Ornate Carvings on Gravestone of Lula Ann Garnett

The intricate carvings on the beautiful marble gravestone of Lula Anne Garrett are not only lovely to behold, but the flowers, the dove, and the sea shell are all symbolic of the love and devotion her husband and her family wanted to immortalize with this stone. Lula Anne, born in 1832, and the wife of Warren Henry Garnett, died in 1900. Her grave, along with the grave of her husband, are located in Franklin Cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday - Grave of Nancy Ambrose

This tombstone, bearing the inscription "Erected by the children to mark the place of the remains of their Mother," marks the grave of Nancy Ambrose, a native of Onslow County, North Carolina. Mrs. Ambrose died in Holmes County, Mississippi, on November 27, 1852, and is buried in Franklin Cemetery. She was 64 years old at the time of her death.

Franklin Cemetery

Franklin Cemetery, located in rural Holmes County, is another very old cemetery in Mississippi that contains graves of those who migrated to the state in the 1800's. Family names of some of those who are buried in Franklin Cemetery include Ambrose, Coleman, Drennan, Gage, Gibson, Lipsey, Noel, Sample, and Wharton.