Hester Hickman Cemetery

Hester-Hickman Cemetery

Wiggins, Mississippi



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Research compiled by Donna Grantham- Lee   March 2009

***This site is still under construction so bear with me, I am still working all of the "bugs" out ***

Listed in rows, from the entrance, beginning at the bottom left corner and going to the top left corner and ending in the bottom right corner


Name                                             Birth                    Death                          Notes

Row 1 graves 1- 17

Craven, Aerlyn Elizabeth                         9/ 16/ 2008                   9/ 16/ 2008                    Infant daughter of John S Craven & Kimberly M Sullivan

Denson, Norval 2010                    Husband of Ruby Myrl Hickman

Denson, Ruby Myrl Hickman                  9/ 23/ 1918                    8/ 7/ 1991                    Wife of Norval Denson; daughter of Rankin Hickman & Ellen Jarrell

Hickman, Alma                                      7/ 4/1887                     2/ 12/ 1971                    Daughter of Rankin Hickman & Ellen Jarrell

Hickman,(Mary) Ellen Jarrell                 6/ 8/1878                     11/ 9/ 1945                   2nd wife of Rankin K Hickman

Hickman, Rankin K                              10 /14/1848                   2/ 22/ 1935                    Husband of Ellen Jarrell & Columbian Hester; son of William & Minerva (Bond)

Hickman, Columbiann (Hester)              2/ 10/ 1851                  4/ 12/ 1909                    1st wife of Rankin K Hickman; daughter of John & Delilah Hester

Perkins, John                                      10/ 20/ 1824                  11/ 27/ 1901                   Husband of Emily & Mariam , son of Samuel Perkins & Catherine Smith

Hickman, Davis                                   5/ 28/ 1861                    7/ 25/ 1940                    Husband of Nicy Bond; son of William Hickman & Minerva Bond

Hickman, Nicy Ann Bond                    4/ 17/ 1864                    4/ 24/ 1901                    Wife of Davis Hickman; daughter of Andrew J Bond & Elizabeth Redmond

Hickman, Infant                                  4/ 16/ 1901                    4/ 21/ 1901                    Infant of Davis Hickman & Nicy Bond

Scarborough, Etta                               4/ 14/ 1867                    3/ 15/ 1923                      Wife of Silas

Scarborough, Silas J                          8/ 28/ 1866                    6/ 23/ 1916                        Husband of Etta; son of Silas & Mary Scarborough

Hawk, Frank C                                 10/25/1909                     4/ 14/ 1910                        Probably the son of Anna Hawk

Hawk, Anna                                      9/ 1/ 1890                     11/ 10/ 1909                       Probably the daughter of Silas & Etta Scarborough

Scarborough, Robert T                     2/ 12/ 1886                     7/ 7/ 1908                           son of Silas & Etta

Scarborough, Myrtle I                    10/ 27/ 1906                    6/ 28/ 1920                          daughter of Silas & Etta (1910 census)

Row 2 graves 18-29

Unknown # 1

Unknown # 2

Perkins, Mariam (Hester)                1/ 27/ 1826                       3/ 23/ 1893                        3rd wife of John Perkins(m. 6/14/1871),daughter of John & Delilah (Courtney) Hester

Perkins, Vernon C                              1890                                 1890                              States he was the son of D.V. & E. Perkins (grandson of John Perkins)

Perkins, Emily (Hester)                    5/ 26/ 1834                       1/ 13/ 1871                        2nd wife of John Perkins(m. 4/25/1855) �mother of Jerusia, David, Lucy,  

Perkins, Lucy                                     1861                                 1865                              Daughter of John & Emily

Hickman, A. B. (Albert)                    2/ 18/ 1859                        2/ 24/ 1871                      Son of WM Hickman & Minerva Bond

Hickman, W. M.                               5/ 14/ 1818                        3/ 8/ 1872                       Husband of Minerva Bond; father of Rankin; son of William J & Mary 

Hickman, Minerva Bond                  3/ 15/ 1819                         1/ 17/ 1891                     Wife of W. M. Hickman; daughter of William Bond & Minerva Batson

Lott, Mary Hickman                        11/ 23/ 1846                        2/ 27/ 1903                     Wife of Francis W Lott; daughter of WM Hickman & Minerva Bond; children-William, Mary, Elizabeth & Peter

Lott, Francis W (William)                  1/ 26/ 1848                        7/ 22/ 1910                     Husband of Mary Hickman; son of Absolom Nathan Lott & Elizabeth Williamson; children�see Mary H Lott above

Scarborough, Clifford                        6/ 27 /1905                       7/ 24/ 1952                       son of Silas & Etta Scarborough (1910 census)

Row 3 graves 30-36

Unknown # 3

Brown, Infant daughter                     9/ 26/ 1869                       9/ 26/ 1869                        Daughter of Green Brown & Lucy Hester

Brown, Lucy Ann Hester                  4/ 7/ 1836                         9/ 26 /1869                         Daughter of John & Deliah Hester; died in childbirth w/ infant daughter

Hester, John                                        1800                               8/ 1864                             Husband of Deliah; father of Lucy Ann & Columbiann; son of Edmund Hester & Edith Ladnier

Hester, Deliah (Courtney)                     1807                              2/ 1865                               Wife of John; mother of Lucy Hester Brown& Columbiann Hester

Hickman Lott, Mary L                         9/ 11/ 1875                     7/ 7/ 1877                            Daughter of F.W. & Mary Lott

Unknown # 4    


Row 4 graves 37- 40

Hickman, Francis Laird                      9/ 5/ 1920                      12/ 5/ 2002                           Wife of Woodrow R Hickman; daughter of Joseph Laird & Georgia Ann Freeman, children�see below

Hickman, Woodrow R                       11/ 7/ 1916                      6/ 13/ 1986                           Husband of Francis Laird; son of Rankin Hickman & Ellen Jarrell; father of MaryAnn, Billy, & Lucille. Former Sheriff of Stone County

Sanders, Elizabeth                              9/ 10/ 1831                     4/ 14/ 1898                           Probably mother of Charles & wife of George Sanders

Sanders, Charles G                                1865                               1926                                 Probably son of Elizabeth; possibly married to Lacey Breland

Grave 41

Hickman, Billy R                                8/ 17/ 1951                      4/ 13/ 1981                          Police officer killed in the line of duty, Jackson, MS P.D. Son of Woodrow & Francis; husband of Diane Bond; father of Jason, Todd & Clay




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