Old Souenlovie Cemetery
Clarke County, Mississippi
Compiled Feb 2001 by Bennie WHITE

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

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Old Souenlovie Cemetery is located west of Quitman, Clarke Co., MS, just off County Road 130; a short distance past the County Road 322 intersection (Souenlovie Church and the new cemetery can be seen from County Road 130).

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.


The following family plot is located at the front of the cemetery and is not included in the 
rows below. In front of the plot is a concrete slab, approximately 12" x 24"; appears the year 
“1950" etched on slab.

(CB around large family plot - gravel bed)
   (CS) Mrs. V. I. GUINN    8 Apr 1856     23 Nov 1908    “Tho lost to sight, to memory dear” 
       (FM): V. J. G.
   (CS) George LeRoy    Son of G. P. & Leona KEAHEY    30 Apr 1906   13 Nov 1908  (FM): G. L. K.
   (CS) Blanche   Daughter of G. P. & Leona KEAHEY    13 Mar 1902    3 Apr 1902    (FM): B. K. 
   (CS) (no stone)
   (double CS) KEAHEY (DM - one stone, both names)      “They were the sunshine of our home.”
                  Father    George Preston    31 Dec 1868     28 Mar 1954     (FM): G. P. K.
                  Mother    Leona GUINN      22 Apr 1876      5 Aug 1944      (FM): L. G. K.
   (CS) Homer Earl     Son of G. P. & Leona KEAHEY    19 Aug 1911    2 Sep 1911   (FM): H. E. K.
   (CS) Father     Howard KEAHEY     22 Sep 1896       27 Nov 1945        (FM): H. K. 
   KEAHEY (DM)      “In loving memory”
      Johnie Jackson        5 May 1900       6 Aug 1983
      Vera TRUE       3 May 1901       3 Jan 1998
   KEAHEY (DM - one stone, both names)      “Memory lane”
      Abe Kline       27 Aug 1908       27 Jan 1973       (FM): A. K. K. 
      Orieta CRUTHIRDS       23 Feb 1909       6 Dec 1992
   KEAHEY (DM)
      James C.        17 Jan 1931        23 Feb 1988
      Jeanie M.       24 Oct 1935       (one date)

Rows 1-3 (east side)

(CB - gravel bed)      Earsey Lee PHILLIPS       3-7 Aug 1950
PHILLIPS (DM)
    Ellie, Sr.       16 Jul 1923       12 Oct 1978
      (FS): Ellie PHILLIPS     PFC   US Army     World War II      16 Jul 1923     12 Oct 1978
    Avis Marie SISSON      9 May 1926       20 Apr 1991       (FM)
William Lloyd TAYLOR     19 Jul 1874     28 Oct 1874      “Gone to be an angel”   (FM): W. L. T. 
Wessley TAYLOR      12 Mar 1826      1 Sep 1885      “Forever with the Lord”      (FM)
(FHM - unreadable) (at North end of cemetery)
George COX      1881      1938       “Gone but not forgotten”
(FHM) Grover C. COX       Died 9 Jun 1985        Aged 60 years
(FHM) Mrs. Ethel COX      Died 21 Apr 1984       Aged 65 years
SOUTHERLAND (DM - one stone, both names)
   Mary Ellen       Died 7 Jan 1948
   Charles      Died 4 Sep 1941

Row 4

M. Q. ROBINSON     Born 20 Jun 1859     Departed this life 3 Jun 1896       
    “His memory is blessed”     (FM): M. Q. R.
Mary A. ROBINSON      Wife of O. ROBINSON       Born 15 Apr 1832       Died 29 Dec 1895 
    “She lived a devoted Christon (sp) life”      (FM)
(old wooden marker - possible grave site)
Farewell   In memory of Mary Elizabeth    Wife of M. Q. ROBINSON    Born 27 Apr 1853      
   Died 8 Sep 1893   “He took thee from a world of care, an everlasting bliss to share.” 
     (FM): M. E. R.
Audry WMS. RICH COX       25 Dec 1927      27 Sep 1990       “At rest”
Calvin Melton COX       US Navy       World War II       1 Oct 1923       26 Feb 1988
COX (DM - one stone, both names)      “Death is eternal life; why should we weep.”
   Danial W.       6 May 1860       24 Dec 1945      (FM)
   Mary Ann       6 Jan 1862       9 Sep 1941       (FM)
(double CS) Mother     Ruby L. MILLER      2 Aug 1914       26 Dec 1949      “In God’s care” 
               (FM): R. L. M.
          Grandmother     Mary C. JORDAN      28 Mar 1887       9 Oct 1970     “In God’s care” 
               (FM): M. C. J.

Rows 5-8

In memory of Deliah Bertie   Little daughter of W. S. & Sallie ANTHONY    
    Born 4 Sep 1892   Died 21 Jun 1893    “God blesses in an early death, he takes the 
        infant unto himself.”    (FM): D. B. A.
(FHM - unreadable)
(FHM - unreadable)
Lucian Edward LOGAN, Jr.      US Marine Corps      Korea      1933   1990
   (at foot, FHM): Lucian Edward LOGAN, Jr.       Born 1933     Died 1990      Age 57
(the next five stones were in Row 6 and were very old....inscription etched by hand.....
    very hard to read)
L? H? HUCKABY        Borne 1849       Died 1875         (stone FM)
W. W. THERRELL      Died 11 Oct 1878        Age 78       (stone FM)
M. T. THERRELL      Died 3? Jan 1884       Age 74?      (stone FM)
Amanda THERREL      Wife of W. W? THERRELL   (date illegible)
J. M. BLACKMON      Born 29 Feb 1872        Died 18 Sep 1874?
Anna HUCKABY     Born 6 Feb 1860 & Died 17 Jan 1889    “Not dead, but asleep with Jesus”   (FM)
Infant child of J. F. THERRELL       Born & Died 8 Sep 1895      “Gone to be an angel”    (FM)
Savillie Eliza THOMAS THERRELL       Born 15 Jan 1872       Died 14 Sep 1885 
   “Lord, she was thine and not my own, thou hast done me no wrong.”      (FM)
Jo__  BLACKMON       Born 22? Dec 18__       Died __ May 1880
___cer BLACKMON       Born __ Jul 1825      Died 7 Mar 1879 (or 1899)
(wooden marker)
(wooden marker - southeast corner of cemetery)


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