Latitude Longitude |
32.050291,-95.135906 |
Cherokee County, Texas
BLACKJACK CEMETERY
Blackjack cemetery is located on the former site of the Blackjack School W of 1820 FM 2750 E. Troup, TX 75789. It is managed by the New Blackjack Cemetery Association, Jennifer Wesley, Treasurer, 2001 FM 2750 E, Troup, TX 75789, 903-842-3273. The site is listed on the Cherokee County Appraisal District records as Property ID 10841000.
Blackjack cemetery was surveyed by Gordon Bennett on January 31, 2017. Beginning at the drive entrance the each row is listed by number from south to north, then the next row is to the west. There may be many more unidentified graves.
LAST | FIRST MIDDLE, SUFFIX | ROW | NUMB | BORN | DIED | CAPTION |
LACY | James Lewis | 1 | 1 | April 15, 1925 | January 26, 1990 | U S Army, Forever in our hearts, Beloved Husband & father |
TILLMAN | Roger | 1 | 2 | September 2, 1901 | October 31, 1971 | w/Elsie |
TILLMAN | Elsie | 1 | 3 | December 29, 1911 | January 6, 1994 | w/Roger, And the Lord shall descend from Heaven whith a shout and the buried in Christ shall rise first. 1 Thessalonians, 4:16, Perhaps Today |
TILLMAN | Bishop | 1 | 4 | November 18, 1906 | July 1, 1975 | Beloved husband & father |
LIDIA | Verneda Tillman | 1 | 5 | April 30, 1918 | July 12, 2005 | Beloved wife & mother |
Temp marker | no data | 1 | 6 | |||
TILLMAN | Bishop E. | 1 | 7 | August 19, 1937 | October 31, 2002 | In Loving Memory, Beloved husband, father and grandfather |
STARLING | Joe H, Jr. | 2 | 1 | March 28, 1972 | July 10, 2002 | |
Gravesite | no data | 2 | 2 | |||
PEOPLE | Lelton | 2 | 3 | January 22, 1935 | October 26, 2003 | TSGT U S Air Force, Korea |
JEFFERSON | ??Bagby Godfrey | 2 | 4 | May 2, 1968 | ?-02-2013 | Age 55, Boren-Conner Temp Marker |
FINLEY | Naioma Curley | 3 | 1 | May 1, 1922 | July 12, 1977 | Our beloved mother |
Temp marker | no data | 3 | 2 | Mercy Funeral Home marker | ||
Temp marker | no data | 3 | 3 | ___ Unity Funeral Home, ?? 75765 | ||
ALEXANDER | Rankin Lasha | 4 | 1 | December 10, 1991 | February 11, 1995 | |
ALEXANDER | Brandon | 4 | 2 | December 10, 1989 | February 12, 1995 | |
GRADY | Horace | 4 | 3 | March 4, 1913 | April 11, 1977 | |
Gravesite | no data | 4 | 4 | |||
STARLING | Mrs. Bettie | 4 | 5 | December 27, 1953 | 8/?/1981 | Age 27 |
CASTLEBERRY | Goldie Mea | 4 | 6 | July 29, 1927 | January 20, 1983 | Community Funeral Home Temp marker |
CURLEY | Floyd, Jr. | 4 | 7 | October 11, 1945 | __/11/1985 | Community Funeral Home Temp marker |
RENER? | Baby Keith Orrie | 4 | 8 | October 28, 1995 | November 22, 1995 | Community Funeral Home Temp marker |
Gravesite | no data | 4 | 9 | |||
CASTLEBERRY | Arthur | 4 | 10 | stone partly buried | ||
Gravesite | no data | 4 | 11 | |||
WILLIS | Rhatasha Treniase | 5 | 1 | January 21, 1979 | May 26, 1996 | Daughter |
GRADY | Forrest | 5 | 2 | June 17, 1914 | April 16, 1986 | "Praying hands" |
SHARP | Bobby Louis | 5 | 3 | March 10, 1941 | January 5, 2012 | AN U S Navy |
Gravesite | no data | 6 | 1 | |||
JONES | Georgia Rene Grady | 6 | 2 | October 9, 1939 | September 6, 2003 | Beloved Mother, stone partly buried |
GRADY | Horace, Jr. | 6 | 3 | November 17, 1935 | January 14, 2009 | In loving memory of our father and brother, "Gone Fishin" |
MCCUIN?? | Mr. L. W. | 6 | 4 | January 5, 1975 | November 11, 2016 | |
Gravesite | no data | 6 | 5 | |||
Gravesite | can't read | 6 | 6 | |||
MONTGOMERY | Norris Mandwell | 6 | 7 | October 15, 1976 | March 29, 2006 | Loving son, brother, husband & father |
CASTLEBERRY | Pauline | 7 | 1 | October 22, 1933 | September 4, 2011 | Beloved mother |
ARNOLD | Tony | 7 | 2 | June 11, 1963 | January 28, 2016 | Age 53 |
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