LOCATION: The Maples Cemetery is located in the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Section 24, T6S-R9W. It is about 1.7 miles southeast of Latimer and six miles north of Ocean Springs.
DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs go north on Washington Avenue 2.9 miles to Interstate 10. Cross the Interstate and bear left onto Tucker Road. Go 3.18 miles northwest on Tucker road to Old Biloxi Road. At Old Biloxi Road go north a few hundred feet and see Jim Ramsay Road to the right (east). Turn right onto Jim Ramsay Road and go 1.46 miles to the residence of Jack L. Maples at 14000 Jim Ramsay Road. The Maples Cemetery is on Mr. Maples property a few hundred feet west of his house.
HISTORY: The Maples Cemetery
was founded by Jack Leroy Maples (b. 1910) in 1987. Mr. Maples was
born at the Forts Lake Community in eastern Jackson County. His family
moved to Biloxi in 1926 where his father was the proprietor of a meat market
at Point Cadet. Maples worked in the fishing industry initially,
but later became involved as a carpenter in the building trades.
He married Ona Lee Page (1914-1993) in 1934. They reared a family
of four children: Ira (1934-1975), Iona Louise, Thelbert, and Floyd.
In August 1952, Maples bought the W/2 of the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Section
24, T6S-R9W from Dr. George W. Wallace of Biloxi (Jackson County Deed Book
130, p. 57). On this twenty acres, southeast of Latimer, he built
a house and settled the land. As his family grew, Jack Maples decided
to build a cemetery on his remaining seven acres to accommodate the burial
of his family. He now has fifteen grandchildren and seventeen great
grandchildren.
In August 1987, Jack Maples and his wife, Ona Lee, as Trustees of the
Maple Cemetery filed a cemetery deed in the Jackson County Chancery Clerks
Office at Pascagoula. This deed describes the Maples Cemetery as
follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of the West one half (1/2) of the Southeast (1/4) of the Northwest (1/4) of Section 24, Township 6 South, Range 9 West, and run South 494 feet more or less to the Point of Beginning; from point of beginning run thence South 110 feet, thence East 377 feet to the west margin of road; thence Northeasterly along the road 24.6 feet, thence West 278 feet, thence North 88 feet, thence West 110 feet to Point of Beginning. Said parcel contains 18095 square feet or 0.4 acres more or less. (Jackson County Deed Book 893, p. 605).
The Maples eldest son, Ira Luther Maples, died in 1975, and was buried at the Latimer Assembly of God Cemetery. His remains were disinterred and buried at the Maples Cemetery.
Ira Luther Maples
11-26-1934 to 10-24-1975
Jack L. Maples
7-9-1910 to
Ona Lee Page Maples
9-9-1914 to 4-10-1993
REFERENCES:
The History of Jackson County, "Jack Leroy Maples and Ona Lee Page",
(Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula-1989), pp. 271-272.
Personal Communication:
Jack L. Maples-October 2, 1993
Surveyed by:
Ray L. Bellande on October 2, 1993
Ray L. Bellande
PO BOX 617
Ocean Springs
Mississippi
39566-0617
October 31, 1993
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