Alday Cemetery

Inscriptions

(African-American)

Compiled December 2002 by Wallace L. "Matt" Dillon Jr.

Revised: August 2004

Alday Cemetery is located in a 110m by 50m pine forest clearing the north western part of Clarke Co., MS. From Enterprise take State Highway 513 (Short Street) East for 1.2miles. Turn left on Clarke County Highway 354 (Stonewall Street) for 3.4 miles. Alday Cemetery lies adjacent to Highway 354 on the left (North) side. The cemetery is well maintained and burials continue to be made there. The photo at left was taken within the cemetery looking North/Northeast. Cemetery coordinates are: 32°11’40”N 088°46’05”W.

I have shown dates in the DDMMMYYYY format for easier reading. The (double marker) note means two separate headstones with surname between resting on a double base. The (double

base) means two separate headstones (with full names) resting on a double base. Row numbers were determined as best I could using the cemetery layout and may not necessarily agree with any other compilation (if any) or official cemetery or church records. Abbreviations used here are as follows: BB = Brick Border; CB = Concrete Border; CS = Concrete Slab; DM = Double Marker;

DBS = Double Base; FHM = Funeral Home Marker; FM = Foot Marker; FS = Foot Stone; GB = Granite Border; GS = Granite Slab; SM = Stone Marker.

Rows were numbered from West to East; Graves listed from right to left (North to South). Rows with only a few graves were counted as full rows as the cemetery is still active. I have tried

diligently to copy all inscriptions accurately; however there is no guarantee that this work is 100% correct. If anyone sees an obvious error, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Row 1 (North end) (R-L; North to South):

(FHM) Paul CLARK 01 Apr 1941 10 Jun 1984

(GM) UNKNOWN

(FHM w/FM) Ed CLARK 11 Jul 1922 “Age 66” “At Rest”

(SM w/FM) UNKNOWN

(FHM w/SM) Cora Mae LOTT

(FHM) UNKNOWN

(SM) Napoleon GRAHAM 08 Nov 1892 14 Mar 1896

Louella Ratcliff MAY Sep 1894 Oct 1981

(SM) Tamer PORE 25 Feb 1913 “Aged 92 Years”

(SM w/FM) GRAHAM

(SM w/FM) Sarah Ann GRAHAM 06 Aug 1862 14 Jul 1941 “Wife of Rev. J. H. Graham” “She was the Sunshine of our Home”

(SM) Rev. J. H. GRAHAM 06 Jan 1862 16 Mar 1956 “Father”

Daisy Olivia RAY 25 Feb 1888 18 May 1972

(FHM) Mr. Dennis HAYNES Jr. 06 Nov 1935 09 Nov 2001

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Row 2 (North to South) (R-L):

(FHM) Kassandra LaJoyce RHONE 12 Jan 1992 14 Jan 1992

(FHM) James W. HAYES 23 Nov 1940 09 Apr 2001 “Age 60”

Jerette JONES 31 Aug 1929 15 Feb 1994 “We Will Meet Again”

(FHM) UNKNOWN (Pink Flowers)

(FHM) UNKNOWN (Yellow Flowers)

(FHM) UNKNOWN (Red & White Flowers)

Row 3 (North to South) (R-L):

(FHM) W. H. BLAKELEY 04 Mar 1896 22 Oct 1886

William Henry ROACH 31 Jul 1962 08 Jul 1998 “Husband Father Brother Son” ”Gone But Not Forgotten” “At Peace”

also William Henry ROACH 31 Jul 1962 08 Jul 1998 SGT U.S. AIR FORCE PERSIAN GULF

(DM – One large stone, surname on front – ROACH) "Precious Lord Take My Hand"

(GLV) Mattie Lee 21 Nov 1930 24 Aug 1996

(GLV) Henry Lewis 09 Mar 1921 02 Jun 2003

(GLV) Mattie L. ROACH 1930 1996

Mother Laura Ann ROACH 09 Dec 1891 30 Aug 1964 “Rest Mother, Rest in Quiet Sleep While Friends in Sorrow of Thee Weep”

Father Willie ROACH 1923 “VETERAN WORLD WAR I” “The Memory of Him is Dear to Us”

(SM) Violar HAWKINS

(SM) UNKNOWN

(SM) Hannah TINORT 18 Feb 1874 09 Aug 1942

Row 4 (North to South) (R-L):

(SM) Brother Robert BLAKELY 08 May 1900 25 Jul 1962

(SM) Sidney BLAKELY 08 Nov 1995 “Age 43 Years”

(SM) John BLAKELY 1864 1939 "Gone But Not Forgotten"

(FHM) UNKNOWN

(SM) Willie GRIFFIN 21 Apr 1907 12 Sep 1973 U.S. ARMY PVT. WORLD WAR II

(FHM) UNKNOWN

(SM) Annie C. WINN 08 Mar 1885 18 Mar 1952 “Wife of Hudson Winn”

(SM) Edlena G. GRAHAM 10 Aug 1899 21 Dec 1970

(SM) Tommie WILLIAMS 04 Sep 1911 29 Sep 1972 MISSISSIPPI PVT 68 QM PACK TROOP WORLD WAR II

Row 5 (North to South) (R-L):

Anna B. MORGAN 27 Xxx 1907 ILLEGIBLE INSCIPTION

Mary RATLIFFE 25 Sep 1925 “Mother” “One Son, One Daughter and Rest of Grandchildren” “At Rest”

Annie ANDERSON 09 Nov 1885 21 Feb 1932

(SM) UNKNOWN

Archie ANDERSON 23 May 1877 15 Jul 1944

A. J. ANDERSON 27 Apr 1935 25 May 1952

(FHM) Enous ANDERSON 31 Jul 1939 30 Sep 1955

Edward Earl ANDERSON 15 Sep 1950 14 May 1959

Mother Laura Ann ANDERSON 14 Jan 1917 17 Feb 1961 “Gone But Not Forgotten” “We Loved You but GOD Loved You Best”

(also FM) Laura ANDERSON 19 Jan 1917 17 Feb 1961

Row 6 (North to South) (R-L):

(SM) Robert LINDSEY 12 Nov 1845 15 May 1924

(SM w/FM) UNKNOWN

Mother Cora LINDSAY 22 Dec 1884 14 Nov 1952 “Gone But Not Forgotten”

Nora L. JORDAN

(FHM) Herman M. WILLIAMS 18 Aug 1920 05 Mar 1999 “At Rest”

(FHM) UNKNOWN [Mound with Flowers]

(CS w/FM) Lucy Cotton RATCLIFF 04 Sep 1917 20 Jan 1998 “In Loving Memory”

Pearlie RATCLIFF 1900 1976

(FHM) Rev. Eddie KETCHUM 08 Apr 1903 08 Apr 1995

(FHM) Mrs. Annie BLAKELY 05 Jun 1913 27 Aug 1997

Row 7 (North to South) (R-L):

(FHM) UNKNOWN

(FHM) Sally Julia HOOKER 24 Jun 1994

(DHS) Elizah ANDERSON 02 Aug 1880 02 Sep 1978

Roxie P. ANDERSON 12 Mar 1880 24 Sep 1979

Row 8 (North to South) (R-L):

Father Allen BESTER 1877 1934 “Gone But Not Forgotten”

(SM w/CS) UNKNOWN

(CS) UNKNOWN

(Headstone w/FHM) Ola Vell CARR 28 Mar 1914 02 Feb 1951 “Gone But Not Forgotten”

(FHM w/CS) Mr. Hardy Last Name Illegible

(GLV) Juanita CONWELL 1934 2001

(CS) First Name Illegible D. GRAHAM 1903 1998

(CS) Annie Mae GRAHAM 1911 1998

Dock HALL 09 Jun 1920 28 May 1970 MISSISSIPPI TEC 4 U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II

(GLV) Carrie Mae HALL 1919 1997

(GLV w/FHM) UNKNOWN

Row 9 (North to South) (R-L):

(SM) UNKNOWN

Jim JOHNSON 07 Aug 1880 19 Aug 1919 “At Rest”

(Headstone w/FM) Sonny HAYES 14 Jul 1925 “Age 94” “Lodite No. 5 CFAS)

(Wooden Marker) UNKNOWN

(DM – One large stone, surname on front – GRAHAM)

(FHM) Pearlie Y. 10 Jan 1903 "In God's Care"

John Henry 25 May 1886 28 Nov 1906 “In GOD’s Care”

Mabel GRAHAM 29 Oct 1905 13 Feb 1982 “At Rest”

Row 10 (North to South) (R-L):

(CS) Henry McELROY 1874 29 May 1949

(CS) Hattie A. McELROY 25 Sep 1884 08 Nov 1937

(CS) Velma McELROY 15 Sep 1905 1963

(CS) Alice GRAY 15 Sept 1848 07 Jul 1965

(CS) Lelia A. McELROY 02 May 1919 1919

James O. McELROY 23 Jul 1911 25 Jun 1996 PFC U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II

J. W. DILLARD 06 May 1925 21 Apr 1982 “25 years Service to U.S. Steel CO.”

Cleo DILLARD 13 Sep 1929 12 Sep 1956 “At Rest”

Jesse DILLARD 23 Aug 1900 19 Mar 1981 “At Rest”

Delia DILLARD 04 Aug 1902 31 Oct 1990

Henry DILLARD 22 Oct 1920 14 Dec 1990 “Forever in Our Hearts”

(Also Military Headstone)22 Oct 1920 14 Dec 1990 PFC U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II

(CS) Aaron Lewis TYLER 24 Nov 1976 10 Mar 2003 "Gone But Not Forgotten"

(GLV w/FHM) Lela ANDERSON 23 Nov 1913 30 Oct 1998

(GLV w/FHM) Oscar ANDERSON 29 Mar 1909 22 Sep 2001

Row 11 (North to South) (R-L):

(SM) Earnest PRICE 13 Apr 1912 20 May 1946 MISSISSIPPI PVT MED. DEPT. WORLD WAR II

(GLV w/FHM) UNKNOWN [Blue Heart Shaped Flower]

(SM) Willie J. LINDSAY 28 Dec 1920 18 Aug 1993 PFC U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II

(SM) Stephen ANDERSON 08 May 1986 “Infant Son of Kenneth & Carolyn)

(DBS) "Wed 13 May 1938"

Helen ANDERSON 06 Apr 1915 24 Feb 1995

J. T. ANDERSON 10 Aug 1911 11 Aug 1999

Row 12 (North to South) (R-L):

(FHM) Elmer DEES 15 Jul 1897 21 Xxx 1951

Mahalia SIMPSON 1867 1954

(CS) Father Robert PRICE 10 Feb 1890 30 Sep 1977

(CS) Florence S. PRICE 22 Jan 1892 02 Feb 1963 "Loving Mother" “A Friend to All”

Charles E. BROWN 05 Jul 1943 02 Nov 1972 "In Loving Memory" “Son & Brother”

Amos Calvin POPE 12 Jan 1894 01 Feb 1925 “Veteran of World War, No. 1.”

(w/FM) Dave POPE Jr. 10 Nov 1868 25 Jan 1928

(w/FHM) Mother Mary POPE 17 Jan 1876 15 May 1947 “Asleep In Jesus”

(FHM) Mrs D. DILLARD 04 Aug 1902 21 Oct 1990

Wade Lee HARALSON 19 Nov 1919 30 Oct 1951 MISSISSIPPI TEC 5 491 QM TRUCK CO WORLD WAR II

(FHM) Johnny Last Name Illegible 1907 7 Dec 1978

(FHM) Willie James JOHNSON 12 Xxx 1919 14 Nov 1950

(CS) Maytha TRAVIS 1900 1973

(CS) Lissie H. HARDAWAY 1870 03 Jun 1951

USGS Data for Alday Cemetery

Aerial Photo of Alday Cemetery

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Special Thanks to Mr. Bennie White for the format, concept and layout of this page.

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