From highway 62 north take the first gravel road immediately north of the New Madrid High School. This is county road 502. Travel 0.7 miles and cross the rail road tracks. The road immediately makes a right hand turn and becomes county road 501. Travel 1.4 miles on it. There will be an electrical sub-station on your right. Immediately past this there will be a grave l access road with a chain across it to allow access. Travel down this dirt road 0.2 miles and you are there. Be sure to replace the chain when you leave.
Graves and their sites are identified in the standard and acceptable plotting of cemeteries. That is grave one is in the first row of the southeast corner of the cemetery continuing northward. The second row is immediately behind this row.
Row 1,
Row 1, Grave 1 Phillips, Dickie son of Richard and C. Phillips
born: 14 December 1878 and died: 31 July 1879
Row 2,
Row 2, Grave 1
Phillips, Lewis L. Ross son of Richard and
Elizabeth born: 8 December 1839 and died 22 October 1867
Row 2, Grave 2
Newscum, Sallie Cary born: 10 October 1839 and died:
23 November 1877
Row 2, Grave 3
Newscum, Bessie daughter of W.G. & C. C. Newscum born:
2 November 1860 and died: 23 November 1871
Row 2, Grave 4
Newscum, Cornelia C. wife of W. G. Newton born: 14
December 1878 and died: 31 July 1879
Row 2, Grave 5
Horrell, Mary Jane born: 21 January 1828 and died: 31
June 1856
Row 2, Grave 6
Newscum, Edward L. born: 19 February 1838 and died: 24
September 1879
Row 2, Grave 7
Phillips, Martha H. daughter of Lilbourn Phillips no
dates
Row 2, Grave 8
Phillips, Kate daughter of L .L. (Lilbourn) and M. G..
died: 5 September 1853, age 6 months and 27days
Row 2, Grave 9
Phillips, R. S. born: 20 September 1848 and died: 26
October 1884
Row 2, Grave 10
Phillips, Lilbourn L. born: 8 December 1824 and died:
11 June 1885 the husband of Mary G. Phillips
Row 3
Row 3, graves 1 and 2 unmarked
Row 3, graves 3,4,5 Newsum, children of E. L. and L. P.
Richard R.
died: 13 June 1864 age 3 years, 7 months, 2 days
Sallie C. died: 13
October 1865 age 1 year, 6 days
Edward L. died: 11 January 1871 age 1
month, 6 days
Row 3, Grave 6
Phillips, Richard born: 23 July 1789 and died: 1
January 1862
Row 3, Grave 7
Phillips, Elizabeth wife of Richard died: 3 January
1892 age 86 years
Row 3, Grave 8
Phillips, Shapley R. son of S. R. & S. A. Phillips
died: 4 July 1842 age 6 months
Row 3, Grave 9
Phillips, Albert son of S. R. & S. A. Phillips
(Shapley R. & Sallie A.) died: 7 November 1841 age 5 years, 6 months
Row 3, Grave 10
Klein, Sallie D. Phillips wife of Leuroy Klein died:
9 April 1866 age 26 years, 1 month, 3 days
Row 3, Grave 11
Phillips, Mary G. the wife of Lilbourn Phillips born:
3 March 1827 and died 26 November 1890 (Mary's grave is directly behind and
to the right of her husband, Lilbourns, grave.
Row 4
Row 4, Grave 1
Phillips, Amos R. the son of Shapley R. & Sallie A.
Phillips born: 19 March 1838 and died: 6 September 1873
Row 4, Grave 2
Phillips, Paul H. the husband of Leila Phillips born:
21 January 1872 and died: 31 December 1896 age 24 years, 11 months, and 10
days.
Row 4, Grave 3
Phillips, children of A. L. & J. E. Phillips Amos R.
born & died: 6 June 1896 Ruth born: 10 August 1894 and died: 30 July 1896