CEMETERY:	CURTIS CHAPEL CEMETERY

Location:	About 8½ miles east of Starkville, Mississippi, 
Leave Highway 82 at Hickory Grove, turn right on old road.
33.27.44N  88.41.35W

Photographed and List Updated by Clare Herrick on Nov. 23, 2007

Lettie M. Langford
b. May 29, 1872
d. July 3, 1962

Jeff D. Langford
b. Jan, 26, 1861
d. July  4, 1932

Elizabeth Thompson 
d. June 19, 1920

Frank Thompson
b. Sept. 26, 1859
d. April  9, 1942

Gennins Gordon Thompson
b. June 6, 1858 
d. Feb. 8, 1936

Jane, wife of G. G. Thompson
b. April 14, 1861 
d. Sept. 16, 1919

N.[Nancy] J.  McCollum
b. April 11, 1829
d. Dec. 23, 1928

J. [James] N. McCollum
b. Aug. 25, 1827
d. Dec. 19, 1915

T. J. McCollum
b. 1865
d. 1942

Benjamin F. Speed
b. April 1868
d. 1906

Zora M. Speed
b. April 1871
d. 1903

Benjamin Speed
b. March 01, 1815
d. October 14, 1889

Minerva Ellen M. Speed
b. October 17 1839
d. October 10, 1907

Mary Evans (Small Stone, nothing else on stone)

J. L. Hodnett
b. Aug.  2, 1887
d. May 16, 1948

George D. Ray, Jr.
b. Sept. 29, 1925
d. June 18, 1945

Floyd Langford, Gone But Not Forgotten
b. July 7, 1882
d. Nov. 30, 1941

Shirley Anne, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Usco Shook
b. March 18, 1938 
d. March  6, 1940

M. M. Shook
b. June 11, 1876
d. Dec.  9, 1939

E. U. "Jake" Turner
b. Oct.   8, 1867
d. Dec. 29, 1941

Frances Roberson Turner, wife of Jake Turner 
b. Dec.   4, 1869
d. Nov. 19, 1936

Featherston Allen Turner "Feddie", "God Loves You, So 
Do We" -(Back side of stone says "My Sons David, Mark and Brad)
b. Jan. 24, 1938
d. July 27, 1999

Harvey J. Turner
b. July 14, 1945
d. July 17, 1986

Tom Turner
b. July 10, 1912
d. Feb. 19, 1986

Rhea Eckroade, wife of Tom Turner 
b. Aug. 18, 1912
d. May   8, 1957

George Tommy Turner
Dec. 12, 1961 (Only Date)

John Wiley Turner, SC4 US Navy, WWI
b. 1892
d. 1976

Lucy S. Turner
b. Oct. 28, 1895
d. July 1, 1991

Rachel E. Turner
b. Nov. 11, 1903
d. Oct. 24, 1996

J. H. McCollum
b. Mar. 20, 1870
d. July 30, 1912

Irene T. McCollum Smith, "The Lord Is My Shepherd, I 
Shall Not Want"
b. Mar. 08, 1885
d. June 17, 1961

Grover C. Smith
b. 1884
d. 1956

Mary Ann Smith
b. 1889
d. 1936

Janie Mae Smith, Infant of Grover & Mary Ann
1910

Mable Gladys Smith
b. June 25, 1916
d. Apr. 04 1928

Jessie Lee, wife of J. T. Miller
b. Dec.    2, 1880 
d. March 6, 1928

Barry A. Blankenship
1944 (only date)

William Fred Blankenship, Jr.
1942 (only date)

William Fred Blankenship, Our Beloved Father
b. Aug. 1, 1908
d. Jan.   9, 1967  At Rest

Kate C. Blankenship, Mother
b. Oct. 01, 1912
d. Aug. 22, 1980

John R. Blankenship, "At Rest"
b. July  22, 1874
d. Nov. 16, 1956

Alice, wife of J. R. Blankenship 
b. March 5, 1876 
d. July 26, 1929

Margaret Ann, wife of R. H. Blankenship
b. Oct. 28, 1855
d. Dec. 30, 1924

Robert Hughie Blankenship, Father
Pvt. US Army, WWI
b. July 16, 1898
d. May 31, 1977

Rachel Hodnett Blankenship, Mother
b. May 10, 1907
d. Feb 11, 1974

Clara B. Peterson
July 27, 1936 (Only Date)

John Hamilton Blankenship, LCDR US Navy, Korea and 
Vietnam
b. Mar. 04 1932
d. Feb. 17, 2005

Shirley Sennette Mims Blankenship
b. Jan. 8, 1936

Ossie Ellen Langford
b. Sept. 11, 1889
d. Aug. 31, 1941

R. P. Turner
b. March 9, 1856
d. Feb. 22, 1929

Nancy Susan, wife of Robert P. Turner
b Feb.  19, 1856
d. May 10, 1940

Robert S. Turner, Age 89 years
b. Aug 14, 1876
d. Dec. 30, 1965

Cora Lee Thompson Turner
b. March 07, 1878
d. March 19, 1952

Erma R. Turner
b. Oct 20, 1933
d. Nov 04, 1980

William R. Turner
b. Mar. 30, 1929
d. Feb. 24, 2005

W. Gordon Turner
b. Mar. 27, 1903
d. Oct. 29, 1992

Olive E. Turner
b. Nov. 04, 1908
d. Mar. 13, 1992

James G. Turner
b. Nov. 13, 1926

Lula (Peggy) Turner
b. Oct. 02, 1932
d. May 15, 2005

Melvin Donnell Smith
b. Mar. 25, 1932
d. Jan. 12, 1996

Alice Faye Smith
(no dates)

Milton Gordon Smith
b. Dec. 16, 1908 
d. April   2, l961

Ina Mildred Smith
b. June 16, 1908
d. June 21, 1990

Milton Lavelle Smith
b. Oct. 18, 1930
d. Oct. 31, 1936

Harry C. Thompson
b. Nov. 13, 1901
d. Mar.   1, 1955

Grace T. Hill (next to Harry C. Thompson)
b. Nov. 08, 1899
d. June 05, 1987

Ike S. Hill, CPL US Army, WWI
b. Nov. 05, 1895
d. Feb. 02, 1985

Talton Nelse Thompson
b. Sept. 25, 1898 
d. Dec, 25, 1943

Sammie Adabell Thompson, "Rest is thine and sweet 
Remembrance Ours"

b. Mar. 10, 1896
d. Aug. 31, 1971

Bonnie Thompson Cooper
b. Sept. 25, 1928
d. Mar. 01, 1998

James G. Thompson 
Mississippi, pfc 355, MP Escort G.D. Co. 
World War II
b. July 11, 1921 
d. Oct.   9, 1949

Clarence Maize Thompson
Mississippi, Seaman 2 cl, US., nrf,
[b. 1897 according to census]
d. Dec. 11, 1943

J. O. Thompson, "Here is one who is sleeping in faith and 
love"
b. Aug. 19, 1875
d. Mar. 03, 1914

Annie L. McCollum (my notes, wife of J. O. Thompson)
b. Jan.  15, 1880
d. Nov. 25, 1944

John Warren East
Feb. 19, 1938

Evelyn Thompson East
Nov. 28 1937

Emit Smith
1880 — 1956

James A. Thompson, "May He Rest in Peace"
b. Aug. 19, 1924
d. Feb.   6, 1963

June Ann, infant Sr. dau. of Minnec and Ollie Thompson
"Gone To Be An Angel"
June 19, 1942

Ollie Thompson, "Jr"
b. Sept. 3, 1936
d. Nov. 4, 1980

Raymond Thompson, "Dad"
b. Nov. 28, 1903
d. Aug 7, 1979

Minnie B. Thompson, "Mom"
b. Feb. 23, 1904
d. Apr. 29, 1992

Mary Seacott
1877 — 1951

George Seacott
1868 — 1957

C.(Columbus Lon) L. Blankenship, "Forever With The 
Lord"
b. July  9, 1871
d. Jan. 24, 1957

Bobbie T. Blankenship, "Forever With The Lord"
b. Dec. 20, 1884
d. Jan. 07, 1973

Benjamin F. Lummus
b. July 8, 1887
d. April 8, 1964
Age 76

Earle C. Blankenship 
b. Mar.  23, 1914
d. Feb.   15, 1962

Sue L. Blankenship
b. Jan. 24, 1917
d. June 10, 1994

Donald Earle Blankenship
b. Nov. 22, 1939
d. June 22, 1988

Ozzie L. Wray
b. June 10, 1885
d. Sept. 17, 1959

Leonard Wray
b. Sept. 11, 1889
d. Dec. __, 1970

Leonard Segan Wray, III, "Precious Memories"
b. Sept. 26, 1953
d. Oct. 06, 2004

Irene A. Blankenship, "Her Memory Is Blessed"
b. 1908
d. 1951

Maude Langford, wife of Roy Blankenship
"Gone But Not Forgotten"
b. July 28, 1887 
d. Jan. 17, 1955

Roy Blankenship, "Gone, But Not Forgotten"
b. Jan. 18, 1891
d. Sept. 22, 1963

Thomas E. Buchanan
b. Aug. 26, 1930
d. Jan. 03, 2000

Betty B. Buchanan
___ 23, 1934

Floyd T. Ray
b. Nov. 22, 1927
d. Apr. 21, 1971

Willis Jefferson Langford
b. Apr. 02, 1898
d. Jul. 16, 1985

Lizzie O. Langford
b. Mar. 11, 1902
d. Aug. 11, 1997

[D.] Talmage Langford
b. April 13, 1891
d. March 18, 1958

Allie E. Osborn, wife of D. T. Langford
b. July 8, 1894 
d. May 10, 1955

George L. Langford
b. Oct. 13, 1920
d. Aug. 21, 1997

Alonzo Langford 
Mississippi, PVT. 1962 SVC. Comd Unit 
World War II
b. June 2, 1918 
d. Aug. 21, 1955

Prentis Hill Bolin
b. Feb. 17, 1855
d. Aug. 23, 1948

James King Bolin, Sr.
b. Aug 07, 1908
d. Mar. 16, 1992

Herman Blankenship
b. June 13, 1879
d. Nov. 25, 1945

Edna T.[Thompson] Blankenship
b. July 2, 1879
d. Nov. 21, 1968

Robert Lee Blankenship
b. Mar. 18, 1885
d. Apr. 20, 1972

Lena Virginia Blankenship
b. Oct. 02, 1887
d. Apr. 15, 1945

Bill McCollum, "He is Not Dead, But Sleepeth"
b. Nov. 5, 1906
d. Mar. 4, 1960

Myrtle B. McCollum
b. 1912
d. 1984

Beulah Jane Brodrick
b. Nov. 14, 1887
d. Dec. 21, 1959

Oscar Byrd Brodrick
b. April 16, 1891
d. Dec.   3, 1951

Lula Killingworth, wife of Fayette McCollum
b. Oct. 25, 1868 
d. May  4, 1948

Julia Idella Lummus
b. Feb.    1, 1892
d. June 13, 1957

Wilburn F. Lummus
b. Dec. 31, 1910
d. Oct. 04, 1989

Norene B. Lummus (wife of Wilburn)
b. Apr. 19, 1914
d. Oct. 23, 1992

Sandy Lummus
June 13,  1940 (only Date)

Peggy Sue Lummus
d. Dec. 15, 1960
(lived 45 minutes)

Infant Son Lummus 
Nov. 17, 1941

George David Ray
b. Feb. 22, 1894
d. June 29, 1967 
Age 73 years

Mrs. Ruby Thompson Hodnett, "At Rest"
b. Oct. 02, 1892
d. Feb. 28, 1967
Age 74 years

William Douglas Ray, US Navy Korea
b. Jan. 13, 1939
d. Sep. 7, 1994

Travis M. Fulgham
b. 1953
d. 1995

Louise M. Fulgham
b. Feb. 05, 1925
d. May 25, 1999

Johnny D. Fulgham
b. Feb. 05, 1957
d. Nov. 02, 2004

Baby Daughter of Lloyd & Lidell Fulgham
July 22, 1933 "Rest in Peace"

Melvin James Blackstock
b. Aug. 15, 1946
d. May 08, 2005

Savannah Noel Sherrer, "Our Little Angel Became a Little 
Angel. Lord, Please Protect Her Until We are Reunited."
b. Dec. 05, 2004
d. Dec. 14, 2004

Annie Laura Hornburger Petty
b. July 24, 1936
d. Sept. 21 2006

Mrs. Lula B. Petty
b. Oct. 26 1930
d. Nov. 27, 2006

Jauwiece Mims McGuire
b. Mar. 17, 1944
d. Sept. 21, 2006

Wesley Sennette White, "He Gave Thee, He Took Thee, 
And He Will Restore Thee"
b. Oct 8, 1979
d. June 24, 1998

Lynn Smith, "We trust our Loss Will Be Her Gain and 
That With Christ She's Gone To Reign"
b. Mar. 06, 1950
d. Sept. 20, 1972

Bobbie Frances Smith
b. Feb. 26, 1982
d. Aug. 08, 1982

Horace Vivien Butler, US Navy, WWII
b. Dec. 24, 1926
d. June 30, 2003

Mildred E. Butler, "Loving Wife and Mother"
b. Feb 09, 1928
d. Mar. 14, 2007

Crystal Lea Perrigin Unser
b. July 2, 1974
Sept. 24, 1992

Kelly Karl
Dec. 16, 1972

John Brinkley Wilkerson
b. Jan. 11, 1951
d. Jan. 22, 1951

John B. Raines
b. Apr. 09, 1922
d. Dec. 02, 2003

Sarah M. Raines
Jan 21, 1931

John W. Miller
b. Mar. 18, 1889
d. Dec. 03, 1968
"May They Rest in Peace"

Hettie H. Miller
b. July 13, 1891
d. March 11, 1985

William D. Miller, "Father"
b. Nov. 15, 1914
d. Nov. 02, 1991

Alver Stokes Miller, "Mother"
b. Aug. 04, 1920

Sidney Miller "Gone from Home, but Not from Our 
Hearts"
b. June 4, 1951
d. Aug. 9, 1998

James E. Hodnette
b. Aug. 15, 1925
d. Mar. 24, 1980

Syrena Dean Rushing, "She Was The Sunshine of Our 
Home" "Beloved Mother"
b. Apr. 13, 1962
d. May 20, 2006

Fannie Mae White Lummus
b. Feb. 16, 1935
d. Jan. 12, 1993
"Gone To Be With Jesus"

Oscar Winfred "Winnie" Lummus
b. Oct. 18, 1927
d. May 22, 1983

William Clayton Wray
b. May 26, 1915
d. Oct. 4, 1987

Betty O. Keeton
lst Lt uS Army, World War II
b. Sept. 15, 1911
d. May 21, 1989

Claudia Langford Odum
b. July 28, 1887
d. Sept. 12, 1966
Married Sept. 11, 1910

Edward Danvis Odum
b. Sept. 30, 1886
d. Jan. 04, 1974

Willie Edgar Blankenship, Sr.
b. Nov. 06, 1903
d. Oct. 22, 1974
Married June 25, 1933

Mary Belle Blankenship
b. June 29, 1914
d. Mar. 12, 2003

Willie Edgar Blankenship, Jr.
SGM US Army Vietnam
b. Oct. 12, 1938
d. June 15, 1997

Billie Dawkins
b. Apr. 15, 1911

Minnie Jane Dawkins
b. Oct. 11, 1912
d. Oct. 25, 1973

Mary Elizabeth Dawkins Welch
Feb. 18, 1940

M. Belle B. Betts, "In Loving Memory"
b. Aug. 10, 1918
d. Mar. 09, 1987

James A. Parnell
Aug. 09, 1968

Johnny Parnell
b. May 16, 1936
d. July 04, 1974
"If Tears Could Build a Stairway and Memories a Lane, I'd 
Walk Right Up to Heaven and Bring You Home Again"

Vernice M. Parnell
Sept. 10, 1939

Johnny Wayne Parnell
b. Apr. 20, 1959
d. May 09, 2004
Married Feb. 14, 1989

Loretta Ruth Parnell
Dec. 4, 1966

Fannye M. Smith
June 17, 1939
Married July 24, 1960--43 years, "Memory Lane"

Tommy L. Smith, Pvt. US Army
b. Feb 05, 1940
d. May 11, 2004

Rodney & Johnny Wells
b. Sept. 14, 1975
d. Sept. 15, 1975

J. T. Ming
b. Sept. 06, 1928
d. Sept. 27, 1999

Louise S. Ming
Mar. 1, 1926