Perry County, Mississippi Genealogy and History
Gene Phillips, County Coordinator
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Gillis Family Cemetery
Transcribed by Lynda Bailey Chandler on February 5, 1999.
This cemetery is located in Perry County, Mississippi off Memorial Church Road.
( white cross) ? ? no engraving--but family said it markes infant of Edd & Lois Garner
Naomi (Garner) ? ? ( infant daughter of Dicey and Pink Garner)
( white cross) (2-26-1937) (8-1937) grave of William Eugene Bailey
died of pneumonia and whooping cough
( white cross) (2-26-1937) (1983) grave of William Gainer"Dub" Bailey died of massive heart attack
( white cross) ? ? unmarked grave of Mary Louise ?(stepdaughter of Will Garner)
* Pink S. Garner 7-21-1900 7-24-1991 mar. 5-18-1929
* Dicey I. Garner 4-14-1911 mar 5-18-1929
Eugene Garner 8-1-1872 2-20-1941 father
Janie E. Garner 10-13-1880 1-8-1960 mother
* Melvin C. Garner 1914 1984
* Avac Garner 1918 1996
Louis Eugene Garner 9-18-1935 4-7-1988 Pvt US Air Force
WWII
* Luther Edd Garner 6-6-1894 12-10-1960 "Daddy was a real man"
footstone-MS PVT 14 Co 162 Depot Brigade WWI
* Lois W. Garner 2-15-1904 3-23-1994 "Mama was a true example of a mother to her boys"
Henry Haskel Garner 3-18-1926 9-1-1943
Cecil Edd Garner 8-18-1930 10-10-1959
white cross ? ? (believed to be grave of Pat Garner--dates unknown--first husband of Maudie Odom Clark)
Maudie Odom Clark 3-26-1909 4-15-1981
Steven Edward Garner 2-3-1964 3-14-1966 (son of Albert & Jeannine McGowan Garner)
Luther V. Garner 1918 1965 (Vernon)
infant Morren 7-23-1914 8-6-1914 infant ? of D.G. & A. Zollie Morren(terribly hard to read--just a guess based on what I think I saw)
John Wesley Morren 1854 1929
Elizabeth Knight Morren 1858 1921
Betty Morren Horn 1897 1922
Flarra Rachel Draughn 12-2-1897 8-21-1990
Albert Simeon Draughn 2-27-1852 1-20-1922 father
Rachael L. Draughn 5-8-1856 2-11-1937 faithful mother
* J.M."Mack" Gillis 7-4-1858. 2-13-1927 father
* Elizabeth Gillis 10-5-1865 4-30-1938 mother
Sarah Gillis 12-19-1838 1-20-1901 grandmother
Dr. Nichols 7-16-1827 2-9-1900
P.B. Nichols 12-12-1837 8-18-1912 wife of Dr. Nichols
Menie Nichols ? ? daughter of W.H. & Margaret Nichols/ no dates listed
John W. Nichols 6-6-1832 8-2-1915
Mrs M. I. Nichols 10-26-1847 9-24-1925
Felix F. Hinton 5-20-1870 11-21-1918
Daniel W. Nichols 6-30-1885 10-16-1942
W.H. & Margaret Nichols 6-11-1804 10-23-1879 (both names were on this one marker--not sure what it means)
( )denotes information supplied by Aunt Mae Bailey and Vivian English)
* denotes double headstone