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Rawson Cemetery
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Name **** Date of Birth **** Date of Death **** Notes

Rawson, Cemetery Lauderdale County MS

DIRECTIONS: From Meridian, take I-59 East to Milepost 160, take the Russell Exit, turn East (right) on the Russell-Mt. Gilead Road 2.4 miles, turn North (left) onto the Betts-Radcliff Road, go two tenths (2/10’s) mile turn right into a horse-shoe shaped dirt and gravel drive.

Rawson Cemetery
Transcribed by David Pickett & Elizabeth Hagwood
November 2005
Submitted by David Pickett Poster-#-65-
Submitted by Elizabeth Hagwood Poster-#-4-

Addie Harper
~~b: September 29, 1892 ~~d: August 13, 1973
Joseph W. Harper
~~b: March 10, 1930 ~~d: December 31, 1972
Doris Lucile Brown
(daughter of C.R. & Maggie)
~~b: October 6, 1921 ~~d: June 22, 1923
Charles Ranie Rawson
~~b: April 8, 1890 ~~d: February 4, 1965
Hattie B. Harper
~~b: November 13, 1901 ~~d: December 20, 1974
Velma H. Harper
~~b: March 7, 1904 ~~d: March 31, 1982
Clarence M. Harper
~~b: February 1, 1900 ~~d: December 15, 1957
Helen H. Ratcliff
~~b: March 10, 1935 ~~d: March 31, 1984
Richard Hal Johnson
(son of Hal & Joyce)
Born & Die~~d: October 29, 1944
B. W. Harper
~~b: January 25, 1864 ~~d: September 16, 1946
Julia B. Harper
~~b: December 2, 1865 ~~d: March 5, 1944
Wiley B. Harper
~~b: May 28, 1906 ~~d: January 12, 1983
William McGrady Camp
~~b: September 10, 1866 ~~d: September 20, 1893
Broke Stone
Robert Y. Rawson
~~b: December 21, 1880 ~~d: March 1, 1950
Gladys C. Rawson
~~b: September 24, 1886 ~~d: July 4, 1966
Bobbye C. Rawson
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. R.Y Rawson
~~b: 1926 ~~d: 1943
Robert Cecil Rawson
Son of R. Y. and G. Rawson
~~b: July 28, 1915 ~~d: May 27, 1916
Guy W. Rawson
~~b: February 1, 1909 ~~d: September 12, 1965
Sherry Diane Dearman
(daughter of Leo & Ernestine)
~~b: August 9, 1951 ~~d: December 15, 1953
Billie Jo Eaves
~~b: September 7, 1929 ~~d: March 16, 2001
William C. Rawson
~~b: April 8, 1906 ~~d: July 5, 1966
Bina White Rawson
~~b: October 18, 1886 ~~d: September 7, 1966
George Marion Rawson
~~b: September 7, 1882 ~~d: September 28, 1945
Fannie V. Carlisle
~~b: March 4, 1912 ~~d: March 6, 1942
Broken Stone
______ D. Rawson
S/O ______
Oct. 13, 1909
J. I. Sims
~~b: July 4, 1827 ~~d: May 22, 1909
Mrs. N. L. Sims
~~b: December 5, 1833 ~~d: February 14, 1916
Durward F. Sims
~~b: September 17, 1903 ~~d: October 15, 1969
Damaged Stone
J. Smith Sims
~~b: September 17, 1869 ~~d: December 26, 1938
Mary V. Sims
~~b: November 23, 1872 ~~d: April 2, 1965
Myra Elaine Sims
~~b: July 10, 1946 ~~d: July 12, 1946
Jessie Wayne Sims
~~b: July 10, 1946 ~~d: July 28, 1946
Infant of Smith Sims
Myra Westbrook Sims
~~b: August 16, 1915 ~~d: December 8, 1951
Jessie M. Sims
~~b: January 18, 1908 ~~d: January 12, 1973
Irene G. Sims
~~b: February 18, 1908 ~~d: January 30, 1984
Albert P. Roberts
~~b: November 25, 1909 ~~d: December 23, 1992
J. Monroe Rawson
~~b: July 17, 1892 ~~d: December 24, 1963
Mary H. Rawson
~~b: March 30, 1897 ~~d: May 3, 1971
Lillie Mae Sims
(daughter of W. & L.E.)
~~b: October 17, 1895 ~~d: August 21, 1900
Loreda E. Knox
(wife of W.T. Sims)
~~b: May 15, 1874 ~~d: December 25, 1905
Vera Sims
~~b: February 7, 1898 ~~d: October 27, 1919
"Miss Lou" Louisa Taylor Gordon Carr
~~b: July 1842 ~~d: May 1927
Amanda Adeline Taylor Rawson
(wife of G.W. Rawson)
~~b: January 11, 1855 ~~d: February 1, 1927
G. W. Rawson
~~b: July 18, 1855 ~~d: February 27, 1900
Lottie Jean Schmidt
~~b: March 24, 1918 ~~d: January 26, 1989
Floyd Preston Swanner
(son of W.E. & Mary E.)
3 months
Lizzie Swanner
~~b: June 8, 187? ~~d: January 25, 1939
Frank Swanner
~~b: September 2, 1877 ~~d: September 4, 1940
Jodie Swanner
~~b: January 11, 1898 ~~d: February 5, 1978
Amelia Goldie Rock Swanner
~~b: July 18, 1905 ~~d: May 27, 1980
Lin E. Swanner
PFC US Army WWII
Purple Heart
~~b: November 18, 1924 ~~d: September 21, 2003
John Frank Kelly
~~b: Oct. 23, 1923 ~~d: January 8, 19??
William M. Harper
~~b: November 24, 1946 ~~d: March 29, 1968
Woodrow W. LeFlore
~~b: November 19, 1913 ~~d: February 10, 1969
Robert R. LeFlore
~~b: July 13, 1940 ~~d: Reserved
Mildred Harper LeFlore Stanley
~~b: March 23, 1923 ~~d: August 14, 1980
Stick with red ribbon
Willie Ruth Higginbotham
~~b: November 9, 1934 ~~d: January 6, 1990
James W. Crawfod
~~b: July 13, 1907 ~~d: August 4, 1989
Neater W. Crawford
~~b: November 30, 1916 ~~d: 20
James Owen Rawson
~~b: January 25, 1870 ~~d: April 2, 1947
Emma Faye Latham
~~b: May 3, 1944 ~~d: December 5, 1954
Lucile Rawson
~~b: December 24, 1913 ~~d: September 13, 1953
Emma McIlwain
~~b: September 7, 1892 ~~d: December 29, 1946
Lula Steele Woods
~~b: October 16, 1861 ~~d: April 8, 1931
DeWitt T. Steele
MS PVT 313 Aux RMT Depot DMC WW I
~~b: June 24, 1898 ~~d: November 17, 1963
Horace Earl Steele
~~b: August 27, 1922 ~~d: June 30, 1982
Hazel Deloris
(wife of Horace E. Steele)
~~b: December 15, 1921 ~~d: June 23, 2005
William W. Steele
~~b: April 7, 1888 ~~d: February 1, 1955
Winnie Harper
(wife of Wm. W. Steele)
~~b: October 1, 1891 ~~d: September 1, 1963
E. C. Morgan
~~b: December 28, 1928 ~~d: April 26, 1994
Lessie
(wife of E.C. Morgan)
~~b: May 15, 1930 ~~d: Reserved
Mary E. Knight
~~b: August 31, 1909 ~~d: February 23, 1964
Cecil L. Knight
~~b: September 4, 1927 ~~d: January 15, 1929
James M. Knight
~~b: January 8, 1880 ~~d: June 27, 1966
Susie M. Knight
~~b: July 21, 1889 ~~d: June 6, 1941
Margaret McMullen
~~b: March 25, 1866 ~~d: June 2, 1944
Margaret T. Pace
~~b: September 2, 1913 ~~d: January 31, 1987
Barney D. Pace
~~b: July 6, 1909 ~~d: June 20, 1987
Edgar S. Rawson
CPL US Army WWII
~~b: May 8, 1917 ~~d: December 5, 1983
George W. Harper
~~b: August 24, 1889 ~~d: December 5, 1955
Evelyn M.
(wife of George W. Harper)
~~b: April 19, 1911 ~~d: Reserved
L. E. Harper No dates
L. S. Rawson
~~b: March 17, 1894 ~~d: January 12, 1895
C. A. Johnson
~~b: December 23, 1857 ~~d: August 11, 1887
Eugene Lackey
~~b: September 12, 1864 ~~d: October 14, 1917
James F. Kelley
~~b: March 15, 1879 ~~d: November 2, 1955
Jonnye W. Kelley
~~b: September 18, 1883 ~~d: June 16, 1960
Henry M. Burkhalter
~~b: August 7, 1876 ~~d: May 11, 1947
Jane Inez Wilson
~~b: July 25, 1890 ~~d: November 23, 1970
Joseph H. Wilson
~~b: April 17, 1886 ~~d: April 2, 1958
Adam Seth Kimble
(son of Carl & Zula)
Born & Die~~d: September 18, 1978
Mary A
(wife of J. C. Kittrell)
~~b: March 24, 1884 ~~d: January 14, 1913
Florence V. Taylor
~~b: May 9, 1889 ~~d: April 3, 1974
Ethel Mae Boyette
~~b: October 16, 1919 ~~d: December 7, 1921
Minnie Lee Boyette
(daughter of Cliff & Birtie)
~~b: March 7, 1927 ~~d: March 3, 1928
Mary Elizabeth Boyette
~~b: May 30, 1925 ~~d: October 30, 1926
Clarence J. Ward
~~b: May 27, 1936 ~~d: January 22, 1991
Dorothy Ann Ward
~~b: April 30, 1942 ~~d: March 9, 1994
Cecil Riley Ward
SP3 US Army Korea
~~b: April 1, 1930 ~~d: June 14, 1994
Wiley P. Ward
~~b: June 30, 1940 ~~d: May 2, 1979
Lonnie Alvin Ward
MS PFC 41 TRANS CO
~~b: August 2, 1932 ~~d: September 3, 1955
UNKNOWN MARKER
George P. Ward
MS PVT ORD DEPT WW I
~~b: December 15, 1895 ~~d: June 8, 1946
Emily G. Ward
~~b: January 12, 1903 ~~d: August 2, 1974
Henry Frank Ward ~~d: April 22, 1923 (age 11)
Maggie Merle Ward ~~d: January 13, 1935
James Garner
CO F AL INF C.S.A.
Eliza Garner
~~b: December 14, 1866 ~~d: February 5, 1958
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
George W. Cato Unreadable Info
John Calviston Cato
~~b: March 31, 1883 ~~d: May 11, 1951
Ida P. Cato
~~b: September 25, 1888 ~~d: December 8, 1971
Sallie V. White
~~b: May 8, 1861 ~~d: November 30, 1914
Cyrus White
~~b: January 19, 1862 ~~d: June 18, 1906
Harriett Carolina Quimby Griffith
~~b: March 1853 ~~d: July 8, 1924
John William Griffith
~~b: June 25, 1842 ~~d: December 1924
J. S. Griffith
~~b: 1879 ~~d: 1956
William Monroe White
~~b: September 11, 1892 ~~d: March 17, 1976
Ruth Crawford White
~~b: July 7, 1881 ~~d: December 30, 1958
W. V. White
~~b: April 1, 1855 ~~d: April 6, 1923
F. E. White
~~b: January 22, 1860 ~~d: November 10, 1926
Evie White Rawson
~~b: April 7, 1881 ~~d: April 26, 1946
Samuel H. Rawson
~~b: October 9, 1879 ~~d: April 26, 1967
George C. Rawson
~~b: May 16, 1909 ~~d: December 22, 1975
George C. Rawson, Jr.
~~b: August 18, 1937 ~~d: June 12, 2004
Sue Wallace Clifton
~~b: January 10, 1933 ~~d: August 9, 1989
William H. White
~~b: March 11, 1883 ~~d: October 21, 1883
Edna White
~~b: December 27, 1888 ~~d: February 4, 1900
Arthor C. White
~~b: December 19, 1898 ~~d: May 29, 1899
Alonzo White
~~b: June 19, 1895 ~~d: May 29, 1896
John Monroe Pierce
(son of Isaac & Ann)
~~b: August 4, 1788 ~~d: August 8, 1872
Orange Virginia
R. F. Pierce
CO C MS INF C.S.A.
~~b: May 14, 1834 ~~d: February 10, 1910
Craig R. Pennington
~~b: August 4, 1979 ~~d: April 24, 2001
Carey Whitehead
~~b: 1944 ~~d: 2003
Claudia Opal Hurt
~~b: June 2, 1928 ~~d: Reserved
James Allen Hurt
~~b: March 10, 1927 ~~d: May 21, 1999
William Kirkland Moak
SP3 US Army Korea
~~b: September 30, 1933 ~~d: July 23, 1993
Patsy E. Barnhurst
~~b: September 20, 1943 ~~d: Reserved
Melvin O. Barnhurst
~~b: September 5, 1929 ~~d: May 25, 1997
William Leo Harper, Jr.
(son of Leo & Shirley)
~~b: December 15, 1967 ~~d: December 16, 1967
Beulah James Harper
~~b: April 27, 1908 ~~d: December 31, 1989
Alonzo Bryan Harper
~~b: March 13, 1900 ~~d: October 26, 1949
Chester M. Griffith
PFC US Marine Corps WW II
~~b: September 25, 1922 ~~d: September 19, 1981
Lester Hugh Griffith
~~b: August 16, 1854 ~~d: December 8, 1973
Florence Ward Griffith
~~b: February 13, 1923 ~~d: December 22, 1992
James Dewitt Griffith
~~b: May 30, 1919 ~~d: April 22, 1976
Tildon H. Edwards
NO INFO
Mary A. Harper
~~b: 1890 ~~d: 1973
William Claude Harper
~~b: 1879 ~~d: 1939
Napolean B. Edwards
NO INFO
Virginia Dare Edwards
~~b: 1923 ~~d: 1926
Lenora B. Harper
~~b: April 21, 1859 ~~d: March 30, 1929
Vadie V. Harper
~~b: December 5, 1897 ~~d: November 5, 1920
Charles W. Harper
~~b: April 14, 1850 ~~d: April 26, 1909
Charity Ann Harper
~~b: January 31, 1861 ~~d: June 16, 1950
Cynthia T. Harper ~~d: August 9, 1903
J. Henry Harper
(husband of N. L. Harper)
~~b: June 17, 1848 ~~d: January 29, 1884
Nancy L. Harper
~~b: February 2, 1851 ~~d: April 15, 1916
Martha Ella Wright
~~b: September 12, 1881 ~~d: March 8, 1954
George W. Wright
~~b: August 9, 1881 ~~d: March 1, 1952
Ella Mae Wright
~~b: December 13, 1905 ~~d: February 20, 1956
Earl Glenn Harper
(son of P.E. & Edith)
Born & Die~~d: May 27, 1943
Alfred “Pete” Harper
~~b: August 27, 1895 ~~d: December 17, 1974
Evie Harper
~~b: December 20, 1895 ~~d: January 17, 1980
Louise Harper
~~b: August 9, 1925 ~~d: January 5, 1929
Benjamin Oliver Harper
~~b: February 17, 1880 ~~d: June 4, 1948
Lucretia McMullen Harper
~~b: May 27, 1882 ~~d: February 11, 1921
Grace Brown Ward
~~b: December 6, 1899 ~~d: January 26, 1994
H. Bennett Ward
~~b: December 24, 1905 ~~d: October 5, 1975
Virginia Ward
~~b: March 10, 1871 ~~d: January 22, 1940
Leon Ward
~~b: March 20, 1900 ~~d: December 12, 1918
Thomas Ward
~~b: January 14, 1871 ~~d: February 10, 1910
Carrie Elizabeth Collins
~~b: July 2, 1888 ~~d: August 12, 1970
Columbus D. Collins
~~b: December 31, 1879 ~~d: March 16, 1961
W. C. Harper
~~b: November 6, 1872 ~~d: May 12, 1930
Minnie B. Harper
(wife of W. C. Harper)
~~b: October 15, 1876 ~~d: October 28, 1910
James Comar Wright
~~b: April 1, 1884 ~~d: February 17, 1947
William E. Carmichael
TEC 5 US Army WW II
~~b: February 8, 1908 ~~d: February 15, 1995
Myrtle L. Steele
(daughter of W.W. & Vinie)
~~b: September 11, 1920 ~~d: October 5, 1921
Lillian Steele Carmichael
~~b: September 9, 1917
James M. Harper
~~b: May 12, 1856 ~~d: February 28, 1938
Rosa E. Harper
~~b: August 2, 1854 ~~d: April 17, 1918
Elisa Harper
~~b: 1852 ~~d: 1904
William Richard Harper
~~b: 1846 ~~d: 1920
Maggie T. Schrimpshire Purvis
~~b: December 1864 ~~d: December 1934
Thomas Michael Purvis
~~b: February 16, 1888 ~~d: October 16, 1918
William O. Purvis
~~b: November 27, 1882 ~~d: March 25, 1912
William W. Purvis
~~b: 1859 ~~d: October 1919
Jack Purvis
~~b: August 1881 ~~d: March 1922
William H. Harper
~~b: November 18, 1893 ~~d: July 2, 1972
Elizabeth P. Harper
~~b: December 8, 1899 ~~d: December 18, 1977
Stodard Babies
NO INFO
William H. Stoddard (son of W.L. & H.T)
~~b: July 2, 1902 ~~d: June 28, 1910
Infant son of Roy & Cynthia Culpepper
Born & Die~~d: May 19, 1919
Annie Culpepper
~~b: May 20, 1864 ~~d: February 16, 1902
Elzie Sanders
MS P3 US Navy
~~b: February 1, 1903 ~~d: June 2, 1953
Mattie Wright
(wife of J. H. Richardson)
~~b: 1879 ~~d: 1941
Mary E. Wright ~~d: March 16, 1938 (age 86)
Mamie Doris Giles
Daughter of Lillian Harper & Lindley Giles)
~~b: May 3, 1926 ~~d: May 6, 1927
Mamie E.
(wife of M.J. Harper)
~~b: March 24, 1883 ~~d: November 12, 1922
Monroe J. Harper
~~b: November17, 1875 ~~d: August 3, 1948
Mary Louisa Peavey Satcher Moore
(wife of Ralph Thompson)
Daughter of Elizabeth Gordon & Levi D. Peavey
~~b: March 16, 1821 ~~d: October 25, 1889
Ralph Thompson
~~b: 1815 ~~d: 1845
Preston N. Boswell
~~b: October 17, 1921 ~~d: October 18, 1921
Horace A. Boswell
~~b: December 14, 1905 ~~d: November 14, 1919
Adelle Boswell
~~b: June 4, 1885 ~~d: September 13, 1931
Thomas W. Boswell
~~b: November 16, 1883 ~~d: March 30, 1956
Mary L. Fayard
~~b: July 27, 1912 ~~d: February 28, 1990
Connie L. Langford
MS PVT US Army WW II
~~b: April 19, 1921 ~~d: May 15, 1972
Effie L. Langford
~~b: November 5, 1889 ~~d: February 24, 1968
John A. Langford
~~b: September 11, 1914 ~~d: February 23, 1927
Larry Keith Harper
~~b: July 6, 1948 ~~d: July 8, 1948
Mace B. Harper
~~b: June 30, 1928 ~~d: Reserved
Norman Keith Harper
~~b: August 14, 1926 ~~d: November 15, 1972
Floyd Gressett
~~b: September 15, 1893 ~~d: May 8, 1957
Melissa E. Harper Gressett
~~b: March 14, 1878 ~~d: March 6, 1957
John Griffin Gressett
~~b: June 12, 1871 ~~d: September 5, 1946
Joannah Eiland Gordon
daughter of Richmond T. & Catherine A. Gordon
~~d: July 31, 1818 ) date of year hard to read
Catherine Ann Bourdeaux
(wife of R.T. Gordon)
Daughter of Demelious Beurdeaux & Margaret Devane
~~d: August 3, 1818 (34 years of age)
Richmond Terrell Gordon
~~b: 1810 ~~d: 1862
Levi Daniel Peavey
~~b: December 11, 1784 ~~d: May 12, 1838 Buried at Cuba, Alabama
Elizabeth Gordon
(wife of Levi Daniel Peavey)
Daughter of Ephraim Gordon & Annie Brown
~~b: 1803 ~~d: May 29, 1876
Mary Ann
(wife of R.T. Gordon)
Daughter of D.W. & T.C. Lockett
~~d: November 19, 1853 (21 years of age)
M. Elizabeth Chambers
~~b: January 28, 1868 ~~d: November 30, 1935
John C. Chambers
~~b: January 22, 1857 ~~d: April 8, 1922
Thomas C. Chambers
~~b: June 20, 1864 ~~d: October 31, 1924
Thomas Gressett
Born & Die~~d: March 28, 1944
Cecile Gressett
~~b: September 5, 1942 ~~d: September 10, 1942
Infant Gressett
Born & Die~~d: October 10, 1938
Earl Gressett
(son of Mr. & Mrs. M.J. Gressett)
Born & Die~~d: May 21, 1939
Everett J. Harper

Son of Mr. & Mrs. E.M. Harper, Sr.
Born & Die~~d: January 17, 1946
James M. Harper
~~b: April 23, 1929 ~~d: August 17, 1936
William Lee Harper
~~b: September 3, 1906 ~~d: September 29, 1935
Evelyn Harper
~~b: March 23, 1933 ~~d: September 28, 1959
L. Harper
AS US Army
~~b: January 3, 1925 ~~d: August 16, 2002
Otis Lavelle Knight
Son of J. M. & Susie
NO INFO
James Leon Knight
~~b: January 13, 1908 ~~d: December 19, 1909
Willie Marvin Knight
(son of W.H. & Hettie)
~~b: February 12, 1912 ~~d: March 10, 1912
Esther Knight
~~b: June 20, 1895 ~~d: September 28, 1921
John W. Knight
~~b: May 23, 1876 ~~d: December 9, 1882
Martha Elizabeth Knight
~~b: February 25, 1851 ~~d: February 18, 1920
Allen Elbert Knight
~~b: December 15, 1847 ~~d: March 1, 1920
Carrie May Cody
~~b: April 17, 1913 ~~d: March 3, 1927
John J. Cody, Jr.
~~b: January 14, 1915 ~~d: February 4, 1915
Frances Knight Cody
~~b: April 20, 1891 ~~d: September 11, 1969
C. L. Rawson
CO C 41 MS INF C.S.A.
~~b: July 17, 1840 ~~d: April 10, 1920
Above Submitted by David Pickett Poster-#-65-
Above Submitted by Elizabeth Hagwood Poster-#-4-


  • Sacred to the memory of
    Mary Ann
    Wife of R. T. Gordon
    and Dau of D.W. & L.C.(LOCKETT)
    She died Nov. 19th, 1853
    Aged 21 years and 11 months

  • Sacred to the memory of
    Joanna H. (Eiland)
    Daughter of
    Richmond T. and Catherine A. Gordon
    She departed this life
    (b. 1847 d.31 July 1848)
    aged 1 yr. 3 months & 11 days
    NOTE: Small above ground vault

  • Sacred to the memory of
    Catherine A.
    Wife of Richmond T. Gordon
    (b. Aug 3rd 1818 d. 31 yrs old)
    She departed this life
    NOTE: Large above ground vault
Added to this marker in 2003, a marble tablet with the
following inscription:
(Catherine Ann Bourdeaux dau of
Anthony D. Bourdeaux and Margaret Devane)
Submitted by Doug Gordon Poster-#-69-



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