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Crossroads Methodist Protestant Church and Cemetery are located in Clarke Co., MS; 6.8 miles from US Highway 145 at Quitman, MS on State Highway 18 East; turn left on County Road 144. Church and Cemetery are situated .1 of a mile on the left. The photo at left is only a partial view taken from inside the cemetery. More graves are located to the right out of camera range.

We have shown dates in the DDMMMYYYY format for easier reading. The (double marker) note means two separate headstones with surname between resting on a double base. The (double base) means two separate headstones (with full names) resting on a double base. 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.

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 from left to right.

Row 1 (from West end)

(CS) Uncle - W. C. "Bill" ROBERTS     27 Mar 1878     14 Jun 1951     
       (grave positioned North-South)
(DBS) (CS) Oscar M. WRIGHT     25 Apr 1882     6 Feb 1962     "Gone but not forgotten"
          Samantha WRIGHT     26 Sep 1889    21 Jul 1971     "Gone but not gorgotten"
In memory of 
  J. W. Jr.  July 1937  Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. John ADAMS
  Baby ADAMS, Infant of Mr. & Mrs. John ADAMS  July 1939
(DM - chain link fence around plot) (married 6 Mar 1937)
  Dovie M. ADAMS     29 Jan 1912       (blank)
  John W. ADAMS      13 Dec 1910     5 May 1984     
      "Beyond this veil of tears, there is life again."
Jerry Shawn SIMMONS     26 Jul 1970
Concrete marker in ground "SIMMONS"
(DBS) J. T. SMITH, Jr.     15 Oct 1935     1 Nov 1974     "To know him was to love him."
         (brick border)
     Kizzie T. SMITH      10 Apr 1914     (living Oct 98)
(CS) David Hursel THOMPSON     31 Jul 1910     27 Dec 1970     "At rest" 
Hursel Vernon THOMPSON     6 Jul 1933     19 Jan 1981     "At rest"
(CS) Mother - Lucy TIMS     16 Sep 1909     29 Aug 1968     "Gone but not forgotten"
(DBS and GB around plot)
  Jessie M. DEARMAN      31 Mar 1884     30 Aug 1948   "The memory of him is dear to us."
  Cornelia A. DEARMAN     2 Jan 1896      5 Feb 1976   "Faithful to her trust even unto death"
Mother - Willie Blanche DEARMAN     14 Nov 1928     1 Sep 1986
Donald R. REXFORD     14 Mar 1960     16 Jul 1984
(CS) Ardie Alfred SMITH     26 Aug 1934     16 Jun 1963
(CS) John J. SMITH     US Army, World War I     27 Jan 1898     10 Jun 1986
(CS) (FHM) Jessie M. SMITH     Died 14 Jun 1960     Age 53 yrs, 3 mos, 24 days     
(CS)(FHM - not legible) Mrs. Mable Arlene DEARMAN     Died 23 Jun 1947?     
                        Age 22? yrs, 10? mos, 22 days 
Small grave - CS - FHM - unreadable

Row 2

FAGAN (DM)
  Charlie H.     19 Feb 1923     27 Dec 1992
  Welma L.       29 Aug 1936     (living Oct 1998)
(and GB around plot)
  Rev. Homer H. FLOWERS     18 Nov 1901     9 Jul 1983     
      "In that bright immortal shore, we shall meet to part no more."
  Dolly A. FLOWERS          29 Aug 1909     (living Oct 1998)
Big vacant space to next grave
(CS) Kathryn Allen DEARMAN     28 Aug 1943     9 Sep 1984     "Gone but not forgotten"
(CS)  ?   DEARMAN  (child)  (FHM - unreadable)
(CS) Leonard R. DEARMAN     31 Aug 1919     4 Apr 1984
FHM (unreadable)
(CS) Roy R. DEARMAN     PVT, US Army, World War II     12 Apr 1918     10 Mar 1986
(CS) Mack Lee DEARMAN     12 Jul 1892     20 Mar 1971     "At rest"
(CS) Sophia I. Belle DEARMAN    28 Dec 1893     8 Mar 1968     "At rest"
(CS) Cecil R. DEARMAN     PFC, US Army, World War II     4 Feb 1921     10 Aug 1981 

Row 3

(CS) Daddy - Willie John TEW     4 Nov 1898     9 Aug 1964
(CS) Mother - Susan J. TEW     19 Aug 1904     22 Oct 1953
(CS) John Haywood TEW     1928     1977
Marker  "L.B."
Marker  "L.M.B."
Marker  "F.G.C."
Marker  "R.M.G."
Kenneth Shane ROBINSON     14 Apr 1969     21 Jan 1989   "Shane, the sunshine of our lives."
(DBS - BB around plot)
  Clytie M. BUFFINGTON    9 Sep 1906    (one date)
  Oliver W. BUFFINGTON    21 Feb 1901   14 Sep 1982   "Rest from the labor light for the way"
(GB) Larry J. TUCKER     23 Nov 1952
(DBS and GB around plot)
  (stone is blank)
  Grady J. TUCKER     29 Mar 1915     10 May 1979     "Gone but not forgotten"
(CS) Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. N. MARTIN     Died 25 Mar 1942
MARTIN (DM)
  Mother - J. Lossie     31 May 1921     13 Jul 1992     "At rest"
  (CS) Daddy - Norlbert Lee   27 Feb 1906     31 Aug 1976     "At rest"
Daughter - Radie E. TUCKER MARTIN     22 Dec 1908     20 Jun 1936
Small CS (no marker)
(CS) Father - J. T. "Tom" TUCKER     19 Mar 1879     17 Oct 1944
(CS) Mother - Canzatia F. TUCKER     20 Sep 1889     31 May 1967
(CS) Father - John E. FLOWERS     31 Dec 1869     12 Feb 1949     "Asleep in Jesus"
Mother - Josephine R. FLOWERS    20 Feb 1870    14 Sep 1949   "In after time we'el meet her."

Row 4

Marker "BHF"
Marker "MDF"
Marker "LMW"
Marker "JVW"
(CS) Burl J. COOPER     1912     1976     "At rest"
      (FS):  Burl J. COOPER, TEC4, US Army, World War II, 1912-1976
(CS) (Edd) Walter Edward COOPER     28 Mar 1890     29 Mar 1959     
      "He died as he lived - a Christian." 
(CS) Mother - Mary S. HURST COOPER     9 Jun 1890     30 Jun 1965    "Meet me up there."
(CS) Walter Bivian COOPER     25 Mar 1924     8 Aug 1992    "To know him was to love him."
(CS) Odie Mae COOPER UNDERWOOD     5 Feb 1927     18 Aug 1951     "She died in Christ."
(DBS) (CS) William Harvey ANDERSON     24 Jan 1912     31 Oct 1975    (at foot:  "Father.")
          (stone blank)
(CS) Father - Floyd E. "Bill" ANDERSON     20 May 1914     27 Dec 1994    "Asleep in Jesus"
(CS) Mother - Willie Gail ANDERSON     18 Nov 1913     24 Mar 1968     "Asleep in Jesus"
       
(CS) Daddy - David Monroe ANDERSON     5 May 1884     10 Nov 1946     "Asleep in Jesus"
(CS) Mother - Ruthy Esther ANDERSON     29 Jul 1891     18 Jan 1938     "Asleep in Jesus"

Row 5

(CS) Dave MOSLEY     1892     1955
(big vacant space to next grave)
Hannah Rebecca, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Randy BONEY     21 Feb 1995
(CS) Margaret M. LOVETT     1864     1941
(CS) David Robert LOVETT     1862     1937
(CS) Rev. Clyde C. MANES     1900     1947

Row 6

(one stone - both names)
  James E. HADDOX
  Willie May HADDOX
(big vacant space to next grave)
(CS) Curtis L. WILLIAMS   Mississippi Pvt Infantry World War II   8 Jul 1921   24 Apr 1943

Row 7

(CS) Johnnie N. BARRY     22 Mar 1938

Row 8

Helen Ann MANASCO     30 Oct 1971     10 May 1972     "A beautiful flower in Heaven"
Daddy - Willie B. MANASCO     26 Dec 1906     30 Mar 1969     
     "Daddy, you are gone, but not forgotten."
Thomas J. MANASCO     21 Jun 1938     19 Jan 1963     "The memory of him is dear to us."
Mama - Clara M. GUTHRIE     11 Nov 1915     4 Sep 1986      
       "Mama, you are gone, but not forgotten."
"We loved you."  Douglas Roy MANASCO     26 Jan 1951     30 May 1992   "We will meet again."
Lewis E. GOREE, Sr.     12 Apr 1929     28 Dec 1979
(CS) Walter A. ROBERTS     19 Nov 1873     23 Sep 1958
(CS) James R. GOREE     Mississippi CPL Co. B  92 CML Mortar Bn  World War II  BSM
         22 Dec 1922     24 Jan 1955
(CS) Brother - Henry Harold GOREE     12 Dec 1942    18 Jul 1951 
(CS) Father - Wesley GOREE, Sr.     23 Dec 1890     25 Sep 1963
(CS) Mother - Mary Annie GOREE     3 Oct 1902     26 Feb 1950
(CS) Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Wesley GOREE
Wesley GOREE "Junior"     20 Dec 1920     10 Mar 1998
(The next grave is located between Rows 8 and 9, on the North side)
(CS) Grady E. MATHIS, Jr.  Infant son of Grady and Eunice MATHIS     9 Jun 1944

Row 9

(double BB) James O. RUSSELL     1 Apr 1930     11 Jun 1991     "Loved and missed"
            William G. MULLINS     10 Jul 1910     27 May 1985
                          "Rest is thine and sweet remembrance ours."
(CS) Richard W. RUSSELL     29 Apr 1958     28 Sep 1958     "Angel in Heaven"
HADDOX (DM) (BB)
  Daddy - James R. E.     26 Jun 1890     31 Dec 1965     "Sweetly resting with Jesus"
  Mama - Maggie M.        18 Jan 1891     22 Jan 1984     "Sweetly resting with Jesus"
(CS) Bernice HADDOX STEWART     20 Aug 1927     14 Jun 1952     "Asleep in Jesus"
Thurza HADDOX STEWART     30 Jan 1915     15 Oct 1977     "Living in our memories"
Daddy - Raymond Lavon STEWART     14 Sep 1920     2 Jan 1979     "Gone but not forgotten"
(CS) Arnold L. STEWART     5 May 1882     31 Dec 1958     "Papa has gone to rest."
Margaret STEWART     16 Jan 1890     2 Nov 1974     "Mama has gone to rest."
(GB around two grave plot)
  Evan W. STEWART     6 Nov 1922     9 Aug 1984     
        "To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die."
  Judith Ruth STEWART     4 Aug 1918     6 Aug 1993     
        "Tho lost to sight, to memory dear, a tender mother & faithful friend"
(CS) Odell SCRUGGS     Mississippi  PVT  Co A  217 Bn  67 Regt IRTC  World War II
     19 May 1926     12 Jul 1963     (FHM at foot):  Earl Odell SCRUGGS  1926-1963
Small CS (no name)
(CS) Infant of Mr. & Mrs. Aljene ALLEN     14 Feb 1955
(CS) Sadie E. SCRUGGS     16 Mar 1907     8 Oct 1944     "Gone to rest"

Row 10

(BB) Bobby Dewayne JOHNSON    3 Aug 1965    21 Feb 1966    "Gone to be an angel."
JOHNSON (one stone - both names - BB)
  Willie M.     1907     1979
  John W.       1915     1981
RUTLEDGE (DM and GB)
  "A devoted daddy"     Edd F. RUTLEDGE     13 Jan 1912     30 Mar 1978     
        "He has gone to the mansions of rest."
  (blank stone)
LONG (DM)     Married 9 Mar 1946     "They shall live forever in our hearts."
  Roy Lamar     15 Jul 1919     (living Oct 1998)
  Ila Grace     20 Aug 1924     5 Apr 1997
(GB) Lewis HOLDITCH, Jr.        20 Aug 1921      4 Oct 1995
     Mary Jane NEAL HOLDITCH     9 Oct 1916      7 Dec 1994
     Robert B. NEAL             19 Aug 1910     10 Jun 1966 
(CS) Bessie Bell NEAL     1 Aug 1877     4 Jan 1966     "She is in Heaven."
Samuel Benton NEAL     11 Feb 1879     25 Apr 1949     "He is in Heaven."

Row 11

(FHM) John Brady BARRY     22 Apr 1913     17 Sep 1998     Age 85
(BB) Charles Evan NEAL     29 Jul 1904     18 Dec 1975    "The memory of him is dear to us." 
        (Masonic)