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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Meridian Unknown location
Meridian Magnolia Cemetery
Meridian Odd Fellows Cemetery
Meridian Rose Hill Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
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Samuel Dale (1772-1841) —
also known as Sam Dale —
of Alabama; Mississippi.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1772.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died near Daleville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 24,
1841 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Unknown
Location
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
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Thomas Lowry Bailey (1888-1946) —
also known as Thomas L. Bailey —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born near Maben, Webster
County, Miss., January
6, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1916-40; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1924-36; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1928,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1944-46; died in office 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Kappa
Sigma; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in the Governor's
Mansion, Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., November
2, 1946 (age 58 years, 300
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Magnolia
Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
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Ross Alexander Collins (1880-1968) —
also known as Ross A. Collins —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Collinsville, Lauderdale
County, Miss., April
25, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1911-19; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1919; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1921-35, 1937-43;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1934 (primary), 1947.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 14,
1968 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Gillespie V. Montgomery (1920-2006) —
also known as G. V. 'Sonny' Montgomery —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., August
5, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
business; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1967-97 (4th District 1967-73,
3rd District 1973-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom, 2005.
Died, in Jeff Anderson Regional Medical
Center, Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., May 12,
2006 (age 85 years, 280
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Webb Venable (1880-1948) —
also known as William W. Venable —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Mississippi, 1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1916-21.
Died August
1, 1948 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Montgomery Bourdeaux (1882-1958) —
also known as Robert M. Bourdeaux —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., March
14, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1925-27; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1933-38.
Episcopalian.
Died May 30,
1958 (age 76 years, 77
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Aubert Culberson Dunn (1896-1987) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
20, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1935-37; circuit
judge in Mississippi, 1966.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., January
4, 1987 (age 90 years, 45
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Odd Fellows
Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
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Daniel W. Sherrod (1868-1930) —
also known as D. W. Sherrod —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Mississippi, March
10, 1868.
Republican. Physician;
druggist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920.
African
ancestry.
Died August
9, 1930 (age 62 years, 152
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Charles T. Butler (1871-1954) —
also known as C. T. Butler —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born November
10, 1871.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1916
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate).
African
ancestry.
Died April
27, 1954 (age 82 years, 168
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Rose Hill
Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March
17, 1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855-1915) —
also known as Samuel A. Witherspoon —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born near Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., May 4,
1855.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1911-15; died in
office 1915.
Died in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
24, 1915 (age 60 years, 204
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Cameron Jr. (1890-1964) —
also known as Ben F. Cameron —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., December
14, 1890.
School
teacher; lawyer;
attorney for railroads
and Southern Bell Telephone;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Homer Brett (b. 1877) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Scooba, Kemper
County, Miss., September
1, 1877.
Democrat. U.S. Consul in Masqat, 1911; Tenerife, 1913-15; La Guaira, 1915-19; Caracas, 1919-20; Tacna, 1920; Arica, 1920-21; Iquique, 1921-23; Bahia, 1923-24; Nottingham, as of 1926-27; Milan, as of 1929-32; U.S. Consul General in Lima, as of 1938.
Methodist.
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Matthew Josephus Brett and Sarah (Casteel) Brett; married 1911 to Ona
Bell Wellborn. |
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William Donald Cameron (1846-1909) —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.
Born in Lauderdale
County, Miss., April 5,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Lauderdale
County Circuit Clerk, 1871; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1900,
1904.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died June 11,
1909 (age 63 years, 67
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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