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Location: One-half mile north of Pleasant Hill Store on Hwy 552, west of Hazlehurst, Ms.  This is a well kept cemetery, under fence.  This is a well kept cemetery, under fence.  A reunion is held here each year on the first Sunday in May.  All descendants are welcome

Corrections by Ray Hammons 7/25/2001; LJklm3@aol.com

George L. Smith  8 June, 1885 /1 Oct, 1965

Lillie Varnado Smith  19 May, 1894 /14 Ap, 1970

Hiram E. Pierce  1880 / 1955

Anner C. Pierce  1885 / ___

E. J. Morse  2 Aug, 1888 /28 Oct, 1967

Perla Morse  26 Feb, 1886 / ___

Elijah Jackson Morse II (It is listed as Jack Mose on the headstone) born August 31, 1863; died June 13, 1937

 Rosa Lucater Barksdale Morse born November 9, 1963; died January 24, 1954

Ernest Clyde Pierce 19 Sept, 1915 /10 Ap, 1965 /Miss Cpl 323 Base Unit AAF WWII

Claudeine McClure Pierce  30 Mar, 1918 /27 Dec, 1944

Lullian Stephenson /Father/  1910 / 1945

Mary Cordelia Stephenson /Mother/  1908 / ___

R. H. Statham  1885 / 1952

Millie Lee Statham  1889 / ___

Lester H. Abernathy  1908 / 1961

Everette H. Barksdale  18 Ap, 1910 / ___

Mildred J. Barksdale  24 Dec, 1912 /29 Mar, 1964

George B. Fuqua  8 Aug, 1881 /28 Dec, 1966

L. Addie Fuqua  10 June, 1894 / ___

Sherrod T. Coleman  24 Nov, 1912 /29 Mar, 1965

Joanna E. Coleman  30 Aug, 1913 / ___

Dorothy E. Barksdale  13 Oct, 1906 /1 May, 1966

John Shirley Ahrend Jr.  3 Aug, 1939 /17 Jan, 1967

Charles Daniel Ahrend  b&d 2 Mar, 1967

Peggy Sue Goza  22 - 23 Nov, 1948

Percy Ray Foster  11 Mar, 1887 /22 June, 1968

John T. Foster  9 Ap, 1860 /15 Oct, 1948 / Mason

Mattie M. Foster  5 June, 1864 /20 Mar, 1951

Rosa Lovett Barksdale /Mother/  11 Ap, 1900 /13 Jy, 1939 /and son Joseph Henry   b&d 13 Jy, 1939

Leta w/o Ellis West Sims 15 Jan, 1884 /2 Jy, 1937

Maggie Lee Sims /Their daughter/  9 Feb, 1914 /2 Jy, 1937

Sam Willington Varnado  5 Oct, 1860 /29 Mar, 1956

Nannie Indiana Varnado  14 Feb, 1862 /15 Ap, 1950

Mrs. Bulah Smith  d. 31 Aug, 1968 / age 81 / no stone

Orren Charlie Furr  10 June, 1903 /15 Jan, 1965

Jessie Smith Furr  18 Jan, 1907 / ___

Thomas Jesse Smith  22 Oct, 1892 /19 June, 1966

Lena Varnado Smith  20 Jy, 1897 / ___

Ovid Nolan West  1 Nov, 1911 /31 May, 1946

Clara West  d. 25 Mar, 1964 /age 58y 6m 15d /no stone

Tullis Ray West  1890 / 1966 / WWI / no stone

Effie B. Merritt  20 Oct, 1891 /18 June, 1951

Wm. H. Merritt  16 Jan, 1884 /5 Ap, 1957

Morris Jacobson  9 Mar, 1901 /6 Jan, 1967

Mary Jacobson - no dates

Essie B. Leonard  1 Sept, 1882 / ___

Luther L. Leonard  20 Feb, 1882 /18 Mar, 1967

Fannie Dixon James  22 Jan, 1860 /7 Mar, 1924

Reese (RW) Bailey  1 Jan, 1883 /22 Jy, 1955

Ida Minnis Leonard  16 Aug, 1909 /18 Aug, 1958

Faye Bailey  1938 / 1939

Samuel Strickland (infant)/  d. 2 May, 1920

W. W. Furr /Father/  1871 / 1935

L. L. Furr /Mother/  1874 / 1958

Charlie A. Furr  8 May, 1876 /11 Nov, 1950

Mary Barksdale Furr  18 Feb, 1880 /20 ap, 1962

Arthur Furr  2 Ap, 1882 /___

Eunice Farris Furr (wife)  30 Sept, 1876 /26 May, 1909

Baby Furr - (illegible)

Addie Furr Davis  18 Aug, 1893 /13 Oct, 1935

C. L. Furr  31 Jan, 1837 /3 Sept, 1898

A. M. Furr (wife)  27 June, 1842 /13 Nov, 1900

Ed Furr  12 Oct, 1868 /7 Dec, 1945

Emma Furr  6 Nvo, 1874 /28 Oct, 1928

Joseph Hartley  15 Sept, 1889 /16 Nov, 1966

Jewell Furr Hartley  29 Aug, 1894 / ___

Sarah E. McCalip  d. 11 Sept, 1899 /age 73

W. J. McKinney  13 Aug, 1855 /13 May, 1929

M. J. McKinney  2 Sept, 1867 / ___

Katie Smith Bailey  1875 / ___

Eligah F. Bailey  1871 / 1922

M. J. w/o J. D. Weeks Sr.  16 Jan, 1870 /11 Jan, 1951

J. W. Sarrels  5 Sept, 1855 /22 June, 1904

Ella Furr  1859 / 1898

J. M. Furr  1864 / 1932

John N. Furr  17 Ap, 1852 /5 Sept, 1912

Jennie Gerault Furr  16 Mar, 1858 /4 Ap, 1943

Grover Cleveland Smith  11 Ap, 1882 /19 May, 1965

Bertha Furr Smith  16 Mar, 1886 / ___

Eli Simmons  2 Nov, 1836 /1 Aug, 1928

Olivia Simmons  18 Feb, 1844 /6 Jan, 1912

Arthur Burnell Segrest Jr.  1916 / 1932

Arthur Burnell Segrest Sr.  1889 / 1954

J. A. Henderson  18 Dec, 1865 /9 Feb, 1944

S. P. Henderson (wife)  15 June, 1869 /1 May, 1942

Infant Henderson  b&d 1904

small child Henderson  1896 / 1902

L. L. Calender w/o E. F. Bailey  4 Sept, 1872 /4 Sept, 1898

Mellie Bailey  1900 / 1905

Infant s/o F. M. & Lizzie Pierce  b&d 28 Ap, 1906

Mr. E. L. Callender  2 Mar, 1842 /24 June, 1915

Mrs. H. M. Callender  11 Sept, 1846 /24 Ap, 1919

Mrs. Eugenia Bland  2 Ap, 1871 / ___

Robert Lee Statham  22 Jy, 1919 /14 Jan, 1930

Infant s/o G. L. Smith  d. June, 1926

Henry A. Butler  22 Nov, 1866 /8 June, 1948 /Pvt. Tx. Inf Sp. Am. War

Colula Barksdale w/o J. W. Leggett Sr.  31 Jan, 1883 /19 Nov, 1935

Paul Newell  16 - 17 Jy, 1923

Green Berry Newell  1879 / 1952

Elsie Cordelia Newell  1881 / 1946

H. F. Varnado  1863 / 1947

Gennette Etta Varnado  15 Jan, 1868 /10 Sept, 1935

L. W. Varnado  4 Mar, 1886 /8 Oct, 1919

Isaac Levy West  25 Sept, 1853 /15 Mar, 1930

Mary Rosetta West  16 Feb, 1861 / ___

W. L. Henderson  6 Mar, 1842 /31 Jan, 1905

E. V. Henderson Strickland  19 Mar, 1845 /13 Mar, 1929

L. Stark McKinney  10 June, 1857 /23 Feb, 1937

Joanna G. McKinney  7 June, 1866 /27 Mar, 1909

Dr. Francis Lee Furr  8 Feb, 1882 /28 Oct, 1918

Infant Furr - illegible

Children of Mr. & Mrs. G. C. Smith

  Ottis Bridges  4 June, 1904 /2 June, 1905

  Infant  b&d 7 Nov, 1915

  Jewel Benard  28 Sept, 1913 /17 Oct, 1918

Henry A. Pierce  21 Dec, 1868 /2 June, 1937

Randale Pierce  13 Ap, 1844 /20 Oct, 1906

George D. Pierce  24 Feb, 1895 /7 Mar, 1923

A. D. Pierce  18 Sept, 1856 /3 Feb, 1942

Francis A. Pierce  6 Jy, 1857 /16 Aug, 1935

Infant of J.P. & A.O. Beecham  3 - 4 Jan, 1898

Susan Eliza Leggett  27 Oct, 1859 /3 Sept, 1923 Corrected - Douglass, Susan Eliza Leggett,  b. 27 Oct 1859, d. 03 Sep 1923, wife of James M. Douglass.

Mary E. Beecham  17 Ap, 1854 /13 Feb, 1901 Corrected - Douglass, Mary Elizabeth Beacham. b. 17 Apr. 1854, d. 13 Feb 1901, wife of James M. Douglass, dau. of Thomas Neely Beacham and Cynthia Furr Beacham

Rosala Douglas  1 Sept, 1895 /12 Nov, 1898 Corrected - Douglass, Rosala, b. 01 Sep 1895, d. 12 Nov 1896. dau of James M. and Mary Elizabeth Douglass

William Anderson  30 Aug, 1892 /16 Feb, 1894 Corrected - Douglass, William Anderson, b. 30 Aug 1892, d. 16 Feb 1894, son of James M. and Mary Elizabeth Douglass.

Douglass, James Madison b  04 Aug. 1854, d. 06 Mar 1931 .

Jessie D. Pierce  4 Ap, 1888 /14 Jy, 1961

Anderson J. Pierce  1 Aug, 1880 /25 Feb, 1927

Etta S. Pierce  22 Jan, 1885 /27 Feb, 1927 Corrected - Etta S. Pierce,  b 22 Jan 1885, d. 27 Feb 1927.Etta was the wife of Anderson J. Pierce, and the dau of James M. and Mary Elizabeth Douglass.

Alphardray Pierce  3 Jy, 1908 /21 Oct, 1910

Infant d/o C.M. & A.J. Beecham  b&d 29 June, 1899

Annie J. Pierce  25 Oct, 1878 / ___ 1899

Mary Schelle Dixon  30 Aug, 1886 /7 Feb, 1939

Fred W. Dixon  20 Aug, 1888 /1 Sept, 1963

Augustus M. Smith  15 Feb, 1862 /6 Sept, 1899

Horace Edwin Dixon  1927 / 26 Dec, 1967

Ella V. Furr  23 Nov, 1871 /3 Jy, 1954

J. Frank Furr  Oct, 1861 /29 Jy, 1922

Nannie Furr  27 Jy, 1890 /19 Aug, 1891

Infant d/o Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Furr - date illegible

M. J. Thetford  12 Aug, 1855 /4 Jan, 1919

Wm. H. Thetford  25 Nov, 1851 /9 Aug, 1917

Elroy Thetford  1882 / 1885

Robert Leland Thetford  25 Oct, 1886 /29 Sept, 1960

Cora L. Godbold  1880 / 1928

Cora Leonard Furr  20 Jy, 1873 /30 Jy, 1900

Walter Ray Thetford  30 Oct, 1924 /4 Mar, 1945 killed on Iwo Jima /Miss. PFC 21   Marine Div WWII

Eva w/o Hugh A. Thetford  4 Dec, 1885 /30 Mar, 1915

Preston G. Thetford  16 Jy, 1812 /15 Jy, 1885

Mary G. w/o P. G. Thetford  1 Sept, 1816 /17 Nov, 1913

C. E. w/o Howell Varnado  6 mar, 1827 /4 Nov, 1906

Edgar L. Varnado  1892 / 1893

Dovie Varnado  b&d 1897

Robert Xenil Case  8 Aug, 1902 /3 Nov, 1903

Dent E. West  3 Mar, 1879 /15 Mar, 1930

Nancy w/o Isaac Furr  18 June, 1837 /20 Aug, 1876

Middleton Kelly  20 June, 1798 /13 Oct, 1951

Jane w/o H. Short  2 Jan, 1825 /23 Ap, 1851

Selena w/o M.S. Goff  15 Feb, 1833 /1 Oct, 1850

Matilda w/o M. Kelly  6 Dec, 1816 /16 Aug, 1843

Lucy Ann Short  4 Ap, 1834 /10 Feb, 1849

Clarinda w/o John Dunbar  21 Nov, 1826 /20 Jan, 1853

Joseph G. Dunbar  17 Dec, 1845 /5 Sept, 1854

Robeline Dunbar  3 Jy, 1819 /16 June, 1855

Emily G. Smith  31 Oct, 1868 /23 Feb, 1954

Harvey Joel Smith  5 Mar, 1854 /4 Jy, 1915

Ruth Short w/o M. E. Furr  1874 / 1893

Abner Guice Furr  1893 / 1961

Ellen Reed w/o Hezekiah Short / 1837 / 1871 / age 35y

Susie Short  1858 / 1869

Davis Short  6 Dec, 1792 /1 Sept, 1865

Unity w/o Davis Short  23 Ap, 1797 /6 Mar, 1876

Sarah Jane Short  10 Mar, 1836 /2 May, 1856

William A. Huttman  10 Aug, 1850 /9 May, 1856

Mary d/o W.E. & R.A. Glenn  3 Oct, 1904 /2 Sept, 1914

Lonnie d/o M.E. & F.E. Furr  27 June - 2 Sept, 1905

Ivy Lee d/o M.E. & F.E. Furr  1895 / 1896

Infant s/o M.E. & F.E. Furr  b&d 1896

Rudolph Furr  1900 / 1938

Thomas B. Goodwein  12 Dec, 1864 /15 Nov, 1909

Francis E. Furr  1871 / 1957

M. E. Furr  1866 / 1958

Minnie O. Barksdale  31 Jan, 1871 /5 May, 1942

Frank E. Barksdale  23 Jan, 1867 /5 June, 1939

Mary J. w/o A. J. Short  1842 / 1905

A. J. Short Jr.  29 Jan, 1865 /14 May, 1899

A. J. Short  d. 2 Jan, 1884 /age 53y 23d

Mary Ida Short  12 May, 1872 /11 Jan, 1951

Edgar Dewey Short  3 Mar, 1899 /27 Mar, 1908

Etta L. Fuller  15 Oct, 1897 /23 June, 1915

Mary L. Fuller  26 May, 1880 /4 June, 1914

Luther s/o A. M. & Mary Fuller  22 Aug, 1901 /20 Jy, 1907

D. A. Short  17 Jan, 1877 /19 Ap, 1907

Cora d/o H. & H.V. Short  15 Aug, 1886 /28 Feb, 1901

Hezekiah Short  11 Dec, 1820 /9 Aug, 1900

Bessie Smith Short  16 May, 1893 /5 Jan, 1918

William Short  21 Oct, 1897 /23 Oct, 1904

Infant/o W.H. & L.V. Short

Lola V. Davis Short  17 Ap, 1867 /21 Aug, 1937

W. H. Short  17Jy, 1864 /16 Jan, 1957

Andrew Jonah Short  1887 / 1951

Andrew Jonah Short III  4 Sept, 1946 /17 May, 1967 /Miss SP/4 Co B 22 Inf  Div  Vietnam PH

Lea A. Barksdale  1887 / 1888

Audry Barksdale  27 May - 1 Nov, 1908

Franklin Nelson Barksdale  9 Nov, 1853 /13 Sept, 1928

Alice Minerva Barksdale  14 Ap, 1856 /9 Feb, 1932

Bob Barksdale  10 Nov, 1884 /31 Oct, 1969

Luther L. Wilson  8 Mar, 1874 /11 Oct, 1949

Allie Mac Wilson  22 - 24 May, 1918

Arreyna Short  23 Sept, 1900 /17 Dec, 1968

Charlie Short  25 Aug, 1894 /17 Dec, 1968

Henry D. Barksdale  15 Jy, 1878 /7 Nov, 1927

Richard Charlie s/o H.D. & B.M. Barksdale  21 Dec, 1915 /16 Jan, 1916

Clydia Barksdale w/o Claude Rosebaum  3 Feb, 1905 /7 May, 1938

Clara Maples  29 Mar, 1887 /29 Oct, 1917

W. Henry Maples  11 May, 1859 /27 Mar, 1942

Olivia Maples  16 Mar, 1861 /6 May, 1927

Fred Smith  9 Jan, 1889 /11 June, 1963

Gertie B. Smith  24 Mar, 1896 /10 Mar, 1953

Bertie Barksdale  24 Mar, 1896 /24 Feb, 1953

Charles E. Barksdale  20 Ap, 1882 /29 Sept, 1913

Mary Rosella w/o J.D. Barksdale  11 Jan, 1860 /9 Feb, 1934

Joseph D. Barksdale  27 Ap, 1856 /24 Nov, 1917

Hattie M. Barnes  9 Mar, 1886 /9 Nov, 1904

Infant s/o H.I. & H.M. Barnes  5 Nov, 1904

Essie May d/o H.I. & Letha Barnes  8 Sept, 1907 /10 June, 1908

Ivy B. Davis  16 Nov, 1890 /27 Aug, 1928

Virgie B. Davis  31 Jy, 1911 /14 Mar, 1931

Bessie Bell d/o T. H. & Minnie Varnado  /age 1y 5m

Minnie w/o T. H. Varnado  16 Sept, 1886 /2 Jy, 1913

Sammie H. Varnado  1883 / 1954

Ellen S. Varnado  1884 / 1967

Willie E. Varnado  27 Aug, 1906 /13 Nov, 1907

Rev. A. R. Lum  28 Aug, 1817 /2 Jan, 1890

Lee H. Smith  1857 / 1894

Children of J. T. & M. Foster

  Willie T.  11 Oct, 1883 /13 Feb, 1889

  Jewell Agness  16 Sept, 1890 /10 Jy, 1891

  Eunice Lee  29 dec, 1884 /21 Jy, 1899

N. B. West  Co. C  36 Miss. Inf. CSA

Mittie E. Smith  8 Mar, 1866 /6 Sept, 1942

Anderson L. Smith  23 Dec, 1860 / 27 Aug, 1939

Willie H. Smith  27 Aug, 1886 /29 Oct, 1914

Elizabeth F. Smith  5 Mar, 1824 /6 Sept, 1920

Jessie M. Smith  5 Nov, 1818 /21 Nov, 1892

Perry Smith  24 Sept, 1849 /1 Dec, 1940

Elizabeth West w/o Perry Smith  2 Aug, 1850 /7 Dec, 1907

Mary Olevie Smith  7 Dec, 1885 /1 Feb, 1961

Jesse Marion Smith  16 Dec, 1878 /30 Jan, 1964

Ellen w/o Jesse M. Smith  19 Ap, 1880 /11 Ap, 1953

Infant d/o J.M. & Ellen W. Smith  11 - 13 feb, 1903

Anner Lee Hall  1930 / 1945

Lena Jine Hall  1933 / 1941

Willie H. Smith  23 June, 1916 /9 June, 1927

C. M. Smith Jr.  19 Nov, 1883 /31 Oct, 1919

J. Adison Smith  23 Oct, 1847 /5 Sept, 1892

Louella Saxon  3 Aug - 11 Nov, 1869

Maggie B. d/o H.F. & G.E. Varnado  5 Jy, 1906 /6 Ap, 1908

Bessie Ruth d/o H.F. & Nettie Varnado  20 Dec, 1909 /13 Aug, 1912

Mellie d/o A.L. & M.E. Smith  31 Dec, 1892 /18 Jy, 1894

Josie s/o A.L. & M.E. Smith  15 Dec, 1889 /30 Aug, 1892

Perla d/o A.L. & M.E. Smith  13 Feb, 1884 /24 Oct, 1899

Shelby Saxon  21 Oct, 1858 /20 Nov, 1892

Felix Davis w/o a.L. & M.E. Smith  12 Oct, 1904 /21 Ap, 1905

Juanita Moss  d. 14 Nov, 1869 /age 62

Myra Lee Barksdale  24 Sept, 1908 /26 Jy, 1968

Infant s/o Dorothy & Melvin Ross  7 Aug, 1932

Hazllee d/o Ray & Clara Foster  13 Aug - 6 Sept, 1915

Jennie Bailey  22 June, 1873 /4 Jan, 1911

Carl Bailey  28 Feb, 1877 /7 Jan, 1948

Martha w/o William West  9 Dec, 1873 /6 Oct, 1903

William West  29 Ap, 1821 /6 Feb, 1893

Infant s/o I. L. West  4 Sept - 7 Oct, 1898

Infant s/o D.C. & Della Covington  6 Jan, 1891

Artie Selvia d/o L.S. & J.C. McKinney  20 Jan, 1897 /14 May, 1898

Johnnie Girault /Infant/  1896 / 1908

Minnie M. w/o G. Leonard  11 June, 1880 /4 Sept, 1899

Infant d/o Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Smith - no dates

Infant s/o Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Smith - no date

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