Long Branch Cemetery
Falls County, Texas
Latitude
31.26654, Longitude -96.69035
Submitted by Carol Couch & Shawn Hughes
Submitted by Carol Couch & Shawn Hughes
.
Long Branch, Falls County, Texas
By Pearl Taylor Vanderbilt
Located on County Road 265 off
FM 2413, the land for the original Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery was
purchased by community trustees (Messrs. Jim Furry, Jessie Smith, Edmond Taylor,
David Bradley, and Nelson Weatherspoon) from a local landowner for $30.00 on
September 20, 1883. From stake to stake it covered a mass of 3 ½ acres. To cite
a copy of the Deed, both parties agreed to mutually create a
desire to
promote public morality and religion.
At 128 years old, Long Branch is one of the oldest African American cemeteries
in Falls County.
Said to have been built of white clapboard, the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Long Branch (later to be renamed the Long Branch
United Methodist Church) sat adjacent to the cemetery. Regrettably, in response
to a likely declining population, the church was forced to close its doors.
According to a descendant the building survived into the 1990’s but eventually
fell victim to arson. The 28 or so hand crafted cement blocks on which the body
of the church rested, are all that remain. County courthouse records confirm
that on September 30, 1971, three representatives for Long Branch United
Methodist Church, Mr. Roy E. Graves, Mrs. Johnnie Mae Newton, and Mrs. Alice
Weatherspoon, executed an official document to merge LBUMC with Davis Chapel
United Methodist Church in Marlin. The certificate was filed for record on
October 4, 1971 and formally recorded in Vol. 20, page 439, on October 5, 1971.
Like so many cemeteries of the time, Long Branch was known as a
community
cemetery. This meant that anyone who was born or had lived in the community at
any time in their lives could be buried there. Former residents have been
returned from as far away as Detroit Michigan, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be
laid to rest beside those they loved best. As evidenced by early census records,
a good portion of the populace of Long Branch journeyed to Texas from other
slaveholding states, some quite possibly in the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation, signed and issued on January 1, 1863. While a great
many of them arrived from South Carolina, others arrived en masse from Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Although Long Branch was in use for many years prior, the earliest documented
burial to be found amongst existing census data was not until 1910 when a young
wife and mother named Lucy Cline passed away at the age of 33. While the U. S.
began polling census numbers in 1790, facts and figures relating to overall
information, as well as places of burial, appeared still to be an inexact
science. Family bibles were once a trusted source to help fill in chronological
gaps of a bygone era, but this reality was not always guaranteed. Bibles tended
to be mislaid or lost altogether down along the years, or worse, ran the risk of
winding up in the company of those who did not appropriately appreciate the
importance of their value. The biggest setback, however, to any forward motion
of genealogical research is the act of death itself. As a generation dies, so
too does the wealth of information they take with them.
Long Branch, fenced in by century-old barbed wire, weathered cedar
postings, and surrounded by a thickly wooded tree line, reveal there to be an
estimated 240 known burials inside its boundary. Of that number, fewer than
eighty sites have visible headstones. Many gravestones, owing to one hazard or
another, have been destroyed. Most of the markers are congregated towards the
front portion and to the east and west sides of the cemetery. The back side,
unfortunately, is mostly open ground, a clear indication that graves situated in
these sectors have either lost headstones over the years or had no long term
identifying references to begin with. Dotted here and there, and easily
overlooked, are the occasional tablet-sized flat memorials that lay level to the
ground. Two of these cenotaphs are an infant boy and girl born in 1875 and 1879,
respectively, to parents Andrew and Sarah Jackson. Another flat memorial is that
of Thornton Craig, born in South Carolina in 1831. Further burial sites are duly
noted by the general rise and fall of countless ground depressions. Several
gravestones appear to have been placed post death, meaning
family members have purchased current-day memorials even though the person may
have passed by many, many, years. One very distinct older flat gray stone marker
lies at the far west corner of the cemetery. The stone is noticeable by its
distinct and very unusual raised lettering. This is the grave of a woman named
Lillie Giffen. Born in Limestone County in 1878, wife to John and mother of 6
children, she died on 24 January 1936. Another exceptional monument at the back
of the cemetery along the periphery is a small arched medieval-styled smoke gray
stone belonging to the 16 month old infant son of Jerry & Martha Leveston, 1894
– Sep 8, 1895. Civil War soldier, Anthony Shaw’s grave sits to the east side of
Long Branch. Born 1 Jan 1843 in Williamsburg, South
Carolina, Mr. Shaw was attached to Company G, 104th Regiment, U.S.
Colored Infantry, mustered originally at Beaufort, S.C. The father of 8 children
with wife Sarah Bradley-Shaw, he died in Marlin of Influenza on January 21,
1941.
Descendants and visitors to the graveyard over the decades have stated that they
have witnessed shards of colorful glass, strings of lighting, bricks, coins,
cans, bottles, sea shells, and various other items placed on and around numerous
graves. This practice was most probably a personal or ritualistic custom. Some
of these symbols may have been left in a makeshift manner to single out a
particular gravesite; others, perhaps, were more ceremonial, rites of passage,
for instance, to the after-life. Long Branch has no interior roadways,
footpaths, or other thoroughfares. And excepting for the eight or so oak and
crape myrtle trees scattered within the property itself, it is simply one long
and uninterrupted lay of land. Resting amid the sprawling acreage are the
remains of military veterans, laborers, sharecroppers, domestics, hotel staff,
taxi drivers, school bus drivers, hairdressers, seamstresses, midwives,
teachers, carpenters, butchers, brick masons, farmers, and the remains of 25
identified former slaves.
Long Branch Cemetery has been proven also to be the eternal resting place of
renowned former slave Silvia King. Interviewed in Marlin by The
Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937 during the Franklin D. Roosevelt
presidency, her story was immortalized for the ages in Washington D. C. at The
Library of Congress. Born in Morocco in northern Africa in 1803, French-speaking
Silvia was abducted from her land and taken to Bordeaux, France, where she was
given drug laced coffee and forced in the bottom of a slave ship with many of
her fellow countrymen. Already a married woman, she was also the mother of three
children when she was taken. Long days of sea travel followed. When the ship
finally came to dock in the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, she was promptly put
on the auction block and sold to a cotton planter from La Grange, Fayette
County, Texas. In the wake of slavery, Silvia spent in excess of 20 years in
Milam County. Records show her individually having lived in the precincts of
both Rockdale, and more briefly, in Cameron. Her northward movement and gradual
progression toward the Central Texas agricultural communities of Rosebud and
Reagan/Blue Ridge areas seemed to have begun some time between the years 1900
and 1910.
Nearing the close of the 1930’s, Silvia was living in the household of one of
her great grandsons. At 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday morning, November 10, 1937,
Silvia King passed away. At the time of her death she was weeks away from
celebrating her 134th birthday. Her death certificate states she was
laid to rest in Long Branch Cemetery on Sunday, November 14, 1937.
No marker has yet been found to verify the location of her grave site.
As of this writing, a formal appeal has been requested of the Texas Historical
Commission to have Long Branch Cemetery recognized as a state historical site.
Family surnames long associated with the African American community of Long
Branch are:
Appleton, Bailey, Bradley, Carter, Craig, Graves, Hicks, Horton, Johnson,
Massey, Massingill, Shaw, Randle and Weatherspoon
1883 – 2011
- Survey was done on all the visible and readable stones. Recorded and submitted by Carol Couch and Shawn Hughes – January 2006
- Be sure to check the ones in the ‘Note’ part. They will have a closer view of the dates and inscriptions
Last Name
|
First Name |
Birth |
Death |
Notes
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APPLETON |
Elvin |
1889 |
1961 |
Born in Tennessee to Joseph & Lula AppletonAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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Ernest |
Feb 06 1892 |
Apr 20 1947 |
Born in Texas to Joe & Lue (Pearson) Appleton. Both born in TennesseeTexasPvt. 537 Engrs. World War I Parents info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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APPLETON |
Tea |
Jun 18 1893 |
Dec 21 1952 |
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BAILEY |
Adison |
1880 |
Jul 21 1956 |
Daughter of Unknown Father & Louise BaldwinAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
Charles R. |
Jan 01 1927 |
Jan 25 1992 |
U.S. ArmyWorld War II
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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BAILEY |
Dora |
1859 |
Sep 10 1931 |
Daughter of Griffin Unknown & Hanna Unknown both born in AlabamaWife of Granville Bailey info submitted by Carol Couch and Shawn Hughes |
|
Edd |
Jan 02 1876 |
Jul 02 1955 |
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Isaac |
Jan 11 1890 |
Jul 04 1965 |
Son of Granville & Dora Bailey“Gone But Not Forgotten”Age 75 years
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes Parents info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
|
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BAILEY |
Letha (Clay) |
Oct 12 1897 |
Feb 01 1942 |
Daughter of Miles & Mary (Johnson) ClayAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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BAILEY |
Granville Jr. |
Jul 14 1894 |
Apr 29 1967 |
Son of Granville & Dora Bailey Sr.All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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BENJAMIN |
Nannie (Hall) |
Mar 15 1871 |
Feb 04 1945 |
Daughter of Mose & Amy HallAge 73 years
All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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BOGUS |
Mattie (Bradley) |
Jul 10 1918 |
Aug 14 1962 |
Daughter of Eli & Mammie (Horton) BradleyAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
Andrew |
Jan 16 1900 |
Oct 18 1955 |
Son of Julius & Mollie (Johnson) Bradley“At Rest”Age 55 yearsParents info and Birth Date submitted by
Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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BRADLEY |
Bess |
1874 |
Jun 17 1946 |
Daughter of Cubie & Delia Bradleyinfo submitted by Carol Couch and Shawn Hughes |
|
Christine |
Jun 05 1925 |
Jun 09 1992 |
“Mother”“We Will Meet Again”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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Eligah Sr. |
Sep 15 1915 |
Sep 10 1981 |
PFC U.S. ArmyWorld War II
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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Ella |
May 03 1866 |
Sep 22 1951 |
This is a broken tombstone“At Rest”“I Have Fought A Good Fight”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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BRADLEY |
Jimmie |
Jan 24 1957 |
Dec 28 1957 |
Infant Son of Elijah & Christine (Elam) Bradley |
|
Ruby Hicks |
Aug 24 1912 |
Jan 11 2001 |
Born in Limestone Co., Texas to Annie & Sip HicksMarried Felix Burton in 1932 Most adult life spent in Minneapolis, MN “In Loving Memory” |
|
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Dave |
Dec 15 1890 |
Apr 11 1963 |
made Tombstone Husband of Lula Canada “Gone But Not Forgotten”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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Lula |
Jul 16 1899 |
Jan 10 1960 |
made Tombstone Wife of Dave Canada “Gone But Not Forgotten”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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CLARK |
Minnie (Smith) |
Feb 23 1886 |
Oct 15 1966 |
Daughter of Henry & Lulla (Hall) Smith |
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CLAY |
George C. |
Oct 15 1899 |
Jul 02 1960 |
Son of Charlie & Mary (Johnson) Clay All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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David |
Jan 16 1896 |
Jul 12 1958 |
Son of Thornton & Mattie (Woods) CraigTexasPvt. Co. ADevelopment BN World War I Parents info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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Essie Lee |
Jan 10 1910 |
Sep 21 2001 |
“Beloved Mother & Grandmother”info and pictures submitted by Carol Couch and Shawn Hughes |
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CRAIG |
James |
No Date |
Sep 19 1948 |
All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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CRAIG |
Maggie (Taylor) |
Aug 29 1869 |
Jun 17 1943 |
Daughter of Alex & Susan Taylor, both born in TennesseeWife of Silas Craig All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
CRAIG |
Nelson |
1875 |
Feb 25 1926 |
Son of John & Unknown Mother CraigAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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CRAIG |
Silas |
May 09 1874 |
Jul 06 1941 |
Son of Thorton & Susan (Gee) CraigHusband of Maggie (Taylor) Craig of Long Branch, Limestone Co., TexasAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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GRAVES |
Alick |
Nov 15 1877 |
Dec 23 1939 |
Son of Unknown Father & Ellen Thomasinfo submitted by Carol Couch and Shawn Hughes |
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GRAVES |
Eddie |
Mar 03 1909 |
Sep 01 1966 |
Son of Tommie & Celia (Jones) GravesAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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GRAVES |
Garfield |
Sep 13 1886 |
Jul 12 1962 |
Son of Alex & Henrietta (Craig) GravesAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
|
Mary Elizabeth |
1959 |
1985 |
“Beloved Daughter”info and pictures submitted by Carol Couch and Shawn Hughes |
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GRAVES |
Sammy Lee |
Jun 27 1957 |
Sep 14 1957 |
Son of LeRoy & Jeroline (Freeman) GravesAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
GRAVES |
Zora (Massingill) |
Nov 15 1908 |
Jun 17 1953 |
Daughter of Mat & Alice (Furry) MassingillAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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HALL |
Mary (Smith) |
Nov 25 1876 |
Feb 06 1937 |
Daughter of Jessie & Julia (Haggins) SmithWife of Tom Hall Age 60 years
All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
Eva Mae (Vanderbilt) |
Oct 09 1933 |
Oct 28 1994 |
Daughter of Carthan & Essie Lee (Craig)
Vanderbilt Married John Hawkins and had 3 children (2
boys, 1 girl) All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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HICKS |
Infant Son |
Nov 05 1961 |
Nov 05 1961 |
Infant Son of Ulysses & Bobbie Lee (Taylor)
Hicks All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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HICKS |
Janie (Johnson) |
Aug 10 1901 |
Nov 13 1953 |
Daughter of Tom & Jessie (Brown) Johnson All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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HICKS |
Laura (Bradley) |
Feb 05 1914 |
Dec 07 1955 |
Daughter of Bess & Momie (Harden) Bradley All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
|
Lonnie Foster |
Jun 01 1936 |
Feb 14 1970 |
TexasSP4 Infantry
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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HORTON |
Annie Pearl |
Oct 22 1931 |
Apr 02 1949 |
Daughter of Willie & Mary (Johnson) Horton |
|
HORTON |
Avery |
Abt 1880 |
Feb 04 1918 |
Son of John & Mattie Woods HortonAll info and |
|
Bobby |
Dec 26 1950 |
Jun 21 1970 |
Wife of Lewis Horton
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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Emma |
1892 |
1940 |
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Ernest |
Jan 05 1891 |
Feb 23 1965 |
Picture on Tombstone“In Loving Memory”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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|
Judge R. Jr. |
Nov 26 1943 |
Mar 20 1998 |
“Loving Husband, Father Son & Brother”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
|
Lewis |
Jun 11 1956 |
Jun 21 1970 |
Husband of Bobby Horton
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
|
Ray |
Apr 29 1921 |
Sep 20 1965 |
TexasPvt. 587 Port Co TC World War II
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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HORTON |
Veola |
Apr 15 1934 |
Apr 28 1952 |
Daughter of John & Hester (Johnson) HortonAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
HORTON |
Willie B. |
Mar 17 1910 |
Jun 26 1970 |
Son of Ernest & Emma (Massingill) Horton Sr.All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
HUDSON |
Dora (Smith) |
Nov 30 1862 |
Mar 10 1955 |
Daughter of Jessie & Unknown Mother SmithAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
HUDSON |
Johnnie Thelma (Massey) |
Jul 06 1900 |
Mar 27 1962 |
Daughter of John & Charlotte (Johnson)
Massey All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
|
JACKSON |
Ben |
1884 |
Dec 08 1948 |
Age 64 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
Anna R. |
Dec 23 1877 |
Apr 11 1925 |
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JOHNSON |
Charles Edward |
Mar 05 1950 |
Apr 10 1950 |
Infant Son of Joe Bailey & May Bell (Hunter)
Johnson All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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JOHNSON |
Ed |
Jan 28 1886 |
Jul 05 1961 |
Son of Archie & Unknown Mother Johnson All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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JOHNSON |
Jimmie Lee (Williams) |
Sep 03 1905 |
Jan 23 1969 |
Daughter of James & Mary Jane (Rodgers)
Williams All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
|
Joe Bailey |
Dec 13 1943 |
Aug 02 1986 |
Husband of Mae Bell Hunter Johnson“Loving Father”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
|
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JOHNSON |
Mae Bell Hunter |
Nov 25 1925 |
Nov 11 2006 |
Wife of Joe Bailey Johnson |
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JOHNSON |
Oscar |
Jun 03 1892 |
Jun 23 1948 |
Son of Eadom & Mary (Tillis) Johnson Age 56 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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JOHNSON |
Onallie (Craig) |
1864 |
Nov 05 1943 |
Daughter of Thornton & Susian Craig All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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JOHNSON |
Sarah (Bradley) |
Nov 25 1888 |
Jun 19 1953 |
Daughter of Julius & Ella (Craig) Bradley Age 64 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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KING |
Sylvia / Silvia |
Dec 25 1803 |
Nov 10 1937 |
Born in Morocco, Africa to Unknown Father &
Rachael Blanton Married in France Ms. King is profiled in the Norman R. Yetman
book "Voices From Slavery". She was interviewed in Marlin at age 100 in
1903. She would live another 30 yrs; passing away in Long Branch, Kosse, TX at the of her great-great
grandson, Louis Fountaine For more info on her life story told in her
words, please see her
Slave Narrative at the Library of Congress Age 133 years 10 months 15 days
All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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MASSEY |
Anderson |
Jan 24 1890 |
Oct 13 1968 |
Son of John & Louise (Baldwin) Massey All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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MASSEY |
Charlotte (Johnson) |
Dec 25 1878 |
Mar 07 1962 |
Daughter of Reuben & Henrietta Johnson All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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MASSEY |
John Wiley |
Aug 02 1880 |
Feb 25 1960 |
Son of John & Beckie Massey Sr. All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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MASSEY |
Lola (Bradley) |
Jan 01 1901 |
Sep 12 1964 |
Born in Oklahoma to Julius & Ella (Bailey)
Bradley Age 63 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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MASSEY |
Tom |
Jul 13 1895 |
Mar 20 1944 |
Son of John & Louise (Miles) Massey All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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Clarence “Coot” |
Oct 14 1893 |
Feb 08 1962 |
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MASSINGILL |
Jim Jr. |
No Date |
Nov 11 1987 |
Son of Jim & Ina (Craig) Massingill Waites All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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Mamie Jewell Horton |
Apr 11 1926 |
Oct 30 1998 |
“Mother”“In Loving Memory”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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MUTONG |
Arthur |
Apr 06 1895 |
Mar 10 1954 |
Son of August & Annie (Smith) Mutong, both born in LouisianaAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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PACKER |
Wadie |
Aug 05 1877 |
Mar 28 1957 |
Age 79 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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James |
Oct 15 1868 |
Jul 21 1949 |
made Tombstone Son of Dick & Sylvia (Craig) Randle Husband of Lue (Pierce) Randle Note: Tombstone Reads b Oct. 15, 1868, d
Jul. 21, 1949.
Death Certificate reads b Oct. 16, 1874, d Jul. 19, 1949 All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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RANDLE |
Lewis |
May 09 1898 |
Sep 22 1932 |
Son of James & Lula (Pierson) Randle All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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RANDLE |
Lue (Pierce) |
Jul 09 1872 |
Oct 29 1942 |
Daughter of Jesse & Julia (Smith) Pierce Wife of James Randle All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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ROGERS |
Will |
1875 |
Mar 04 1943 |
Son of Redin & Violet (Johnson) Rogers Age 68 years All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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RUNNELS |
Alice (Craig) Sanders |
Aug 28 1909 |
Aug 30 1999 |
Daughter of Silas & Maggie (Taylor) Craig 1st
married to Johnny Sanders 2nd
married to Johnny Runnels Had 4 children, all girls All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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RUNNELS |
Ben |
Sep 08 1895 |
Nov 19 1943 |
Married Virgie Lee (Craig) Runnels on March
31, 1927 and had no biological children All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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Virgie Lee (Craig) |
Oct 16 1900 |
Mar 29 1990 |
Daughter of Silas & Maggie (Taylor) Craig Married Ben Runnels on March 31, 1927 and
had no biological children All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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SHAW |
Cora (Massey) |
Jan 06 1892 |
Mar 19 1964 |
Daughter of John & Louise (Baldwin) Massey Age 72 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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SHAW |
Elijah |
Jun 06 1889 |
May 28 1944 |
Son of Anthony & Sarah (Bradley) Shaw All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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J. D. |
Mar 27 1916 |
Aug 31 1979 |
U.S. ArmyWorld War II
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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SHAW |
Lizzie |
Feb 20 1895 |
Jan 06 1960 |
Daughter of Anthony & Sarah (Bradley) ShawAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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M. D. |
Jun 18 1930 |
Apr 07 1950 |
made TombstoneSon of James & Sylvia (Randalls) Shaw |
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Sarah (Bradley) |
1860 |
Oct 04 1940 |
Another ViewDaughter of David & Unknown Mother Bradley Info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SHAW |
Sherman |
Nov 07 1916 |
Apr 02 1944 |
Son of Elijah & Lizzie (Taylor) ShawAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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Doris J. |
Sep 06 1940 |
Nov 25 1989 |
“In Loving MemoryOf Our Precious Jewel”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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SMITH |
Alvy |
Mar 09 1892 |
Apr 27 1931 |
Son of R. B. (b Falls Co., Texas) & Bell (Holland) (b Leon Co., Texas) SmithDied at 117 George Street, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas Husband of Laura Smith Occupation: Hotel Porter All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SMITH |
Etherline |
Sep 23 1918 |
Sep 03 1931 |
Daughter of Douglas & Stella (Rodgers) SmithAge 12 years
All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SMITH |
Henry |
Jun 19 1851 |
Mar 19 1950 |
Son of Jessie & Matilda Smith, both born in TennesseeAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SMITH |
Infant Daughter |
Nov 07 1935 |
Nov 07 1935 |
Infant Daughter of A. W. & Lillie (Griffin) SmithAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SMITH |
Lara Lee |
Sep 22 1922 |
Sep 18 1943 |
Son of Judd & Anna (Massingill) SmithAge 21 years
All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SMITH |
Lula (Hall) |
Oct 01 1886 |
May 26 1945 |
Daughter of Mose & Catherine Hall Sr.All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SMITH |
Raymond |
Jan 14 1919 |
Feb 15 1960 |
Born in Texas to Robert & Victoria (Bradley) SmithLived and died in Midland, Texas All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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SUITERS |
Baby Ruth (Sanders) |
Sep 09 1932 |
Oct 15 1991 |
Daughter of Johnny & Alice (Craig) SandersMarried John Suiters, b in Perry, Falls Co., Texas on September 23, 1952 and had 9 children, 5 girls, 4 boys All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
|
Nelia Craig |
Feb 16 1889 |
Jan 10 1981 |
Daughter of Silas & Maggie (Taylor) Craig Married Dennis Swinney in the 1940’s, no
biological children All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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TAYLOR |
Infant Female |
Oct 11 1956 |
Oct 12 1956 |
Infant Daughter of Unknown Father & Sadie
Louise Taylor All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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TAYLOR |
Leonard |
Dec 12 1899 |
Sep 21 1969 |
Son of Will & Hester (Craig) Taylor All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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TAYLOR |
Luvada V. (Body) |
Jan 01 1891 |
Dec 12 1956 |
Daughter of Nelson & Angeline (West) Body All info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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TEMPLE |
Ed |
1871 |
Nov 30 1939 |
Son of Frank & Unknown Mother Temple Age 68 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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TURNHAM |
J. T. |
Abt. 1881 |
Jul 08 1931 |
Son of Unknown Father & Julia Turner Age about 50+ yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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TYLER |
Dorothy Mae (Runnels) |
Sep 18 1929 |
Nov 19 1968 |
Daughter of Johnny & Alice (Craig) Sanders Married Rubin Tyler d July 26, 1998, and had
4 children, 3 girls 1 boy All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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TYLER |
Ruby Nell |
Jan 16 1955 |
Feb 13 2007 |
Daughter of Rubin & Dorothy Tyler Granddaughter of Alice Craig All info and
Funeral Program submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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VANDERBILT |
Essie Lee (Craig) |
Oct 10 1910 |
Sep 21 2001 |
Daughter of Silas & Maggie (Taylor) Craig Married Carthan Vanderbilt and had one
child, Eva Mae Venderbilt All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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WAITES |
Ina (Craig) Massingill |
No Date |
Feb 05 1989 |
Daughter of Silas & Maggie (Taylor) Craig 1st
married to Jim Massingill 2nd
married to John B. Waites All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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WAITES |
John B. |
No Date |
Jan 20 1992 |
Husband of Ina (Craig) Massingill Waites All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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WATKINS |
Dock |
Oct 16 1884 |
Nov 06 1943 |
Son of Bryant & Kizzie Watkins, both born in
Alabama Age 59 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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WATSON |
William E. |
Apr 20 1937 |
Dec 21 1937 |
Son of Unknown Father & Thelana Watson All info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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WEATHERSPOON |
Janie Bell |
Dec 17 1936 |
Aug 29 1940 |
Daughter of James & Alice (Horton)
Weatherspoon Age 3 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
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WEATHERSPOON |
Mary |
Dec 18 1842 |
Jan 10 1931 |
Daughter of William & Philis Jameson Wife of Nelson Weatherspoon Age 88 yearsAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
|
Ola Faye |
Oct 01 1932 |
Mar 20 1993 |
“Beloved Mother”“Mother of Bobby, Gloria, Brenda, Elton Charles, Terry, and Tony”
info and pictures submitted by Carol
Couch and
Shawn Hughes |
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WILLIAMS |
Pearl E. |
Oct 10 1903 |
Apr 14 1960 |
Daughter of Adkison W. & Lester (Rollon) WatsonAll info submitted by Pearl (Taylor) Vanderbilt |
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WRIGHT |
Nora Jean |
Nov 02 1952 |
May 14 1953 |
Daughter of Onil or O’Neal & Zora M. (Grauer) WrightAll info
submitted by Pearl (Taylor)
Vanderbilt |
