Bahala Chapel Cemetery
Lawrence County, Mississippi

This cemetery is in a rural area.  Nearby communities are Oma, Tryus and Sontag.

Submitted by Miriam Malone on July 17, 2004.

 

 
Name Birth Date Death Date *

Inscription

 Notes
Armstrong B.F 10-26-1873 9-5-1883 1883 son of James F. and L. M.  
Armstrong James F.  7-13-1837 8-22-1924 1924    
Armstrong L. M. Ward 5-16-1858 12-25-1921 1921 wife of James F. Armstrong  
Bailey Arthur Lee, Jr. 7-19-1947 7-20-1947 1947    
Bird Alice M. Jett  6-14-1848 8-21-1877 1877    
Bird Cary M., Sr. 2-2-1876 12-23-1967 1967   Family lore said that his birthday was January 2. Son of Holloway Ivanhoe Bird. Husband of Mary F. Ford.
Bird Emma Frances 7-26-1870 6-22-1956  1956   Daughter of Benjamin David Hennington and Mary Narcissus Catching. Wife of Lee H. Bird.
Bird George Ivan  6-27-1917 12-9-1919  1919    
Bird Halloway Ivanho  1-22-1834 1-18-1909  1909   Family usage shows name spelled as Holloway Ivanhoe. Came to Mississippi from Edgefield District, South Carolina. Elected as state legislative representative from Lawrence County in 1877. Served as delegate to the 1890 Miss. Constitutional Convention.
Bird Hilrie S. 9-19-1909  12-23-1956 1956   Son of Lee H. & Emma Frances Hennington Bird
Bird Lee H. 8-24-1868 3-7-1957 1957   Birth name: Eldred Levi Holloway Bird. Attorney. Served in Mississippi Legislature during the 1890 Constitutional Convention, as Clerk of the Judiciary Committee.
Bird Mary F. Ford 10-16-1885 11-29-1973 1973   Wife of Cary M. Bird
Bird Miller   1999/2000 2000   I need to check for a headstone. Son of Cary M. Bird and Mary F. Ford. Served as Treasurer of the BC Cemetery Assn. for many years.
Bird Herman Daniel 8-30-1927 11-15-1927  1927    
Boone Virginia  9/29/1852 11/10/1871 1871    
Boutwell Ethel L. 4-18-1874 9-8-1949 1949    
Boutwell J. W. 2-14-1872  9-5-1938 1938    
Byrd John D.    1853 1937 1937    
Byrd Samuel Berry 9-16-1879 6-29-1920 1920  son of J. D. and S. E.    
Byrd Susie R.  1858 1939 1939    
Cagle Belle S.    1877 1936 1936    
Cagle Ike M.    1866 1953 1953    
Cagle Mary Jane Hoggatt 9-12-1845 9-8-1889 1889 wife of W. C. Cagle  
Cagle William W.    2-28-1866 4-29-1882 1882 son of W. C. and M. J. Cagle  
Calhoun Audley     4-1-2002 2002    
Calhoun Minnie McKay   1988/1989 1989   I need to check for a headstone. This list was prepared prior to 1988, but the interment was reported at a BCCA meeting.
Calhoun Murray    1999/2000 2000    I need to check for a headstone.
Carpenter Elisabeth 5-3-1836   4-27-1887 1887    
Carpenter Jesse M. 11-29-1864 1-14-1886 1886  son of J. M. and Sarah E.  
Carpenter Walter Lee         Stone is badly damaged.
Conn S. C.  8-24-1905 4-5-1906 1906    
Conolly John B. 4-22-1875  8-25-1906 1906    
Crawford Neta Caroline 10-13-1818 12-26-1886 1886 wife of James Crawford  
Crosby George L. 4-15-1882  12-12-1958 1958    
Garrett "Little" Luther 8-?-1880  ?      
Grice B. F.  11-19-1851 9-14-1908 1908    
Grice J. J. 1-25-1848 11-3-1919 1919    
Grice M. L.  7-17-1895 6-14-1896  1896    
Grice E. V.  2-27-1853 3-3-1924 1924    
Guess Dora Lee 2-19-1885  10-22-1910 1910 daughter of J. D. and S. E. Bird  
Harris James Willard     7-17-1907 8-22-1908 1908 son of T. W. and B. Harris  
Harris John Julian   1920 1936 1936    
Harris Thomas Bruce  1878 1943 1943    
Harris Vera Smith   1889 1936 1936    
Harrison Callie 8-26-1877 4-19-1904  1904 wife of J. N. Harrison   
Henington Beatrice 4-5-1880 6-12-1917 1914    
Henington Benjamin D.    1-21-1843 5-16-1921 1921   Other family relations spelled the surname with two n's: Hennington. One who used only one n was reputed to have reasoned "that the second n had no meaning and was a waste of time."
Henington Benjamin David, Jr.  10-14-1881   5-18-1912 1912 son of B. D. and M. N. Henington  
Henington Eva 8-4-1885 10-1-1911 1911 wife of Benjamin David Henington   
Henington Henry Livingston 2-11-1873 5-6-1907  1907 son of B. D. and M. N. Henington  
Henington Mary N. 3-23-1843  11-12-1925 1925    
Hilton Helen B.   3-31-1870 1-18-1913 1913    
Hilton Jimmie   8-4-1868 12-27-1918 1918    
Kennedy Luie Virgil   1-12-1899 7-24-1904 1904 son of T. P. and L. H. Kennedy  
Knight "Little" John E.       age two years  
Knight John E. 7-14-1816   11-2-1893 1893    
Knight John H.    1855 1923 1923    
Knight Mary A.    8-18-1828 1-6-1902 1902 wife of John E. Knight  
Knight Philip Bruce 1-9-1916 8-9-1953 1953 U.S.N.R. W.W.II    
Knight     2003/2004 2004    
McKay E. N.    10-14-1867 10-12-1960 1960    
McKay Espy 8-24-1918 6-29-1931 1931    
McKay Fannie Hilton   3-25-1875 2-11-1909 1909    
McKay Gattie Fletcher   8-17-1895 7-21-1968 1968    
McKay Oscar Rueben    6-15-1889 6-13-1961 1961    
McKay Robert          
McKay Mary E. 12-3-1869 5-12-1944 1944 wife of E. N.  
Mohon William Tracy    4-12-1903 12-29-1934 1934    
Neal Maggie Ruth Smith 1-30-1913  9-9-1966 1966    
Newton Jamima   1-29-1850 3-13-1878 1878 daughter of Saac & Frankie Newton  
Newton Mary Slay
 		 1866 1933  1933    
Newton William Jasper 1852 1937 1937    
Rickett Ellison F. 12-28-1888 2-28-1952  1952    
Salman Missie  11-9-1869 11-13-1869 1869    
Sartin J. G.  1843 1868 1868   Possibly the first burial in Bahala Chapel Cemetery
Selman Albert   11-25-1859 8-31-?      
Selman Amanda M.  1862 1947 1947    
Selman Edgar    8-10-1890  1890 aged 23 years, 8 months, 14 days  
Selman Eugene 1864 1900 1900    
Selman Infant 6-25-1902 6-25-1902 1902 Son of G. E. and Nora  
Selman Kate 3-8-1834 10-14-1810 1910   I need to recheck the stone. These dates don't work. Maybe should have read 1910. Stone typos are harder to correct.
Selman Lena    10-14-1886 1-31-1904 1904    
Selman Tennessee 12-24-1853 12-8-1868 1868   Possibly the first burial in Bahala Chapel Cemetery
Selman W. R.  1-22-1824 7-9-1891 1891    
Selman William A. 1855 1950  1950    
Smith Bessie Jenkins          
Smith C. L. 6-7-1881 1-18-1899 1899 son of J.B. and S.A.M. Smith  
Smith C. L.  1-22-1879 3-28-1920  1920    
Smith George H.    2-16-1916 9-1-1966 1966    
Smith J. Benson    1857 1920 1920    
Smith Kate    3-26-1873 11-14-1937 1937    
Smith Mary J.          
Smith S.A.M. Newton 12-30-1856 7-24-1882  1882 wife of J. B. Smith   
Smith Teresa N.   1864 1944 1944    
Smith William Walter 8-8-1875 1-12-1951 1951    
Swilley Eva L.       wife of William F.  
Swilley  1-10-1873 3-6-1956 1956    
Swilley Quinnie O. 8-11-1868 3-31-1888  1888 wife of G. W. Swilley   
Swilley William F. 9-13-1862 4-3-1948 1948    
Terry Denver 5-5-1911   10-10-1918 1918    
Terry Dewey 5-11-1899 10-2-1904  1904    
Terry Early G. 7-21-1897 4-5-1958  1958 W.W.I  
Terry Fannie J. 9-22-1868   6-22-1914 1914    
Terry G. C. Jr.  8-7-1926 8-8-1926  1926    
Terry Harvey W. 2-24-1872 3-18-1922 1922    
Terry Mazie Juanita 9-30-1929  10-10-1935 1935    
Terry Merrea  2-8-1908 7-8-1908  1908    
Terry Nancy J.     12-24-1844 1-20-1885 1885 daughter of T.C. and Elizabeth Terry  
Terry T. C. 5-1-1816 12-10-1884  1884    
Terry Thaddeus Alpheus 11-23-1881 11-7-1904 1904    
Walden Lillian Lee    1877 1878 1878    
Walden Mary E. Newton  3-3-1848   6-4-1926 1926 wife of W. W. Walden  
Walden W. W. 1843  1909 1909 (Masonic emblem)  
Walden William A. Dolphus 3-20-1881 10-2-1899  1899 son of W. W. and M. E. Walden  
Watts Effie  12-13-1876 6-13-1949 1949    
Watts J. J. 9-16-1846 12-7-1932 1932    
Watts Mary M. 9- 1846 1-21-1911 1911 wife of J. J. Watts, daughter of Thomas and Barcenca Simmons   
           

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