Bethuel Cemetery

Millington, Tennessee


Leila Augusta Parker Pitts Whatley McClain

Born July 12, 1896 in Sardis, Ms. Died July 15, 1957 in Memphis, Shelby, Tn. She was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Parker and Pearl Virginia Eubanks. She married (1) Prentiss Horatio Pitts May 10, 1913 in Coffeeville, Mississippi. She married (2) Lemuel Albert Whatley July 07,1924 in Memphis, Shelby, Tn.


Margaret Virginia Pitts Glover 

Margaret Virginia Pitts, born February 06, 1918, Died November 1985 in Potts Camp, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Prentiss Horatio Pitts and Leila Augusta Parker. She married (1) James Massey. She married (2) William Gilbert Glover. He was the son of Eli Chapman Glover and Anna Lou Hodges.

The song playing is Blueberry Hill.  A favorite of Aunt Margaret's.  She loved to dance and this was one of her favorite songs to dance to.


Dorothy Pitts Marshall Roberts

Dorothy Pitts, born February 06, 1921 in Memphis, Tn. died 1965 in Memphis, Tn. She was the daughter of Prentiss Horatio Pitts and Leila Augusta Parker. She married (1) Martin Luther Marshall in Coffeeville, Mississippi. She married (2) Ervin William Roberts. She died from Breast Cancer.


Bessie Marie Bishop Pitts
 

Bessie Marie Bishop, born September 10, 1921 in Wynona, Ms; died August 30, 1994 in Vicksburg, Ms.. She was the daughter of George Thomas Bishop and Rosie Clark. She married Horace G W Pitts September 03, 1936 in Marion, Ar.. He was the son of Prentiss Horatio Pitts and Lelia Augusta Parker. She died from complications of surgery.


Quintina Marie Houston

Quintina Marie Houston, born August 02, 1968 in Memphis, Tn. died March 22, 971 in Nashville. She was the daughter of George Carl Houston and Rose Marie Pitts. Granddaughter of Bessie Marie Bishop Pitts and Horace Pitts, ggranddaughter of Leila Parker Pitts Whatley McClain. Struck by a car in Nashville, Tn.


Carl Houston

Died at the Veterans Hospital Memphis, Tennessee after a long battle with cancer.  

 


Robert McClain

Husband of Leila Parker Pitts Whatley McClain.  Lived to a very old age.  


Prentiss Horatio Pitts

Prentiss Horatio Pitts, born 9/10/1892 in Pine Valley, Ms.; died 8/24/1958 in Millington, Tn. at the home of his son Horace Pitts.  He married Leila Augusta Parker may 10, 1913 in Coffeeville, Ms., she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Parker and Pearl Virginia Eubanks.  He married Ollie Marshall, she was the daughter of Henry Marshall and Sarah ?.  He met Claudine Cooper.  She was the daughter of ? Cooper and Ollie Marshall.  Died from Cancer.


Gary Lee Riley

Born 12/15/1957 in Louisville, Ky.  died 10/12/1996 in Atoka, Tn.  He was the son of Charles Vincent Riley and Dorothy Ann Cash.  He married Katherine Cecelia Free Jan. 28, 1985 in New Orleans.  Two sons  Gary Riley and James Riley from the marriage to Katherine Free.


Kehlet Schou

Son of Kehlet Patrick Schou and Katherine Free.  Born Nov. 6, 1975 Died Feb. 12, 2000 in Italy.  Killed in a motorcycle accident.  Buried beside his step-father Gary Riley. He was survived by his wife Jenna N. Schou and a son Kehlet Schou.  Grandson of Betty Taylor (she is the grand-daughter of Leila Parker McClain).


Rebecca Ann Glover  (Hall/Jackson) adopted daughter of Margaret Pitts Glover and William Gilbert Glover b: May 13, 1944 in Blue Mountain, Ms. d. Jan. 29, 1997 Gretna, La. She married first to George Harrison a professional wrestler second to Billy Wayne Davis b: in Ripley, Tn. m: in Memphis, Tn.

There is and was a mystery about Becky.  Her mother gave her away when she was about 5 years old. A great number of years later Becky found her birth mother and was told her father was Palmer Jackson of Ripley Mississippi.  When she received her birth certificate it gave Sid Hall as the father.  This disappointed her and she always felt betrayed and lied to by her natural mother.

Descendants of Rebecca Ann Hall Jackson Glover
 


MeLisa Diane Davis daughter of Rebecca Ann Glover and Billy Wayne Davis, b: September 21, 1966 in Memphis, Shelby, Tn d: March 06, 2004 in Bay St. Louis, Ms. married Ed Parker. MeLisa had no children and one marriage only. She is buried next to her mother.


Katrica Denise Davis daughter of Rebecca Ann Glover and Billy Wayne Davis, b: October 19, 1968 in Memphis, Shelby, Tn d: September 23, 1989 in Belle Chasse, Jefferson, Louisiana.  Katrica was killed in a wreck at the foot of the intercoastal bridge in Belle Chasse.  She was buried in Louisiana and later exhumed and re-interred by her mother.  The graves are as follows.  Facing the fence on the left back  Becky, MeLisa, Katrica.


Belle O'Neal Glover McKnatt daughter of Bobby O'Neal Glover and Catherine C. Pitts, Smith,Taylor, Glover.b: February 05, 1956 in Memphis, Shelby, Tn d: January 08, 2001 in Tipton County, Tn.


Catherine Cooper b: March 02, 1981 to Belle O'Neal Glover.  Catherine was murdered December 2002 by a ex-boyfriend in Lauderdale county Tennessee, shot in the head and her body dumped on a deserted road.


 



 

 

[ Bethuel ] BOWLING CEMETERY ] CANTRELL CEMETERY ] CSA Deaths in  Lauderdale Springs Miss ] Dale County Burials ] Daleville City Cemetery ] Elmwood Cem. ] Forest Hill ] Fort Smith, Ar. ] Fort Smith County Historical Cemetery ] Glover Farm ] Glover Schoolhouse ] Goshen Valley Cemetery ] Haleburg Cemetery ] Hartford ] Mount Pleasant Cemetery Ardmore ] Travelers ] Whatley, Al ] Winslette Met.Ch.Cem. ] Woodlawn Cem. ] Mourning Jewelry ]

Margie's Welcome Page ]

 

Home