Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek

Today, on Mississippi Memories , I began writing the first in a series of posts about the Shrock Family of Attala County, beginning with th...

On Mississippi Memories today, I began a series of posts about the Hemingway family of Camden, South Carolina and Camden, Mississippi. Incl...

This unique Woodmen of the World monument marks the grave of Hal P. Shrock. Mr. Shrock, born on August 26, 1849 and who died on February 9, ...

The grave of Eliza Fitler is located in Camden Cemetery in Madison, County. Her simple grave stone shows that she was born in 1788 and died...

The gravestone of Jacob Kinard marks his burial place in Beth Eden Cemetery near the Lutheran church of the same name located in Winston Cou...

This cemetery is located in Mashulaville, a rural community in Noxubee County, Mississippi. According to William Bright's book, Native A...

Ebenezer Cemetery, located near Edinburg, in Leake County, Mississippi was established in 1800. Within the boundaries of this old, sprawling...

Mrs. Linda A. Patterson, who died on November 9, 2002, is buried in Carr Cemetery, near Ethel, Mississippi. Born on December 26, 1953, Pat...

George Harman, b. May 1793 in Lexington Co., SC; d. Apr. 15, 1878 Buried in Harmonia Cemetery, Sallis, Mississippi The gravestone of George ...

Some cemeteries have tall pillars and ornate gates and sculptures that grace the entrance to the final resting place of those buried there. ...

The inscription on the gravestone of Mrs. B. J. Burrell states simply, " At Rest ." Born on April 7, 1862, the wife of O. R. Burr...

So often during the 1800's, children died in infancy or while still very young, sometimes due to contagious diseases for which no vaccin...

This gravestone in Good Hope Baptist Church's Cemetery touched me when I saw it, primarily because of the little lamb gracing the stone...