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Cooksey Cemetery ...
Cooksey Cemetery, located in Neshoba County, has been awarded a
Certificate of Historical Significance by the Board of Trustees of
the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, on January 28,
2005.
Submitted by:
Carole
Cantrell-Hodges
Carole Cantrell-Hodges has Submitted the
following information.
Cooksey, George W. 1838
-1892 [husband of Mary F., shares a stone with Mary]
Cooksey, Mary Fulton 1842 -
1879, [Wife of George W. Carroll, shares stone with George]
Cooksey, Evalene Gamblin
1842 - 1918, [Wife of William Martin Cooksey, Daughter of Miles
Gamblin and Mary Isabella Foster Gamblin]
Cooksey, William F. Cornelius
1867 - 1894, [Son of William Martin Cooksey and Evalene Gamblin
Cooksey]
Cooksey, William Martin,
1832 - 1894, Husband of Evalene D. Gamblin
LOCATION:
Cooksey Cemetery is located in
Neshoba County on gravel road #165
about a mile from Road #602. The cemetery is on private property but
the
owners have been most accommodating to visitors.
This old abandoned cemetery was restored last year by Cooksey
descendents after it was declared historically significant by the
Mississippi Department of Archives.
The cemetery was cleared of many years of debris, a sign/gate was
erected, headstones were placed on graves where the identity was
known, and all other graves were marked with white crosses. To date
about 25
graves have been located in the cemetery.
Cooksey family members are interested in knowing the identities of
other families buried in the cemetery.
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