East Shady Grove Cemetery

Wayne County, MS

by John Fitzpatrick

This cemetery is located next to where the old East Shady Grove Baptist Church used to stand. Some people now call it "The Tokio Cemetery". Located east of Waynesboro, MS, north of Hwy. 84, on Tokio-Frost Bridge Road. Go north about 1 1/2 miles until the black top ends. The cemetery is on the left.

Information collected by personal visit in 1994 by John Fitzpatrick of Marietta, GA, great grandson of William Tew and Margaret Bruner Tew.

Lois Luvina Redfern
Mar. 7, 1940
Mar. 12, 1993

Sarah E. Johnson
Jan. 16, 1904
Dec. 8, 1992

Henry R. Johnson
Dec. 20, 1889
Oct. 26, 1970

Edward Daniel Johnson
Mar. 24, 1888
Mar. 15, 1971

Velma B. Johnson
Apr. 23, 1893
Jun. 3, 1983

Houston R. Johnson
Jun. 13, 1910
Jul. 9, 1976

Julia H. Johnson
Wife of Houston
Mar. 6, 1915
Nov. 25, 1993

Houston Allen Johnson
Nov. 23, 1933
Dec. 20, 1984
U.S. Marines

Chester R. Johnson
Feb. 20, 1938
Oct. 10, 1978

Charles Everett Holifield
Jun. 14, 1946
Jun. 9, 1985

Ralph Anders Holifield
Sep. 5, 1918
Nov. 2, 1975

Nellie Pearl Ramey
Wife of H. E. Ramey
Aug. 26, 1910
Jun. 2, 1938

Lomax Holifield
Jan. 26, 1912
Jan. 7, 1973

Jollie E. McMillan
Oct. 9, 1899
Jan. 21, 1972

Angie Lou Freeman
Jun. 26, 1926
Nov. 19, 1940

Ada D. McMillan
Mar. 25, 1893
Mar. 14, 1960

E. C. McMillan
Jul. 8, 1848
Feb. 5, 1935

Alice D. McMillan
Jan. 11, 1868
Nov. 25, 1942

Joe C. Hollifield
Sep. 25. 1888
Aug. 6, 1968

James
No Last Name
No Dates

Carrie M. Holifield
Mar. 30, 1919
Sep. 11, 1968

Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Johnson
Nov. 7, 1942
Nov. 7, 1942

Inf. Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Johnson
Jan. 7, 1941
Jan. 7, 1941

Austin Franklin Johnson
Jun. 22, 1925
Oct. 22, 1927

Mildred Lucille Johnson
May 10, 1917
May 15, 1918

Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Johnson
Oct. 12, 1929
Oct. 18, 1929

Alvin J. Johnson
Dec. 1, 1908
Jun .7, 1933

Ruby Lee Fuller
Aug. 27, 1920
Jan. 20, 1978

W. R. McKee
Mar. 18, 1831
Sep. 19, 1886

J. F. Mckee
Wife of W. R. McKee
Dec. 12, 1837
May. 31, 1918

Isaac J. Gilder McKee
Nov. 25, 1859
Sep. 17, 1904

James Isaac McKee
Aug. 30, 1884
Aug. 17, 1902