The Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church cemetery is on Barton Ferry Road approximately 0.5 miles west of the north gate of Columbus Air Force Base, adjacent to the Buttahatchie River. The church has burned down, but as of this survey there are still burials in the cemetery. The cemetery is overgrown and only parts are upkept.
New Additions, older burials, provided by local funeral home May 2006.
Surveyed by Russell D. James and Mike Lowery on 3 December 2003, All Rights Reserved.
Bessie W. Johnson
20 Jul 1916 – 12 Jan 1982
Frank Johnson
15 Sep 1910 – 22 Sep 1979
Evlar B. Johnson
26 Dec 1888 – 14 Mar 1982
Payton Johnson
15 May 1886 – 9 May 1960
John H. Johnson
20 Apr 1913 – 7 Aug 1944
Nellie B. Hamilton
1873 – 1957
Magolis Johnson
Died 1997
Ofie Williams
26 Aug 1927 – 13 Feb 2000
King D. Rush
TEC 4
US Army
World War II
29 Sep 1917 – 4 Feb 1992
Keziah Ross
12 Sep 1887 – 12 Feb 1987
Leda M. Covington
6 Sep 1905 – 11 Dec 1981
Christine S. Hamilton
29 Dec 1929 – 27 Jan 1993
Willie J. Hamilton
22 Jul 1905 – 3 May 1996
Tommy Phelon
19 Sep 1904 – 3 Feb 1975
Lucy Bridges
6 Jan 1877 – 10 Apr 1923
Gertrude A. Hamilton
23 Feb 1898 – 10 Jan 1974
Ophelia Roberson
3 Jan 1883 – 12 Mar 1981
John Roberson
1887 – 14 Jan 1970
John Robert
14 Jun 1965 – 11 Oct 1965
Johnnie B. Alexander
PFC
US Army
9 Jul 1922 – 9 Jul 1993
Rachel Billups
16 Sep 1896 – 17 Aug 2001
Ollie C. Roberts
SP3
US Army
12 Jan 1934 – 29 Apr 1995
Rose H. Pearson
1881- 1961
William H. Roberts
7 Jan 1904 – 5 Apr 1987
Henrietta Roberts
19 Mar 1912 – 4 Nov 2000
Virginia Howell
3 Dec 1911 – 9 Feb 1993
Maggie Howell
Died Jul 1984
L. D. Howell
29 Oct 1922 – 23 Nov 1985
Rob Shinn
Died 8 Mar 1950
Age 96
Prince Weatherspoon
Died 10 Jan 1910
Age 65
William Staler
9 Sep 1913 – 11 Jul 1976
Matilda Nelson
31 Jun 1919 – 7 Oct 1985
Ephraiam Kenney
6 May 1832 – 20 Mar 1877
Maria Williams
Died 4 Sep 1908
Age 93 yrs.
Mary A. Nelson
5 Aug 1888 – 10 May 1965
George W. Nelson Sr.
9 Jun 1887 – 26 Sep 1953
Lucy Jenkins
Died 20 Jun 1931
Tommy Phelon
19 Sep 1904 – 3 Feb 1975
Bennie W. Hamilton
2 Apr 1902 – 12 May 1977
Bennie Ford
12 Jan 1912 – 15 Sep 2001
Eva Latham
Died 19 May 1978
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