Cemeteries

By Ray L. Bellande

BELLE FOUNTAIN BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

Fontainebleau Area

LOCATION: Immediately northeast of the Belle Fountain Baptist Church in the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 1, T8S-R8W. The cemetery is approximately 2 miles southeast of the Ocean Springs city limits.

DIRECTIONS: From the interesection of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs, go easterly on US 90 6.75 miles to the intersection of Highway 57. Turn

right (south) on to Highway 57 and proceed .5 miles to Old Spanish Trail. Go right (west) on Old Spanish trail .125 miles to Hamill Road. At Hamill Road turn left (south) and go 1 mile to Fountainebleau Road. Turn right (west) on to Fountainbleau Road and go 1 mile to the Belle Fountain Baptist Church (875-2973) at 7900 Fountainebleau Road. The cemetery is northeast of the church.

HISTORY: Land for the Belle Fountain Baptist Church and Cemetery were conveyed to the Church on August 21, 1914 by Thomas E. Ramsay (1845-1934) and James A. Ramsay (1883-1961)

for $1.00. This transaction is recorded in Jackson County Land Deed Book 46, pp. 258- 259 as follows:

situated in the NW/4 of the NE/4 of Section 1, T8S-R8W, and more particularly described as commencing at a point on the northside of the Public Road known as Bilbo Road and running east along the north side of said road 156 feet, thence north 315 feet, thence west 156 feet, thence south 315 feet to the place of beginning, containing one acre more or less.

In the early 1800s, the Ramsay Family arrived in the Mississippi Territory. By 1819, William Ramsay, Jr. (1770- 1833) had settled his family on Red Creek in an area of now northeastern Harrison County (T3S-R9W), which became known as Ramsay Springs. One of William Ramsay, Jr. sons, Andrew Woodside Ramsay, was the father and grandfather of Thomas Evans Ramsey and James Augustus Ramsay respectively. The Ramsays were Methodist.

The Belle Fountain Baptist Church celebrated its 75^th anniversary in July 1965.(The Ocean Springs News, July 22, 1965, p. 1)

REGISTER

Archie Edward Basch 10-11-1955 to 1-21-1985

US Army

Sarvas Belton 11-17-1912 to 3-29-1970

Cornelia G. Belton 4-18-1913 to 7-15-1984

Roselean Bilbo 10-2-1924 to 10-30-1969

Almader G. Bilbo 9-15-1883 to 5-14-1953

George H. Bilbo 1860-1932

Hamlin W. Bilbo 8-28-1910 to 12-23-1921

infant Bilbo 9-24-1960

Samuel L. Bilbo 8-28-1910 to 12-31-1940

Bryan Bilbo 10-29-1931 to 5-14-1960

W.R. Bilbo 11-2-1859 to 8-16-1927

Elizabeth Martin Bilbo 9-15-1867 to 10-13-1934

Walton W. Bilbo 1916 to 12-18-1994

Bilbo, infant girl

Fred J. Browning 10-2-1931 to 5-14-1960

James Edward Burns 12-23-1948 to 12-7-1967

PFC CO H1 Mar 1 Mar Div Vietnam PH

Eugene Byrd 10-4-1900 to 3-22-1987

Vera Miller Byrd 11-18-1903 to 12-7-1977

Frank Elisha Byrd 12-7-1928 to 6-9-1991

BM 2 US Navy Vietnam

Raymond J. Campbell 11-30-1898 to 7-12-1978

CPL US Army WW 1

Helen C. Campbell 4-4-1901 to 7-31-1996

Cynthia B. Carroll 9-23-1894 to 3-1-1988

George W. Carroll 3-11-1918 to 10-21-1955

Tony Carroll, Sr. 3-27-1884 to 1-2-1972

Lloyd L. Carroll 10-21-1920 to 11-13-1974

SSGT USAF

Infant daughter of Lloyd and Gewel Carroll 3-25-1957

Roger Dale Carroll 8-16-1952 to 11-8-1982

Bert Eugene Carroll 6-20-1942 to 8-19-1949

James Lester Carroll 2-14-1940 to 5-12-1978

BMC US Navy Vietman

William Carroll 8-3-1910 to 1-8-1978

Eunice L. Carroll 1-28-1916 to 5-2-2004

Robert L. Caylor 11-1-1931 to 9-15-1966

Bessie Coleman 10-30-1918 to 3-3-1966

Michael A. ?else 12-?-?, age 15 years

William Lonnie Entrekin, Sr. 5-22-1896 to 12-26-1945

William Lonnie Entrekin, Jr. 9-17-1938 to 10-24-1953

George W. Fluker to 4-30-1940

age 51 years, 6 months, 16 days

Henry Joseph Fountain Sr. 4-23-1932 to 7-29-1996

Bertha May Noble Fountain 11-17-1913 to 7-28-1998

Joseph B. Fountain 5-31-1907 to 3-5-2003

Shirley Marie Slater Fountain 11-28-1930 to 10-22-2007

Carol Sue DeGeorge Gabrich 1941 to 9-7-1997

Bailey Bilbo Rouse Germany 12-10-1911 to 4-14-1986

Tom R. Germany 6-27-1920 to 10-12-1985

husband of Laura Bosarge Germany, father of Robert and Carl

Joseph A. Gildea, Jr. 2-4-1984 to 8-9-1984

Mandy Carman Gildea 3-14-1975 to 3-23-1975

Terry Lee "Sam" Gildea 7-8-1960 to 2-25-1989

Albert S. Gill 5-18-1870 to 3-28-1951

Mary O. Gill 3-31-1886 to 3-17-1961

Patsy Rouse Watson Giordano 5-14-1936 to 7-11-1994

Gossett, infant boy d. 9-16-1956

Annie Bilbo Graham 10-1895 to 2-1970

Michael Dale Green 1963 to 11-26-1998

James LaVoy Griffin 1944 to 7-4-2000

Anita Darlene Hand 11-5-1961 to 1-5-1962

Dubois Hasbrouck 1861-2-21-1951

Everett Hasbrouck 1887-12-17-1972

Mrs. Everett Hasbrook (unmarked)

Mr. Hasbrook (father-in-law of Mrs. Everett Hasbrook, unmarked)

Ella Webb Hill 2-3-1882 to 10-14-1962

Hallie King Hiller 10-3-1896 to 10-20-1975

Kenneth Holden 4-20-1927 to 4-20-1927

Glynn Holden 8-31-1921 to 5-20-1936

Kilrain Holden, Sr. 6-6-1890 to 4-28-1949

Cammie Holden 5-2-1894 to 10-6-1962

James L. Hughes 10-26-1916 to 11-30-1972

Donovan M. Hughes 6-8-1949 to 1-27-1966

Judy Ann Claycamp Impey 8-17-1945 to 5-12-2001

William Arthur Jones 7-28-1896 to 3-18-1963

Texas SGT 572 MTR TRK CO MTC WW I

Nona Lee Jones 1898 to 12-4-1967

Aaron King 1878 to 5-29-1935

Walter King 1901 to 1945

Benjamin F. King 9-23-1883 to 9-3-1947

Lucinda Webb King 2-4-1852 to 10-26-1934

(mother of Benjamin and John King) unmarked

Mary Mollie King 7-1-1880 to 3-29-1970

John King 10-20-1880 to 7-11-1951

Esther Peterson King 3-25-1898 to 1-18-1977

Bernelia Smith Ladner 9-14-1914 to 2-23-2006

Carlos Ladner, Jr. 1-13-1917 to 12-17-1988

married 5-25-1942

Terry Lee Ladner 9-17-1943 to 4-20-1966

Bruce Dean Martineau 1955 to 12-3-2007

Larry James Merrill 4-9-1944 to 2-6-1989

Mr. Mizelle (unmarked)

Naomi Webb Mizelle (unmarked)

Evarist Leroy Noble 9-20-1946 to 6-19-1982

Floyd W. Noble Sr. 1921 to 6-19-1998

James Washington Noble 3-24-1891 to 4-14-1956

Henrietta Watson Noble 4-30-1893 to 7-12-1981

James Washington Noble II 6-10-1920 to 9-25-2007

Kelva L. Noble 8-16-1956 to 5-3-1996

Lellian S. Noble 6-27-1921 to 11-3-1971

Leslie Ersel Noble 6-24-1949 to 10-17-1968

Lois Amelia Simmons Noble 3-28-1924 to 7-22-1975

Louis James Noble 1917 to 1-8-1998

Vincent P. Noble 5-6-1893 to 1-7-1944

Marcella L. Noble 8-19-1892 to 8-8-1966

Wilma Rojean Perkins Noblett 8-27-1946 to 9-30-1986

Wilburn P. Page 1859 to 1939

Rebecca Wood Page 1876 to 1924

James C. Parker, Sr. 11-3-1909 to 4-24-1984

Vida Estelle Rice Parker 6-28-1909 to 1-8-2002

Edwina King Radel 1-11-1936 to 8-13-2001

Archie T. Rainey 9-21-1904 to 5-13-1962

Shirley Law Rainey 7-10-1908-living

George W. Ramsey 10-10-1915 to 2-3-1981

Cloras O. Ramsey 2-16-1913-living

Lester Ramsey 4-15-1918 to 2-28-1984

Ina Talley 10-24-1908-living

Vida E. Rice 6-28-1909-living

James F. Rider 1956 to 5-24-1994

Kenneth Irvin Roberts 6-28-1917 to 4-5-1995

Willie Bilbo Roberts 8-10-1890 to 12-31-1917

Infant Rouse 11-30-1942

Norman Eugene Rouse 11-7-1903 to 10-19-1950

Estelle M. Tapp 1910 to 1-25-1994

Mabel Kathryn Thomas 10-23-1890 to 12-27-1984

Bud Waltman 9-30-1934 to 11-29-1989

Aubrey Webb 7-24-1910 to 11-3-1995

Genevieve Dolores Byrd Webb 2-27-1910 to 7-9-2003

Dillard Webb 9-27-1898 to 6-2-1948

Mississippi PFC Engineers WW II

Fred Webb 12-30-1875 to 9-2-1922

Ella Webb Hill 2-3-1882 to 10-14-1962

Howard Webb 9-22-1909 to 7-9-1978

R.C. Webb 7-28-1918 to 3-23-1920

Riley Webb 8-1-1878 to 12-24-1925

Columbia S. Webb 6-10-1880 to 7-8-1958

Harry F. West, Jr. 1947 to 1972

Bessie Lucille Williams 1920 to 3-3-1967

Dennis E. Wood 7-12-1895 to 2-1-1978

Olive L. Wood 10-29-1900 to 10-25-1975

Wood, infant of Dennis Wood (unmarked)

Wood, infant grandchild of Dennis Wood (unmarked)

James Earl Wood 7-18-1920 to 2-26-1923

Robert G. Wood, Jr. 11-25-1952 to 3-17-1980

Russell Roscoe Wood Sr. 1928 to 1-9-2004

Lloyd Wright 1921 to 1925

Katie Bilbo Wright 6-1900 to 4-1925

Baby Wright, infant daughter 1925

REFERENCES:

The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, "Daniel H. Ramsay", (Jackson County Genealogical Society: Pascagoula-1989), p. 322.

The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, "James Augustus Ramsay", pp. 322-323.

The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, "Thomas Evans Ramsay". p. 323.

Requiem: Jackson County Cemetery Records, Volume I, (Lewis Printing Services: Pascagoula-1969), pp. 16-17.

The Ocean Springs News, “Seventy-fifth Anniversary at Belle Fountain Church”, July 22, 1965, p. 1.

The Jackson County Times, "Mrs. Lucinda King", November 10, 1934, p. 3.

Field surveyed by:

Ray L. Bellande

PO BOX 617

Ocean Springs

Mississippi 39564

April 22, 1992

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