I happened to see the name Dantzler and remembere someone was researching and thought I would pass this to the group. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "pat creel" <patcreel@cableone.net> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] new files for MS Apri 9th > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/gillion95gob.txt > Jackson County MsArchives Obituaries..... > Gillion, Grace August 1977 > The Dallas Morning News, pg 5, 08-02-1977 > Miss Grace Dillion, 82, of Drexel, TX, died Monday in a Dallas Hospital. > A native of Moss Point, Miss. Burial will be at Restland Memorial Park. > Additional Comments: I do not have any info on this family. > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/gillion95gob.txt > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/griffin94gob.txt > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > Patricia Creel Kendrick patcreel@cableone.net > The Dallas Morning News, 12-30-1924 > Houston, TX, Dec 29 > Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Dr. W. B. > Griffin, 61, a resident of Houston, TX for the past 35 years. Dr. griffin > died > at his home, 2414 Hamilton Street. > Dr. Griffin was born in Moss Point, Miss., on March 1, 1863 and came to > Texas > when he was 26 years old, locating in Houston. > He is survived by his wife, two daughters and one son; three brothers, R. > B., > Frank and Berry Griffin; four sisters, Mrs Walter Denny, Mrs. W. A. Lylerly, > Mrs. Pat O'Guyn, and Mrs. Bob Wells; thress grandchildren. > Additional Comments: I have no other info on this family. > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/griffin94gob.txt > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/rhodes96gob.txt > Rufus Rhodes, president and editor of the Birmingham News and a director of > the > Associated Press, died at his home this morning at 6 o'clock. > He was born in Pascagoula, Miss., and was 53 years old. > The Dallas Morning News, pg 1, 01-13-1910 > Additional Comments: I do not have any info on this family. > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/rhodes96gob.txt > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/griffin/khayat84nph.jpg > Edward Assad Khayat Eva Pates Khayat > Jan. 1, 1911 Apr. 20, 1913 > July 2, 1993 June 2, 2000 > Griffin Cemetery, Moss Point, Jackson County, MS > > Additional Comments: > Obituary July 1993 > Edward A. Khayat, 82, of Moss Point, MS; died July 2, 1993 in Pascagoula, > Jackson County, MS. Born January 1, 1911, Biloxi, MS. > Edward was a former teacher, coach and principal with Moss Point Schools; a > former President of the Jackson County Board of Supervisors, serving on the > board for 32 years; A member of "Dantzler Memorial United Methodist Church" > of > Moss Point. > He was preceded in death by his parents Assad Antoun Khayat and Adma > Buttrous > Khayat; sister Mona Terretta and Violet Baker and a brother Rames A. Khayat. > Holder-Wells Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial in Griffin > Cemetery, Moss Point. > [Source of obituary clipping:] From the genealogy records of the Mrs. Verna > Mae > (Williams) Spooner, she died April 22, 2003 in Jackson County, MS. Her > parents: > Samuel George Williams & Margaret (Graham) Williams of Ohio. > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/obits/khayat90gob.txt > I do not have any info on this family. > Photo by Pat Creel Kendrick. > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/griffin/khayat84nph.txt > > > File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: > Brenda Waltman Knippers Bsknippers@aol.com ni April 9, 2005, 5:32 pm > Source: Johnson Cemetery > Photo can be seen at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/johnson/conway262gph.jpg > > Frank Conway > b. 18 May 1918 in Bay Minette, Alabama > d. Jan 1984 in Jackson County, Wade, Mississippi > Alma Parker Conway > b. 18 Aug 1906 in Jackson County, Wade, Mississippi > d. 16 Sep 1987 in Jackson County, Wade, Mississippi > d/o Eugene Ellis Parker & Suzanne (Susan) Cumbest Of Jackson County, > Wade,Ms. > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/johnson/conway262gph.txt > > > Source: Johnson Cemetery > Photo can be seen at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/johnson/merchant260gph.jpg > Ellis Merchant > b. 03 Nov 1904 in Jackson County, Wade, Ms. > d. 22 May 1987 in Jackson County, Wade, Ms. > s/o: Marion Merchant & Sarah Rowley > Husband of: Thelma Josephine Waltmon > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/johnson/merchant260gph.txt > > > Source: Johnson Cemetery > Photo can be seen at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/johnson/waltmon261gph.jpg > Leonard David Waltmon > b. 25 Jun 1903 in Jackson County, Wade, Mississippi > d. 15 Mar 1958 in Jackson County, Wade, Mississippi > s/o Leander Lawrence Waltmon & Lillie Virgina Davis > Wife: > Thelma Coleman > b. 13 Mar 1911 in Jackson County, Mississippi > d. 01 Sep 1970 in Jackson County, Mississippi > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/jackson/photos/tombstones/johnson/waltmon261gph.txt > > > > Brenda Waltman Knippers Bsknippers@aol.com > April 9, 2005, 2:45 pm > Source: Cedar Grove Cemetery > Photo can be seen at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/marion/photos/tombstones/cedargrove/dowdy259gph.jpg > > Jessie Paul Dowdy > b. 22 Oct 1888 in Floyd County, Rome, Ga. > d. 30 Mar 1956 in Columbia, Ms. > s/o Newman John { N. J. } Dowdy & Nancy Willena "Lena" Fernanders > Zena Catherine [Osborn] Dowdy > b. 19 Jun 1895 in Okalona, Arkansas > d. 25 May 1936 in Tylertown, Columbia, Mississippi > d/o Thomas "Tom" Samuel Osborn & Ada Francis Thompson > Additional Comments: > Infant son Dowdy headstone next to Jessie Paul Dowdy. > Howard Chanley Dowdy > b. 18 Jun 1918 in Tylertown, Mississippi > d. 19 Jun 1918 in Tylertown, Mississippi > File at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/marion/photos/tombstones/cedargrove/dowdy259gph.txt > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >