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 6 (Small section - Southwestern corner - across paved drive)

Lots 275-274A; 277-276A

(CB around family plot)
       Pearl K. GUEST           5 Aug 1893        29 May 1969 
       (small oak tree)
       (DBS)  Mama       Jewel L. KIDD          13 Aug 1890         29 Jan 1981         "In loving memory"        (FM) J. L. K. 
                   Daddy        William O. KIDD, Sr.          22 May 1883         15 Feb 1972         "In loving memory"       
                          (FM) W. O. K.
       (DBS)  Claudia H. KIDD         24 May 1925        (one date)
                   Otho David KIDD         13 Dec 1909         12 Feb 1967
       Wm. Oscar KIDD, Jr.          25 Nov 1916         11 Mar 1949          "Veteran of World War II     Devoted son and 
                brother"
1903  1979        Frank TISDALE        Father
1907  1946       Ruth L. TISDALE        Mother
Mother       Lorah A. RILEY         12 Jul 1888        5 Jun 1950
Calvin R. DEARMAN         29 Jan 1889           26 Feb 1964
Nathan DEARMAN          6 Sep 1900          5 Jun 1980          "In loving memory"
Bessie L. DEARMAN            26 Mar 1903        1 Nov 1973         "Rest in peace"
JAY  (DM)
      Father        Claude Harmon         27 Sep 1885        11 Nov 1976         "In God's care"       (FM) C. H. J.
      Mother       Myrtie Cornelia         8 Feb 1891           31 Dec 1973        "In God's care"        (FM) M. C. J. 
Alton Adolph JAY         CMM       US Navy         World War II         2 Nov 1915         16 May 1994
KERSH  (DM - one stone, both names)
       Daddy         Benjamin Preston          20 May 1910        4 Jan 1980
       Mama         Dorothy KIDD           29 Dec 1913         (one date)
William Neal GUNN         1919 - 1986

Section 7 (Extreme northwest corner of cemetery)

Lot numbers in this section were listed on the cemetery diagram as 65-xx; lot numbers below refer to xx.

Row 1, Lots 29-31    

Alvin S. BROWN          16 Mar 1905         14 Apr 1984       "In loving memory"
Daddy       Ira WAITS          20 Aug 1927          26 Sep 1974
Mother           G. Carolyn WAITS            8 May 1921          22 Dec 1974
(DBS)  (BB around plot - rock bed)
        Father         Robert L. PURVIS          17 Mar 1900         16 Feb 1976         "Gone but not forgotten"
        Mother         Virginia Viola PURVIS          18 Dec 1898           12 Feb 1999          "Jesus loves me"
Jessie L. REED         PFC         US Army        Korea          2 Feb 1917          3 Dec 1976
Harman H. CRANFORD               AS         US Navy          World War II          22 Nov 1907         4 Dec 1976
Hattie M. CRANFORD           10 Jun 1899          2 Nov 1980          "In God's hands"  
Edward A. CHANDLER           20 Jul 1978            20 Feb 1991         "Daniel 12 and 13"
(FHM)  George M. CHANDLER         Born 19 Nov 1972          Died 8 Aug 2001        Age 28

Row 2, Lots 25-27    

OWEN  (DM)       (granite flower vase)    Married 24 Dec 1960
       Ray H.            17 Mar 1932        (one date)           Daddy
       Christine L.          4 Aug 1939          (one date)         Mama
DAVIS  (DM)
      Jesse A.           21 Feb 1890         14 Oct 1980
      Gay M.          25 Oct 1894         13 Oct 1973
Jerry W. DeLOACH, Jr.         21 Apr 1973         9 Oct 1976          "God's special child"
CHANDLER  (DM)
       Edna ATHRELL          6 Dec 1919         18 Apr 1985           Mother
       Grady May             27 Apr 1921            11 May 1985          Father
Robert L. CHANDLER            29 Dec 1941           10 Apr 1988
Father         Morris S. HAND           28 Nov 1920          18 Oct 1975          "In loving memory"

Rows 3-6, Lots 17; 21A-24; 17C-17B; 13A; 13C; 9C-10A

Son        Archie Dale RISHER          31 Dec 1945          12 Nov 1970
Daddy         Archie M. RISHER           29 Aug 1908              28 Feb 1970
Mother       Mary Agnes RISHER NELSON          13 Apr 1914         22 Feb 1988
Carl A. NELSON         1904  -  1986  
Cecil C. LITTLE, Jr.           14 Dec 1934         20 Dec 1970          "By faith, not sight"
Christopher Scott          Son of Mr. & Mrs. R. J. OWEN        8 Aug 1982         8 Nov 1982 
      (at foot);  Christopher S. OWEN         Age 3 mo.
Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry RISHER            24 Jun 1971        (one date)
Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jerry RISHER            26 Jan 1970        (one date)
(GB around plot, gravel bed)
        MIDDLETON  (DM - surname on front & back)
              Pop           Charles V.           20 Aug 1914          24 Jun 1998
              Mary W.          5 Feb 1918          (one date)
(DBS)  (GB around one grave, gravel bed)
        Husband and Father         Samuel C. DENHAM         29 Aug 1918          11 Jun 1997
              (FS)  Samuel C DENHAM          TEC5         US Army         World War II        29 Aug 1918        11 Jun 1997
        Wife and Mother           Bernardine H. DENHAM           17 Sep 1920        (one date)
HEATHCOCK  (DM - one stone, both names; surname on front & back)   "Thy kingdom come"       Wed 17 Sep 1955
        Walter Liston, Sr.           21 Feb 1937         (one date)
        Gleanice CHESTNUT         11 Mar 1936          13 Apr 1990          "She was the sunshine of our home and hearts"
MOORE  (DM - one stone, both names)
       Foreman D.         5 Aug 1917         19 Jan 1978
             (FS)  Foreman Davis MOORE          SGT        US Army         World War II         1917     1978
      Mary F.         1 Nov 1914         11 Dec 1996
BENTLEY  (DM - one stone, both names)        "In God's care"
       Daddy         Quitman Lewis         1 Nov 1906        5 Dec 1969
       Mother         Mary Margaret           16 Jan 1916        (one date)
(DBS)  Husband         James Kenneth SHORT          16 Feb 1906        23 Oct 1974
            Wife         Eunice GRIFFIN SHORT          13 May 1912         (one date)
                  (also, FHM)  Eunice G. SHORT         Born 13 May 1908  (diff year)       Died 4 Dec 1994       Age 86
FAIRCHILD  (DM - one stone, both names)          "Rest in peace"
       Daddy         William H.          22 Oct 1926          18 Jan 1972
       Mother         Mildred         22 Apr 1925          (one date)

Rows 7-8, Lots 5-8; 2-4A

(GB - gravel bed)    Son         Richard Wayne SKELTON        12 Mar 1941         7 Oct 1967        "Asleep with Jesus"
(GB adjoining above grave)
       SKELTON  (DM - one stone, both names)         "Precious memories"   "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want"
             Dora Lee           16 Feb 1910           29 Jul 1984
             Zan Lee         20 Apr 1905          18 Dec 1988          (FM) Z. L. S. 
(GB adjoining above - gravel bed)
         William Jerry SKELTON         22 Apr 1932        23 Jul 1991        Daddy        "The wind beneath my wings"
               (FS)  William Jerry SKELTON        US Navy      Korea         22 Apr 1932        23 Jul 1991
(GB - gravel bed)  "Skillet"       Jeff A. SKELTON         26 Aug 1964        13 Sep 1992        (Photo on granite flower vase)
         "Loved by all his life touched"
(DBS)  Glade HAMBURG, Sr.         21 Apr 1903         25 Nov 1991
            Levie E. HAMBURG          10 Dec 1905         13 Sep 1986
(GB - gravel bed)  McArthur HAMBURG          Mississippi        L CPL       Co E      BLT 2     4 Mar     9 MAB 
        Vietnam    PH          25 Mar 1942          18 Mar 1968
(DBS)  Clarence H. BROWN         26 Feb 1903         23 Aug 1969        "God gives us love, something to love he lends us"
            Celeste M. BROWN        6 Oct 1917        1 Jan 1990        "With Christ in Heaven"
Thomas C. TAYLOR          Stillborn         9 Nov 1968
Samuel E. TAYLOR         12 Sep 1902         12 Sep 1985        "In memory"
Dora O. TAYLOR          6 Oct 1910         9 Mar 1971         "In memory"
COLEMAN  (DM)
       (blank stone)
       Mother        Augusta M.       15 Jul 1923       25 Apr 1976         "Death is only a shadow across the path to Heaven"
John Patrick COLEMAN        10 Aug 1972         19 Feb 1981         "He was the sunshine of our lives"
Husband       David Michael PULLEY         24 Jun 1951          19 Feb 1981       "Our gentle giant we love you"
Brother        Kervin E. SELLERS, Jr.              19 Jul 1925         23 Apr 1977           World War II Veteran
Mother        Kate KEENE SELLERS          23 Jul 1898           20 Feb 1983
James A. TAYLOR          US Marine Corps         Korea          1931      1983
(DBS)  Robert T. GRIFFIN           16 May 1908        27 Jul 1990         "In loving memory"
            Inez BROWN GRIFFIN           4 Sep 1908           26 Apr 1983          "In loving memory"
Margaret S. LAWSON          1 Jul 1897          2 Mar 1983         "In God's care"
"Bubba"        Claude "Buddy" PULLEY          2 Mar 1927          5 Jul 1997
"Queen"         Lollie V. PULLEY         1 Sep 1921         9 Mar 1989


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