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Left is Allen Newton, Frances Holmes (they are both buried at Mount Muncie Cemetery).

Left is Russell Graham who is interred at Mount Muncie Cemetery. Right is is friend Kenneth Smith, son of George W. Smith, Sr.


Top picture: Blanche Jones, Stella Henderson, Benjamin Boyd, and Annie Jackson (Stella's sister). Henderson and Boyd are buried at Mount Muncie Cemetery.

The
Mount Muncie
Cemetery
A History &
Burial Registry

Higginsville, Missouri
Written and Compiled by
Linda G. Smith, M.A. And
Kay Russell, B.S.


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The
Mount Muncie
Cemetery
A History &
Burial Registry

Higginsville, Missouri
Written and Compiled by
Linda G. Smith, M.A. And
Kay Russell, B.S.

Please e-mail Smith at beyourbest807@msn.com for order information.

This is the back of the cemetery book

Oscar Allison Smith
(He is pictured in this picture with his back turned against the camera. This picture was taken at a Duke Ellington concert in Kansas City. His deceased wife, Grace, is the woman to his left.


**SMITH, OSCAR ALLISON. D.O.B.: November 25, 1894. D.O.D.: Birthplace: Higginsville, MO. Place of death: Higginsville, MO. Race: black. Marital status at time of death: widower. Name of deceased spouse: Grace Smith. Date of burial: October 3, 1966. Usual occupation: unknown. He was a veteran of the World War I and served in the Army. He was a member of the St. James African Methodist Church in Higginsville, MO. Name of father: John Henry Smith. Birthplace of father: KY. Maiden name of mother: Lucy Ann Jones. Birthplace of mother: VA. Source: Higginsville Advance, October 13, 1966.

Stella Koontz Henderson is one of the persons buried at this cemetery. She lived to be 100 years old.

HENDERSON, STELLA. D.O.B.: November 8, 1893. Birthplace: Pleasant Grove, MO. Race: black. Marital status at time of death: widow. She was married to William Naylor on January 13, 1919, until his death. She and James Henderson were married on February 19, 1939. Usual occupation: housekeeper. She was a lifetime member of the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Higginsville, MO. She was a deaconess and a missionary society was named after her. She was a member of the Sunshine Social and Art Club. Name of father: Benjamin Koontz. Birthplace of father: unknown. Maiden name of mother: Rushia Gordon. Birthplace of mother: unknown.
Source: Higginsville Advance, January 26, 1994.