Jayess Baptist Church Cemetery is located behind Jayess Baptist Church, Jayess, Lawrence Co., MS
Transcribed & Submitted by Earl and Nelli Alexander, April 23, 2004
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | BIRTHDATE | DEATHDATE | INSCRIPTION | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Ford E. | 24 Dec. 1923 | 04 Jan 1972 | s/w Clarice A. | |
| Alexander | Clarice A. | 04 Oct 1923 | 11 Jan 1981 | s/w Ford E. | |
| Alexander | Herbert L. | 01 Aug 1897 | 24 Nov 1958 | s/w Lou Ella Alexander | |
| Alexander | LouElla | 22 Dec 1899 | 13 Jul 1994 | s/w Herbert L. Alexander | |
| Alexander | Hubert L. | 24 Dec 1921 | 04 Nov 1998 | PFC US Army | |
| Alexander | Dorothy S. | 14 Aug 1926 | 29 Aug 1945 | Pa & Ma | |
| Alexander | Danny Keith | 28 Nov 1955 | Not sure if the date is birth or death. | ||
| Alexander | Dewitt W. | 01 Jan 1895 | 21 Dec 1962 | ||
| Alexander | Maggie M. | 28 Dec 1901 | 27 July 1983 | ||
| Alexander | Cecil | 01 Dec 1926 | 30 Dec 2000 | US Coast Guard WWll | s/w Annie Merle Alexander |
| Alexander | Annie Merle(Alford) | 11 Sept 1933 | Wed. 23 March 1955 | s/w Cecil Alexander | |
| Alexander | Bart | 22 Dec 1893 | 23 May 1979 | Pvt US Army WWll | |
| Alexander | Kay Lynn | 1945 | 1946 | ||
| Alexander | Jesse Lester | 18 Mar 1914 | 22 Oct 1997 | Wed. 8 Jan 1933 | s/w Henrie G Griffith |
| Alexander | Henrie G.(Griffith) | 09 Apr 1915 | 29 Mar 1987 | ||
| Alexander | Chancy P. | 06 Sept 1874 | 07 Oct 1961 | Father | s/w Jesse Lester Alexander |
| Alexander | Cerintha B. | 04 Mar 1878 | 10 May 1963 | Mother | |
| Alexander | Ruby | 26 Jan 1902 | 26 Apr 1994 | ||
| Beard | Jesse Prentiss | 17 Feb 1908 | 25 Apr 1989 | WWII | Died in MS |
| Beard | Wilbur L. | 01 June 1899 | 28 June 1982 | Father | |
| Beard | Ava Alexander | 27 Nov 1900 | 30 Mar 1972 | Mother | |
| Beard | Ethew I. | 1902 | 1972 | Wed. 28 Dec 1926 | s/w Hazel M. Beard |
| Beard | Hazel M. | 1910 | 1987 | s/w Ethew I. Beard | |
| Boyd | Bennie E. | 25 Oct 1891 | 11 June 1972 | ||
| Boyd | Lillie C. | 15 Oct 1891 | 01 Aug 1971 | ||
| Boyd | Andrew Carnie | 17 Nov 1927 | 19 May 1992 | ||
| Boyd | Hemby H | 19 Apr 1922 | 09 Jan 1983 | Tec 5 US Army WWll | |
| Boyd | Bessie L | ?? Oct 1892 | 12 Mar 1946 | ||
| Burnette | Baxter H. | 14 Dec 1881 | 06 Mar 1976 | ||
| Burnette | Ada Boyd | 11 Nov 1888 | 08 May 1961 | ||
| Cothern | Otha M. | 03 Dec 1922 | Wed. 22 Jul 1950 | s/w Willie Fae Cothern | |
| Cothern | Willie Fae | 12 Feb 1927 | s/w Otha M. Cothern | ||
| Day | Willie Mack | 21 July 1916 | 26 Dec 1990 | Father | |
| Day | Josephine R. | 04 Jan 1922 | Mother-Wed 1 Jul 1933 | ||
| Day | Ben W. | 04 July 1880 | 07 Dec 1952 | Dad | |
| Day | Mollie S. | 20 Mar 1892 | 0 9 Apr 1975 | Mom | |
| Dunaway | James R. | 28 Aug 1894 | 03 May 1991 | U S Army | |
| Dunaway | Tena A. | 02 Sept 1900 | 06 Aug 1986 | ||
| Fuller | Austin | 21 Mar 1915 | 03 Mar 1977 | Father | |
| Fuller | Flora Rayborn | 16 July 1908 | 30 Dec 1981 | Mother - Wed. 1 July 1933 | |
| Holmes | Shirley Q. | 19 Dec 1897 | 07 May 1962 | s/w Nettie C. Alexander | |
| Holmes | Nettie C. | 13 Jan 1899 | 16 Mar 1964 | s/w Shirley Q. Alexander | |
| Johnson | William L. | 22 Jul 1920 | 13 May 1988 | s/w Erline R. Alexander | |
| Johnson | Erline R. | 10 Feb 1922 | 26 Jul 1990 | s/w William L. Alexander | |
| Lambert | Bert | 15 Jan 1898 | 09 Jan 1965 | ||
| Lambert | Oma Lee | 11 Sept 1897 | 06 Sept 1974 | ||
| Lofton | James D. | 17 June 1883 | 14 Mar 1968 | ||
| Lofton | Emmett L. Sr. | 28 June 1914 | 03 Jan 1996 | Wed. 23 Dec 1933 | s/w Elouise B. |
| Lofton | Elouise B. | 04 Dec 1915 | 10 Jan 2001 | s/w Emmett L. Lofton | |
| Murrell | Emery C. | 14 Feb 1925 | 30 Jan 1987 | ||
| Murrell | Kathryn D. | 18 June 1924 | 08 Nov 1969 | ||
| O'Quin | Bobby L. | 25 Sept 1936 | 17 Apr 1988 | ||
| O'Quin | Willie L. | 05 Feb 1937 | |||
| O'Quin | Charles Theodore | 28 Mar 1901 | June 1953 | ||
| O'Quin | Netta Carney | 10 Aug 1901 | 07 Apr 1994 | ||
| Partin | J.W. | 02 Mar 1931 | No other date | ||
| Partin | Venetta Wilson | 06 Dec 1927 | "Tootsie" | No other date | |
| Powell | Gerald D. | 29 Aug 1926 | 11 Aug 1986 | Wed. 13 Jan 1943 | Husband of Lavern M. |
| Powell | Lavern M. | 18 Mar 1923 | |||
| Powell | Edgar B. | 31 Oct 1902 | 14 July 1981 | Wed. abt. 1922 | Husband of Juanita D. |
| Powell | Juanita D. | 17 June 1901 | 03 Mar 1975 | ||
| Rayborn | Wilson | 16 Oct 1879 | 19 Aug 1965 | ||
| Rayborn | Lovie | 14 Feb 1890 | 26 Oct 1953 | ||
| Rayborn | Pressie | 10 Sep 1910 | 10 Mar 1984 | Son | |
| Rayborn | William Sedley | 02 Nov 1923 | Wed. 20 June 1942 | s/w Edith Alica Rayborn | |
| Rayborn | Edith Alica | 17 Mar 1923 | 23 Jan 2003 | s/w William Sedley Rayborn | |
| Rials | Lee Ellis | 30 Dec 1897 | 01 Oct 1968 | s/w Betty (Strange) Rials | |
| Rials | Betty Strange | 14 Jun 1903 | 27 May 2003 | s/w Lee Ellis Rials | |
| Roberts | Joe M. | 16 Feb 1889 | 20 Jun 1948 | ||
| Roberts | Irma C. | 03 Apr 1895 | 06 Apr 1971 | ||
| Ruperd | Annette B. | 10 Jan 1919 | 19 Jan 2002 | ||
| Ruperd | Richard E. | 15 Aug 1944 | 09 Apr 1988 | U S Air Force | |
| Russell | Henry P. | 15 May 1879 | 24 Feb 1957 | Dad | |
| Rutland | Jack H. | 06 June 1920 | Wed. 18 Nov 1945 | s/w Evelyn B. Rutland | |
| Rutland | Evelyn B. | 25 June 1924 | 10 Nov 1992 | s/w Jack H. Rutland | |
| Shoemake | ?? | 04 Mar 1971 | Our Little Girl | Infant Dau. of Betty and John Shoemake | |
| Stewart | Gladys Ham | 15 May 1920 | 06 May 1987 | ||
| Sumrall | Festus | 19 Oct 1901 | 28 Oct 1988 | ||
| Sumrall | Trula | 16 July 1905 | 10 Sept 2000 | ||
| Temple | Leona Pauline | 09 Nov 1928 | 12 Nov 2001 | ||
| Wilson | Jewell James | 28 Apr 1919 | 18 Apr 1947 | MOMM 3 C USNR WWll | b. MS |