Bowling Green Cemetery

SEC. 1 T2N R2W	

Decimal Degrees 	N 31.07775 	W -91.268217
GPS 			N 31:04.665	W 91:16.093	 

Bowling Green Road off Woodville/Jackson, LA Road



Cemetery photographed by: 
Linda Gene and Howard Lee Carter 
-- November 11, 2004 & March 20, 2007 --
Edited by: W. Dave Anderson

 
GEORGE J. ADAMS
BORN IN EDGEFIELD S.C.
JULY 28, 1862
DIED IN NEW ORLEANS LA
OCT. 17, 1902

ADAMS


IN MEMORY OF

MARY BRAME

who fell asleep in certain
hope of a blessed recursion
Jan. 25th, 1860
aged 70 years
A Christian whose pure and 
useful life was 
love to God and filled with
good work.


IN MEMORY
OF
BEVERLY SCOTT
____

BORN DEC 19, 1847
DIED 0CT. 11, 1848
________

SON OF
JOHN W. & SARAH M.
BURRUSS
________



In christian hope

C. A. BURRUSS

Died

Feb. 14th 1834

AEt. 26 years

____



EDWARD McGEHEE BURRUSS
SON OF 
JOHN W. BURRUSS
AND 
SARAH H. McGEHEE

BORN SEPTEMBER 12TH 1842.
DIED APRIL 2ND 1876



IN MEMORY
OF
ELIZABETH BRAME
WIFE OF
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS:

Born Sep. 3rd 1785
Died Mar. 29th 1929
____



OUR 
FATHER

IN MEMORIAM
JOHN W. BURRUSS,
SON OF 
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS,
AND
ELIZABETH BRAME,
BORN IN
CAROLINE COUNTY VIRGINIA,
OCTOBER 7, 1814.


A MAN OF STRONG MENTAL GRASP.
WHOLLY CULTIVATED WHOLLY REDEEMED.
A SERVANT OF CHRIST.
A SON OF GOD.
A LIGHT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD.
A TREASURE OF SYMPATHY TO HIS FRIENDS.
WITH THE WISDOM OF AGE
ENJOYING THE SENSIBILITY OF YOUTH,
AND GLORIFYING GOD BY DISPLAYING 
IN HIS DAILY LIFE
THE TRIPLE NOBILITY
OF
NATURE, CULTURE & FAITH.
THUS LIVED THE MAN.
THEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, 
SHALL APPEAR,
THEN SHALL HE ALSO APPEAR WITH
HIM IN GLORY

COLOSS, 111.3.4

THUS DIED
THE SAINT.
OCTOBER 5 TH, 1866.
TO US, HIS CHILDREN, HE IS NOT DEAD, BUT EVER LIVES, 
TO
WARN, TO ENCOURACE, TO INSTRUCT.
“THEN SHLL WE ALSO KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW
ON TO KNOW THE LORD.”
FOR
“WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, 
BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.”
PSALMS XXX.5.




JOHN W. BURRUSS, JR.
SON OF 
SARAH McGEHEE,
AND 
JOHN W. BURRUSS


BORN JUNE 9, 1844.
DIED JUNE 29, 1845.
____

“THE FLOWER FADETH,
AND WE ALL DO FADE AS A LEAF”




LOUISE E. LANDON
DAUGHTER OF
REV D. S. LANDON
OF GLEN’S FALLS
NEW YORK
1826

L. E. L.
WIFE OF 
JOHN W. BURRUSS
DIED 19TH SEPT.
1862


AS DAUGHTER AND SISTER
AS WIFE AND MOTHER
SHE MAKE HOME 
HAPPY





MARY EUGENIA BURRUSS
DAUGHTER OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
AND 
SARAH H. McGEHEE
BORN JULY 30, 1851
DIED JULY 25, 1885




SARAH HOUSTON McGEHEE
DAUGHTER
OF  EDWARD McGEHEE
AND MARGT. L. COSBY

She never gave her Parents one regret
But when she died. 
She that He loved so long & sees no more,
Loved & still loves _ not dead but gone before

THE WIFE
MARRIED
JAN, 4TH 1838


SARAH McGEHEE BURRUSS
WIFE OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
___

A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, to command.
The Reason firm, the temperaie  Will.
Endurance foresight, strength & skill
And yet a Spirit, still & bright
With something of an angel light.

THE DAUGHTER
BORN
JAN. 25TH 1816

THE CHRISTIAN 
DIED
MARCH 2ND 1855



E. B. CORLEY

March 1831

A Virginia Gentleman
an humble
Christian
___


CURRY

HUGH B.
1872 --- 1939

ELVIRA BISLAND
1874 – 1935




SADIE

SARAH L. DOWLING
JUNE 19, 1839
FEB. 15, 1905





ELIZABETH P. HENDERSON
SEPT. 19, 1849
JULY 19, 1896

HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP




IDA RICHARDSON 
HOOD
OCT. 19, 1876
MARCH 24, 1961


LEONARD B. WATT, JR.
AUG. 4, 1913
NOV. 13, 1993



JOHN BURRUSS 
KENNARD,
INFANT SON OF
JOHN H. KENNARD, 
AND ANNE M G. BURRUSS

BORN 
JUNE 12TH 1861
DIED
AUGUST 20TH 1861


ALBERT 
LUCIANELLI
NEW YORK
F3
US NAVY
WORLD WAR I
SEPTEMBER 24 1896
MAY 24 1972



SUSIE McGEHEE
LUCIANELLI
SEPT. 17, 1912
JAN. 20,. 1982




LULA MASSEY MAGRUDER
OCT. 31, 1884
OCT. 22, 1970




A. G. McG.




A. M. McGEHEE
MAY 25, 1847
SEPT. 20, 1916



A. M. McGEHEE, JR.
SON OF
A. M. McGEHEE
AND 
K.S. TOWLES
BORN
July 13, 1872
DIED
Oct. 1 1898




ABNER EDWARD
Infant son of
Edward & Mary B. McGehee
Born June 14th
Died Nov 12th 1848



In memory of
ABRAM McGEHEE
son of Micajah McGehee,
& Ann Scott,
born in Oglethorpe Co.
Georgia, Jan. 1st 1791,
died July 25th 1859




ANN CARTER
WIFE OF
E. J. McGEHEE
BORN
Jan. 26, 1825
DIED
Jan. 28, 1879

McGEHEE




ANN G. McNAIR
WIFE OF
C. G. McGEHEE
BORN DEC. 19TH 1880,
DIED JAN. 12TH 1884

“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER
LIVETH.”




ANNA OVERTON WEBB
WIFE OF
E. L. McGEHEE
APRIL 10, 1850
JAN. 10, 1913

“HER NATURE WAS LOVE

HER CHILDREN RAISE UP

AND CALL HER BLESSED”







AUGUSTA EUGENIA McGEHEE
DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD McGEHEE,
AND 
MARY BURRUSS
BORN
OCTOBER 17TH 1854
DIED
DECEMBER 16TH 1882



GENIE

A SLEEP IN JESUS BLESSED SLEEP


CAROLINE E. McGEHEE,
BORN AUG. 12TH 1877,
DIED AUG, 18TH 1877


CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
DECEMBER – 24 – 1867


CAROLINE E. McGEHEE
BORN
OCTOBER 20TH  1864
DIED 
AUGUST 10TH 1883


CATHERINE ELIZA
SEPT. 26, 1839
APR. 29, 1918
WIFE OF 
JOHN BURRUSS McGEHEE
DAUGHTER OF 
JAMES A. STEWART
AND 
JULIANA RANDOLPH





CHARLES G. McGEHEE
MAY 6, 1876 – JUNE 22, 1943



CHARLES G. McGEHEE DDS
JUNE 7, 1884
AUG. 30, 1942

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I FINISHED 
MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH



CHARLES C.
SON OF
CHARLES G. & STELLA F.
McGEHEE.
BORN AUG. 30TH 1855
DIED SEPT. 4TH 1866

OUR DEAR CHARLIE
BOY
LOVELY FAULTLESS
CHILD GOD TOOK HIM
“IT IS WELL.”
2 KINGS 4 CHAPT. 26 VERSE





CHARLES GOODRICH
McGEHEE
BORN
SEPT. 23, 1823
DIED
SEPT. 30, 1903




EDWARD J. McGEHEE
BORN 
January 29th , 1820
DIED
June 23d, 1860



EDWARD J. MCGEHEE
CO. D
21 MISS. INF.
C. S. A.



EDWARD L.
McGEHEE
APR. 4, 1852
AUG. 13, 1919
___
THE STEPS OF A GOOD
MAN ARE ORDERED BY
THE LORD, AND HE
DELIGHTETH IN HIS WAY
PSALMS 37.23.




EDWARD L. McGEHEE  M. D.
MACH 5, 1879
JANUARY 30, 1937

I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT FACE TO FACE
WHEN I HAVE CROSSED THE BAR


EDWARD McGEHEE
SON OF
MICAJAH McGEHEE
AND ANN SCOTT
BORN IN OCLETHORPE COUNTY,
GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 8, 1786.
DIED OCTOBER 1, 1880.
A RESIDENT OF WILKINSON COUNTY 
72 YEARS




ELIZABETH B. McNAIR
WIFE OF
GEORGE T. McGEHEE
BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1836
MARRIED AUGUST 11, 1874
DIED FEBRUARY 21, 1892


LILY 
MY WIFE




FRANCIS PEYTON
McGEHEE
APR. 11, 1907 – AUG. 3, 1970




IN 
Memory of
FRANCIS WILLIAM
son of
EDWARD McGEHEE
& MARY BURRUSS,
Born April 16, 1831,
Died Oct. 1, 1843
____







IN MEMORIAM
GEORGE THOMAS
McGEHEE
BONR
SEPT. 25, 1833
DIED 
FEB. 5, 1906





HARRIET ANN RICHARDS
Daughter of
Charles W. Goodrich, &
Ann Prentiss
Wife of Edward McGehee
born Dec. 8, 1802.
Married Dec. 9, 1823.
died Oct. 20, 1827.

THIS MEMORIAL TABLET IS ERECTED HER, BY HER
HUSBAND, TO COMMEMORATE HER PURE & LOVELY LIFE &
HER CHRISTIAN DEATH: WHILE HER SLEEPING DUST RESTS
IN THE FAMILY BURYING GROUND OF ABNER McGEHEE
NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA, THERE TO AWAIT THE 
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST.
BY HER SIDE LIES HER INFANT DAGHTER
HARRIET, AGED ELEVEN MONTHS



HARRIET JUDITH
Daughter of 
James H. & Judith E. McGehee
DIED
April 10, 1846,
aged 7 mos. & 3 days



IN MEMORY
OF
HARRIET LUCINDA
DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD & MARY B. McGEHEE.
DORN DEC. 11TH 1844.
DIED SEPT. 17TH 1851.

OUR HADDY
BLESSED & BELOVED




MOTHER

MARGARET PERCY
McGEHEE
BORN FEB. 20, 1848
DIED NOV. 1, 1928

FATHER

HARRY TRUMBULL
McGEHEE
BORN JAN. 11, 1845
DIED JAN. 14, 1924

McGEHEE






JAMES H.
Son of
ABRAHAM & HARRIET A. McGEHEE
DIED
March 4, 1846
age 26 years & 8 mos.





JAMES STEWART McGEHEE
MAR. 9, 1860 – SEPT. 15, 1945





JOHN BURRUSS McGEHEE
JAN 22, 1836 – FEB. 11, 1913
MARRIED
CATHERINE E. STEWART
JUNE 9, 1859, HAD SON
JAMES STEWART McGEHEE
MARCH 9, 1860
SON OF EDWARD McGEHEE
1786 – 1880
AND MARY HINES BURRUSS

THE FATHER OF LESPEDEZA INDUSTRY


EARLY INSISTENT AND LIBERAL,
ADVOCATE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY.

A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL





JOHN WEBB McGEHEE, M. D.
NOVEMBER 14, 1875
MARCH 8, 1838

None knew thee but to love thee
None named thee but to praise




K. T. McG


KATE TOWLES
WIFE OF
A. M. McGEHEE
BORN
June 30, 1845,
DIED
May 6, 1894.

McGEHEE



WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
MEMORIAL

LUCIUS DE YAMPERT
McGEHEE M. D.
1881—1935




MARY CORNELLIA
McGEHEE
OCT. 31, 1868
JULY 9, 1948





MOTHER

MARY H. BURRUSS
WIFE OF 
EDWARD McGEHEE,
DAUGHTER OF
REV JOHN C. BURRUSS,
& ELIZABETH BRAME.
BORN IN CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
MARCH 21ST 1812
MARRIED 
FEBRUARY 14TH 1829
DIED OCT 30TH 1873




MARY M. McGEHEE
AUG. 6, 1879 – DEC. 31, 1973




MARY MAGRUDER McGEHEE
JUNE 21, 1918 – FEB. 6, 2004




MARY
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
A. M. McGEHEE AND 
KATE TOWLES
BORN JULY 24, 1888
DIED NOV. 9, 1908





MICAJAH
SON OF
EDWARD McGEHEE &
HARRIET A GOODRICH
BRON MAY 22, 1826
DIED AUGUST 21, 1880


ONE OF THE TWENTY TWO
SURVIVORS OF FREMONTS
EXPEDITION OVER THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS IN 1848

A CITIZEN OF CALIFORNIA
FROM 1849 TO 1872





Peggy Louisa

Wife of 
EDWARD McGEHEE,
died 29, Jan. 1821
in the 33d year 
of her age.
___
ALSO
James Jack,
their Son,
died 10th Oct. 1811,
aged 10 days.
___

And their Son,
James Hayes,
died 2nd May, 1819,
aged 13 months
and 16 days.

Their remains lie interred at their former
residence, ten miles east of this place.
This slab is erected here as a memorial
 by her Husband, March 1859.






McGEHEE

PERCY CARTER
APRIL 20, 1885
NOV. 15, 1961


ORPHEA COLLENS
MARCH 10, 1886
FEB. 1, 1974



IN LOVING MEMORY OF

ROBERT MICAJAH
McGEHEE
DECEMBER 14, 1858
APRIL 7, 1906
AND 
SELAN HENDERSON
McGEHEE
MAY 15, 1847
AUG. 23, 1931

WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST
NOT NOW BUT THOU SHALL
KNOW HEREAFTER





STELLA F. McNAIR
WIFE OF CHARLES G. McGEHEE
DIED
December 9th, 1858
Aged 32 years.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spririt that
they may rest from their labours and their
works do follow them.          Rev. S!V, 13, V.




THOMAS P.
McGEHEE
JUNE 8, 1920
AUG. 18, 1925
___
Our only child



In memory of

WILLBUR FISK McGEHEE,
son of
Edward McGehee,
& Mary Burruss
born Sept. 25th 1839,
died Aug 1st 1859.

I shall be satisfied when I awake
With that likeness. Psalm XVII.15




WILLIAM BURRUSS
SON OF
EDWARD AND
MARY McGEHEE
DIED MAY 11TH 1830,
AGED 6 MONTHS.



GEORGE F. OSTEN
NOV. 3, 1911
APR. 18, 1978



JANE C. OSTEN
FEB. 14, 1915
APR. 24, 1992


ANNA GOODRICH McGEHEE
wife of 
JOHN A. REDHEAD, JR.
FEB. 8, 1884
FEB. 11, 1951



JOHN A. REDHEAD, JR.
AUG. 21, 1882
MARCH 17, 1958




LEONORA CURRY
REDHEAD
DEC. 13, 1904
SEPT. 3, 1993





ROBERT McGEHEE
REDHEAD
JAN. 4, 1908
JAN. 15, 1973




ElIZABETH P. McGEHEE
Wife of
MASON SNOWDEN
July 28, 1877
Dec. 15, 1898




IN MEMORY OF
MARY L. McGEHEE
WIFE OF
S. H. SNOWDEN
WHO DIED SEPT. 3, 1883
_____

HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP


DAUGHTER OF
EDWARD & MARY B. McGEHEE
BORN SEPT. 30TH 1841



MASON SNOWDEN
AUG. 29, 1873
MAR. 22, 1917

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH




ROBERT McG. SNOWDEN
Dec. 8, 1898
Feb. 7, 1899



IN MEMORY OF
S. H. SNOWDEN,
SON OF E. HAZARD SNOWDEN, 
& ELIZABETH SMITH,
BORN MARCH 12TH 1836
DIED MARCH 9TH 1888




SAML. McG. SNOWDEN
March 27, 1897
July 31, 1898



WILBUR McGEHEE
SNOWDEN,
BORN
SEPT. 21, 1868
DIED
AUG. 17, 1877
___


LILLIE WILLIE





MOTHER

CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
WIFE OF
DUNCAN STEWART
JANUARY – 6 – 1838
AUGUST – 31 – 1920



DUNCAN STEWART
SON OF 
J. A. STEWART
AND
JULIANA RANDOLPH
BORN OCT. 7, 1836
DIED NOV. 21, 1905




GEORGE McGEHEE
STEWART M.D.
DEC. 12, 1862 – DEC. 27, 1938




HELEN JULIA WHITE
WIFE OF 
GEORGE McGEHEE STEWART
OCT. 12, 1882 – NOV. 27 1936



HENRY MARTIN 
STEWART
BORN SEPT. 25, 1872
ENTERED INTO REST
APR. 15, 1938




IDA RANDOLPH STEWART
DAUGHTER OF 
DUNCAN STEWART
AND 
CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
AUG – 31 – 1870
DEC – 9 – 1925




KATE BURRUSS
STEWART,
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART, 
AND 
CAROLINE E. McGEHEE,
BORN AUG. 12TH 1877,
DIED AUG, 18TH 1877



LOUISE FLORENCE STEWART
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART
AND 
CAROLINE ELIZABETH McGEHEE
DECEMBER – 24 – 1867




MARY BURRUSS STEWART
DAUGHTER OF
DUNCAN STEWART, 
AND 
CAROLINE E. McGEHEE
BORN
OCTOBER 20TH  1864
DIED 
AUGUST 10TH 1883




PRENTISS GRAVES
STRICKER
JAN. 13, 1889
DEC. 27, 1967



ROWENA McGEHEE
STRICKER
AUG. 28, 1877
JAN. 20, 1956



AN UNKNOWN 


TWO UNKNOWNS


THREE UNKNOWNS


UNKNOWN
BLANK MARKER



CYNTIHA 
ANN McGEHEE
___

Thou art gone to the grave
but we will not deplore   
Though sorrow and 


Born
May 11, 1812
___

Thou art gone to the grave
we no longer behold thee;
Nor tread the rough paths
of the world by thy side’
But the wide arms of mercy
are spread to enfold thee,
And sinners my die,
for the SLNLESS has died
___


Married
JOHN S. WALTON
November 27, 1833
___


Died
October 23, 1834
____

Thou are gone to the grave
but 



 
SACRED
to the memory of
ROSALIE HALL
daughter of
JOSEPH G.
& ARMINTA P.
WALTON 
who died Oct. 15, 1837
age 2 months & 4 days
___

This lovely flower so young and fair
Called hence by early doom,
Just came to show how sweet a flower,
In Paradise would bloom.


LEONARD B. WATT, JR.
AUG. 4, 1913
NOV. 13, 1993