(9-2012) Enlarge Colonel James Gordon Grave (1853-1912). Buried in Okolona's 'Odd Fellows Cemetery', Col. Gordon raised and armed Mississippi's first Cavalry Company at his own expense ($32,000) and became a part of the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry. Col. Gordon was also sent to England by President Jefferson Davis to purchase a privateer. He also was a Holly Springs with Van Dorn and served in the U.S. Senate post war 1909-1910. Col. Gordon must have been aware of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic as he passed away in November of that same year. Gordon was not present at the Battle of Okolona. Tombstone Inscription: "Col. James Gordon. U.S. Senator, Born in Monroe, Co., Miss. December 6, 1833. Died in Okolona, Miss. November 28, 1912. Graduate of the University of Miss. He organized a regiment of Cavalry first known as the 4th Miss. - afterwards as the 2nd Miss. Cavalry. Was a Knight Templar, Statesman, Author, Poet, and a Christian Gentleman. 'Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace'. Psalms 37:37"

(9-2012) Enlarge General William F. Tucker (1827-1881). General Tucker, also at rest at Okolona's 'Odd Fellows Cemetery', was associated with the Chickasaw Guards and then the 41st Mississippi Infantry. He gained a reputation as a fearsome fighter at Chickamauga. He suffered a bad wound to his right arm at the battle of Resaca in 1864 but refused to let the doctor perform an amputation. He survived the wound but was tragically murdered in his own home in Okolona in 1881. The murderer's identity was never known. General Tucker was not present at the battle of Okolona. Tombstone Inscription: "Wm Fiemster Tucker. Born in Iredell Co. N.C. May 9, 1827. Died September 14, 1881. A Judge, A General, A Statesman. 'Like Jesus, his divine master, he went about doing good"