daughter of John and Mary Barnes Burkett
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AGED NEW HEBRON WOMAN DIES
Prentiss, Miss., May 16 – Mrs. Elvina Burkett Stamps, one of the oldest women in this section, died at the home of her son-in-law, J. B. Rogers, at New Hebron. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. B. H. Phillips, New Hebron pastor. Burial was made in the New Hebron cemetery. Mrs. Stamps was 94 years of age and was born and reared in the Bethany church community, south of Prentiss.
Her husband, William Stamps, died 52 years ago. He was a Confederate veteran. Mrs. Stamps was the mother of the late Judge Sam Stamps, who was for 40 years a justice of the peace in this county and in Lawrence County.
She was an aunt of J. C. Burkett, first circuit clerk of this county, and a great aunt of Mrs. C. E. Luper, of Prentiss. She resided south of Prentiss until about 30 years ago, when she removed to the New Hebron section to reside with a daughter. Surviving are her son-in-law, J. B. Rogers, New Hebron; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Rogers, Collins, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Brookhaven newspaper 20 May 1933
daughter of John and Mary Barnes Burkett
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AGED NEW HEBRON WOMAN DIES
Prentiss, Miss., May 16 – Mrs. Elvina Burkett Stamps, one of the oldest women in this section, died at the home of her son-in-law, J. B. Rogers, at New Hebron. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. B. H. Phillips, New Hebron pastor. Burial was made in the New Hebron cemetery. Mrs. Stamps was 94 years of age and was born and reared in the Bethany church community, south of Prentiss.
Her husband, William Stamps, died 52 years ago. He was a Confederate veteran. Mrs. Stamps was the mother of the late Judge Sam Stamps, who was for 40 years a justice of the peace in this county and in Lawrence County.
She was an aunt of J. C. Burkett, first circuit clerk of this county, and a great aunt of Mrs. C. E. Luper, of Prentiss. She resided south of Prentiss until about 30 years ago, when she removed to the New Hebron section to reside with a daughter. Surviving are her son-in-law, J. B. Rogers, New Hebron; one daughter, Mrs. Dan Rogers, Collins, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Brookhaven newspaper 20 May 1933
Family Members
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PVT John William Burkett
1836–1904
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Andrew Jackson Burkett
1839–1929
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Sarah Ann Burkett
1842–1939
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George Washington Burkett
1846–1938
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Elizabeth Till "Bettie" Burkett
1847–1940
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Martha Haseltine Burkett Beaty
1849–1922
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James Madison Burkett
1851–1928
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Adelia Caroline Burkett Smith
1853–1931
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Thomas Houston Burkett
1859–1933
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Henry Pinkney Burkett
1862–1894
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