Cedar Creek Cemetery

Cedar Creek Cemetery Inscriptions

Clarke County, Mississippi

Compiled Sep 99
by Bennie WHITE

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. Photo at left was taken at the southeast corner, just outside the chain link fence.

We have shown dates in the DDMMMYYYY format for easier reading. Row numbers were determined as best as we 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.

We 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 us know. All rows were read left to right.

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Row 1 (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)
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Row 2

(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 misplaced)
         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
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Row 3

(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
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Row 4

(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.
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Row 5

(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 MOFFETT     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"
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Row 6

(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
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Row 7

(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"
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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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