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WILLIAM SEYMOUR MEMORIAL CEMETERY West Bayou Talla Area
LOCATION: Approximately 2 miles northeast of Ocean Springs on a slight rise located on the west side of Bayou Talla in the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 20, T7S-R8W of Jackson County, Mississippi.
DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs, go north 1.34 miles on Washington Avenue to the intersection with Rose Farm Road. Go north on Rose Farm Road .25 miles to Old Fort Bayou Road. Turn right (east) on Old Fort Bayou Road and go 1.15 miles to Bayou Talla Road. Go right (south) 1.20 miles to the William Seymour Cemetery.
HISTORY: The land on which the William Seymour is located was patented to Peter Seymour by the State of Mississippi on April 8, 1856. After Peter Seymour died, his heirs, who were Adele Bullock, Sherrod Seymour, John P. Seymour, Lazarus Seymour, and Louisa Girlott (Garlotte?), sold the tract (NE/4 of Section 20) to William Seymour (1837-1908) on September 22, 1888 (Jackson County Deed Records Book 12, p. 319). William Seymour lost the NE/4 of the NW/4 and the W/2 of the NE/4 of Section 20 for non-payment of taxes in 1902. Mrs. M.V. Russell (1866-1910) of Ocean Springs redeemed these lands for $7.50 (Jackson County Deed Records Book 39, p. 182-183). Her husband, Hiram Fisher Russell (1858-1940), conveyed to the Heirs of William Seymour one acre in the NW corner of the NE/4 of the NE/4 of Section 20, T7S-R8W on October 10, 1910. An excerpt from this conveyance follows:
"it is understood and agreed by all parties interested in this deed that the one acre here in conveyed is to be used as a family cemetery only. It is also understood and agreed that the said heirs and their family shall have the right to go to and from said cemetery through the NE/4 of the NE/4 at any time they may deem it necessary."(Jackson County, ms. Land Deed Records Book 39, pp. 182-183)
Vandalism The William Seymour Memorial Cemetery has been vandalized many times through the years. Its remoteness has attracted young partygoers, who have given it the moniker, “rock and roll” cemetery. In July 1966, a motorcyclist drove into the cemetery dislodging flower vases and marring headstones.(The Ocean Springs Record, July 28, 1966, p. 1) This sacred burial ground was again viciously attacked in the winter and spring of 1982. These nefarious actions resulted in Bernard Basque disinterring some of his relatives and creating the New Basque Cemetery on his private property in the St. Martin community.(The Ocean Springs Record, February 2, 1982, p. 3 and May 6, 1982, p. 1)
REGISTER
A Harry Edwin Alley 6-3-1895 to 3-5-1959 Amelia F. Alley 11-7-1902 to 12-20-1998 Orion Frederick Alley 1927 to 10-5-2007
Robert B. Alley 10-15-1861 to 10-9-1939 Laura Seymour Alley (wife) 11-22-1869 to 7-26-1914
Mary Dolores Alley 3-18-1929 to 3-7-1933 Baby Alley
Joseph G. Arguelles 2-16-1919 to 10-5-1956 Mississippi PFC Co M 26 Infantry BSM-PH WW II
Crystal Grove Arguelles 10-13-1950 to 8-15-2004 Tim Arguelles 8-5-1949 to
Glenn Randolph Arguelles 12-6-1959 to
Irene Anderson 8-16-1926 to 5-31-1974
B
Annette Marie Beaugez 4-6-1937 to 10-28-2001 Paul E. Beaugez 2-8-1888 to 11-13-1955 Pauline Beaugez Corrine Adelia Beaugez Carl W. Beaugez, Sr. 9-22-1927 to 8-5-1983 Nettie Mae Beaugez 10-16-1931 to 4-8-1967 Maurice Paul Beaugez 1-25-1911 to 8-23-1976 Autumn Beaugez Taconi 6-25-1990 (still born)
Reno Beaugez 8-26-1893 to 12-30-1967 MS PVT US Army WWI
Hugh S. Beaugez, Sr. 2-20-1915 to 7-27-1974 SGT Army Air Forces Rose Taranto Beaugez 1-29-1920 to 2-10-1986
Eleanor Mae King “Cricket” Bennett 1-29-1936 to 6-1-2002
Bedola "Bea" Seymour Askin Bond 1927 to 3-17-2006
Denise Lynn Bullock 1953 to 1954, age 14 mos. Gloria Quave Bullock 1930 to 1-15-2002
Harvey E. Bullock 1927 to 11-29-2003
Willie W. Bullock 2-12-1902 to 3-4-1972 Emma Lee Bullock 1-17-1909 to 2-7-1988
C George E. Callender, Sr. 10-5-1921 to 4-15-1993 Michael Anthony Callender 1951 to 3-1-1998 Vivian L. Krohn Callender 12-28-1923 to 10-7-2006
Loretta Ada Seymour Carroll 4-8-1925 to 5-11-2004Vincent Carroll 1925 to to 11-3-2007
Myrtle V. Clark 6-27-1905 to 12-17-1964 Deborah Lynn Galle Childers 3-23-1953 to 11-7-1992
D Jessie John Davis 9-21-1926 to 10-17-1990 Freida Davis 4-12-1935 to 6-26-1959 Wilson Woodrow Davis 3-24-1922 to 10-11-1944 MS PVT Army Air Forces
Fred Davis 2-9-1935 to MS PVT 150 INF 38 Div Bessie Davis 9-21-1927 to 10-28-1930
Brenda Joyce Tootle DeBell 9-21-1957 to 3-23-2006
Dora Dell Dunnaway 1-7-1935 to 6-29-1997 Doyle W. Dunnaway 12-22-1933 to
F Charles Davis Fayard 12-29-1906 to 2-19-1992 Mary Ellen Fayard 12-31-1930 to 10-25-1932 Mark Joseph Fayard 2-2-1948 to 1-13-1960 Margaret Beaugez Fayard 2-21-1909 to 5-31-1990
Leroy Fountain 1-9-1909 to 3-14-1934 Laura C. Webb 2-24-1886 to 10-23-1970
G Arthur R. Galle 3-24-1933 to 11-09-2002 Arthur Keith Galle 2-22-1961 to 7-27-2002
Raymond Garlotte 1-12-1895 to 6-16-1963 MS PVT Co L 141 INF WWI Ernestine S. "Teen" Garlotte 6-8-1902 to 1-8-1992 Irwin Garlotte 10-1-1920 to 5-28-1989
Verna Mae Gibson 9-3-1946 to 3-11-1966 ? George E. Howard Gibson 5-11-1962 Anthony Ray Gibson 6-14-1963 to 3-11-1966
R.L. Goff
Angela Dee Goff 3-16-1970 to 3-18-1970 Daughter of Jerry and Maxine Goff
Gerald Martin Goff 11-8-1941 to 11-23-1997
Martin L. Goff 10-9-1892 to 2-25-1966 Viola Seymour Goff 10-25-1895 to 2-21-1964 Joseph P. Goff 8-24-1916 to 4-2-1978
Patty Lynn Goff 4-25-1960 to 1-8-1985
Marsha Larue Goff 3-12-1987 to 3-12-1987
George Calvin Goff Sr. 9-25-1914 to 5-2-1997 Aline F. Latimer Goff 1-28-1917 to 4-17-2008
Donald L. Goff 12-18-1943 to 12-25-1943 Frank O. Goff 8-30-1949 to 1-16-1951
Rether Griffin, Sr. 9-19-1921 to 4-28-1973
Carol Sue Krohn Goff Guillot 12-27-1941 to 9-14-1996
H Pauline Beaugez Hardy 1926 to 9-12-1967 Marilyn Harkleroad 6-15-1945 to 7-10-1992 Stanley Harkleroad, Sr. 8-23-1941 to Stanley Harkleroad, Jr. 10-23-1976 to
Charles M. Hill 1901 to 1966 Eleanor A. Hill 1904 to 1982 Irene Anderson 8-16-1926 to 5-31-1974
Hubert Howard Hinkle 3-18-1920 to 9-4-1961 T SGT 3380 Air Base Gp AF Lessie M. Davis Hinkle 2-17-1919 to 4-21-2005
Hubert Morris Hitt 1-31-1921 to 7-2-1956 MS TSGT USAF WWII, Korea Katie Lee King Hitt 1925 to 2-13-1996
Dustin Louis Hoefler 7-11-1988 to 10-18-2003
Francis Louis Holm 9-16-1942 to 10-8-1982
Cyril P. Hopkins 8-27-1911 to 1-31-1968 Dorothy F. Hopkins 9-26-1923 to 7-6-1980
James E. Hosli 7-18-1913 to ?? PVT US Army Susie Seymour Hosli 12-31-1946 to 11-30-1982
Irma King Hughes 5-26-1913 to 3-15-1997
K
Robert Earl King, Sr. 2-9-1922 to 1-13-1978 Lucille I. Duverney King 9-8-1922 to Oscar "Wayne" King 9-11-1945 to 9-22-2006
Eugene King Sr. 7-18-1944 to Donna Sue Strange King 5-31-1954 to 2-17-2004 married 1-15-1971
Oscar Junior King 5-17-1927 to 9-7-1935 Henry King 3-14-1914 to 1-15-1977 Oscar King 2-24-1900 to 12-31-1957 Bernice M. Webb King 5-3-1902 to 8-31-1990 Aaron Joseph King 6-8-1955 to 10-20?-2006
Elbert F. Kneale 10-7-1898 to 9-29-1984 Rose M. Seymour Kneale 2-22-1909 to 9-1-1981
Lloyd Edward Krohn 11-2-1928 to 6-6-1987 Horace Hurley Krohn 8-11-1922 to 3-1-1942 Eva Seymour Krohn 9-11-1904 to 11-6-1965 Horace H. Krohn 6-10-1903 to 4-23-1966
L Napoleon Ladnier 3-20-1899 to 12-25-1992 Neta Dorothy Seymour Ladnier 1-29-1906 to 1-29-1974
James "Jim" Lee 1942 to 6-5-2006 V.B. Lowery 9-15-1902 to 11-2-1962 Marilyn Sue Lowery 10-9-1953 to 1-26-1954 Barbara Hughes Lundy 12-22-1938 Raymond Leo Lundy 8-5-1936 to 5-22-1998
Mc
Charles Lawrence McVeay IV 1-25-1947 to 7-26-2004 Jerry N. McVeay 3-25-1948 to 3-17-1980 Gladys Gertrude McVeay 9-2-1928 to 11-9-1991
M Shirley Beaugez Melchiona 11-21-1939 to 10-1-2001
N Mary Corean Noble 12-5-1882 to 10-23-1916
P Grace Seymour Panse 6-7-1918 to 4-20-1975 Valerie Renee' Phillips 1-22-1959 to 11-2-2002 R Lavoise Redmond 10-9-1942 to 10-26-1991
S James Carl Saucier 10-26-1934 to 6-8-1992 Jimmy C. Saucier "Bubby" 4-25-1961 to 12-29-1963
Laura Davis Scarborough 1925 to 4-3-2008
Janet M. Seymour 4-16-1944 to 12-14-2003
Ferrel Louis Seymour 9-30-1913 to 5-11-2002 Janie Smith Seymour 1-3-1919 to 7-22-2004
Exia Elora Blackwell Seymour 7-4-1931 to 12-1-1999 Larry L. Seymour 4-8-1925 to
James Charles Seymour Sr. 3-4-1934-12-1-1999
Richard Seymour 7-16-1877 to 1-27-1920
Lillie Seymour 9-19-1879 to 9-17-1951
Lillie Esperance Seymour 4-27-1883 to 2-2-1899
Mrs. Rachel Seymour 1902 to 11-11-1956
Dora E. Seymour 11-25-1877 to 3-4-1952
Mary G. Seymour (Fails) d. 2-24-1951? (age 80)
William Seymour 1837 to 1908 Mary Seymour 3-1-1842 to 9-5-1899
Sidney J. Seymour 10-1-1909 to 2-20-1984 Dorothy E. Seymour 8-23-1917 to 6-29-1973
Paul Seymour 6-23-1946 to 6-24-1946 Theresa Seymour 5-27-1947 to 5-28-1947
Infant baby Seymour 9-29-1893
Hubert Nathan Seymour 12-1-1902 to 4-8-1990
Peter Sherrod Seymour 12-8-1870 to 3-2-1934 Robina M. Noble Seymour 9-26-1884 to 2-6-1965
Oliver McClinton Seymour 1898 to 1926
Lonnie Seymour 11-28-1930 to 9-18-1932
Non Seymour
Oscar William Seymour 2-1-1901 to 9-11-1978
Esther Mable Seymour 1-8-1911 to 10-24-1989 Hugh Charles Seymour Jr. 2-9-1908 to 4-5-2004 Foster Narcise Seymour 6-16-1909 to 12-24-1999 Beemis Vincent Seymour 4-24-1911 to 8-27-1999 Bertha Iona Carroll Seymour 10-29-1923 to 6-15-1988
Orey G. Seymour 4-9-1906 to 5-8-1956 PFC 5720 Comp SVC Plat WW II
Mary Olivia Seymour 1866-1950 "Taunt Babe"
Melvina H. Seymour 7-8-1880 to 9-13-1960 Earnest Seymour 9-24-1872 to 10-14-1936
Baby Carroll (Seymour?) 7-8-1963 to 7-9-1963
Peter A. Seymour 8-8-1887 to 4-14-1962 Dorinda E. Seymour 9-24-1893 to 2-23-1974 Earl P. Seymour 11-20-1910 to 2-27-1975
Ellis Seymour 9-6-1881 to 1-4-1928
Sherrod Seymour 4-1-1846 to 12-31-1928 Caroline Seymour 3-30-1845 to 12-2-1927
Leon Seymour 6-30-1874 to 6-17-1944 Mary Corean Noble (wife) 12-5-1882 to 10-23-1916 Ada Anna Seymour (wife) 10-22-1901 to 8-16-1975
Stewart Seymour 3-18-1880 to 1-24-1936 Amelia Garlotte Seymour 4-30-1886 to 12-19-1955
Rudolph Seymour 5-28-1915 to 3-3-1937 Harry O. Seymour 9-4-1907 to 11-2-1974 PFC US army
Amanda Noble Seymour 5-9-1879 to 4-16-1899
Herbert Seymour 9-19-1912 to 4-16-1921
Sheperd Seymour 4-12-1905 to 6-7-1975 Rachel Seymour 8-12-1902 to 11-11-1956
George Wayne Seymour 9-10-1955 to 9-21-1980
Charles N. Seymour 4-10-1915 to 12-7-1964 Maj. Ret. MS NG Gladys M. Seymour 6-8-1919 to 2-21-1974
Willie Seymour 8-30-1902 to 4-27-1962 Lucretia Fountain Caroline Seymour 11-4-1912 to 10-23-2000 Wayne F. Seymour 10-3-1935 to 4-29-1956
William A. "Manny" Seymour 5-28-1868 to 1-13-1949 Dora E. Seymour 11-25-1877 to 3-4-1952
Clifton W. Seymour 10-4-1897 to 8-1-1968 Violet B. Seymour 1-2-1905 to 11-2-1974
Ulysses A. Seymour 1-16-1911 to 8-3-2000 Pearl D. Byrd Seymour 1913 to 1973
Henry B. Seymour 12-5-1908 to 11-11-1959 Eda Agnes Seymour 1-2-1910 to 3-14-1990
O'Neal Clarence Seymour 4-9-1900 to 7-17-1983 Carley W. Seymour, Sr. 6-8-1934 to Mary Stroud 11-4-1946 to
Kevin Paul Seymour 7-11-1968 to 7-14-1968
Johnny Lavon Smith 7-6-1948 to 11-16-2000
William Frank Stanley Jr. 1927 to 1972 William Mark Stanley 1962 to 11-12-2006 T Autumn Beaugez Taconi 6-25-1990 (still born)
Robert Wayne Tanner 1-1-1966 to 8-28-1971 Jessie Wallace Tanner Jr. 5-11-1961 to 3-11-1966
Eugene "Zana" Tiblier 1-11-1891 to 9-8-1989 Lorinda S. Tiblier 2-21-1895 to 4-29-1971
Roy James Tootle 8-30-1928 to 1-30-1982
Bryan D. Torgerson 8-12-1971 (at birth)
V Elaine Beaugez Viator 10-29-1925 to 9-22-1999
W Leo Webb (baby)
Burnell J. Webb 1902 to 10-29-1970
Laura C. Webb 2-24-1886 to 10-23-1970
Alice Odelia Webb 6-7-1880 to 4-16-1916
Robert Richard Williams 12-27-1928 to 8-17-1969 Emmier Leolar Williams 3-4-1928 to
Ophelia Williams 9-17-1907 to 1-25-1988 Clifton J. Williams 3-18-1901 to 1-3-1965
Surveyed and researched by: Ray L. Bellande PO Box 617 Ocean Springs, Ms 39564 December 1991 (601) 872-3880
REFERENCES:
Requiem III, Jackson County Cemetery Records, (Jackson County Genealogical Society - 1969), pp. 113-115.
Journals The Bay Press, "Ghosts of the Coast, legends and more", October 27, 2006, p. 15. The Mississippi Press, "Cemetery headstones, vases destroyed", March 16, 1995, p. 1-A. The Mississippi Press, "St. Martn cemetery vandalized again", September 24, 1996, p. 8-A. The Mississippi Press, "For some, ghosts abound from Ocean Springs to Pascagoula", October 29, 2006, p. 1-A. The Ocean Springs Record, “Vandalism at Seymour Cemetery", July 28, 1966, p. 1. The Ocean Springs Record, “Nothing sacred to cemetery vandals”, February 4, 1982. The Ocean Springs Record, “Gravestones vandalized at Seymour Cemetery”, May 6, 1982. The Sun Herald, "Vandals sack St. Martin graveyard again", September 1996?, p. ?? The Sun Herald, "Brenda Joyce Tootle DeBell", March 26, 2006, p. A12. The Sun Herald, "Mrs. Vivian Krohn Callender", October 9, 2006, p. A4. The Sun Herald, "Aaron Joseph King", October 23, 2006, p. A4. The Sun Herald, "Ghost Chicks", October 29, 2006, p. G1. The Sun Herald, "Orion Frederick Alley", October 9, 2007, p. A4. The Sun Herald, "
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