Whitefield Cemetery Sturgis, Mississippi |
This page was last updated on: December 5, 2002
Updated 12/5/2002 When coming from Starkville to Sturgis, a BP Station is on the left, take the first turn to the right, Sturgis-West Point Road. Go about 1/2 mile on your right you will see a sign for Bench Mark Works, the road sign says Earles Fork Road. Turn right, at the end of this road is Bench Mark Works and the cemetery is behind it. It is enclosed in a old fence but it is in good shape. There is a lot of empty space, which can either mean there are a lot of unmarked graves or that the owners alotted a certain amount of land. There have been a few burials in recent years. I visited this cemetery Dec 29 2001 & returned Oct. 12, 2002. Linda Carpenter sent in several corrections and additions. Thank You Linda. Linda's father cares for this cemetery now. As you go in the cemetery, there has been a headstone with the following written on it: Louis Carpenter "Prussia" 1799-1884 Father Of Andrew Jackson 1879-1957 Cecil Leroy 1915- Cecil Leroy Jr. 1942 Barren , Mary Palmer Oct 7 1887 Feb 24 1888 d/o W.C. & A.E. Barren Barron, Elvira Feb. 20 1857 Aug. 24, 1928 Barron, William E. Jan 28 1891 Nov. 4 1944 MS. Pvt U.S. Army Bulington, Louisa Dec 22 1821 Sept 29 1887 Bulington, W.G. Nov. 2, 1821 Oct. 15, 1887 Bush, Jewel Alneter May 14, 1923 July 14 1924 Carpenter, Lewis 1814-1885 21 Ga. Regt CSA Crumpton, Mollie R. Jan. 25, 1866 Dec. 4, 1886 d/o T.F. & M.R. Crow w/o J.W. Crumpton Crumpton, Siddie V. Aug 22 1869 Nov. 1 1892 w/o W.S. Crumpton Crumpton, Little Siddie V. Nov 1 1892 July 8 1893 d/o of W.S. and S.V. Crumpton Dacus, Malcolm Thomas Aug. 25 1900 Aug 31 1900 s/o M.K. and L.L. Dacus Daniel, Joe Nov. 23, 1887 Dec. 14, 1906 Age 19 years 13 days Daniels, Rhet May 22, 1891 Jan. 31, 1896 s/o H.W. & L.E. Durham, Malthus J. Oct. 8, 1884 Nov 11 1906 Durham, Milton Buck Feb 18 1899 Sept 30 1900 s/o W.H. and Lula E. Durham Durham, Willie Merritt Jan 3 1897 Feb 25 1899 s/o W.H. and Lula Durham Durham, Lula Aug 8 1895 Aug 8 1898 Durham, Infant 08/08/1895 s/o W.H. & Lula Edwards, Infant Jan 21 1895 Dec 24 1895 s/o Dr. J.W. and Jennie Edwards Edwards, John A. Oct 17 1896 Oct 21 1896 s/o Dr. J.W. and Jennie Edmonds, Lillie Bell 1833-1894 d/o W.W. & Elnora Ely, Nancy Emaline Elliott May 7 1829 Nov 19 1894 w/o S.H. Ely Gillis, Mollie & Infant July 17 1903 March 14 1920 Hannah, Bettie & Infant Son Nov. 24 1854 Jan 21 1887 w/o C.B. Hannah Hannah, Cain July 19 1859 Dec. 19, 1943 Hannah, Joe Feb. 6 1865 Jan. 14 1908 Hannah, Mary Cain Sept 4 1831 May 22 1892 Hannah , James C. Mar. 14, 1852 Nov. 21, 1922 Huffsticker, Billy 11/16/1919-03/16/1971 s/o Nannie MS M SGT US AIR FORCE WWII, KOREA Huffsticker, Nannie 10/02/1882- D. 1960 (born in TX) Hunt Bertha Eppie Mar 20 1883 Oct 31 1887 d/o W.T. and Fannie C.E. Hunt Hunt David L. Sept 28 1855 May 13 1908 Hunt Infant July 9 1887 Aug 15 1886? Child of D.L. and Patti Hunt Hunt Infant Jan 4 1891 Jan 4 1891 d/o W.T. and Fannie C.E. Hunt Hunt Infant 10/16/1895 Hunt M.E. Nov. 11 1852 Aug. 3, 1886 w/o W.L. Hunt d/o Calab & Lydia Hannah "Rest Mattie, Rest in Quite Sleep" Hunt Martha Patti Aug 8 1859 April 1 1923 w/o D.L. Hunt Hunt Patti Feb 28 1892 Nov 21 1916 w/o P.C. Hunt Hunt Beatrice Oct 16 1864 Aug 15 1886 d/o D.L. and Patti Hunt Jones Hallie Jan 12 1894 Aug 4 1985 Private WWII Marker Jones James H. d. Dec 15 1957 80 years old Jones James Hartness Jan 19 1944 May 16 1989 Jones Wiley July 7 1852 June 3 1909 Jones Annie Hartness Sept 25 1905 Oct 14 1988 Jones Annie L. April 14 1931 June 23 1998 Jones Frank Feb 9 1930 March 26 1998 Jones Paul Dec 18 1934 Feb 17 1996 Jones, James Walter 08/12/1917-12/15/1999 Jones, Sally C. Ivy 05/07/1878-12/28/1913 Jones, Nora McClelland 05/10/1898-04/15/1921 Jones, James Jones Jr. 10/10/1913-10/25/1913 Jones, Henry Clilleroy 05/06/1900-06/10/1918 Jones, Otis Erastis 01/07/1898-02/03/1898 Jones, Jim Hamilton 1877-1957 Jones, Wiley Herman 07/17/1924-03/08/1925 Jones, Ellerwise 02/19/1928-12/18/1928 Jones, Hallie Burgess 11/01/1932-03/15/1996 Jones, Mittie Lou 09/03/1942-04/15/1943 Jones, Frank 02/09/1930-03/26/1998 Kellum, Ida June 13 1869 Sept 11 1887 w/o J.W. Kellum Kellum, W.E. Sept 2 1877 Aug 3, 1887 s/o J.W. & Ida Kellum Kemp, Bessie Mira Jan 10 1906 Oct 18 1907 d/o C.C. "Lum" and Ethel Kemp Kemp, Mary Lee June 07, 1909 Sept 24 1910 d/o C.C. "Lum" & Ethel Kemp Kemp, Clemmie 1879-1911 Kemp, John W. April 30 1898 Dec. 29, 1904 s/o J.T. & L.B. Kemp Kemp, Josephine Rainey 02/23/1876-03/21/1920 Kemp, Peter Lewis C. Aug 19 1851 June 15 1927 Livingston, M. Bettie Dec 15 1857 Jan 24 1944 Livingston, J.W. Oct 25 1859 April 15 1895 McElvaney, Harriet C. May 31, 1830 Oct. 15, 1892 McElvaney, Joseph Ann Rainey July 29 1842 Sept 22 1887 born: sumter Co. Ala. d/o W.B.&Elizabeth Rainey w/o G.R. McElvaney, Lieu Sept. 27 1849 June 19 1925 w/o G.R. McElvaney Neal, Kenneth Carlisle Aug 18 1882 Mar. 17 1885 Patterson, James G. Aug 6 1891 Dec 10 1891 s/o R.M. & M.C. Patterson Patterson, Mary June 27 1886 Oct. 31, 1908 Patterson, Mary C. Hartness Sept. 7, 1859 Feb. 5 1900 w/o R.M. Patterson Patterson, Raymond Jan 10 1890 Jan 21 1890 s/o R.M. and M.C. Patterson Patterson , Richard M. April 14 1854 May 5 1907 Patterson, Nannie H. Patterson broken headstone Dates missing Rainey, Jessie Lou Sept 21 1901 Dec 17 1901 d/o D.E. & Henrietta Rainey Rainey. Infant Jan 14 1898 Jan 21 1898 d/o of David E. and Minnie Rainey Rainey, J.L. June 20 1856 January 10 1911 Rainey, Mary Lou Feb 27 1833 Dec 28 1913 Rainey, Rev. William R. June 17 1828 Nov 11 1905 Shropshire, A.L. Mar 25 1817 June 17, 1883 (Amanda Woodruff) Shropshire, Felix Jan 9 1817 June 23 1896 Shropshire , Robert Augustus 1846-1885 s/o Felix and Amanda Woodruff Shropshire h/o Augustus Smith Shropshire Tomlinson, James P. April 6 1851 November 11 1919 s/o Hiram and Martha Cain Tomlinson Tomlinson, Mrs. Mollie M. Williamson 02/06/1853- 01/16/1912 w/o James Tomlinson married 3/14/1880 Tomlinson, Hiram (1812-1886) s/o Peter Tomlinson born Maury Co. TN. Turner, Mamie Barron Feb. 20 1885 Jan 2 1956 w/o Ose Fenn Sr. Turner, O.F. Sept 27 1880 Nov. 18 1932 Turner, Ose Fenn (Jr.) June 10 1914 June 8 1916 Walker, Emma Ora Dec 29 1882 Feb 2 1884 d/o R.D. and Mollie Walker Walker, Mollie Rainey Oct 12 1866 June 2 1895 w/o R.D. Walker Wilson , Laura A. Aug. 20 1852 Sept. 20, 1895 w/o T.J. Wilson York, John Thomas June 22 1849 Feb 21 1922 York, Sarah M. Feb 15 1855 Nov. 6 1927 There were several small broken headstones I could not read. Several Headstones have weathered with age and are very hard to read. Aunt Betsy H 1810-1900 The name was very worn. *This is a concrete square and written in the cement when it was wet |
