Wilks Cemetery

Wilks Cemetery
AKA Curlin

All readings courtesy of Maribeth Buce.
Big Thanks to The Rispolis for the photos; also the photos from Lisa Thomas and Cheryl Rush!

NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS

Bates, Montega L Jan 27, 1971 Jan 28, 1971 D/o George Carter & Annie Louise Mitchell Bates

Canyon, Bob 1877 1942 -

Canyon, Douglas Oct 28, 1895 Mar 21, 1968 TX Pvt Co D 507 Engineers WWI

Canyon, Judge Oct 10, 1879 Jun 27, 1932 -

Canyon, Lavell Sep 10, 1922 Jan 18, 1981 US Army WWII

Canyon, P F May 10, 1872 Feb 16, 1908 -

Canyon, Robert F 1898 1980 -

Cook, Sarah Annie Dec 30, 1882 Dec 1, 1907 W/o B T Cook

Curlin, Bertha Mar 3, 1889 Sep 17, 1902 -

Curlin, Don Wayne Oct 28, 1946 Jun 24, 1948 -

Curlin, Emma 1855 1960 -

Curlin, Floney Mae Williamson 1931 1968 Pic #2; W/o Lue Gene Curlin

Curlin, James W Sep 29, 1905 Jun 6, 1988 H/o Ola Mae Mitchell Curlin

Curlin, Janice Mar 24, 1950 Dec 25, 1970 -

Curlin, Lester Lee Apr 15, 1912 Sep 4, 1981 Pic #2; H/o Corine Allen Curlin

Curlin, Lizzie Farmer Jan 13, 1905 May 30, 1976 Pic #2; W/o Washington Curlin

Curlin, Lue Gene 1928 1971 Pic #2; H/o Floney Mae Williamson Curlin

Curlin, Matt 1849 1931 Pic #2; Age 82; At Rest; Beloved husband & father

Curlin, Matthew Jun 27, 1903 Mar 19, 1967 TX Pfc US Army WWII; H/o Eula Mitchell Curlin

Curlin, Mattie L Aug 6, 1901 Dec 1, 1966 -

Curlin, Minnie Mitchell Jan 5, 1878 Feb 19, 1960 W/o Walter Curlin

Curlin, Odessa Apr 8, 1914 Aug 7, 1991 -

Curlin, Ola Mae Mitchell Dec 25, 1922 Mar 15, 1984 W/o James W Curlin

Curlin, Thurmond C Oct 22, 1922 Dec 31, 1978 Sgt US Army WWII

Curlin, Walter Mar 19, 1878 May 19, 1968 H/o Minnie Mitchell Curlin

Curlin, Washington Aug 6, 1886 Feb 10, 1976 Pic #2; H/o Lizzie Farmer Curlin

Curlin, Willie James Sr Jun 6, 1936 Jul 29, 1998 FHM; H/o Lizzie Lou Lawton Curlin

Dooley, Ollie Sep 17, 1877 Jul 10, 1964 -

Dooley, Sedalia Jun 15, 1903 Jul 17, 1944 -

Dunn, Velma C Mar 1, 1902 Nov 16, 1972 Pic #2;

Hollins, Eunice "Buck" Oct 28, 1909 Feb 27, 2002 H/o Pecolia "Bit" Hollins

Hollins, Pecolia "Bit" Jan 22, 1906 Dec 16, 2001 W/o Eunice "Buck" Hollins

Hooks, Climontyne Dudley May 21, 1909 Oct 10, 1980 W/o McKinley Hooks

Jeffery, Hayden C 1896 1979 Pvt US Army WWI

Jeffery, Janie L Aug 25, 1903 Apr 30, 1998 -

Johnson, Aubrey Mar 3, 1901 Feb 19, 1966 H/o Christine Curlin Johnson

Johnson, Christine Curlin Jan 6, 1901 Feb 2, 1980 W/o Aubrey Johnson

Johnson, Leslie "Deacon" Sr Oct 8, 1891 May 14, 1939 H/o Katie B Curlin Johnson

Johnson, Dorothy Jean Oct 23, 1944 Jun 4, 1966 -

Johnson, Frances Jan 15, 1917 Jun 6, 1993 W/o Leonard Johnson

Johnson, Judy Lanell Nov 30, 1953 Apr 9, 1954 -

Johnson, Katie B Sep 6, 1896 Mar 20, 1994 Big Mama; W/o Leslie Johnson Sr

Johnson, Leonard Jan 1, 1899 Dec 1, 1979 H/o Frances Johnson

Johnson, Leslie H Jr Apr 2, 1924 Apr 13, 1948 Pvt US Army WWII

Johnson, Leslie Sr 1891 1939 At Rest

Kennedy, Bonnie Mitchell Mar 12, 1950 Aug 23, 2007 W/o Sammy Dean Kennedy

Kennedy, Latresha S Apr 8, 1971 Jan 8, 2002 -

Lawton, Lessie B Mitchell Stephens Nov 24, 1918 Oct 22, 2000 1st Husband Tom Henry Stephens; 2nd Husband Curtis Lawton

Manley, Addie 1869 1965 -

Menifee, Edd Apr 20, 1905 Oct 25, 1955 -

Miles, Coda Lee "Cody" Feb 28, 1927 Oct 15, 2012 H/o Ernest Marie Haskins Miles

Miles, Dinnard R Feb 11, 1953 Aug 15, 1994 Pic #2; S/o Cody & Marie Miles

Miles, E Marie Feb 1, 1939 - W/o Coda Lee Miles; m Jan 29, 1954

Miles, Elgie Curlin Mar 28, 1927 Oct 4, 1988 W/o Morris Calvin Miles

Miles, George Ray Sep 4, 1955 Oct 8, 1978 S/o Morris C Sr & Elgie Miles

Miles, Morris Calvin Jr Mar 12, 1950 Jan 21, 1970 TX Pfc US Army Vietnam; Pic #2; S/o Morris C Sr & Elgie Miles

Miles, Morris Calvin Sr Mar 13, 1924 Dec 25, 2001 Reverend; H/o Elgie Curlin Miles

Mitchell, Alton "Dick" Nov 13, 1901 Aug 13, 1987 -

Mitchell, Alvin Lewis "Wolf" Jul 27, 1955 Oct 2004 Pic #2; Pic #3; Wolf, we will always love you, your family

Mitchell, Earnestine Smith Aug 22, 1918 Oct 29, 1967 -

Mitchell, Eliza Mae May 12, 1905 Oct 22, 1939 -

Morton, Thurman May 17, 1916 Oct 6, 1981 Reeder Davis FHM

Norman, Edmon Oct 6, 1892 Dec 24, 1952 H/o Lola Curlin Norman

Norman, Lola Curlin Jan 6, 1893 Nov 22, 1954 W/o Edmon Norman; m. 1916

Palmer, Oliver Sr Dec 20, 1906 Jan 27, 1997 -

Peoples, Charles A Oct 31, 1942 Mar 18, 1983 -

Peoples, Edgie Lee Johnson "Tiny" Sep 17, 1919 Dec 16, 2007 W/o Emerson Peoples Sr; m. 1944

Peoples, Emerson "Bud" Sr Jan 16, 1918 Mar 8, 1978 Pvt US Army WWII; H/o Edgie Lee Johnson Peoples

Price, Lytichia Jammil May 16, 1980 Jun 14, 1996 -

Reece, Gladys Louise Sep 24, 1915 Aug 6, 1959 -

Reece, James Wilburn Jul 5, 1939 Feb 24, 1990 -

Sayles, Anderson Apr 30, 18?? May 26, 1930 Deacon

Sayles, Earl E Jul 2, 1917 Apr 27, 2011 Obit; H/o Laura B Cobbins Sayles

Sayles, Eula Mae Jun 16, 1904 Oct 23, 1998 -

Sayles, Ezekiel Dec 16, 1883 Jun 30, 1971 H/o Katie Lee "Okie" Hill Sayles

Sayles, G Jan 12, 1865 Aug 30, 1926 Per Death Certificate his first name is General; Reverend; H/o Ella Sayles

Sayles, Infant Jan 2, 1915 Jan 2, 1915 S/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles

Sayles, J E Jul 27, 1900 Jun 8, 1902 Young child, not quite 2 years old

Sayles, Jessie T Jun 13, 1873 Dec 26, 1895 Weep not Papa & Mama for me, for I'm waiting in heaven for thee

Sayles, Katie Lee "Okie" Oct 9, 1887 Mar 23, 1982 Pic #2; W/o Ezekiel Sayles; m. 1907

Sayles, Laura B Cobbins Jul 15, 1922 May 4, 1982 W/o Earl E Sayles; m. 1946

Sayles, Lolie B Aug 22, 1889 Oct 2, 1896 -

Sayles, Loonie Jun 2, 1915 Mar 7, 1917 S/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles

Sayles, Mable Jewel Jul 13, 1911 Dec 26, 1993 -

Sayles, Mary D Oct 30, 1908 Jan 2, 2000 -

Sayles, Pearl Jul 2, 1917 Oct 1, 1917 Inf D/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles

Sheppard, Billy Ray Oct 22, 1954 Jul 11, 1995 Pic #2; F/o Erica

Sheppard, Leuna Johnson Jun 2, 1922 Feb 3, 2012 W/o Peola "Duce" Sheppard; m. 1953

Sheppard, Peola "Duce" Feb 15, 1912 Oct 7, 1996 Pfc US Army WWII; H/o Leuna Johnson Sheppard

Snelling, Quami Simaya - - Buried next to Mabel Dean Curlin; White grandchild?

Taylor, Pelira Norman Apr 26, 1919 Jan 23, 1988 -

Thomas, Ethel Canyon Jan 2, 1915 Mar 15, 2005 W/o Clifton Thomas; m. 1939

Todd, Duck Feb 5, 1897 Sep 21, 1897 Dates are transposed on stone

Waker, Joe C Oct 5, 1873 Mar 3, 1874 -

Walker, Edwin R Feb 11, 1902 Sep 7, 1902 -

Walker, Hester Sep 26, 1863 Apr 26, 1864 -

Walker, Infant Babe Mar 28, 1869 Apr 14, 1869 Inf/o Alan Walker & Wife

Walker, Sterling Jul 4, 1884 Jul 1, 1886 -

Washington, L C 1917 1980 -

Washington, Maxine Jan 6, 1917 May 19, 1990 W/o John H Washington Jr

White, Bobbie L Apr 14, 1932 Nov 13, 1974 -

White, Mable Dean Curlin Apr 29, 1930 Dec 15, 2010 Pic #2; W/o Welton White; m. 1951

Wilks, Sarah Ca 1830 - Mother of Emma Curlin (Note: Emma Wilks Curlin; W/o Mat Curlin); 1870 census shows Sarah living with in-laws John & Lydia Wilks, no husband shown.

Home Cemetery Index

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	COMMENTS
Bates, Montega L	Jan 27, 1971	Jan 28, 1971	D/o George Carter & Annie Louise Mitchell Bates

Canyon, Bob	1877	1942	-
Canyon, Douglas	Oct 28, 1895	Mar 21, 1968	TX Pvt Co D 507 Engineers WWI
Canyon, Judge	Oct 10, 1879	Jun 27, 1932	-
Canyon, Lavell	Sep 10, 1922	Jan 18, 1981	US Army WWII
Canyon, P F	May 10, 1872	Feb 16, 1908	-
Canyon, Robert F	1898	1980	-
Cook, Sarah Annie	Dec 30, 1882	Dec 1, 1907	W/o B T Cook
Curlin, Bertha	Mar 3, 1889	Sep 17, 1902	-
Curlin, Don Wayne	Oct 28, 1946	Jun 24, 1948	-
Curlin, Emma	1855	1960	-
Curlin, Floney Mae Williamson	1931	1968	Pic #2; W/o Lue Gene Curlin
Curlin, James W	Sep 29, 1905	Jun 6, 1988	H/o Ola Mae Mitchell Curlin
Curlin, Janice	Mar 24, 1950	Dec 25, 1970	-
Curlin, Lester Lee	Apr 15, 1912	Sep 4, 1981	Pic #2; H/o Corine Allen Curlin
Curlin, Lizzie Farmer	Jan 13, 1905	May 30, 1976	Pic #2; W/o Washington Curlin
Curlin, Lue Gene	1928	1971	Pic #2; H/o Floney Mae Williamson Curlin
Curlin, Matt	1849	1931	Pic #2; Age 82; At Rest; Beloved husband & father
Curlin, Matthew	Jun 27, 1903	Mar 19, 1967	TX Pfc US Army WWII; H/o Eula Mitchell Curlin
Curlin, Mattie L	Aug 6, 1901	Dec 1, 1966	-
Curlin, Minnie Mitchell	Jan 5, 1878	Feb 19, 1960	W/o Walter Curlin
Curlin, Odessa	Apr 8, 1914	Aug 7, 1991	-
Curlin, Ola Mae Mitchell	Dec 25, 1922	Mar 15, 1984	W/o James W Curlin
Curlin, Thurmond C	Oct 22, 1922	Dec 31, 1978	Sgt US Army WWII
Curlin, Walter	Mar 19, 1878	May 19, 1968	H/o Minnie Mitchell Curlin
Curlin, Washington	Aug 6, 1886	Feb 10, 1976	Pic #2; H/o Lizzie Farmer Curlin
Curlin, Willie James Sr	Jun 6, 1936	Jul 29, 1998	FHM; H/o Lizzie Lou Lawton Curlin

Dooley, Ollie	Sep 17, 1877	Jul 10, 1964	-
Dooley, Sedalia	Jun 15, 1903	Jul 17, 1944	-
Dunn, Velma C	Mar 1, 1902	Nov 16, 1972	Pic #2;

Hollins, Eunice "Buck"	Oct 28, 1909	Feb 27, 2002	H/o Pecolia "Bit" Hollins
Hollins, Pecolia "Bit"	Jan 22, 1906	Dec 16, 2001	W/o Eunice "Buck" Hollins
Hooks, Climontyne Dudley	May 21, 1909	Oct 10, 1980	W/o McKinley Hooks

Jeffery, Hayden C	1896	1979	Pvt US Army WWI
Jeffery, Janie L	Aug 25, 1903	Apr 30, 1998	-
Johnson, Aubrey	Mar 3, 1901	Feb 19, 1966	H/o Christine Curlin Johnson
Johnson, Christine Curlin	Jan 6, 1901	Feb 2, 1980	W/o Aubrey Johnson
Johnson, Leslie "Deacon" Sr	Oct 8, 1891	May 14, 1939	H/o Katie B Curlin Johnson
Johnson, Dorothy Jean	Oct 23, 1944	Jun 4, 1966	-
Johnson, Frances	Jan 15, 1917	Jun 6, 1993	W/o Leonard Johnson
Johnson, Judy Lanell	Nov 30, 1953	Apr 9, 1954	-
Johnson, Katie B	Sep 6, 1896	Mar 20, 1994	Big Mama; W/o Leslie Johnson Sr
Johnson, Leonard	Jan 1, 1899	Dec 1, 1979	H/o Frances Johnson
Johnson, Leslie H Jr	Apr 2, 1924	Apr 13, 1948	Pvt US Army WWII
Johnson, Leslie Sr	1891	1939	At Rest

Kennedy, Bonnie Mitchell	Mar 12, 1950	Aug 23, 2007	W/o Sammy Dean Kennedy
Kennedy, Latresha S	Apr 8, 1971	Jan 8, 2002	-

Lawton, Lessie B Mitchell Stephens	Nov 24, 1918	Oct 22, 2000	1st Husband Tom Henry Stephens; 2nd Husband Curtis Lawton

Manley, Addie	1869	1965	-
Menifee, Edd	Apr 20, 1905	Oct 25, 1955	-
Miles, Coda Lee "Cody"	Feb 28, 1927	Oct 15, 2012	H/o Ernest Marie Haskins Miles
Miles, Dinnard R	Feb 11, 1953	Aug 15, 1994	Pic #2; S/o Cody & Marie Miles
Miles, E Marie	Feb 1, 1939	-	W/o Coda Lee Miles; m Jan 29, 1954
Miles, Elgie Curlin	Mar 28, 1927	Oct 4, 1988	W/o Morris Calvin Miles
Miles, George Ray	Sep 4, 1955	Oct 8, 1978	S/o Morris C Sr & Elgie Miles
Miles, Morris Calvin Jr	Mar 12, 1950	Jan 21, 1970	TX Pfc US Army Vietnam; Pic #2; S/o Morris C Sr & Elgie Miles
Miles, Morris Calvin Sr	Mar 13, 1924	Dec 25, 2001	Reverend; H/o Elgie Curlin Miles
Mitchell, Alton "Dick"	Nov 13, 1901	Aug 13, 1987	-
Mitchell, Alvin Lewis "Wolf"	Jul 27, 1955	Oct 2004	Pic #2; Pic #3; Wolf, we will always love you, your family
Mitchell, Earnestine Smith	Aug 22, 1918	Oct 29, 1967	-
Mitchell, Eliza Mae	May 12, 1905	Oct 22, 1939	-
Morton, Thurman	May 17, 1916	Oct 6, 1981	Reeder Davis FHM

Norman, Edmon	Oct 6, 1892	Dec 24, 1952	H/o Lola Curlin Norman
Norman, Lola Curlin	Jan 6, 1893	Nov 22, 1954	W/o Edmon Norman; m. 1916

Palmer, Oliver Sr	Dec 20, 1906	Jan 27, 1997	-
Peoples, Charles A	Oct 31, 1942	Mar 18, 1983	-
Peoples, Edgie Lee Johnson "Tiny"	Sep 17, 1919	Dec 16, 2007	W/o Emerson Peoples Sr; m. 1944
Peoples, Emerson "Bud" Sr	Jan 16, 1918	Mar 8, 1978	Pvt US Army WWII; H/o Edgie Lee Johnson Peoples
Price, Lytichia Jammil	May 16, 1980	Jun 14, 1996	-

Reece, Gladys Louise	Sep 24, 1915	Aug 6, 1959	-
Reece, James Wilburn	Jul 5, 1939	Feb 24, 1990	-

Sayles, Anderson	Apr 30, 18??	May 26, 1930	Deacon
Sayles, Earl E	Jul 2, 1917	Apr 27, 2011	Obit; H/o Laura B Cobbins Sayles
Sayles, Eula Mae	Jun 16, 1904	Oct 23, 1998	-
Sayles, Ezekiel	Dec 16, 1883	Jun 30, 1971	H/o Katie Lee "Okie" Hill Sayles
Sayles, G	Jan 12, 1865	Aug 30, 1926	Per Death Certificate his first name is General; Reverend; H/o Ella Sayles
Sayles, Infant	Jan 2, 1915	Jan 2, 1915	S/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles
Sayles, J E	Jul 27, 1900	Jun 8, 1902	Young child, not quite 2 years old
Sayles, Jessie T	Jun 13, 1873	Dec 26, 1895	Weep not Papa & Mama for me, for I'm waiting in heaven for thee
Sayles, Katie Lee "Okie"	Oct 9, 1887	Mar 23, 1982	Pic #2; W/o Ezekiel Sayles; m. 1907
Sayles, Laura B Cobbins	Jul 15, 1922	May 4, 1982	W/o Earl E Sayles; m. 1946
Sayles, Lolie B	Aug 22, 1889	Oct 2, 1896	-
Sayles, Loonie	Jun 2, 1915	Mar 7, 1917	S/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles
Sayles, Mable Jewel	Jul 13, 1911	Dec 26, 1993	-
Sayles, Mary D	Oct 30, 1908	Jan 2, 2000	-
Sayles, Pearl	Jul 2, 1917	Oct 1, 1917	Inf D/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles
Sheppard, Billy Ray	Oct 22, 1954	Jul 11, 1995	Pic #2; F/o Erica
Sheppard, Leuna Johnson	Jun 2, 1922	Feb 3, 2012	W/o Peola "Duce" Sheppard; m. 1953
Sheppard, Peola "Duce"	Feb 15, 1912	Oct 7, 1996	Pfc US Army WWII; H/o Leuna Johnson Sheppard
Snelling, Quami Simaya	-	-	Buried next to Mabel Dean Curlin; White grandchild?

Taylor, Pelira Norman	Apr 26, 1919	Jan 23, 1988	-
Thomas, Ethel Canyon	Jan 2, 1915	Mar 15, 2005	W/o Clifton Thomas; m. 1939
Todd, Duck	Feb 5, 1897	Sep 21, 1897	Dates are transposed on stone

Waker, Joe C	Oct 5, 1873	Mar 3, 1874	-
Walker, Edwin R	Feb 11, 1902	Sep 7, 1902	-
Walker, Hester	Sep 26, 1863	Apr 26, 1864	-
Walker, Infant Babe	Mar 28, 1869	Apr 14, 1869	Inf/o Alan Walker & Wife
Walker, Sterling	Jul 4, 1884	Jul 1, 1886	-
Washington, L C	1917	1980	-
Washington, Maxine	Jan 6, 1917	May 19, 1990	W/o John H Washington Jr
White, Bobbie L	Apr 14, 1932	Nov 13, 1974	-
White, Mable Dean Curlin	Apr 29, 1930	Dec 15, 2010	Pic #2; W/o Welton White; m. 1951
Wilks, Sarah	Ca 1830	-	Mother of Emma Curlin (Note: Emma Wilks Curlin; W/o Mat Curlin); 1870 census shows Sarah living with in-laws John & Lydia Wilks, no husband shown.