Simpson Family Cemetery & Family Notes

Submitted by Jim Allen of Water Valley, MS

This cemetery is located in present day Calhoun County that was at one time Yalobusha County, at the site of the old Simpson family home place. The cemetery is located off Highway 32 between Pine Valley and Bruce. Take County Road 260 to County Road 247, then first right on 247 about a half mile to the top of the hill. On your right is a gnarled cedar tree. Turn onto a log road around cedar tree and cemetery will be about 100 feet on left side of log road.

John L. Simpson.  9-6-1805 -  2-18-1890.

Nancy [Gober] Simpson,  11-4-1807 -  8-9-1878, NOTE: John L. and Nancy [Gober] Simpson were the parents of Pinkney Elsberry Simpson, and the grandparents of Louis Gober Simpson who is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.

Pinkney Elsberry Simpson,  4-4-1849 -  4-20-1929.

Sarah Jennie [Spradling] Simpson,  5-7-1859 -  11-19-1925, NOTE: Pinkney Elsberry and Sarah Jennie [Spradling] Simpson were the parents of Louis Gober Simpson and William L. (Little Willie) Simpson.

William L. (Little Willie) Simpson,  9-8-1886 -  6-20-1891, NOTE: Little Willie was killed when his father, Pinkney Elsberry Simpson, told him to jump from a runaway wagon. He fell under the wheels and was instantly killed.

Ellen Simpson,  10-25-1837 -  6-3-1907, NOTE: Ellen was the sister of Pinkney Elsberry Simpson, and the daughter of John L. And Nancy [Gober] Simpson

John T. Simpson,  6-23-1844 -  11-10-1897, NOTE: John was the brother of Pinkney Elsberry Simpson, and the husband of Mattie P. [Williamson] Simpson

Mattie P. [Williamson] Simpson,  3-17-1854 -  10-24-1938.

Luna Simpson, 7-2-1883 -  9-2-1883, NOTE: Luna was the daughter of John T. and Mattie P. [Williamson] Simpson. On the grave stone, “A Bud on Earth Transplanted to the Paradise of God”

Thomas Freeman Simpson,  11-20-1889 -  9-25-1898, NOTE: Thomas Freeman was the son of John T. and Mattie P. [Williamson] Simpson, On the grave stone, “Sleep on Dear Child and in Jesus’ Arms Forever Blest”

Nona Simpson,  1-9-1894 -  8-13-1910, NOTE: Nona was the daughter of John T. and Mattie P. [Williamson] Simpson. On the grave stone, “My Darling One has gone before to Greet us on that Blissful Shore”

J. L. Simpson,  4-10-1885 -  5-8-1941.

Velmer Cone,  4-13-1909 -  6-12-1910, NOTE: Velmer was the daughter of W. B. and M. B. Cone

J. C. Hooper, 4-14-1905 -  11-7-1910, NOTE: J. C. was the son of J. G. and R. E. Hooper}. On grave stone, “Too Good for Earth, God called him Home”

W. H. Morton,  4-26-1856 -  9-28-1866.