Contributed: December 2006
The Shipley Cemetery is a small family cemetery located at the end of a dead-end street in the Natchez Trace Villas subdivision (which is near the Tupelo Headquarters for the Natchez Trace Parkway). Primarily, the Raines, Hill, and Dunaway familes are buried here. It went unused for many years. The concrete markers were handmade by Dump Raines with names written by his wife, Ruby. Those do not list any dates. Over the years many graves have been lost.
Recording is from left to right and begins in the southwest corner of the fenced cemetery.
Directions: From Hwy. 145 north of the Natchez Trace Parkway exit, turn left (west) on the Birmingham Ridge Road. Go 1.2 miles and turn left on Little Harpe Trail, then go 1/10th of a mile and turn right (CORRECTION: Per email from Susie Dent a LEFT turn should occur here. Email dated 10/11/2008.) on Village Drive. It is a short street (2/10ths of a mile) which looks like a driveway and dead-ends at the cemetery. GPS Coordinates are: N34 20.796 W088 43.055.
Recorded Nov. 8, 2005 by Nancy Parker Fruge' and Mary Armstrong O'Neal of Tupelo, MS.
NOTE: Notes column entries by Mary Armstrong O'Neal. For corrections or additions, contact Nancy Fruge' at nfruge@bellsouth.net.
| Surname | First Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmarked grave with large dead cedar tree at head | ||||
| 3 unmarked graves | ||||
| 1 unmarked grave under hickory tree | ||||
| 8 unmarked graves | ||||
| 6 unmarked graves | ||||
| HILL | Harry | April 27, 1861 | January 13, 1913 | s/o William Hill & Celia Ann Monk |
| 4 unmarked graves | ||||
| SANDERS | Troy Lawrence | May 11, 1919 | January 15, 1997 | s/o Oscar Sanders & B.S. Smith; m. Annie Mae Dunaway |
| SANDERS | Danny | April 24, 1947 | Nov. 2, 2005 | s/o Troy Lawrence Sanders & Annie Mae Dunaway; m. Norene Floyd |
| Unmarked graves | ||||
| HILL | Celia Ann [Monk] | no dates [1843 - ????] | ||
| HILL | William | no dates [May 1835 - ????]; s/o Johnson Hill & Jane ; m. Celia Ann Monk | ||
| Unmarked grave | ||||
| HILL | Mary Agnes | no dates [1863-????]; d/o William Hill & Celia Ann Monk | ||
| MOORE | Baby Dakota Cole | April 5, 1997 | April 6, 1997 | |
| HILL | Bonner | no dates [1906 - Feb 21, 1923]; s/o George B. Hill & Etta Stanford | ||
| Unmarked grave | ||||
| HILL | Caroline | 1840 | Dec. 26, 1908 | d/o Johnson Hill & Jane ; m. Frank Ford |
| Unmarked grave | ||||
| 2 spaces | ||||
| Modie Rene | 1938 | Dec. 29, 1997 | ||
| DUNAWAY | Charlie Ray | 1946 | 1993 | s/o Joseph Ernest Dunaway & Icie Yielding; m. Diane Whitehead |
| DUNAWAY | Diane [Whitehead] | 1954 | 2005 | d/o Walter D. Whitehead & Betty Pennington; m3 Charlie Ray Dunaway |
| 4 spaces | ||||
| Unmarked grave of foot of stump | ||||
| HATLEY | Tommy | |||
| RAINES | Albert | no dates | ||
| RAINES | Bob | ???? | Nov. 27, 1908 | s/o Bert Raines & Susan Hill; m. Minnie Hatley |
| RAINES | Anna | no dates | ||
| REECE | Baby | ???? | Aug. 2, 1954 | |
| 2 unmarked graves | ||||
| Old dead sweetgum tree | ||||
| DUNAWAY | George Richard | April 15, 1946 | Jan. 16, 1986 | s/o Joe Wilson Dunaway & Della Underwood; m. Juanita Wilson |
| RAINES | Elsie | no dates | ||
| RAINES | Monnie | no dates | ||
| RAINES | Bonnie | no dates | ||
| RAINES | Billy | no dates | ||
| RAINES | Cloey [Hatley] | no dates; d/o Hatley & m. Billy Raines | ||
| RAINES | Neete [Martha] | no dates [July 1871 - Sept. 1, 1940]; d/o Raines & ; m. Wylie Hester | ||
| RAINES | Billy James | no dates [Feb. 1875 - ????] | ||
| RAINES | Jim | no dates [Jan. 1889 - ????] | ||
| RAINES | Bert | no dates [1845 - ????]; Co I 26 Miss Inf C.S.A.[last surviving member of this regiment] s/o Raines & ; m. Susan Hill | ||
| RAINES | Greene B. | no dates [Jan. 1880 - ????] | ||
| HESTER | Charlie | no dates | ||
| DUNAWAY | David Earl | Nov. 8, 1974 | Nov. 9, 1974 | |
| DUNAWAY | Nita Faye | Feb. 7, 1974 | Feb. 11, 1974 | |
| 4 unmarked graves (unreadable funeral home markers) | ||||
| DUNAWAY | Madia | no dates | ||
| DUNAWAY | Joseph W. | no dates | ||
| DUNAWAY | Clara Mae | no dates | ||
| DUNAWAY | Claudie | no dates | ||
| DODDS | Jaice | no dates | ||
| HILL | J? | no dates | ||
| 2 unmarked graves | ||||
| OWEN | Dorothy Gene | no dates | ||
| KINCAID | Bobbie | no dates | ||
| GARNER | Robert | no dates | ||
| unmarked grave | ||||
| Last Updated: January 2010 | ||||