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Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery Tishomingo County,

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Driving Directions: Travel Highway 172 (old Highway 72) west from the 4-way stop sign at the Highway 25 and Highway 172 intersection. Drive west 1.7 miles away from Iuka, Mississippi. The church and cemetery are located on the right side of the road.

The Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery was surveyed by Sadie Gist and Mary S. Wright. The following information was originally transcribed on November 29, 2005, by Helah Wilson and Janice Switcher from TCHGS’ book entitled, Tishomingo County, Mississippi Cemeteries. The cemetery was re-surveyed and photographed on May 22, 2006, by Meghan White and Betty Marlar.

B Bivins, Leonard 02/12/1939 to 07/23/2005; and

Bivins, Joann Barnett, Malcom J. Born 11/04/1938 1897 to 1960; and One Day At A Time Together Forever Barnett, Mary E. Underwood

1902 to 1992 Bivins, Loretta J.

04/07/1967 to 05/07/2004 Bivins, Homer L. Her Friends Knew Her as Retta 04/07/1906 to 05/03/1954; and

Bivins, Modena Hannon Brackeen, Jamie 10/02/1912 to 04/01/1986 1965 to 1983

Son of Mae Johnson Brackeen In Loving Memory

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 1 Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Brewer, Albert M. 12/17/1882 to 04/13/1957; and F Brewer, Bertha Farris

02/23/1887 to 10/03/1963 Feltman, Duggar J. A Tender Mother And A Faithful Father 04/30/1913 to 11/27/2000; and

Feltman, Nellie K. 08/28/1914 to 05/07/1998 C Together Forever In Heaven

Feltman, Edd H. Carlisle, Andrew J. 1895 to 1958; and 12/23/1905 to 06/03/1984; and Feltman, Martha Ann Borden Carlisle, Christine 1901 to 1973 10/07/1909 to 10/22/1983 When We All Get To Heaven Feltman, Gregory S. 03/31/1971 to 11/01/1999 Craton, Buron A. Precious Memories 03/06/1912 to 07/05/1975 PVT U.S. Army, World War II Feltman, J. Richard 1871 to 1965 Crawford, Thomas Rowland Father; and 12/22/1907 to 01/23/1994; and Feltman, Celia Bell Pool Crawford, Edith Pruitt 1880 to 1950 11/11/1923 to 02/04/1991 Mother Thy Trials Ended Thy Rest Is Won Children: Marion, William Frederick, Laura P. 01/09/1929 to 01/01/2004 Loving Mother D G Dempsey, Odell 03/13/1914 to 12/03/1988 Beloved Husband and Father; and Goss, Logan M. Dempsey, Ruth 1868 to 1954 06/21/1919 to 04/26/1986 [Mathew Logan Goss was in actuality Beloved Wife and Mother his name; however, since he was called In God’s Care Logan, family members placed it first on his tombstone.]

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 2 Tishomingo County, Mississippi Goss, Margaret Lela Isbell, Otis Edward (Eddie) 1890 to 1974 10/21/1948 to 05/16/191968 Wife of Logan Goss ART CPL CO B 5 INF 25 INF DIV, [Called Lela or Lela Belle] Vietnam Our Darling Son Goss, Roy L. 03/23/1923 to 09/08/1980 Isbell, Robert F. At Rest 1892 to 1985; and Isbell, Sallie 1890 to 1967 Together Forever H

Honeycutt, Carl J 1942 to 1944 Our Darling Baby Johnson, Joseph Webster Honeycutt, Carrol Kendrick 03/08/1912 to 06/15/1969; and 11/30/1893 to 01/04/1954 Johnson, Orene Brewer SGT U.S. Army, World War I; and 04/07/1923 to 08/11/1994 Honeycutt, Willie Mae Faithful And True 1909 to 1992 Married 04/29/1933 Jones, Robert C. 10/01/1901 to 03/23/1964 Honeycutt, James E. Father; and 02/03/1934 to 06/14/1998; and Jones, Ina Linton Honeycutt, Billie S. 11/17/1891 to 02/20/1981 Born 03/16/1940 Mother In Loving Memory God Called Them Home

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Isbell, Billy Joe Lambert, Oscar A. 02/1951 to 04/1951 1892 to 1970; and Lambert, Ola Mae Isbell, Melvin 1911 to 2004 09/28/1919 to 11/14/1998; and At Rest Isbell, Maxine 02/12/1920 to 04/19/1991

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 3 Tishomingo County, Mississippi Linton, Claudie K. Linton, Julius Albert 1883 to 1969 03/27/1915 to 10/05/1993 Father; and PFC U.S. Army, World War II; and Linton, Cora E. Farris Linton, Levetah Laxson 1884 to 1968 12/09/1916 to 05/26/1992 Mother Married 02/07/1933 At Rest Together Thru Sickness And Health

Linton, Grady E. (Bunk) Linton, Marcus C. 09/23/1924 to 04/17/1982; and 08/30/1919 to 09/23/1985; and Linton, Ruby Clark Linton, Gladys P. 11/24/1926 to 07/15/2000 Born 12/29/1914 Love Is Eternal Married 09/18/1937 Together Forever Linton, Homer W. 09/08/1919 to 07/14/1944 Son of John and Mary Linton God Called Him Home M

Linton, Jeff A. (Deacon) Mann, C. G. 07/10/1889 to 04/01/1976; and 09/29/1963 to 07/21/1982 Linton, Panthy P. Edmonson Son of Mae Johnson Mann 07/24/1893 to 05/10/1965 Gone But Not Forgotten Married 04/25/1915

Dear Stranger Who Is Passing By Moore, Milford William As You Are Now, So Once Was I Born 09/04/1931; and As I Am Now, Soon You Will Be Moore, Vernell Pauline Prepare For Death And Follow Me Born 03/30/1929

Daughter of Logan and Lela Goss Linton, Jewell [Names were in actuality William 10/25/1922 to 12/28/1948 Milford Moore and Pauline Vernell Daughter of John and Mary Linton Moore; however, on their tombstone, Gone But Not Forgotten they placed the name in which they were

called first.] Linton, John W. Precious Lord Take My Hand 04/10/1887 to 06/12/1979; and

Linton, Mary A. Murray, Louis D. 04/18/1894 to 06/22/1968 05/02/1918 to 02/21/1990 Asleep In Peace CPL U.S. Army, World War II; and

Murray, Gladys 03/06/1921 to 05/29/1994 Meet You In Heaven

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 4 Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Pruitt. Nellie Linton N 03/31/1897 to 08/01/1974 Gone From Our Home But Not Our

Hearts Newcomb, Gerald W. Mother; and 02/21/1942 to 01/24/1987; and Pruitt, William E. Newcomb, Patricia Scruggs 1917 to 1969 12/11/1944 to 08/21/1994 M SGT 469 ENGR SHOP CO, World

War II Husband; and O Pruitt, William P. 1895 to 1976 Father Ortner, Dee Not My Will But Thine Be Done 11/08/1916 to 12/11/1978 S1 U.S. Navy, World War II; and Price, Ila Ortner, Syble Rhodes Died 03/10/1975 Born 10/24/1918 Age 84 years 1 In Loving Memory Price, Iva [No dates] Mother P Price, Mannuel

[No dates] Parker, William D. Son 1931 to 1986; and

Parker, Shirley R. Feltman 1936 to 1979 Precious Lord Take My Hand R Not My Will But Thine Be Done

Perry, Martha May Randolph, Dorothy Jean 11/14/1937 to 01/17/2005 04/19/1935 to 11/06/1948 Age 57 [Ludlam Funeral Home marker] Randolph, O. Thurman 04/26/1914 to 09/28/1969; and Randolph, Johnny E. (Linton) Born 03/30/1916

Rhodes, Alfred L. 09/16/1918 to 12/24/1982 PFC U.S. Army, World War II; and Rhodes, Edra Mae Frederick 01/25/1927 to 01/02/2003

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 5 Tishomingo County, Mississippi Rhodes, Frank Robinson, Odessa Potts 07/09/1905 to 05/21/1975; and 12/30/1930 to 09/19/1972 Rhodes, Dorthy One Who Loved God Born 09/07/1921 When We All Get To Heaven

Rhodes, James Franklin S 10/20/1929 to 09/30/1957

CPL U.S. Army, Korea Scruggs, Cleston M. [Photo on tombstone]; and 01/23/1913 to 04/07/1986 Rhodes, Shirley C. Hughes [Mason insignia on tombstone]; and 05/01/1940 to 02/14/2004 Scruggs, Burchia M.

Born 10/06/1919 Rhodes Thomas E. Love Is Forever 05/30/1886 to 08/27/1976; and

Rhodes, Jewel Scruggs, Cleve 10/09/1911 to 03/14/1995 1886 to 1973; and Precious Lord Take My Hand Scruggs, Minnie

1898 to 1979 Roach, Howard Gene

04/07/1943 to 11/12/2005; and Scruggs, John Athan Roach, Ella Mae 06/14/1916 to 12/30/1992 11/30/1952 to 10/05/1995 U.S. Army, World War II Mother

Seago, Chester R. Roach, Vester 03/11/1924 to 01/25/1992 06/15/1910 to 10/23/1988; and F3 U.S. Navy, World War II; and Roach, Martha Seago, Edith R. 05/15/1925 to 09/09/2003 Born 01/19/1925 When We All Get To Heaven Married August 1942

Robbins, Alton D. Shields, Brandon L. 06/08/1933 to 10/25/1991 08/23/1958 to 08/02/1993 SFC U.S. Army, Korea and Vietnam; Beloved Son and Beloved Husband and Son of Kirby and Bunt Shields and; Robbins, Minnie E. Shields, Lavonda M. Born 01/09/1937 Born 06/24/1956

In God’s Care Robinson, James Elbert

04/21/1895 to 01/01/1980 PVT U.S. Army, World War I; and Robinson, Melvie Rhodes Born 09/05/1900 Precious Lord Take My Hand

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 6 Tishomingo County, Mississippi Shields, Kirby L. 01/29/1934 to 03/10/2001 A3C U.S. Air Force, Korea Daddy; and Shields, Bunt Jones Born 07/31/1930 Momma Loving Parents

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Williams, Otia Willie, Sr.

03/10/1892 to 12/03/1964; and

Williams, M. Idell Mitchell

07/30/1909 to 02/08/1972; and

Williams, Otia Willie, Jr.

Born 12/30/1945

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Yarbrough, Thelma Scruggs 08/13/1924 to 08/21/1986

1 Cited from cemetery book written by Biggs and Barnes.

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 7 Tishomingo County, Mississippi