Enterprise Cemetery
Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi
Compiled Oct 2001, Apr 2002 by Bennie WHITE

From my book, Enterprise Cemetery, Clarke County, Mississippi

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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; MB = Marble Border; MS = Marble 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 me know. All Rows were read left to right.

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Section 3 (excluding Confederate Section)


Rows 1-3, Lots 384-376

Clayton Earl MURRAY          2 Apr 1943            1 Dec 1997
Olevia H. WALKER         14 Aug 1943         3 Aug 1982

LEE  (triple marker)
      Jerrel Lee LEVITSKY         18 Nov 1940         (one date)
      Judy Lee STEMETZKI         18 Nov 1940         18 Nov 1992          "All who knew her knew love"
      Jane Lee SWANCEY          18 Nov 1940        (one date)
Charles A. SWANCEY         3 Jun 1922        (one date)
Harold Milton DAVIS        1 Jun 1916        3 Oct 1988       "In loving memory"
Hermine BOOTH DAVIS           29 Oct 1914        6 May 1992          "In loving memory"
Harold Booth DAVIS           24 Feb 1953          16 Jan 1982         "In loving memory"
BASS  (DM - surname on front & back)
       James C.         27 Dec 1925          21 Nov 1989
             (FS)  James C BASS          US Air Force         World War II        Korea         27 Dec 1925        21 Nov 1989
       Marjorie S.          15 Mar 1926        (one date)

Row 4, Lots 371-368

(DBS)  Robert J. STEPHENS, Sr.         29 Jun 1928        (one date)
            (granite flower vase): Aug 1965
            Suela F. STEPHENS          19 Sep 1937          5 Jan 1996
Forrest D.        Son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert STEPHENS         6 Apr 1976         26 Oct 1978        "One of God's little angels"
Martha C. GORDON        10 Apr 1925      (one date)
Orville L. GORDON, Sr.         15 Jul 1921        24 Jul 1991
BARTELS  (surname stone)
       (FS)  Albert J. BARTELS         26 Aug 1899           21 Dec 1987
       (FS)  Irene BARTELS         24 Aug 1904           28 Sep 1994
       (FS)  Richard J. BARTELS            28 Aug 1930          22 Dec 1985
"Paw"        William F. PURVIS, Sr.       1 Jan 1921          18 Sep 1987          "Always smiling"
        (granite flower vase right of headstone):  Wed  22 May 1960
"Precious Lord take my hand"         Marjorie PURVIS          15 Dec 1923          31 Aug 1993
Son       Joshua Adam DAVIS         8 Oct 1987         16 Apr 1993
Daughter         Marjuan "Baba" L. DAVIS        16 Sep 1989        16 Apr 1993        "Always my little angel"

Rows 5-7, Lots 369-365A

FOX  (DM)
      James Hoyt        22 Oct 1921        23 Apr 1995          "Gone, but not forgotten"
            (FS)  James Hoyt FOX          PFC        US Army         World War II        22 Oct 1921        23 Apr 1995
      (blank stone)
GAVIN  (DM)
      Henry Paul, Sr.        4 Apr 1916        27 Oct 1987         "At rest"         Father
      (blank)        Mother
PURVIS  (DM - surname on front & back)
      Father         Jessie M.         22 Jun 1905           28 Jun 1998
      Mother        Minnie L.          30 Oct 1912        30 Oct 1976
GARTMAN  (DM - one stone, both names)
      Judson Eugene, Sr.         12 Feb 1919         23 Feb 1999         "Forever with the Lord"
            (FS)  Judson E. GARTMAN         US Navy         World War II         12 Feb 1919         23 Feb 1999
      Sadie BRADLEY          1 May 1919        (one date)
      Married 61 years
      (on back of stone): Patricia (Pat)       Betty        Helen      Judson, Jr. (Jud)
(DBS)  "Buddy"        Adam W. RICHBURG          15 Aug 1910         24 Oct 1978        "Asleep"
            Ethel R. RICHBURG          3 Apr 1910           26 Aug 1986          (FM) E. R. R. 

Rows 8-10, Lots 358-??

Sonny        Walton W. BUCKLEY, Jr.           1 Jun 1928          23 Dec 1984

(GB - gravel bed)       Daniel Vance C. MATHIS        24 Aug 1982          20 Nov 1982          "Our little angel"
        "God's special baby"
JOHNSTON  (DM - one stone, both names)
       Daddy       Paul E., Sr.         6 Jun 1926           11 Nov 1975
            (FS)  Paul Edward JOHNSTON        PFC        US Army         World War II         6 Jun 1926         11 Nov 1975
       Mama        Jean B.          6 Mar 1930          (one date)
BALLARD  (DM)     "I want what she had:  Faith, Love, Beauty, Peace, Strength, Courage and Joy"
       Joyce        19 Dec 1929           18 Jan 1994
       Houston        11 Sep 1927           25 Jan 2001
(GB around plot, gravel bed)
        MELTON  (DM)     (photo of couple on front of granite flower vase)
              William H.           3 Nov 1954            17 Sep 1978           "Buddy love's bet"
               Betty G.          11 Sep 1947        (one date)          "Bet love's Buddy"
               "Precious memories"         (FM)  MELTON
"Book of Life"       Jonathan CARNEY        24 Sep 1984       5 Jun 1992      (GS - inscription on slab):    "The Lord is my 
       shepherd; I shall not want..........dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.     Psalm 23       Jon-Jon earned his wings 
       5 Jun 1992"   (The entire 23rd Psalm is inscribed on the slab)

Rows 11-12, Lots 339B-337

PAYNE  (DM - one stone, both names)
       Father       Charles L.        18 Aug 1943         (one date)
       Mother         Fannie R.         1 Aug 1946         (one date)
(DBS)  Theresa W. PAYNE         1 Sep 1923           6 Mar 2000
             Roy L. PAYNE             3 Feb 1919         26 Feb 1998
Mother        Ellen BOND         2 May 1884         17 Nov 1965       "At rest"
Virgel V. BOND          21 Feb 1906        27 Dec 1989          "Rest in peace"
STEWART  (DM - surname on front & back)
       Mama       Azzie B.           6 Sep 1909         3 Apr 1995
       Daddy         Gastol L.         15 Sep 1905          15 Sep 1991
Roland Earnest WALKER           23 Nov 1932        4 Oct 1999
Dorothy R. WALKER           23 Sep 1945         21 Jun 1992
Daddy       Revel E. WALKER          8 Apr 1898         11 Mar 1982
Mama        Zoie P. WALKER         1 Jan 1899          2 Jan 1966
MOSLEY  (DM)
       "Hoss"         Charles Royce          21 Apr 1949            22 Dec 1976 
               (also, FHM)  Charles R. MOSLEY         Died 22 Dec 1976        Age 27 years  8 mos.   1 day
       Wed      23 Mar 1976        "He giveth faith with the sunrise and peace and rest when the sun goes down"
       (right side blank)
MOSLEY  (DM)
      Cecil W.          17 Apr 1918         8 Jan 1997 
            (also, FHM)  Cecil W. MOSLEY          Born 17 Apr 1918         Died 8 Jan 1997        Age 78
            (FS)  Cecil W MOSLEY           PFC         US Army Air Corps         World War II         17 Apr 1918       8 Jan 1997
     Billie M.        11 Jun 1920         14 Jul 1991
            (also, FHM)  Billie MOSLEY          Born 1920        Died 1991       Age 71
JONES  (DM - surname on front & back)
       Lawrence Otis         31 Oct 1903         3 Aug 1987         "Gone, but not forgotten"
       Mary Gladys           3 Jun 1913           13 Mar 1961          "She was the sunshine in our home"        (FM) M. G. J. 
(DBS)  Baby Boy JONES          7 Sep 1962         7 Sep 1962
             Jeffrey Earl JONES           8 Oct 1965        8 Oct 1965
(DBS)  Baby Girl JONES           6 Sep 1964         6 Sep 1964
            Kenneth Earl JONES          18 Mar 2000         20 Mar 2000

Rows 13-14, Lots 335-332

COMBEST  (DM)     "Gone to a fairer land, of pleasure and love, to join the bright band of angels above"
        Daddy        A. Q. "Kit", Sr.          25 Sep 1887         10 Dec 1964
        Mama         Maggie WILLIAMS         9 Dec 1893        9 Dec 1966
(A. Q.)  Anthony Q. COMBEST, Jr.          21 Jan 1920           29 Jun 1975          "Gone, but not forgotten"
COMBEST  (DM - one stone, both names)
        Gilbert E.         6 Apr 1927            13 Aug 1991          (also, FHM - hard to read)
        Norma H.         16 Aug 1931         (one date)
"God bless our baby boy"         Bobby JONES         Son of Billy & Margaret JONES         3 Dec 1958         1 Jan 1960
Henry L CHISOLM Sr.           Mississippi        Major         AGC     USAR           World War II         Korea  
       ARCOM & OLC          23 May 1916         4 Mar 1961
(DBS)  William V. HEATHCOCK          9 Oct 1929         4 Jul 1986
                     (FS)  William V HEATHCOCK          SSG       US Army       Korea       Vietnam       9 Oct 1929        4 Jul 1986
             Pauline D. HEATHCOCK            9 Feb 1933        (one date)
BONDS  (DM)
       Milton Odell        31 Jul 1899         13 Apr 1973          "Safe in the arms of Jesus"         (FM) M. O. B. 
       Margaret KERSH         22 Jan 1912          23 Apr 1998          "Safe in the arms of Jesus" 
             (also, FHM)  Margaret Elizabeth BONDS          Born 22 Jan 1912         Died 23 Apr 1998          Age 86
MURRAY  (DM)
       Daddy       Clarence R.          13 Sep 1927         (one date)
       Mama        Mary E.           26 Oct 1930           11 Jun 1990
John Paul REUTER, Sr.          15 Sep 1914         26 Aug 1972          "In memory of our dad"         (FM) J. P. R. Sr.
(MB)  Mary Jo DEARMAN        5 Dec 1938        11 Dec 1957          "At rest with Jesus"          (FM) M. J. D. 
(DBS)  Morris W. DEARMAN         30 Sep 1909         15 Dec 1986         "In loving memory"
            Melonee R. DEARMAN         15 Apr 1916          26 Apr 2000         "In loving memory"
Lula Mae SMITH         28 Aug 1923         23 Dec 1965         "In my father's house are many mansions"
Mother       Claudia S. PRYOR          10 Aug 1914         29 Jun 1972          "There is rest in Heaven"
"Goober"        Charles Therman PRITCHETT         3 Feb 1934        11 Nov 1991        "Goober, he took his last ride 
        home to be with Jesus"
Peggy O. ROWELL          10 Jan 1941           22 Feb 1994          "She has gone to the mansions of rest"       (FM) P. O. R.

Row 15, Lots 320-318C

Mother        Mary Lou SHULTS         25 Oct 1894        10 Apr 1950         "The sunshine of our home is resting in peace"
        (FM)  M. L. S. 
Frank W. SHULTS         20 May 1892         28 Jul 1966         "The hours part us but they bring us together again"
       (FM)  F. W. S. 
JONES  (DM)
      Sam Porter         4 Jun 1896         30 Aug 1994         Father
      Inda SAUL          3 Aug 1904         30 Apr 1997         Mother
Monte Shawn LONG          17 Dec 1969         20 Dec 1969
(MB)  Father        Mertig Malcolm McKINNEY         8 Oct 1892         18 Feb 1957         "The Lord is my shepherd"  
               (FM)  M. M. M. 
Maida McKINNEY CHISOLM           30 Dec 1920        (one date)
Mary Elizabeth McKINNEY LONG        20 Jul 1940        17 Feb 1999
McNEIL  (DM)
       Carl Lee         21 Aug 1902         31 Mar 1957        Father        (FM) C. L. H. 
       Mattie Lee          1 Apr 1913         31 Mar 1990         Mother
(DBS)  Husband       Richard J. L. ETHRIDGE         17 May 1886         29 Nov 1961
            Wife          Viola ETHRIDGE          12 Jan 1891         15 Jan 1973
Dorothy BAGBY        25 Oct 1944         12 May 1962        "Asleep in Jesus"
BAGBY  (DM - one stone, both names)        "Precious Lord take my hand"
       (granite flower vase at left of stone):  Pa-paw
       (granite flower vase at right of stone):  Grandma

       Daddy         D. V.           20 Oct 1914          17 Mar 1969         (FM) D. V. B. 
              (at foot, FHM)  D. V. BAGBY       1914  1969
       Mother        Gertrude        1 Jan 1923          26 Jan 1994
D. C. BAGBY, Sr.         27 Oct 1948          2 Jan 1993         "Asleep in Jesus"
      (at foot, FHM)  D. C. BAGBY Sr.        Born 27 Oct 1948        Died 2 Jan 1993        Age 44
BAGBY  (DM - surname on front & back)       (granite flower vase):  10 Jan 1962
      Teresa H.         2 Nov 1942         26 Apr 2001         "Gone home to Jesus"
            (at foot, FHM)  Teresa H. BAGBY          2 Nov 1942        26 Apr 2001
      Charles E., Sr.        25 Feb 1941        (one date) 
            (at foot, FHM)  Charles E. BAGBY, Sr.         25 Feb 1941        12 Sep 2001

Row 16, Lots 315-317A

(CB around family plot)
        Florence V. MALMUS        1875  -  1950
        George W. ETHERIDGE        1881  -  1951        (FM  G. W. E. 
        A. Blanche ETHERIDGE        1893  -  1979
        (FHM) George Herbert ETHERIDGE         Born 19 Nov 1919         Died 15 Jan 2000           Age 80
(CB around family plot)
        HOBBS  (DM)
               Father         Robert Earl          22 Jul 1918         11 Jun 1978         "An angel visited the green earth, and took a 
                     flower away"         (FM)  R. E. H. 
              Mother       Mary Pauline          11 Jul 1920         18 Mar 1967        "An angel visited the green earth, and took a 
                     flower away"        (FM)  M. P. H. 
        "Bubba"       Robert Floyd HOBBS         28 Aug 1939         14 Jan 1956         "Safe in the arms of Jesus"  
FORD  (DM)
      Daddy       Levi H.         6 May 1889          21 Sep 1965          "At rest"        (FM)  L. H. F. 
      Mother         Ethel         1 Dec 1901          24 Aug 1960         "With Christ in Heaven"
COKER  (DM)
       Husband        Thomas Payton          31 Mar 1899           10 Jan 1957         "The Lord is my shepherd"        
               (FM)  T. P. C.         (Masonic)   Lodge No. 585
       Mother        Dorothy A. GRESSETT       15 Apr 1915        29 Jun 2001        "SPEED, COKER, RUDDER"
               (FM)  D. G.      (at foot, FHM) Dorothy GRESSETT SPEED COKER RUDDER 
                                                                        Born 27 Apr 1915  (diff. date)       Died 29 Jun 2001       Age 86
Infant daughter of G. F. & Delorice McGAUGHY        12 Jan 1964       (one date)       "Gone to be an angel"
ALEXANDER  (DM)
        Father        Joseph C.          15 Mar 1908         19 Sep 1967
        Rosa H.       23 Mar 1914        6 Jun 1986         Mother

Row 17, Lots 308-307C

Fred E. McCARN          Mississippi        S Sgt       4  AAF   Recon Gp        World War II       12 Nov 1914       24 Nov 1949
Thomas Brunner DAVIS          Mississippi          Cpl          40 CO   20 Engineers         World War II  
       4 Dec 1894         7 Jan 1957
Mama        Edna Jo DAVIS          25 Nov 1896          31 Dec 1967
Beloved father          Thomas Brunner DAVIS, Jr.          26 Jan 1925         28 Feb 1983
Gena Belle DAVIS DeMARS          3 Dec 1929         16 Jul 1994
WHEELER  (DM)
       Father        Benjamin Franklin         29 May 1873        15 Oct 1962         "Faithful to his trust even unto death"
       Mother        Lillian DAMERIS DAVIS          22 Oct 1872        8 Apr 1955         "Yet tho thy smile be lost to sight, to 
              memory thou art dear"
Ethel Florence TINDLE         22 Sep 1909         6 Jun 2001         "Beloved mother and grandmother"
(DBS)  Hollis B. WHEELER         8 Dec 1907        3 Nov 1997
             (granite flower vase)  Wed  11 May 1946
             Annie M. WHEELER           7 Dec 1913            17 Jan 1998
Louise MOORE KAMPER          19 Jan 1898         7 Apr 1968
Mary Louise BURR         25 Apr 1921             18 Jan 1988
Robin KAMPER COMER         15 Jan 1912         8 Dec 1993
Ruth KAMPER GATZ         22 Aug 1898          24 Jul 1991
David L. GATZ            23 Sep 1893        20 Feb 1982
(MB - gravel bed)  Neil Roger MOORE           22 Apr 1920          20 May 1959         "In loving memory"

Rows 18-21, Lots 306-296B

HENDRICK  (DM - one stone, both names)
        Rev. E. C., Sr.           1883  -  1952         (FM)  E. C. H. 
        (between names):  "Gone to a brighter home where grief cannot come"
        Pearl TRUELOVE           1893  -  1968
"Bibby"       Vera HENDRICK          13 Oct 1910          5 Nov 1985
(FHM)  Edgar C. HENDRICK?          Born ______    Died_______    Age__
(FHM)  Neville Norman SMITH          Born 12 Feb 1910         Died 29 Jun 1996        Age 86
GRAHAM  (DM)
       Thomas Franklin        12 Oct 1887         19 Dec 1986
       Delta LEGGETT         4 Mar 1892          8 Jan 1967
BROWN  (DM)
       Daddy        Charlie P.          22 Apr 1879           26 Aug 1967
       Mother        Etta C.          29 Nov 1892         26 Sep 1979
FAIRCHILD  (DM - surname on front & back)        (granite flower vase):  Married 22 Mar 1953
       Cleetis T.         17 May 1929         22 Feb 1997 
             (FS)  Cleetis T FAIRCHILD          PV2        US Army          17 May 1929          22 Feb 1997
       Maggie L.          10 Dec 1931          (one date)
MOULDS  (DM)
       Lamar          11 Jun 1909         3 Oct 1996          "He is at rest in Heaven"
       Lillie Mae          7 Mar 1907         15 Feb 2001           "She is at rest in Heaven"
(DBS)  John Short SMITH        29 Jan 1894         14 Mar 1983
                    (FS)  John Short SMITH         29 Jan 1894         14 Mar 1983
            Clara Bell DUEL SMITH           10 Nov 1904          10 Apr 1995
CHISOLM         Deborah Gail        Debbie        4 Feb 1954         26 Aug 1993          "Desiderata"         (FM) D. G. C. 
ETHERIDGE  (DM)
       Papa          Roscoe Owen ETHERIDGE           30 Jun1883           17 Dec 1954
       Mama        Bettie DAVIS ETHERIDGE           23 Oct 1887          27 Aug 1969
Son        Roscoe O. ETHERIDGE, Jr.          5 May 1914          27 Aug 1974         "In loving memory"
Daughter         Audlene E. VINCENT         14 Nov 1905          16 Feb 1985         "In loving memory"
Larkin Davis ETHERIDGE, Sr.         S Sgt          US Army          World War II          25 Jan 1912         22 Feb 1987
John Henry KIDD, Jr.            7 Jun 1919          20 May 1981
Ruth M. ROBILLARD          22 Jul 1926          1 Nov 2000
       (at foot, FHM)  Ruth M. ROBILLARD          Born 22 Jul 1926         Died 1 Nov 2000         Age 74
Calwyn L. ROBILLARD         8 Feb 1926          20 Jun 1996
       (FS)  Calwyn Lewis ROBILLARD           S1         US Navy          World War II         8 Feb 1926         20 Jun 1996


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