UNION HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Union County, Mississippi 4-5 miles west of New Albany USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contributed By: Mike Deere New Albany, MS miked@dixie-net.com July 20, 1997 The cemetery is divided into 2 parts: The "old cemetery" is located on the north side of the road while the "new cemetery" is located on the south side of the road. The "old cemetery" is in a beautiful spot, on top of a shady hill. The area is isolated and quiet, very peaceful. The area is well kept, clean and neat. This report only concerns the "old cemetery". Also note that "(?)" means that a stone was unreadable at that point. Dorthy D. Fooshee May 30 1927 June 29 1947 Asleep In Jesus Asleep In Jesus Lulu Fooshee Gregory Nov 13 1890 Mar 4 1990 Andrew P Fooshee Jan 21 1882 Apr 24 1939 Asleep In Jesus Pearlie May Britt Oct 18 1900 June 1 1977 Roscoe Wesley Jackson Aug 14 1888 Jan 26 1952 Blessed Is He That Trusts In The Lord Mrs Bernia L Jackson Jan 22 1894 Nov 17 1964 She Died As She Lived, Trusting In God Foster Zach O Father May 24 1887 May 14 1949 Married Sept 14 1907 Zula J Mother Aug 13 1891 Aug 13 1980 Jackson Homer Feb 2 1895 Nov 27 1944 Myrtis Gray Aug 7 1900 Mar 19 1984 In God's Care Moody Maggie Jackson Wife of C M Moody Feb 14 1886 Aug 16 1925 There Is Rest In Heaven Jackson Gris C Apr 23 1860 Apr 19 1933 Mary Alice Aug 25 1864 Dec 19 1946 Gone From Our Home But Not From Our Hearts F S Britt Born Sept 6 1852 Died Feb 19 1921 Return Unto Thy Rest O My Soul For The Lord (?) Newton N Howard Mississippi Pvt. 112 Inf. World War II Jan 24 1923 Aug 11 1944 Maxey Marion Cordella Maxey June 28 1859 Jan 6 1944 A Loving Mother And A Faithful Friend Sidney H Ray Nov 4 1875 Jan 25 1962 Ray Emma Balch June 23 1894 July 28 1967 Dewitt T Dec 9 1891 Sept 8 1961 Leota Wife of S O Ray Died Nov 9 1928 Age About 70 Years None Knew Thee But To Love Thee S O Ray Born Feb 11 1841 Died Sept 14 1911 His Many Virtues Form The Nobelest Monument To His Memory (?) Wife of S O Ray Born May 24 1850 Died Aug 22 1881 Rest In (?) Jennie Dau of S O and M J Ray Born Aug 13 1881 Died Aug 29 1881 Willie R Son of S O & M J Ray Born May 21 1871 Died Oct 18 1872 Miller Rose Ella Dec 29 1872 May 17 1955 James Edward May 3 1868 Feb 22 1944 There Is No Parting In Heaven Samantha N Dau of J S and Mary Deaton Born Feb 19 1860 Died Sept 15 1883 Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God Sarah Crump Wife Of L M Maxey May 16 1886 Dec 10 1955 Bob Crump April 2 1858 June 23 1940 Gone To Be With Jesus Orene Watson July 1921 Aug 1923 (Metal marker) Infant Watson Apr 22 1961 0 years 0 months 0 days Mother Blanche Nolan Welch Aug 19 1895 Sept 28 1944 Asleep in Jesus Velma Wife & Infant Son Herbert Flowers July 6 1891 Mar 19 1920 (Handmade concrete marker) At Rest Susan P Traynom Born Oct 5 1852 D June 16 1936 (Note: "Traynom, Trainom" spelling above and below) (Woodmen marker) John H Trainom Born Jan 10 1874 Died June 13 1912 He Took Then From A World Of Care, An Everlasting Bliss To Share Charlie A Renfrow 1875-1944 Virgil Lee Jackson Born 1810(?) Died Nov 24 1881 Sleep On Dear Child And Take Thy Rest In Jesus Arms Forever Paul Rainey Son Of R N & E M Moodey Born July 4 1905 Died Dec 16 1909 Sleep On Dear Child And Take Thy Rest In Jesus' Arms Forever Blest E A Rinehart Born Aug 1 1877 Died Feb 18 1892 (?) My Child (?) Rest (?) Forever E A Rinehart Born July 12 1840 Died Jan 2 1912 (?) Death Hattie E Crain Oct 28 1884 Sept 30 1928 Christ is My Hope Crain In Memory of Guy Son Of J A & F A Crain Born Jan 29 1909 Died Feb 13 1910 (?) A J Crain Born 1840 Died 1890 Brother of C Crain At Rest Crain John A Conley Born Mar 4 1889 Died Feb 2 1890 (?) Maggie E Crain Jan 15 1868 May 19 1926 Forever With The Lord Crain Crockett Crain June 21 1837 Nov 19 1894 Heaven Is My Home Crain S C Crain Wife Of C Crain Born July 4 1840 Died Jan 29 1888 (?) Freddie Crain Born Feb 19 1873 Died Aug 8 1876 (?) Messer Myrtis Moody Wife Of Ludy Messer Jan 12 1896 Dec 12 1920 Asleep in Jesus Cynthia D Wife of C Foster Dec 13 1854 Feb 1 1920 (?) Anchor in the Harbor (?) Rest Mother Come Ye Blessed Harvie J Foster Born June 9 1889 Entered Service In The U S Army May 5 1918 CO 1 115th Inft Killed in Action in France Oct 15 1918 His Toils Are Past His Work Is Done He Fought The Fight The Victory Won Foster Clabe Foster Mar 3 1856 Dec 11 1942 Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit Foster Charlie J Foster Feb 3 1884 Aug 24 1949 Gone But Not Forgotten Martha A Daughter Of S & M B Foster Born Aug 2 1855 Died (?) 3 18(?) (stone is broken) Mary S Daughter Of S & M B Foster Born Jan 11 1854 Died Aug 27 1857 (stone is broken) Mazry Byrd May 20 1802 Jan 23 1879 Gone But Not Forgotten John Oliver Husband of Willie M Byrd Died Oct 13 1900 Aged 34 Years & 11 Mos Byrd Daniel G Smith Born Feb 20 1821 Died Jan 15 1877 Robert E Smith Born Oct 10 1855 Died Jan 16 1877 In Memory Of Minerva E Wife Of C F Byrd Born Oct 1 1853 Died Nov 17 1891 In Life Beloved In Death Lamented Holy Bible Come Ye Blessed George F Byrd Dec 3 1852 Sept 21 1923 He Took Thee From A World Of Care An Everlasting Bliss To Share Fannie Gertrude Herndon Wife Of George F Byrd Mar 26 1870 Aug 29 1970 Forever With The Lord Byrd Thelma G Byrd May 30 1899 Feb 15 1988 Rest In Peace (Woodmen Marker) Jesse W Crain July 30 1872 Feb 22 1949 Kate Gray Crain Mar 13 1881 Dec 4 1958 They Died As They Lived Trusting In God Simuel G W Tucker Feb 22 1861 Apr 2 1941 Ellen Melissa Blackburn Born Mar 27 1856 Died Jan 21 1933 Roxie Ann Wife Of J R Jackson Born Dec 18 1870 Died Feb 13 1943 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God Jackson J R Jackson Born June 22 1864 Died Dec 25 1928 His Many Virtues Form The Nobelest Monument To His Memories Jackson Mollie Scott Davis Mar 9 1857 Aug 12 1935 William H Scott Sept 15 1867 Jan 15 1953 Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal Elender A Wife Of Dunklin G Scott Born Jan 8 1836 Died Feb 9 1913 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God Dunklin Scott Born April 1 1817 Died Nov 14 1875 William S Born Mar 9 1801 Died Jan 27 1872 (?) Smith A R Son Of W J & R A Stack Born Jan 17 1876 Died Aug 30 1878 Willie Eugenia Daughter Of W J & R A Stack Born Aug 22 1870 Died Dec 25 1873 E C Wife Of R A Crisham Ma(?) 12 1844 Nov 12 1864(?) (?) Richard A Crisham Born Sept 18 1826 Died June 4 1900 Sleep On (?) Faith Infant Dau Of W H & R A Hale Born & Died June 14 1900 At Rest Rhoda A Wife Of W H Hale Born Apr 20 1864 Died Feb 26 1903 Loves Tribute Hale Hale W H Hale May 3 1866 Nov 29 1932 He Is Not Dead But Sleepeth V F Hale Dau Of W H & R A Hale Born Oct 7 1892 Died Aug 18 1904 John Henry Jr Son Of J H & Mary A Hale Dec 7 1942 Dec 10 1942 Gone To A Better Land Hale Estelle Irby Wife Of W H Hale Jan 20 1881 Nov 10 1938 She Was The Sunshine At Our Home Charles R Stephens Born Oct 17 1939 Shirley G Stephens Born Mar 11 1941 Both Died Nov 18 1942 Our Darling Babies Have Gone To A Better Land M A Welch Born Aug 26 1843 Died Apr 28 1906 She Is At Rest Nancy Wife Of J P Smith Born 1817 Died 1872 She Has Gone To The Mansion Of Rest J P Smith Born 1809 Died 1872 He Has Gone To The Mansion Of Rest Henry N Allred Mississippi Pvt 20 Engrs Dec 29 1917 Wade G Born June 26 1908 Died Apr 18 1913 Estelle E Born July 27 1910 Died Apr 27 1913 Son & Dau Of E & Emma Edwards Edwards Emma W Aug 20 1882 May 6 1973 Elton Oct 10 1881 Dec 9 1967 Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal Edwards Clarence Roy July 22 1903 Feb 25 1987 Celia B Dec 7 1912 May 26 1993 Father Hershel July 14 1892 Feb 22 1936 Son Lawerence Nov 4 1914 Oct 28 1924 Higgenbottom Their Memory Is Blessed B L Hickey July 10 1874 Feb 24 1890 She Died And She Lived Trusting In God Bryant Frances C Dec 5 1874 Dec 19 1954 Thaddeus S April 15 1859 Sept 22 1940 They Died As They Lived Trusting In God Tate Vera B Nov 10 1892 Dec 25 1953 L Bethel Oct 5 1881 Aug 4 1942 They Are At Rest In Heaven Stack Amaziah Elias Jan 27 1872 June 8 1941 The Memory Of The Just Is Blessed Martha Jackson Jan 3 1882 Feb 13 1952 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God Mable Modenia Tate Sept 4 1909 Aug 13 1969 Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal Lena Mae Tate Nov 16 1881 May 13 1958 She Hath Done What She Could William H Tate Mar 2 1897 Oct 25 1956 Tate John W Dec 19 1855 Aug 31 1925 Mary Ann Nov 23 1854 Oct 12 1925 They Gave Their Today For Our Tomorrow Infant Daughter Of J C & Ruth Crain Nov 12-13 1946 Budded On Earth To Bloom In Heaven In Memory Of Our Father & Mother H M Tate Born Oct 27 1833 Died Feb 28 1906 Too Good For Earth God Called Him Home L A Tate July 30 1838 Died Sept 30 1897 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God Mattie Lee Gaines July 8 1893 Mar 27 1924 Tate Florence B Jan 10 1882 Oct 1j0 1962 Robert H Oct 31 1886 Oct 26 1959 Bracewell Malinda Dec 25 1843 July 2 1914 Samuel Mar 6 1844 May 19 1919 Genia Sanderson Apr 13 1896 Aug 31 1975 Gone From Our Home But Not From Our Hearts Rossel Mat Feb 16 1858 Oct 8 1936 Betty June 13 1868 Dec 19 1957 They Died As They Lived Trusting In God Silas R Bolaus July 21 1887 Sept 22 1973 (Note: Spelling of "Bolaus, Bolous" above and below) Frances Murphree Wife Of Silas Bolous Feb 22 1907 Aug 23 1949 Murphree Martha Catherine Oct 13 1869 Aug 1 1944 Thomas Pullam Oct 18 1859 May 19 1951 Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal Mack M Gaines Dec 28 1891 Nov 19 1965 Mother Helen Viola Aug 24 1858 Mar 18 1937 Father Alexander L Hamilton Aug 24 1850 May 21 1908 They Died As They Lived Trusting In God Bernice Cleo Dau Of T P & M C Murphree Feb 2 1905 Dec 6 1922 William L Son Of T P & M C Murphree Aug 4 1885 June 22 1887 In Memory Of W P Camp Died June 27 1893 Aged 63yrs 3mos 2days Rebecca Wife Of John Files Born Feb 19 1818 Died Mar 6 1900 It Is The Lord, Let Him Do What Seemeth Good In Memory Of John Files Died Jan 26 1894 Aged 82yrs 4mos 9ds A Precious One From Us Is Gone A Voice We Loved Is Still A Place Is Vacant In Our Home Which Never Can Be Filled Husband Of Fannie Pearl William Henry Spencer Feb 12 1916 Apr 18 1980 George Renfrow Dec 30 1887 June 20 1969 James Ranfrow Tennessee Pvt 113 Engrs 38 Div March 29 1936 (Note: This is a Goverment issue stone and the last name appears to be misspelled) In Memory Of Mother Eula E Renfrow Aug 23 1902 Nov 11 1974 Fannie Pearl Spencer Sept 2 1920 Aug 12 1979 Father Chesley H Irby 1855-1900 Mother Alice Laney Irby 1859-1945 Mary Deaton Born May 17 1815 Died June 24 1901 John S Deaton Born May 1 1818 Died Apr 30 1900 W R Deaton Born Oct 25 1840 Died July 29 1912 It Was An Angel That Visited The Green Earth And Taken Our Father Away Grizzell Allen Wife Of W R Deaton Aug 19 1845 Mar 10 1922 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God She Is Not Dead But Sleepeth Elizabeth Henderson Daughter Of W R & G A Deaton Aug 28 1870 Jan 25 1927 Her Many Virtues Form The Nobelest Monument To Her Memory Deaton (Metal Marker) William Carrol Gullick Died Dec 15 1942 Age 59yr 10mo 10days Rolland I Irby 1890-1936 Winfree Allsup Wife Of James D Wesson Mar 10 1882 Feb 19 1966 Asleep In Jesus Lula K Herndon Born Nov 17 1876 Died Sept 20 1900 Asleep In Jesus Herndon Father T Henry B Philips Sept 21 1853 Dec 14 1912 Mother Georgia Deaton Phillips July 30 1857 Oct 26 1955 Never Will Their Memory Fade Sweetest Thoughts Will Linger Around The Graves Where They Are Laid Cordy Elizabeth Wife Of S D Cobb July 17 1860 Jan 14 1944 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God Cobb S D Cobb Feb 14 1866 Nov 18 1923 Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal Cobb Sarah M C Wife Of S D Cobb Jan 30 1862 June 22 1887 In Memory Of H A Cobb Spencer Son Of W H & M A Cobb Born Mar 29 1874 Died Mar 13 1886 Crain Mother Fannie A Hamilton Feb 8 1883 Aug 19 1928 Father Joshua Anderson Oct 19 1879 Jan 24 1964 Faithful To Their Trust Even Unto Death Beasley Frances A July 22 1870 Dec 7 1944 John M Mar 24 1867 Apr 15 1957 Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God W H Cobb Died Aug 26 1924 Age About 86 Years There Is No Parting In Heaven Margret Ann Wife Of W H Cobb Born Nov 14 1848 Died Nov 16 1902 Sleep On Dear Mother And Take Thy Rest In Jesus' Arms Forever Blest Robert Holder Irby July 15 1900 April 27 1938 He Is Not Dead But Sleepeth Irby Annie Sanders Wife Of Charlie J Foster Nov 14 1890 Mar 28 1944 There Is Rest In Heaven Foster William Ira Sanders Born Jan 30 1849 Died Feb 27 1918 His Many Virtues Form The Nobelest Monument To His Memory Sanders S M Wife Of W I Sanders Born May 8 1858 Died Nov 25 1900 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God C B Son Of W I & S M Sanders Born March 3 1882 Died July 5 1903 His Many Virtues Form The Nobelest Monument To His Memory Bryant Velma R Jan 16 1910 Aug 28 1991 Bonner F Feb 8 1908 Apr 25 1973 Bryant Velma Frances Daughter Of Bonner & Velma June 1 1932 May 3 1934 Budded On Earth To Bloom In Heaven Barbara Ann Dau Of Jim & Jamie Denton Mar 13 1937 June 29 1940 Gone To Be An Angel (Metal Marker) Dessie C Gullick 1891-1984 John Franklin Gullick Aug 15 1884 Jan 29 1958 Our Loved One Is Gone But Not Forgotten Wilburn Gullick Apr 22 1908 Dec 28 1963 Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal Milam Pauline Wife Of D L Milam Feb 27 1899 Dec 5 1946 There Is No Parting In Heaven Ellen Bonds Wife Of J T Raines Jan 2 1862 Jan 4 1944 May She Rest In Peace Gadd Mastin Gadd Born Mar 1 1886 Died June 10 1929 He Has Gone To The Mansions Of Rest Rowland Tommie Lee Rowland Mar 20 1925 Oct 3 1946 Asleep In Jesus Roxie Irene Fair Mar 2 1921 Oct 30 1950 At Rest Lula J Fair Jan 2 1894 Aug 2 1930 At Rest King C Fair May 18 1884 Apr 20 1972 At Rest Zetter S Fair Jan 2 1902 Nov 23 1975 At Rest Lenoy Fair Sept 22 1927 Mar 16 1990 Infant Son Of Carlton & Mildred Fair Born & Died Apr 17 1953 Our Darling Baby Virgil H Keenum Nov 10 1911 Aug 3 1974 Keenum Father James Oscar Apr 16 1883 Dec 22 1945 Mother Mary Jane Nov 27 1889 June 23 1950 They Were The Sunshine Of Our Home Mother Elizabeth Mayo Oct 26 1868 Feb 15 1944 Father Newton Mayo Oct 29 1849 Sept 28 1930 Father & Mother Of Eleven Children Seven Boys And Four Girls Bessie M Hartman Jan 31 1891 Oct 25 1974 Our Loved One Grofford Mattie Oct 9 1867 Apr 8 1954 Joe Nov 15 1871 Sept 17 1946 Dear Parents Tho We Miss You Much We Know You Rest With God Wilburn Grofford Born Dec 11 1902 Died Mar 22 1921 Our Darling One Hath Gone Before To Greet Us On The Blissful Shore God Be With You Till We Meet Again Grofford Keenum Jack Keenum May 6 1914 May 11 1941 He Died As He Lived Trusting In God Arnold Ray Son Of Esker & Hazel Keenum Oct 15 1942 Apr 25 1945 Our Dear Doll Has Gone To Rest In Peace With God Roberts Lucille Rowell Aug 16 1917 Oct 22 1958 Curtis O May 1 1912 Aug 27 1970 Rest In Peace J Leland Son Of J S & Lula Owen Sept 28 1898 July 23 1922 In Life Beloved In Death Lamented Owen Father James Sargeant Owen Jan 17 1872 June 17 1940 Too Good For Earth God Called Him Home Father Sam F Renfrow July 13 1879 Jan 3 1952 Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal Mother Rosie Kizer Wife Of Sam F Renfrow Nov 23 1880 Apr 23 1961 Earth Has No Sorrows That Heaven Cannot Heal Renfrow Odell F Oct 16 1914 Nov 27 1994 The Lord Is My Shepard Cox Mother Bessie Mae Oct 11 1902 Dec 6 1985 Father John Henry Oct 30 1903 Dec 22 1980 Heaven Is My Home Mother Orie Ettie Cockrell Wife Of John Henry Cox Feb 25 1910 Jan 12 1940 Heaven Is My Home Mother Letitia C Smith Wife Of J S Owen Sept 1 1868 Dec 8 1966 Though Lost To Sight To Memory Dear Cathy Jo Smith Born & Died June 19 1953 John R Roberts Mississippi Pvt Co L 154 Infantry World War II Dec 31 1905 Aug 24 1958 Mattie Stephens Apr 3 1877 Mar 28 1942 Nolley Father George S Aug 9 1878 June 9 1957 Not Lost But Gone Before Mother Mary E Goolsby Jan 8 1885 Mar 30 1951 A Loving Mother And A Faithful Friend Billie Elzie Son Of Grover & Qubell Nolley Mar 5-May 3 1942 Budded On Earth To Bloom In Heaven Bobbie Ray Son Of Grady & Janette Nolley June 17 1944 Dec 2 1944 Only Sleeping Nolley Grady M Feb 10 1924 Nov 23 1985 Gone From Our Home But Never From Our Hearts Janette Jackson Oct 26 1924 Feb 16 1966 A Loving Mother And A Faithful Friend Ella Cupp Jones Jan 8 1882 Dec 28 1961 Mother Malinda J Wife Of W H Bishop Dec 5 1861 Jan 6 1940 She Died As She Lived Trusting In God Brother Sgt Alvies Moody Co L 22 Inf 4 Div April 27 1917 Killed In France June 23 1944 There Is Rest In Heaven Moody Eva Annie Wife Of J M Moody Aug 9 1885 Jan 29 1928 There Is No Parting In Heaven Moody Jim Moody Apr 22 1880 Sept 28 1949 Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal (Metal Marker) Miss Madga Roberts 1903-1976