

East
Cemetery Inscriptions
Clarke
County, Mississippi
Compiled
December 2002 by Natasha Dillon & Matt Dillon
Revised:
September 2004
East Cemetery is located in a 300m by 100m rolling meadow in the north-western part of Clarke County, MS. From Enterprise take State Highway 513 (Short Street) East for one mile. Continue East on State Highway 514 East for 1.9 miles. East Cemetery lies adjacent to Highway 514 on the right (South) side through a chain link fence. The cemetery is well maintained and burials continue to be made there. The photo at top left was taken within the cemetery looking west; The photo at top right was taken within the cemetery looking southwest.
Cemetery coordinates are: 32°10’26”N
088°47’18”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; (GLV) = Ground Level Vault.
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.
CLICK
ON A NAME TO DISPLAY AN IMAGE OF THE PLOT
Row
1 (West end) (R-L; North to South):
James
PRICE 1910 1985
(HS
w/FM) Rebecca PRICE 15 Jan 1883 10
Oct 1910
Ben
HUREL 29 Oct 1912 “Age
66 Years”
John
TABB 26 Dec 1889 17
Dec 1950 CPL
4 DEVELOPMENT BN WORLD WAR II
Mary
Mayeline GORDON 17 Jan 1908 23
Nov 1909
“Budded on Earth, Bloomed in Heaven”
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(SM) Mother Mary J. RHINE 1863 19 Jun 1956
(SM) UNKNOWN
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Willie
May HOWZE 30 Dec XXXX
08 Aug 1970 MISSISSIPPI
PVT QM CORPS WORLD WAR II
(SM) UNKNOWN
(FHM)
Mr. Cecil HOUSE 14
Feb 1912 81 Aug
1988
Peter
HARVEY 06 Feb 1908
“Age 45 Years” “His
Many Virtues Form the Noble Monument to his Memory”
“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Come Unto Me and Rest”
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(CS)
(CS)
Daddy Robert LOCKETT 09
Aug 1902 01 Feb
1983
(FHM
w/CS) UNKNOWN
(FHM
w/CS) UNKNOWN
(FHM
w/CS) Alma LOCKETT 09 Feb 1904 12 Feb 1983
James
LOCKETT 1900 1966
Edna
LOCKETT 1934 1981
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(FHM)
Willie BATES 1889 22 Dec 1981 “In Loving Memory”
(FHM)
UNKNOWN
Peter
BLAKENEY 28 Jun 1858 14
Sep 1911 “Gone
But Not Forgotten”
(CS
w/FS) Richard BLAKENEY 13 Sep 1896 18 Nov 1963
LOUISIANA PFC
CO L 815 PIONEER INF WORLD
WAR I
(FS)
Eliza BLAKELEY Died
08 Feb 1916 “Age 51 Years”
“Illegible
Inscription”
(FHM)
Ida RADFORD Died 14 Oct 1953 “Age 84”
(FM)
Eddie RADFORD 01
Jul 1876 1939
George
DACE 1873
Spenser
FOWLER 06 Oct 1856 03
Apr 1933 “He Is
At Rest”
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Mother
Hattie MAY 15 Oct 1883
11 Feb 1948 “At
Rest”
(CS
w/FHM) Freddie WASHINGTON Sr. 21
Sep 1896 26 Jul
1988
(CS
w/FHM) UNKNOWN
Fred
WASHINGTON 1860 08 Dec 1906 “His
Memories Form the Noblest Monument To His Memory”
Fannie
WASHINGTON Died
12 Nov 1934 “Age 80 Years”
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Florine
Nichols HILL 25 Jul 1916
15 Jan 1962 “In
Loving Memory”
John
Curtis HILL Sr. 24 Oct 1915 27
Feb 1983
(MIL)
John C. HILL Sr. 14
Oct 1915 27 Feb
1983 PVT U.S. ARMY WORLD
WAR II
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Ethel
H. COLLINS 30 Oct 1924 24
Feb 1998 “In
Loving Memory”
Eddie
Hand WALKER 14 Apr 1915 26
Mar 2000 “In
Loving Memory”
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Donald
Anthony BUCKLEY 29 Feb 1944 01
Mar 1970 “At
Rest”
Ruth
BUCKLEY Illegible Died 1916
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(DBS) Raymond
Henderson HAND 08 Dec 1926
19 Oct 1994
Annie
Ruth Everett HAND Died 11 Apr 1927
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(CS)
Clara H. BUCKLEY 23
Jun 1904 07 Dec
1993
(CS)
Herbert A. BUCKLEY 17
Aug 1994 23 Jan
1964 “At Rest”
David
Allen HAND 22 Sep 1961
27 Feb 1982 “In
Loving Memory” “Beloved Son”
Percy
H. HAND 19 Nov 1921 24 Mar 1982
U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II
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Pearl
Sherman WILLIAMS Died 28 Jun 1970 “In God’s
Garden of Love She Waits For Us”
(FS)
G. W. SHERMAN Died
07 Jun 1955 “Asleep In Jesus” “Our
Uncle”
(FHM
w/FS) C. W. SHERMAN Died 14 Jan 1940 “Asleep In Jesus” “Our
Uncle”
(FS)
Mary Lucinda SHERMAN Died 25 Feb 1939 “Rest in Peace”
Roberta
BEVERLY Died 27 Dec 1929 “Aged 36 years” “Illegible
Text”
(SM
w/FS) Henrietta SHERMAN 20 Sep 1910 “Age 80 Years”
“Our Dear Mother”
(SM
w/FHM) Ricky BROWN 08 Mar 1959 20
Oct 1984
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(FHM) UNKNOWN
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – WILLIAMS)
Robert
“Link” 15 Aug 1912
31 Jun 1985
Jeradline
19 Jun 1915 02
Apr 1986
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Lewis
YOUNG 17
Aug 1877 13 Feb
1910 “Gone But
Not Forgotten”
(FHM)
Agnes ROBINSON 21 Feb 1920 01
Mar 2002
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(DM – One large stone, surname on front – HOLSTON)
"Not Dead But Sleeping" "Precious
Lord Take My Hand"
Wife Ceola
K.
08 Nov 1908 05
Jun 1983
Husband Samuel D.
11 Mar 1912 04
Jan 1992
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(CS)
Ronnie DAVIS 01 Jul 1948 24
Jul 1999 “Precious Lord Take My Hand”
(FHM)
William C. EVANS Jr. 05
Jan 1942 20 Jan
1997
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(CS)
Luke EVANS Sr. 22
Jan 1944 21 Aug
2001 “Father
& Husband” “United &
Resting”
(CS)
Bonnie J. EVANS 16
May 1941 06 Jul
2000 “Mother & Wife” “We
Will Meet Again”
Darryl
NAYOR 22
Jun 1965 30 Apr
1983 “Rest In
Peace”
Luke
EVANS Jr. 07 Nov 1920 27
Jul 1994 “Rest In
Peace”
(CS)
Francis TIMS 29 Jan 1917
29 Apr 1992
(CS)
James TIMS 27 Jan
1917 04 Apr 1995
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(HS
w/FS) LeAna Hardaway TAYLOR 30 Nov 1888 02 Aug 1966
(FHM
w/FS) Rev. Tommie TAYLOR 02 Mar 1884 26
Jul 1951
Rev.
Charlie McGOWAN 24 Apr 1913 19
Dec 1970 “At
Rest”
(CS
w/FS) Louisa H. McGOWAN 15 Dec 1879 28 Dec 1976
“Gone But Not Forgotten”
(CS
w/FS) Dollie EVANS 24 Apr 1913 19
Dec 1970 “At
Rest”
(CS)
William Cleveland EVANS Sr. 14 Jun 1911 16 Oct 1983
“Rest In Peace”
Leroy
EVANS 16 Dec 1947 29
Jan 1990 “Rest In
Peace”
(CS)
Frank McGOWAN 29
Jun 1919 29 May
1990
(FHM)
Mrs. K______ L. MCGOWAN 06
Aug 1968 23 Mar
1989
(FHM)
UNKNOWN
(FHM)
Mrs. Flossie McGOWAN 18
Mar 1983 “82 Yrs
5 Mo 23 Days”
Joseph
McGOWAN Sr. 23
May 1923 04 May
1999 SGT
U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Almonia
S. MARSHALL 24 Nov 1903 27
Jul 1997 “One Who Gave Her Life In the Source of Others”
(CS)
UNKNOWN
(GLV
w/FHM) Mr. Everett SCOTT Jr. 30 Sep 1906 16 Oct 2002
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(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – HARDAWAY) “Together Forever”
Catherine H.
01 Jul 1889 14
Oct 1967
Rev. Alexander H. 14
Oct 1888 27 Sep
1966
(FS)
Mother Cornelia HARDAWAY Died 09 Sep 1940
(FM)
Rev. J. H. HARDAWAY 12
Sep 1856 30 Mar
1917 “Asleep In
Jesus”
(SM)
Mary L. COLLINS 14
Aug 1882 05 Jan
1910 “Gone But
Not Forgotten”
(FM)
Joe GOODWIN 01 Apr 1934 “At Rest”
(FM)
Leona GOODWIN
(CS)
Parker GOODWIN Nov
1884 13 Feb 1959
(CS)
Joseph GOODWIN 10
Dec 1894 21 May
1964
(CS)
Annie L. Pope GOODWIN 20
Jun 1907 26 Jun
1973 “In Loving
Memory”
(CS)
Peter GOODWIN 22
Oct 1902 28 Mar
1981 “Rest In
Peace”
(CS
w/ FHM) Ella RUTH 1927 1929 “Suffer Little Children To Come Unto Me”
Annie
GOODWIN 30 May 1901 31
Dec 1982 “In
Loving Memory”
Jordan
GOODWIN
04 Dec 1895 06
Jul 1984 PVT US
ARMY WORLD WAR I
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Eloise
T. HOPSON 16 May 1913 31
Mar 1999 “In
Loving Memory”
Sam
ADAMS Sr. 1825 1891
Isabella
ADAMS 1865 1900
Carrie
D. PORTER 1884 1924
Archie
A. ADAMS 1846 1918
Ed
ADAMS 1880 1920
Father
Rev. Nelson TOOLE 02 Apr 1854 16
Sep 1935 “In
Loving Memory”
Mother
Irene Adams TOOLE 02 Jun 1882 21
Aug 1961 “In
Loving Memory”
Sam
ADAMS Jr. 1876 1941
Leah
W. ADAMS 1886 1946
(DBS w/ dual CS)
Lena
HARDAWAY 24 Aug 1884 23
Jun 1974 “She Is
At Rest With Jesus”
Robert HARDAWAY Jr. 18 Apr 1879
18 Apr 1924 “Gone
But Not Forgotten”
Ruth
L. HARDAWAY 13 Sept 1909 05
Feb 1991 “In
Loving Memory of Our Cousin”
Father
Robert HARDAWAY Died 25 Jan 1909
(SM)
Lucinda HARDAWAY 11
Feb 1909 “Loving
Mother”
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
Husband
Marshall PRINCE 14 Mar 1861 31
Aug 1940 “Asleep
In Jesus”
(CS)
Roosevelt PRICE 11 Nov 1919 02 Feb 1991
“At Rest”
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Albert
ADAMS 1888 1915
UNKNOWN
(Holder w/brick)
(FHM)
Mr. Jimmy HARDAWAY 13 Jul 1891
29 Jul 1989
(FHM) UNKNOWN (Green)
(SM) UNKNOWN (Shaped Marker)
(SM) UNKNOWN (Shaped Marker)
(SM) UNKNOWN (Shaped Marker)
(FHM)
Mrs. Cecil NICHOLS? 31 Oct 1943 31
Mar 1989
(FHM)
Cora NICHOLS 10 May 1910 18 Jan 2001
Clarence
NICHOLS 03 Jan 1910 10
Sep 1998 PFC
U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II
Zadie
BELL 22 Aug 1900 14
Aug 1910 “Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse K. Henderson”
“Our Daughter Has Gone Before Us To Greet Us on the Blissful Shore”
Little
Jesse BELL 26 May 1904
03 Nov 1911 “Daughter
of Mr. & Mrs. Jesse K. Henderson” Illegible
Text
Addie
DRONE Died 14 June 1912 “Age 49 Years”
(CS
w/FHM) UNKNOWN
(CS
w/FHM) Hildur SCOTT 10 May 1916 31 Oct 1983
Ida
Ruth WILLIAM 10 Feb 1933 18
Oct 1987
(FHM) UNKNOWN Backwards
(FHM)
Milton SCOTT Jr. 22
Nov 1935 22 Feb
2000
UNKNOWN
Mound with 3 Flower Racks
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UNKNOWN
Larkin
NICHOLS 11 Sept 1871 04
Nov 1909 “Gone
But Not Forgotten”
(SM
w/FM) WESLEY?
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – NICHOLS)
“Till We Shall Meet And Never Part”
Rev.
Edward C. 22 Aug 1876 25 Apr 1937
Minnie 03 Sep 1886 28
Aug 1965
(CS
w/FHM) UNKNOWN
(CS) Velma ANDERSON 1912
1965
UNKNOWN
Small Scallop Stones
Irby
MORGAN 12 Aug
1919 25 Jul 1973
PFC U.S. ARMY WORLD WAR II
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Ill W.
C. LOPER 01 Jun 1881 13
Jan 1951 “Asleep
In Jesus”
(CS)
Rebecca Coleman LOPER Died
03 Nov 1964 "In Memory of Mother"
(CS)
Charlie R. GOODWIN
(CS)
Joe Ruffin GOODWIN
(FHM)
UNKNOWN
Les JOHNSON, Jr.
(CS
w/FHM & FS) Houston L. KENDRICK
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – KENDRICK)
Mother Mary
J.
Father Andrew
Jr.
(CS)
Wesley PORTIS 22 Feb 1919
14 Aug 1996 "Gone But Not Forgotten"
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – PORTIS)
Rosie
Jonah
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(FHM)
Barbara WOOD 01 Aug 1993 “76 Years 1 Month”
(Double Headstone, surname on front - BEASLEY
Husband Johnnie
[Wife Side Blank]
Willie
James MERCER PFC. U.S. ARMY
(FHM)
Connie MERCER xx May xxxx 30
Dec xxxx
(FHM)
Sarah PORTER 09 Mar 1897 Died ?
John
Henry MERCER 17 Jan 1929
21 Mar 1970 "At Rest"
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Mother Henrietta
M. BARTEE 1907 1947 “Gone But Not Forgotten”
(FHM)
UNKNOWN
Evie
COLEMAN 22 Oct 1888 08
Apr 1947
(FHM)
Sidney COLEMAN
(FHM) Nathaniel COLEMAN 15 Aug 1915 02 Oct 1989
(GLV)
Shawn D. WOODS 1971
2003
(GLV)
Ann K. WOODS 1949 2002
Turner
Amanda KENDRICK
Herbert
TURNER
(CS)
Grady DILLARD
(CS)
Willie J. DILLARD
(CS)
Bud MARTIN
(CS)
Mother
Georgia MARTIN
(CS)
Katherine MARTIN 10 Feb 1933 09 Feb 1933
“At Rest”
Mother Lucinda
KENDRICK
(FHM)
UNKNOWN
Father
Andrew KENDRICKS Sr. 21 Aug 1875 06
May 1980 “Safe In
the Shepherd’s Fold”
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Henry
PEARSON 15 May 1943
MISSISSIPPI PVT
814 PIONEER INF
Ruth
Lee DAYS 16 Jun 1924
12 May 1946 “Asleep
in Jesus”
Daughter Bernice
K. JORDAN 26 Apr 1929 02
Nov 1962 “She Is
Not Dead But Sleepeth”
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(CS) Alex
W. MERCER Jr.
14 Dec 1904 11
Apr 1957 “In
God’s Care”
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – MERCER)
Father James
Alex.
Mother Viola
(Single
Monument with both names: “Gone But Not Forgotten”
Mother
Nancy GAINES Died 29 Mar 1929
Father
John GAINES Died 10 Jan 1937
Ruffin
COLEMAN 15 Sep 1834 29
Apr 1898
(FHM)
Kelly BROWN 29 Jun 1915 12 Aug 1988
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
Deacon Henry PETTY
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(CM)
UNKNOWN
(CM)
Kathryn Esther PORTER
(CS)
Hattie TROTTER
(CS)
Albert MARSHALL
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(SM)
________ E. COLE
(DBS)
(CS)
Mother Willie MAE
(SM)
Father Fenner MOODY
(FHM
w/CS)
(FHM
w/CS)
Flower Pods
Solomon
MARSHALL
(SM)
Willie MARSHALL
UNKNOWN
Flowers at Base
UNKNOWN
Stone at Head
(FHM
w/CS) Georgia MARTIN
11 Aug 1900 08 Oct 1989
(FHM
w/CS) Mrs. Mazell BESTER
14 Aug 1915 19 Jan 1990
UNKNOWN
Yellow/Purple Flowers
(CS)
UNKNOWN
w/Single
Purple Flower
Edron
HOWZE
Sweet Mother Birlee
IRVIN
Ned
IRVIN
(CS)
Will MYERS
(FHM)
Lillie MYERS 12 Jan 1900 22 Nov 1999
Albert
MARSHALL
(FHM
w/CS) Julious DARBY
25 May 1910 11 Jun 1992
Louise
DARBY
(FHM)
Minnie KENDRICKS 22
Nov 1894 06 Jun
1962
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(DBS)
(CS)
Wife Mary
Taylor PETTY
(GLV
w/FHM) Husband Phillip
Jack PETTY
(FM)
Willie L. PETTY
(CS) Elisha
PRICE
(CS) Mary
J. SLITCHETT 03 Oct 1938 03 Apr 1978
"In Loving Memory"
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – SCOTT)
(GLV) Pauline
I.
William
E.
Special Thanks to:
1)Mr. Bennie White for the format, concept and layout of this page.
2) Natasha, for putting up with my orders, the heat, humidity and creepy-crawlies ( Watched one too many Sci-Fi made-for-TV bug movies)