Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
(partial)
Prentiss, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

This cemetery is located on Hwy 13 just before the end of the Prentiss city limits. According to the historical marker it was the first church in Jeff Davis County.

Submitted by Pamela Dyess Mann on March 27, 2001.

 

Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information
Baldon, Myrah Elizabeth   Dec 4, 1918 Feb 23, 1962
Bass, T. C.  May 4, 1908 Aug 9, 1971
Bass, Lela            Mar 14, 1912 Sept 7, 1977
Bass, Robert E. Jan 18, 1886 Nov 17, 1956
Bass, Carrie J.   April 26, 1896 Mar 8, 1994
Bass, Samuel F. Sept 27, 1902 Oct 30, 1976
Bass, Mary Elaine Jan 28, 1935 Jan 31, 1995
Bass, Mary Maude Sept 6, 1915 July 15, 1989
Bass, Curtis 10/14/1909 7/26/1960 husband
Bass, Jestus Feb 13, 1876 April 16, 1947 father
Bass, Mable  Mar 6, 1876 June 12, 1943  wife
Bass, Samuel F., Jr. Jan 4, 1924 July 24, 1942  son
Bass, Bertha June 10, 1880 March 3, 1946 wife of O. Mapp, D. Sterling, and H. A. Graves
Brady, Alice L. Oct 5, 1860 May 27, 1929
Bridges, Heath Larue Oct 10. 1974 May 2, 1976 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Karon
Broome, Barbara Myers Jan 10, 1941 Feb 7, 1966
Burkett, Lou Elizabeth 1866 1952 Double Marker
Burkett, J. C. 1857 1942
Burkett, Alma   Aug 15, 1889 Apr 22, 1975
Dyess, Francis Ross   1899 1986
Gillaspy, Evelyn K. Myers Apr 11, 1952 Oct 11, 1970
Griffith, Carl Fountain Oct 26, 1893 Jan 30, 1989 Double Marker
Griffith, Alma Burkett Aug 15, 1889 Apr 22, 1975
Henderson, Jewel Myers Jan 19, 1917 Dec 21, 1989
Langston, Iris B. Sep 17, 1909 Mar 5, 1991 Double Marker
Langston, R. P. "Bob" Aug 23, 1896 Jul 17, 1973
Loflin, Roy S. 1881 1944 Double Marker
Loflin, Alabama B. 1883 1954
McInnis, Louis "Rabbit"   Sep 11, 1926 Dec 26, 1993 Double Marker
McInnis, Jewel B. Mar 15, 1931 no d. date
McInnis, Virgil Louis   Sgt US Army WWII

Myers, J. D.  
Jul 29 1912 Aug 20 1968 Double Marker - Other side is blank except for the word Mother
Myers, Henry B. March 1, 1884 Jan 19, 1967 Double Marker
Myers, Ora B. October 10, 1883  no d. date  (7 Apr 1970 per family)
Myers, Sherdon M.
19 May 1906 22 Aug 1985 Double Marker Father
Myers, Delia Roberts 27 Jun 1909 19 Mar 1945 Mother
Myers, Mack D.  July 27, 1941 Aug 4, 1987
Myers, Caroline   Feb 17, 1946 Sept 2, 1947
Myers, Benjamin F.  Apr 6, 1919 Mar 28, 1959 Pvt MD WWII
Myers, Delleon Scioneaux June 6, 1948 Nov 20, 1989
Myers, Dennis B.  Oct 17, 1944 Apr 17, 1996 Double Marker
Myers, Bobbie J.  June 20, 193 no d. date
Myers, Kenneth T.   July 26, 1926 Feb 1, 1998
Myers, Jimmie P  Feb 24, 1939 Mar 2, 1939
Polk, Mary Estelle Feb 12, 1923 Apr 8, 1923  dau of B. L. & Radie Polk
Polk, Rodie  Feb 28, 1887 May 6, 1950 Mother
Roberts, Vernon Robert  Nov 1, 1883 Jul 23, 1955 Double Marker
Roberts, Chellie Ann Apr 16, 1885 May 30, 1958
Scurlock, Bessie Polk  Dec 26, 1910 Feb 25, 1935
Scurlock, William    Feb 2, 1935 May 27, 1935
Stamps, Gladys Burrow Mar 4, 1908 Feb 22, 1968
Stamps, Samuel Thomas June 2, 1906 Dec 14, 1970
Tyrone, Bertie Brady Mar 13,  1892 Apr 13, 1937

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