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Index to Locations Moss Point Griffin Cemetery Pascagoula Greenwood Cemetery Pascagoula Krebs Cemetery (Old Spanish Fort Cemetery) Pascagoula Machpelah Cemetery Griffin Cemetery Moss Point, Jackson County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   John Lewis Dantzler (1860-1925) — also known as Juan L. Dantzler — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss.; Gulfport, Harrison County, Miss. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., January 21, 1860. Lawyer; lumber export business; Vice-Consul for Argentina in Pascagoula, Miss., 1895-1905, 1907-21; Vice-Consul for Argentina in Gulfport, Miss., 1924. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Phi Delta Theta. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 12, 1925 (age 65 years, 22 days). Interment at Griffin Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lorenzo Nolley Dantzler and Sarah Eran (Griffin) Dantzler; married, May 4, 1893, to Nannie M. Mayers (daughter of Alonzo Gustavus Mayers); uncle of Lorenzo Nolley Dantzler III.   Political family: Dantzler-Mayers family of Moss Point, Mississippi.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Lorenzo Nolley Dantzler III (1899-1951) — also known as L. N. Dantzler Jr. — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., September 25, 1899. Lumber business; Honorary Vice-Consul for Argentina in Tampa, Fla., 1928-47. Methodist. Member, Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., March 30, 1951 (age 51 years, 186 days). Interment at Griffin Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lorenzo Nolley Dantzler and Bessie (Hunt) Dantzler; married 1921 to Louise Gay; nephew of John Lewis Dantzler.   Political family: Dantzler-Mayers family of Moss Point, Mississippi.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Tampa (Fla.) Morning Tribune, March 31, 1951 Greenwood Cemetery Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Hubert Francis Krebs (1849-1907) — also known as Hubert F. Krebs — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss. Born in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., January 4, 1849. Democrat. Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Pascagoula, Miss., 1883-97; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Pascagoula, Miss., 1883-96; postmaster at Pascagoula, Miss., 1887-89; Vice-Consul for Great Britain in Pascagoula, Miss., 1892-95; Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Pascagoula, Miss., 1893-94. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., October 13, 1907 (age 58 years, 282 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hilaire Krebs and Marie Louise (Krebs) Krebs; married 1873 to Lacretia Corrine Baptiste.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Vicente Ros (1851-1931) — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss. Born in Barcelona, Spain, February 12, 1851. Lumber business; Vice-Consul for Mexico in Pascagoula, Miss., 1892-1904; Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Scranton, Miss., 1895-1904; Vice-Consul for Brazil in Pascagoula, Miss., 1898-1905; Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain in Pascagoula, Miss., 1900-07. Catholic. Spanish ancestry. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., February 1, 1931 (age 79 years, 354 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Mary A. Friar (1862-1932) — also known as Mary A. Hall — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss. Born in Maine, July 30, 1862. Republican. Postmaster at Pascagoula, Miss., 1889-1910. Female. Died February 10, 1932 (age 69 years, 195 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Samuel Hall and Susan Hall; married, May 19, 1899, to Charles I. Friar.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Krebs Cemetery (Old Spanish Fort Cemetery) Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Harold White Gautier (1893-1965) — also known as Harold Gautier — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss. Born in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., October 17, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1940. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., July 9, 1965 (age 71 years, 265 days). Interment at Krebs Cemetery (Old Spanish Fort Cemetery).   Relatives: Son of Eugene Gautier and Palmyre Elizabeth (White) Gautier; married to Pearl Abby Gessman; great-grandnephew of Denis Prieur.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Machpelah Cemetery Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   William Meyers Colmer (1890-1980) — also known as William M. Colmer — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss. Born in Moss Point, Jackson County, Miss., February 11, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Jackson County Attorney, 1921-27; U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1933-73 (6th District 1933-63, 5th District 1963-73); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; candidate for U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1947. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Woodmen; Rotary; Pi Kappa Alpha; Elks. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., September 9, 1980 (age 90 years, 211 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Colmer and Anna S. (Meyers) Colmer; married, September 17, 1917, to Ruth Miner.   Cross-reference: Trent Lott   The William M. Colmer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Walter McKennon Denny (1853-1926) — also known as Walter McK. Denny — of Scranton (now part of Pascagoula), Jackson County, Miss. Born in Moss Point, Jackson County, Miss., October 28, 1853. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1895-97. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., November 5, 1926 (age 73 years, 8 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Andrew Gray (1866-1943) — of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss. Born in Scotland, January 13, 1866. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Commercial Agent (Consul) for Brazil in Pascagoula, Miss., 1901-29. Scottish ancestry. Died August 16, 1943 (age 77 years, 215 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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