Stroud Cemetery
Stroud Cemetery
Clarke County, Mississippi
Compiled 28 Feb 2001 by Bennie WHITE

From my book, Cemetery Inscriptions of Clarke County, Mississippi, Vol. 3

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The Stroud Cemetery is located in southeastern Clarke Co., MS. From Quitman, take State Highway 18 East for 1.2 miles; bear right on Highway 511 and travel approximately 14.5 miles; turn left on County Road 640; cemetery is less than two tenths of a mile on the left. Adjacent to the cemetery is a covered seating area, presumably for conducting funerals.

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.

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Rows 1-3 (from northeast corner)  

(CS) Baby Nell EVANS       25 May 1926      25 May 1926       (FM): N. E. 
(CS) Mother    Ella Maida DAVIS     Wife of J. H.. DAVIS      20 Feb 1906      23 Dec 1967
(CS) Father     Walter R. MILLER       29 Jan 1868       24 Dec 1938
(CS) Mother     Carrie L. MILLER       10 Feb 1876       24 Aug 1961
Mary STROUD
Martha Jane STROUD
Baby MILLER
Baby MILLER
A. J.    Husband of F. E. A. MILLER     Born 9 Mar 1843      Died 19 Mar 1894         
   “A precious one from us has gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in 
    our home, which never can be filled.”     (Masonic)     (FM-laying flat)
Wm Trotter MILLER       1871 - 1924
In memory of our father   J. D. STROUD       Died 9 Nov 1905        Born 8 Jan 1835        
    Age 70 Ys. 10 Ms. & 1 Day    “His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory.”
Sallie E. T.     Wife of J. D. STROUD       Born 29 Oct 1844      Died 6 Dec 1899
    “Not gone from memory, not gone from love, but gone to her Father’s home above.”
Sallie D.     Dau. of J. D. & S. E. STROUD       Born 8 Oct 1872      Died 1 Aug 1874
    “Lord she was thine and not my own, thou hast not done me wrong.”
Infant son of J. D. & S. E. STROUD       Born & Died 1869       “A bud on earth, transplanted 
    to the paradise of God.”

Row 4

STROUD     Virginia PEEL STROUD       1 Nov 1874       31 Jan 1968 
    “Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness and love.”       (FM): V. P. S.
STROUD     George Edward STROUD      22 Feb 1870       6 Jan 1928 
    “To forget is vain endeavor, love’s remembrance lasts forever.”        (FM): G. E. S. 
Baby   Nell STROUD     11 Aug 1911     15 Sep 1913     “Asleep in Jesus, blessed thought” 
    (FM): N. S. 
(MB) Our darling little J. D.      Son of G. E. & J. V. STROUD       Born 23 Jan 1905       
    Died 18 May 1907    Aged 2 Ys. 3 Ms. 25 Ds      “God gave, he took. He will restore, 
      he doth all things well.”
Infant son of J. D. & S. E. STROUD       Born & Died 1868
    “He shall gather the lambs with his arms, and carry them in his bosom.”
Edd W. FLEMING       20 Jan 1854       18 Aug 1924
Infant of James & Lucy FLEMING
Lucy STROUD FLEMING       5 Mar 1834       25 Nov 1858      (new stone)
Infant of B. F. & Lenora McKENZIE
Infant of B. F. & Lenora McKENZIE
Lenora Ethel       Daughter of L. A. & E. R. FLEMING       19 Jan 1882     3 May 1912     
   “Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness and love.”      (FM): L. E. F. 
(DBS) Benjamin Franklin McKENZIE       21 Oct 1879      17 Sep 1959
   Evie IVY McKENZIE       5 Aug 1897       3 Jul 1977

Row 5

DOBBINS (DM - one stone, both names, surname on front & back)    “In loving memory”
   Mama      Mary Alice       23 Oct 1936       (one date)
   Daddy      Frank        13 Dec 1927        18 Oct 1991       (FM): F. D.
(CB around large plot)
   DOGGETT (DM - one stone, both names, surname on front & back)  “Precious Lord take my hand”
      James H.        23 Aug 1919        24 Sep 1993
        (FS): James H. DOGGETT    US Army     World War II     23 Aug 1919     24 Sep 1993
      Katie R.        27 Feb 1926        (one date)
   Doris DOBBINS McHENRY       12 Apr 1924       18 Jul 1965
   Howard W. DOBBINS       21 Dec 1922       20 Aug 1963
   Father      Ernest B. DOBBINS       21 Nov 1921       10 May 1949      
      “To forget is vain endeavor, love remembrance lasts forever.”
   DOBBINS (DM)
      Myrtle Mamie      7 Jul 1903      4 Jun 1978       “Now cometh eternal rest”
      Eddie Bascom       22 Apr 1894       25 Feb 1979        “Now cometh eternal rest”
Erma V. PEEL    24 Mar 1905    19 Oct 1931    “Brief, brave and glorious was her young career.”
(stone off base) Margaret ROLISON    Wife of F. L. FOSTER       16 Nov 1852      29 Nov 1922 
                     “She was the sunshine of our home.”       (FM): M. R. F. 
Lennie Lee PEEL     8? Oct 1910      22 May 1919      “A fairer bud of promise never bloomed.” 
    (FM): L. L. P. 
PEEL (DM)
   Father    Taylor C., Sr.       18 Feb 1880        27 Apr 1960
   Mother      Margaret F.       19 Sep 1882      10 Aug 1960
Mr. JONES
Mr. JONES
In memory of our Little Georgie      Son of A. M. & D. E. STROUD       Died 25 Aug 1874 
    Aged 1 Year and 16 Days      (FM): G. S. 
(broken stone) In memory of our Little Willie     Son of A. M. & D. E. STROUD       
    Died 5 Aug 1874     Aged 2 Years 5 Months and 23 Days      (FM): W. S. 
Will FOSTER
Claude McKENZIE      Died 10 Sep 1912      Aged 13 Years
Jessie McKENZIE       Died 15 Jan 1914      Aged 50 Years
J. H. McKENZIE       Died 29 Aug 1928       Aged 75 Years

Row 6

(CB around large plot - border partially missing)
    Etta Ethel HARRELL        15 Aug 1888       10 Oct 1974  
    Susie FLEMING       27 Dec 1885      9 Oct 1966
    Charla Hazel FLEMING      22 Sep 1911      11 Feb 1965       “Gone, but not forgotten”
    James Thomas FLEMING      12 Jul 1856       26 Feb 1934       “Gone, but not forgotten”
    Sarah E. FLEMING       16 Aug 1853      11 Nov 1919       “Gone but not forgotten”
    Robert Little     Son of J. T. & S. E. FLEMING      Born 22 Aug 1891     Died 12 Oct 1912 
       “A precious one from us has gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant in our 
        home, which never can be filled.”
    Infant dau. of J. T. & S. E. FLEMING     Born & Died 15 Sep 1888    “Our loved one”   (FM)
    Lula F.    Dau. of J. T. & S. E. FLEMING      Born 12 Aug 1881       Died 2 Jun 1884 
       “Gone to be an angel”      (FM)
    Jessie V.    Dau. of J. T. & S. E. FLEMING      Born 15 May 1883      Died 2 Jun 1884  
       “Only sleeping”      (FM)
    Frank L.     Son of J. T. & S. E. FLEMING     Born 13 Aug 1880      Died 30 Oct 1881  
       “Gone but not forgotten”
    Elizabeth ROLISON      15 Aug 1832      27 May 1880      (FM)
B. F. ROLISON       1856 - 1940    
Infant daughter of James & M. V. FOSTER       Born & Died 2 Feb 1880
In memory of Eddie M.    Son of James & M. V. FOSTER     Born 17 Sep 1878    Died 24 Nov 1880
Martha STROUD FOSTER     Wife of James FOSTER      Died 1902      (FM): M. S. F.
Mollie FOSTER DOBBINS      23 Apr 1873      5 Jul 1913      “Forever with the Lord”      (FM)
Fletcher E. FOSTER      30 Aug 1875      25 May 1959
FOSTER   Ora Nell    6 Dec 1908     16 Feb 1991    (at foot, FHM, unreadable)   (FM): O. N. F. 

Row 7

ROLISON (DM - one stone, both names, surname on front & back)       27 Apr 1940 
   Margaret      6 Oct 1920      (one date)
   Earl      3 Jan 1918      11 Nov 1994
ROLISON (one stone, both names)
   Father    Elburn R.       14 Nov 1889       14 Nov 1974      “ ‘Twas hard to give thee up, 
      but thy will, O God, be done”      (FM): E. R. R. 
   Mother    Bessie Louise     22 Apr 1889      28 Nov 1963     “ ‘Twas hard to give thee up, 
      but thy will, O God, be done.”     (FM): B. L. R.
Pearl PATRICK       22 Apr 1906       30 Dec 1983
Father      Thomas Ledyard ROLISON       6 Nov 1887       4 Jul 1949
Wife      Gertrude R. McNEILL       1 Jul 1890       26 Nov 1947
Margaret Ann     Infant daughter of Earl & Margaret ROLISON       25 Apr 1943     (one date)
Mother      Lucinda C.     Wife of W. F. ROLISON      5 Oct 1861       26 Dec 1940
W. F. ROLISON     Born 26 Nov 1856     Died 18 May 1910     “An amiable father here lies at 
   rest, as ever God with his image blest. The friend of man, the friend of truth, the friend 
   of age, the guide of youth.”      (FM)
Annie May      Dau. of W. F. & L. C. ROLISON      Born 31 Oct 1889      Died 28 Feb 1894 
   “Lord, she was thine and not our own.”
Martha Elizabeth      Dau. of W. F. & L. C. ROLISON      Born 23 Jul 1883      Died 8 Dec 1890 
   “She is not dead, but sleepeth.”
Emma V.     Daughter of J. P. & M. M. LANE       Born 2 Feb 1873        Died 20 Jan 1888
   Aged 14 Y’rs, 11 Mo’s, & 18 Da’s       “She died as she lived, trusting in God.”      (FM)
Maggie WIGGINS       14 Jan 1900       25 May 1902
James Roger McREE     Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. R. McREE       8 Oct 1881       (one date)
M. E. McREE       Born 11 Mar 1848       Died 8 Jul 1890       “There is no parting in Heaven.”
1st SGT James R. McREE      Co I     13 Miss. Inf.   C. S. A. 

Row 8

(CB around large plot - border missing on south end)
    FLEMING (DM)          31 May 1953 (date of marriage)
       Johnnie Ruth PERRITT       20 Dec 1931      6 Oct 1997
       Sam Percy       27 Nov 1929       1 Oct 1990
    Father     Louin Asberry FLEMING      6 Jun 1857     22 Jan 1944     “We will meet again”
    Mother     Ella Rebecca FLEMING      20 Aug 1861      3 Mar 1947     “We will meet again”
    U. S. A.     Percy S.     Youngest son of L. A. & E. R. FLEMING      
       23 Sep 1899    15 Apr 1917    “Goodby dear Percy you have left us, and our hearts 
       expand.  But we know you have joined the angels, in that bright and happy land.”   (FM)
      (CS) Infant of Lloyd & Lurlean FLEMING
McNEIL Infant
John P. LANE       Co. E        37 Miss. Inf.   C. S. A. 
In memory of Margaret M., wife of J. P. LANE        Born 27 Jan 1836       Died 23 Apr 1905
   “Our darling mother hath gone before, to greet us on the blissful shore.”
William FLEMING        Apr 1931-1931
Douglas FLEMING       25 Sep 1925       22 Feb 1930
Dorothy FLEMING      24 Mar 1924       24 Oct 1924
Ellen FLEMING      1916 - 1916
Mother    Carrie Emma FLEMING   12 Feb 1890   19 May 1948   “She was the sunshine of our home.”
Father    Albert Lenard FLEMING    21 Aug 1885     16 Oct 1969     “He is at rest”     (FM)
Minnetta B. FLEMING       1 Dec 1912       8 Nov 1981          

Row 9

THEAD (surname stone, front & back)
   (at foot) (blank stone)
   (at foot) John Cecil THEAD     S/Sgt    US Army Air Corps     World War II       
        30 Oct 1914       4 Nov 1986
(CS) Mother      Verna Lurlean FLEMING      11 Jun 1889      26 Feb 1943        
    “She was the sunshine of our home”    (FM): V. L. F.
Father      J. Lloyd FLEMING       18 Aug 1889       1 Jan 1937        
    “He was the sunshine of our home”
Kate Gavin ROLISON       2 Dec 1900       17 Aug 1926
Baby    Elburn W. ROLISON      Jan 1914      Mar 1914     “Asleep in Jesus”     (FM): E. W. R. 
Mother     Nancy V. ATCHLEY ROLISON      8 Aug 1893     29 Apr 1917       
   “Gone, but not forgotten”     (FM): N. V. A. R. 
Mother     Lillie V. HILL ROLISON      2 Mar 1882      Mar 1914      
   “May you ever rest in peace”
GRAYSON (DM - one stone, both names, surname front & back)      “Precious Lord take my hand”
   Mary GILBERT        8 Jul 1940      (one date)
   Jeff         14 Jun 1917       10 Apr 2000
      (at foot, FHM): Jeff GRAYSON      Born 14 Jun 1917      Died 10 Apr 2000       Age 82
FLEMING (DM - surname front & back)
   Byron W.       21 Aug 1914       15 Mar 1995
   Rosalie M.       23 Jun 1917       13 May 1990
Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Byron FLEMING        1 Feb 1943       (one date)

Row 10

(DBS) W. D. SMITH       1 Sep 1908       18 Dec 1998
        (at foot, FHM): Mr. Willie Derell SMITH     Born 1 Sep 1908    Died 18 Dec 1998   Age 90
      Hazel SMITH       14 Nov 1906       5 May 1982
        (at foot, FHM): Ruby Hazel SMITH       Born 1906       Died 1982        Age 75
Eugene SMITH       22 Oct 1940       20 Jun 1955        “He was the sunshine of our home”
   (at foot, FHM): Billy Eugene SMITH       Died 20 Jun 1955      Age 14 Yrs.  7 Mos.  28 Das. 
DOWNEY (DM - surname front & back)
   Mother    Willie Levenia     27 Jul 1884     7 Mar 1937     “At rest”     (FM): W. L. D. 
   Father     Robert L.      1 Apr 1878       6 Feb 1963      “At rest”      (FM): R. L. D. 
Hayward KEMP
Ludie KEMP
(CS) Lillie Pearl THOMPSON      Wife of G. A. D. GILBERT       29 Oct 1892        18 Dec 1921 
        (FM): L. P. T. G.
(CS) Little Sister      Infant daughter of G. A. D. & Lillie P. GILBERT       
          14 Jun 1918       14 Jul 1918      (FM): L. S. G.
(CS) William D.     Infant son of G. A. D. & Lillie P. GILBERT       6 Oct 1921      4 May 1922 
     (FM): W. D. G.
(CS) Father      G. Andrew D. GILBERT       9 Apr 1881        30 Aug 1955       (FM)
       (at foot, FHM): Andrew Demps GILBERT    Died 30 Aug 1955   Age 74 Yrs.  3? Mos.  21 Days
“Precious Lord take my hand”      Julia Edna GILBERT       1 Jan 1911        6 Oct 1996 
    (photo on stone)    (at foot, FHM): Julia Edna GILBERT       Born 1 Jan 1911       
          Died 6 Oct 1996      Age 85
“Precious Lord take my hand”      “Cissy”    Sheila GILBERT       28 May 1963    (one date)
Daddy      Asberry Jacob JUDY       25 Jul 1861        24 Apr 1951       “In loving memory”
Bessie E. PATRICK        Born 3 Jul 1916       Died 29 Feb 1932       “Gone but not forgotten”
Baby PATRICK       Born 31 Jul 1923?       Died 31? Jul 1923?        “Asleep with Jesus”
Father      Clearance I. PATRICK    12 Aug 1891     19 Feb 1953     “Gone, but not forgotten”  
     (FM): C. I. P.
Iva J. PATRICK       21 Apr 1899       5 Feb 1988       “She will be remembered”
Jimmy PATRICK      PVT     US Army       World War II        14 Jun 1923       24 Feb 1987
   (FS): Jimmy PATRICK    14 Jun 1923     23 Feb 1987 (diff. dates)    “He will be remembered”
Minnie (Aliene) HIATT       11 Dec 1918      20 Oct 1998
   (at foot, FHM): Minnie Aliene HIATT      Born 11 Dec 1918      Died 20 Oct 1998     Age 79

Rows 11-12

ALLEN (DM - one large stone, both names)      “Our father which art in Heaven”
   Daddy       Joe         24 Dec 1905        1 Oct 1996
   Mama       Bertha M.       27 Apr 1913        29 Jun 1992
    (to left & right of stone, granite flower vases): 11 Oct 1931 (presumably marriage date)
    (behind stone, FHM): Mr. Joe ALLEN       Born 24 Dec 1905      Died 1 Oct 1996      Age 90
Infant daughter of Joe & Bertha ALLEN
Wayne IRBY      Infant son of James & Eloise       10 Sep 1944      (one date)
Infant son of Joe & Bertha ALLEN
Jimmy Roy ALLEN       SP5      US Army       Vietnam         21 Jan 1945       15 Jun 1999
WILKINS (DM)
   Mattie DOWNEY        1 Jun 1911       21 May 1984       (DM)
   William Clyde        21 Sep 1901       21 Oct 1982        (FM)
(FHM) Raymond Gray SMITH        Born 29 Jul 1928        Died 19 Dec 1996        Age 68
TURNER (DM)
   Floyd I.         29 Jul 1910        28 Jun 1990
     (FS): Floyd I. TURNER      US Navy      World War II      29 Jul 1910      28 Jun 1990
   Elsie L.      22 Aug 1915       23 Dec 1992        (at foot, FHM - unreadable)
Daddy    Willie Darrell TURNER     28 Dec 1938      8 Feb 1988    (at foot, FHM, writing faint)
ROLISON (DM - surname front & back)
   Herman E.       11 Jan 1925       8 May 1990
   Maxine M.       31 Mar 1924       (one date)
MILLER (DM)
   Father      Willie Gavin       27 Aug 1902       18 Jul 1966        “We loved you so”  
       (FM): W. G. M. 
   Mother      Mattie SLAY      7 Aug 1905      20 Dec 1989      “We loved you so”     (FM)
Walter Richie MILLER       15 Mar 1954       19 Mar 1986
MILLER (DM - surname front & back)       Wed 10 Nov 1951
   James Gavin       13 Jul 1928        (one date)
   Elouise LEWIS        31 Mar 1934       (one date)
DOWNEY (FM - one stone, both names)     Married 14 Dec 1958        “Gone, but not forgotten”
   Father      Wilton L.       29 Jan 1937       13 Sep 1997
     (at foot, FHM): Wilton L. DOWNEY       Born 29 Jan 1937      Died 13 Sep 1997     Age 60?
   Mother       Ann        25 Feb 1942      (one date)


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