Dawson County, Texas

 

Fair Haven Cemetery
Ackerly, Texas
December 25, 2005
Transcribed by Danny Gillespie

Cemetery Photos
(Photos take a few minutes to load.)

Photos provided by Danny Gillespie.  Thanks Danny for all your help.

Row 1
Bowlin
Burns
Cluck
Whitney

 

Row 2
Bowlin
Davis
Garner
Goosley
King
Lewis
Oaks
Shortes
Thames
Row 3
Bowlin
Bowling
Brown
Dement
Oaks
Quinn
Rhea
Robertson
Smith
White
Row 4
Brown
Clayton
Cook
Davis
Dement
Dyer
Hanon
Mayfield
Myles
Oaks
Tarbet
Witt
Row 5
Albert
Baker
Bollinger
Butchee
Cook
Dyer
Forester
Jeffcoat
Johnson
McNew
Pinkerton
Webb
Row 6
Archer
Crass
Hukill
McNew
Pruitt
Sikes
Watts
Wilkerson
Row 7
Archer
Britteon
Froman
Harry
Ingram
Tyson
Weatherford
Weaver
Row 8
Belew
Bryson
Elrod
Gillespie
Hambrick
Lopez
Mahan
Mann
Shortes
Row 9
Davis
Dyer
Hammett
Hilliard
Horn
James
Langham
Lockaby
Polvado
reese
Smith
Wallace
Wommack
Row 10
Dudley
Johnston
Jones
Marsh
Mitchell
NIx
Reynolds
Sigler
Smith
Springfield
Tunnell
Row 11
Foster
Ochoa
Recendes
Vela
Webb
 

Row 1 North to South

Bowlin, William (Jack)
July 20, 1912
Jan. 22, 1991

Bowlin, Margaret (Jackie)
Jan. 7, 1915
Apr. 18, 1998

Cluck, Norman
Mar. 23, 1923
Mar. 11, 1997
Married 
Aug. 22, 1942

Cluck, Opal
Oct. 16,  1923

Cluck, John W.
June 23, 1979

Cluck, Rosa Lee
Apr. 10 1964

Whitney, Frank D.
Jan. 28, 1885
Nov. 22, 1967

Whitney, Bertha K.
Jun. 3, 1896
May 13, 1983

Burns, Lloyd Daffan
Feb. 7, 1900
Dec. 17, 1964

Burns, Lucille Phillips
Nov. 7, 1905
Apr. 20, 1989

Burns, Lee Darwin
Feb. 7,  1900
Jun. 8, 1966

Burns, James Barton
Mar. 9, 1887
Apr. 19, 1967

Burns, William Edwin
Jul. 21, 1898
Oct. 12. 1973

 

Row 2 North to South

Shortes, Victoria
Oct. 14, 1949
July 12, 1999
Registered Nurse

Bowlin, Oswald Leon
Apr. 30, 1901
Nov. 19, 1988

Bowlin, Elnie Sarah
Oct. 13, 1903
Mar. 29, 1988

Lewis, Myrtle Jewel
Mar. 19, 1899
June 26, 1966

Lewis, Benjamin Harrison
Dec. 9, 1892
Oct. 30, 1957

Davis, Leon
Feb. 5, 1910
Sept. 20, 1969

Davis, Elzora
June 3, 1909

Married
April 8, 1928

King, Maggie Lee
1881-1954

Our Mother

Bowlin, Sanford Yates
May 8, 1874
Apr. 21, 1948

Bowlin, Martha Elizabeth
Dec. 13, 1877
Oct. 10, 1960

Lewis, Maurine Bowlin
Nov. 23, 1907
June 14, 1987

Goolsby, S.F,
Sept. 18, 1887
Aug., 14, 1982

Goolsby, Lisa Ann
Sept. 22, 1894
Feb. 28, 1966

Thames, Juanita (Johnnie)
1915-1946

Oaks, William R.
Jan. 19, 1902
July 17, 1952

Oaks, Nora Wilma
July 7,  1912
Jan. 28, 1988

Garner, Eliza V.
Dec. 14, 1874
Mar. 5, 1946

Garner, J.T.
Sept. 1, 1856
Nov. 8, 1925
In Loving Memory

   

 

Row 3 North to South  

Dement, Essie
1872-1955

 

Dement, William
1859-1937

Bowlin, Melvin O'Brien
Feb. 8, 1927
Nov. 12, 1998

Bowlin, Jennie Lovetta
Sept. 5, 1930

Married 
June 15, 1946

Bowlin, Melvin Y.
Nov. 24, 1899
Dec. 28, 1981

Bowlin, Belva V.
May 17, 1898
Aug. 13, 1993

Rhea, George H.
Oct. 19, 1897
Dec. 22, 1968

Rhea, Bonnie D.
Dec. 22, 1905
July 30, 1973

Oaks, Opal Mae
Mar. 30, 1925
July 29, 1985

Oaks, Robert Dee
Apr. 6, 1924
Nov. 23, 1985
Married
Mar. 22, 1944

Oaks, Robert L. 
Mar. 12, 1949
Nov. 11, 1969
Texas, SSG CO M 75 INF 199 LT. INF BDE

Smith, Stanley Kendall
Aug. 9, 1954

Smith, Deana Ann
Dec. 12, 1955
June 19, 2002

Brown, James H.
1868-1949

Brown, Lynda Yvonne
Dec. 12, 1949

White, Norma Dee
In Memory of
June 26, 1927
May 28, 1928
Buried at Midway Cemetery, Dawson Co., Texas

White, Leo Curtis
Feb. 3, 1903
Aug. 8, 1998

White, Mary Edith
Mar. 6, 1903
May 10, 1991
Married
Dec. 23, 1923

Bowling, Queen V.
Jan. 3, 1873
Nov. 13, 1944

Robertson, Joy Elaine
Aug. 30, 1943
Sept. 2, 1943
A little bud of love, gone to bloom with God above.

 

Robertson, J.T.
June 5, 1888
Feb. 8, 1946

Robertson, Erva Davis
Nov. 1, 1889
Nov. 30, 1973

Quinn, Rhoda
(Remainder of stone covered in sand)

Quinn, Lee W.
(Remainder of stone covered in sand)

 

Snow, Thomas Matt
Dec., 29, 1869
Nov. 3, 1950

McDonald Ellen
"Meme"
1910-2002
Forever in our hearts

McDonald, J. Frank
1908-1956
He liveth a life in deed

McDonald, Willie Geneiva
Oct. 6, 1947
Apr. 1, 1969

McCurtain, Edna Ruth
Feb. 8, 1936
Mar. 21, 1989

Beloved Mama and Nonnie

Small, Ella Louise
Feb. 5, 1942
June 3, 2000
Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there. I did not die

         

Row 4 North to South

Hanon, Audrey
June 22, 1927
July 1, 1942

 

Dement, Ira
July 27, 1899
Mar. 2, 1990

 

Dement, Kate
Nov. 23, 1906
Feb. 19, 1990

Mayfield, Claudy Clarice
June 26, 1929
Sept. 9, 1929

Mayfield, Roy P.
May 9, 1893
Jan. 28, 1977

Mayfield, Dollie A.
Feb. 20, 1894
Dec. 17, 1976
Married
Apr. 26, 1914

Brown, Martha
1848-1929

Dyer, Marvin E.
May 3, 1883
Oct. 25, 1972

Dyer, Callie M.
Apr. 2, 1886
Feb. 19, 1979
Married 
Nov. 6, 1904
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want

Dyer, Sarah A.
June 15, 1855
Sept. 15, 1937
Mother

 

Dyer, Alford A.
1930-1936
S/O Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Davis

 

Myles, James H. Sr.
1880-1967
(Double Sided Stone)

 

Myles, Essie Lee
1884-1964

 

Myles, James H.
1904-1987

 

Myles, Daisy Lee
1904-1997

Myles, Betty Joe Hamel
1902-1963

Myles, Essie R. Cheairs
1909-1963

Myles, Joe W.
1909-1930

Myles, Pauline Burton
1907-1931

Tarbet. Thomas H.
May 16, 1884
Oct. 27, 1967

Tarbet, Flossie
Sept. 13, 1891
Oct. 27, 1952

Cook, G.F. "Finley"
1888-1958
Father
Married
Oct. 30, 1907

Cook, Bertie
1889-1980
Mother
At the break of day, the shadows will flee

Oaks, Burton
Dec. 6, 1911
Nov. 7, 1986
Married
Apr. 24, 1943

Oaks, Elizabeth
1900-1976

Oaks, Fred
1887-1961

Oaks, Floyd
1920-1942

Oaks, Mary E.
1879-1936

 

Oaks, George Dewey
May 20, 1898
Oct. 19, 1984

US Army

 

Witt, Roxie Lorena
May 30, 1928
May 30, 1928

 

Oaks, Beatrice
1914-1949

Clayton, Dorthy Dell
Mar. 7, 1936
Dec. 17, 2001
(On back) In loving memory of our Mother. Carla, Carlos, James, Wayne, Don, Charlie, Tracy

     

Row 5 North to South   

Dyer, M.E. "Bud" Jr.
May 18, 1920
Aug. 27, 2004

Married
Nov. 26, 1953

Dyer, Wanda A.
Nov. 26, 1927

Baker, Delbert Darrell
Feb. 25, 1931
Sept. 6, 1992
US Marine Corps
Korea

Baker, Edna J.
July 26, 1897
Dec. 31, 1976

Baker, Buck
Sept. 30, 1899
July 4, 1981

Jeffcoat, Elmer V.
Mar. 30, 1905
Dec. 23, 1969

 

Jeffcoat, Julia A.
Oct. 1, 1876
June 28, 1962

Jeffcoat, Henry C.
Nov. 22, 1869
Oct. 26, 1954

Albert, Carl H. Jr.
Nov. 6, 1906
May 29, 1965

Albert, Minnie Alma
June 13, 1890
Apr. 16, 1968

Albert, Carl H. Sr.
Oct. 5, 1889
Jan. 22, 1944

Albert, Laurel L.
Jan. 15, 1921
Feb. 10, 1983

McNew, Eathan Allen
Oct. 4, 1910
May 2, 1933
H/O Grace McNew

Butchee, Penelope B.
July 1, 1938
July 1, 1938

 

Butchee, J.G. (Dick)
June 9, 1905
Feb. 8, 1988

 

Butchee, Bonnie Mae
June 8, 1917
Sept. 19, 1988

Cook, Murray A.
Feb. 22, 1912
Sept. 29, 1984

Cook, Augustus
Aug. 3, 1914

Married
Oct. 24, 1930

Cook, Murray Gedon
Feb. 25, 1934
Feb. 14, 1935
In Loving Memory

Baum, George Lee
Nov. 24, 1941
Nov. 24, 1941
S/O Thurman & Ora Lee

Bollinger
(No other information on stone)

 

Pinkerton, Emmily Edna Lee Forester
1895-1991

Pinkerton, Robert Cleveland
1892-1964

Johnson, Nellie Forester
1888-1965

Forester, Peter Edward
1861-1952

Forester, Edward Hester
1893-1976

 

Forester Beulah Mae Thixton
1897-1953

Forester, Ethel May
Feb. 27, 1916
Mar. 28, 1935
Gone from our home, but not our hearts

Forester, Emmaline
Feb. 28, 1867
Aug. 18, 1943

Webb, Robert Matthew
Nov. 28, 1882
Feb. 3, 1973

Webb, Lavenia
Feb. 14, 1889
Jan. 16, 1975

     

 

Row 6 North to South

Watts, Betty Jo
Oct. 19, 1926
Jan. 25, 1957

Watts, Lula Mae
Feb. 14, 1905
May 20, 1975

Watts, Oscar Joseph
Sept. 19, 1902
Jan. 3, 1955

Acher, George M.
Aug. 2, 1906
Mar. 3, 1937
In Loving Memory

Bristow, Henry C.
July 28, 1885
Oct. 24, 1952

 

Bristow, Rosa Mae
Aug. 8, 1886
May 18, 1959

 

Hukill, Dana Kaye (McNew)
Nov. 25, 1952
Dec. 17, 1950

McNew, Vicki Lynn
July 19, 1950
Dec. 17, 1950

McNew, Jay H.
June 6, 1929

Married
Dec. 11, 1948

McNew, Sudie E.
June 23,. 1929
Dec. 31,  2002

 

Wilkerson, Shirley Diane Matlock
Dec. 30, 1945
May 26, 1996
Daughter, Mother, Sister, Friend

Sikes, L.C.
Nov. 26, 1938
Oct. 5, 1966
In Loving Memory

Sikes, Myrtle V.
June 19, 1898
July 11, 1973

Pruitt, Maggie
1912-1949
W/O Ott Pruitt

Hampton, Melvin
Mar. 9, 1929
Aug. 24, 1931
S/O G.E. Griswell
A fairer bud of promise never bloomed

Crass, John I.
Sept. 26, 1874
Feb. 8, 1956

Crass, Viola
Aug. 22, 1878
Feb. 8, 1956

Burns, Annie
1883-1945

Burns, James
1885-19??

 

 

 

Row 7 North to South

Harry, S.M. "Jake"
Nov. 10, 1905
Aug. 14, 1979

Harry. J. Faye
Mar. 8, 1914

Married 
Jan. 27, 1937

Britteon, Lucy
June 8, 1908
June 10, 1981

Archer, Jesse
Oct. 9, 1879
Dec. 3, 1964

Archer, Lula B.
Apr. 3, 1880
Apr. 6, 1961

Archer, Harold B., Sr.
Nov. 9, 1901
Dec. 18, 1965
PVT US Army
WWII

Tyson, Edna Marie
Nov. 23, 1930
Dec. 6, 1930

Milton, Weaver
1912-1954
TX MOMMI USNR

Ingram, R.D.
Dec. 10, 1905
Jan. 11, 1968

Ingram, Thelma
Mar. 20, 1906
Aug. 24, 1987

Weatherford, Johnnie Mae
July 23, 1921
Nov. 12, 1948
Mother

Weatherford, LeRoy
July 15, 1915
July 20, 1997
Father

Froman, Minnie C.
1870-1958

Froman, Samuel W.
1862-1940

 

Row 8, North to South

Lopez, Della B.
 Oct. 14, 1943
Oct. 10, 2004
Age 60
(Funeral Home Marker)

Belew, Martha S.
 Sept. 2, 1941
Oct. 14, 2003
Age 62
(Funeral Home Marker)

Hambrick, Nora White
Dec. 9, 1925
Dec. 28, 1991
This is the day which the Lord hath made,  We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

Bryson, William Melvin
May 8, 1910
Sept. 20, 1981

Bryson, George W.
1878-1954

Bryson, Gutisha M.
1886-1956

Gillespie, Joe Edd
Sept. 9, 1926
Mar. 22, 2004
(On back of stone)
Our Sons
Kenny Lynn, Perry Don, Tony Jay, Dannie Joe

Gillespie, Hallie White
Aug. 20, 1931

Married
June 5, 1949

Shortes, Berneta  Hull
Nov. 9, 1929
Apr. 24, 1986

Shortes, Myrtle Irene
Mar. 4, 1910
June 7, 1953
Mother

Shortes, Glenda Ruth
Apr. 30, 1937
May 4, 1938
D/O Irene & James Shortes

Mahan, Robert W.
Jan. 24, 1881
Sept. 14, 1952
Father

Mahan, Lucretia J.
Nov. 3, 1885
Sept. 23, 1982
In my Father's house are many mansions.

Mann, Boston F.
Dec. 4, 1882
Mar. 8, 1947

Mann, Melissia
Mar. 12, 1887
Mar. 3, 1963
There shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying.  Rev. 21:4

Elrod, Eugene Jr.
Jan. 9, 1940
Little Angel

Elrod, Marron Doreen
July 9, 1938
Darling Daughter

Elrod, Eugene
Dec. 25, 1900
June 25, 1943
A sleep in Jesus

   

 

Row 9, North to South

Horn, Sarah Joy
Sept. 3, 1980
Stillborn

Davis, Brenda Kay
Apr. 5, 1947
Jan. 26, 2005
Mother
Registered Nurse

Wallace, Norman (Bill)
Apr. 28, 1918

Wallace, Glenda Faye
Dec. 18, 1921
Sept. 29, 2000
Married
Nov. 23, 1938

Wallace, T.L.
Jan. 5, 1876
Nov. 22, 1957

Wallace, Vinie
Feb. 11, 1880
May 5, 1964

James, Alvin Asbon
Dec. 28, 1910
Apr. 11, 1959

James, Texoma Pauline
Nov. 5, 1912
July 27, 1982

James, Glenda Faye
On Earth 1954
In Heaven 1967

James, Billy Joe
1932-1968

Polvado, Rosa
May 14, 1885
Jan. 12, 1939

Polvado, Carl
May 13, 1881
Dec. 15, 1960

Hammett, Lloyd D.
June 19, 1908
June 14, 1965

Hammett, Hazel L.
Apr. 21, 1908
Aug. 29, 1964
In my Father's house are many mansions.

Langham, Carrie D.
Aug. 9, 1883
Sept. 25, 1974

Langham, David L.
Apr. 22, 1876
Apr. 27, 1953

Reese, Ocie Inez
1917-1936
In Loving Memory

Lockaby, Hattie
Dec. 27, 1890
Oct. 11, 1957

Lockaby, Ed
Jan. 26, 1887
Nov. 11, 1938

Lockaby, Lester E.
Aug. 8, 1917
Jul. 3, 1939
One Worthy of Remembrance

Wommack, Tonya
1968-1968
(Funeral home marker)

Dyer, Ellis Wayne
June 7, 1933
June 2, 1997
Cpl, US Army
Korea

Dyer, Allen Wayne
1958-1963
S/O Ellis Dyer

Concrete Stone...
No information

Hilliard, Leon
Oct. 27, 1912
Feb. 12, 1934
God alone understands

Smith, Marcus L.
1890-1951
Gone but not forgotten

   

Row 10, North to South

Mitchell, Mammie Murl (Lindy)
1886-1953
Mother

Mitchell, M.T.
1879-1971
Daddy

Mitchell, Glen E.
June 25, 1924
Apr. 12, 1979

Mitchell, Leona
Feb. 14, 1870
Dec. 28, 1952
Sister

Nix, Fred Lois
Nov. 5, 1905
June 7, 1998

Nix, Imogene "Sue"
Oct. 11, 1922

Married 
May 1, 1932

Nix, Lilliam Beatrice
Jul. 27, 1910
May 6, 1981

Nix, William L.. "Will"
Apr. 9, 1879
Oct. 1, 1962

Nix, Hannah Miriah "Dollie"
Mar. 17, 1885
Nov. 16, 1962

Married
Dec. 21, 1902

Reynolds, Clarence
July 7, 1869
Dec. 3, 1937
Absent here but present with the Lord.

Marsh, Beulah Lois
Nov. 12, 1887
(Death date covered, but appears to be 1959)

Marsh, Francis Barbee
Oct. 18, 1918
May 19, 1935

Marsh, John Shelton
Oct. 30, 1882
Feb. 10, 1935

Jones, Harmon Lightle
July 21, 1877
Feb. 25, 1948

Tunnell, Doris L.
May 16, 1931
Mar. 12, 1948

Smith, Donald Wayne
Apr. 12, 1933
Apr. 12, 1933

Dudley, Gracie Velma
May 8, 1898
Feb. 12, 1931

Springfield, Baby
Nov. 25, 1928
D/O B.O. & Neva

Foster, Mary Jane
Apr. 27, 1934
Feb. 2, 1936
A little bud of love to bloom with God above.

ohnston, Mary Gaylia
1933-1934
D/O L.E. Johnston
Darling, we miss thee

Sigler, Ellis S.
1868-1941
Born in Mississippi

Monroe, Minnie
Mar. 12, 1883
Sept. 14, 1935
W/O R.O. Monroe
There is rest in Heaven

(Stone marker...No information)

Dudley, Eldora Lee
Nov. 1, 1868
Sept. 23, 1946

     

 

Row 11 North to South

Webb, Shon Benton
Aug. 29, 1975
Aug. 31, 1975
Our Son

Webb, Alice Gertrude Carpenter
July 11, 1883
May 3, 1970
Mother

Webb, Lula Bell
Nov. 11, 1915
Apr. 15, 1969

Webb, John B.
Oct. 8, 1907
Mar. 21, 1974

Webb, Mary I.
May 2, 1917

Married
Jan. 22, 1933

Foster, Pearl
Apr. 25, 1910
Aug. 15, 2001

Foster, Ben
Sept. 8, 1905
Mar. 17, 1967

Foster, Infant
Jan 16, 1940
S/O Ben Foster

Foster, Jack Arthor
Dec. 12, 1924
Sept. 27, 1939

Ochoa, Luz F.
Apr. 1, 1921

Ochoa, Pedro
Apr. 26, 1914
Jan. 7, 1988

Vela, Consuelo
Sept. 2, 1897
Feb. 7, 1971

Recendes, Grabiel V.
Mar. 24, 1934
June 16, 1951

 

 

Cemetery Page


 

Back to Dawson County

TXGenWeb Project                    USGenWeb Project

Last Updated
10/24/2021

Laura Gregory Roberts, County Coordinator


Content of this site has been gathered from many sources and transcribed records. Therefore, errors may occur. When in doubt as to the accuracy of data contained herein, go to the actual records yourself.  If you find any inaccurate data, please let me know.  The information contained in this website is for your personal use only.  All pages, compilations, transcriptions and abstracts are protected by copyright law and may not be published in whole or in part without written consent of the author, contributor and/or webmaster.

©Copyright 2013 TXGenWeb

Permission is given to copy small portions of this website for personal use only. This entire file and/or website may not be copied or duplicated. Commercial use is prohibited without expressed written permission. That includes, but is not limited to, all photographs.