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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Coxburg M. P. Church Cemetery, Holmes County, Mississippi



Coxburg M. P. Church is located in the Holmes County community of Coxburg. My mother always told me that almost all my ancestors on her side of the family are buried in the cemetery beside this church. And she was so right. The cemetery is filled with the graves of Netherland and Trigleth family members, as well as inter-related families with the names of Hoover, Killebrew, Payne, Thomas, and Wallis. To read more about the Netherland and Trigleth families, visit Mississippi Memories.



A sign on the fence contains contact information for the cemetery. Click on the photo to enlarge it for viewing names and phone numbers of contacts.














A view of Coxburg M. (Methodist) P. (Protestant) Cemetery from outside the fence that surrounds it.

Source: Digital Photo Collection (2009) - privately held by Janice Tracy

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday - Confederate Marker and Graves in Hillcrest Cemetery




Confederate Marker - Hillcrest Cemetery
Goodman (Holmes County) Mississippi

Source: Digital Photo Collection (2009) - Privately Held by Janice Tracy





Confederate Graves - Hillcrest Cemetery
Goodman (Holmes County) Mississippi


Source: Digital Photo Collection (2009) - Privately held by Janice Tracy

Monday, September 21, 2009

Rosa Lee Killebrew, Coxburg Cemetery, Coxburg, MS


Rosa Lee Killebrew and her brother, Raiford, were born during the marriage of my maternal great-great-grandmother, Susan Elizabeth Coggins Trigleth, to her second husband, Isaac Garrett ("Ike") Killebrew. Interestingly, my maternal grandmother, Rosa Mae Pettus, born to Susan's daughter, Lucy Lula Trigleth, during her first marriage to William Elza Pettus, was named for Lula's half-sister, Rosa Killebrew.

Rosa Lee Killebrew, b. Jan. 8, 1889, d. July 7, 1958