Old Mormon Cemetery
“The Old Mormon Chapel”
First Latter-Day Saint Building erected in Northeast Mississippi.
Dedicated December 3rd, 1936 by Apostle Reed Smoot, accompanied by Elder LeGrand Richards – Southern States Mission President. First Booneville Branch Convert, John Ashcraft – Baptized April 18, 1896.
Branch Leaders:
- Bruce Stephenson, B.P.
- W. Ophas Floyd, B.P.
- Rocky Lee Floyd, A.B.P.
- Hyrum Winterton, A.B.P.
- Luther F. McKissack, B.P.
- Oscar Weatherbee, B.P.
- J.C. Morris, B.P.
- Luther F. McKissack, B.P.
Services moved to new building on George E. Allen Drive, Boonville, MS. in the fall of 1968.
That’s my Grandpa Bruce Stephenson, Branch Pres. My dad told us Legrand Richards stayed on their little farm and slept in the same room with them when he was five! Thank you very much for sharing this!
That’s so cool!
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