Gholson, Mississippi Cemetery - William Bill Floore Family - Floores are From Northampton, England in the 1700's

My dad took me to this cemetery several times. This is where I want to be
buried by the Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon, Mississippi.They buried my dad and brother Burns.

I remember a lot of my trips to Mississippi with my dad. He took me to visit where he went to school. He took me to his church. He told me the church was small so the men stood outside smoking cigarettes and looking in the open windows.

Every year we would visit his brother Guy. They would sit and talk for hours and have long interludes of not saying anything.

Sometimes we would eat a plate of ripe salted tomatoes.

My Grandmother Jackie had a dog she called Toby the Striker. He loved her corn bread made with buttermilk.

Mrs. Sarah A.
Floore
Sept 14, 1855
Nov 19, 1931
Tender Mother And
A Faithful Friend
[Tombstone is broken on right side.]

Our Baby*Floore
Benjamin Cleveland
Oct. 9, 1889
May 12, 1934
       
Cleveland Harold Floore
Aug. 24, 1916
Jan. 16, 1918

Thomas C. Floore
Oct. 29, 1887
Oct. 8, 1942
May he rest in peace

Father
Thomas Clinton
Floore, Jr.
Jan. 1, 1909
Feb. 22, 1974
May he rest in peace

My mother had my father's body flown to Mississippi. She bought a beautiful metal casket. I thought he would like to be buried by his father. We all drove down for the funeral and burial. I cried. My father's body was on display in the front room of the farm house my grandfather had built. The room had a piano with a high school graduation picture of me. People brought food and someone sat up all night with the body. When we drove to the cemetery a Mississippi state police trooper saluted as the Hearst drove past. I watched the casket be lowered into the concrete vault. The vault had a heavy nonporous lid and a layer of tar was put around the edge to prevent water from getting in. It was nice to know my father had a safe final resting place.

Mother
Jackie Shepherd
Floore
Aug. 12, 1891
Nov. 12, 1981
Asleep in Jesus


Departed this life
on the 29th of Nov. 1859,
Nancy D. Hall,
wife of Jordan Hall,
in the 25th year of her age
Behold stranger in passing by,
As you are now so once was I;
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
[This is the only tombstone in the back of the cemetery though it appears there are probably unmarked graves there.]

Floore, Benjamin Cleveland               9 Dec 1890    W    Kellis Store MS                              Kemper    MS
Floore, Benjamin Cleveland               9 Dec 1890    W    lives RFD Gholson MS                         Kemper    MS
Floore, Calvin C.                        3 Dec 1879    W                                                Noxubee    MS
Floore, Henry Earl                      10 Jan 1884    W                                                Noxubee    MS
Floore, Jefferson Wilber                 2 Dec 1899    W                                                Noxubee    MS
Floore, Thomas Clinton                     abt 1888    W    Kellis Store MS                             Noxubee    MS

The Following are Floores maried in Kemper County, Mississippi.

Floore, Anderson	Palmer, Grace	14 Dec 1923
Floore, Anderson G.	Landrum, Gloria F.	03 Mar 1955
Floore, Clarky J.	Griffin, Eugene W.	30 Nov 1951
Floore, Claude	McDonald, Maggie	24 Apr 1910
Floore, Claude V.	McDonald, Maggie	25 Apr 1920
Floore, Edna Earl	Cullum, Alton C.	31 Oct 1937
Floore, Francis G.	Hull, Edward R.	22 Jan 1952
Floore, Gray J.	Gregory, Mary E.	09 Apr 1955
Floore, Hosea	Palmer, Loraine	26 Oct 1924
Floore, Lee R.	Madison, Helen R.	06 Jul 1942

LAST	FIRST	MAIDEN	BIRTH	DEATH	NOTES
AXUM	HENRY M		03/21//1839	03/13//1859
BURRAGE	ANN R	HAYNES	10/04//1843	03/29//1884	w/o John E married 01/26/1864
CARR	JOHN C		06/29//1829	10/27//1857
COMBS	LAURA	THOMPSON	12/08//1875	01/06//1903	w/o J.W.
COMBS	MABEL	ROSSER	09/05//1880	UNREADABLE	w/o J.W. Married 10/31/1882
COMBS	JOHN T			09/05//1880	CSA
COOK	MARY E		05/04//1827	01/21//1904	w/o William
CROOK	EDMUND		08/09//1840	03/02//1859	s/o L.E. & Mary
DORROH	INFANT SON			11/19//1883	s/o C.B.& W.J.
EDWARDS	OLIVER A		1859//	10/05//1865
EVANS	WILLIAM HARDY		05/31//1860	08/04//1906
EVANS	SARAH A		09/26//1830	01/10//1905
EVANS	JOHN REAGAN		01/25//1827	05/19//1902
FLOORE	SARAH A		09/14//1855	11/19//1931
FLOORE	CLEVELAND HAROLD		08/24//1916	01/16//1918
FLOORE	Benjamin Edward		1820//	10/25//1895
FLOORE	JACKIE	SHEPHERD	08/12//1891	11/12//1981
FLOORE	THOMAS CLINTON JR		01/01//1909	02/22//1974
FLOORE	THOMAS C		10/29//1887	10/08//1942
FLOORE	BENJAMIN CLEVELAND		10/09//1889	05/12//1934
FLORA	INFANT SON		10/24//1889	12/09//1889
FLORA	AMANDA	Dainel	10/12//1825	03/12//1885	w/o Benjamin married 01/09/1846
FLORA	MARY JOSEPHINE		07/26//1853	07/29//1867
GATHRIGHT	KATIE S		09/08//1870	10/04//1875	d/o T.S. & S.A. Prince Gathright
GATHRIGHT	SUSAN REBECCA		06/03//1856	09/20//1856	d/o T.S. & S.A. Prince Gathright
HAILEY	JOHN W		1874//	1936//
HAILEY	ANNIE E	HAYNES	1881//	1961//	w/o J.W. Married 02/08/1899
HALL	NANCY D			11/29//1859	w/o Jordan 25 yrs old
HAYNES	LAURA ANN	EDWARDS	04/20//1854	03/18//1941	w/o Henry G D/o Matt Edwards
HAYNES	THOMAS EDWARD, JR		12/12//1907	05/04//1942
HAYNES	THOMAS EDWARD		01/08//1878	06/23//1934
HAYNES	HENRY GREER		01/26//1850	10/24//1888	s/o Geo L & Elizabeth Greer Haynes
HAYNES	MARY E		07/07//1874	02/14//1938
HAYNES	GEORGE L		08/09//1853	10/23//1895
HAYNES	GEORGE L		01/22//1815	08/25//1896
HAYNES	Elizabeth A	Greer	12/31//1818	04/06//1881	w/o Geo L Sr
HAYNES	MARY	EDWARDS	05/04//1854	05/13//1904	w/o G.L. Haynes d/o Elisha & Jane Edwards
HAYNES	PEARL	HAIRSTON	10/08//1882	05/28//1965	w/o Thomas E Haynes married 11/14/1901
KELLY	SUSAN ELIZABETH		11/16//1849	10/23//1940
KELLY	LULLA SUSANNA		09/16//1888	03/17//1936
KELLY	MARION FLETCHER		03/12//1876	10/23//1940
KELLY	DANIAL WEBSTER		09/15//1922	11/18//1923
KELLY	EULA MAE		04/22//1908	07/30//1932
NESTER	CORA S		07/10//1893	06/08//1930
NESTER	Martha Emmeline	Rawls	12/10//1858	10/25//1905	w/o G.S. Married 10/17//1873
NESTER	MATTIE	THORNELL	10/01//1874	01/07//1965	w/o J.C. Married 01/12/1898
NESTER	J C		12/12//1875	08/22//1941
NESTER	G.S.		03/05//1853	08/23//1924
NESTER	W.E.		1883//	01/08//1900
NESTER	S A		08/18//1816	02/01//1896
NUNN	Floyd W		09/13//1841	09/13//1867
NUNN	ANN ELIZA	HUDSON	09/12//1842	06/29//1865	w/o Floyd
NUNN	JANE	TUBB	05/09//1801	11/07//1874
NUNN	J			08/07//1873	76yr 7mo 7days
PACE	ALICE C		10/18//1871	04/19//1874	d/o E A & F A
PACE	EDWIN Augustus		06/01//1875	06/08//1875	s/o E A & F A
PACE	EDWIN Lafayette		03/22//1808	02/02//1890	h/o Sarah Baldwin
PACE	L MAHALA		09/19//1839	09/30//1887	d/o Edwin & Sarah
PACE	AUGUSTA		10/18//1878	08/01//1882
PACE	E EUGENIA		05/28//1844	12/19//1876	d/o Edwin L
PEDEN	NANNIE A		01/30//1858	09/01//1890	w/o T.W.
PETTY	ALFRED		1795//	1843//	h/o Mary Tubb s/o James & Kiziah Petty
PRINCE	ANNIE BELL		12/31//1913	05/21//2004
PRINCE	SUSAN R	JACKSON		01/31//1876	66 YRS w/o Richard
PRINCE	DR. JOHN R		07/28//1837	06/04//1910
PRINCE	JENNIE		11/03//1868	11/03//1868	d/o J.R & Fannie
PRINCE	SUSIE		03/07//1874	10/14//1874	d/o J.R & Fannie
PRINCE	FANNIE	BUCK	05/10//1857	03/30//1908	w/o Dr. John R d/o Joseph Buck
PRINCE	WILLIAM M		09/14//1901	06/28//1905	s/o J.R & Fannie
REED	MARY J	PACE	05/05//1835	02/10//1886	w/o Geo David Caleb Reed d/o Edwin & Sarah
ROBINSON	HENRY H		01/15//1894	10/26//1918
ROSSER	MOSES		12/12//1821	03/23//1888
ROSSER	WILSON G		09/05//1861	01/01//1916
ROSSER	WILLIE Love	Thomas	12/02//1868	02/03//1943	w/o Wilson G. d/o Daniel & Elizabeth Hunter Thomas
SLAUGHTER	C C		11/30//1888	11/11//1891	s/o O.P. & N.E.
SLAUGHTER	WILLIE A		??/30//1880	12/13//1881
STUBBS	WILLIAM HARRISON		07/29//1842	03/08//1859	s/o T. & J
TOAL	CHARLES		1822//	11/16//1863	CSA
WATKINS	JENNIE	HAYNES	09/08//1902	03/23//1973
WATKINS	PRINCE M		08/13//1895	11/06//1965
WHITTLE	MAMIE E	McGRAW	07/07//1875	12/15//1958	d/o Dewitt & Bethenia Yoe McGraw
WHITTLE	DR. JAMES J		06/22//1861	10/16//1921
WILSON	BESSIE N		06/03//1898	08/12//1975

Obituaries Martha Sue Floore Cummins Crocheron, born March 15, 1933 in Weakley, Tennessee died on Monday, March 21, 2016 in Gretna, LA at the age of 83. Martha was a resident of Algiers, LA. She is the daughter of the late Thomas C. Floore, Jr. and Tula Ann Spikes. She was raised by her Grandmother, Jackie Martha “Mama Jackie” Floore in Mississippi. Beloved mother of Wayne “Skippy” Cummins, Sr. (Pia) from Hawaii. Grandmother of Wayne Cummins, Jr. from Texas. Sister of Ann F. Bledsoe from Tennessee; Mary Vidone and Billy Floore from Illinois and the late Burns (Carol), John D., Thomas C., and James Floore. Martha was an employee of the City of New Orleans and worked in Civil Service, the City Clerk of Council Office and then the Mayor’s Office under four Mayors, retiring from the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development as the head of Human Resources and Accounting for that Division. Martha is also survived by her friends, Mary Lynn Murphy, Carolyn Kuehling, Wanda Newman, Darlene Walk and Erica Hand. Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation at MOTHE FUNERAL HOME, 1300 Vallette Street, Algiers, LA on Thursday, March 24, 2016 from 9AM until 11AM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 11AM. 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She is the daughter of the late Thomas C. Floore, Jr. and Tula Ann Spikes. She was raised by her Grandmother, Jackie Martha "Mama Jackie" Floore in Mississippi. Beloved mother of Wayne "Skippy" Cummins, Sr. (Pia) from Hawaii. Grandmother of Wayne Cummins, Jr. from Texas. Sister of Ann F. Bledsoe from Tennessee; Mary Vidone and Billy Floore from Illinois and the late Burns (Carol), John D., Thomas C., and James Floore. Martha was an employee of the City of New Orleans and worked in the City Clerk of Council and then the Mayor's Office under four Mayors, retiring from the Mayor's Office of Economic Development as the head of Human Resources and Accounting for that Division. Martha is also survived by her friends, Mary Lynn Murphy, Carolyn Kuehling, Wanda Newman, Darlene Walk and Erica Hand. Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation at MOTHE FUNERAL HOME, 1300 Vallette Street, Algiers, LA, on Thursday, March 24, 2016, from 9 AM until 11 AM. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 11 AM. Graveside services will be held at Gholson Cemetery, Shuqualak, Mississippi, on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 11 AM under the direction of Cockrell Funeral Home, 3478 Jefferson Street, Macon, MS 39341. Family and friends may view and sign the online guestbook at http://www.mothefunerals.com/. Funeral Home - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=178150598#sthash.WldA70yE.dpuf Burns Lee Floore (March 1, 1940 - November 8, 2011) Send Flowers Send Sympathy Card Guest Book | Sign Guest Book | Send Private Condolences Burns Lee Floore, 71, of Columbus, MS., died Tuesday, November 08, 2011 at Homeplace in Columbus, Ms. Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at Gholson Cemetery near Shuqualak, MS. The family requests no flowers, please, memorials may be made to the Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39701 or your favorite charity. Mr. Floore was born on March 1, 1940 in Weakley County, Tenn., to the late Thomas Clinton and Tula Anne Spikes Floore. His mother passed away when he was only 8 months old and he was reared by his grandmother, Mrs. Jackie Floore of Gholson, Ms. He was a graduate of Shuqualak High School, Class of 1959. He worked at National Bank of Commerce in Memphis, TN. for several years before working for O.B. Persons Lumber Co. in Shuqualak. He, then, went into general housing contracting all over the Southeast and soon moved to Palm Coast, FL where he lived for many years . He was a member of the Independent Methodist Church in Macon, MS. He joined the Mississippi Army National Guard in 1955 and retired in 1980 having attained the rank of a major. He loved the National Guard and served in many areas, including periods of Federalization of the Guard for natural disasters and for duty at the University of Miss. to quell rioting in September 1962. Mr. Floore moved back to Mississippi in 2011, living in the Columbus area. He is preceded in death by his parents, and three brothers. His survivors include two daughters; Susan Floore Beaudoin of Colorado Springs, CO and Lynda Floore Unruh of Macon, MS; a son, Kenneth Lee Floore of Carriere, MS; 3 sisters, Anne Bledsoe of Knoxville, TN., Martha Crocherone of New Orleans, LA., Mary Vidone of Round Lake, Illinois; brother Billy Floore of Round Lake, Illinois and 6 grandchildren: Rachel Stermer, Abigal Stermer, Allyson Stermer, Aaron Beaudoin, Kelsey Unruh and Evan Unruh.