George County MsArchives Cemeteries.....Joe P. Fairley Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.org/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James trussell carverofwood1260@wmconnect.com October 31, 2007, 7:02 am Abstracted By: Jimmy Trussell We'll start our trip to this cemetery at the intersection of Highway 26 and Highway 57 in Benndale, Mississippi. Take Highway 57 North and go approximately 8 miles, here you will see Salem road on your left. There is a large sign also on the left at this intersetion that reads, "Salem Baptist Church".Take this left hand turn onto Salem road and go approximately 1/2 Mile. The cemetery will be on your left, it belongs to the Fairley family and all upkeep and maintenance is done by them. The cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and is in good condition. Jimmy Trussell was given permission to walk this cemetery by Mr. Gene Fairley on the 30th of October, 2007. Information was taken from headstone and slab inscriptions, as well as temporary grave markers. This is a complete listing of known existing graves. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fairley Oran Otto (Sr.) 04-07-1919 07-22-1974 TSgt., WW-2, USAFR Fairley Glenn A 11-29-1951 08-04-1999 'Always and Forever' Cochran Dan (Jr.) 09-10-1955 10-01-1978 Cochran Dan T 04-29-1922 07-13-1988 Cochran Mildred Lorene 09-12-1931 01-05-1974 Fairley Mary A 11-26-1856 12-06-1937 Fairley Peter L 04-10-1847 12-25-1922 Havard Richard H 06-18-1941 01-17-1992 'Harold', h/o Faye Havard Fairley Roselee L 10-11-1905 10-31-1908 daughter of J. & B. Fairley Fairley Irvin 04-01-1903 11-22-1920 son of Joe & Bertha Fairley Fairley Joe P 01-27-1876 10-23-1957 Fairley Bertha 03-30-1883 03-09-1959 Edwards Hattie M 09-01-1923 12-30-2003 Fairley Mildred (Knight) 10-28-1908 03-20-1988 'Mama' Fairley Henry Clarence 06-08-1901 03-23-1993 'Daddy' Cochran Mary J 1840 1928 Cochran George Yeager 10-24-1910 09-10-1912 son of W.L. & Julia Cochran Cochran Julia 08-31-1880 02-27-1939 Cochran W. L. 03-16-1873 06-17-1941 Cochran Arthur K 02-17-1909 05-16-1946 Cochran Alex 11-23-1905 12-28-1981 'Gone Home' Havard Edward Lee 02-01-1933 05-04-2004 Havard Thelma Lavada 02-04-1938 09-30-2001 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ms/george/cemeteries/joepfair111gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb