Wheeler Grove Cemetery - Alcorn County, MS

WHEELER GROVE CEMETERY
Alcorn County, Mississippi

This African American cemetery was surveyed in 2004 by Helah Wilson and Janice Switcher. The survey was updated on June 7, 2006.

Driving Directions: From Corinth, Mississippi, take Highway 45 South past the K & K Truck Stop. Turn right at the first road to the right ― County Road 519. Follow the road (Wheeler Grove Road) to approximately 4 miles to a crossroads. The Wheeler Grove Church is on the left side of the road, and the cemetery is on the right.

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DEATON, Sherry
10/26/1974 [No other date]
Age 13

J

JOHNSON, Hollis
1951 to 2006
[Patterson Funeral Home marker]

M

MCDOUGLE, Fiddler
1808 to 02/**/1873

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PATTERSON, David
12/26/1921 to 11/08/1985

PATTERSON, Georgia M.
03/16/1949 to 09/20/1974
[Picture on tombstone]

PATTERSON, James Frank
1943 to 2004
[Patterson Funeral Home marker]

PATTERSON, Odis W.
02/10/1930 to 05/06/1983

PHILLIPS, Balmer
08-30-1900
Age 45
Wife of T. P. Phillips

PHILLIPS, Seamon
09-02-1933 [No other date]
Miss. Pvt. 816 Pioneer Inf.

PRATHER, Lula M.
01/20/1948 to 07/31/1993

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RATLIFF, Clara W.
11/16/1909 to 01/26/1926

RATLIFF, W. H.
04/05/1912 [No other date]

ROBINSON, Laura
1911 to 2005
(Patterson Funeral Home marker]

S

SHORTER, Victoria
05/19/1922 [No other date]
Age 90

STAFFORD, Susan
07-15-1846 to 10-01-1899
Wife of Willis Stafford

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WALKER, Andy
1840 to 01/11/1889
[Born in North Carolina; broken tombstone]

WALKER, Charles Henry
1937 to 1994

WALKER, Claud
12/24/1919 [No other date]
Miss. Pvt. 816 Pioneer Inf.

WALKER, Dorothy
1950 to 2000

WALKER, Dorothy
1952 to 1988

WALKER, Eddie Sheffield
10-12-1912 to 08-30-1961; and
WALKER, Mae Henry
04-11-1927 to 07-04-1967

WALKER, Forrest
11/24/1907 to 10/06/1945

WALKER, Harry Lee
06/04/1924 to 04/27/2001

WALKER, Henry
Son of Andy and Milly Ann Walker
11-02-1871 to 08-01-1873

WALKER, Henry B.
02/10/1909 to 09/15/1977

WALKER, Hilbert D. L.
1925 to 1997

WALKER, Hilton
1915/1996 [No other date]

WALKER, Hubert
07-15-1897 to 11-02-1904

WALKER, Katie
Wife of Lane
1874 to 05-07-1912

WALKER, Lane
11/12/1869 to 03/18/1946

WALKER, Lillie
1928 to 1983

WALKER, Luvena
03/09/1964 to **/**/****
[Tombstone sunk into ground; unreadable]

WALKER, Henry C.
06/01/1905 to 08/30/1984

WALKER, L. Sue
06-13-1859 to 1959

WALKER, Nichols
1981 to 1983

WALKER, Raymond
1923 to 1970

WALKER, Raymond
09/15/1952 to 02/10/2000

WALKER, Rebecca
05/18/1925 to 09/13/1976

WALKER, Robert Lee
08/20/1948 to 04/26/1992

WALKER, Sophia
1885 to 1968

WALKER, Willie G.
04/28/1900 to **/**/1985

WARE, Stella C.
1914 to 1937
[Patterson Funeral Home marker]

Note: The cemetery is littered with several broken stones. There are also graves with markers that are unreadable.