This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XJB.2ACE/605 Message Board Post: I am looking for the date of death and burial place of a distant relative who is believed to have been living in Whitfield at the time of his death. His name is Paul Williams Born 17 May 1898 and we believe he was admitted to the hospital in the late 50's. At the time of his death he had no family members to bury him. I would like to know if the hospital has a cemetery for people such as Paul that die there and how I might go about finding this information. Thank you so much for your time. Any help is greatly appreciated. Fran

Fran, Searching the www for anything on a cemetery at the state hospital at Whiftield hit on these articles. -------------------------- The Mississippi State Hospital Cemetery, established in 1936, is being restored by a team of 12 AmeriCorps members from all parts of the country assisting MSH's Maintenance Department with realigning grave markers, installing an irrigation system, restoring the outdoor chapel and landscaping the grounds. More than 4,000 people are buried in the cemetery that has withered with age. Mississippi State Hospital is seeking donations to restore their Rose Hill Cemetery, which began in 1936, to its natural beauty. More than 4,000 people from MSH are buried in the cemetery, located off Hwy. 468 in Rankin County. In October of 2003, Americorps volunteers made tremendous steps in giving the cemetery a facelift, but there is still much work to be done in improving and keeping up the ground's appearance. Monies donated will be used to complete the restoration process and to construct a monument in the cemetery in memory of those buried there. To contribute, send donations to Friends of Mississippi State Hospital, P.O. Box 75, Whitfield, MS 39193. For more information, contact Belvia Ferguson, coordinator of development, at (601) 351-8335 or [email protected] ------------------------------- It appears the cemetery is named Rose Hill and a large cemetery of several thousand graves. For some reason the cemetery does not appear on any maps that I have, or online maps. http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=15&X=970&Y=4462&W=3&q s=%7cpearl%7cms%7c Other articles onlines says the graves were mostly unmarked until the1960s except for numbers. Writing the hospital for your info on Paul may uncover something. http://www.msh.state.ms.us/ Or maybe call the number mentioned in the attached article above. good luck jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: [MSRANKIN] Whitfield State Hospital > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XJB.2ACE/605 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for the date of death and burial place of a distant relative who is believed to have been living in Whitfield at the time of his death. His name is Paul Williams Born 17 May 1898 and we believe he was admitted to the hospital in the late 50's. At the time of his death he had no family members to bury him. I would like to know if the hospital has a cemetery for people such as Paul that die there and how I might go about finding this information. Thank you so much for your time. Any help is greatly appreciated. Fran > > > ==== MSRANKIN Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/2006 > >