LOCATION:   The Seaman Road indigent cemetery is located on Seaman Road approximately 5.5 miles north northeast of Ocean Springs, Mississippi in the SE/4, NW/4, of Section 29, T6S-R8W.  The burial area is situated on the east end of 200-acre tract owned by Jackson County, Mississippi which includes a 10-acre landfill.

DIRECTIONS:   From the intersection of Bienville Boulevard (U.S. 90) and Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs, Mississippi go north on Washington Avenue 2.1 miles to Seaman Road.  Turn right (east) on Seaman Road and go 3.4 miles northeasterly to the Seaman Road Cemetery which is located on the left (west) side of the road.  There is a hurricane fence around the cemetery.

HISTORY:   The Seaman Road Cemetery was created by a resolution of the Jackson County, Mississippi Board of Supervisors on January 25, 1995.(1)  It is operated by regulations adopted by the board on February 5, 1996.(2)     The primary purpose of this cemetery is to provide a burial ground for indigent persons.  A recent ordinance enacted by the City of Pascagoula requiring a burial vault at Machpelah Cemetery, a public burial ground, had dramatically increased burial costs in the area.  County officials felt that area funeral homes were losing too much money on indigent burials since the County provides by law only $250 for a burial.  The average price for an indigent funeral provided by a funeral home is $2130.  The funeral home absorbs the loss.
The Board of Supervisors dedicated .34 acres (296 feet by 50 feet) to the cemetery, and platted 230 grave sites.  A fenced area approximately 72' x 138' encloses the present cemetery which has had eleven burials to date.
The first person buried here was Robert R. Patterson who was interred on February 13, 1995.  It is interesting to note that each indigent burial to date has been recorded in the land deed records of Jackson County, Mississippi.  This should provide an excellent record of those buried here through the years.  Anyone interred here will be recorded in Sectional Index Book 44A at the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi.

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Jamal J. Barnes                          9-21-1996 to 9-21-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 1101, p. 543-lots13
Lee Bristol                                     to 5-2-1995
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1064, p. 64-Lot 4.

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William Curtis Clements             10-17-1920 to 3-24-1995
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1062, p. 707-Lot 3.  Born at Abbeville, Alabama.

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Arthur Doorheim                       6-5-1899 to 6-10-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1093, p. 315-Lot 10.
9009 Travis Avenue, Ocean Springs, Ms.

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Robert Lang                          3-19-1919 to 7-18-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1093, p. 833-Lot 11.
McGregor Road, Vancleave, Ms.

John Chester Lewis                    7-3-1938 to 2-27-1995
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1061, p. 582-Lot 2.

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Lewis E. Merrey                     10-23-1931 to 1-31-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1082, p. 432-Lot 7.
Gautier, Ms.

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Robert R. Patterson                  9-10-1953 to 2-13-1995
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1060, p. 881-Lot 1.

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Richard Allen Ringoletti            1-18-1935 to 12-20-1995
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1081, p. 432-Lot 6.
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Lee Floyd Smith                       1940 to 9-12-1996
Jackson County, MS. Land Deed Book 1101. p. 543-lot 12
Stephen Keane Statler                        to 12-25-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1101, p. 156-lot 14
re: widow, Charmin Statler of Paducah, Kentucky
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Carrie Taylor                         5-2-1924 to 5-22-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1091, p. 370-Lot 9.
7430 Old Stage Road, Moss Point, Ms.

Jack Thorpe                                  to 6-17-1995
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1067, p. 596-Lot 5.
Killed by auto on Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge.

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Lillian Mozelle Williams                  1914 to 3-20-1996
Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1084, p. 648-Lot 8.

REFERENCES:

1.  Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1057, p. 183.
2.  Jackson County, Ms. Land Deed Book 1082, p. 431.

The Mississippi Press, "County plans to spruce up indigent cemetery in Latimer", April 12, 1995.
The Sun Herald, "Residents decry cemetery's neighbor", February 9, 1996, p. C-1.
 

surveyed by:
Ray L. Bellande
PO BOX 617
Ocean Springs
Mississippi 39566-0617
(601) 872-3880
September 20, 1996
 
 

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