New Augusta Cemetery
Perry County, Mississippi
The New Augusta Cemetery is located in Perry County, Mississippi. To find this cemetery from the intersection of Highway 29 & 98 in New Augusta, Mississippi, drive one and one-half miles south on Highway 29. The cemetery is up a short drive on the left. If you pass the first entrance, there is a second entrance immediately thereafter.
On June 27, 2004 Howard Baulch visited this cemetery and took photos of selected tombstones. Howard's grandaunt, Ophelia Caldonia Gibson Martin, and many of her family are buried here. The transcriptions and tombstone photos are presented below. Comments in parentheses are not on the tombstone and are additional information offered by the author.
| INSCRIBED NAME (Full name) |
BORN | DIED | RELATIONSHIP | INSCRIPTION | TOMBSTONE |
| Hadden, George Tyler | 1912 (Dec 1, 1912) |
1972 (Sep 1972) |
(h/o Leo Martin) (s/o Charles Blythe Hadden & Minnie Lee Tyler) |
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| Hadden, Leo Martin | 1917 (Jan 29, 1917) |
1971 (Jun 1971) |
(w/o George Tyler Hadden) (d/o William Isaiah Martin & Ophelia Caldonia Gibson) |
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| Martin, Dorothy S. (Dorothy S. Smith Martin) |
Jul 16, 1929 | Oct 11, 1980 | (w/o Tommie Martin) |  |
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| Martin, Elmore E. | May 20, 1910 | Jun 27, 1974 | (h/o Hortense, Mamie & Ida) (s/o William Isaiah Martin & Ophelia Caldonia Gibson) |
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| Martin, Jonathan Mills | Jul 21, 1976 | Mar 18, 2002 | (s/o Linus Baxter Martin, Jr. & Mary Estelle Mixon) |
He touched the lives of all who knew him. We love you Jon Jon |
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| Martin, Linus Baxter, Jr. | Oct 31, 1942 | Jun 16, 1992 | (h/o Mary Estelle Mixon) (s/o Linus Baxter Martin, Sr. & Myrnis Ammons) |
LTC Rest in Peace |
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| Martin, Linus Baxter, Sr. | May 10, 1908 | Nov 6, 1994 | (h/o Myrnis Ammons) (s/o William Isaiah Martin & Ophelia Caldonia Gibson) |
Lt Col U. S. Army |   |
| Martin, Myrnis Ammons | 1911 (Apr 25, 1911) |
(Jan 26, 2004) | (w/o Linus Baxter Martin, Sr.) (d/o John W. & Mary E. Ammons) |
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| Martin, Tommie | Apr 21, 1919 | Nov 8, 1975 | (h/o Freda Truelock & Dorothy S. Smith) (s/o William Isaiah Martin & Ophelia Caldonia Gibson) |
SSgt Army Air Forces World War II |
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| Martin, William I. (William Isaiah Martin) |
Oct 1, 1880 | Jun 18, 1950 | (h/o Ophelia Caldonia Gibson) (s/o Alexis Gabriel Martin & Mary Delphia Shattles) |
Lt Col U. S. Army |  |
| Martin, Ophelia C. (Ophelia Caldonia Gibson Martin) |
Apr 15, 1885 | Jan 22, 1965 | (h/o Ophelia Caldonia Gibson) (s/o Alexis Gabriel Martin & Mary Delphia Shattles) |
Lt Col U. S. Army | |
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