Pearson Cemetery
Directions:
From I-10 take the 603 North (= exit 13). Follow this road for about 5.8 miles, then turn left on State Road 43. Go approximately 7.4 miles, then turn right on Leetown Road. After 5.7 miles, turn left on Caesar-Necaise Road. After 2 miles, turn right on Bouie Road. After 1.5 miles, take a right hand turn on Preacher Powell Road, then right again on Pearson Cemetery Road after about 1/2 mile. Follow this road, stay left where it turns rather sharply, and the cemetery will be on the right hand side at the end of this road.
Graves (268):
| # | Last Name | First Name | Birth | Death | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001a | Hamby | Reba Mae | 07/12/1927 | 04/11/1981 | wife of Frank Hamby |
| 001b | Hamby | Frank | 07/1926 | ||
| 002a | Pearson | John A. | 02/02/1862 | 12/28/1936 | |
| 002b | Pearson | Sarah Stewart | 11/14/1861 | 07/02/1936 | |
| 003 | Pearson | John Sarohe(?) | 06/22/1881 | 08/29/1900 | |
| 004 | Dossett | Vera V. | 05/20/1904 | 11/13/1905 | |
| 005 | Pearson | Alice N. | 05/06/1883 | 04/02/1934 | Wife of James Dossett |
| 006 | Dossett | James Franklin | 11/20/1872 | 12/21/1955 | |
| 007 | Evans | Onita Dossett | 03/06/1906 | 10/22/1967 | |
| 008 | Pearson | B. F. | 11/29/1865 | 11/08/1897 | |
| 009 | Pearson | Baby Ruth | 02/16/1893 | ||
| 010 | Pearson | Myrtie | 11/13/1901 | 12/17/1902 | |
| 011 | Hunter | Pearl Pearson | 09/22/1880 | 11/10/1913 | |
| 012 | Pearson | Baby | 09/28/1928 | ||
| 013a | Boutwell | John L. Sr. | 04/17/1922 | 04/15/1989 | husband of Bobbie S. Boutwell |
| 013b | Boutwell | Bobbie S. | 05/16/1931 | ||
| 014 | Lumpkin | Julia Faye | 1948 | 1980 | |
| 015 | Stewart | Baby | 12/19/1948 | ||
| 016 | Stewart | G. Bruner | 08/05/1865 | 06/05/1933 | |
| 017 | Stewart | Mary Ann P. | 05/02/1867 | 02/09/1963 | |
| 018 | Stewart | Morley | 12/20/1899 | 05/13/1911 | |
| 019 | Stewart | Nancey Carene | 08/05/1897 | 09/03/1905 | |
| 020 | Stewart | Daniel | 10/31/1889 | 11/30/1889 | |
| 021 | Pearson | Charles | 09/14/1872 | 02/14/1883 | |
| 022 | Pearson | Harris Leander Sr. | 01/23/1828 | 06/21/1896 | born in Tennessee; married Rosana Essy Breland 05/13/1858; Pvt 17th Ms. Cavelry Co. B-D |
| 023 | Breland | Rose Ann | 06/14/1838 | 09/22/1910 | |
| 027 | Jones | Sarah Jane | 06/14/1860 | 12/25/1913 | |
| 028 | Jones | Z. T. | 05/13/1847 | 08/18/1920 | |
| 029 | Jones | Fabien C. | 06/14/1892 | 01/24/1913 | |
| 030 | Pearson | Baby | |||
| 031 | Pearson | Ruben | 06/19/1902 | ||
| 032 | Pearson | William S. | 11/01/1878 | 07/13/1964 | |
| 033 | Pearson | Fannie D. | 08/01/1880 | 12/06/1963 | |
| 034 | Lee | Clemmie | 11/09/1903 | 12/11/1988 | |
| 035a | Lee | Otis M. | 11/02/1900 | 11/22/1969 | |
| 035b | Lee | Coyt | 08/23/1923 | 08/24/1923 | child of Otis Lee |
| 036 | Lee | Garland | 12/27/1931 | 07/02/1986 | |
| 037 | Lee | Nancy A. | 02/19/1869 | 01/11/1937 | |
| 038 | Lee | Jones | 02/14/1862 | 12/22/1951 | |
| 039 | Stewart | Minnie J. | 09/05/1884 | 10/06/1976 | |
| 040a | Massa | Rose S. | 09/24/1887 | 07/09/1965 | |
| 040b | Massa | Philip Z. | 11/11/1898 | 04/11/1975 | |
| 041 | Spence | Eugene B. | 06/03/1902 | 11/06/1977 | |
| 042 | Spence | Hattie Lou | 07/22/1912 | 01/23/1983 | |
| 043 | Spence | Lisa | 09/26/1969 | 09/29/1969 | |
| 044 | Spence | Jesse E. | 12/09/1912 | 01/08/1961 | |
| 045 | Spence | Lucille P. | 06/10/1926 | 07/08/1994 | |
| 046 | Spence | Ruth | 06/02/1953 | 06/02/1953 | |
| 047a | Spence | Hugh O. | 11/12/1868 | 06/02/1956 | husband of Susie Smith |
| 047b | Spence | Susie Smith | 12/27/1877 | 02/07/1964 | wife of Hugh O. Spence |
| 048a | Ulmer | Callie Spence | daughter of Hugh O. Spence and Susie Smith | ||
| 048b | Spence | Olna "Mollie" | 3 yrs; daughter of Hugh O. Spence and Susie Smith | ||
| 048c | Moller | Gorman | child; son of Prince and Gladis Moller; grandson of Hugh O. Spence and Susie Smith | ||
| 049 | Durham | Lucia Charon | 06/24/1904 | 10/22/1905 | |
| 050 | Durham | Emerson Harben | 09/04/1902 | 10/17/1905 | |
| 051 | Durham | Alton Vance | 07/26/1904 | 10/07/1905 | |
| 052 | Stewart | Nancy | 10/16/1839 | 01/16/1911 | |
| 053 | Stewart | Ebenezer P. | 09/1839 | 08/08/1920 | Pvt 7th Ms Vols Inf Co F |
| 054 | Lee | Sarah Alice | 07/23/1918 | 09/28/1918 | |
| 055 | Lee | William | 02/01/1886 | 06/03/1942 | |
| 056 | Lee | Nazie | 07/01/1898 | 10/13/1985 | |
| 057 | Collins | W. W. | 11/06/1866 | 03/16/1934 | |
| 058 | Collins | Rebecca | 01/05/1868 | 04/30/1959 | |
| 059 | Collins | Benjamin E. | 09/03/1905 | 08/12/1906 | |
| 060 | Dubussion | Infant son | 07/15/1909 | Infant Son of J.D. and R. U. | |
| 061 | Dossett | Rev. Thomas | 02/22/1847 | 01/31/1928 | Pvt 7th Batt Ms Inf Co F |
| 062 | Dossett | Sarah Parker | 01/22/1846 | 04/20/1931 | |
| 063 | Spence | Edward | 10/02/1883 | 08/08/1970 | |
| 064 | Spence | Cordelia S. | 08/10/1895 | 12/23/1918 | |
| 065 | Spence | Katherine D. | 06/30/1975 | ||
| 066a | Spence | Helen M. | 05/11/1916 | 10/28/1991 | |
| 066b | Spence | Van B. | 03/31/1910 | 01/16/2000 | |
| 067 | Spence | Bobbie Jo | 08/14/1932 | 12/14/1938 | |
| 068 | Spence | J. M. B. | 04/13/1867 | 12/21/1942 | |
| 069 | Spence | Maggie A. | 04/26/1846 | 12/08/1921 | |
| 070 | Spence | Dr. William E. | 11/16/1841 | 01/10/1915 | 2nd LT 3rd Ms Inf Co F |
| 071 | Spence | Maude | 08/18/1888 | 12/25/1964 | |
| 072 | Spence | Hattie R. | 09/26/1920 | 08/12/1921 | |
| 073 | Spence | Jimmy Roger | 02/17/1929 | 02/20/1929 | |
| 074 | Spence | Mollie Ann | 12/19/1926 | 06/15/1929 | |
| 075 | Spence | Priscilla | 08/16/1889 | 08/05/1973 | |
| 076 | Spence | Melita | 01/23/1874 | 06/01/1952 | |
| 077 | Lanchom | Elaton W. | 03/18/1918 | dod 06/19/19??, year illegible | |
| 078 | Lanchom | Dr. Rufus W. | 03/17/1881 | 12/20/1968 | |
| 079 | Rosella | P. | 11/21/1886 | 11/24/1960 | |
| 080 | Pearson | Harris Leander Jr. | 12/21/1863 | 11/03/1941 | |
| 081 | Pearson | Louisa Spence | 03/01/1868 | 01/23/1959 | |
| 082 | Pearson | Alvin Gressett | 08/09/1897 | 09/26/1949 | |
| 083 | Pearson | Yueyle Warden | 08/12/1897 | 04/07/1933 | |
| 084 | Pearson | Walter B. | 05/01/1885 | 11/04/1959 | |
| 085 | Pearson | Marion Jewel | 03/26/1915 | 02/01/1975 | wife of Wilmer F. Pearson |
| 086 | Pearson | Wilmer F. | 04/03/1917 | ||
| 087a | Spence | George B. | 10/03/1923 | 09/29/1924 | husband of Cecile B. Spence |
| 087b | Spence | Cecile B. | 04/03/1917 | ||
| 088 | Pearson | Artie U. | 1906 | 1982 | |
| 089 | Pearson | George L. | 08/21/1936 | 01/06/1959 | |
| 090 | Warden | George W. | 02/08/1862 | 07/30/1940 | |
| 091 | Pearson | Jessie R. | 08/11/1903 | 11/08/1992 | |
| 092 | Pearson | Bessie W. | 12/21/1901 | 11/02/1971 | |
| 093 | Dobson | Patricia Carlyon | 05/21/1963 | 04/13/1964 | |
| 094 | Brewer | Earnest A. | 02/17/1903 | 02/06/1968 | |
| 095 | Davis | Margaret B. | 08/20/1937 | 06/06/1979 | |
| 096 | Brewer | Sarah D. | 07/01/1877 | 05/02/1951 | |
| 097 | Brewer | William M. | 12/11/1872 | 04/01/1959 | |
| 098 | Burge | W. M. Douglas | 12/07/1951 | 11/16/1996 | |
| 099 | Burge | Eura Lee Dossett | 01/29/1913 | 04/16/1996 | |
| 100 | Dossett | Earl L. | 01/30/1929 | 09/16/1937 | |
| 101 | Dossett | Mary | 10/16/1886 | 01/28/1969 | |
| 102 | Dossett | William | 02/12/1803 | 05/23/1952 | |
| 103 | Dossett | Marshall L. | 11/04/1919 | 08/09/1998 | |
| 104 | Pearson | Reuben Robert | 01/21/1941 | ||
| 105 | Pearson | Alveretta Burge | 03/06/1865 | 06/14/1943 | |
| 106 | Pearson | Harben N. | 07/07/1908 | 11/04/1995 | |
| 107 | Durham | Eliza P. | 01/16/1884 | 08/11/1979 | |
| 108 | Durham | Van Don | 04/01/1872 | 06/16/1943 | |
| 109 | Pearson | Joseph M. | 08/10/1881 | 06/18/1961 | |
| 110 | Pearson | Caroline S. | 01/13/1884 | 10/02/1972 | |
| 111 | Pearson | Gullion | 12/26/1909 | 06/12/1946 | |
| 112 | Pearson | H. Kenneth | 01/06/1923 | 12/13/1958 | |
| 113 | Pearson | Enos V. | 12/13/1943 | ||
| 114a | Spence | Willie O. | 03/31/1929 | 08/12/1985 | husband of Loretta D. Spence |
| 114b | Spence | Loretta D. | 11/09/1931 | ||
| 115a | Spence | Willie F. | 09/29/1907 | 03/13/1975 | husband of Elfie J. |
| 115b | Spence | Elfie J. | 10/22/1910 | ||
| 116 | Lee | John E. | 1957 | 1964 | |
| 117 | Pearson | Lillie Ruth | 10/25/1908 | 02/02/1982 | |
| 118 | Pearson | Cecil | 09/25/1910 | 06/18/1986 | |
| 119 | Pearson | Thomas | 07/31/1876 | 11/19/1952 | |
| 120 | Pearson | Rachael M. | 07/24/1880 | 02/16/1942 | |
| 121 | Lee | Iva Jones | 12/10/1902 | 08/28/1942 | |
| 122 | Lee | James Leander | 04/12/1950 | 04/14/1950 | |
| 123 | Lee | J. Monroe | 05/10/1903 | 09/20/1969 | |
| 124a | Lee | Marty | 05/27/1980 | Infant | |
| 124b | Lee | Charles Marty | 09/11/1960 | 08/11/1998 | son of Charles Lee; grandson of Joe R. Lee |
| 125a | Lee | Joe R. | 06/18/1905 | 03/14/1982 | husband of Meadie B. |
| 125b | Lee | Meadie B. | 10/05/1908 | ||
| 126a | Lee | Joey W. | 01/12/1951 | 12/19/1991 | husband of Karen S. |
| 126b | Lee | Karen S. | 11/15/1958 | ||
| 127 | Easterling | Troy Alvin | 01/19/1995 | 01/21/1995 | |
| 128 | Jones | Donna Michelle Delyea | 12/21/1964 | 01/10/1983 | |
| 129 | Jones | Boaz Sr. | 1887 | 1956 | |
| 130 | Jones | Nellie S. | 1900 | 1980 | |
| 131 | Jones | Ray M. | 08/29/1933 | 07/29/1950 | |
| 132 | Jones | D. Waelane | 09/02/1927 | 09/28/1950 | |
| 133 | Jones | Boaz Jr. | 12/07/1923 | 03/04/1992 | |
| 134a | Pearson | Margaret Ann | 10/18/1938 | 08/16/1995 | wife of Berdell |
| 134b | Pearson | Berdell | 02/08/1936 | ||
| 135 | Pearson | Randazz L. | 04/20/1953 | 12/28/1973 | |
| 136a | Pearson | Floyd L. | 10/11/1903 | 11/18/1984 | husband of Freda |
| 136b | Pearson | Freda J. | 05/07/1907 | ||
| 137a | Pearson | Wilma S. | 12/31/1930 | 10/09/1985 | wife of H. Oliver |
| 137b | Pearson | H. Oliver | 05/31/1928 | ||
| 138 | Tate | Dianne P. | 01/22/1953 | 02/10/1990 | |
| 139a | Jones | Bonnie Jean | 1918 | 1970 | |
| 139b | Jones | Mordece | 1914 | 1999 | |
| 140 | Lee | Claude C. | 01/04/1898 | 01/06/1992 | |
| 141 | Lee | Beulah Saucier | 03/15/1906 | 01/05/1993 | |
| 142a | Sobocinski | Leon | 1906 | 1973 | husband of Florence |
| 142b | Sobocinski | Florence | 1912 | ||
| 143 | Bridges | Mabeline Z. | 09/07/1929 | 12/23/1991 | |
| 144a | Calkins | Chester | 10/25/1887 | 03/15/1980 | |
| 144b | Calkins | Hope S. | 05/10/1892 | 08/11/1968 | |
| 145a | Pearson | Lee Carroll | 08/16/1912 | 05/31/1993 | |
| 145b | Pearson | Vennie S. | 04/30/1940 | 01/02/2000 | |
| 146a | Ladner | Merlin R. | 02/28/1934 | 08/09/1993 | husband of Margery R. Jones |
| 146b | Ladner | Margery R. Jones | 08/04/1937 | ||
| 147 | Jones | Preston P. | 05/28/1915 | 05/27/1976 | |
| 148 | Jones | Newton A. | 12/13/1883 | 08/27/1966 | |
| 149 | Jones | Amanda M. | 07/03/1891 | 07/09/1922 | |
| 150a | Jones | Bertia H. | 01/01/1928 | 05/24/1972 | wife of Hollis |
| 150b | Jones | Hollis | 02/03/1916 | ||
| 151a | Jones | Emma S. | 11/26/1895 | 03/23/1963 | |
| 151b | Jones | James Ray | 06/26/1920 | ||
| 152 | Jones | Infant of C. and P. | 1910 | Infant of C. and P. Jones | |
| 153 | Jones | H. L. | 11/28/1920 | 10/22/1942 | |
| 154 | Jones | Vernal | 07/19/1906 | 12/24/1906 | |
| 155 | Jones | Viola Lossett | 07/16/1888 | 10/16/1938 | |
| 156 | Jones | Harris | 01/29/1883 | 11/07/1944 | |
| 157 | Lee | Fannie | 11/1893 | 01/1923 | |
| 158 | Lee | Poetivent | 08/16/1923 | 11/17/1930 | |
| 159 | Lee | Leana P. | 11/18/1906 | 12/31/1979 | |
| 160 | Lee | Marshall J. | 08/13/1893 | 09/17/1943 | |
| 161 | Jones | Maggie Ophelia | 09/06/1898 | 09/19/1926 | |
| 162 | Lee | Julia Mae | 05/26/1923 | 02/10/1925 | |
| 163a | Jones | Jessie Mae | 08/05/1927 | 01/05/1986 | wife of L. Loyd "Buck" Jones |
| 163b | Jones | L. Loyd "Buck" Jones | 10/08/1915 | ||
| 164 | Lee | John H. | 1891 | 1965 | |
| 165 | Lee | Magnolia | 1890 | 1956 | |
| 166 | Law | Annie Lorraine | 06/29/1922 | 12/15/1958 | |
| 167 | Campbell | Infant son | 1928 | Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. John Campbell | |
| 168 | Homer | Robert | 11/01/1907 | 02/22/1928 | |
| 169 | Lee | William Price | 10/11/1863 | 05/14/1940 | |
| 170 | Lee | Rosa | 10/16/1870 | 10/12/1959 | |
| 171 | Lee | Ludie M. | 10/24/1900 | 11/11/1943 | |
| 172 | Campbell | John R. | 09/04/1897 | 10/03/1974 | |
| 173 | Campbell | Mittie L. | 02/09/1900 | 05/17/1983 | |
| 174 | Villermarette | Ruby | 08/11/1924 | 11/24/1999 | wife of Lamar H. Jones Sr. |
| 175 | Lee | Duree P. | 07/17/1911 | 09/08/1993 | |
| 176 | Jones | Henry | 11/01/1904 | 08/13/1929 | |
| 177 | Jones | Posey D. | 09/12/1914 | 05/09/1974 | |
| 178 | Jones | Randolph | 1821 | 1945 | |
| 179 | Jones | Ella | 1878 | 1953 | |
| 180a | Jones | Casey B. | 12/09/1911 | 07/26/1969 | husband of Marie L. |
| 180b | Jones | Marie L. | 03/16/1916 | ||
| 181 | Penton | Joseph R. | 12/06/1919 | 04/22/1978 | |
| 182 | Penton | Ila R. | 08/18/1922 | 04/30/1977 | |
| 183 | Penton | Annie Faye | 1948 | 1988 | |
| 184 | Cain | Samuel | 09/20/1932 | 04/16/1933 | |
| 185a | Pearson | Hershel D. | 05/09/1912 | 12/28/1992 | husband of Dorrie J. |
| 185b | Pearson | Dorrie J. | 10/26/1916 | ||
| 186 | Pearson | Ida L. | 03/21/1909 | 01/24/1985 | |
| 187 | Pearson | Edward L. | 02/28/1905 | 05/15/1978 | |
| 188 | Lee | Rebecca P. | 08/06/1900 | 11/21/1983 | |
| 189 | Lee | Rev. Clifton | 04/26/1909 | 09/26/1979 | |
| 190 | Lee | Estelle P. | 12/10/1910 | 02/21/1986 | |
| 191 | Lee | Infant | |||
| 192 | Lee | James Sidney | 1935 | 1936 | |
| 193 | McGrimmon | George W. | |||
| 194 | Bilbo | Aubrey Dwight | 05/05/1929 | 03/15/1986 | |
| 195 | (Unmarked) | ||||
| 196a | King | Lillie Von | 01/30/1940 | 03/17/1994 | wife of William T. |
| 196b | King | William T. | 01/26/1934 | ||
| 196c | King | Christopher David | 09/17/1967 | ||
| 197 | Danos | Emma C. | 04/05/1912 | 11/22/1995 | |
| 198 | Danos | Arthur L. | 04/19/1916 | 07/29/1987 | |
| 199 | Lee | Willie Price | 05/05/1884 | 06/10/1961 | |
| 200 | Lee | Lizzie Belle | 01/08/1900 | 03/08/1966 | |
| 201 | McGrimmon | Neal R. | 04/14/1887 | 11/12/1945 | |
| 202a | McGrimmon | William | 02/21/1887 | 05/01/1952 | husband of Flora E. |
| 202b | McGrimmon | Flora E. | 1908 | ||
| 203 | Vauchan | Lorena Lee | 11/05/1922 | 05/01/1949 | |
| 204 | Campbell | Emma | 04/07/1881 | 04/07/1939 | |
| 205 | Campbell | Larkin M. | 08/16/1872 | 08/19/1971 | |
| 206 | Campbell | David Morro | 03/29/1906 | 03/22/1982 | U.S. Marine |
| 207 | Pearson | Emmitt | 09/03/1906 | 05/11/1974 | |
| 208 | Pearson | Dena | 07/13/1914 | 11/03/1979 | |
| 209 | Bounds | Levon Pearson | 1945 | 1996 | |
| 210a | Pearson | Clifton T. | 02/16/1909 | 04/22/1922 | husband of Susie A. |
| 210b | Pearson | Susie A. | 03/12/1913 | ||
| 211 | Pearson | Randall | 04/12/1938 | 12/22/1957 | |
| 212a | Baughman | Patsy R. | 10/14/1931 | 10/24/1981 | wife of Joxie |
| 212b | Baughman | Joxie | 06/11/1928 | ||
| 213 | Spence | Toxie | 10/25/1912 | 06/13/1990 | |
| 214 | Spence | Edna Baucum | 11/26/1915 | 01/20/1992 | |
| 215a | Spears | Doyle H. | 07/18/1930 | 10/14/1993 | |
| 215b | Spence | Margie A. | 07/20/1937 | 11/18/1998 | wife of Doyle Spires |
| 216 | Warden | Dennis | 03/15/1913 | 01/17/1982 | husband of Rosella L. Warden |
| 217 | Warden | Rosella L. | 11/29/1924 | 06/28/1997 | wife of Dennis Warden |
| 218 | Warden | David Lee | 10/10/1946 | 08/03/1984 | |
| 219 | Spears | William Douglas | 08/04/1952 | 05/06/1982 | |
| 220a | Malley | Royce | 06/03/1926 | 01/30/1982 | husband of Versie P. |
| 220b | Malley | Versie P. | 04/03/1929 | ||
| 221a | Pearson | Willie F. | 03/04/1889 | 07/06/1975 | husband of Verna L. |
| 221b | Pearson | Verna L. | 01/22/1909 | 05/11/1990 | wife of Willie F. |
| 222 | McKissack | No first name | 01/22/1897 | 06/15/1984 | |
| 223 | McKissack | Hattie P. | 05/29/1900 | 09/15/1987 | |
| 224 | Pearson | Infant son | 08/05/1965 | Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. H.J. Pearson | |
| 225 | Miller | Leon F. | 11/27/1921 | 06/04/1992 | |
| 226 | Miller | Eula Lee | 07/21/1928 | 08/23/1977 | |
| 227a | Pearson | J. Fred | 03/31/1901 | 04/21/1990 | husband of Amanda B. |
| 227b | Pearson | Amanda B. | 04/05/1910 | 05/25/1998 | wife of J. Fred |
| unk | Campbell | Loretta S. | 1932 | 07/21/1954 | born 1932 or before |
| unk | Harrol | Pearl H. | 02/22/1908 | 04/01/1997 | mother of Frank Hanby |
| unk | Jones | Blanche | 12/16/1918 | 11/24/1999 | wife of Lamar H. Jones Sr. |
| unk | Jones | Charles P. | 07/22/1889 | 05/22/1989 | |
| unk | Lumpkin | James Larry | 11/24/1938 | 05/16/1999 | |
| unk | Lumpkin | Mary Bernice | 03/11/1912 | 06/24/1999 | |
| unk | Pearson | Rosana Essy Breland | 06/14/1838 | 09/22/1910 | wife of 1st Harris L. Sr. Pearson, 2nd John Davis; daughter of Elder Richard Reuben Breland and Sarah Adeline Fillingien |
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