The repaired original headstone shown in the cover photo (first photo) is at the actual and only burial site of Samb in Riverside Cemetery, Sharkey County, Mississippi.
(NOTE: Information provided by Nancy Yankie, proud and pleased to be the Great Granddaughter of Jonathan William Yankie I.)
View Cenotaph HERE.
The repaired original headstone shown in the cover photo (first photo) is at the actual and only burial site of Samb in Riverside Cemetery, Sharkey County, Mississippi.
(NOTE: Information provided by Nancy Yankie, proud and pleased to be the Great Granddaughter of Jonathan William Yankie I.)
View Cenotaph HERE.
Inscription
SAMBO
Gravesite Details
The original marker is at the burial site in Sharkey County. Subsequent Yankie family burials were at Glenwood Cemetery in Yazoo County. Therefore family added a monument there to honor our Beloved Sambo.