MUNNERLYN CEMETERY Sabine County

Indexed 24 February 2001 & 25 February 2001 by Kay Parker McCary and Billy Neal Fussell

DIRECTIONS Munnerlyn Cemetery – Sabine County, Texas - From the courthouse in Hemphill take Hwy 83 East 1 block to Hwy 87. Go North or left 7 miles to Milam. At the intersection of Hwy 87 and Hwy 21 in Milam continue North on Hwy 87 12.7 miles. The Munnerlyn Cemetery will be on the right. Additional information added in parenthesis.
	Name	Born	Died	Inscription	Comments
1	ADAMS, Minnie Carpenter	15 Mar 1869	28 Apr 1913
2	ANDERSON, Aubra S.	2 Mar 1886	23 Jan 1907	"Blessed are they which die in the Lord"
3	ANDERSON, Mable Luvena	29 Oct 1915	1 Dec 1993	"Mother – Loving MaMaw" - PICTURE	(dbl/w Woodrow Jefferson Anderson)
4	ANDERSON, Martha E.	15 Nov 1855	11 Dec 1900	"Born in Monroe Co. AL – Died at Sexton, Texas – Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest, God called thee home now take thy rest"
5	ANDERSON, Woodrow Jefferson	24 Sept 1914	15 May 1986	"Daddy - Loving PaPaw – Cpl US Army Air Corps WWII" - PICTURE	(dbl/w Mable Luvena Anderson)
6	BEADLE, Byron L.	17 Nov 1918	12 Oct 1987	US Army Air Corps WWII
7	BEADLE, Luvella Louise	19 May 1922	2 July 1984		(Colonial Funeral Home Marker – Pasadena)
8	BERRY, Claude Paul	16 Sept 1910	27 Sept 1978	"How Great Thou Art"	(dbl/w Rosa Waldrop Berry)
9	BERRY, Infant Son	---	6 Jun 1928	"Infant son of Claude & Rosa Berry – Our Love One"	only one date
10	BERRY, Joey Paul	26 Sept 1960	9 Dec 1991
11	BERRY, Rosa Waldrop	8 June 1906	26 June 1987	"How Great Thou Art"	(dbl/w Claude Paul Berry)
12	BOHANNON, Adell	9 Apr 1913	6 Dec 1981		(dbl/w J. S. Bohannon
13	BOHANNON, Daisy L.	11 Feb 1911	22 May 1999	Eastern Star emblem	(dbl/w Martin K. Bohannon)
14	BOHANNON, Infant	---	---	"Infant of Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Bohannon"	no dates
15	BOHANNON, Infant	---	---	"Infant of Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Bohannon"	no dates
16	BOHANNON, J. S.	14 July 1908	2 Aug 1988	Masonic emblem	(dbl/w Adell Bohannon)
17	BOHANNON, Martin K.			Masonic emblem - "In Loving Memory"	(dbl/w Daisy L. Bohannon)
18	BOOKER, C. E.	30 Nov 1830	10 Mar 1906	"He was faithful to every duty"
19	BOOKER, Hattie A.	3 Nov 1872	10 June 1876	"The little feet in the golden street shall never go astray."
20	BOOKER, Sarah M.	4 Jan 1839	1 May 1900	"Sweetly resting, Resting in Heaven"
21	BRAGG, Mary Ann	31 Aug 1884	14 Nov 1954	"Loving Memories"	(dbl/w William Henry Bragg)
22	BRAGG, William Henry	4 Jan 1884	30 Apr 1962	"Loving Memories"	(dbl/w Mary Ann Bragg)
23	CARPENTER, Allice Ora	13 July 1891	18 Aug 1923	"Wife of J. R. Carpenter – Dearest Mother thou hast left us Thy loss we deeply feel, But it’s God hath Bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal."
24	CARPENTER, Arlie R.	22 Oct 1905	21 Jan 1977	"Father"	(dbl/w Verna E. Carpenter)
25	CARPENTER, Audrice	29 Nov 1913	23 Apr 1974	"In God’s care"
26	CARPENTER, Bernard Estaline	1 Apr 1927	25 Aug 1928	"Dau of J. R. & Starling Carpenter – Asleep in Jesus, Blessed thought"
27	CARPENTER, Bluniece Mildred	26 Nov 1911	3 Oct 1914	"Dau of J. R. & A. O. Carpenter – A little Bud of love to bloom with God above"
28	CARPENTER, Dolton	5 Dec 1894	10 Mar 1967		(dbl/w Thelma Carpenter)
29	CARPENTER, Doyle C.	13 May 1919	22 June 1978	US Navy WWII
30	CARPENTER, Ellis	5 July 1895	4 Feb 1964
31	CARPENTER, Emily E. “nee Pratt”	5 Apr 1884	16 Nov 1908
32	CARPENTER, Georgia Ann	1871	1944	"We trust our loss will be her gain and that with Christ she’s gone to reign"
33	CARPENTER, Herman Ray	21 May 1916	10 Sep 1918	"Son of J. R. & A. O. Carpenter – Sleep On sleep Sweet Babe and take thy rest, God called thee home He thought it best"
34	CARPENTER, Jeff Clyde	25 July 1929	9 Feb 1990	"Daddy’s sleeping"
35	CARPENTER, Jessie R. V.	23 June 1929	30 Sept 1953	"Till We shall meet and never part"	PICTURE
36	CARPENTER, Johnnie G.	26 Sept 1932	30 Aug 1971
37	CARPENTER, John Walter	12 May 1877	6 May 1955
38	CARPENTER, J. R. “Jim”	13 Feb 1880	30 Sept 1961	"Gone Home"
39	CARPENTER, J. W.	1847	19 Sept 1910	"Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord"
40	CARPENTER, Lizzie	22 May 1882	12 Apr 1967
41	CARPENTER, Mary J.	25 Mar 1851	25 Jan 1913	"Wife of J. W. Carpenter – Her children rise up and call her blessed"
42	CARPENTER, Starling	15 Jan 1898	10 Dec 1940	"Wife of J. R. Carpenter – Safe in the arms of Jesus"
43	CARPENTER, Thelma	23 June 1902	4 Aug 1962		(dbl/w Dolton Carpenter)
44	CARPENTER, Verna E.	5 Aug 1905	25 Nov 1974	"Mother"	(dbl/w Arlie R. Carpenter)
45	CARPENTER, Wiley “Rile”	18 Mar 1875	12 Oct 1949	"Our Daddy"
46	COOPER, R. P.	1874	16 Nov 1908	"God Bless Our Father"
47	DOUTHIT, Infant Son	4 Sept 1900	4 Mar 1901	"Infant son of T. C. & N. V. Douthit – It was an Angel that visited the green earth and took the flower away"
48	DOUTHIT, Jennie	14 Aug 1869	---		(dbl/w Thomas C. Douthit - no death date)
49	DOUTHIT, Joseph Melvin	4 Sept 1904	16 July 1905	"Son of T. C. & N. V. Douthit – Death loves a shining work"
50	DOUTHIT, Lucy B.	7 Apr 1898	12 Feb 1901	"Dau of T. C. & N. V. Douthit - Our darling on hath gone before To meet us on that blissful shore"
51	DOUTHIT, Thomas C.	17 July 1864	5 Mar 1926	"Weep not for us dear children We’re waiting in glory for thee" - Masonic emblem	(dbl/w Jennie Douthit)
52	DOUTHIT, Willie A.	14 Jan 1886	11 Jan 1905	"F.C.B. - Dau of T. C. & N. V. Douthit – Weep not Papa and Mama for me, I am waiting in Heaven for thee"
53	ELLIS, Percy	30 Sept 1912	10 July 1913
54	GRAHAM, Elizabeth S. Davis Munnerlyn	1835	1915
55	GRAY, Eliza J.	20 Sept 1873	28 Feb 1954	"Not my will but Thine Be done"	(dbl/w Tom W. Gray)
56	GRAY, Jessie F.	7 Aug 1884	16 June 1966	"Dying is but going home" – PICTURE	(dbl/w Rev. James B. Gray)
57	GRAY, L. Eugene	27 July 1911	19 Apr 1974	"Thou lost to sight to memory dear"
58	GRAY, Rev. James B.	5 June 1889	5 Apr 1958	"Dying is but going home" – PICTURE	(dbl/w Jessie F. Gray)
59	GRAY, Tom W.	5 Mar 1871	23 July 1907	"Not my will but Thine Be done"	(dbl/w Eliza J. Gray)
60	GRAY, Tommy V.	5 Jan 1908	6 May 1909	"Our Baby – Only sleeping"
61	HARDY, Baby Girl	---	---		no dates
62	HARDY, Eugene Dotson	25 Dec 1909	28 Sept 1991	Married 30 Nov 1933	(dbl/w Myrtie V. Hardy)
63	HARDY, Harold Dotson	8 Nov 1939	20 Mar 1970
64	HARDY, Myrtie V.	28 Nov 1916	12 July 1969	Married 30 Nov 1933	1933 (dbl/w Eugene Dotson Hardy)
65	HOLDER, Delia	3 June 1861	14 June 1927	"In my Father’s house are many mansions"	(dbl/w H. C. Holder)
66	HOLDER, H. C.	13 Mar 1857	13 June 1927	"In my Father’s house are many mansions"	(dbl/w Delia Holder)
67	HOLDER, Henry H.	28 Aug 1901	30 Aug 1902	"Son of H. C. & D. L. Holder – In Heaven there is one Angel more"
68	HOLDER, Jeffie Leona	(15 Jan) 1889	(24 May)1970	"The Lord is my Shepard"
69	HOLDER, Lucille Olga	8 Feb 1897	15 Jan 1989	"Aunt Lucy"
70	HOLDER, Rubie	8 Nov 1898	7 Aug 1900	"She is not dead but sleepth"
71	INGRAM, May N.	23 Jun 1875	10 Sept 1896	"Wife of J. M. Ingram, Jr. – From Love’s shining circle, the gems drop away"
72	MATTHEWS, M.	23 Apr 1840	23 Mar 1905	"Farewell dear wife and children all from you a father Christ has called"
73	MINTON, A. B.	4 Oct 1861	20 June 1925	"God’s finger touched him and he slept"
74	MINTON, Charlie Gay	25 Dec 1883	18 Nov 1901	"At Rest – Another gem in the Savior’s crown and another soul in Heaven"
75	MINTON, Eleanar	6 Jul 1894	31 Aug 1895	"Our Darling Baby – Asleep in Jesus"
76	MINTON, Georgia Booker	24 Jul 1867	15 Sep 1930	"A Tender mother and faithful friend"
77	MINTON, Sibyl Joy	22 Apr 1901	26 Mar 1952	"Sis – She died as she lived a Christian"
78	MITCHELL, Beatrice	---	25 Sep 1935		only one date
79	MITCHELL, Charles	---	20 Mar 1941		only one date
80	MITCHELL, Earl	---	2 Sep 1931		only one date
81	MITCHELL, Jack	---	5 Aug 1936		only one date
82	MITCHELL, Herman & Raymond	---	9 Nov 1937		only one date
83	MITCHELL, Mary Louise	---	9 July 1933		only one date
84	MUNNERLYN, B. N.?	9 Apr 1829	14 May 1865	"A native of SC"
85	MUNNERLYN, Bessie Vera	30 Dec 1903	25 Jan 1904	"Dau of B. H. & M. E. Munnerlyn – Gone to Heaven to be an Angel"
86	NEWMAN, Elsie Jean	1 Mar 1938	4 July 1966
87	ODOM, Belinda Rae Carpenter	14 July 1950	8 Aug 1984		(Age 34 – Clayton-Thompson Funeral Home Marker)
88	PAYNE, James P.	8 Oct 1845	2 Feb 1892	"Aged 46 years, 3 mos, 24 dys – Tis hard to break the tender cord when love has bound the heart Tis hard so hard to speak the words We must forever part."
89	PAYNE, Jennie	2 Feb 1858	22 Mar 1903	"Wife of James P. Payne – Aged 45 years, 1 mo, 2 ds – Our Father in His wisdom called the boon His love had given and tho on earth the body lies, the soul is safe in Heaven"
90	PAYNE, Lillian Jeanette	25 Sept 1919	22 Feb 1999	"Mistress of Jolie Plantation"
92	PAYNE, Thomas F.	18 Feb 1815	18 Oct 1876	"Born In Texas – Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord" (footstone) "Soldier of the Republic of Texas"
93	POLLEY, Bessie Holder	18 Oct 1891	5 Dec 1926	"Mother"
94	TILLMAN, Joseph	1 Jan 1857	17 Apr 1891	"Affections tribute here raise Tis all that I can do Till death shall close my earthly days Our friendship to renew."
95	TILLMAN, Julia	29 Mar 1858	21 Jan 1900	"Wife of Joe Tillman - Lead Kindly Light – Truth has no sorrows that Heaven can not heal"
96	WALDROP, Berta	13 Jan 1869	9 Mar 1950	"In after time we’ll meet her"
97	WALDROP, Mamie	7 Feb 1899	14 Mar 1983	"Honor thy father & mother"	(dbl/w O. E. “Pete” Waldrop)
98	WALDROP, O. E. “Pete”	4 Mar 1901	6 Jan 1968	"Honor thy father & mother"	(dbl/w Mamie Waldrop)
99	WALDROP, Opal Walton	16 Feb 1929	---	Married 6 Sept 1947	(dbl/w Paul Ray Waldrop)
100	WALDROP, Paul Ray	19 Aug 1927	16 Aug 2000	Married 6 Sept 1947	(dbl/w Opal Walton Waldrop)
101	WALDROP, Rachel	13 Apr 1931	13 Apr 1931
102	WILBURN, Clayton	31 May 1918	3 Oct 1955	Texas PFC Co D 387 Inf WWII	(dbl/w Lois Wilburn)
103	WILBURN, Lois	4 Mar 1922	---		(dbl/w Clayton Wilburn)
104	WILLIAMSON, Bulah	---	---		(Child – Concrete Slab – No Dates)
105	WILLIAMSON, Jessie	9 Jan 1872	24 May 1952	"In Loving Memory"	(dbl/w Willie Williamson)
106	WILLIAMSON, Mary Lou	15 Aug 1941	12 Feb 1942	"Our Beloved Baby – Asleep in Jesus"
107	WILLIAMSON, Virgie	---	---		(Child – Concrete Slab – No Dates)
108	WILLIAMSON, Willie	23 July 1875	14 Sept 1958	"In Loving Memory"	(dbl/w Jessie Williamson)
109	(Can't read name)	1882	1953		(Funeral Home Marker – Roberts, Pipkin, Brulin)
110	(Can't read name)	1889	23 ?__y 1899
111	Broken - top of small stone with Lamb
112	Concrete marker
113	Round concrete marker

"Born in Monroe Co. AL – Died at Sexton, Texas – Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest, God called thee home now take thy rest"

(Colonial Funeral Home Marker – Pasadena)

(dbl/w Claude Paul Berry)

(dbl/w Martin K. Bohannon)

(dbl/w Daisy L. Bohannon)

"The little feet in the golden street shall never go astray."

(dbl/w William Henry Bragg)

(dbl/w Mary Ann Bragg)

"Dau of J. R. & A. O. Carpenter – A little Bud of love to bloom with God above"

"We trust our loss will be her gain and that with Christ she’s gone to reign"

"Son of J. R. & A. O. Carpenter – Sleep On sleep Sweet Babe and take thy rest, God called thee home He thought it best"

"Wife of J. W. Carpenter – Her children rise up and call her blessed"

"Wife of J. R. Carpenter – Safe in the arms of Jesus"

"Infant son of T. C. & N. V. Douthit – It was an Angel that visited the green earth and took the flower away"

(dbl/w Thomas C. Douthit - no death date)

"Dau of T. C. & N. V. Douthit - Our darling on hath gone before To meet us on that blissful shore"

1915

(dbl/w Rev. James B. Gray)

(dbl/w Jessie F. Gray)

(dbl/w Myrtie V. Hardy)

1933 (dbl/w Eugene Dotson Hardy)

(dbl/w H. C. Holder)

13 Mar 1857

(dbl/w Delia Holder)

(dbl/w O. E. “Pete” Waldrop)

(dbl/w Mamie Waldrop)

(dbl/w Paul Ray Waldrop)

13 Apr 1931

(dbl/w Lois Wilburn)

(dbl/w Clayton Wilburn)

(Child – Concrete Slab – No Dates)

(dbl/w Willie Williamson)

(Child – Concrete Slab – No Dates)

(dbl/w Jessie Williamson)

(Funeral Home Marker – Roberts, Pipkin, Brulin)