Lee Cemetery

LEE & DAVIS CEMETERY

(Also known as Mill Creek Cemetery)

Ida Bounds Road

Carnes, Forrest County, Mississippi


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Research by Donna Grantham Lee 2009

(with special thanks to Darrell Lee)  

(Beginning from entrance gate with upper left corner and going straight down to bottom left corner in rows and ending with right side)


Name                                      Birth               Death                    Notes                                                                  

ROW 1

Cospelich, Joseph Rembert           11/ 28/ 1982              2/ 4/ 2005                 Husband of Cassandra Lee (granddaughter of Nathan & Ione)

ROW 2

Lee, Nathan R                                6/ 8/ 1922                  2/ 4/2005                Husband of Ione; Military footstone; son of Allen C & Effie M Lee; father of Dale Allen Lee

Byxbe, John Earl                            11/6/1953                  4/19/1985               Husband of Shirley Diane; father of Michael & Jeffrey

Byxbe, Justin Tyler                         5/ 7/ 1993                  5/ 7/ 1993              Grandson of John Earl & Shirley Diane; son of Michael Byxbe

Lee, Herbert Camp                         9/7/1912                    2/21/1969              Husband of Mettice ; son of Arverzena & Nathan; father of Russell Lee

Lee, Mettice Alice Lott                   3/31/1910                   1/7/2000               Wife of Herbert

Lee, Herbert �Boyce�                     1948                           1963                    Son of Herbert & Mettice

Bounds, J W (James Wilmer)         2/15/1877                    2/7/1960              Husband of Ada; son of Gilliam N Bounds & Eliza Lee; father of Mitchell, Milton

Bounds, Mitchell                           6/13/1920                    7/21/2003             Son of J W & Ada

Bounds, Ada Johnston                  8/ 15/ 1888                  6/10/ 1955           Wife of J W; mother of Mitchell, Milton

Bounds, Milton Buster V               2/5/1925                     3/9/2007              Military headstone; son of JW & Ada

ROW 3

Lee, Dale Allen                              12/ 20/ 1958               12/28/1972            Son of Nathan & Ione

Lee, Allen C                                   8/8/1896                    11/25/1953             Military headstone; son of Nathan & Arverzena; father of Nathan R

Lee, Effie M (Simmons)                  1902                         1979                      Wife of Allen C; mother of Nathan R

Lee, Oscar                                     9/10/1903                   5/21/1905              Son of Nathan W & Arverzena 

Lee, Eva G                                    7/31/1902                   8/13/1902              Daughter of Nathan W & Arverzena

**Lee, Henry**                            (unmarked block)                                      Brother of Nathan W ?

Lee, Nathan Wyatt                      10/20/1867                 5/16/1940             Husband of Arverzena;son of James A Lee & Mary Jane Landrum; Father of Eva, Allen C, Oscar, Eathel, Olive, Idell,Herbert �Camp�,

Lee, Arverzena (Davis)                    1873                        1960                     Wife of Nathan W; daughter of HW & Silistine Davis; children�see above

Bounds, Jesse C (Clemmon)          1/19/1891                  5/20/1953              Military headstone; son of James H & Nancy P; husband of Nan Campbell; father of Jesse Jr

Bounds, Nan C (Campbell)           11/20/1898                7/25/1973              Wife of Jesse (m. 6/27/1923); daughter of Tommie &Cora Campbell); mother of Jesse Jr

Bounds, Jesse Clemon Jr             1928 (4/12/1928)       2005 (4/16/2005)      Military headstone; son of Jesse & Nan

ROW 4

Unknown

Unknown                                                                                                       Infant of Daulton Archer & Basal Thomas ?

Archer, Judith A                             11/29/1943                2/1/1944                 Daughter of Richard & Ludie; grand-daughter of Simon & Silistine Archer

Leonard, Infant son                        4/28/1917                 4/29/1917                Son of Eanous Leonard (son of Reuben Leonard &Susanna McGee)& Myra

Davis, Minnie A                             10/15/1901                12/1/1901               Daughter of WJ (William J) & RL (Roberta L)Davis; grand-daughter of HW & Silistine


Davis, H W (Henry W)                   2/4/1848                   5/15/1902               (listed as WH Davis on his wife's headstone)Husband of Celestine Ladner; father of Luvena & Arverzena

Davis,Silistine (Ladner)                 7/18/1852                  3/26/1901               (Her name is spelled Celestine on her husbands headstone)Wife of HW Davis; mother of Luvena & Arverzena

Bounds, James Henry                   2/8/1850                     1/3/1924                Husband of Nancy; son of Gilliam Bounds & Kezziah Nelson; father of Naomi, James E,

Bounds, Nancy P (Panina Lee)     11/27/ 1856                1/12/1928               Wife of James Henry; daughter of Eli �Coot� Lee & Diane �Dicey� Landrum

Bounds, Naomi Elizabeth              4/22/1893                  3/26/1966               Daughter of James H & Nancy P

Bounds, James Ellis                      11/17/1900                 11/26/1981             Husband of Mollie; Son of James H & Nancy P; bro of Benjamin F

Bounds, Mollie Brown                  11/24/1906                 10/24/1988              Wife of James Ellis

Bounds, J C                                  1/18/1937                   7/16/2005                Husband of Margaret; son of James Ellis & Mollie


ROW 5

Harris, Rosa Lea (Reid)                 5/6/1929                     8/16/1973                Daughter of Robert & Ava

Unknown                                       no dates                                                    May be infant of Jackie R Fairley

Unknown                                       no dates                                                    May be infant of Jackie R Fairley

Reid, Robert                                  1904 (8/20/1904)         1981 (6/1981)          Husband of Ava; son of John Walter Reid & Caldonia Warden

Reid, Ava Lee                                 1907                          1960                       Wife of Robert; daughter of Eli R & Luvena;

Reid, Jessie B                                 4/7/1926                     3/7/1937                   daughter of Robert & Ava

Lee, E R (Eli Rudolphous)             11/26/1877                  5/12/1929                 Husband of Luvena & later Edna Jones (1913) brother of Nathan W; son of James A Lee & Mary Jane Landrum

Lee, (Sarah)Luvena(Davis Brooks)  9/9/1870                   8/22/1911                 Wife of E R; daughter HW & Silistine Davis;sister of Arverzena

Archer, Simmon Elbert                   7/25/1900                  7/9/1951                  Husband of Silistine Lee

Archer, (Mary) Silistine Lee            3/31/1901                  6/13/1954                Wife of Simmon Elbert; daughter of Eli R & S. Luvena Lee

Archer, Richard E                           2/25/1921                  8/3/1968                  Military headstone; son of Simmon & Silistine Archer

Rayburn, Herchel Leroy                 10/5/1926                  12/17/1987               Husband of Rose


ROW 6

Reid, Emma Faye (Dye)                   5/23/1944                  4/15/1977               Wife of Jimmy Dale Reid (son of Robert & Ava Reid) married 2/22/1964

ROW 7

Gunn, Ida Claudine                        6/12/1972                  6/16/1972                Daughter of Claude & Sylvia Gunn; granddaughter of Gus & Wilner Bounds

Bounds, Van Henry                        9/5/1973                    9/5/1973                  Infant son of Henry & Paulette

Fairley, Jacqueline R (Reid)           7/18/1933                  4/2/1991                  Wife of Ottis Fairley; daughter of Robert & Ava

Reid, Don D                                   7/25/1927                  3/24/1982                Son of Robert & Ava

Lee, Willard E (Edward)                4/14/1925                   3/9/1978                  Son of Eli R & Edna Jones; � brother of WW(Bill)

Lee, WW �Bill� (William Willis)    4/7/1906                     7/4/1952                 Husband of Eleanor; son of Eli R & Luvena

Lee, Eleanor Faye (Hatten)            2/15/1912                   5/8/1991                Wife of WW �Bill� Lee; mother of Dervin, Jervis, Darrrell, Faye, Carolyn, & Billy Raye

Morris, Roger Alton                      10/7/1963                  8/9/1991                 Husband of Pamela (m 3/11/1983), son of Alton & Carolyn, father of  Candace & Roger Jr (Bo)

Morris, Carolyn M (Lee)                4/8/1945                   8/21/1995               Wife of Alton, daughter of WW & Eleanor Lee

Lee, Richard Darrell �Ricky�        1959 (7/9/1959)          2008 (2/25/2008)    Son of Billy & Ila Faye Lee; husband of Nancy Holston, father of Clint,Nikki, Carrie, & Lauren

Lee, Billy Ray                                1/22/1936                  10/9/1999              Husband of Ila Faye (m 3/30/1954); father of Billy, Bobby & Ricky; son of Willard Willis (Bill)


ROW 8

Bounds, Benjamin F                      1/2/1896                     3/23/1941            Military headstone;Son of James H & Nancy P; Bro. of James Ellis; husband of Ida

Bounds, Ida Isabelle Anderson      1/21/1906                   5/7/2002              Military headstone; wife of Benjamin; daughter of William Anderson & Nancy Fillinghame

Bounds, Ira Wilke                          11/28/1940                 2/12/1993            Military heasdstone; son o Benjamin & Ida

Lee, J R (James Rudolph) �Jack�  1909                          1964                    Husband of Joyce; son of E R & Luvena

Lee, Joyce D (Davis)                      1913 (2/15/13)            1998 (4/9/98)       Wife of JR

Lee, Huey Powell                            6/13/1935                   1/10/2001             Husband of Allie; son of Jack & Joyce

Lee, Allie C (Cain)�Recy�              3/13/1936                    8/5/2007              Wife of Huey

ROW 9

Soley, D V                                      12/16/1919                6/17/1986               Military headstone; husband of Nancy

Soley, Nancy Penina (Bounds)       12/16/ 1925                9/23/1993              Wife of D V; daughter of Benjamin F & Ida Bounds

Whitaker, Nina Mae Soley Rawls   12/31/1949                 2/13/1989               Daughter of DV & Nancy Soley

ROW 10

Clark, John H                                10/8/1920                  1/5/2001                 Father of Barbara (Clark) Lee;



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