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Benson Cemetery
Transcribed by Mr. Cleveland Sowell of Ellisville, MS
Mr. Sowell transcribed the names as spelled on grave marker.
Location: At the intersection of Hwy 29 & 11 in Ellisville MS, travel south on Hwy. 11 for 6.2 miles; cemetery on left side of road in the Tawanta community. There are many unmarked graves.
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| Last Name | Given Names | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes/Inscriptions |
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| Battee | Willie Earl | Apr 17 1940 | Jul 20 1986 | (Departed this life in Los Angeles California) |
| Bender | Haskel J. | Feb 21 1941 | Jun 10 1990 | (Daddy We Still Love You) |
| Benson | Fannie H. | Jun 12 1895 | Apr 19 1992 | (Mama) Wife of John Benson |
| Benson | Isom | Jun 10 1842 | Nov 29 1950 | (His Heart Was A Giving Heart) |
| Benson | John | Aug 08 1888 | Mar. 28 1981 | (Married Dec 26 1913) Son of Isom and Sarah Benson |
| Benson | Marcelle Sr. | Oct 19 1914 | Jun 19 1995 | (Pvt. US Army World War II) |
| Benson | Murdock S. | Aug 08 1935 | Oct 22 1955 | (Brother of Marcelle Sr.) |
| Benson | Sarah | Aug 14 1860 | Mar 28 1936 | (Rest In Peace Grand Pa Grand Ma) Wife Of Isom Benson |
| Bishop | Everlyn | No date | Nov 31 1956 | |
| Blalock | Gladys H. | Oct 02 1916 | Sep 18 1981 | (Daughter of King Harrison) |
| Bullock | Kalvin L. | Jun 24 1963 | Apr 07 1964 | |
| Burks | John H. Sr. | May 14 1919 | Dec 04 1997 | (Daddy) (US Navy World WarII) |
| Cobb | Alberta | Sep 11 1907 | Oct 11 1988 | |
| Craig | Desserree | Nov 16 1901 | Apr 03 1902 | (Daughter of G.W. and Bernela Craig) |
| Dace | Ella | Jul 30 1889 | Dec 31 1919 | (Gone But Not Forgotten) |
| Davis | Annie | No date | Jul 20 1939 | (Sister of Collie) |
| Davis | Calnia | 1913 | 1999 | (Wife of Collie) |
| Davis | Collie | Feb 26 1903 | Jun 23 1970 | |
| Dear | Archie | Oct 07 1921 | Jul 20 1999 | (PFC US Army World War II) |
| Esill | Wilda J. | Apr 01 1891 | Jan 12 1925 | |
| Easterling | Uless | Dec 31 1898 | Feb 27 1899 | (Son Of H.E. and Ida Easterling) |
| Gaines | Anthony Tyron | Dec 28 1963 | Aug 07 1986 | (Son of Willie Lee and Emma Lee Gaines) |
| Gaines | Emma C. | 1917 | 1998 | (Mother of John Calvin and Willie Lee Gaines) |
| Gaines | Emma Lee | Jun 1967 | (Wife of Willie Lee Gaines) | |
| Gaines | John Calvin �Sonny� | Feb 26 1940 | Dec 16 1986 | (Gone But Not Forgotten) |
| Gaines | Willie Lee | Dec 18 1942 | 'Apr 29 1997 | (Your Voice, Love And Memory Are Not Gone) |
| Harrison | Fred | Dec 05 1919 | Feb 22 1963 | (Rest In Peace) |
| Harrison | George W. | Oct 07 1900 | 'Aug 09 1990 | |
| Harrison | Jessie Otis | Sep 17 1924 | Jun 11 1996 | (Son of Prince Harrison) |
| Harrison | Lona | May 05 1909 | Sep 21 2000 | (Wife of George W. Harrison) |
| Harrison | Nettie M. Douglas | Jun 06 1905 | Aug 10 1947 | |
| Harrison | Prince | Mar 12 1888 | Sep 16 1964 | (Father) (At Rest) Brother of King Harrison |
| Harrison | Sally | 1901 | 1998 | |
| Harrison | Shimp | Dec 25 1896 | Feb 15 1966 | (Mississippi Pvt. Co. C 65 Pioneer Inf World War I) |
| Harrison | Willa | Aug 08 1904 | Aug 16 1979 | |
| Hawkins | Lennie | Jan 18 1895 | Nov 07 1965 | |
| Howze | Abraham Sr. | Nov 14 1865 | Jun 06 1943 | (Father) |
| Howze | Clara Taylor | Jul 07 1907 | Dec 21 1981 | (Wife of Claude Howze) |
| Howze | Claude | Feb 12 1900 | Mar 04 1981 | (Son of Abraham Sr.) |
| Howze | Dora W. | Nov 17 1865 | Jun 12 1946 | (Mother) (Sister of Abraham Sr.) |
| Howze | Frank | (No Dates) | ||
| Hutson | Gladys Pope | May 21 1918 | Jan 30 1982 | (The Lord Is My Shepherd.) |
| Hyche | Eula | (No Dates) (Daughter of Hosea Thompson) | ||
| Lee | Leola B. | Mar 12 1907 | Jul 15 1917 | |
| Lee | Leola McDonald | Jun 30 1938 | Apr 10 1998 | �Lil Sister� |
| Linch | Levi Washington | Dec 22 1899 | Mar 26 1974 | |
| McGill | Armissie H. | Feb 20 1905 | May 06 1991 | (Our Mother and Grandmother-You Were The Center Of Our Joy) |
| McGill | Georgia M. | 1929 | 1992 | (Beloved Mother) (Daughter of Armissie McGill) |
| McGill | James | Jan 25 1900 | Aug 27 1999 | (US Army World War I) (Brother of Armissie McGill) |
| Moffett | Early B. | Sep 14 1930 | Nov 1955 | (At Rest) (Brother of Sammy Lee) |
| Moffett | Flora M. | Oct 02 1922 | Mar 02 1982 | (Wife of Sammy Lee) |
| Moffett | Sammy Lee | 1922 | 1993 | (US Army World War II) |
| Moffett | Luther | 1914 | 1943 | |
| Moffett | Robert C. | 1877 | 1954 | |
| Newell | Tempia F. | 1883 | 1953 | |
| Penn | Leola | Aug 07 1916 | May 12 1959 | |
| Phillips | Curtis Jr. | Mar 25 1933 | Jul 13 1984 | |
| Phillips | Curtis Sr. | Feb 10 1914 | Aug 01 1987 | |
| Phillips | Eugene | Feb 03 1937 | Feb 10 1998 | |
| Phillips | Willie M. | Apr 16 1915 | Jun 21 1983 | |
| Pope | Dorothy J. | 1920 | 2002 | |
| Pope | Edward �Eddie� | May 29 1944 | Sep 18 1987 | ( In Loving Memory Of Our Father �Eddie�) |
| Powe | Eugene �Bud� | Oct 03 1910 | Nov 30 1980 | (Son of Mary Powe) |
| Powe | Mary | Aug 15 1880 | Jun 30 1980 | |
| Ray | Ed | Mar 15 1881 | Feb 10 1907 | |
| Robinson | Robert | Apr 04 1895 | Feb 22 1968 | |
| Rogers | Patrick | 1928 | 2000 | |
| Ruffin | James Sr. | (No dates) | ||
| Sims | Boby | Dec 08 1942 | No date | |
| Sims | Cecil | 1932 | 1977 | (PFC US Army, Korea) |
| Sims | Curley Mae | Jan 19 1935 | Jun 18 1944 | |
| Sims | Edna | No date | Jul 1956 | (A Loving Mother Gone But Not Forgotten) (Mother of Curley Mae and Cecil) |
| Sims | Essie P. | 1905 | 1994 | |
| Sims | Harry | no date | Nov 08 1942 | (Mississippi Pvt. 307 Serv. Bn. Qmc) Husband of Edna |
| Sims | Javis Gaines (DID) | Sep 02 1904 | Mar 22 1985 | (In Loving Memory) |
| Smith | Kera Calvin | 1989 | 1999 | |
| Spencer | Alice Pope | Feb 21 1888 | May 17 1983 | (Mother Of John W. & Ellis Sr.) |
| Stewart | Jessie L. | Aug 12 1912 | Oct 26 1973 | (Mississippi CPL US Army World War II) |
| Strong | Kathleen J. | Jan 28 1995 | Jan 21 1999 | |
| Thomas | Mack | Mar 06 1906 | Apr 01 1927 | (Gone But Not Forgotten) |
| Thompson | Erma | 1917 | 2000 | (Wife of Hosea) |
| Thompson | Henry | Feb 11 1913 | Jan 17 1969 | (Mississippi PVT Co G 92 Engr. GS Regt World War II |
| Thompson | Hosea | Nov 14 1909 | Jul 20 1989 | (Brother of Henry) |
| Thompson | S. D. | 1879 | 1937 | |
| Ulmer | John Ellie | No date | Jan 17 1999 | |
| Vinzant | Samuel | Oct 20 1924 | Feb 05 1998 | (S2 US Navy World War II) |
| Williams | WM | 1860 | 1928 | |
| Wilson | Clarence | Jan 06 1933 | Jun 18 1978 | |
| Wilson | Isaac H. | Jan 05 1922 | Feb 13 1974 | |
| Wilson | Lessie J. | Apr 26 1894 | Dec 21 1974 | (Mother of Isaac and Clarence Wilson) |
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