Dawson County, Texas

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FIVE MILE CEMETERY

Directions:  From Big Spring, Texas take Highway 87 north 35 miles to County Road 26.  Turn left (west) onto CR 26 and drive approximately three miles to the corner of CR 26 and CR M and the cemetery is on the north-west corner.  Information collected by Linda Wahnene Madison and Jason Wade Madison.  In honor of our ancestors the Hobbs’ and Terral’s.  (Used with permission from Jason Madison, Feb. 2005)  The information in brown was obtained on paper copy from Dawson County Records on 8/9/1984 along with an account entitled "PERSONS WHO DIED AND/OR BURIED IN DAWSON BORN BETWEEN 1860 and 1880."   Taken from County Records by C.W. Duke, Jr., and Compiled by W.O.Rucker(Continued from Threads of Life No.16. March 1980)    Furnished by Neva Earnest-Lott <anjel01@sbcglobal.net> Sept. 10, 2005
Headstones photos furnished by Jason Madison, Feb. 2005
Information in green is furnished by Jason Madison, Feb. 2005
Information in brown was obtained on paper copy from Dawson County Records on 8/9/1984....2005
Information in orange furnished by Lisa Hale....2006
Some photos furnished by Deana Scott.....2006
Information in orchid furnished by Wanda Willard Smith....2006
Information in maroon obtained from the Texas Death Index 1903-2000.....June 2007 TD
Information in Magenta obtained from the Texas Birth Index 1903-1997....June 2007 TB
Information in Forest Green obtained from the WWI Draft Registration Records....June 2007 WWI
Information in Dark Goldenrod obtained from the California Death Index 1940-1997....June 2007 CD
Information in Dark Orchid obtained from the Texas Death Certificate Index.....March 2009 TDC 

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Headstones

Inscriptions/Information
Alexander, Alice Lillian Carter 1866 Oct. 8, 1924

none
Alexander, Jefferson D. 1861 1925   none
Alexander, Morris M.   Mar. 8, 1908 Aug. 24, 1910

none
Anderson, Lila Fern Jan. 1, 1920 Jan. 16, 1920   D/O Frank Anderson & Valrie Cochran
Barron, Hugh Craig   Apr. 10, 1855 Aug. 7, 1945

S/O Barron & Remmington TDC
Barron, Mary E. Collier     Apr. 1, 1858 Feb. 13, 1954

 See Photo Above

 none
Beam, Dephene Joyce Jan. 13, 1933 Mar. 4, 1935   none
Bolton, Ira Mack Daniel Dec. 23, 1866 Sep. 15, 1935

none
Bracey, Delia Ann Cordelia Jan. 31, 1873 AR TDC Oct. 31, 1952

D/O John Elms & Ellen Clark TDC
Bracey, Samuel Edwin Jun. 1, 1867 Mar. 28, 1937   none
Braswell, Lois Ida    Jan. 4, 1888 Aug. 4, 1979

none
Braswell, Ola Prebble     Jan. 27, 1912 Jul. 1, 1921

D/O W.D. Braswell & Loyce Welch TDC
Braswell Sr., William David     May, 26, 1887 Feb. 9, 1969

S/O William Hughes Braswell TDC
Brothers, Infant Aug. 15, 1927 TDC Aug. 16, 1927 TDC   D/O C.C. Brothers & Qualls TDC
Brothers, Willie Millie Mae Qualls TDC Jan. 3, 1897 TDC Aug. 16, 1927 TDC   D/O W.M. Qualls & Yates TDC
Brown, Francis Mar. 6, 1905 Jul. 9, 1989

none
Brown, W. Grace Feb. 4, 1909 Oct. 27, 1981

none
Bussell, A. J. Morry Aug. 24, 1867 TDC Jul. 31, 1938, Dawson Co TD

none
Bussell, Annie Lee TDC Nov, 12, 1891 TDC Jan. 26, 1966, Midland Co TD   none
Bussell, George Lee Jan. 26, 1914 TDC Feb. 4, 1931, Dawson Co TD

S/O G.S. Bussell & Dalan TDC
Bussell, George Scott Sep. 27, 1891, Stephens Co Sep. 14, 1949, Dawson Co TD

S/O A.J. Bussell & Eva Morris TDC
Bussell, John Presley Aug. 20, 1905 TDC Nov, 9, 1933, Wichita Co TD   S/O A.J. Bussell & Evie Morris TDC
Bussell, Mary Eva Aug. 20, 1874 TDC Jan. 15, 1952, Dawson Co TD

D/O George W. Morris & Elizabeth Webb TDC
Bussell, Morry Davis Feb. 9, 1917 Dec. 7, 1972

S/O Scott Bussell TDC
Chapman, Georgeann Howard Apr. 20, 1859 TDC  Sep. 17, 1859 Nov. 9, 1926

D/O Howard & Mathews TDC
Chapman, Infant Oct. 30, 1929 Oct. 30, 1929

D/O J.V. Chapman & Lenna Hardwick TDC
Chapman, Infant TDC Jan. 1, 1919 TDC Jan. 14, 1919 TDC   D/O Alva Chapman & Myrtle Bronaugh TDC
Chapman, James Monroe Mar. 22, 1856 Jun. 26, 1919

none
Chapman, R.W. Mar. 4, 1884 Sep. 10, 1933   S/O Chapman & Howard TDC
Cornett, Barney Harold Mar. 8, 1928 Jan. 15, 1929

none
Cox, Andrew James Dec. 10, 1926 TDC Jan. 25, 1931, Dawson Co TD

S/O C.P. Cox & Bussell TDC
Cox, Billy E. Jan. 8, 1934 TDC Nov. 15, 1962, Galveston Co TD   S/O C.P Cox & Lea Bussell TDC
Crawford, Hazel Bernice Lawson Nov. 18, 1923 Dec. 230, 1944   none
Crow, J.G. Sep. 27, 1895 Sep. 9, 1930

none
Crow, T.J. Oct. 9, 1921 May 10, 1929

S/O T.M. Crow & Alice Jackson TDC
Dillard, Infant TDC 08 Oct 1926 TDC 25 Oct 1926TDC   S/O H.F. Dillord & Birdie Montgomery TDC
Duke, Grannie Cordelia Aug. 7, 1856 Jul. 30, 1938   none
Dunn, Jeryl Alvin May 22, 1945 May 17, 1975

none
Dunn, Ruby loyce B. Jul. 14, 1925 May 31, 1995

none
Earnest Docia Anne Ellison  Jul. 12, 1870 Mar. 11, 1917

none
Earnest, Emmitt   Feb. 1965 no date   none
Earnest, Irma Wright Nov. 21, 1896 Apr. 9, 1935

none
Earnest, John R. Oct. 12, 1865 1867 TDC Aug. 7, 1919

S/O W.M. Earnest & Malissa Cotton TDC
Earnest, Mrs. Gertrude Aug. 14, 1900 Jul. 4, 1962   none
Earnest, Orman Thadeous "Capp"  TDC Mar. 10, 1896 Jun. 5, 1962

S/O John R. Earnest & Docia Ann Ellison TDC
Follis, Sallie A.  Earley Feb. 28, 1861 Feb. 14, 1936

D/O Ed Early & Martha TDC
Fry, Fred Apr. 8, 1899 Mar. 24, 1936

S/O J.B. Fry & Coch TDC
Fry, Infant TDC Jan 22, 1920 TDC Jan. 22, 1920 TDC   D/O Fred Fry & Ollie Stallings TDC
Fry, James Barber Feb. 21, 1859 May 08, 1950

S/O Jessie Fry & LaFrance TDC
Fry, Melissa, T. Cash Sep. 15, 1865 Jun. 1, 1935

See Photo Above

 none
Garner, Amon J. Feb. 1, 1883 Jul. 4, 1955

none
Garner, Annie L. Aug. 28, 1895 Jul. 29, 1981   none
Garner, James David WWI Dec., 13, 1872, Dawson Co WWI Mar., 30, 1943, Erath Co TD   none
Garner, Mary J. 1879 Sep. 16, 1917   none
Garner, Vernon Aug. 1917 TDC Oct. 6, 1917 TDC   S/O J. D. Garner & Duke TDC
Graham, J.W. "Jake" Feb. 11. 1941 May 16, 1985

none
Graham, Lynda Arlene Jun. 7, 1951 no date   none
Greaves, Baby Boy 1934 1934

none
Greaves, Hood A. Apr. 8, 1879 Aug. 12, 1962

none
Greaves, James Leonard Jul. 21, 1906 Oct. 4, 1950

See Photo Above

 none
Greaves, Lillie Jeannie "Jennie" Dec. 6, 1882 Jan. 27, 1948

none
Greaves, Loyce Oct. 26, 1908 no date

See Photo Above

 none
Greaves, Nannie Apr. 7, 1867 May 12, 1961

none
Greenwood, Odessa TDC 08 May 1926 TDC 14 Nov 1926 TDC   D/O E.E. Greenwood & Hettie Banking TDC
Griffith, Nettie L. Mar. 3, 1921  TDC Jun. 29, 1947, Dawson Co TD   D/O C.B. Ham & Betty Neely TDC
Ham, Bobby Ray May 29, 1936 no date   none
Ham, C.B. Sep. 25, 1844 TDC Jul. 12, 1931   S/O Ham & Metz TDC
Ham, Edna Clara Hill Apr. 17, 1891 Nov. 24, 1935

none
Hester, James A. Dolphus Sep. 24, 1876 Henderson Co., TX TDC Sep. 15, 1948

S/O W.T. Hester & Elizabeth Whitehead TDC
Hester, Lula Lee Apr. 9, 1872 Nov. 9, 1934

none 
Hester, Richard E. Dec. 28, 1915 Dec. 28, 1942

none 
Hobbs, Edward Ebenezer TDC May 6, 1880 Jan. 11, 1919

S/O Robert E. Hobbs & Burkhalter TDC
Hoggard, J. J. TDC Jan. 7, 1849 TDC Dec. 9, 1932 TDC   S/O Hoggard & Scott, Born in Tennessee TDC
Koger, Dabney White TDC    Feb. 27, 1900 Oct. 1982, Dawson Co TD

 

 none 
Koger, Ruth  Kate Terral TDC    Oct. 4, 1903 Feb. 11, 1990 TDC

See Photo Above

 none
Lakey, Virginia Mar. 7, 1921 TDC May 8, 1931 TDC

D/O E.L. Lakey & Bussell TDC
Lambright, Claudia Marie TDC Feb. 18, 1921 OK TDC Nov. 18, 1939   D/O R.T. Brewer & Cahe, W/O L.L. Lambright TDC
Lambright, Joe Dan 1909 Sep. 14, 1985 TD   none
Lambright, Joseph Lawson Aug. 10, 1886 Sep. 10 1964   S/O J.M. Lambright & Molly Price TDC
Lambright, Mattie Bell Taylor Oct. 11, 1885 Kilgore, TX TDC Aug. 13, 1956   D/O J.D. Taylor & Alice Marshall Fry TDC
McKee, Mrs. Gammie Lee Apr. 9, 1904 Apr. 5, 1929   none
Moron, Maria Hernandez TDC Sep. 24, 1903 TDC May 14, 1956 TDC   D/O Elanidado Hanades; Born in Mexico TDC
Phelan, O.D. Mar. 9, 1869 Oct. 12, 1944   S/O Phelan & Privett TDC
Ross, Rossie L. (Hobbs) Terral Oct. 15, 1884 Mar. 14, 1965

none
Sawyer, Infant TDC Feb. 27, 1920 TDC Feb. 27, 1920 TDC   D/O J.L. Sawyer & Catherine Printz TDC
Sawyer, Infant Jun. 27, 1926 TDC Jun. 27, 1926 TDC   D/O J.L. Sawyer & Catherine Printz TDC
Sawyer, "Kate" Catherine Isabel Printz TDC Sep. 13, 1889 Feb. 28, 1920

none
Scott, Hinda "Tyner" Nov. 28, 1890 May 07, 1938

none
Scott, Willie Archie Jul. 25, 1893 Jan. 1, 1948

See Photo Above

 none
Shofner, Baby 1925 1925   none
Shofner, Baby Boy Jun. 27, 1926 Jun. 27, 1926

D/O Oley F. Shofner & Reams
Simpson, Pearl Aug. 14, 1908 Jan. 18, 1911   none
Sims, Infant Daughter 1927 1927

none
Sims, Thomas Allen May 1, 1894 TDC Aug. 3, 1951

S/O George William Sims & Jessie Waltman TDC
Sims, Viola Apr. 17, 1893 Nov. 3, 1927 TDC

See Photo Above

 D/O H.C. Jeffcoat & Julia ? TDC
Skinner, Luther P.
 Nov. 11, 1882 Apr. 19, 1934   none
Stafford, Eliza Ann McKinney    May 12, 1871 Apr. 17, 1946

D/O Mckinney & Tidwell TDC
Stafford, Infant Son     1909 1909

 

 none
Stafford, Richard Lonzo     Mar. 22, 1870 TDC Sep. 10, 1933

H/O Lizzie McKinney Stafford TDC
Statham, Cara Beth "Bobbie" Mar. 30, 1923 Sep. 12, 1980

none
Statham, Ennis Benford  TDC Jun. 29, 1892 TDC July 1957, Tom Green Co TD   S/O Will Statham & Flora Simpkins TDC
Statham, J.C. Jun. 22, 1922 Oct. 17, 1990

none
Statham, Minnie Gladys Hester May 29, 1893 Jan. 22, 1973   D/O J.A.  Hester & Lula ? TDC
Statham, William Felmon "Bud" Oct. 13, 1918 Mar. 4, 1909   none
Steadham, Jackie W. Dec. 2, 1960 Jun. 14, 1993

none
Tapley, Dempsey N. TDC Nov. 1, 1880 Mar. 1, 1926

S/O W.C. Tapley & Mitchell TDC
Telford, Luella I. Aug. 15, 1868 TDC Jan. 8, 1909

 

 D/O J.N. Hall & Elizabeth ? TDC
Terral, David Young Jul. 3, 1861 Apr. 16, 1917

none
Terral, Florence Dora Matilda Carter Nov. 25, 1891 May 03, 1953

D/O James Carter & Malinda Odell TDC
Terral, Herbert D. Sep. 6, 1899 Dec. 25, 1968

S/O David Terral & Dora Carter TDC
Terral, Mae Petteway Mar. 4, 1902 TB Sep., 26, 1943, Sonoma, Ca CA

none
Terral, Reginald Wilson Jan. 3, 1897 Oct. 23, 1966

S/O David Terral & Dora Carter TDC
Thornton, Mary Lee Feb. 16, 1909 Mar.  01, 1909 TB

none
Tuckness, Little Aline Feb. 16, 1914 TDC Apr. 29, 1924 TDC   D/O A.J. Tuckness TDC
Warner, Mrs. E.G. Nov. 13, 1897 TDC Oct. 1, 1933 TDC   D/O Callie & Lancaster TDC
Watson, Jacques Clark Feb. 10, 1969 Nov. 5, 1971

none
Weir, Callie Mrs. TDC Nov. 19, 1872 Sep. 19, 1918

D/O Tom Flitcher TDC
White, Bessie Loraine Jan. 29, 1915 Feb. 25, 1931

none
Wiggins, Rachel Lewie Feb. 3, 1917 Feb. 27, 1952

D/O William O. Phelan & Alice Pearson TDC
Williams, George A. Sep. 8, 1874 Jun. 8, 1932

none
Williams, Infant TDC 21 Nov 1926 TDC 23 Nov 1926 TDC   D/O Austin Williams & Josie Cox TDC
Willis, Baby Apr. 29, 1924 Apr. 29, 1924, Dawson Co TD   none
Wilson, Ira Ophelia Sep. 15, 1889 Sep. 27, 1959

D/O Williams TDC
Womack, Frank A. Mar. 15, 1898 Feb. 8, 1985   none
Womack, N.A Mar. 26, 1933 Apr. 6, 1933

none
Womack, Ocie Raymond Jun. 2, 1926 Mar. 19, 1983   none
Wright, Ballie Nov. 13, 1899 Oct. 21, 1971

D/O J.D.Barnes & Mary J. Duke TDC
Wright, Clara June 14, 1875 Jan. 10, 1919   D/O I.A. Addison
Wright, Dawson Ashford TDC Sep. 4, 1907 TDC Oct. 26, 1963

S/O W.N. Wright & Clara Addison TDC
Wright, Howard Joseph TDC Sep. 20, 1894 Sep. 17, 1979

none
Wright, Larry B. 1900 Nov. 20, 1923, Dawson Co TD

S/O W.N. Wright & Clara Addison TDC
Wright, Lorene Dale Oct. 3, 1914 Mar. 16, 1940

D/O W.L. Blair & Lettie Turley TDC
Wright, Mrs. W. N. 1876 1919

none
Wright, W.N. May 1, 1870 Mar. 8, 1956   none

Approximately 65-70 graves marked (Funeral markers, pipes, stones, bedsteads, sticks or limestone) no dates

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