Magnolia
Cemetery
(African-American)
Compiled
2000 by Wallace L. "Matt"
Dillon
Jr.
Revised:
May
2004
Magnolia Cemetery is located in the northwestern
quadrant of Clarke Co., MS. From
Enterprise take State Highway 513 North for 5 miles.
Turn right on Clarke County Highway 361.
Proceed 50 meters to the first dirt road on the right.
Magnolia Cemetery lies 500 meters up the dirt road to the left side.
NOTE: Access to the
road is restricted by a locked gate.
The cemetery is well maintained and burials continue to be made there.
Magnolia Cemetery is situated in a forest clearing and is divided into
2 sections, East and West, approximately 50 meters of open ground separating
the 2 sections. The photo at top
left was taken at the cemetery entrance looking South at the West Section.
The top right photo was taken in the West Section looking East at the
East Section. Cemetery
Coordinates are: 32°10’92”N 088°55’44”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.
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WEST SECTION
Row 1 (R-L :North to South):
(FHM)
Infant Boy Keith L. WALLACE
05 Jan 1994 05 Jan 1994
(CS)
Amos HOPSON
1979
(CS)
Hannah HOPSON Oct 1900
May 1974
“Beloved Wife of Amos Hopson”
(CS)
Milton HOPSON 09 Mar
1923 14 Jan 1954
J.R.
“Silas” JONES
27 Jan 1925
12 May 1944
Walter
JONES Sr.
15 Nov 1902 11
Nov 1949
W.
A. “Buster” JONES
21 Sep 1931
28 Nov 1957
Mattie
Jones EVANS 29 Oct 1905
29 May 1987
Walter
JONES Jr.
10 Sep 1934
10 Dec 1993
(FHM)
Oscar G. JONES
07 Jul 1940
27 Jul 1996
Josephine
PRICE
Died 02 May 1941
(FHM)
Ada PRICE
Died
25 Sept 1940
(FHM)
Harold PRICE
22 Dec 1996
“Age 64”
E.
M. “Joe” JONES
09 May 1938 28
Oct 1977
Mother
Patsy Oliver JONES
05 May 1874 22
Oct 1966
Annie
Lee JONES
05 Dec 1906 01
Feb 1942
Charlie
JONES
23 Oct 1910
14 Jun 1934
Father Thomas JONES 20 June 1879 05 Jan 1961
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Row
2 (North to South) (R-L):
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – OLIVER)
Cleotis
1926
1979
Timothy
1905
1979
(CS)
Howard OLIVER 14 April 1908
12 April 1958 “The
Battle Is Over”
(at foot, Military headstone for above grave):
MISSISSIPPI PVT 3554 SERVICE UNIT WORLD WAR II
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – OLIVER)
Father Joe
10 Mar 1871 31
Mar 1956
Mother Corine Denham 16 Apr 1886 25 June 1953
(DM
– One large stone, surname on front – OLIVER)
Willie B.
Died 03 Feb 1983
“Although He Sleeps His Memory Lives On”
Frankie M.
04 Sep 1906
18 Nov 2000
“Although She Sleeps Her Memory Lives On”
(CS)
Rev. A. J. GERALDS 14 Oct 1909
16 Jun 1944
“Amazing Grace”
(CS) Ora O. GERALDS 27
Jul 1912
07 Sep 1997
“Precious Lord”
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EAST SECTION
Row
3 (L-R :South to North):
Clarence
Leo BENNETT
06 Apr 1910
14 Nov 1994 “A Loving Father”
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Row
4 (L-R):
(CS)
Helen O. MITCHELL 06 Oct 1916
25 Dec 1979
(CS)
William BERRY 15
Sep 1916 25
Nov 1991 US NAVY
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Row
5 (L-R):
(FHM)
Annie PRICE
25 Dec 1932 17
Aug 1995
(CS)
Frank Lee PRICE
(CS)
UNKNOWN
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Row
6 (L-R):
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM
with FHM) UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
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Row
7 (L-R):
(SM
w/ FHM) UNKNOWN
Lade
WHITE
26 Mar 1888 07
Mar 1958
(FHM
w/ CS) Eliza WASHINGTON 09
Jul 1871
01 Nov 1974
Carrie
PRICE
1902
1996
(FHM)
Quinn H. COTTON Sr. 21 May 1933 30
Dec 1995
(CS)
Gladys Mae OLIVER
28 Mar 1912 04
Jan 1990
Beloved
Mother Annie D. JACKSON 1888
21 Nov 1936
(FHM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(SM)
UNKNOWN
(FHM)
Nina DIXON 1937
Father
Houston OLIVER
05 Feb 1948
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Row
8 (L-R):
(SM)
A.G. ORDER
(SM)
Slem CLOSE
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Row
9 (L-R):
Elizia
WASHINGTON
Died 1900
"Age 64"
Beroe
WASHINGTON
"Deied in 1898"
(FHM
w/CS) George McCLOSE
10 Mar 1898 09 Feb 1969
Willie
McGRUDER 1918
1998
(FHM
w/CS) J.C. PRICE 19
Jun 1947
(CS)
Doris Price KIRK 03
Dec 1937 11 Jul
1987 "Gone
But Not Forgotten"
(CS)
Edna Ruth SPEARS 21
Jun 1930 11
Apr 1994 "Gone
But Not Forgotten"
(Headstone
Unreadable)
UNKNOWN
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Row
10 (L-R):
UNKNOWN
(CS) Rosie B. BURNS 29 Apr 1935 10 Jun 1998 "In Loving Memory"
(FM) “TUTA Nothing Ever loved
Is Lost She was loved so Much”
Fred
PRICE 1859
1944
"At Rest"
(Broken
Headstone) UNKNOWN
Mrs.
Adline COTTON
Born 15 Dec 1870
Died 31 Dec 1917 "Circle
No. 17 Gone But
Not Forgotten"
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Row
11 (L-R):
Ellen
GARNER
xx Oct 19XX
(FHM)
Bernice BUCKLEY 19 Nov 1919
25 Jul 1988
"Age 68"
(SM)
Alonso MELTON 07
Oct 1943
(Broken
SM) UNKNOWN
(DBS
with flower plot between stones and FHM)
Willie
TREADWELL 04 Jul 1862
25 Sep 1974 "An Angel Touched Him And He
Slept"
Mamie
TREADWELL Jul 1874 13
Jan 1962 "Her
Light Shall Shine Before God"
Henrietta
OLIVER
Born 1849
Died 23 May 1913
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Row
12 (L-R):
Eshimal
WASHINGTON 24 Dec 1921
Father
B. OLIVER 12 Jul 1844
10 Aug 1916 "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Mary
F. OLIVER 13 Sep 1923
"Stillborn"
Father
Samuel OLIVER 17
Jul 1877
xx Dec 1928
(SM)
UNKNOWN
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Row
13 (L-R):
(CB)
Sister Frosen OLIVER
29 Sep 1918 18 Apr 1944
USGS Data for Magnolia Cemetery
Aerial Photo of Magnolia Cemetery (Note: Magnolia is north of the horizontal white line between the 2nd and 3rd open areas from left)
Special Thanks to Mr. Bennie White for the format, concept and layout of this page.