Cherokee County, Texas
PROVIDENCE CEMETERY Section A
Providence Cemetery is located about 5 miles south of Jacksonville, Texas, on FM 347 just out of Dialville.
I am in the process of surveying and taking pictures of each headstone. I will add to this page often. There are many stones that need to be cleaned. If you see a picture of a stone that you would like cleaned or photographed again please let me know. September 2007, Kaye Slover.
There has been a book done for the Cemetery in 2004. It is very good. It list those buried in the cemetery and those thought to be buried there. They have also added full names whenever possible. I would highly recommend this book. Special thanks to Sylvia Acker for allowing me to add the names of those whose stones or unreadable or are missing from her survey done in 2004.
Section A- Area south of the center driveway.
Row 1
McLain, Ronald E. Jun 5, 1910 May 29, 1967 Texas S2 World War II
McLain, Pauline L. Nov 15, 1908 Dec 14, 1987
Odom, Carl W. Oct 13, 1886 October 20, 1928
Odom, Olivia I. Dec 12, 1867 Nov 11, 1952
Odom, William H. Sep 11, 1862 Jan 27, 1949
Murry, Frank 1897 1955
Murry, Ottis O. 1898 1986
Odom, Oma Clifton May 27, 1892 Aug 22, 1968 Texas Sgt Co C MG BN World War I
Dyess, John David Dec 31, 1946 Oct 4, 1964
Row 2
Deason, Curtis Apr 25, 1896 Mar 7, 1970 Texas CPL US Army WWI
Cain, Robert Harper Mar 18, 1915 Oct 25, 1974 Married Jan 20, 1946
Cain, Helen Cotton Oct 19, 1912 Mar 17, 1999 FHM
Cotton, Jesse Claude May 22, 1886 Feb 9, 1976
Cotton, Myram Aston Sep 8, 1894 - Oct 24, 1970
Hogan, Billie Deason 1910 1966
Deason, Arkanna Aug 8, 1875 Jan 23, 1934
Deason, W. P. 1871 1922
Deason, Roscoe H. Feb 2, 1884 Jun 4, 1972 Married Jul 28, 1906
Deason, Gertrude C. May 22, 1888 Jul 3, 1969
Deason, Little J. W. Oct 19, 1926 Dec 28, 1928 Son of R. H. & Gertie Isaacs Deason
Deason, William Bryan May 10, 1915 May 8, 1955 TEXAS S SGT 45 CAV RECON TRP WWII
One grave marked by stone, no name
Wilhite, Mattie Lee Dec16, 1887 Oct 13, 1931Row 3
Newton, George T. Feb 7, 1905 Jun 3, 1934
Braly, Grace Booth Mar 13, 1906 Jun 27, 1997
Braly, Francis B. Feb 7, 1912 Nov 23, 1976
Booth, Thomas Trusvan Jul 28, 1876 - Aug 14, 1944
Booth, Allie May Sep 3, 1880 Mar 28, 1952
Williams, Nora Lee Aug 26, 1883 Sep 28, 1979
Williams, Mattie A. Jan 5, 1855 Apr 7, 1922
Morrison, Ruth 1900 - 1904
Morrison, Grace 1905 1908
Smith, Edd D. Jan 10, 1873 Mar 1, 1941
Buchanan, Jeff Hazel Jul 18, 1905 Dec 25, 1999
Buchanan, Juelle Mar 18, 1891 Jun 21, 1978
Buchanan, Maud Jul 22, 1886 Apr 4, 1968
Buchanan, J. F. Jul 1, 1861 Aug 2, 1941
Buchanan, Lou Nov 25, 1861 Dec 30, 1934
6 graves marked by stones no names
Harrison, Theodocia May 15, 1856 Mar 10, 1953
Harrison, Campbell M. May 15, 1857- Jan 20, 1925
(Row 3 has two parts from about the center of the row there are two rows of graves)
Dover, Infant daughter of E. W. & Minnie 1901 1901
Dover, Gussie 1905 1906 Infant daughter of E. W. & Minnie
Dover, Earl Watson Jun 27, 1874 Mar 25, 1942
Dover, Ollie P. 1895 1960
White, James Marlin May 25, 1879 Jun 27, 1942
White, Amelia H. Mar 12, 1853 Sep 18, 1939
White, H. C. Oct 12, 1853 Jun 11, 1922
Lightsey, Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Lightsey
Lightsey, Dan W. 1889 1952
Lightsey, Myrtle E. 1893 1962
Minyard, Jettie 1895 -1989
Minyard, James 1893 1951
Minyard, Emmiral Paul Sep 8, 1919
Minyard, Dorothy B. May 11, 1917 Jun 16, 1924
McKnight, Durbie G. 1932 1935
Minyard, Thomas S. T. May 14, 1894 Jul 12, 1952
Minyard, Thomas Leon Aug 6, 1925 Aug 6, 1984 PVT US Army WWII
McKnight, Ernest Calvin 1926 -1926
McKnight, George Effie 1924 1924 infant
Dickson, Edna Jan 5, 1931 Nov 20, 1934
Brewer, Eloise Sep 10, 1922 Jul 31, 1942
Row 4
Booth, Cyril T. 1901 - 1961
Booth, Lela D. 1908 - 1989
Booth, Oran Chester Sep 4, 1911 Jan 6, 1981 Married October 6, 1937
Booth, M. Ruth Baker Oct 6, 1919 Jul 7, 1999
Booth, Archie W. Jul 13, 1915 Jun 24, 1981 Married May 19, 1944
Booth, Elba A. Apr 1, 1918
Ault, Dan W. 1900 1974 Married Feb 1, 1924
Ault, Launa M. 1903 - 2000
Ault, Enoch Carol Jun 20, 1931 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ault
Ault, William S. 1859 - 1952
Ault, Leone 1871 - 1948
2 graves marked by stone, no names
Concrete base where a tombstone has apparently been moved.
1 grave marked by stone, no name
Howard, Ollie Presley (born Jan 9, 1896) died Oct 28, 1964
Moore, Thomas J. Jun 6, 1861 Nov 9, 1925
Moore, Margaret C. 1860 1956
Teer, Corine Myrtle Jun 11, 1889 Nov 17, 1974
Teer, Arthur C. Aug 27, 1915 Apr 7, 1989 S. Sgt. US Army WWII
Teer, Mildred Grace Feb 25, 1914 Mar 6, 2001
Edwards, Edgar O. Mar 24, 1900 Aug 12, 1982
Edwards, Mina E. Nov 19, 1903 Apr 29, 1990
Lightsey, D. W. Feb 6, 1858 Jul 20, 1921
Lightsey, Maggie E. Roberts Apr 12, 1860 Jan 31, 1910 Wife of D. W. Lightsey Born in Walker County, TX
Lightsey, Seth 1898 1961 Mason
Lightsey, Mary 1896 - 1985
White, Lena Lightsey Jul 9, 1887 Jan 15, 1969
Phillips, Effie 1918 - 2006 (daughter)
Simmons, Vicie V. 1891 1969 (mother)
Sanders, Gorie Gertrue 1913 - 1929
Sanders, Willie Esley 1929 - 1929
1 grave marked by stone, no name. A member of the family states this is the infant of Alvin & Reba Swinney: Infant Alvin 1929
Swinney, Alvin A. Mar 16, 1903 Mar 9, 1970
Swinney, Reba Apr 20, 1906 Feb 21, 1975
Ledger, Elisha B. 1880 - 1962
Ledger, Mattie B. 1885 - 1967
Ledger, Newt May 2, 1903 Jun 18, 1929 son of Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Ledger
Row 5
Ault, Grady Wesley Dec 20, 1943 Dec 4, 2002 Cpl US Marine Corps, Vietnam
Alexander, Peyton Wesley Jan 12, 1999 Mar 18, 1999
Jackson, Beth Ann Ault Jan 22, 1936 Jan 22, 1984
Ault, Rhea Jan 28, 1906 Mar 30, 1980 Married Mar 30, 1935
Ault, Ruth Apr 17, 1916 Jan 14, 1997
Ault, Charles Wesley 1861 - 1949
Ault, Annie Ella 1880 - 1935
Ault, Grady W. 1902 - 1932
Ault, Infant Son Jun 19, 1916
Ault, Infant Son Jun 19, 1916
Ault, Noel O. Jun 19, 1904 Jan 3, 1909 Son of C. W. & A. E. Ault
3 graves marked by stones, no names
Howard, Richmond 1849 1898
McCallum, Sophie J. 1870 - 1920
McCallum, Aaron L. 1855 1949
Moore, Gertrude Oct 15, 1884 Aug 9, 1897 daughter of J. I. & M. C. Moore
Moore, Lucy May May 19, 1897 Jul 15, 1900 daughter of J. I. & M. C. Moore
Moore, Jesse Mar 25, 1895 Jul 15, 1900 son of J. I. & M. C. Moore
2 graves marked by stones, no names
Moses, Johnnie A. Shipper Feb 20, 1916 May 7, 1999
Shipper, John Henry Oct 18, 1880 Jul 5, 1915
Shipper, Evelyn 1887 1961
Cook, George F. Apr 23, 1920 Jun 13, 1984 CPL US Army WWII Married Apr 5, 1941
Cook, Frances E. May 21, 1920
McVey, Joseph R. 1870 - 1918
McVey, Ida May 1876 1979
Dover, Almeda C. Aug 24, 1889 Nov 28, 1979 Married Aug 15, 1908
Dover, Felix N. Oct 12, 1879 Jan 21, 1926
Payne, Opie Nov 26, 1897 Jun 19, 1923
Payne, Robert M. 1891 - 1959
Payne, Mamie Ruth 1899 - 1964
Payne, W. M. Apr 15, 1863 Jan 30, 1934
Payne, Maud (Dial) Jan 11, 1869 Aug 13, 1971
Travis, Myrtle Payne Jan 14, 1889 Nov 21, 1978
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