Ann, Terry, et al, the "Welcome To Mississippi" Sign Terry is speaking of is in front of my gr, gr grandparent's old home place which is considered to be in Splunge. There is also a cemetery on the property there where John Kirk Byrd and his wife, Elvira Carolyn Moore Byrd are buried. I think it's called the George Stanford Cemetery because he is the one who purchased the property from the Byrds. There are a few other graves there but I don't remember who they were. It is probably in the Monroe Co. MS Cemetery Book. Some of the graves, including John Kirk Byrd's grave, have been covered over with dirt where a farmer was plowing the field next to it and pushed the dirt over on some of them. Some people who see Elvira's tombstone think it is John Kirk Byrd because it has her name and then "wife of John Kirk Byrd" but "wife of" is very difficult to read and his name stands out but it is her. A few years ago that property belonged to some Clarks or Knights, but I don't remember for sure. John Kirk Byrd's father, Thomas T. Byrd lived on down the road in Detroit where several of his children were born. Glenda McWhirter Todd > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Splunge, MS (William T. "Terry" Thornton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:51:49 -0500 > From: "William T. \"Terry\" Thornton" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Splunge, MS > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Anne, Several years ago a "Welcome to Splunge" sign was placed west of > Weaver's Creek on the Hatley-Detroit Rd. If one considers that spot to be > the western-most reaches of "Greater" Splunge, then Stockton Cemetery and > Smith Cemetery would both be counted as Splunge cemeteries. I personally > consider Crenshaw Cemetery to be another of the Splunge graveyards (although > I'm sure some of the folks in Greenwood Springs considers it theirs). And > as you travel east and northeast of Splunge, there are numerous other > cemeteries that probably would be included as within the "Greater Splunge" > area. But Greg is 100% correct --- it depends on what is considered > Splunge! Good luck. Terry Thornton, Fulton, MS > > > >