Sarepta Cemetery

Oldest extant grave in Sarepta. Hiram Goza died in 1853, a year of one of the greatest yellow fever epidemics ever recorded in Mississippi ( Photo courtesy of Clay Daniels).

This cemetery is located across the road from Sarepta Methodist Church in District 5 of Claiborne County, Mississippi. It contains many unmarked, early graves, including five markers that simply read CSA with no further inscriptions.

Ashley, James Madison Oct. 28, 1900 - 23-May-58 Hus. of Maggie Higgins, son of James M. Ashley & Leutatia Lewis

Ashley, Maggie Higgins Jan. 14, 1901 - Dec. 9, 1989 Wife of J. M. Ashley, dau. of John Higgins & Alef Marler

Audrey, Abbie Mar. 24 - Aug. 23, 1901 Dau. of A. & John Higgins

Barland, Infant Oct. 31, 1902 - Nov. 16, 1902

Boren, Alice A. May 28, 1877 - “Aged 8 yrs. 9 mos. 26 days” Dau. of T. G. & E. J. Boren

Boren, Isabella Oct. 7, 1872 - Jan. 10, 1941 Wife of W. W. Boren

Boren, R. W. (Robert) Aug. 2, 1853 - Oct. 10, 1915 (Born in Mississippi) (Son of Richard B. Boren and Sarah Ann Dungan)

Boren, Rebecca Catherine Apr. 16, 1856 - Mar. 3, 1934 (Note: Also listed as Katherine Morris/Morse in other records) (Wife of R. W. Boren)

Boren, Sidney Walter March 4, 1899 - Jan. 5, 1968 (Born in Mississippi) Son of Davis Boren & Ellen Sorrels

Boren, Thomas G. Dec. 22, 1820 - May 23, 1898 (Born in Tennessee) (Son of William M. Boren & Jane Bell)

Bridger, J. D. Oct. 7, 1844 - 31-Jul-24 C.S.A. marker

Bridger, J. D. Oct. 7, 1844 - 31-Jul-24 C.S.A. marker

Bridger, Maria Sept. 4, 1844 - Jan. 19, 1932

Brown, Jay Oliver 5/11/1909 - Aug. 13, 1992 Son of Solomon Felix Brown & Lucinda Caroline Willis

Bunting, George W. Mar. 18, 1856 - Apr. 10, 1884 Son of Jno. & M. A. Bunting

Bunting, Isabelle Nov. 28, 1894 - Aug. 17, 1896 Dau. of ? Bunting

Bunting, John Apr. 5, 1822 - Dec. 26, 1904

Bunting, Nancy A. (Gibson) Nov. 11, 1838 - 26-Mar-11 Wife of John Bunting

Clark, Addie L. June 5, 1861 - Apr. 11, 1939 Mother”

Clark, G. W. Feb. 7, 1850 - Oct. 25, 1916

Cooper, Bessie McBoldrich died 6/16/1959 Aged 62

Davis, John J. Feb. 12, 1818 - Jan. 5, 1893

Dixon, Ernest Pearl 5/3/1901 - Apr. 14, 1965 Hus. of Valley Boren, son of Church Dixon & Carrie Cooper

Dixon, Madison Prescott died 7/13/1945 “Aged 91 yrs. 1 month, 2 days.”

Dixon, Vallie B. Feb. 16, 1902 - 27-Jul-86 Wife of Ernest Dixon & dau. of Davis Boren & Ellen Sorrels

Evans, Clarrie M. May 2, 1840 - Oct. 18, 1925

Evans, Mary M. May 20, 1840 - Oct. 18, 1925

Fife, Bina (Boren) Oct. 19, 1892 - 13-Jun-52 Wife of W. W. Fife, dau. of Davis Boren & Ellen V. Sorrels

Fife, Dewildia June 1, 1841 - Nov. 15, 189? Wife of F. A. Fife

Fife, Wiley Wade March 31, 1894 - Feb. 16, 1971 Son of Wiley Jeff Fife & Martha Rogers

Flowers, Anna E. Goza 1867 - 1940

Goza, Ann Caroline Gibson 1817 - 1892 (My note: Though there is a modern marker here for her, some researchers believe that she is buried in the Sanders Cemetery with her 2nd husband Robert

Goza, Bessie V. 1892 - 1920

Goza, Carrie Elizabeth Oct. 22, 1883 - Sept. 19, 1962

Goza, George C. Nov. 26, 1878 Oct. 26,1956

Goza, Hiram (Washington) Nov. 25, 1809 - June 24, 1853 (Husband of Ann Caroline Gibson, Son of John Goza & Mary Fontaine)

Goza, John Gipson “Gip” May 16, 1840 - May 9, 1887 “SGT. Co. B, 38th Regt. Miss. Cav. C. S. A. “Note: (Van Dorn Guards of Claiborne County, infantry but mounted after Vicksburg) (Son of Hiram Washington Goza & Ann Caroline Gibson)

Goza, Joseph Ben 1872 - 1919

Goza, Josephine P. 5/24/1881 - 14-Jun-42 “Mother”

Grantham, Alma Garolene Feb. 16, 1908 - Apr. 1, 1987 Dau. of Wade Alexander Dees & Ellen Jeanette Williams

Gurtha Higgins Nesmith March 17, 1895 - 30-Mar-69 Wife of Italy Nesmith, dau. of John Higgins & Alex Marler

Harris, Sallie M. June 24, 1883 - 12-Jul-47 Wife

Hennington, Mary died 5/1/1933 “Aged 4 years”

Higgins, Edgar Warren July 30, 1858 - 12-Jul-32

Higgins, John Albert Nov. 11, 1863 - 24-Mar-40 “Aged 76 yrs. 4 months, 12 days”

Higgins, Julia Alef Jan. 15, 1866 - 9-May-52 “Mother” Dau. of James Marler & Mary Ann Heath

Higgins, Miss Georgia Sept. 21, 1906 - Dec. 30, 1979 Dau. of John Albert Higgins & Julia Marler

Houston, Freddie Davis 5/22/1900 - Aug. 5, 1969 Son of John Alexander Houston & Abigail Willis

Houston, Mrs. Mary died Nov. 3, 1933 Aged 64 years

Houston, Oliver Stewart Dec. 12, 1898 Mar. 21, 1964 WWII veteran Son of Stewart Houston & Mary Bolton

Houston, Robert Bryan July 15, 1891 - 20-Mar-68 WWI veteran Son of John A. Houston & Abigail Willis

Houston, Willis Hamilton Nov. 18, 1894 - Jan. 30, 1958 Son of J. A. Houston & Abbie Willis

Hynum, Frances Elizabeth Aug. 2, 1866 - 11-May-00 Wife of P. W. Hynum

Irby, Mrs. Maggie Bessie 7/7/1900 - Feb. 13, 1985 Dau. of George Rogers & Martha B. Harrell

Irby, Patrick Case Dec. 14, 1912 - Dec. 21, 1968 WWI veteran Son of David Boone Irby & Ernestine Hynum

Jones, Ellen V. (Virginia) Goza May 25, 1852 - Nov. 2, 1895 Claiborne County native (Wife of Reuben B. Jones, Jr., dau. of Hiram Washington Goza & Ann Caroline Gibson)

Jones, R. B. (Reuben B.) Sept. 14, 1843 - 15-Jun-27 Claiborne Co. native – Unmarked as C.S.A. – Miss. 21st Infantry. Died of pneumonia as a result of exposure in the great flood of ’27 - (Husband of Ellen V. Goza, son of R. B. Jones, Sr. and Ann Strother)

Jones, Ruby 1873 - 1875 Dau. of Reuben B. & Ellen V. Jones

Marler, George W. Jan. 13, 1857 - Oct. 31, 1885 Son of J. N. & M. A. Marler

Marler, J. N. Aug. 12, 1818 - Feb. 4, 1890

Marler, John T. Dec. 29, 1854 - Mar. 8, 1923

Marler, Mary Ann Jan. 27, 1827 - Nov. 30, 1907 Wife of J. N. Marler

Marler, S. E. Sept. 1, 1862 - Sept. 26, 1882 Wife of John T. Marler

Martin, Edna Herlong Aug. 7, 1892 - Jan. 12, 1973 Wife of Fritz K. Martin, dau. of John Thomas Herlong & Rose Ella Jordan

Martin, J. P. died Mar. 1, 1925

Martin, Katie Apr. 15, 1882 - Mar.6, 1886 Dau. of J. P. & M. F. Martin

Martin, Mary Francis June, 1945 - Jan. 31, 1949

McGee, Thomas A. Oct. 4, 1846 - Sept. 16, 1881 Hus. of Bettie McGee

McKay, Alton Ira Apr. 30, 1904 - 14-Jul-07 Son of D. M. & A. C. McKay

McKay, Annie Bell Boren Feb. 9, 1891 - Sept. 24, 1973 Wife of Marcus M. McKay, dau. of John Davis McKay & Ellen Virginia Sorrels

McKay, Bobby 7/16/192 - 2 Jan. 1947 Son of Marshall & Norma McKay

McKay, Florence Feb. 17, 1878 Mar. 11, 1919

McKay, Juanita Elizabeth Sept. 14, 1917 - Nov. 1, 1920 Dau. of Marshall & Norma McKay

McKay, Lidia C. died Jan. 20, 1885 “Aged 2 yrs. 6 days” Dau. of D. J. & D. E. McKay

McKay, Marcus Marble Apr. 9, 1888 - Oct. 24, 1957 Hus. of Annie Belle Boren, son of Ira McKay and Delilah Elizabeth Marble

McKay, Marshall G. Oct. 12, 1885 - 16-Jul-47

McKay, Robert C. 7/16/1922 - Jan. 13, 1945 WWII – First Lieut. Infantry – Louisiana

McKay, Robert Levy 6/12/1942 - No other date Son of C. M. & K. T. McKay

Milner, Thelma Christine Dec. 1, 1943 - 9-Jun-01 Dau. of James David Milner, Sr. & Robbie Lloyd Moore

Nesmith, Christopher Columbus July 7, 1880 - 2-Mar-12

Nesmith, Frank Rea Jan. 25, 1904 - Dec. 1, 1945

Nesmith, Hiram Burnell 3/11/1906 - Aug. 17, 1906 Son of C. C. & C. M. Nesmith

Nesmith, Infant Jan. 31, 1917 - Feb. 4, 1917 Son of R. R. & Ora Nesmith

Nesmith, Italy Harvey Oct. 23, 1899 - Oct. 21, 1962 Hus. of Gertha Higgins, son of Edward Frank Nesmith & Bertha Allen

Nesmith, Italy Sept. 2, 1845 - Sept. 22, 1886

Nesmith, J. I. July 4, 1870 - Aug. 6, 1911

Nesmith, Joseph No dates

Nesmith, Olive Gill 7/30/1916 - Oct. 5, 1997 Wife of Benjamin I. Nesmith, dau. of Claiborne George Gill & Sarah Cowart

Nesmith, Samuel C. Nov. 28, 1886 - Dec. 25, 1914

Nesmith, Samuel Sept. 15, 1848 - Aug. 11, 1895

Nesmith, Sarah Foster 1830 - 1888

Nesmith, Sinai L. Apr. 8, 1851 - Aug. 28, 1894

Noble, Allie Joyce Aug. 20, 1881 - 6-Jul-25

Noble, American W. Feb. 28, 1854 - Nov. 14, 1919

Noble, Frances A. Feb. 7, 1859 - Aug. 19, 1934

Noble, Infant June 7, 1897 - June 7, 1897 Dau. of A. W. & J. A. Noble

Noble, Johnnie May 12, 1862 - Sept. 5, 1885

Noble, Joseph Jan. 8, 1886 “Aged 62 years”

Noble, Lela Feb. 24, 1895 - Oct. 1, 1897 Dau. of A. W. & J. A. Noble

Noble, Martha M. Stewart Aug. 18, 1825 - Nov. 6, 1882 “Aged 57 years” Wife of L. F. Noble

Noble, Nannie No dates Wife of Italy Nesmith

Noble, Sarah A. Apr. 27, 1840 - Feb. 8, 1897

Noble, Sarah died Oct. 12, 1888 “Aged 73 years” Wife of Joseph Noble

Noble, Sarah Oct. 12, 1888 “ Aged 73 years” Wife of Joseph Noble

Noble, William W. Sept. 27, 1879 - Jan. 8, 1943 Husband

Oliver, Virgie Rucker Brown Sept. 18, 1907 - 10-May-66 Wife of Jay

Owens, James Everett Jr. Jan. 16, 1916 - Apr. 2, 1972 Hus. of Virgie Mae Owens, son of James E.

Owens, Maudie E. Oct. 18, 1889 - 6-Jul-55 Wife of Jim Owens, dau. of Will Irby & Eugenia Westrope

Owens, Pearl Marie died Nov. 8, 1931 “Aged 11 years”

Owens, Sr. & Marge Eugene Irby

Owens, Willie Hugh Nov. 22, 1907 - Mar. 8, 1985

Parker, Henry Hugh Apr. 30, 1894 - June 10, 1896 Son of W. H. & M. E. Parker

Perkins, Annie 1851 - 1941

Perkins, D. O. 1841 - 1895

Perkins, Nancy O. Oct. 11, 1851 - Apr. 1, 1941

Powell, M. J. Rives Nov. 18, 1862 - Apr. 5, 1939 “Wife and Mother”

Raner, Dudley Shelton Oct. 7, 1940 - 14-May-97 Hus. of Leoma Sullivan, son of John Kaufman Raner & Mary Nell Mullins

Reed, Clovis Brown Sr. Aug. 31, 1934 - 7-May-91 Korean War veteran Hus. of Leoma Maher, son of John M. Reed & Della Brown

Reed, Della Brown Sept. 7, 1894 - Nov. 15, 1979 Dau. of Felix Solomon Brown & Caroline Willis

Reed, John Miff Jan. 2, 1871 - Sept. 17, 1966 Hus. of Della Brown, son of Jack & Martha Reed

Reed, Leoma Maher  Aug 8, 1937 - Jul 8, 2021, wife of Clovis B. Reed, Sr., buried next to him.

Richardson, James Wilson 5/19/1924 - Aug. 16, 1979 WWII veteran Son of John Washington Richardson & Della Brown

Rives, John Earl Dec. 1, 1883 1-Mar-63 Son of O. B. Rives & Molly Brown

Rives, O. B. Apr. 28, 1856 - Dec. 14, 1886

Rollins, J. D. March 5, 1880 - 23-Jun-12

Rollins, Lucille Dec. 4, 1911 - Jan. 14, 1913 Dau. of J. D. & C. B. Rollins

Rush, Joseph H. June 19, 1856 - Aug. 27, 1886 Son of T. L. Sr., & S. J. Rush

Rush, Sarah J. 1838 - 1916 (Wife of Thomas J. Rush, Sr., dau. of Hiram Goza and Ann Caroline Gibson)

Rushbrook, Emma Jane 1861 1926

Rushbrook, Ina Belle June 20, 1893 - Apr. 1, 1987 Dau. of John Albert Higgins & Julia Alef Marler

Rushbrook, Johnnie Frank Dec. 5, 1912 - 17-Jun-20 “Killed by tree” Son of W. F. & I. B. Rushbrook

Rushbrook, William Frank May 13, 1883 - 16-Jul-74 Hus. of Ina Higgins, son of E. J. Rushbrook & Emma Jane Roan Sanders.) (Wife of Hiram Gibson, daughter of Wilson Gibson)

Shannon, Benjamin F., Sr. March 30, 1820 - Feb. 23, 1864 “Aged 43 yrs. 10 mos., 3 wks. 3 days”

Shannon, Louisiana Jane died March 19, 1860 “Aged 4 yrs. and 7 months” Dau. of B. F. & L. J. Shannon

Shannon, Margaret died July 6, 1868 “Departed this life”

Shannon, Susan R. May 10, 1849 - June 11, 1884 Wife of J. H. Shannon

Sorrels, Annie 1869 - 1891

Sorrels, Beulah (Porter) March 24, 1875 - Aug. 9, 1967

Sorrels, Edith Apr. 26, 1900 - 23-Jul-11 “Our darling little Edith” Dau. of Sidney & L. E. Sorrels

Sorrels, Laura E. Goza 1843 - 1875 Wife of Samuel P. Sorrels, dau. of Hiran Goza & Ann Caroline Gibson Goza

Sorrels, Lillian Elmore Perkins Jan. 6, 1878 - 12-Jul-76 Dau. of Demetrius O’Brien Perkins & Nancy Ophelia Harlan Perkins

Sorrels, Margaret “Maggie” 1860 - 1887

Sorrels, S. P. Nov. 15, 1862 - Sept. 21, 1922

Sorrels, Samuel P. Aug. 2, 1833 - Jan. 26, 1873 Husband of Laura E. Goza

Sorrels, Sidney Apr. 16, 1863 - 4-Mar-41 “Father”

Thetford, Mader Boren July 30, 1881 - Nov. 29, 1972 Dau. of Robert W. Boren & Katherine Morris

Thetford, Marion F. Oct. 25, 1875 - Feb. 20, 1972 Hus. Of Mader Boren, son of William Hamilton

Thetford & Margaret Josephine Varnado

Unknown, William ? 1854 - 1925 “ James C.” Husband

Van Voris, Alice Jane Aged 18 months Dau. of S. & M. J. Van Voris

Van Voris, William H. Aged 11 yrs. 5 mos. Son of S. & M. J. Van Voris

Weathersby, William T. died Nov. 7, 1945 “Aged 79 years”

Westrope, James G. June 17, 1872 - 23-Jun-08

White, Martha March 18, 1835 - 4-May-17

Winters, Nancy G. died Dec. 27, 1854 “Aged 34 yrs. 7 months, 22 days” Wife of A. Winters