intrest in Confederate veterans buried in regional cemeteries. In that respect, Mrs Giles, who

stopped by the Courier/County news office last week, has laid the groundwork for the dedica-

tion of a Confederate marker in the vicinity of oId Westville in the E.W. Young family cemetery

between Merit and Pinola off Highway 43.

Located on what used to be known as the Young Plantation, the cemetery is enclosed by an

iron fence and surrounded by cut-over land, and Mrs. Giles is concerned about its future.

It is for that reason that she is hoping to draw some attention to the memorial service and dedication

of an official Confederate marker on Saturday, September 12; at 2 p.m. for CSA veterans

G.W. Farlow and E.W. Young. Mrs. Giles' mother, Cora Farlow Giles, visited the cemetery and

surrounding area in 1957 with a childhood friiend, Ike Farmer, and they sketched a

map of what Westville was like in their youth. The crude map shows the location of the courthouse, the

Westville News, Dr. McCallum's drug store, Belk's watermill, stores bearing the names of

Giles, Bishop, Loeb, Berry, Dickson, Webster, and Covington, the Walker, Mendenhall and Bush hotels,

Dr. Giles' office, the school. Baptist and Methodist churches, and the homes of Jules Bishop, Frank

Thurman, Peter Webster, Turner Wilson, and other homes bearing the last name of Culpepper,

Sinclair, Farlow and Covington. Ruth Giies is trying to spread the news about the September 12

- ceremony by the Laurel Confederate Camp in the hope that someone in Simpson County

will have enough interest to form a Confederate organization. The dedication ceremony will

be conducted by Camp 227 Sons of Confederate Veterans of Jones County(Rosin Heels), which is

one of the groups interested in dedicating every Confederate Vet's grave that can be located.

For this particular dedication, Mrs. Giles says those who are connected to the Young, Farlow

and Bishop lines are likely to be the most interested. However, she Stresses, anyone interested in

commemorating Confederate Veterans is more than welcome to attend the ceremony.

Simpson County News Sept. 10 1998