Hi Bill, Yes, that may be. I am glad you found that notice in the Fountain & Journal. It did not appear in the Chieftain which has been abstracted and indexed for that time period. The Fountain & Journal has not been abstracted and indexed for that time period. That would be a good project for someone who can get to the McCanse Library in Mount Vernon regularly enough to abstract and index it, that and the papers for the early 1900s, too. Mt. Olivet cemetery is still active. I believe that I saw a notice of their annual business meeting recently in the Lawrence County Record along with the notices of meetings of other area cemetery associations. If you can get a contact person for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Association, you could see if there is a surviving record book which indicates lot owners and burials where no stones exist. Such books exist for some old cemeteries, but many of the old records have been lost over the years. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 06/06/03 04:14PM >>> Ross Cameron, More information on my Great Grandmother, Mary Susan (Milam) Beckett. I have located her death notice in the Mount Vernon Fountain and Journal, 11 Jan 1894, Vol. 28, #2, page 3, column 2, item 10. "Mrs. Susan Beckett of this city, died Thursday evening, aged 50 years. The remains were taken to Mt. Olivet, on Center Creek, for interment." This is as close as I am likely to get to an official record. Thanks again for your earlier message in answer to my question. Bill Soderstrum ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.lawrence ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237