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Shipman Cemetery
Shipman, George County, Mississippi

Lat: 30° 52' 38"N, Lon: 88° 28' 23"W

Contributed by James Trussell, Feb 17, 2007 [carverofwood1260@wmconnect.com].  Total records = 25.

To reach cemetery from Lucedale, Mississippi take Hwy 98 toward Mobile, Ala, for about 8 miles and on the right is a large sign Gulf Coast Bible Camp, turn right onto Shipman Road. Travel 2.0 miles and turn left onto Shipman Church Road. Travel .02 tenths of a mile and the cemetery is located on your left adjacent to Shipman United Methodist Church

This cemetery is owned and maintained by Shipman United Methodist Church and is in excellent condition. There are numerous unmarked graves in this cemetery.

It has a chain link fence on two sides with the other two sides surrounded by heavy woods.

This is a complete reading of all existing stones and records for this cemetery up to Feb 17, 2007.

- James Trussell

Blackledge, Annie V, b. 1881, d. 1958
Blackledge, Florence, no dates
Blackledge, Gaines, no dates
Blackledge, Virginia C, b. 1850, d. 1908
Blackledge, William E, b. 1849, d. 1917
Bonnett, Alice, b. b. 12-21-1888, d. 09-28-1975
Bonnett, Janetta E, b. 03-10-1849, d. 02-18-1947
Bonnett, Phillip M, b. 07-28-1851, d. 05-27-1921
Brooks, infant son, b. 1911, d. 1911
Cameron, Dan, b. 1880, d. 1917
Gunn, Peter, no dates
Howard, Fredrick J, d. 10-18-1936
Howard, Rachel M., d. 01-09-1937
Moffett, Buford, b. 06-24-1911, d. 12-09-1911
Moffett, Lavonne, b. 10-30-1922, d. 10-03-1923
Newbill, G. B., b. 10-11-1862, d. 01-12-1932
Persons, Francis (Bush), b. 08-24-1910, d. 08-07-1911
Sasser, Mrs. N.a., b. 12-24-1859, d. 06-14-1913
Ward, Arena, b. 1865, d. 1925
Ward, Henry Knox, b. 10-16-1856, d. 01-20-1904
Ward, John Randolph, b. 12-09-1891, d. 09-18-1897
Ward, John W, b. 1863, d. 1921
Ward, Loren (burke), b. 04-13-1890, d. 12-09-1914
Ward, Myrtis, b. 1890, d. 1906
Ward, Robert Paul, b. 07-08-1899, d. 04-29-1935