Montgomery Memorial Cemetery was established circa 1841 on property owned by Lafayette F. Montgomery (1812-1907), a prominent citizen and political figure. Also buried here are Betty McArthur (1862-1945), an early Impressionist and founding member of the Mississippi Art Association, and 2nd Lt. Richard Stewart Averett, who was killed in action at Guadalcanal in 1943. Ownership of the cemetery was transferred to the Montgomery Memorial United Methodist Church in 1986.