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Obituaries

  Index of obituaries published in the Daily Leader (Brookhaven, MS) 1969-2000 (some years not entered yet)  Updated 11/2005

PDF Files of Daily Leader Obituaries:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

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Lawrence County Press 1980-1990  (1980 & 1990 added 4/30/06)

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       The following turn of the century indexes have interesting notes and since there were very few obituaries published in the form we know them today, many tributes, poems, notices, trials, local columns and other tidbits are indexed.

Early Brookhaven Newspapers 1875-1885

Lincoln County Times 1909-1947

Semi-Weekly Leader 1907-1939

Brookhaven Leader 1883-1906 

Archives and Manuscripts

A new digitized collection of Lincoln County Public Library's local history documents and photos including Whitworth College items.

2006:  John Holly Williams Archives

Brookhaven Cemeteries

Three lists of cemetery records divided by year. Brookhaven cemeteries include Rose Hill, Easthaven, St. Francis Catholic, Jewish, and Hoskins. Dates on list refer to date of burial, not date of death..

    Cemeteries 1: 1938-1962

    Cemeteries 2: 1963-1983

    Cemeteries 3: 1984-2002

Mission Hill Baptist Church Cemetery      

                     List covers burials from 1893-2003

Funeral Home Index

  Comprehensive index of all names compiled from Brookhaven Funeral Home and Harrigill Funeral Home records 

Oral Histories

  Interviews with local citizens concerning the history of Lincoln County and the surrounding area. 

Several interviews added in 2005

Book Reviews

  Reviews of books and audiotapes by Henry Ledet which have been published in the Daily Leader