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Hatten/Messer Cemetery
Sumrall, Covington County, Mississippi

Cemetery: Hatten/Messer
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Lambert, John S Dr Highway 589 601-758-4970
City: Sumrall, Mississippi about 5 miles towards covington county line
Township:
County: Covington County
State: Mississippi
Nation: United States
Zip: 39475
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: W
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: 5 miles east of sumrall, mississippi 1 mile past lamar county/covington county line on left in the old conner biggs estate in the middle of the woods
Type: Road-private
Location: Urban
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: Wooded
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Established: 28 june 1886
Gravestones: about 8
Oldest: 28 june 1886
Newest:
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Other
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: Unsure
Paths: Unsure
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Yes
Granite: No
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: No
Others: No
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: Yes
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: Yes
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: Yes
Urns: No
Carvings: Yes
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: No
Report: No
VA1: Gravestones-Overturned
VA2: Gravestones-Broken
VA3:
VA4:
VA5: Graves-Desecrated
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Problem-Constant
Problem1:
Problem2:
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Residential
Bordering: Woods
Change: Unknown
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: no one

Surnames:

Hatten, Messer

Other_Information:

i have 2 pictures of the tombstones and also names of those directly related to the two buried there for sure i was told by one individual that it used to be a an old comunity cemetery at one time but it is nothing but woods now

Support:

Fred Hatten Lamar County Supervisor
Hatten, Fred L & Jimmie


Submitted by:
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Name: Vince Hatten
Email: v_incehatten@bellsouth.net
Date: 16 feb 2004



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