Mt. Nebo Church Cemetery

Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, go east 2 blocks (0.2 mile) to Boland Street. Turn right on Boland Street (which eventually becomes Linton Rd) and go 11.5 miles to Hitchcock Cemetery Road on the right. Turn right and follow Hitchcock Cemetery Rd for 1.8 miles. Turn left on Indian Trail Rd and go 3.2 miles until it dead ends into County Line Road. The cemetery is located on the left and is at the corner of County Line road (County Rd 331) and Indian Trail (also known as H. B. Dixon) Road on the southern boundary of the county.

GPS coordinates: 33 04' 54.5" N 83 01' 48.8" W
or in degrees only form: 33.08181° N X 83.03022° W
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GMD: 118
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: Black

Graves numbered 70 and above have been listed based on obituaries. Based on the obituaries, these persons should be somewhere within the cemetery.

Indexer or Contributor: Kathy Fuller and Susan Harrington

Number of persons found: 62

Unmarked Grave  - Freddie    Poole
 
No marker on grave - a possible grave that might be Freddie Poole, who is buried in the first row next to the highway, per Crawford Jones.

 Grave 1

 Cora    Poole
Aug 15, 1907 - Mar 28, 1959
   

 Grave 2 

Unmarked Grave     
 
  Possible grave. 

 Grave 3

 Nellie M.   Bridges
Mar 26, 1928 - Oct 16, 1979
   

 Grave 4 

 Tommie    Washington
 
  Dates are painted over and unreadable. 

 Grave 5

 Mr. Lamar    Lane
 
 Grave 6

 Tommie J.   Butts
Jan 19, 1951 - Jun 28, 1974
   

 Grave 7 

 Ocie    Washington
May 22, 1924 - Aug 24, 1974
"With Jesus Weep Not"   

 Grave 8 

 Annie W.   Ray
Oct 25, 1906 - Jan 5, 1992
   

 Grave 9 

 Mamie C.   Washington
Apr 23, 1923 - Dec 30, 2001
   

 Grave 10 

Unmarked Adult Slab  - Annie Mae   Daniels
 
w/o Oscar Daniels.  All info per Crawford Jones.  

 Grave 11

 Oscar    Daniels
Sep 1, 1890 - Dec 16, 1950
   
Military Service: World War I
CPL 327 Service Bn QMC

 Grave 12 

 Meldon    Scott
 
  No dates. 

 Grave 13

 Mrs. Nellie    Dixon
 
 - Jul 17, 1940
  Death year difficult to read. 

 Grave 14 

 Levi    Dixon
Dec 12, 1887 - Jul 12, 1959
   

 Grave 15 

 Magnolia    Hall
Mar 8, 1904 - Oct 27, 1964
   

 Grave 16 

 Ernest    Butts, Jr.
Jul 20, 1967 - Mar 1968
   

 Grave 17 

 Cynthia A.   Butts
Apr 2, 1968 - Jul 13, 1970
   

 Grave 18 

 Ernest J.   Butts
Jul 16, 1942 - Jun 12, 1972
   

 Grave 19 

 Mathew    Phillip
Jan 1, 1871 - May 31, 1946
   

 Grave 20 

 William    Lewis
May 20, 1921 - Mar 20, 1947
   
Military Service: World War II
Chemical Warfare Service

 Grave 21 

 Lonnie G.   Butts
Nov 19, 1935 - May 8, 1989
   

 Grave 22 

 Brittany    Reaves
Nov 8, 1998 - Nov 8, 1998
   

 Grave 23 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 24

 Nellie R.   Larkin
Apr 10, 1945 - Jul 9, 1988
   

 Grave 25 

 George    Ray
 
 - Jul 19, 1940
   
Military Service: 
Pvt 157 Depot Brigade

 Grave 26 

 Lena    Crowder
 
  No dates. 

 Grave 27

 Hazel Mae   King
Apr 17, 
Apr 18, 
  No year on gravestone. 

 Grave 28 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 29

 Booker T.   Washington
 1915 -  1981
   
Military Service: World War II
Tec 5 U.S. Army

 Grave 30 

 John    Trawick
Dec 17, 1905 - Apr 18, 1986
   

 Grave 31 

 Booker T.   Trawick
feb 14, 1942 - Dec 19, 1986
   

 Grave 32 

 Lee B.   Taylor
Aug 16, 1912 - Dec 1, 1987
   

 Grave 33 

 Crawford L.   Jones, Jr.
Dec 23, 1958 - Apr 9, 1988
   

 Grave 34 

 W. M.   King
Feb 21, 1882 - Mar 25, 1945
Age (no longer visible).  All information hard to read.  

 Grave 35 

 Jarvious S.   Simpson
Aug 12, 1999 - Aug 12, 1999
  Enclosed in fenced area with graves 37-42. 

 Grave 36 

 Tylee M.   Davis
Sep 15, 1981 - Jan 29, 1982
  Is within fenced area. 

 Grave 37 

 Pamela or Paula? T.   Hall
Dec 20, 1970Dec 1, 
  Almost impossible to read. Death year not readable.  Is within fenced area.

 Grave 38 

 Rakeim A.   Hall
May 25, 1993 - Nov 26, 1993
  Is within fenced area. 

 Grave 39 

 Shabrandon R.   Harris
May 8, 1991 - Oct 7, 1996
  Is listed on an adult-sized slab with graves 41 and 42.  Is within fenced area.

 Grave 40 

 Jalecia S.   Harris
Jun 3, 1992 - Oct 7, 1996
  Is listed on an adult-sized slab with graves 40 and 41.  Is within fenced area.

 Grave 41 

 Akeiya J.   Hall
Feb 3, 1995 - Oct 7, 1996
  Is listed on an adult-sized slab with graves 40 and 41.  Is within fenced area.

 Grave 42 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 43

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 44

 Matthew    Nelson
May 10, 1920 - Feb 23, 1975
   

 Grave 45 

 Ella W.   Lane
Aug 9, 1919 - Jul 3, 1984
  People's funeral home tag. 

 Grave 46 

 Willie J.   Baker
Mar 22, 1954 - Feb 7, 1995
   

 Grave 47 

 Fannie B.   Wilson
Jan 1, 1927 - May 14, 1997
   

 Grave 48 

 Rahzy  Watt  Washington
 
  Difficult to read. 

 Grave 49

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
  Behind the church. 

 Grave 50

 Vera Ann   Trawick
May 23, 1915 - Jan 6, 1969
"Mother"  Behind the church. 

 Grave 51 

 Dancie    Washington
Aug 9, 1870 - Nov 8, 1964
  Behind the church. 

 Grave 52 

 Maranda L.   Washington
Nov 10, 1878 - Jan 19, 1984
  Behind the church. 

 Grave 53 

 Arzella    Taylor  Cooper
Nov 1, 1928 - Mar 7, 2003
Age 74.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 70 

 Willie (Billy)    Reaves
 
 - Oct 10, 2004
  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 71 

 Roy V.    Trawick
 
 - May 8, 2006
  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 72 

 Gloria J.    Hall
 
 - Oct 1, 2007
  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 73 

 Sharon Faye    Deason
 
 - Jul 7, 2009
Age 54.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 74 

 James Candy    Trawick
 
 - Aug 1, 2009
  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 75 

 Charlie Sterling    Hall, Jr.
 
 - Feb 16, 2011
Age 41.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 76 

 A. T.    Cooper
 
 - Sep 14, 2011
  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 77 

 Selena D. Tucker  Reaves
 
 - May 3, 2014
Age 51.  All info from obituary. 

 Grave 78 