Lisa's Cemetery Site
lisa@southerncemeteries.org
First Jesus
Name Cemetery
George County, Mississippi
Leave Benndale,
Mississippi on Highway 57
South.
You will go 3.1 miles and the First Jesus
Name Church
will be on your
left. This cemetery is located behind
the church building. It is the property
of the church and they provide upkeep for it.
Jimmy Trussell walked the
cemetery on the 5th of January, 2008, taking information for
the
headstone inscriptions.
Ford,
Erica Sheriee; b. 06-24-1982, d. 06-14-2003, "Beloved
Daughter of Troy
& Becky Ford
Ford,
Edward Currie; b. 02-26-1911, d. 02-05-2002, h/o Retha
Ford,
Retha Mae; b. 12-13-1915, d. 09-20-1992, w/o Edward
Ford,
Aaron E; b. 06-25-1936, d. 05-19-1999, h/o Betty
Ford,
Michael Aaron; b.07-09-1956, d.09-03-2003, "Our
Beloved Son", John 14 verse 14
Nolan,
Aaron Scott; d. 08-18-2002
Parker,
Norton; b. 06-30-1941, d. 08-23-1995, h/o Mildred
O'Neal
Cemetery
George County, Mississippi
Travel north on
Highway 57 for about .3 tenths of a mile, where you will see Deep Creek Road
on your left. Take this
left hand turn and now go 2.5 miles and the
O'Neal Cemetery will be on your
left. This is a private family cemetery and upkeep is provided by them.
The
cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and has a large
American Flag
displayed along with the Mississippi
State flag inside
the
main gate. There are also several small American Flags displayed around
the
cemetery and on the sign.
There is a plaque under the cemetery sign which
reads, "Dedicated to the memory of Master Sgt. Sean M. Cooley, born
Apr. 18,
1969, Killed in Iraq
Feb. 3, 2005".
Sean is one of those interred here in this cemetery. Sean was a
member of the 150th Combat Engineer Battalion from Lucedale,
Mississippi, he was the 21st
soldier with
Mississippi ties killed in the
war on terror and the fifth Mississippi National Guard Soldier to die
in Iraq.
Sean
started his military career as a Navy Seabee. Shortly after his
death I was
sent several pictures showing the "Cooley Chapel" named in Sean's honor
in Iraq,
as well
as two soldier's being baptized in front of the Chapel. He gave the
ultimate
sacrifice for these freedoms we have today, and we will always be in
debt to
him and the many other veterans that have sacrificed themselves for us
all.
I walked the cemetery on the 5th
of January 2008, and all information was taken from headstone
inscriptions.
Thanks to the O'Neal Family for letting me walk and transcribe their
family
cemetery.
Jimmy Trussell
Cooley,
Sean Michael; b. 04-18-1969, d. 02-03-2005, h/o
Laura, Mississippi National Guard,
Killed in action in Iraq
O'Neal,
Francis M; b. 06-12-1911, d. 04-08-2001, w/o Odis W
O'Neal
O'Neal,
Odis W; b. 07-08-1904, d. 12-30-1985, h/o Francis
O'Neal,
Maxine M; b. 02-22-1932, d. 03-13-1988, w/o Odis H.
O'Neal
O'Neal,
Odis Harold (Jr.); b. 02-16-1955, d. 05-08-2005, h/o
Pamela Diane
Marvin Howard
Family Cemetery
George County, Mississippi
Leave Lucedale,
Mississippi on highway 198
west.
You will come to the intersection with the highway 98 by-pass. Take
this
highway 98 by-pass to the left (west),
and go 1.6 miles. On your left you will
see Merrill Road,
take this road (south) and now go another .6 tenths of a mile. Now you
will see
Howard Road on your left,
take this left hand turn (east) and go another .7
tenths of a mile. This cemetery will be on your right, it is surrounded
by a
chain link fence and was well kept.
This is a private family cemetery and they
provide the upkeep for it. Jimmy
Trussell walked this cemetery on the 1st
of January, 2008 and the information was
taken from headstone inscriptions.
Couch,
Dakota Keegan; d. 04-19-2001, infant grave
Homan,
Samuel W; b. 10-17-1959, d. 02-28-1998, "Bubba", h/o
Pam
Ready,
James W; b. 03-16-1914, d. 07-13-1983, US Army, WW-2
Ready, Lena (Howard); b.
07-03-1931, d. 01-20-2001, w/o James
McMillan,
John Dwight; b. 06-14-1956, d. 06-08-1973
Howard,
Dora R; b. 05-12-1940, d. 05-14-1940
Howard,
Mattie W; b. 10-10-1905, d. 04-23-1992, w/o Marvin
Howard,
Marvin; b. 01-21-1901, d. 05-07-1977, h/o Mattie
