Bowling Green Cemetery

Bowling Green Road off Woodville/Jackson, La Road,
Wilkinson Co., MS


GPS Coordinates:
G P S          DEG.DDD
31° 04.665'N              31.07775°N
091° 16.093'W            -91.268217°W



IN MEMORY
OF
BEVERLY SCOTT
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BORN DEC 19, 1847
DIED 0CT. 11, 1848
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SON OF
JOHN W. & SARAH M.
BURRUSS
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In christian hope

C. A. BURRUSS

Died

Feb. 14th 1834

AEt. 26 years

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EDWARD McGEHEE BURRUSS
SON OF 
JOHN W. BURRUSS
AND 
SARAH H. McGEHEE

BORN SEPTEMBER 12TH 1842.
DIED APRIL 2ND 1876


IN MEMORY
OF
ELIZABETH BRAME
WIFE OF
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS:

Born Sep. 3rd 1785
Died Mar. 29th 1929	 


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OUR 
FATHER

IN MEMORIAM
JOHN W. BURRUSS,
SON OF 
REV. JOHN C. BURRUSS,
AND
ELIZABETH BRAME,
BORN IN
CAROLINE COUNTY VIRGINIA,
OCTOBER 7, 1814.  


A MAN OF STRONG MENTAL GRASP.
WHOLLY CULTIVATED WHOLLY REDEEMED.
A SERVANT OF CHRIST.
A SON OF GOD.
A LIGHT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD.
A TREASURE OF SYMPATHY TO HIS FRIENDS.
WITH THE WISDOM OF AGE
ENJOYING THE SENSIBILITY OF YOUTH,
AND GLORIFYING GOD BY DISPLAYING 
IN HIS DAILY LIFE
THE TRIPLE NOBILITY
OF
NATURE, CULTURE & FAITH.
THUS LIVED THE MAN.
THEN CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE, 
SHALL APPEAR,
THEN SHALL HE ALSO APPEAR WITH
HIM IN GLORY

COLOSS, 111.3.4

THUS DIED
THE SAINT.
OCTOBER 5 TH, 1866.
TO US, HIS CHILDREN, 
HE IS NOT DEAD, BUT EVER LIVES, 
TO
WARN, TO ENCOURACE, TO INSTRUCT.
“THEN SHLL WE ALSO KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW
ON TO KNOW THE LORD.”
FOR
“WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, 
BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.”
PSALMS XXX.5.



JOHN W. BURRUSS, JR.
SON OF 
SARAH McGEHEE,
AND 
JOHN W. BURRUSS


BORN JUNE 9, 1844.
DIED JUNE 29, 1845.
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“THE FLOWER FADETH,
AND WE ALL DO FADE AS A LEAF”	 






LOUISE E. LANDON
DAUGHTER OF
REV D. S. LANDON
OF GLEN’S FALLS
NEW YORK
1826


L. E. L.
WIFE OF 
JOHN W. BURRUSS
DIED 19TH SEPT.
1862


AS DAUGHTER AND SISTER
AS WIFE AND MOTHER
SHE MAKE HOME 
HAPPY



MARY EUGENIA BURRUSS
DAUGHTER OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
AND 
SARAH H. McGEHEE
BORN JULY 30, 1851
DIED JULY 25, 1885	




























SARAH HOUSTON McGEHEE
DAUGHTER
OF  EDWARD McGEHEE
AND MARGT. L. COSBY

She never gave her Parents one regret
But when she died. 
She that He loved so long & sees no more,
Loved & still loves _ not dead but gone before

THE WIFE
MARRIED
JAN, 4TH 1838


SARAH McGEHEE BURRUSS
WIFE OF
JOHN W. BURRUSS
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A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, to command.
The Reason firm, the temperaie  Will.
Endurance foresight, strength & skill
And yet a Spirit, still & bright
With something of an angel light.

THE DAUGHTER
BORN
JAN. 25TH 1816

THE CHRISTIAN 
DIED
MARCH 2ND 1855

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