Hemphill City Cemetery (Includes 4 Reinterred graves from Gomer Cemetery #1; & 2 Reinterred graves from Gomer Cemetery #2), Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas - From the Sabine County Court House in Hemphill, Texas, go South on either Texas Street or Oak Street 0.1 mile to cemetery.  The cemetery has a chain link fence and is well kept.  There is a Historical Marker.  J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book (Abt 1963) lists 26 graves as being unmarked. Additional information added in parenthesis.

GPS Coordinates:  3120317N - 09350989W ;  First Marked Burial - 1861 ;  Last Marked Burial - {7 Sept 2003} ; 
Indexed 23 June 2002 by Kay Parker McCary ;  Updated from Obits 10 Sept 2003 by Kay Parker McCary .

Notations/Symbols/Footnotes
%  Reinterred grave from Gomer Cemetery #1
+  Reinterred grave from Gomer Cemetery #2
#  Unmarked grave - Information from Death Records, Sabine Co., Texas
@ Unmarked grave - Information from family member
^  Information from Social Security Death Index or Texas Death Record
{  }  Information from Obituary - Sabine County Reporter - Hemphill, TX

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NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

INFORMATION-COMMENTS

1174.

Quick, E. D.

5 Jan 1882

20 Dec 1920

(w Nannie May Quick Clark)

1175.

Quigley, William J.

1 Aug 1860

5 Dec 1886

(Son of Mary Travis Quigley Ragan)

1176.

{Radusch, Charles Henry

17 Jan 1939

5 Dec 2002

w Gayle Radusch - Obit 11 Dec 2002 SCR}

1177.

Ragan, Alma W.

15 Sept 1872

19 Nov 1923

[FS:  A. W. R.] (Alma Went - Daughter of John E. Went & Frances A. Whitehead - Double with Jehu L. Ragan)

1178.

Ragan, Angie

8 Mar 1880

30 Mar 1906

She died as she lived trusting in God (Angie W. Williams - h Joseph Homer Ragan)

1179.

Ragan, Jubal H., M. D.

9 Apr 1816

9 June 1884

In loving memory of our father [FS:  J. H. R.] (Jubal Harper Ragan - Son of Jehu Ragan & Maria Harper - 1st w Martha Ann Broadway Ragan; 2nd w Mary Travis - Inside wrought iron fence A)

1180.

Ragan, Felix C.

22 Jan 1854

14 Apr 1906

(Felix Calloway Ragan - Son of Jubal Harper Ragan & Martha Ann Broadway - Inside wrought iron fence A)

1181.

Ragan, J. Homer

20 Sept 1875

3 July 1952

(Joseph Homer Ragan - Son of Jubal Harper Ragan & Mary Travis - 1st w Angie Williams; 2nd w Ella Fanny Bell buried in Brookeland Cemetery, SCT)

1182.

Ragan, Jehu L.

15 June 1864

26 Sept 1950

(Jehu Leonidas Ragan - Son of Jubal Harper Ragan & Martha Ann Broadway - Double with Alma W. Ragan)

1183.

Ragan, John A.

(26 March) 1871

(6 Aug) 1958

Father (John Arthur Ragan - Son of Jubal Harper Ragan & Martha Ann Broadway - Triple with Margaret A. Ragan & Willie M. Ragan)

1184.

Ragan, Margaret A.

(9 Feb) 1872

(15 July) 1967

Mother (Margaret Anna Youngblood - Daughter of James Youngblood & Margaret Jane Smith - Triple with John A. Ragan & Willie M. Ragan)

1185.

Ragan, Margaret C.

18 June 1869

27 May 1966

[Ragan] (Margaret Clyde Ragan - Daughter of Jubal Harper Ragan & Martha Ann Broadway - Inside wrought iron fence A)

1186.

Ragan, Martha Ann Broadway

18 Sept 1827

  26 Mar 1871

In memory of our mother - Wife of Jubal H. Ragan [FS:  M. A. R.] (1st w of Jubal Harper Ragan - Inside wrought iron fence A)

1187.

Ragan, Mary Travis

17 Dec 1838

25 Apr 1883

In loving memory of our mother - Wife of Jubal H. Ragan (1st h ? Quigley; 2nd w of Jubal Harper Ragan)

1188.

Ragan, Willie M.

(^13 June) 1907

(^7 Apr) 1990

Daughter - DRT [FS:  W. M. R.] (Willie Morris Ragan - Triple with John A. Ragan & Margaret A. Ragan - Daughter of John Arthur Ragan & Margaret Anna Youngblood)

1189.

Rains, E. A.

10 Dec 1887

30 June 1974

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints (Double with Mattie T. Rains)

1190.

Rains, Mattie T.

28 Apr 1879

7 Jan 1961

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints (Double with E. A. Rains)

1191.

Randol, Joe B.

---

---

(Double with Mary A. Randol)

1192.

Randol, Mary A.

9 Oct 1910

17 June 1996

Ladies Auxiliary VFW Emblem (Double with Joe B. Randol)

1193.

Rash, Bobby Lynn

8 Mar 1938

29 Mar 1985

[Military Marker:  L Cpl US Marine Corps] [Large Family Marker:  The Bobby Lynn "Bob" Rash Family]

1194.

Rash, Frank

14 Feb 1914

16 June 1989

J. P. (Double with Velma Smith Rash)

1195.

Rash, Patrick Lynn

2 Oct 1961

11 June 1980

We love you

1196.

Rash, Velma Smith

5 Oct 1917

16 Oct 2000

(Double with Frank Rash)

1197.

Ratcliff, Thelma Ragan

23 Nov 1905

18 May 1981

(Thelma Allison Ragan - Daughter of Jehu L. Ragan & Alma Went - h Dru McMicken Ratcliff)

1198.

Ray, W. M. "Doc"

1901

1960

(Double with Betty Hartman Wilson Ray Walden)

1199.

Reeves, Arlie Wilma

2 July 1913

9 June 1973

Gone from our home but not from our hearts (Double with Ira Kirby Reeves)

1200.

Reeves, Baby

7 Jan 1927

7 Jan 1927

Love

1201.

Reeves, Blanche Shirley

23 Jan 1906

8 Jan 1927

At Rest [FS:  B. S. R.]

1202.

Reeves, Ira Kirby

2 Apr 1896

16 May 1979

Gone from our home but not from our hearts (Son of Thompson L. Reeves & Martha J. Harrison - Double with Arlie Wilma Reeves)

1203.

Reeves, Robert

7 Nov 1900

9 Oct 1970

(Son of Thompson L. Reeves & Martha J. Harrison)

1204.

Reeves, Tommy Gene

17 June 1947

11 May 1968

Gone from our home but not from our hearts (Son of Ira Kirby Reeves & Arlie Wilma ?)

1205.

Retherford, Calvin

1944

(24 Oct) 1991

(Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Marker at head of Jessie Lee Clark)

1206.

Retherford, Richard Thomas

1902

1957

In our hearts you live forever [FS:  Father]

1207.

Reynolds, James H.

19 Dec 1936

---

Mason - In loving memory - Married 9 June 1959 (Double with Sondra "Sandy" Reynolds)

1208.

Reynolds, James L. Dover

9 Oct 1957

7 Aug 1986

In loving memory of [FS:  Jim]

1209.

Reynolds, Sondra "Sandy"

26 Oct 1938

22 Jan 2002

OES - In loving memory - Married 9 June 1959 (Double with James H. Reynolds) {Sondra Lea Owens - Daughter of George Owens & Ruth Easley - Obit 30 Jan 2002 SCR}

1210.

Rice, Andrew J.

25 Mar 1901

19 July 1973

In loving memory of (Quad with Novie Hattie Rice, Jean Girolamo, & Clifton A. Rice)

1211.

Rice, Charlie C.

9 Feb 1906

16 Jan 1986

(Charlie Cecil Rice - Son of William M. Rice & Effie Eola Johnson - Double with Corrie Smith Rice)

1212.

Rice, Clifton A.

10 Nov 1925

18 Dec 1956

(Quad with Andrew J. Rice, Novie Hattie Rice, & Jean Girolamo)

1213.

Rice, Corrie Smith

11 Jan 1904

14 Aug 1991

(Corrie Pearl Smith - Daughter of Wiley P. Smith & Sallie H. Hammock - Double with Charlie C. Rice)

1214.

Rice, Effie E.

10 Jan 1875

14 Dec 1961

(Effie Eola Johnson - Daughter of George Johnson & Sarah Lee Yarbor - Double with William M. Rice)

1215.

Rice, Elijah A.

22 July 1910

6 Feb 1993

(Son of Riley Matthias Rice & Margaret Jane Smith)

1216.

Rice, Erma

1903

1961

(Erma McGee - Daughter of Joseph Bryant McGee & Lula America Morris - Double with George Rice)

1217.

Rice, Ernest S.

17Jan 1896

8 Dec 1976

[FS:  Father] (Son of Riley Matthias Rice & Margret Jane Smith - Double with Maud G. Rice)

1218.

Rice, Frances Ola

27 Apr 1911

5 Mar 2001

Me Maw - Married 6 Dec 1931 (Frances Ola Morrison - Double with John Hoyt Rice)

1219.

Rice, George

(10 June) 1895

(21 Feb) 1971

(George Matthias Rice - Son of Joseph Marion Rice & Caroline A. Elzary McNaughten - Double with Erma Rice)

1220.

Rice, John Hoyt

1 Feb 1908

30 Jan 1993

Paw Paw - Married 6 Dec 1931 (Son of Walter Cook Rice & Zeroine Elizabeth Smith - Double with Frances Ola Rice)

1221.

Rice, Lee Oma Norsworthy

16 Apr 1909

16 Dec 1993

Thy will be done (Double with William Cook Rice)

1222.

{Rice, Lexie Jane

20 Dec 1921

11 Apr 2003}

(Daughter of Iva Franklin Clark & Mary Jane Parker) {h M. J. Rice}

1223.

Rice, M. J.

2 Nov 1921

13 June 1978

In loving memory [FS:  M. J. R.] (Marion Joseph Rice, II - Son of George Matthias Rice & Erma McGee - w Lexie Jane Rice)

1224.

Rice, Margret J.

21 Aug 1875

16 Sept 1961

Married 21 Dec 1894 [FS:  Mother] (Margret Jane Smith - Daughter of John Hillis Smith, Jr. & Martha Catherine Smith - Double with Riley M. Rice)

1225.

Rice, Maud G.

4 Jan 1901

23 Nov 1984

[FS:  Mother] (Maud Grubbs - Double with Ernest S. Rice)

1226.

Rice, Novie Hattie

2 Feb 1907

1 Feb 1991

In loving memory (Quad with Andrew J. Rice, Jean Girolamo & Clifton A. Rice)

1227.

Rice, Riley M.

22 Nov 1872

14 Apr 1963

Married 21 Dec 1894 [FS:  Father] (Riley Matthias Rice - Son of Matthias Rice & Milberry Cook - Double with Margret J. Rice)

1228.

Rice, Ruth Evelyn

16 Feb 1936

23 Mar 1936

Infant Dau. of William & Lee Ona Rice - Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven [FS:  R. E. R.] (Daughter of William Cook Rice & Lee Oma Norsworthy)

1229.

Rice, Walter C.

22 Oct 1877

1 Dec 1938

Father - Dear parents tho' we miss you, we know you rest with God (Walter Cook Rice - Son of Matthias Rice & Milberry Cook - Double with Zeroine Rice)

1230.

Rice, William Cook

16 Oct 1902

27 July 1978

Thy will be done (Son of Walter Cook Rice & Zerowine Elizabeth Smith - Double with 2nd w Lee Oma Norsworthy Rice; 1st w Mary Jane Easley buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, SCT)

1231.

Rice, William M.

25 Sept 1875

20 Jan 1955

(Son of John Rice & Elizabeth Myers - Double with Effie E. Rice)

1232.

Rice, William Vergil

23 Sept 1926

30 Apr 1943

Son we miss you [FS:  W. V. R.] (Son of Charlie Cecil Rice & Corrie Pearl Smith)

1233.

Rice, Willie Paralee

---

18 June 1932

Infant Dau. of William & Lee Ona Rice - Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven [FS:  W. P. R.] (Daughter of William Cook Rice & Lee Oma Norsworthy)

1234.

Rice, Zeroine

2 Mar 1877

23 Nov 1937

Mother - Dear parents tho' we miss you, we know you rest with God (Zeroine Elizabeth Smith - Daughter of John Hillis Smith, Jr. & Martha Catherine Smith - Double with Walter C. Rice)

1235.

{Rich, Cass A., Jr.

29 May 1929

16 May 2003

(Cass A. "Rusty" Rich, Jr. - Son of Cass A. Rich, Sr. & Opal - w Melba ? - Obit 14 May 2003 SCR)}

1236.

Richard, Houston S.

(8 July) 1911

(1 June) 1991

(Houston Samuel Richard - Starr Funeral Home Marker to right of Jewell H. Switzer)

1237.

Richard, Nell Mae

(29 July) 1908

(29 Oct) 1984

(Starr Funeral Home Marker 2nd to right of Jewell H. Switzer)

1238.

Richards, Jean Robertson

26 Oct 1932

---

(Double with Thurman W. Richards)

1239.

Richards, Thurman W.

20 Apr 1931

---

(Double with Jean Robertson Richards)

1240.

Richards, Tony Mae

22 July 1957

23 July 1976

At Rest - In memory of our daughter & sister (Daughter of Thurman W. Richards & Jean Robertson)

1241.

Robbins, Clyde Jr.

22 Sept 1920

30 Aug 1927

Our Baby - Darling we miss thee (Son of Henry Clyde Robbins & Era Inez Patterson)

1242.

Robbins, Era Inez

12 May 1889

30 Mar 1922

Wife of Clyde Robbins - Peace perfect peace - She faltered by the wayside and the angels took her home (Era Inez Patterson - Daughter of Walter G. Patterson & May White)

1243.

Robbins, F. P.

2 July 1917

9 July 1918

1244.

Robbins, Onie Mae

30 Aug 1904

11 Apr 1995

(Onie Mae Patterson - Daughter of Walter G. Patterson & May White - Double with William Lee Robbins)

1245.

Robbins, W. L. "Buster"

25 Aug 1921

9 Dec 2000

Mason - In loving memory (Son of William Lee Robbins and Onie Mae Patterson)

1246.

Robbins, William Lee

2 Aug 1894

11 Apr 1975

[Military Marker:  SEA 2 US Navy] (Double with Onie Mae Robbins)

1247.

Robinson, John A., Jr.,

19 Apr 1913

12 Nov 1963

Till we meet again [FS:  J. A. R.] (Double with R. Dorine Robinson)

1248.

Robinson, Peggy Annette

11 June 1935

7 Mar 1936

1249.

Robinson, R. Dorine

26 Nov 1914

---

Till we meet again (Double with John A. Robinson Jr.)

1250.

Roebuck, Mary Louise King

2 May 1905

22 Aug 1927

In memory of - Wife of Riley Warren Roebuck

1251.

Rogers, Delores J.

26 Oct 1924

26 Apr 1985

At peace

1252.

Rogers, Susie A.

7 Oct 1918

14 Mar 1999

(Double with W. Andrew Rogers)

1253.

Rogers, W. Andrew

7 Jan 1916

22 Apr 1972

(Double with Susie A. Rogers)

1254.

Rule, Glen C.

20 Nov 1925

4 May 1992

(Double with Hazel Rule)

1255.

Rule, Hazel

1 Dec 1920

14 Jan 1995

(Double with Glen C. Rule)

1256.

Rule, Mary Gertrude

11 Aug 1890

30 July 1978

In loving memory [FS:  Mother] (h Robert Tunnard Rule)

1257.

Rule, Robert Tunnard

21 Apr 1883

2 Dec 1947

Great love never dies [FS:  Dad] (w Mary Gertrude Rule)

1258.

Runnels, Margaret S.

---

---

(Funeral Home Marker to right of Maggie McGown)

1259.

Russell, Allie Bell

2 June 1925

---

In loving memory (Double with George W. Russell, Jr.)

1260.

Russell, Annie F.

18 Oct 1905

15 Aug 1990

Together forever (Double with Crit C. Russell)

1261.

Russell, Crit C.

9 Jan 1901

24 Dec 1967

Together forever (Son of Elzie H. Russell & Mary Emma Smith - Double with Annie F. Russell)

1262.

Russell, George W., Jr.

6 Mar 1917

18 June 1983

Mason - In loving memory (Son of George Washington Russell & Timmie Kirk - Double with Allie Bell Russell)