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Scott County
Mississippi

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Scott County

Index to Locations Forest Forest Cemetery Near Lena Beeman Cemetery Near Morton Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery Forest Cemetery Forest, Scott County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   James Oliver Eastland (1904-1986) — also known as James O. Eastland; "Slippery Jim" — of Morton, Scott County, Miss.; Ruleville, Sunflower County, Miss. Born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1928, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1941, 1943-79. Methodist. Member, Alpha Tau Omega. Died February 19, 1986 (age 81 years, 83 days). Interment at Forest Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Woods Caperton Eastland and Alma (Austin) Eastland; married, July 6, 1932, to Elizabeth Coleman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Books about James O. Eastland: Chris Myers Asch, The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer Beeman Cemetery Near Lena, Scott County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Joseph Henry Beeman (1833-1909) — of Mississippi. Born near Gatesville, Gates County, N.C., November 17, 1833. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1883-91; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1891-93. Slaveowner. Died near Lena, Scott County, Miss., July 31, 1909 (age 75 years, 256 days). Interment at Beeman Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery Near Morton, Scott County, Mississippi Politicians buried here:   Richard L. Livingston (1940-2000) — also known as Dick Livingston — of Pulaski, Scott County, Miss. Born March 22, 1940. Real estate broker; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1972-2000; died in office 2000. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Farm Bureau; Lions. Died, of cancer, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., March 28, 2000 (age 60 years, 6 days). Interment at Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elwin B. Livingston.   Elwin B. Livingston (d. 1980) — of Mississippi. Member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1953-72. Died in November, 1980. Interment at Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Richard L. Livingston.

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