Crossroads Cemetery, Calhoun County, MS October 2003

Crossroads Cemetery

Calhoun County, MS
Apr 15-17, 2002

Round concrete row markers can be found by entering the east gate and walking a fairly straight line, a few feet left of the chain-link fence boundary on your right. Grave listings are in order from the east side to the west side on each row. There are several “short” rows that are not in a straight line.

Information was obtained from walking the cemetery, then comparing the information with the Cemetery Association Plot map(**) and then checking for missing names in Dr. McCain’s Cemetery Book (*) from the early 1970s. Oral information is noted on final page.

If you wish to copy this page, I would suggest that you use your copy button and paste it into a separate document and then use your computer to re-align the rows.

Because of the program used, I have seen additional spacing show up when a direct "print" button has been used.

Row P – North side  
	Morgan, Christine Allred	Jan 15, 1923		June 12, 1918 
	Mary M. Broughman		Feb 9, 1936 

Row O -  
	Concrete block  **Child Hollis 
	Concreteblock	**Child Hollis 
	Onell Voyles			June 22, 1939		July 31, 1939 
	Concrete block	**Child Hollis 

Row N -  
	J. B. Lewis    			May 28, 1832		Oct 28, 1917 
	Florence Rimmer			1876			1956 
	Ethram Rimmer			1867			1939 
	Marvin Rimmer 
	Russell Lane 
	Billy Rimmer			Apr 28, 1932		May 15, 1940 
	Rimmer, Mack			Dec 22, 1912		Jan 18, 1990 (**Thomas Matthew) 
	Lila Mae 			Mar 28, 1915		July 19, 1980 (**nee Johnson)
	Tommy Lee Rimmer		Nov 25, 1950		July 5, 1973
	Doris R. Weeks			Feb 2, 1938

Row M -
	Russell, Josephine H.		Apr 1, 1889		Oct 27, 1938
	Russell, Ruben W.		July 1, 1861		Mar 15, 1943
	Bell Strickland			1901			1966
	Johnnie R. Rimmer		May 18, 1914		Feb 28, 1968
				Mississippi  Tec 4  SVC  Btry 46  Armd Inf.  WWII
	Romie Rimmer			Nov 1914		Mar 1985
	Wardell Rimmer			Nov 8, 1929		Oct 1, 2000
	Jake Rimmer			Apr 2, 1896		May 3, 1975
	Mary Lee Herring Hitt		Oct 15, 1916		Feb 25, 1989
	Eddie Wister Hitt, Sr.		Dec 4, 1906		Apr 9, 1970
	Craig Steven Hitt		Sep 30, 1962		May 18, 1980

Row LL -
	Sandstone
	Upright concrete block
	Eddie Wister Hitt, Jr.		June 11, 1934		May 8, 2000
				A1C  US  Air Force
	Lucius, Wesley Wade		Oct 1, 1906		Sep 15, 1983
	Lucius,	Myrtie Lee		Jan 6, 1894		Jan 27, 1990

Row L -
	[Moore] Olevia M.		June 24, 1894		Sep 16, 1899
				Daughter of H.C. & Lizzie Moore
	[Moore] Infant			Dec 1, 1908		Dec 10, 1908
				Son of H.C. & Lizzie Moore
	[Hamby] Margaret Louisa		Sep 13, 1845		Jan 7, 1923
				Wife of G. M. Hamby
	George M. Hamby
				Co E. 2   Miss.  Cav.  Res  CSA
	George Brown						Aug 24, 1929
				Mississippi  Pvt 13   Regt Coast Arty	(**WWI)
	Alma Hamby Brown		Apr 11, 1879		Apr 13, 1946
	William Elmer Hamby	 	July 8, 1886		Nov 29, 1958
	Katie Lynn Hamby		July 18, 1890		Apr 27, 1982
	Sandstone
	George W. Burris		Jan 7, 1915		Dec 18, 1993
	Margaret Brown Burris		July 24, 1922
	
Row KK -
	[Fleming] S.A.			1851			June 14, 1889
				Wife of T.J. Fleming
	Sandstone
	Marble footmarker
	Hamby
	Hamby
	Hamby
	George Thomas Hamby		Mar 11, 1936		Mar 29, 1994		-30-
	Marble marker (?)
	J.B. Hannah			Apr 5, 1859		Nov 10, 1909	[Jim Buck]
	Billy E. McCurry		Jan 17, 1934
	Vernon Max Henry		Oct 4, 1933		Dec 18, 1964
	Henry, Vernon			Sep 5, 1907		June 6, 1979
	Henry, Thelma F.		Dec 29, 1906		Mar 7, 1990
	Woodblock
	Woodblock

Row K -
	Carl F. “Curley” Hodge		Dec 5, 1916		Jan 16, 1974
	Hodge, Howell Braxter		Aug 17, 1871		Sep 29, 1947
	Mattie L. Jones 		Dec 20, 1881		June 6, 1963
	Eva Hodge Dennis		Mar 16, 1903		Aug 2, 1961
	Unknown (concrete pad)
	Hodge,Walter Ray		Feb 22, 1923		July 1, 1996
				SGT  US Army   WWII
	Hodge, Allis Marie		Jan 23, 1948
	Hodge, Bryant “LeRoy”		Mar 15, 1914		Nov 16, 1996
	Hodge, Grace Voyles		Oct 23, 1917		Oct 28, 1997

Row J -
	Sandstone
	Sandstone
	Sandstone
	J. W. Fleming			Nov 10, 1838		July 26, 1885
	Unknown (no marker)
	M. C. Gregg			? ? 19 ?		? ? 1975
	Metal plaque with pressed numbers
	J. M. Batchelor			Mar 4, 1830		Apr 9, 1911
	Mrs. E. M. Batchelor		June 23, 1837		July 18, 1888
				Wife of J. M. Batchelor
	Ruby Lee Gaskin			July 24, 1916		Mar 31, 1997
	Leolis Moore			June 10, 1936		Aug 6, 1939
	Maynette Moore			Sep 14, 1940		Sep 14, 1940
	Dora Allred			Feb 12, 1929		Mar 22, 1929
	Irma Leon Ruth			Oct 1, 1928		Dec 11, 1930
	Lynn Ray Ruth			May 17, 1937	 	May 17, 1937
	Aldridge, John Earl		Apr 30, 1907		Nov 15, 1961
	Aldridge, Lois A.		Aug 17, 1914		Dec 24, 1973
	Allred, Will G.			Apr 4, 1892		Nov 19, 1977
	Allred,	Maudie B.		Mar 8, 1892		Apr 8, 1977
	Allred, Edward			Apr 29, 1926		Nov 18, 2001
	Allred,	Elma Faye		Aug 2, 1927
	Unknown (no marker)

Row I -
	Allred, Thomas E.		1896			1967
	Allred,	Charlcie E.		1889			1962
	William D. Shinall		July 24, 1851		Dec 19, 1936
	Shinall, Mattie P.		Dec 11, 1879		July 14, 1969
	George W.Shinall		Oct 4, 1872		Apr 14, 1936
	W. O. Shinall			Mar 5, 1903		Sep 18, 1925	(O. or D.)
	Edna Shinall			no dates
	Homer Shinall			 no dates
	Unknown
	Unknown	(no marker)	
	Oscar Shinall			no dates
	Lula Shinall			no dates
	Buela Shinall			no dates
	Johnny Shinall			no dates
	Willie Shinall			no dates
	Unknown (no marker)
	Robert Shinall			no dates
	Tommy Shinal			no dates
	Troy Shinall			no dates
	Unknown 	(no marker)	
[McCain’s Cemetery Book has a listing for:
	Sarah N. Shinall		1853			1905
	Bessie G. Colburn		1900			1927
	Sandstone

Row H -
	Mary Ann Rate Hodge 		1875			1910
	Lorena B. Gregg			Oct 5, 1885		July 21, 1967
	[Ellard] Infant 		born and died May 22, 1924
				Son of J. B. and V. E. Ellard
	William Lewis Carter		May 1, 1912		May 5, 1912
	Carter, Josie G.		May 10, 1882		July 12, 1949
	Carter,	Richard T.		Dec 7, 1882		Aug 26, 1966
	Mabel G. Hutchins		1908			1997
	Gregg, Jesse Lee		1874			1938
	Gregg, Lena Jane		1874			1940	
				(1873 on solid metal plaque)
	Unknown (marble block)
	[Hitt], E. A.			Aug 11, 1866		Aug 30, 1890
				Wife of W. L. Hitt
	[Hitt], Leo			 May 3, 1886		Nov 8, 1887
				Daughter of F. M. and M. J. Hitt
	[Hitt], Infant			Nov 13, 1881 		Nov 13, 1881
				Son of F. M. and M. J. Hitt
	[Hitt], Lillie			Sep 24, 1889		July 17, 1892
				Daughter of F. M. and M. J. Hitt
	[Hitt], M. D.			Sep 29, 1891		July 31, 1892
				Son of F. M. and M. J. Hitt
	Hitt, Francis M.		Mar 2, 1852		Jan 22, 1935
	Hitt, Mary J.			Sep 28, 1859		May 30, 1951
	James Arthur Hitt		May 22, 1896		Dec 22, 1962
	Brian Keith Aldridge		Apr 30, 1974		July 24, 1997

Row G -
	[Wade], Infant			born and died Apr 23, 1918
				Of Mr. C. W. and Mrs. V. Wade
	Vena Wade Morgan		May 8, 1900		June 1, 1983
	Mildred Wade Campbell		Aug 15, 1925		Apr 3, 1973
	Archie Roy Campbell		Sep 12, 1917		Mar 6, 1979
				Tec4  US Army   WWII
	Bertha Lorena Gregg		Oct 5, 1885		July 21, 1967
	[Gregg], W. Thadeous		Mar 17, 1872 		Feb 21, 1919
				Son of H. E. and M. E. Gregg
	[Gregg], Alven,			Sep 9, 1903		Nov 27, 1907
				Son of W. T. and B. L. Gregg
	Unknown (sandstone)
	[Weeks], Triphena E.		Feb 5, 1842		Feb 19, 1881
				Wife of Alonzo Weeks
	Unknown (block)
	Unknown (sandstone and block)
	J. L. Hitt			Sep 19, 1848		June 3, 1912
	R. W. Hitt			Feb 25, 1826		Jan 22, 1864
	Mrs. M. J. Hitt			1823			Dec 15, 1902
	Unknown (sandstone)
	Unknown (block)

Row F -
	Sandstone
	Sandstone
	C. R. Gregg			Sep 24, 1880		Nov 25, 1905
			(Initialed marble footstone is resting several graves over)
	Sandstone
	Juet Gregg			age 13 
	M. E. Golden			Apr 27, 1854		Dec 23, 1930
	Icy May Gregg			Nov 8, 1888		Oct 9, 1904
	H. M. Gregg			Apr 25, 1851		Nov 2, 1890
	Block
	Jasa ?                   Sandstone with 1867 scratched on surface
	Flournoy, A. E.			Sep 9, 1835		Sep 8, 1885
				Wife of J. F. Flournoy
	Flournoy, J. F.			 Oct 16, 1821		Feb 17, 1888
			Double-sided Flournoy column marker and a huge sandstone marker
	Belle F. Lane			1874			1946
				*died June 18, 1946   aged 71 years 8 mos  13 days
				M. K. Oliver Funeral Home, Maben MS
	Marble block (?)
	Jones, James Otha (Son)		Sep 16, 1912		Mar 9, 1972
	Jones, Avis Ruth		May 26, 1918		

Row E:
	Charlie W. Wade		Nov 9, 1876		Dec 14, 1954
	Mrs. Katie Wade		Oct 21, 1830		Dec 18, 1916
				Wife of C. W. Wade
	[Wade], Isebell Q.	Nov 7, 1904		Mar 1, 1906
				Son of C. W. and K. Wade
	Unknown (no marker)
	Russell, Jerry			Jan 9, 1852		Dec 22, 1941	(Masonic)
	Russell, Mary			Dec 16, 1855		May 27, 1931
	T. W. Russell			Dec 15,1821		Feb 22, 1908
	Eliza Russell			Dec 7, 1831		Apr 21, 1905
	Large upright eroded marker
	*[Russell], Thaddeus Walter	Nov 2, 1868		June 25, 1883	   
				Son of T. W. and Eliza Russell
	Sandstone
	[Gregg], Henry L.		Jan 28, 1877		Jan 28, 1877
				Son of H. M. and M. E. Gregg
	Dorothy Russell		May ? 1935		Jan ? 1938
				Scratched on rough block of concrete, barely legible.
	Marble block
	Marble block
	Kate Forrester			March 1857		Nov 19, 1879
	Unknown	(marble block)
	[Barker], Sallie J.		 Feb 11, 1869		Dec 2, 1905
				Wife of J. O. Barker
	Sandstone 
	Granite block
	H. Clifton Ruth			Oct 28, 1891		Dec 24, 1940
	Lola Sue Ruth Ross		Apr 5, 1933		June 13, 1986
	William R. Jones		Oct 9, 1918		July 23, 1965
				Mississippi  Tec 5  433AAA  AW BN CAC   WWII    PH
	Granite block
	Brand, Albert			Oct 10, 1906		Mar 31, 1990
	Brand, Maggie B. Dye		Dec 3, 1916

Row D -
	Bessie Lou East Brand		1902			1981
	George E. Brand			1872			1953
	Docia (Lanham) Brand		1877			1962
	Elbert Brand			1906			1943
	John W. “Will” Brand		July 17, 1900		Aug 1, 1988
	Block
	Sandstone
	Block
	James F. Miller			Nov 14, 1868		Mar 11, 1885
	Ada B. Miller			Feb 27, 1871		Aug 12, 1874
	J. M. [Miller]		Ceramic Footstone and base chips
		*John Miller		Oct 29, 1825		 June 25, 1878
	D. A. Lunceford Sr.		Dec 19, 1830		July 24, 1884
	H. W. Lunceford			Jan 6, 1854		Feb 15, 1912     
				[Woodman of World]
	[Lunceford], Nathan,		Nov 26, 1883		Aug 15, 1884
				Son of H. W. and M. T. Lunceford
	[Lunceford], Rupert		June 30, 1902		Aug 31, 1906
				Son of H. W. and M. T. Lunceford 
	[Lunceford], Lula		Sep 9, 1860		Aug 12, 1939
				Wife of H. W. Lunceford
			Solid metal plaque has Mrs. M. T. Lunceford, Pryor Funeral Home
	Cullin H. Lunceford		Aug 25, 1895		June 6, 1958
				Alabama   Pvt  USArmy   WWI
	Jones, Sarah Eliza		Sep 13, 1923		May 21, 1978
	Jones, Jesse Curtis		Nov 3, 1914		July 8, 1983
				Tec5  US Army   WWII
	Vanlandingham, Theo		Apr 30, 1915		July 30, 1991
	Vanlandingham, Zula		Sep 15, 1910		Aug 24, 1994 [nee Jones,Lane]
				Married Dec 12, 1945
	Newton, Peggy J			Sep 25, 1939		Mar 23, 1996	
				{Peggy Jean temporary nee Lane}
	Newton, Billy J.		Sep 24, 1937

Row C -
	Russell	, Louise		Jan 22, 1941		Dec 1, 1997
	Russell, Odis 			Oct 19, 1932		Nov 22, 1992
	Jessie Calvin Russell		Apr 22, 1898		Mar 7, 1975
	Martha A. Russell		1868			1950
			Metal plaque has Martha Ann born Apr 10, 1866 died Nov 14, 1950
	Russell, Calvin G.		1863			1937
			Metal plaque has C. G. Russell, Mar 2, 1863 – June 20, 1937
	Thadeus Russell		Apr 22, 1894		Nov 25, 1915
	Unknown sandstone
	[Griffin], Infant		Jan 26, 1904 		Jan 27, 1904
				Son of W. E. and L. J. Griffin
	Unknown sandstone
	Jessey M. Ray			June 4, 1897		Mar 29, 1911
	Jim Ray				no dates
	Robert Ray			no dates
	[Lunceford], Willie		1863			1931
				Wife of D. A. Lunceford, Jr.
	Mrs. R L A Doughyt		Feb 14, 1842		Aug 10, 1929
	D. A. Lunceford Jr.		1861			1940
	Larry Thomas “PoBoy” Bumgart	July 3, 1959		July 22, 1995
				Father of Micheal Earl 
	Linda Gail Bumgart		Apr 9, 1963		Jan 19, 1964
	Bumgart, Thelma Delorese	Oct 21, 1938		
	Bumgart, John Robert		Feb 16, 1932		June 2, 1994
				Wed Feb 26, 1955
	Everette V. Ruth		Sep 23, 1901		Jan 25, 1989
	Ruby Dee (Ruth) Whitaker	Nov 25, 1921		Mar 9, 1994
	Jean Ruth			no dates
	Bumgart, Jasper “Jack”		Dec 18, 1929		Jan 19, 2000
		Nettie M.		Sep 30, 1935
				Wed Sep 17, 1955
	James Walter Bumgart Jr.	Nov 17, 1927

Row B -
	Unknown (no marker)
	Loraine	Clover (no marker)
	Hervey Clover	 (blank concrete block)
	Chad Clover	(no marker)
	Nelie Custy McGar		May 5, 1889		July 15, 1896
	Margret Elizabeth McGar		Apr 16, 1883		July 13, 1896
	Unknown (block)
	Dove Elizza Jenkiens		Mar 21, 1901		Feb 15, 1902
				Birth day could be 2 or 21, extra character above comma
	Unknown (block)
	Unknown (block)
	Unknown (block)
	Unknown (block)   	“letter P scratched on side”
	Unknown (sandstone)
	Willam J. McCluskey		July 27, 1830		Mar 24, 1906
	Unknown
	Ray, Ruben			1867			1934
	Ray, Margaret			1866			1938
	Jessie Louise Crutchfield	Feb 24, 1929		Sep 6, 1932
	Bumgart, Ervin
	Bumgart, Zervin			Jan 14, 1939		Jan 14, 1939
				Twin sons of Cordie & Jim Bumgart
	Ed Crutchfield			Nov 18, 1871		May 18, 1945
	Louvenia H. Crutchfield	June 2, 1876		June 14, 1973
	Bumgart, Cordie C.		Aug 21, 1904		Mar 16, 1993
	James W. “Jim”	Mar 4, 1900	June 28, 1981
				Wed Aug 26, 1926
	Tom L. Ruth			Oct 27, 1907		Mar 5, 1986
	Mavis Ruth Brooks		Feb 10, 1930		Jan 19, 1978
	Ruth, Lula Ray			Apr 26, 1887		May 24, 1964
	Isaac Warner			Oct 12, 1887		Aug 9, 1974

Row A -
	Unknown
	Unknown
	Metal marker - unknown
	Metal marker - unknown
	Vance, John Edgar		Aug 26, 1911		June 19, 1990
	Vance, Allie Lee		June 1, 1923		May 26, 1986
	Ellenburg baby
	Ellenburg, Harvey		Jan 6, 1900		Dec 5, 1931
				*Rafe H. Ellingburg  Mississippi  Pvt  Q.M. Corps
	Ellenburg, Mae			Mar 27, 1903		Oct 27, 1953
				*May Cooke Ellingburg
	McCluskey, Robert Lee 		July15, 1877		July 9, 1952
	McCluskey, Emma V. S.		Oct 6, 1879		Apr1, 1964
	Crutchfield, Hattie Katherine	1896			1962
	Crutchfield, George W.		1904
	Mildred Crutchfield Glaze	Nov 11, 1920
	Curtis Wayne Crutchfield	Jan 2, 1976		July 19, 1997
	Timothy M. Crutchfield 		Jan 14, 1901		May 29, 1954
	Eula Mae Jones Crutchfield	Dec 10, 1907		July 4, 1989
	Deidra Mai Kelley		Oct 5, 1999		Oct 5, 1999	
	Sabrina Eve Kelley		Dec 30, 2000		Jan 1, 2001
	Crutchfield, Edward “Bill”	Aug 13, 1927		Sep 28, 1992
				CPL US Army Korea
	Crutchfield, Catherine “Cat”	Sep 23, 1934
	Crutchfield, Ruble		Mar 19, 1938		Nov 14, 1992
	Crutchfield, Martha E.		Mar 27, 1942
				Married June 4, 1960

Row AA -
	Crutchfield, Jimmie		June 23, 1929		Oct 16, 2000
				CPL US Army WWII
	Crutchfield, Norma		Sep 28, 1933
				Wed May 20, 1950

ORAL NOTES:
Mrs. Nell Aston: “Uncle Rafe was a brother to my father, Cole. Uncle Rafe had an older tombstone but after Aunt May died the children bought the new stones for them. The Ellenburg baby is Uncle Rafe’s and Aunt May’s. Most Ellenburgs are buried at Spring Hill but Uncle Rafe was living near Crossroads when the baby died. I didn’t know anything about the baby, it either died before I was born or I was a very little girl. Uncle Rafe said because he was saved at Crossroads he wanted to be buried there too.”

Mrs. Doris Weeks: “Russell Lane is my Daddy’s (Mack Rimmer) baby sister’s (Mary Rimmer Lane) son. Aunt Mary had been married to J.V. Lane from around Spring Hill. Aunt Mary died in December of 1972, don’t know for sure when the baby had died.”

Mr. Thomas Grady Russell: “Thaddeus Warsaw Russell's son was Thaddeus WALTER Russell, and born on 17 Apr 1869, and died on 26 Sep 1883. His date of death was listed in the Weeks-Orr Bible, but his date of birth was not . . . in the Crossroads Cemetery information. Also, Thomas George Russell needs to be listed in Crossroads. He was born 17 May 1859, and died 22 Feb 1867, at the age of 8 years.”

Written memoirs of Pearl Hannah Bryant: Margie Russell Stringfellow Hannah...a big bunch of stones at Margie's grave near the [western] gate... and Mattie Scarlet Hannah is buried at Crossroads too, a sandstone near J. B. Hannah's grave. Mama [Pearl] was 4 years old when Mattie died & it was wintertime. She had measles & pneumonia and died. [Mattie was 1st wife of J. B. {James Buck} Hannah and Margie was the 2nd wife]. There is a newpaper account of the death of Margaret Hannah in the 9/2/1926 Monitor Herald. Death date: Aug. 26 1926.


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Rose Diamond, Calhoun County MSGenWeb