Monroe Overton
09 Jan 1906 - 27 Feb 1969
Gone But Not Forgotten
Son of John Evans Overton & Georgia Rockingham
Husband of Mattie Mae Shannon
Father of Dorothy Overton
Buried at Mt Olive MB Church Cemetery
Hazlehurst, Copiah County, MS
Monroe was my paternal grandmother's nephew.
Richard was the son of Raymond Flowers and Severe Overton Flowers Carruth.
Severe was my paternal grandmother's sister.
Husband of
John and Georgia were the parents of Monroe, Leroy, Dora, and John Jr
The church is located on Barlow Road in rural Copiah County, Mississippi. It was the church home of my paternal grandmother when she was a young girl. Buried in the church cemetery are members of Grandma Gertrude Overton's kin.
