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Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
Prospect Community, Perry County, Mississippi

Compiled and contributed by Robert J. McSwain, Sr., and Robert J. McSwain, Jr. [mcswain@netdoor.com].  Total records = 140.

To get to this Cemetery, from the intersection of Highway 29 & 98 in New Augusta, go 2 miles on Highway 29 North to Buck Creek Road, turn right onto Buck Creek Road and go 5.9 miles to Prospect Road, turn left onto Prospect Road and go 1 mile, Cemetery is on the leftside of the road just past Prospect Baptist Church.

- Robert J. McSwain, Jr.

Boutwell, Allie M. Mahaffey, Born Sept. 13, 1901 Died Oct. 31, 1949
Boutwell, Chancy F., pvt. 153 Depot Brigade, WWI, Born April 18, 1894 Died April 11, 1962
Boutwell, Don, Aug. 24, 1947
Boutwell, Linda Christine, Born March 22, 1945 Died April 9, 1952
Brown, Evon Myrick, Born April 5, 1923 Died Feb. 17, 1972
Burch, Della E. Stevens, (Wife of Loyd), Born July 12, 1901 Died March 16, 1994
Burch, Loyd, Born Aug. 13, 1894 Died June 14, 1963
Busby, Billy Charles, Born Sept. 22, 1944 (Still Living)
Busby, Luzviminda Bautista, (Wife Of Billy Charles), Born Sept. 5, 1945 Died July 27, 1985
Courtney, Elbert Taylor, Born July 11, 1888 Died Oct. 26, 1982
Courtney, Jessie P., (Wife of John E., Sr.), Born Oct. 15, 1920 Died May 31, 1992
Courtney, Leston, COL US Army, WWII, Born Jan. 24, 1918 Died July 21, 1989
Courtney, Myra J., Born Jan. 16, 1892 Died Oct. 4, 1969
Courtney, Sr., John E., Born Aug. 11, 1911 Died May 19, 1999
Courtney, Virginie Lee, Born Jan. 23, 1950 Died May 27, 1956
Crook, Alex Turner, Born Aug. 22, 1883 Died Jan. 10, 1927
Crook, Willie Marie, (Daughter of Alex T.), Born May 27, 1923 Died July 8, 1924
Davis, Avada G., (Wife of Talmadge), Born Jan. 31, 1910
Davis, Talmadge, Born Aug. 2, 1909 Died Nov. 10, 1995
Dennis, Mary E. Grantham Stevens, Born Jan. 2, 1887 Died Dec. 5, 1957
Dixon, Ara S., (Wife of Wm. Alton), Born Feb. 19, 1914
Dixon, Charles H., (Mason), Born April 5, 1878 Died Feb. 9, 1966
Dixon, Corine G., (Wife of Charles H.), Born Sept. 8, 1887 Died June 17, 1961
Dixon, Sandra Lynn, Born March 20, 1960 Died Jan. 19, 1963
Dixon, Wm. Alton, Born March 2, 1909 Died March 18, 1977
Draughn, Bertha Morris, Born Jan. 3, 1893 Died Dec. 14, 1952
Draughn, Carolyn C., (Wife of Hinton J.), Born June 9, 1897 Died March 23, 1979
Draughn, Hinton J., Born Nov. 12, 1893 Died Oct. 11, 1976
Draughn, Raymond, Born Feb. 19, 1926 Died March 3, 1999
Draughn, Thomas Ralph, Born Dec. 25, 1890 Died June 17, 1965
Easterling, Elder Ira E., Born Oct. 19, 1894 Died Sept. 23, 1984
Easterling, Hobart Stevens, Born May 30, 1924 Died April 4, 1936
Easterling, Mary S., (Wife of Elder Ira), Born April 11, 1896 Died Oct. 22, 1963
Fortenberry, Miranda Sanders, 1860 � 1935
Grantham, Burna E., PFC US Army, Born May, 17, 1920 Died Sept. 17, 1983
Grantham, Kathlyn Clara, Born May 16, 1917 Died Dec. 21, 1936
Grantham, Mary Hutto, Born July 23, 1860 Died Nov. 16, 1932
Grantham, W. M., Born Aug. 20, 1850 Died Feb. 9, 1939
Grantham, William Riley, Born Jan. 10, 1882 Died July 28, 1949
Green, Beulah Grantham, Born May 17, 1920 Died Dec. 1, 1987
Havard, Ernestina G., (Wife of Monroe J.), Born Aug. 22, 1931 (Still Living)
Havard, Monroe J., TSGT US Air Force, WWII, Born Sept. 27, 1918 Died June 4, 1989
Hinton, Carl Aldon, La. MM3 USNR, WWII, Born April 23, 1912 Died Oct. 5, 1966
Hinton, Emma Louise, Born Aug. 20, 1929 Died Nov. 11, 1934
Hinton, Emmit C., US Navy, WWII, Born May 25, 1924 Died March 27, 1994
Hinton, Hazel, Born Jan. 18, 1934 (Still Living)
Hinton, Jr., W. O., Born Feb. 14, 1940 Died Aug. 13, 1947
Husband, Lela Jane, (Wife of Royce W.), Born Feb. 18, 1910 Died Feb. 9, 1974
Husband, Royce William, Born March 5, 1905 Died Nov. 22, 1968
James, Beatrice, (Wife of Arthur A. Morgan), Born Jan. 18, 1887 Died Jan. 10, 1925
James, Henry Edward, PFC US Army, WWII, Born March 4, 1907 Died Jan. 19, 1990
James, Lola F., Born Nov. 4, 1911 Died Aug. 3, 1984
Johnston, James Franklin, PFC US Army, WWII, Born Sept. 18, 1919 Died Feb. 2, 1989
Johnston, June McCarty, (Wife of James F.), Born June 28, 1918
Kelly, Rudolph, 1927 � 1999
Lott, Jane Albrittan, Born Nov. 24, 1859 Died May 8, 1935
Lott, Lonnie H., Born March 21, 1929 Died Jan. 7, 1994
Lott, W. C. "Lum", Born Sept. 14, 1854 Died July 24, 1938
McCardle, Annie S., (Wife of Leonard L.), Born Oct. 22, 1902 Died Dec. 11, 1995
McCardle, Benjamin J., Ms. CPL , 9 Regt. USMC 3 Div, WWII, Born Sept. 1, 1926, Died Feb 5, 1945
McCardle, Billy Ray, CPL US Army, Korea, Born June 22, 1931 Died Dec. 10, 1993
McCardle, Charles Wayne, Born June 6, 1961 Died June 7, 1961
McCardle, Douglas, CPL US Marine Corps, WWII, Born May 18, 1924 Died Dec. 9, 1979
McCardle, Elizabeth "Betty" G., Born July 12, 1932 (Still Living)
McCardle, Ellen L., (Wife of Harvey T.), Born May 12, 1924 Died Oct. 18, 1984
McCardle, Forrest H., Born April 9, 1902 Died July 26, 1976
McCardle, Harvey T., Born April 20, 1921 Died (No Date)
McCardle, Leonard L., Born Nov. 14, 1899 Died Dec. 13, 1987
McCardle, Liddie L., (Wife of Rev. W. L.), Born Sept. 27, 1880 Died Jan. 3, 1932
McCardle, Rev. W. L., Born March 21, 1873 Died June 1, 1959
McCardle, Rosyln, Daughter of Ernest & Mattie McCardle, Born June 11, 1919 Died Oct. 15, 1923
McCardle, Willie Mae, Born Nov. 28, 1905 Died Oct. 8, 1989
McCarty, Gertrude, (Wife of William F.), 1898 � 1960
McCarty, William Fred, Born Jan. 10, 1877 Died June 19, 1942
McGowen, Lora Stevens, Born Aug. 17, 1920 Died May, 12, 1999
Meadows, Annette C., (Wife of Willie V.), Born Feb. 23, 1895 Died Aug. 21, 1970
Meadows, Columbus A., Ms. PFC General Hospital, WWI, Born Sept. 21, 1895 Died Dec. 31, 1963
Meadows, James H., Born Jan. 19, 1923 Died Oct. 4, 1955
Meadows, Willie V., Born Dec. 4, 1898 Died Dec. 28, 1981
Merritt, Dianne Pellegrine, Born Nov. 27, 1945 Died Sept. 11, 1981
Morren, Alice Lettie, (Wife of James C.), Born Nov. 21, 1890 Died Jan. 16, 1987
Morren, Catherine B., (Wife of Lonnie W.), Born Dec. 7, 1919
Morren, James Collins, Born Oct. 13, 1886 Died June 24, 1976
Morren, Lonnie Wesley, SSG US Army, WWII, Born Sept. 30, 1913 Died April 20, 1997
Myrick, Dewey A., Born Oct. 16, 1898 Died Feb. 25, 1992
Myrick, Nora Medows, Born April 14, 1894 Died Oct. 6, 1956
Myrick, Opel Vonceil, (Daughter of Hubert & Carrie Myrick), Born Feb. 1, 1926 Died Sept. 1, 1929
Newcomb, Edward "Dick", Born June 4, 1934 Died Dec. 11, 1980
Newcomb, Nellie, Born Feb. 21, 1905 Died June 21, 1992
Newcomb, W. H., Born Feb. 10, 1898 Died Oct. 5, 1955
Newcomb, William Tevis, 1969 � 1989
Rockhold, Allen F., Born Sept. 6, 1963 Died Feb. 13, 1998
Rockhold, William D., La. SP4 US Army, Born Feb. 13, 1934 Died March 4, 1967
Shoemake, Altha A., (Wife of Lawrence W.), Born Jan. 7, 1914 Died Jan. 1, 1968
Shoemake, Jr., Robert L., US Air Force, Born Jan. 14, 1931 Died Nov. 20, 1997
Shoemake, Lawrence R., Born March 12, 1908 Died June 14, 1974
Shoemake, Mary P. (Benoit), Born March 14, 1930 (Still Living)
Shoemake, William Scott, Born Aug. 12, 1975 Died Feb. 14, 1992
Smith, Genevieve, (Wife of John W.), Born Nov. 17, 1914 Died June 27, 1990
Smith, John W., Born June 6, 1913 Died Sept. 4, 1990
Smith, Joseph Thomas, Born July 16, 1878 Died Dec. 27, 1941
Smith, Lodella Pepper, (Wife of Joseph T.), Born July 27, 1889 Died Sept. 13, 1963
Speed, Maggie L. Grantham, Born Dec. 2, 1914 Died Aug. 25, 1987
Stevens, Annie D., Born Jan. 30, 1893 Died Dec. 26, 1934
Stevens, Benjamin S., 1866 � 1947
Stevens, Clarence E., Born May 27, 1900 Died Sept. 17, 1966
Stevens, Daisey B., Born Nov. 2, 1910 Died Aug. 12, 1970
Stevens, Doris Juanita Greenwood, (Wife of Willie), Born May 8, 1929 Died June 21, 1990
Stevens, Edna Gillis, Born Oct. 30, 1898 Died April 30, 1994
Stevens, Emma Dora, Born June 28, 1869 Died April 8, 1955
Stevens, Hardee, Ms. Pvt. 152 Inf. 38 Div., Born Jan. 3, 1896 Died Dec. 1, 1939
Stevens, Infants of Mr. & Mrs. Hardee Stevens, (No Dates Given)
Stevens, John M., Us Army, Born Dec. 22, 1893 Died March 11, 1978
Stevens, Lucille, (Wife of W. O. Hinton, Jr.), Born June 12, 1911 Died Aug. 9, 1957
Stevens, Maggie A., 1870 � 1937
Stevens, Pheba Brown, (Wife of William W.), Born June 28, 1876 Died Oct. 3, 1962
Stevens, Sadie E., (Wife of W. Forrest), Born Jan. 7, 1903 Died April 1, 1948
Stevens, Vesta Mae Morgan, Born Nov. 28, 1914 Died Dec. 1, 1962
Stevens, W. Forrest, Born Dec. 23, 1900 Died Feb. 11, 1962
Stevens, William W., Born May 16, 1877 Died May 2, 1949
Stevens, Willie J., Born Feb. 1, 1892 Died Aug. 24, 1937
Stevens, Willie, Born March 14, 1925 Died Sept. 13, 1972
Stringer, Otis S., Born Oct. 15, 1904 Died March 6, 1992
Stringer, Virgia E., (Wife of Otis S.), Born Nov. 17, 1905 Died April 24, 1997
Sykes, Sr. Robert A., Born April 22, 1934 Died July 22, 1989
Tillman, Chandler Nolan, Born And Died April 14, 1997
Trest, Pearl S., (Wife of Titus A.), Born Jan. 17, 1924
Trest, Titus A., Born Dec. 31, 1921 Died April 6, 1983
Unknown
Vincent, Eron Anearle Morren, Born Sept. 16, 1927 Died July 7, 1977
Warrick, Alberta C., (Wife of Ruben F.), Born Sept. 29, 1901 Died Feb. 4, 1981
Warrick, Ruben F., Born May 15, 1893 Died June 12, 1974
Watkins, Edward E., Tec 5 US Army, WWII, Born Nov. 18, 1920 Died Dec. 26, 1980
Watkins, Edward Eulease, Born June 2, 1894 Died May 24, 1971
Watkins, Imogene R., Born July 11, 1927 (Still Living)
Watkins, Lou Ethel, (Wife of Edward E.), Born March 14, 1900 Died Dec. 8, 1986
Watkins, R. Waldo, Born May 10, 1902 Died July 19, 1946
Watkins, Stella Mae, (Wife of R. Waldo), Born June 2, 1902 Died Dec. 6, 1994
Watkins, Winnie S., Born Feb. 7, 1872 Died Jan. 23, 1949
Young, Joe G., PFC US Army, Korea, 1933 � 1990
Young, Jr., Clifton B., 1919 � 1994