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Shady Grove Pentecostal Holiness 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 12.9 miles; bear right on County Road 631 for 1.2 miles; turn left on County Road 632 for about a half mile; cemetery is on the left about a tenth of a mile from the road; church is a few hundred feet further on the right on County Road 632.
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.
Row 1 (from back of cemetery)
Herbert B. HELMICH PVT US Army World War II 16 Mar 1903 7 Jan 1994
GIPSON (DM - one stone, both names)
Daddy John S. 14 May 1898 16 Feb 1966
"His earthly song is ended and his voice joins the Heavenly choir." (FM): J. S. G.
Mother Lola Mae 20 Oct 1906 11 Jan 1997
"Our love goes with you and our soul awaits to join you." (FM): L. M. G.
LARIS (DM)
Daddy James G. 26 Jul 1901 20 May 1958 (FM)
Mother Christine 5 Mar 1924 (one date)
Husband Joseph W. BOWDEN 14 Jan 1874 1 Jul 1950 "Gone, but not forgotten" (FM)
Wife Leila R. BOWDEN 31 Oct 1879 4 Nov 1956 "Gone, but not forgotten"
Edwin A. GIPSON 1 Aug 1895 17 Jul 1968 "Gone, but not forgotten"
Mother Mary E. THOMAS 22 Feb 1901 10 Aug 1959 "Gone, but not forgotten"
Baby Cynthia Lynn McKINLEY 17 Apr 1975 (one date)
Row 2
Henry Lymon MAYO PFC US Army World War II 1910 1980
Cecil N. CARR 4 Aug 1913 31 Dec 1972 "God's will be done" (FM): C. N. C.
Daddy Carl Calvin MAYO 6 Nov 1914 7 Jan 1971 "I will meet you in the morning."
Daddy Henry H. MAYO 1 Mar 1888 1 Jan 1958
"A precious one from us is gone, a voice we loved is still, a vacant place is in our home,
which no one else can fill."
Mama Lula Mae MAYO 20 May 1892 13 Mar 1959 "A precious one from us is gone,
a voice we loved is still, a vacant place is in our home, which no one else can fill."
Dewey H. MAYO Mississippi CPL 323 AAF Bomb Gp World War II
5 Jul 1912 16 Aug 1951
Row 3
Mother Bertha M. JOHNS 31 Oct 1911 (one date)
Father Erman R. JOHNS 24 Oct 1897 19 Jan 1957
Brenda Kay FAGAN 13 Feb 1958 (one date)
Mother Martha E. REYNOLDS 12 May 1885 9 Mar 1959 "Asleep in Jesus"
FAGAN (DM)
Mother Mary E. 2 Jun 1909 3 Nov 1970
Father Perry O., Sr. 10 Feb 1899 24 Sep 1987 (FM)
Lyn Lyn TALILIS MERTZ Mother of Jessica Lyn CLARK 30 Dec 1972 8 Sep 1991
"Mama's precious angel sweet dreams pretty girl -- one day we'll be together."
Robert Emil JOHNSON SCPO US Navy WWII Korea Vietnam
27 Sep 1923 13 Jun 1992
Rows 4-5
(CB) Charlie C. TEW 12 Oct 1906 2 Apr 1962 "He is not dead but sleepeth"
TINDLE (DM)
Father William H. 4 Sep 1896 16 May 1973 "Asleep in Jesus"
Mother Ethel O. 3 Aug 1898 25 Nov 1980 "Asleep in Jesus"
(big space to next marked grave)
Bobby Lee REED PVT US Army Vietnam 14 Aug 1936 21 Feb 1997
LAFFERTY (DM)
Mother Annie Mae B. 22 Feb 1906 7 Sep 1994 "At rest"
Daddy J. J. "Jap" 18 Dec 1899 20 Jul 1980 "In God's care"
Henry L. LAFFERTY 2 Jun 1938 16 Jun 1974 "Twas hard to give thee up, but thy
will, oh God, be done."
Thomas W. LAFFERTY 7 Jan 1941 12 Jun 1993 "Jesus needed a friend
Gone, but not forgotten"
Row 6
WILLIAMS (DM - one stone, both names) "Our father which art in Heaven"
Father L. Porter 3 Mar 1901 17 Jan 1983
Mother Ollie L. 9 Mar 1908 24 Dec 1987
(big space to next marked grave)
Mother Marbeth IRWIN 17 Aug 1911 8 Jun 1999 "At rest" (surname also on back)
IRWIN (DM - large stone, surname front and back) "Memory lane"
(at left of surname stone, separate stone slightly taller with both names and photo of
couple)
Charles Amos 21 Mar 1940 21 Feb 1984
Joyce Mearl 22 Feb 1934 (one date)
Row 7
WELBORN (DM - surname on front and back)
Eldon Coy 25 Oct 1931 11 Oct 1996
Elsie JENKINS 13 May 1937 (one date)
Esther Lou JENKINS 25 Aug 1915 (one date) "In loving memory"
(big space to next marked grave)
SMITH (DM - one stone, both names, surname on front and back) "Precious Lord take my Hand"
James F. 29 Mar 1930 25 Jul 1998
Eva J. 10 Jun 1936 (one date)
LAFFERTY (DM - one stone, both names, surname on front and back) "Together always"
W. O. "Bill" 23 May 1904 8 Jun 1988
Mary L. 12 Nov 1912 12 Dec 1989
LAFFERTY (DM - one stone, both names, surname on front and back)
"Rest is thine, sweet remembrance ours"
David O. 1 Feb 1939 29 Aug 1995
Virginia F. 5 Aug 1943 (one date)