Duvall and Bishop Cemetery, Wayne County, Mississippi

Duvall and Bishop Cemetery

Wayne County MS, south of Shubuta, MS off of the Hayes-Nute Road,

-Submitted By Jerry D. Mason

ROW 1

Maxine Duvall; 1936 – 1936

ROW 4

P. C. Duvall; 1859 – 1935 “Gone but not forgotten.”

In Memory of Henrietta, wife of P. C. Duvall; born Aug. 24, 1868 – (grave repaired and date unreadable)

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Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bishop; born and died July 7, 1932 “Darling”

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“MOTHER” Mrs. Chanie Newburn; Jan. 1, 1891 – Feb. 25, 1935

Thomas F. Bishop; Co D., 3 Miss Inf, CSA (Thomas Frank Bishop)

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James F. Trotter; Mch 14, 1896 – Jun. 6, 1931 15th Co, 20th Rec Engineers First World War

“Dear Loved one, we miss you so, but God called and you had to go.”

“Mother” Mary Nickles; April 4, 1832 – April 14, 1918 “Gone but still remembered”

Numerous white metal crosses marking where graves are.

Names in Obituaries that stated they were buried in the Duvall & Bishop Cemetery:

Keeling Trotter, son of Gen. William Trotter. Keeling was born in 1858 and died in 1931. He lived quite a long time in

Shubuta, later he moved to Wayne County and was buried in the Bishop cemetery near Hiwannee. Info found in W. P. A.

source materials

Mr. S. Duvall who lived one mile east of Shubuta, died at his home Tuesday afternoon about 4:15 o'clock. Mr. Duvall had

been a sufferer for a long-time but bore his sufferings with patience and fortitude until the end. His remains were interred in the

Duvall Cemetery. (obit in Shubuta Messenger November 10, 1916)