St. Phillip Cemetery?

I don't know the name of this cemetery that is on Hwy. 548 south of Hermanville. There is no sign identifying it on the road, but there have been some recent burials in it. It is just up the road from St. Phillip Church which I posted about the other day (scroll down to read it, if you would like). The grave with a chair sitting in front of it is what caught my eye as I went by the cemetery. There's a story there. I can just imagine someone coming and sitting among their loved ones and having a chat.

This cemetery has a feature that I have not seen elsewhere. Many of the graves have a curved cement slab on top of them. The third photo shows several of them and the fourth photo shows four of the graves with the unusual top, but they are covered over by leaves and such.

St. Phillip Church

I have a deep passion for photographing old churches. A photo of this old church, St. Phillip Church on Hwy. 548 in Claiborne County, appeared a couple of weeks ago in the Port Gibson Reveille and I knew I had to go find it for myself. If you think I take a lot of photos, I don't have anything on Emma Crisler, owner/editor/publisher of the Reveille. That woman traverses the backroads of Claiborne County capturing more scenes than I ever could. I admire her for doing so.

I could not find any history about this church, but the church is a beautiful one. The steeple is so amazing. And my heart breaks seeing nature reclaim it for her own. The entire back of the church has collapsed already as you can see from the bottom photo taken from right inside the front door.

If anyone can post some history of the church, I would appreciate it. A cemetery is just up the road, but I don't know if it is associated with this church or not. I will show you some photos from there next week, as well as from the Patano Cemetery which is also on 548.