"GERIZIM" CEMETERY UNION COUNTY,  MISSISSIPPI (Located just North of Myrtle on C. R. 71) (PRE 1900 HEADSTONE LIST)

November 16,  1997

     This cemetery was founded in 1877 and is well kept. It's
in a nice area on top of a small rise.


Beatres S
Dau Of
H & A H
Jordan
Born & Died
Jan 16 1893
Amanda H
Wife Of
H  Jordan
Born
May 17 1851
Died
Jan 20 1893
My Wife & Daughter

Walter  L
Born
May 20 1896
Died
July 28 1896
Infants
Born July 19 1889
Died
Aug 16 1889
Children Of
J J & T E  Scott
Gone To Be Angels

Infant
Dau Of
Rev J J & Lilly D
Garner
Born & Died
Sept 19 1898
(?)

Odella
Blythe
Born
Jan 15 1878
Died
May 25 1891
(?)
Cassie
Blythe
Born
July 23 1874
Died
Apr 17 1891
(?)
Lulu
Blythe
Born
May 2 1881
Died
Apr 4 1891
(?)
Children Of
N J & M A
Blythe

James Wiley
Son Of
E M & M J  Floyd
Born Sept 29 1879
Died May 30 1901
Aged
21yr & 6mos & 1da
Floyd
Weep Not Dear Father
And Mother For Me
For Im Waiting In
Glory For Thee

Infant
Son Of
E M & M J  Floyd
Born
Jan 15 1897
Died
Jan 16 1897
Too Good For Earth
God Called Him Home

Martha J
Wife Of
James Floyd
Born
Oct 8 1825
Died
Sept 25 1898
Here Lies Our Mother
In Life Beloved In Death Lamented
She Is Not Dead But Sleepeth
James Floyd
Born
Dec 1 1819
Died
Jan 12 1902
Here Lies Our Father
In Life Beloved In Death Lamented
He Is Not Dead But Sleepeth

(Masonic Symbol)
N R  Scott
Born Jan 23 1816
Died Oct 23 1892
It Was An Angel That Visited The 
Green Earth & Took Our
Dear Father Away
Casander
Wife Of
N R  Scott
Born Oct 23 1827
Died July 10 1894
Sleep On Dear Mother
And Take Thy Rest
In Jesus Arms Forever Blest

Father
Will 
Barnett
Died Oct 25 1904
Mother
Stella
Barnett
Died
Nov 20 1906
There Is No Parting In Heaven
Barnett

Rutha C
Wife Of
H P  Cathcart
Born April 2 1845
Died July 12 1899
Sleep On Dear Mother And Take 
Thy Rest In Jesus Arms Forever Blest

Mother
Elizabeth Williams
Dorman
Born
March 9 1832
Died
May 2 1905
Father
Ebenezer Mitchell
Dorman
Born
March 18 1821
Died
Dec 4 1892
I Am Thy Shield And Thy
Exceeding Great Reward

Joseph Mitchell
Son Of
J & C  Smith
Died
Nov 12 1879
Aged
11mos & 16das
Weep Not Father & Mother
For I Am Waiting In
Glory For Thee

Artillah B
Wife Of
W O  Smith
Born
July 1 1874
Died
Dec 13 1893
It Is The Lord
Let Him Do What Seemeth Good
Infant Of
W O & A B
Smith

Mother
Melissa
Smith
Wife Of
John H Smith
Born
April 22 1838
Died
June 4 1910
Father
John H Smith
Born
Mar 20 1829
Married To
Melissa S
Johnston
Nov 20 1855
Died
July 21 1861
(?)

Joseph S
Son Of
N F & Catherine E  Moss
Born May 6 1860
Died July 5 1879
Aged 19yrs 11mos 29das
(?)

Callie
Dau Of
M & M A  Ayers
Wife Of
John A Johnson
Born
Mar 24 1859
Died
Oct 5 1893
Sleep Of Dear Child And Take Thy
Rest In Jesus Arms Forever Blest

Son Of
J D & S A
Sanders
Born
Nov 23 1896
Died
Dec 11 1898

Infant 
Son Of
J D & S A
Sanders
Born
Aug 16 1900
Died
Aug 29 1900
Budded On Earth
To Bloom In Heaven

Gladys
Dau Of
D & S A
Sanders
Born
Oct 23 1898
Died
Nov 26 1900
She Is Not Dead But Sleepeth

Pearl Jones
Born
Mar 21 1894
Died
Nov 6 1896
Sleep On Dear Child And Take
Thy Rest In Jesus Arms Forever Blest

William M
Born
Mar 2 1892
Died
June 6 1894
Jessie H
Born
Feb 22 1894
Died
Mar 5 1895
Orlando D
Born
Nov 16 1889
Died
Jan 4 1891
James G
Born
Sept 16 1888
Died
Sept 29 1893
Children Of
O D & J A
Norvell
Rest In Peace

James T
Husband Of
Martha E
Norvell
Born
April 10 1805
Died
(?)

Martha E
Wife Of
James T Norvell
Born
July 7 1812
Died
April 6 1881
Beneath This Sod (?)

Our Mother
She Died As She Lived

Trusting In God
M A  Harris
Dau Of
J T & M E  Norvell
Born
Nov 5 1838
Died
Aug 12 1895

James M
Norvell
Born
Feb 7 1836
Died
Jan 14 1897
Into Thy Hands I
Commend My Spirit

Col James Baker
Born In 
Jiles Co Tenn
Died At
Prather Homes(?)
Union County Miss
July 16 1908
(?)