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Cazere(s?), Mr. A., and family, who occupied the Gardebled cottage last summer, will spend the coming summer here, having rented the Ruisech property. (SCE 05/06/1893)
Pelletier, Mr. and Mrs. J.B., and children, Mr. and Mrs. P. Theriot and child and Mr. A. Cazeres, of New Orleans, were here Sunday, guests of Mrs. C. Gardebled. (SCE 05/ 06/1893)
Cazere - deSilva, the Misses, Mrs. P. Theriot, and Mr. A. Cazere were among those aboard the "FLYING DUTCHMAN" for a delightful sailing party Wednesday evening. (SCE, 7/15/ 1893)
Cedar Point - A Booming Locality - The locality of our progressive and attractive city known as Cedar Point is not backward in the least towards its advancement and material growth. We are reliably informed that nearly all the rear lots are being purchased by strangers and will soon be sites of some very pretty residences. Mr. Chas. Cowand, so progressive and wide awake, is to erect two neat and pretty cottages on his land, and expects to have them completed before many weeks. Other improvements about Cedar Point are being contemplated.
The canning factory is an important factor towards the development and building of that section, and we may add that more factories will not harm the place. (SCE 12/10/1892)
Celestine, Brother, of the college, left for New Orleans Monday morning. He went with the College's educational exhibits to bound. These exhibits are for the World's Fair and are of high merit. At the Paris Exposition this College carried off high honors, and we believe its work will so be distinguished in Chicago. (SCE 04/08/1893)
CEMETERIES / RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
Bayou Coco, Unknown
Bayou LaCroix, H. "Bully" Zengerling, 467-5859
Cedar Rest, Mayors Office, City of BSL 467-9092
Meg Hilliker's directory of Cedar Rest Cemetery can be seen either at City Hall or the Historical Society. (HCHS)
Members of the Hancock County Historical Society will be in the Cedar Rest Cemetery Oct. 26 - Nov 1 (1984) to record any unmarked graves or graves with headstones that are unreadable because of wear or damage.
The society is seeking information from individuals whose relatives' graves have been destroyed and also proof of burials in cemetery.
Cedar Rest Cemetery has rows with temporary markers. All readable graves have been recorded and listed alphabetically. Of the 2,350 possible first burial spaces, only 1,532 are readably marked; 198 headstones have been broken or are blank; six graves are marked with a given name but not a family name; and 381 vacant spaces are within copings, indicating possible spaces for future burials of family members, according to Meg Hilliker, who is in charge of the project. Also there are possibly 174 vacant plots unclaimed by copings or markers, she said. Anyone with questions or information about burials in the cemetery is asked to contact Mrs. Hilliker at 467-6109 or Peggy Gibbens at 467-8665.
Cedar Rest, located on Second Street, is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. The northern sector was given to the city in 1880.
Among Hancock County notables buried in Cedar Rest are John B. Toulme, first mayor of Shieldsboro; John Martin, who contributed the land that is now a part of Main Street; Joan Newman Seal, who contributed part of the cemetery's land; and Louis Piernas, first postmaster of Shieldsboro. (VF - Sun Herald Oct. 23, 1984)
Cowand (Family), Leopold St., Bay St. Louis, Mrs. Helene
Price. 467-9830.
Fenton Sandhill, Unknown
Gardens of Memory, Central Ave., Bay St. Louis, Mr. John
Necaise, 467-3574
FLAT TOP CEMETERY - Site of Old Harmony Baptist Church - Hancock County
Contributed by Bobby E. Spiers, Hattiesburg, MS
Directions to Flat Top Cemetery: From Interstate 59, take the South Picayune exit (Exit 2), go two and one-half miles east, turn south, go three miles, and Flat top cemetery is on the left side of the road.
Copied January 1973
Mary E., Wife of J. H. F. Davis - Apr. 7, 1880-Jan. 21, 1918 J. H. F. Davis - 1864-1949
Margaret Davis - 1877-1961
James Curtis Davis - Mar. 19, 1916 - Oct. 17, 1946
Edward G. Harriel - 1912-1964
Louis O. Pigott - Mar. 9, 1885 -Aug. 13,1969
Russell Burks Pigott - Feb. 18, 1958 - Feb. 15, 1971
Freddie ONeal - Son of L. W. And Ella Mitchell Sept. 8, 1923-Dec. 31, 1924
Oliver - Son of L. W. And Ella Mitchell Oct. 23, 1928-May 9, 1929
Infant daughter of Mr. And Mrs. G. W. Warren
Infant son of Mr. And Mrs. G. ( or C.?) W. Warren (Probably same as immediately above)
Mary Louise Warren - Nov. 2, 1934-July 16, 1943
Edith D. Mayfield - Nov. 12, 1912-Nov. 18, 1970
Mary Dell B. Davis - Jan. 5, 1916 - Apr. 24, 1943
Julius Laborn Davis - Sept. 17, 1910-Nov. 16, 1970
Mary Alice Swatts, Wife of Terry Handley, Jan. 5, 1870 - July 12, 1939
Gay Nell - July 30, 1938 Inf. Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Hollis Stockstill
James Pink Pigott - Apr. 28, 1891 - Feb. 11, 1971
Nancy E. Pigott - Sept. 5, 1893 - Aug. 21, 1969
Waldo Pigott - Sept. 13, 1927 - Oct. 9, 1944
Evaun - Jan. 26, 1925-July 23, 1926 Daughter of J. P. And Nancy Pigott
Pigott, John T. - 1849-1936
Pigott, Mary J. - 1856-1935
Susie Davis - Mar. 29, 1887 mar. 2, 1958
Russell Davis -July 11, 1887-May 20, 1928
Virgie Davis - Feb. 12, 1906 - Feb. 13, 1918
Mr. Charles Earl Mitchell - Aug. 1, 1971 - 73 yrs.
Julia - Apr. 23, 1910 - May 3, 1918; Age 8 yrs., 10 days Little daughter of J. M. And Mary Wheat
Kenneth - Died Jan. 21, 1920; Age 56 yrs. A native of Florida; husband of Julia Doffin Mitchell
C. E. Mitchell, Jr. - 1926-1928
Son of Mr. And Mrs. J. B. Wheat; Born Oct. 6, 1918, Died June 30, 1919
Clyde Wheat - 1884-1935
John B. Wheat - June 25, 1883 - Feb. 10, 1963
Monroe Clark - 1902 1930
Arley Wheat - Age 2
Rolan Wheat - Age 6
Travis Wheat - Jan. 17, 1889 - Aug. 21, 1922
John S. And wife Charlottie Miller Wheat
Frank Wheat - 1914 1937
Andy Gump - Dec. 9, 1895 - Sept. 21, 1943; Husband of Florence Gump
John Berry Wheat, Jr. - Feb. 11, 1911-Feb. 9, 1958
Thomas Wheat - 1884 1935
Unmarked grave.
Robert D. Martin - Aug. 17, 1880 - Feb. 6, 1952
Jesse G. Wheat - 1891 1952
Archie Wheat - May 15, 1898 - Apr. 7, 1972
Rebecca Jane Foster - Dec. 5, 1882-Jan 8, 1960
Monroe Wheat, Sir. - Jan. 10, 1885 - Apr. 8, 1954
Hazel M. Wheat - Sept. 25, 1905 - Dec. 8, 1966
Ruth Joline - Mar. 12 - Apr. 26, 1927; Daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Ralph Miller