Cedar Creek Cemetery
Cedar Creek Cemetery
Clarke County, Mississippi
Compiled Sep 99 by Bennie WHITE

From my book, Cemetery Inscriptions of Clarke County, Mississippi, Vol. 2

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Cedar Creek Church and Cemetery are located in eastern Clarke Co., MS. From Quitman, take Highway 18 East for 1.1 miles; bear right on Highway 511 for about 14.4 miles; turn left on County Road 650 for about 3.7 miles; church and cemetery are on the right.

I have shown dates in the DDMMMYYYY format for easier reading. Row numbers were determined as best as I could using the cemetery layout and may not necessarily agree with any other compilation (if any) or official cemetery 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. As used in this compilation, a "double marker" means two separate headstones with surname between, resting on a double base; a "double base" means two separate headstones (with full names) resting on a double base.

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. All rows were read left to right.


Rows 1-3 (from front of cemetery)

(CB) - rock bed)   Earl BONNER       29 Dec 1923       19 May 1995
Ruby BONNER       25 Jun 1921       29 Sep 1951?      (FM)
(CB) Paul BONNER       Borne 11 Dec.? 1920       Died 24 Dec.? 1922
"Gone to be an angel"      Grady BONNER, Jr.       4 Aug 1923       7 Aug 1923       (FM)
(big space to next marked grave)
(wooden markers at head and foot)
(wooden marker at foot)
Infant son of Mr - Mrs. Edgar ROBERTS    (also, old rusted FHM - unreadable)
Cecil ROBERTS       26 Mar 1935       6 Mar 1962       (also, FHM - unreadable)
(CB around plot - gravel bed)
   (DBS) Laura M. ROBERTS       19 Sep 1914       5 Jan 1990
           (at foot, FHM): James Edward ROBERTS      Died 6 Mar 1962       Aged 26 yrs
                      (obviously, the above FHM is placed at wrong grave)
         J. Edgar ROBERTS       12 Sep 1908       10 Feb 1997
           (at foot, FHM): John Edgar ROBERTS     Born 12 Sep 1908    Died 11 Feb 1997  Age 88
(CB - gravel bed)
  (DBS) Kate SMITH       19 Sep 1893       24 May 1991       "Gone home"
        Joseph T. SMITH       26 Dec 1891       8 Sep 1969      "Gone home"
Franklin SMITH       9 Feb 1936       Aug 1936
Infant girl of Margie BOLES       Born Oct 1941       Died Oct 1941
Margie BOLES       15 Jun 1919       18 Oct 1941
Infant daughter of Mr. Mrs. J. G. FLEMING       Nov. 1937 
      (also, FHM): Charles F. FLEMING       Died 19 Apr 1937       Aged 5 mo. 10 days

Rows 4-5

(red CB around plot - gravel bed)
   James E. RODGERS     PVT     US Army       World War II       3 Jun 1927       4 Jul 1979
   Vera FLEMING RODGERS       4 Jun 1905       15 Feb 1994     "In loving memory"
      (at foot, FHM): Vera F. RODGERS       Born 4 Jun 1905       Died 15 Feb 1994      Age 89
   Eddie Lee RODGERS     Alabama     PVT       316 Field Artillery       World War I 
       17 Jan 1895       18 Apr 1956       (FS)  (at foot, FHM - unreadable)
Father    Rev. A. R. FLEMING    3 Feb 1875    27 Feb 1943   "Asleep in Jesus"   (FM): A. R. F.
Mother     Rebecca Angeline     Wife of Rev. A. R. FLEMING     14 Mar 1873     13 Jun 1943
      "Asleep in Jesus"     (FM): R. A. F.    (also at foot, rusted FHM - unreadable)
FLORENCE   Mrs. Carrie       Born 1879       Died 1935       "Gone not forgotten &"      
   (FS) Mrs. Carrie? FLORENCE
M. C. FLEMING
James FLEMING       Co. D       7 Bn  Miss. Inf.       C. S. A.
(large piece of brown stone - possible marking gravesite)
E. J.     Wife of B. F. ROLISON     Born 22 Apr 1864     Died 16 Mar 1893
      "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."     (FM): E. J. R.
(CS) O. J. SMITH       19 Jan 1929       26 Aug 1975       "God alone understands"
(wood border - gravel bed)
    John R. DOGGETT      SSG      US Army      Vietnam      19 May 1934      24 Feb 1990
       (at foot, FHM): John Raymond DOGGETT     Born 19 May 1934     Died 24 Feb 1990   Age 55
Father       A. L. LEWIS       Born 1844       Died Nov 1929        "In loving memory"
Geo. W. GRAYSON        2 Aug 1852        29 Oct 1919        (FM)
Melisa LEWIS GRAYSON       1844       "In loving memory Gone but not forgotten"

Rows 6-7

(GB - gravel bed)  Diana Lynn CHANCELLOR    2 Sep 1959    10 Apr 1982   "Only God knows why."
(big space to next marked grave)
In memory of my son John W. BASS        Born 7 Nov 1861        Died 2 Sep 1881
    Aged 19 years, 10 months        "Blessed are the dead who die in Christ."         BASS
SMITH (DM)
   Joseph Tinnon        18 Oct 1927       (one date)
   Myrtis Lucille       29 May 1931       1 Aug 1997
     (at foot, FHM): Myrtis Lucille SMITH     Born 29 May 1931     Died 1 Aug 1997     Age 66
Polly SMITH        Mother of Tom SMITH
Mary BOLES SMITH        Wife of Tom SMITH
Tom J. SMITH       16 Jun 1858       16 Jun 1939
(GB around plot - gravel bed)
    JACOBS (DM)
      Father   Henry L.    8 Mar 1905    2 Mar 1982   "Death is but the portal to eternal life."
                 (at foot, FHM): Henry L. JACOBS       Born 1905       Died 1982       Age 76
      (blank stone)
      Son    Gary Ronald JACOBS    7 Jul 1946    22 Dec 1964  "He has gone to the mansions of 
          rest"     (FM): G. R. J.
            (at foot, FHM): Gary R. JACOBS    Died 22 Dec 1964    Aged 18 yrs. 5 mos. 15 days
(wooden picket fence around grave site)
    (wooden marker)
(broken stone) E. A.      Wife of J. R. JACKSON        Born 5 Apr 1834        Died 14 Apr 1893
    "Death has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."     (FM): E. A. J.
J. R. JACKSON        Born 21 Jun 1830        Died 16 Oct 1900
    "Sleep on dear father and take thy rest  In Jesus' arms, forever blest."    (FM)
(partial CB - gravel bed)
      (appears to be one grave situated N-S, or double E-W plot, with flower pot on south 
       side or end and this stone on north side or end)      Charles Bertice McPHERSON      
            25 Sep 1902       4 Oct 1987        "The Lord is my shepherd  Psalm 23"

Row 8

(CB around plot - gravel/rock bed)
    DENHAM (DM - surname on front and back)
       Father       Louis V.        17 Aug 1909       13 Jul 1985     (also, FHM - unreadable)
       Mother       Nora Lee       11 Aug 1914       12 Jan 1970 
          (also, FHM): Nora Lee DENHAM      Died 12 Jan 1970    Aged 55 years  5 months  1 day
(CB around grave site - no marker - appears to be child's grave)
(CB) Mother       Mary Arbelia  wife of A. P. DENHAM       20 Sep 1871       20 Apr 1960 
      "Gone, but not forgotten"     (FM): M. A. D.
(CB around double plot)
   M. E.      Wife of A. P. DENHAM        Born 7 Sep 1857        Died 20 Feb 1894
     "Lord she was thine and not my own  Thou hast not done me wrong."       (FM): M. E. D.
   Andrew P. DENHAM      1 Jul 1857     26 Dec 1923    "Thy God has claimed thee as his own." 
       (FM): A. P. D.
(CB) Mother     Alma CARROLL     10 Nov 1910      24 May 1941      "Asleep in Jesus"     (FM)
(CB) Elder Earl CARROLL       28 Jan 1912       13 Mar 1971       "Asleep in Jesus"
Wallace L. CARROLL       9 Jan 1941       20 May 1994        "Rest in peace"
(CB - gravel bed)   Infant son of C. P. & Anna DENHAM    10 Sep 1907    (one date)  (FM): I. D.      
(CB - gravel bed)   Infant son of C. P. & Anna DENHAM     2 Nov 1911    (one date)  (FM): I. D.
(CB around plot - gravel/rock bed)
    Father   Colon P. DENHAM    18 Oct 1881   6 Mar 1951   "Gone home to glory"   (FM): C. P. D.
    Mother    Anna W. DENHAM   1 Feb 1886   8 Jan 1967   "Gone home to glory"    (FM): A. W. D.
(CB around plot)
    (DBS) Jeff M. DENHAM       21 Jan 1913       16 Oct 1981
            (also, FHM): Jeff McRay DENHAM     Born 21 Jan 1913     Died 16 Oct 1981    Age 68
                (FS): Jeff M. DENHAM      US Army      World War II     1913    1981
          Ella DENHAM       30 Jul 1916       (one date)


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