HISTORY:  The Bernard Basque Cemetery is located on the private property of Bernard Basque just north of Old Fort Bayou in Jackson County.  Mr. Basque developed this family cemetery about 1980 as the result of excessive vandalism at the remote William Seymour Memorial Cemetery where some of his immediate family was buried.  Three Basque family members were removed from the Seymour Cemetery and interred in the Bernard Basque Cemetery.  Before entering the cemetery grounds permission from Mr. Basque should be sought.  He can be contacted at 875-5892.

REGISTER

A

Ernest Alvin Amos, Sr.               3-29-1921 to 8-8-1988

b. Pensacola, Florida

Ernest Alvin Amos    2-15-1952 to 9-25-2000

B

Thersa Smagacz Basque         6-13-1932 to 10-30-1991

b. Dunkirk, New York

Luther Phillip Basque        1929 to 2-14-2008

Joseph F. Basque*       7-25-1913 to 1-14-1979

Veteran WW II

Helen Margaret Seymour Basque             12-15-1921 to 6-3-2002

d/o Solom Seymour and Elzie Mae Hausen

Dola Eve Seymour*    12-24-1906 to 9-14-1969

"The Wandering Traveller", wife of J.F. Basque b. Ocean Springs, Mississippi

d. Grenada, Mississippi

Wiley W. Boone*     9-13-1912 to 12-20-1973

Lucille Anna Mae Basque Boone to 1920 to 6-9-2005    

married 12-27-1941

*  Removed from William Seymour Memorial Cemetery (Bayou Talla).

Dianne Basque Webb            1944 to 9-17-2003

REFERENCES:

The Sun Herald, "Luther Phillip Basque", February 17, 2008, p. A12.

Personal Communication:

Bernard Basque on January 13, 1992.

Surveyed by:

Ray L. Bellande

PO Box 617

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

January 13, 1992