There are two photos.
One of the church and one of the garden.
They are located in the same area.
Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Ms.
I have listed the dedications that go with the Meditation Garden.
There is church and school history there too.
“Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the
door will be opened to you” Matthew 7:7
The Meditation Garden
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Dedicated March 18, 2001
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Seek God’s will in Meditative Prayer.
The Meditation Garden is constructed with original Mount St. Joseph
Colored Church and School building bricks. 1910 - 1998
( Mount St. Joseph colored school Sept. 18, 1910)
Mother Katherine Drexel (now a saint) donated original building funds.
Antique stones fro the columns donated by the Bailey Family.
The following markers have been placed in the brick wall of Garden.
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Rev. John Kersten
Pastor 1978 - 1995
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Rev. Arthur c. Winters
First African American Pastor
St. Joseph Catholic Church
1970 - 1978
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James Chaney
Member/Alter Boy
Civil Rights Worker
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Myrtle W. Webster
1918 - 1998
10th Ave Websters
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Andrew Leon Websters
1915 - 1996
10th Ave. Websters
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Sadie R. Crowther
and
Barbara Dean
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Walterine Smith
1931 - 1992
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The Mosleys
Ed, Adrian, E. Royce, Justin and Victoria
Established 1977
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Mary Louise Carr
and
Alex Charles Goodman
and
Lula Bell Mannery Goodman
Grandparents of
Kendra Lashae Carr
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In Honor of Annie F. Lewis Tureaud Ramey
St. Joseph class of 1946
Xavier University class of 1949
Jackson State College 1972
From her children; Carol, Edward, Adrian and Jeffrey
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St. Joseph High School
Class of 1954
Charles Bohannon
John Bohannon
Ermatine Gibbs
Jeanell glass
Ollie Henry
Annie Jack
Donola Bencher
Dorothy tooles
Doris Walker
Carol Wallace
Lena Yates
Margaret Williams
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John L Henry
St. Joseph class of 1957
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St. Joseph Class of 1961
The last 12th grade graduating class
In Memory of the 1961 class
Richard Crockett
Slayton Evans
Dorothy Mosley
In Honor of the 1961 class
Bertha Bohannon
Beverly Glass
Beverly LeFlore
Jerome Wilson
Onnie Coleman
Mary Ann Hall
Ethelene McCoy
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In Honor of the McCoy Family
Cleo, Freddy, Linda, Freddy, Jr., Carry, Darryl, Roderick and Tarance.
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Society of the Devin Word Missionary Priest
Fathers Heick, Hoenderop, Wendel, SVD and Father Ted Brink established
the Negro Misssion Mount St. Joseph in 1910
SVD Priests continued to serve until 1995.
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Servants of the Holy Ghost
Sisters Romana, Sebastina, Lamberta, Presentata and Damascena
First teachers at Mount St. Joseph Colored School which opened Sept. 19,
1910 with 45 pupils. The order continued to serve until 1970
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In Honor of
James Emery Bishop
St. Joseph Institute 1927
Class president and valedictorian
Founder of Enterprise Funeral Home
Founder of Enterprise Insurance Office
Founder of Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery
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In Memory of
Father Clement Mathis, SVD
Pastor of St. Joseph Church
1955 - 1964
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Mamie Bragg Sudbury Family
James. F. Sudbury, Jr.
Leslie G. Sudbury
John Sudbury
In Memory of Officer James F. Sudbury, Sr.
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The Bohannon Family
In Memory of
Robert J. and Fannie B
In Honor of
Alonzo L., Annie C., Leona R., John W., Charles W., Joyce D. and Bertha N.
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Walter N. Glass
His children Patricia, Sylvia and Michael. His grandchildren Renaldo,
Abubakar, Michelle and Joy
“May prosperity and happiness pursue them.”
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In Memory of William M. Thomas
November 22, 1909 September 22, 1986
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In Honor of
Lewis and Mittle Woods
From their children Gloria, Bobbye, Lewis, Jr., Elberta, Don, Dianne and Vickie.
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In Memory of our Parents
Lacy and Gertie Bragg
Mamie B. Sudbury
Minnie B. Burbridge
Marie B. Brewster
Lacy B. Day
Rosie B. Johnson
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In Memory of
Virginia F. Hursey
1918 - 2002
and
Nanacia West Cameron
1962 - 2002
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In Memory
Mrs. Ora D. Smith
Our Guiding Light
Bernice, Dolores, Marie, Agnes and Gracie
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Jerome Wilson
St. Joseph High School glass of 1961
In memory of Mrs. Ida M. Dean
(Ignorantia Pro Luce Scientiae Liquat)
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In Loving Memory of my Uncle
Mr. Robert McCarty, St.
9-2-1895 9-16-2002
From you niece Mary Octavia Buckley
And her son Edwin Todd Buckley
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