Jones Chapel Cemetery

Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, take Hwy 22 southwest for 7.2 miles to Devereux. Turn right (at backwards fork) onto Main Street. Go 0.2 mile to the dead end and turn left on Jones Chapel / Devereux Rd. Go 4.9 miles. The cemetery is behind Jones Chapel church on the corner of Carr's Station Road and Jones Chapel / Devereux Road.

GPS coordinates: 33 11' 11.5" N 83 07' 48.0" W
or in degrees only form: 33.18653° N X 83.13° W
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GMD: 116
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: Black

Graves numbered 100 or higher have been added since the original survey and are somewhere in the cemetery.

Indexer or Contributor: Mona L. and F. Dean Williams

Number of persons found: 61

 Minnie    Watkins
Apr 1, 1900 - Apr 9, 1978
   

 Grave 1 

Unmarked Slab     
 
 Grave 2

Unmarked Slab     
 
 Grave 3

 Caleb    Harper
Oct 22, 1890 - Aug 18, 1985
   
Military Service: World War I
Pvt U.S. Army

 Grave 4 

 Ethel L.   Watkins
Oct 16, 1903 - Jul 31, 1973
   

 Grave 5 

 James P.   Watts, Jr.
Oct 12, 1952 - Apr 12, 1975
   
Military Service: 
SP4 U.S. Army

 Grave 6 

 Anthony S.   Jones
Jan 23, 1972 - Apr 28, 1974
   

 Grave 7 

 Willie M.   Lewis
Oct 12, 1928 - Apr 7, 1974
   

 Grave 8 

 Eddie M.   Stephens, Jr.
 1925 -  1972
   
Military Service: World War II

 Grave 9 

 Polly    Hampton
Jan 1, 1898 - Oct 9, 1971
   

 Grave 10 

 Ada Bell   Dixon
Mar 10, 1909 - Apr 17, 1970
   

 Grave 11 

 Mattie M.   Burton
Jul 16, 1901 - Oct 10, 1982
   

 Grave 12 

 Charlie    Choice, Sr.
Jun 14, 1914 - Sep 20, 1976
   

 Grave 13 

 Joseph    McLin
Jul 5, 1886 - Apr 16, 1978
  Outlined in cinder blocks. 

 Grave 14 

 Cleola    McLin
Oct 6, 1894 - Apr 21, 1977
  Outlined in cinder blocks. 

 Grave 15 

 T. B.   Eagle
Jul 2, 1920 - Jan 17, 1979
   
Military Service: World War II
PFC U.S. Army

 Grave 16 

 James    Watts
Dec 23, 1906 - Dec 8, 1994
   

 Grave 18 

 Ophelia    Hitchcock
Feb 1, 1901 - Aug 17, 1996
   

 Grave 19 

 Jimmy    Lewis, Sr.
Jun 12, 1928 - Jan 29, 1978
   

 Grave 20 

 Zack    Sanford
Jun 27, 1924 - Dec 28, 1976
   

 Grave 21 

 Laura    Clark
Mar 12, 1930 - Sep 1, 1978
   

 Grave 22 

 Roosevelt    Sanford
Dec 27, 1981 - Jun 12, 1984
   

 Grave 23 

 Willie    Hampton
Apr 4, 1937 - Oct 4, 1986
   

 Grave 24 

 Ike    Watkins
 1896 -  1981
   
Military Service: World War I
Pvt U.S. Army

 Grave 25 

 Jessie Lee   Choice
Jun 6, 1940 - Apr 23, 1980
   
Military Service: Vietnam War
Sgt U.S. Army

 Grave 26 

 Earnest C.   Davis
Mar 3, 1924 - Oct 21, 1978
   

 Grave 27 

 Lillie H.   Davis
Mar 6, 1930 - Mar 25, 1998
"Mother"   

 Grave 28 

 Luevenia W.   Eagle
Jan 15, 1919 - Dec 5, 1999
"Mert"   

 Grave 30 

 Ruth    Watts
Jan 28, 1916 - Apr 12, 1997
   

 Grave 31 

 Olene    Mathis
Oct 30, 1902 - Sep 21, 1999
   

 Grave 32 

 Bobby L.   Lewis
Feb 6, 1960 - Oct 29, 1999
   

 Grave 33 

 Eugene    Dixon
Feb 8, 1946 - Oct 3, 1995
   

 Grave 35 

 Clarence    Stephens
Feb 8, 1931 - Nov 3, 1991
   

 Grave 36 

 Lillie Mae   Dixon
May 8, 1927 - Jul 16, 1990
   

 Grave 37 

 George    Dixon, Jr.
Jun 9, 1980 - May 3, 1988
   

 Grave 38 

 Solomon    Burton
Apr 4, 1911 - Jun 10, 1987
   

 Grave 39 

 Olean H.   Choice, Sr.
Jul 11, 1918 - Jul 5, 1981
   

 Grave 40 

 Milton    Ingram
Dec 9, 1898 - Nov 11, 1978
   

 Grave 41 

 Ethel L.   Ingram
Aug 6, 1900 - Aug 16, 1979
   

 Grave 42 

 Cosby    Myles
Aug 8, 1942 - Feb 21, 1988
   

 Grave 43 

 John W.   Myles, Sr.
Feb 22, 1901 - Jul 2, 1980
   

 Grave 44 

 Bridie    Myles
Jan 1, 1904 - Dec 2, 1991
   

 Grave 45 

 Mary    Reeves
Apr 28, 1885 - Aug 25, 1980
   

 Grave 46 

 Willie    Binion
Oct 16, 1895 - Apr 30, 1994
   

 Grave 47 

 Eddie L.   Stephens
Dec 27, 1960 - Aug 11, 1998
   

 Grave 48 

 Nathaniel    Trawick, Sr.
Aug 30, 1927 - Oct 6, 1998
   

 Grave 49 

 Rosa L.   Trawick
Sep 28, 1925 - Feb 21, 1995
   

 Grave 50 

Unmarked Slab     
 
 Grave 52

 Willie T.   Johnson
May 16, 1923 - Jan 14, 1986
   
Military Service: World War II
Pvt U.S. Army

 Grave 54 

 John W.   Myles, Jr.
Jul 6, 1926 - Dec 25, 1982
   

 Grave 57 

 Rosa    Myles
Mar 14, 1929 - Dec 18, 1988
   

 Grave 58 

Unmarked Adult Grave  - Jerome    Myles
Jan 25, 1930 - Sep 11, 1996
  All info from Warren Brothers Mortuary marker.

 Grave 59 

 Otis    Harris, Jr.
Jun 5, 1937 - Dec 20, 1992
   

 Grave 67 

 Otis    Harris, Sr.
May 25, 1907 - Mar 3, 1996
"In loving memory". Masonic emblem.   

 Grave 68 

 Phileman    Nelson, III
 1984 -  2002
"Psalmist"   

 Grave 69 

 Mattie M.   Harris
Jun 12, 1913 - Dec 26, 2003
   

 Grave 100 

 Ella Gay Bundrage - Johnson
 
 - Dec 29, 2005
Age 65.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 101 

 Clarence    Stephens, Jr.
Aug 15, 1951 - Oct 26, 2006
   

 Grave 102 

 Elvis Tyrone   Ingram
Apr 3, 1963 - Oct 21, 2010
   

 Grave 103 

 Allie    Ingram
 
 - May 10, 2007
Age 93.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 104 

 Willie James   Myles
 
 - Apr 4, 2011
Age 70.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 105 