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Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery - Perry County, Mississippi

(compiled & submitted by Robert J. McSwain, Sr., & Robert J. McSwain, Jr.)



Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery is located on Prospect Road just west of Old Dairy Road. 31.302778, -89.063056 [google map]


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The following is a burial listing only - no tombstone photos.

  • Boutwell, Allie M. Mahaffey - Born Sept. 13, 1901 Died Oct. 31, 1949
  • Boutwell, Chancy F. - Pvt. 153 Depot Brigade, WWI, Born April 18, 1894 Died April 11, 1962
  • Boutwell, Don - Aug. 24, 1947
  • Boutwell, Linda Christine - Born March 22, 1945 Died April 9, 1952
  • Brown, Evon Myrick - Born April 5, 1923 Died Feb. 17, 1972
  • Burch, Della E. Stevens - (Wife of Loyd), Born July 12, 1901 Died March 16, 1994
  • Burch, Loyd - Born Aug. 13, 1894 Died June 14, 1963
  • Busby, Billy Charles - Born Sept. 22, 1944 (Still Living)
  • Busby, Luzviminda Bautista - (Wife Of Billy Charles), Born Sept. 5, 1945 Died July 27, 1985
  • Courtney, Elbert Taylor - Born July 11, 1888 Died Oct. 26, 1982
  • Courtney, Jessie P. - (Wife of John E., Sr.), Born Oct. 15, 1920 Died May 31, 1992
  • Courtney, John E., Jr. - Born Aug. 11, 1911 Died May 19, 1999
  • Courtney, Leston - COL US Army, WWII, Born Jan. 24, 1918 Died July 21, 1989
  • Courtney, Myra J. - Born Jan. 16, 1892 Died Oct. 4, 1969
  • Courtney, Virginie Lee - Born Jan. 23, 1950 Died May 27, 1956
  • Crook, Alex Turner - Born Aug. 22, 1883 Died Jan. 10, 1927
  • Crook, Willie Marie - (Daughter of Alex T.), Born May 27, 1923 Died July 8, 1924
  • Davis, Avada G. - (Wife of Talmadge), Born Jan. 31, 1910
  • Davis, Talmadge - Born Aug. 2, 1909 Died Nov. 10, 1995
  • Dennis, Mary E. Grantham Stevens - Born Jan. 2, 1887 Died Dec. 5, 1957
  • Dixon, Ara S. - (Wife of Wm. Alton), Born Feb. 19, 1914
  • Dixon, Charles H. - (Mason), Born April 5, 1878 Died Feb. 9, 1966
  • Dixon, Corine G. - (Wife of Charles H.), Born Sept. 8, 1887 Died June 17, 1961
  • Dixon, Sandra Lynn - Born March 20, 1960 Died Jan. 19, 1963
  • Dixon, Wm. Alton - Born March 2, 1909 Died March 18, 1977
  • Draughn, Bertha Morris - Born Jan. 3, 1893 Died Dec. 14, 1952
  • Draughn, Carolyn C. - (Wife of Hinton J.), Born June 9, 1897 Died March 23, 1979
  • Draughn, Hinton J. - Born Nov. 12, 1893 Died Oct. 11, 1976
  • Draughn, Raymond - Born Feb. 19, 1926 Died March 3, 1999
  • Draughn, Thomas Ralph - Born Dec. 25, 1890 Died June 17, 1965
  • Easterling, Elder Ira E. - Born Oct. 19, 1894 Died Sept. 23, 1984
  • Easterling, Hobart Stevens - Born May 30, 1924 Died April 4, 1936
  • Easterling, Mary S. - (Wife of Elder Ira), Born April 11, 1896 Died Oct. 22, 1963
  • Fortenberry, Miranda Sanders - 1860 – 1935
  • Grantham, Burna E. - PFC US Army, Born May, 17, 1920 Died Sept. 17, 1983
  • Grantham, Kathlyn Clara - Born May 16, 1917 Died Dec. 21, 1936
  • Grantham, Mary Hutto - Born July 23, 1860 Died Nov. 16, 1932
  • Grantham, W. M. - Born Aug. 20, 1850 Died Feb. 9, 1939
  • Grantham, William Riley - Born Jan. 10, 1882 Died July 28, 1949
  • Green, Beulah Grantham - Born May 17, 1920 Died Dec. 1, 1987
  • Havard, Ernestina G. - (Wife of Monroe J.), Born Aug. 22, 1931 (Still Living)
  • Havard, Monroe J. - TSGT US Air Force, WWII, Born Sept. 27, 1918 Died June 4, 1989
  • Hinton, Carl Aldon - La. MM3 USNR, WWII, Born April 23, 1912 Died Oct. 5, 1966
  • Hinton, Emma Louise - Born Aug. 20, 1929 Died Nov. 11, 1934
  • Hinton, Emmit C. - US Navy, WWII, Born May 25, 1924 Died March 27, 1994
  • Hinton, Hazel - Born Jan. 18, 1934 (Still Living)
  • Hinton, Jr., W. O. - Born Feb. 14, 1940 Died Aug. 13, 1947
  • Husband, Lela Jane - (Wife of Royce W.), Born Feb. 18, 1910 Died Feb. 9, 1974
  • Husband, Royce William - Born March 5, 1905 Died Nov. 22, 1968
  • James, Beatrice - (Wife of Arthur A. Morgan), Born Jan. 18, 1887 Died Jan. 10, 1925
  • James, Henry Edward - PFC US Army, WWII, Born March 4, 1907 Died Jan. 19, 1990
  • James, Lola F. - Born Nov. 4, 1911 Died Aug. 3, 1984
  • Johnston, James Franklin - PFC US Army, WWII, Born Sept. 18, 1919 Died Feb. 2, 1989
  • Johnston, June McCarty - (Wife of James F.), Born June 28, 1918
  • Kelly, Rudolph - 1927 – 1999
  • Lott, Jane Albrittan - Born Nov. 24, 1859 Died May 8, 1935
  • Lott, Lonnie H. - Born March 21, 1929 Died Jan. 7, 1994
  • Lott, W. C. “Lum” - Born Sept. 14, 1854 Died July 24, 1938
  • McCardle, Annie S. - (Wife of Leonard L.), Born Oct. 22, 1902 Died Dec. 11, 1995
  • McCardle, Benjamin J. - Ms. CPL , 9 Regt. USMC 3 Div, WWII, Born Sept. 1, 1926, Died Feb 5, 1945
  • McCardle, Billy Ray - CPL US Army, Korea, Born June 22, 1931 Died Dec. 10, 1993
  • McCardle, Charles Wayne - Born June 6, 1961 Died June 7, 1961
  • McCardle, Douglas - CPL US Marine Corps, WWII, Born May 18, 1924 Died Dec. 9, 1979
  • McCardle, Elizabeth “Betty” G. - Born July 12, 1932 (Still Living)
  • McCardle, Ellen L., (Wife of Harvey T.) - Born May 12, 1924 Died Oct. 18, 1984
  • McCardle, Forrest H. - Born April 9, 1902 Died July 26, 1976
  • McCardle, Harvey T. - Born April 20, 1921 Died (No Date)
  • McCardle, Leonard L. - Born Nov. 14, 1899 Died Dec. 13, 1987
  • McCardle, Liddie L. - (Wife of Rev. W. L.), Born Sept. 27, 1880 Died Jan. 3, 1932
  • McCardle, Rev. W. L. - Born March 21, 1873 Died June 1, 1959
  • McCardle, Rosyln - Daughter of Ernest & Mattie McCardle, Born June 11, 1919 Died Oct. 15, 1923
  • McCardle, Willie Mae - Born Nov. 28, 1905 Died Oct. 8, 1989
  • McCarty, Gertrude - (Wife of William F.), 1898 – 1960
  • McCarty, William Fred - Born Jan. 10, 1877 Died June 19, 1942
  • McGowen, Lora Stevens - Born Aug. 17, 1920 Died May, 12, 1999
  • Meadows, Annette C. - (Wife of Willie V.), Born Feb. 23, 1895 Died Aug. 21, 1970
  • Meadows, Columbus A. - Ms. PFC General Hospital, WWI, Born Sept. 21, 1895 Died Dec. 31, 1963
  • Meadows, James H. - Born Jan. 19, 1923 Died Oct. 4, 1955
  • Meadows, Willie V. - Born Dec. 4, 1898 Died Dec. 28, 1981
  • Merritt, Dianne Pellegrine - Born Nov. 27, 1945 Died Sept. 11, 1981
  • Morren, Alice Lettie - (Wife of James C.), Born Nov. 21, 1890 Died Jan. 16, 1987
  • Morren, Catherine B. - (Wife of Lonnie W.), Born Dec. 7, 1919
  • Morren, James Collins - Born Oct. 13, 1886 Died June 24, 1976
  • Morren, Lonnie Wesley - SSG US Army, WWII, Born Sept. 30, 1913 Died April 20, 1997
  • Myrick, Dewey A. - Born Oct. 16, 1898 Died Feb. 25, 1992
  • Myrick, Nora Medows - Born April 14, 1894 Died Oct. 6, 1956
  • Myrick, Opel Vonceil - (Daughter of Hubert & Carrie Myrick), Born Feb. 1, 1926 Died Sept. 1, 1929
  • Newcomb, Edward “Dick” - Born June 4, 1934 Died Dec. 11, 1980
  • Newcomb, Nellie - Born Feb. 21, 1905 Died June 21, 1992
  • Newcomb, W. H. - Born Feb. 10, 1898 Died Oct. 5, 1955
  • Newcomb, William Tevis - 1969 – 1989
  • Rockhold, Allen F. - Born Sept. 6, 1963 Died Feb. 13, 1998
  • Rockhold, William D. - La. SP4 US Army, Born Feb. 13, 1934 Died March 4, 1967
  • Shoemake, Altha A. - (Wife of Lawrence W.), Born Jan. 7, 1914 Died Jan. 1, 1968
  • Shoemake, Jr., Robert L. - US Air Force, Born Jan. 14, 1931 Died Nov. 20, 1997
  • Shoemake, Lawrence R. - Born March 12, 1908 Died June 14, 1974
  • Shoemake, Mary P. (Benoit) - Born March 14, 1930 (Still Living)
  • Shoemake, William Scott - Born Aug. 12, 1975 Died Feb. 14, 1992
  • Smith, Genevieve - (Wife of John W.), Born Nov. 17, 1914 Died June 27, 1990
  • Smith, John W. - Born June 6, 1913 Died Sept. 4, 1990
  • Smith, Joseph Thomas - Born July 16, 1878 Died Dec. 27, 1941
  • Smith, Lodella Pepper - (Wife of Joseph T.), Born July 27, 1889 Died Sept. 13, 1963
  • Speed, Maggie L. Grantham - Born Dec. 2, 1914 Died Aug. 25, 1987
  • Stevens, Annie D. - Born Jan. 30, 1893 Died Dec. 26, 1934
  • Stevens, Benjamin S. - 1866 – 1947
  • Stevens, Clarence E. - Born May 27, 1900 Died Sept. 17, 1966
  • Stevens, Daisey B. - Born Nov. 2, 1910 Died Aug. 12, 1970
  • Stevens, Doris Juanita Greenwood - (Wife of Willie), Born May 8, 1929 Died June 21, 1990
  • Stevens, Edna Gillis - Born Oct. 30, 1898 Died April 30, 1994
  • Stevens, Emma Dora - Born June 28, 1869 Died April 8, 1955
  • Stevens, Hardee - Ms. Pvt. 152 Inf. 38 Div., Born Jan. 3, 1896 Died Dec. 1, 1939
  • Stevens, infants - Infants of Mr. & Mrs. Hardee Stevens, (No Dates Given)
  • Stevens, John M. - Us Army, Born Dec. 22, 1893 Died March 11, 1978
  • Stevens, Lucille - (Wife of W. O. Hinton, Jr.), Born June 12, 1911 Died Aug. 9, 1957
  • Stevens, Maggie A. - 1870 – 1937
  • Stevens, Pheba Brown - (Wife of William W.), Born June 28, 1876 Died Oct. 3, 1962
  • Stevens, Sadie E. - (Wife of W. Forrest), Born Jan. 7, 1903 Died April 1, 1948
  • Stevens, Vesta Mae Morgan - Born Nov. 28, 1914 Died Dec. 1, 1962
  • Stevens, W. Forrest - Born Dec. 23, 1900 Died Feb. 11, 1962
  • Stevens, William W. - Born May 16, 1877 Died May 2, 1949
  • Stevens, Willie J. - Born Feb. 1, 1892 Died Aug. 24, 1937
  • Stevens, Willie - Born March 14, 1925 Died Sept. 13, 1972
  • Stringer, Otis S. - Born Oct. 15, 1904 Died March 6, 1992
  • Stringer, Virgia E. - (Wife of Otis S.), Born Nov. 17, 1905 Died April 24, 1997
  • Sykes, Sr. Robert A. - Born April 22, 1934 Died July 22, 1989
  • Tillman, Chandler Nolan - Born And Died April 14, 1997
  • Trest, Pearl S. - (Wife of Titus A.), Born Jan. 17, 1924
  • Trest, Titus A. - Born Dec. 31, 1921 Died April 6, 1983
  • Unknown
  • Vincent, Eron Anearle Morren - Born Sept. 16, 1927 Died July 7, 1977
  • Warrick, Alberta C. - (Wife of Ruben F.), Born Sept. 29, 1901 Died Feb. 4, 1981
  • Warrick, Ruben F. - Born May 15, 1893 Died June 12, 1974
  • Watkins, Edward E. - Tec 5 US Army, WWII, Born Nov. 18, 1920 Died Dec. 26, 1980
  • Watkins, Edward Eulease - Born June 2, 1894 Died May 24, 1971
  • Watkins, Imogene R. - Born July 11, 1927 (Still Living)
  • Watkins, Lou Ethel - (Wife of Edward E.), Born March 14, 1900 Died Dec. 8, 1986
  • Watkins, R. Waldo - Born May 10, 1902 Died July 19, 1946
  • Watkins, Stella Mae - (Wife of R. Waldo), Born June 2, 1902 Died Dec. 6, 1994
  • Watkins, Winnie S. - Born Feb. 7, 1872 Died Jan. 23, 1949
  • Young, Clifton B., Jr. - 1919 – 1994
  • Young, Joe G. - PFC US Army, Korea, 1933 – 1990

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