New Augusta Cemetery

Perry County, Mississippi

The New Augusta Cemetery is located in Perry County, Mississippi. To find this cemetery from the intersection of Highway 29 & 98 in New Augusta, Mississippi, drive one and one-half miles south on Highway 29. The cemetery is up a short drive on the left. If you pass the first entrance, there is a second entrance immediately thereafter.

On June 27, 2004 Howard Baulch visited this cemetery and took photos of selected tombstones. Howard's grandaunt, Ophelia Caldonia Gibson Martin, and many of her family are buried here. The transcriptions and tombstone photos are presented below. Comments in parentheses are not on the tombstone and are additional information offered by the author.




INSCRIBED NAME
(Full name)
BORN DIED RELATIONSHIP INSCRIPTION TOMBSTONE
Hadden, George Tyler 1912
(Dec 1, 1912)
1972
(Sep 1972)
(h/o Leo Martin)
(s/o Charles Blythe Hadden
& Minnie Lee Tyler)
 
Hadden, Leo Martin 1917
(Jan 29, 1917)
1971
(Jun 1971)
(w/o George Tyler Hadden)
(d/o William Isaiah Martin
& Ophelia Caldonia Gibson)
 
Martin, Dorothy S.
(Dorothy S. Smith Martin)
Jul 16, 1929 Oct 11, 1980 (w/o Tommie Martin)  
Martin, Elmore E. May 20, 1910 Jun 27, 1974 (h/o Hortense, Mamie & Ida)
(s/o William Isaiah Martin
& Ophelia Caldonia Gibson)
 
Martin, Jonathan Mills Jul 21, 1976 Mar 18, 2002 (s/o Linus Baxter Martin, Jr.
& Mary Estelle Mixon)
He touched the lives
of all who knew him.
We love you Jon Jon
Martin, Linus Baxter, Jr. Oct 31, 1942 Jun 16, 1992 (h/o Mary Estelle Mixon)
(s/o Linus Baxter Martin, Sr.
& Myrnis Ammons)
LTC
Rest in Peace
Martin, Linus Baxter, Sr. May 10, 1908 Nov 6, 1994 (h/o Myrnis Ammons)
(s/o William Isaiah Martin
& Ophelia Caldonia Gibson)
Lt Col U. S. Army
Martin, Myrnis Ammons 1911
(Apr 25, 1911)
(Jan 26, 2004) (w/o Linus Baxter Martin, Sr.)
(d/o John W.
& Mary E. Ammons)
 
Martin, Tommie Apr 21, 1919 Nov 8, 1975 (h/o Freda Truelock
& Dorothy S. Smith)
(s/o William Isaiah Martin
& Ophelia Caldonia Gibson)
SSgt Army Air Forces
World War II

Martin, William I.
(William Isaiah Martin)
Oct 1, 1880 Jun 18, 1950 (h/o Ophelia Caldonia Gibson)
(s/o Alexis Gabriel Martin
& Mary Delphia Shattles)
Lt Col U. S. Army
Martin, Ophelia C.
(Ophelia Caldonia Gibson Martin)
Apr 15, 1885 Jan 22, 1965 (h/o Ophelia Caldonia Gibson)
(s/o Alexis Gabriel Martin
& Mary Delphia Shattles)
Lt Col U. S. Army

Although tombstone photos are not included, a more complete transcription of this cemetery is available on www.usgennet.org.

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