Spearman Cemetery
Contributed: February 2008
Transcribed and submitted by Lionel Stegall
Direction: from Tremont travel hwy 23 north for two & one-half miles, turn right on Cotton Gin road. Travel Cotton Gin road for one & one-half miles and turn right at Lone Star church onto a gravel road. This is a private road that the mining company uses and there is a gate that is closed sometimes. Travel this road for about one-half mile, turn left and cross the levie and ditch by foot for about one-quarter mile.
It is said that this cemetery has the oldest known headstone in Itawamba County. There are several concrete gravel markers and also several sandstone markers which have no information.
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman, Elizabeth | Oct. 14, 1842 | Oct. 12, 1873 | double stone with John |
| Spearman, John | Aug. 30, 1810 | July 17, 1892 | double stone with Elizabeth |
| Spearman, Elizabeth R. | dau. of John Spearman, aged about 33 years | ||
| Spearman, Samuel | Mar. 28, 1837 | aged 62 years | |
| Spearman, Laney | Aug. 23, 1785 | Nov. 30, 1854 | wife of Samuel Spearman |
| Lockridge, Senia | Sept. 12, 1865 | wife of John Lockridge | |
| Spearman, Elijah | Apr. 16, 1807 | Apr. 24, 1887 | |
| Spearman, S. | Feb. ?2 | Oct. 22, 1886 | |
| Spearman, Albert | Oct. 9, 1840 | May 21, 1865 | son of Elijah & Sidney Spearman; Albert it is hard to give the up our son, we live in humility, but this will we do our son, we will remember thee for thy remembrance is dear to us. |
| Lockridge, Joe | Apr. 26, 1858 | Jan. 10, 1903 | He followed virtue as his truest guide, lived as a christian as a christian died |
| Last Updated: April 2008 | |||