/5/1882 5/19/1961 James Ira Cooper 3/14/1871 11/14/1947 Sara E Cooper 2/25/1873 3/15/1910 M L shows 7/8/1850 12/4/1927 Sarah E Walters Shows 3/29/1853 8/31/1938 Charlie M Ponder 1/25/1900 5/5/1929 Martin Felton Shows 6/16/1906 2/10/1969 Albert Upton Sr. 1/21/1895 9/4/1977 Sarah F Upton 7/3/1901 5/9/1977 Floyd F Bynum 11/6/1904 2/5/1989 Ora B Bynum (Wife of Floyd Bynum) 10/2/1910 * Cordis Odell Jordan 1924 1981 Kenneth Russel Evenson 12/27/1941 12/27/1941 Donald T Cooper 1/1/1948 1/20/1948 Ira Dewey Cooper 8/22/1898 2/25/1946 Alice Shoemaker Cooper 1/27/1903 3/4/1986 Peggy Jane Bynum 2/10/1942 1/4/1960 Mitge Earlene Jolly 1979 1979 Jimmy C Brown Jr. 8/14/1961 5/21/1962 Olyer L Craft 2/17/1920 7/16/1977 Odell Parrish 3/28/1911 6/9/1966 Myrtle Parrish 10/4/1914 6/5/1973 Arthur Hilburn Shows 8/16/1921 * Louvenia J Shows 6/26/1925 6/26/1987 Oda B Reeves 1/3/1896 10/23/1978 William M Statham 8/30/1933 12/15/1976 Hilyer G Turner 11/30/1925 9/13/1983 Johnnie M Turner 2/15/1932 * Richard A Thames 1/31/1887 2/21/1968 Ella J Thames 8/16/1893 4/16/1968 Charlie D Jennings 1/16/1903 5/20/1960 Sharah Jane 6/4/1909 12/7/1985 George H Jennings 9/30/1930 5/12/1987 E M (son) Robert Edwin Shoemaker 3/1/1944 11/21/1949 Thomas J Shoemaker, Sr. 6/18/1874 10/27/1960 Margaret Shoemaker 7/1/1911 11/15/1935 Woodrow Wilson Welch 1/10/1915 3/6/1951 Kate P Jennings 2/18/1856 11/21/1944 Wilson H Welch 6/2/1887 9/15/1933 Mary Jane Welch 8/19/1889 11/20/1966 John Edward Welch 8/16/1926 4/21/1927 Sarah Marie Shows 4/21/1923 1/29/1928 Judieth Rae Barr (G R Barr) 5/3/1948 5/3/1948 Tom Gill 1858 1937 Allie Gill 1865 1948 Litha Hilbert Jones 3/17/1904 8/28/1986 Litha Jones Thames 11/8/1905 12/1/1940 Mahawa Bush 10/31/1898 12/20/1898 W E and L I Bush Sons and Daughter James W Bush 7/30/1895 12/23/1895 Son 10/2/1898 10/2/1898 Lula Ware Daughter of J A and S A Lived 4 years * 10/3/1891 Mary Ware Daughter of J A and S A Lived 5 years * 8/9/1891 William A Son of Mary Ann Kennedy 3/12/1874 4/25/1898 Son of J A and M F Kennedy 9/15/1892 9/15/1892 Flora Kennedy 6/1/1893 10/18/1894 Popie Gregory 8/23/1883 2/8/1908 Belva Gregory 11/1/1888 2/18/1908 Daughter of Belva Gregory 5/10/1902 4/6/1903 Cora M Daughter of J W and M Cooper 1892 1907 J W Cooper * * Robert lee Martin 1/16/1889 4/21/1957 Lula Jones 3/24/1889 1/24/1959 M B Martin 1915 1916 H B Jones 12/1/1855 5/26/1931 Lida Magee Jones 12/7/1860 2/13/1933 Floyd W Jones 12/7/1860 2/13/1933 Floyd W Jones 6/22/1901 2/25/1983 Mary lou Carter Jones 7/2/1915 10/13/1984 Jefferson D Layton 8/31/1862 7/28/1928 lucy M Layton 8/22/1874 2/4/1955 Dave M Layton 2/25/1889 12/7/1966 Bessie B Layton 3/10/1889 8/1/1981 John Layton (Wife is Caroline) * 2/20/1939 Ida V Fortenberry 1875 * William H Fortenberry 1855 1940 Marcaret Purvis 6/19/1869 8/16/1900 John B Purvis 1858 1937 W M Purvis 2/9/1884 10/1892 J F Roberts 12/9/1866 2/25/1909 Flossie Purvis 1889 1945 James Art Mott 6/1/1854 1/6/1923 Ida Lou Mott 10/18/1858 2/8/1941 Lula Welch (Daughter of TL and N A Welch Wife of M C married 2/1906) 1888 1906 Rosa Lee Thomas 1882 1960 John W Thomas 12/22/1889 2/28/1931 Walter Sullivan 6/16/1904 10/11/1966 Timothy l Welch 7/27/1861 5/18/1946 Nancy A Prine Welch 1/16/1866 5/9/1926 Willhesue Barr 8/9/1919 12/17/1925 Lydia S Brown (D Frank) 3/21/1928 12/28/1985 D Frank Brown 4/19/1923 * Sharra Dawn Nichols 12/9/1968 9/23/1969 Judith Marie Nichols 9/4/1944 9/14/1945 Son of SFE Shows 1899 1907 J R. Lonzo Shows 1876 1945 Frances J Shows 4/8/1963 6/11/1988 Fay A Koon Shows 2/23/1939 3/26/1988 James Henry Shows (Husband of Fay A Koon Shows) 10/31/1933 * Luther Runnels 3/14/1887 10/1/1959 Lena Runnels 6/17/1894 11/11/1951 Ellen A Nelson 7/6/1893 9/30/1984 Elson E Jones 8/2/1922 6/4/1984 Vera Bee Jones (Wife of Elson E Jones) 11/3/1924 * Hilma Mary Etta Bailey 3/2/1898 3/24/1968 Kiley Fisher 7/22/1895 2/7/1978 Bonnie Jean Jones (Wife of John Hollis Jones) 3/18/1925 5/30/1984 John Hollis Jones 6/11/1923 * Willie Lavoyd Mott 9/24/1914 1/3/1984 Thomas R Mott 1/3/1892 1/19/1970 Annie B Mott 1/25/1894 12/27/1969 Hardy M Boldwin 5/12/1887 5/13/1980 Savilla J Baldwin 9/27/1885 4/5/1972 Mary E "Lois" Baldwin (daughter of H M) 9/22/1918 * Henry A Davis (Wife Cordia B) 7/24/1894 1/14/1972 Cordia B Davis 9/12/1909 * Bessie Lee Meador 2/12/1896 1/10/1969 Walter W Meador 1/1/1888 7/31/1973 Henry Halston Shows 12/28/1915 * Helen Wells Shows 10/28/1917 3/25/1987 I Lavelle (Husband Leo A) 3/24/1912 1/14/1980 Leo A Lavelle 10/28/1910 * James Earl Meadows 5/25/1921 * Lyda Roma S Meadows 5/15/1923 6/14/1986 Willie Ray Dallar 1929 1981 Charles D Dollar 10/31/1948 12/29/1967 Deborah Ann Dollar 9/3/1952 9/24/1978 Clifton Thomas White 11/9/1910 8/18/1984 Myrtle Lois Shows White 3/21/1917 7/22/1984 White Children Charles Henry Lonnie Edward Betty Sue David Scott Jones (Son of David and Catha Jones) 7/13/1971 7/4/1989 Hillard Edward Craft (Wife Rosa Lela) 10/12/1895 2/13/1974 Rosa Lela Craft 7/30/1893 * Ellen Marie Shows 11/25/1934 4/28/1989 James A Shows 5/15/1914 8/6/1984 Olea Vernell Shows 8/23/1919 11/24/1962 Gracy M Craft 12/19/1935 8/28/1961 Oscar W Anderson 4/24/1908 1/6/1974 Clemon Howard Jones 11/28/1929 2/21/1988 John S Jones 8/6/1898 5/11/1973 Nancy A Jones 11/3/1906 9/22/1961 John Earl Jones 5/18/1923 4/30/1972 Billy Earl Jones 1/24/1958 9/8/1980 Shirley Ray Jones 4/22/1927 8/6/1982 Addie Marie Jones 4/2/1929 * Kacy Loron Collins Jones 8/5/1911 7/8/1970 Linda Faye Havers 8/1928 2/1989 Rev. B L Roberts 1/23/1908 10/24/1978 Ruth Thames Roberts (Wife of Rev B L Roberts) 5/28/1912 * Leona Jones Thames 3/22/1890 6/3/1960 Guy L Barr 2/13/1904 3/29/1988 Ulma Bounds (Wife of Guy Barr) 10/29/1905 * Anderson Ray Barr 3/17/1869 4/18/1941 Mary Ida Barr (Wife of Anderson Ray Barr) 2/28/1876 5/20/1933 Ida Jean Barr hamblett 2/21/1932 5/27/1982 Ralph Louis Hamblett 1/31/1929 * Lee Barret 12/26/1866 2/27/1930 John William Hayles 1935 1953 Sybil Griffith 7/17/1915 4/2/1981 Catherine Melvin Huff 1/25/1880 9/7/1966 J A Melvin Huff 2/25/1871 11/16/1928 John Hassel Floyd 7/28/1911 * John J Floyd 8/20/1887 2/3/1919 Winnie S Floyd (Wife of John J) 8/10/1896 4/5/1985 Charles Myrick Floyd 1925 1981 Ellis M Myrick 2/23/1895 10/26/1965 Reverend C P Myrick 11/27/1858 10/18/1908 S H Floyd 8/16/1851 11/28/1921 Nancy E Floyd (Wife of SH Floyd) 2/23/1853 12/12/1938 Colon A Floyd (Son of S H and Nancy Floyd) 3/20/1890 3/12/1906 Aubra A Floyd (daughter of SH and Nancy Floyd) 1/22/1916 5/8/1916 Andrew J Runnels 9/5/1912 3/22/1974 Naycos Runnels (Wife of Andrew J Runnels) 12/3/1914 11/14/1973 Jackie Runnels Davis 9/5/1932 8/2/1982 Amy Jack Pruitt 8/9/1912 1927 Alice Odom Pruitt 1/16/1886 8/25/1984 Jim Pruitt 3/3/1850 6/24/1902 Helen Pruitt 5/10/1884 3/11/1922 Jane Pruitt 9/24/1855 5/10/1941 Jewell Johns (Daughter of N E and A M Johns) 10/10/1901 2/23/1903 Mary Piety Ware 7/6/1828 12/15/1916 Sarah Barrett (Husband R Hawkins) 4/12/1832 6/17/1900 James L Barrett 12/15/1922 10/16/1923 Elison Lee Barrett 6/4/1909 11/4/1909 Lee Barrett 12/26/1866 2/27/1930 Ada A barrett 12/5/1875 6/7/1953 Hubert Barrett 6/23/1906 7/18/1930 Howard Barrett 4/18/1930 12/10/1931 Robert M Barrett 8/18/1934 9/24/1934 Billy Frank Layton 12/24/1931 12/29/1931 George Washington Warren 11/6/1875 1/26/1964 Annie Craft Warren (Wife of George Washington Warren) 5/3/1884 7/2/1923 A G Warren 7/2/1923 10/18/1923 Vardaman Warren 9/15/1911 9/23/1944 Daughter of Luke Warren 2/17/1940 * Otis Monroe Barrett 2/2/1899 8/20/1954 B Leona Sowell Barrett 10/16/1904 1/5/1975 Charlie R Fortenberry 11/4/1873 3/16/1944 Mollie S Fortenberry 9/30/1884 11/2/1954 V Ford Sullivan 2/18/1895 8/23/1984 Rhoda A Sullivan 3/27/1897 6/17/1982 * Indicates information not readable ***************************************************************************