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Cedarlawn Cemetery
Cedarlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in Philadelphia, Mississippi. It is also sometimes spelled Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Multiple people of note are interred at Cedarlawn Cemetery: * Adam M. Byrd (1859–1912), US Congressman * Florence Mars (1923–2006), Author * Bubba Phillips (1928–1993), MLB player * W. Arthur Winstead William Arthur Winstead (January 6, 1904 – March 14, 1995) was a farmer and politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 4th congressional district, serving from 1943 to 1965. He surprisingly lost the 1964 election by a su ... (1904–1995), US Congressman External links * Political Graveyard * Cemeteries in Mississippi Philadelphia, Mississippi Buildings and structures in Neshoba County, Mississippi {{US-cemetery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia, Mississippi
Philadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,118 at the 2020 census. History Philadelphia is incorporated as a municipality; it was given its current name in 1903, two years before the railroad brought new opportunities and prosperity to the town. The history of the town and its influences- social, political and economic- can be seen in the many points of interest within and beyond the city limits. These range from the large ceremonial Indian mound and cave at Nanih Waiya, built approximately 1700 years ago and sacred to the Choctaw; to the still thriving Williams Brothers Store, a true old-fashioned general store founded in 1907 and featured in ''National Geographic'' in 1937 as a source of anything from "horse collars to straw hats." Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner In the mid-20th century, Mississippi was a battleground of the civil rights movement as, like other states of the South, it had l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam M
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Mars
Florence Mars (January 1, 1923 – April 23, 2006) was an American civil rights activist and author best known for her book ''Witness in Philadelphia'' about the murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi. Civil rights activities Mars was one of the few whites in Neshoba County, Mississippi who supported the Civil Rights Movement. She helped to register black voters. Mars lived in Philadelphia, Mississippi when three civil rights activists James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were beaten and shot by members of the Ku Klux Klan near Philadelphia. She was one of the few inhabitants to co-operate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Edgar Ray Killen and others faced trial for violating the civil rights of the men in 1967 but the jury was deadlocked. Seven men were convicted in relation to the incident but no-one served more than six years. This incident was later the subject of the film ''Mississippi Burning'', which was released in 1988. Frances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubba Phillips
John Melvin "Bubba" Phillips (February 24, 1928 – June 22, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman from Macon, Mississippi. He played for ten seasons on the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Indians, from 1955 through 1964. Phillips was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. Early life, football and baseball Phillips was born in West Point, Mississippi. He graduated from Macon High School where he was a football standout and softball player in 1946. He was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi (then Mississippi Southern College) and was a multi-sport athlete. He excelled in baseball and football and began being watched by major league-scouts in 1946. He received "Little All-America" football honors as captain (running back) of the football team his senior year in 1950. While in college he chose a professional baseball career over a football career turning down the San Francisco 49ers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries In Mississippi
This list of cemeteries in Mississippi includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries. Adams County * Cemetery Bluff District, Natchez; NRHP-listed * Natchez National Cemetery, Natchez; NRHP-listed Alcorn County * Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth; NRHP-listed Claiborne County * Catholic Cemetery (Port Gibson, Mississippi), Port Gibson; NRHP-listed * Golden West Cemetery, Port Gibson; NRHP-listed * Grand Gulf Cemetery at Grand Gulf Military State Park, Port Gibson; NRHP-listed * Jewish Cemetery, Port Gibson; NRHP-listed * Wintergreen Cemetery, Port Gibson; NRHP-listed Grenada County * Odd Fellows and Confederate Cemetery, Grenada; NRHP-listed * Providence Cemetery (Grenada, Mississippi); NRHP-listed Harrison County * Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi Hinds County * Cedar Lawn Cemet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
