SWEETWATER CEMETERY

Location: W. Alabama St., Sweetwater, TX

 

Oldest grave: Purl Ray Scott 1880.  The cemetery predates the founding of Sweetwater.  The cemetery contains the burial sites of pioneers, immigrants, community leaders, and Civil War veterans.

 

 

Photo by:

Donald Zasimowich

 

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Adames, Darrion Ray; b. 2-25-1996; d. 3-1-1996

Adamez, Aurelio; 1928-1996

Adamez, Maria G.; b. 11-27-1919; d. 5-14-1990

Albarado, Juanita; b. 8-8-1906; d. 5-6-1993

Albarado, Santiago; b. 5-23-1904; d. 1-28-1948

Alcala, Andrea A.; b. 11-30-1890; d. 12-20-1954

Alcala, Brijido; 1877-1973

Alcala, Gilberto; b. 7-12-1927; d. 12-9-1978

Alcala, Helen; b. 3-27-1912; d. 9-13-200?

Alcala, Jose A.; b. 7-28-1921; d. 4-29-1945

Alcala, Mary Ruth "Cuca"; b. 5-12-1909; d. 6-3-1996

Alldredge, James S.; 1866-1944

Alldredge, Margaret J.; 1865-1959

Allred, Vera G.; 1889-1927

Alston, Cicero E.; b. Nov. 3, 1840; d. Dec. 20, 1932

Alston, Cullen B.; b. Jan. 31, 1884; d. June 12, 1942

Alston, Elizabeth; b. May 17, 1887; d. Mar. 27, 1959

Alston, Harry Cullen; b. 1913? d. Oct. 1, 2002

Altizer, Bertha; 1882-1935

Altizer, G.W.; 1878-1949

Andrews, James A.; b. Mar. 30, 1915; d. June 14, 1973

Apple, Betty W.; b. 1932, d. 1932 (Mortuary Marker)

Apple, Mable Bell; b. 3-31-1901, 9-7-1986; Mother

Apple, Odis Lee; b. 6-27-1898; d. 3-11-1956

Archer, B.F., Dr.; 4/19/1834 - 12/14/1919

Archer, Mary E. Dodd; 8/19/1854 - 2/22/1934

Arledge, Geraldine "Jerry" Youngblood; 10/2/1918 -

       4/15/1998; w/o Joe Wheeler Arledge, Jr.

Arledge, Joe W.; 2/22/1870 - 10/11/1945; s/o George

      Wade Arledge & Frances E. "Fannie" Wheeler;

      h/o Lydia Elizabeth Badgett; m/9/18/1895

Arledge, Joe W., Jr.; 9/2/1913 - 9/28/1961; s/o Joseph

      Wade Arledge & Lydia Elizabeth Badgett;

      h/o Geraldine Ann "Jerry" Youngblood

Arledge, Lydia Elizabeth; 1/4/1876 - 3-31-1846;

     w/o Joseph Wade Arledge; married 9/18/1895

Aucott, Frank; b. 4-1-1852; d. 7-8-1947

Aucott, Lester David; b. 8-28-1889; d. 5-30-1964

Aucott, Lydia Ida; b. 10-11-1859; d. 12-4-1926

 

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Balch, Emma Susan; b. 1879; d. 1941

Balch, Pat; b. 1908; d. 1934

Ballard, Burl Timothy, Jr.; Feb. 11, 1960

Ballard, Burl T.; 1921-1994

Ballard, Helen F.; 1922-

Bandy, J.W.; 1873-1936

Bandy, Lula; 1876-1920

Banta, Winnie W.; 1855-1935

Bardwell, Berta Lea Roy, 1915 - 1939
Barry, Harvi A., 1889 - 1982

Barton, Frank E.; 1938-2004

Bates, Alfa Lee; 1910-1998

Baugh, Bobie Blake II; b. 1912 d. 1977

Baugh, Lucy Ray; b. 1892 d. 1962

Beall, Charles A.; 1903-1967

Beall, Edward H.; 1894-1972

Beall, Linton T.; 1890-1946

Beall, Pope L.C.; 1859-1944

Beall, Seigar; 1898-1912

Beall, Seigar T.; 1867-1967
Beam, Oda C. ; 1892 - 1977            
Beam Plot
Beam, Willie C.; 1892 - 1965
 Beddo, Martha Ann; 1896 - 1992
 Beddo, Oral Chester; 1898 - 1986; d/s w/ Martha Ann

Bellar, Ella L.; 1867-1946

Bellar, William A.; 1858-1931
 Bennett, Bernice Beam; 1913 - 1944
Bennett, Clara E., 3/16/1882 - 10/07/1970
Bennett, Henry Herbert; 1897 -  1979
Bennett, Janie D.; 1939 - 1966
Bennett, M.E.,w/o M.L., 9/06/1850 - 4/16/1938. Mother
Bennett, M.L., 9/25/1848 - 3/08/1925. h/o M.E., Father
Bennett, Perry S.; 1932 - 1994
Bennett, Ruby Geneva; 1902 - 1995

Bertram, Elizabeth; 1870-1936

Bertram, J.F.; 1856-1912

Bertram Plot

Bertram, P.M.; 1893-1927

Best, R.B.; b. Oct. 18, 1904; d. 1977

Bickerstaff, Bertha Edna; b. 1886; d. 1955

Bickerstaff, William Chester; b. 1886; d. 1958

Biggs, Alice Tone; 1901-1969

Biggs, Cecil C.; 1901-1994
Billings, Edward Finus, 12/17/1922 - 7/27/1924. Son
Billings, Floyd Everett, (MIL), 1918 - 1980, World War II
Billings, Jordan Luther, 1890 - 1941. Father

Bishop, Bessie Bernice; 1899-1917

Bishop Family Plot

Bishop, James Perry; 1868-1937
Bishop, Lou Emma; 1874-1909

Bishop, Margaret Elizabeth Shivers; 1908-1989

Bishop, Perry Thurman; 1907-1980

Bishop, Scott V.; 1903-1919

Bishop, W. Raymond; 1894-1962

Blythe, Hardy G.; 1893-1944

Blythe, J.A.; 1864-1932

Blythe, Mary E.; 1870-1952

Bollinger, Alice H.; b. Jan. 28, 1885; d. Sept. 13, 1965

Bollinger, Arthur R.; b. Feb. 5, 1891; d. Sept. 7, 1954
Bond, James O.; b. 1828; d. 1904

Bonner, Java O.; 1884-1977

Bonner, Jim; 1917-1937

Bonner Plot Marker

Bonner, Tee Rice; 1886-1944
Boswell, Mary Elizabeth Terry; b.10-8-1848; d. 3-12-1900

Bowden, Alta Elsie (Goode); b. 4-13-1899; d. 12-25-1989

Bowden, Robert Emmett, Rev.; b. 12-22-1897;d. 2-6-1995

Bowie, Lida; 1877-1946

Bowie, N.B.,Dr.; 1868-1927
Boyd, Ethel (Parks); b. 5-25-1887; d. Jan. 28, 1982

Boyd, Martin; b. 1-18-1915; d. 11-3-1943
Boyd, Ruby McElroy; 1911 - 2001; w/o Vivian
Boyd, Samuel Perry "Pat";  1875 - 1934
Boyd, Vivian; 1906 - 1995;  born and died Nolan Co., TX
Boydston, Patsy Jean; b. Mar. 14, 1939; d. Mar. 23, 2004

Bradbury, James Albert; b. 1881; d. 1945

Bradbury, James Welch: b.6-30-1918; d. 1981;

     h/o Pauline Lawson

Pauline Bradbury: b. 1922; d. 1994

Bradshaw, Betty (Kidd); b. 9-28-1911; d. 12-9-1947

Bradshaw, Cora Lee; 1916-2003

Bradshaw, I.E. "Pete"; 1904-1984
Brandon, Jack; 1912 - 1971
Brandon, Johnnie Joan; 1941 - 1941
Brandon, Robert Leslie; 1942 - 1988

Brantley, A.S.; b. 1897; d. 1929

Brantley, B.H.; b. 1858; d. 1928; Father

Brantley, Bobbie Ruth; b. 1893; d. 1939; w/o G.B.

Brantley, Carols B.; b. 2-15-1891; d. 3-7-1967

Brantley, Gladys E.; b. 9-14-1902; d. 3-24-1987

Brantley, Mary A.; b. 1861; d. 1942

Brantley, Marcella G.; 1925-2004

Brantley, Orvel E.; 1923-

Brantley, Oscar L.; b.  1886; d. 1954

Brashear, I.W.; b. 12-1-1855; d. 3-30-1940

Brashear, Minnie; b. 2-28-1893; d. 1-11-1929

Brashear, Modena; b. 4-22-1861; d. 1-10-1929

Brashear, Zack; b. 3-16-1884; d. 3-16-1928

Bratcher, Gussie Keith; 1906-1994

Breeding, Clarence W.; 1896-1966

Breeding, Hoye Lamarylis; b. 1-24-1935; d. 7-8-1997

Breeding, Thomas B.; b. 12-15-1922; d. 2-1-1992

Breeding, Willie B.; 1904-1974
Brooks, Emma F., 1881 - 1925

Brown, Deilah Joy; 1931-
Brown, Mamie E.; 1925 - 1993; double w/ Silas D.

Brown, James H; d. 1941

Brown, Jimmie Leldon; 1928-2002

Brown, Lillian S.; 1896-1995
Brown, Silas Dee; 1916 - 1988
Brown, William Buford; b. Jan. 14, 1909; d. May 20, 1998
Browning, Alice Pauline; 1879 - 1963

Browning, Alma F.; 1898 - 1993; d/w Jewel C.
Browning, Clifford Leon; 1916 - 1991
Browning, Curtis; 1901 - 1963; Mason
Browning, Claude C.; 1900 - 1965; d/w Verda M.
Browning, Jewel C.;  1894 - 1963
Browning, John M.; 1875 - 1945
Browning, Lera L.; 1904 - 1985
Browning, Mittie F.; 1881 - 1929; d/w John M.
Browning, Samuel Walter; 1878 - 1953
Browning, Verda M.; 1906 - 1972; d/w Claude C.

Brumit, Billiajene E.; b. Aug. 8, 1923

Brumit, Virgle Mittie; b. Aug. 24, 1922; d. June 19, 1996

Brumit, Virgle M., Jr.; b. Apr. 19, 1952; d. May 1, 1955
Bryson, Billye Wagner; 12-12-1921;  1-15-2003; Obituary
Bryson, Grover C.; 1884 - 1958
Bryson, J.T. "Pete"; 1910 - 1984
Bryson, Lena E.; 1890 - 1976; d/w Grover C.

Bulkeley, Scott Lesley; b. Mar. 31, 1917; d. Sep. 28, 1991

Bunn, Allen W.; 1950-2005

Bunton, G.H., 1856 - 1925

Bunton, Joseph E.; 1852-1887

Bunton, Mary E. Garrett; 1861-1887
Bunton, Minta W., 1866 - 1958

Burke, Bill Pete; 1910-1996

Burke, Mary Payne; 1906-1992

Butler, Ruth B.; 1895-1981

Byrne, Billy Joe, Jr.; b. Aug. 5, 1962; d. Dec. 16, 1962

Byrne, Billy Joe, Sr.; 1934-1990

Byrne, Oma Mae; 1939-

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Cadenhead, Opal; 1919 - 1982; ; w/o William Leland
Cadenhead, Wm. Leland; 1911 - 1958; h/o Opal Powell Callender, Henry Grady; 1901-1976

Callender, Velma L.; 1902-1981

Campbell, Jessie Lee Boyd; 1910-1992

Canfil, Charles; 1860-1922

Canfil, Charles A.; b. 1912; d. 1957

Canfil, Elizabeth; 1859-1948

Canfil, Eula Belle; 1891-1933

Canfil, Lloyd Earl; 1883-1920

Canfil Plot Marker

Canfil, Ruby Pollard; b. 1914; d. 1945

Caple, Elvin D.; 1895-1950
 Cardwell, Leslie; 1894 - 1953; Father
Cardwell, Leslie (military marker); 1894 - 1953
Cardwell, Marvin R.; 1900 - 1969; Mother

Cargile, Calla Mae; 10/15/1898 - 5/11/1991; d/o Joseph

      Wade Arledge & Lydia Elizabeth Badgett;  w/o Jesse S. Cargile

Carmichael, Harry Alford; 1918-1991
Carr, Bettie E., 9/15/1868 - 11/20/1959
Carr, Burl L., 1894 - 1941. Daddy
Carr, Laura J., 1894 - 1988. Mother
Carr, William P., 1/21/1901 - 10/29/1973
Carr, William R., 9/14/1860 - 2/03/1926

Catchings, Alva L.; 1887-1956; s/s w/John W. Catchings

Catchings, John W.; 1883-1963; d/s w/Alva L. Catchings

Catchings, R.P.C.; Footstone, no headstone

Cavin, Clarence R.; b. Apr. 10, 1898; d. Oct. 13, 1968

Cavin, Leota; b. Dec. 12, 1911; d. Mar. 8, 1998

Cerda, Arturo S., Sr.; 1931-2003

Chambers, Jimmie L; b. July 18, 1929; d. June 22, 1964

Chance, Eunice S.; 1900-1959

Chance, Jerry R.; 1894-1961

Charles, Eula Mae; 1906-1967

Charles, Garland L.; 1900-1972

Chase, Iva Lou; 1934-

Chase, Thomas L.; 1931-2002

Chennault, Bessie B.; 1907-1995

Chennault, Ruby Lillian; 1 year 10 months 18 days

Chennault, William S., Sr.; 1897-1980

Childers, Ellen D.; 1925 - 2002; In Loving Memory
 Childers, Irene Hutchins;1904 - 1989
Childers, J.D., Jr.;1901 - 1935
 Childers, J.D., Sr.; 1867 - 1951 -   obituary
Childers, Martha Ellen;1873 - 1939; w/o of J.D. Childers
 Childers, Melvin V.;1924 - 2004; In Loving Memory
Childers Plot; with grave placements notation

Choate, Lola; 1883-1971

Choate, Tom; 1879-1959
 Christopher Lot; Lot Marker
 Christropher, Lillie J.; 1872 - 1915
 Christopher, William A.; 1904 - 1906
Chitwood, Richard Mortimer; 1878 - 1926
Clemmer, Wesley; b. Jan. 26, 1920; d. Feb. 6, 1997

Clark, Barbara "Heidi"; 1947-2003; w/o Roger

Clark, Dora Mae; 1885-1962

Clark, Joe Travis; b. 6-12-1942; d. 8-9-1960

Clark, Roger; 1945- ; h/o Barbara "Heidi"

Clark, Ruby; 1914-1920

Cline, Arel V.; 5/281925 - 9/25/1925

Cline, Edah I,; 1901-ND

Cline; Royal C., ; 1902-1938

Cline T. Burel; 5-28-1925 - 9-20-1925

Cockrell, Lula; 1901-1996

Cockrell, Richard; 1900-1950
Cole, Mary L.; 1895 - 1967

Collins, Eleanor Armstrong Lynn; 6-20-1892; 4-14-1984 in

       Abilene, Taylor Co., TX; 2nd w/o James T. Collins

Collins, James T.; May 18, 1888; March 13, 1963;

        h/o 1)Thelma Gotcher Collins & 2)Eleanor ArmstrongLynn Collins
 Collins, Thelma Gotcher; 1894 - 1918; w/o James T. Collins Colwell, Bennie; b. 5-13-1897; d. 4-17-1969

Colwell, H.W. "Joe"; b. 3-11-1907; d. 8-27-1971

Conner, W. Leo; 1834 - 1938

Cook, A.C.; 1886-1954

Cook, A.C.,Mrs.; 1883-1979
Cook, Artist Ingram.; 1896 -1964; "Daddy"
Cook, Eva Della; 1882 - 1943

Cook, Horace J.; 1877 - 1950
Cook, Mattie Jane Hughes; 1902 - 1964; "Mother"

Corbin, Bonnie Reid; b. 5-20-1925; d. 3-23-1973
 Cornell, Belle Childers; 1913 - 1987
 Cornell, Richard E.; 1939 - 1993; s/o Calvert & Belle

Cosby, Gus A.; b. 10-27-1891; d. 9-2-1985

Cosby, Mary J.; b. 5-22-1928; d. 6-12-1981

Cosby, Robert Daniel, Jr.; b. 2-25-1948; d. 2-9-2002
Cosby, Robert Daniel, Sr.; b. 3-29-1929; d. Mar. 10, 2005

Cosby, Ruben B.; b. 1918; d. 1989

Cosby, Timothy A.; b. 3-7-1921; d. 6-18-1928
Cothron, C.W.; 12/16/1860 - 3/24/1935
Cothron, Jeffie Lona, 6/19/1869 - 2/26/1962

Cowden, Brunette Biggs; 1870 - no date; w/o Linn C.

Cox,  L.D., Jr.; 1930-2002

Cox, Ruby Faye; 1931-

Cravy, Mary K.; 1852-1933

Cravy, P. Elliott; 1888-1953

Cravy, Ruth Anna; 1892-1970

Creed, Gary Ray; b. Sept. 19, 1951; d. Dec. 10, 1994

Crum, Josephine Sanders; 1888-1979

Cunningham, Eula Mae; b. Sept. 29, 1907;d. Aug. 21, 1935

Cunningham, Jack E., Jr.; 1932-2005; h/o Nancy

Cunningham, J.C.; 1910-1933

Cunningham, J.E. "Jack"; 1908-1954

Cunningham, Louise T. "Babe"; 1906-1982

Cunningham, Nancy; 1948-1995

Cunningham, William C.; 1877-1945

Cunningham, Willie Orina; 1889-1964

 

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Dale, Patrick "Rick"; 8/26/1948 - 1/2/2003

Dammann, Cornelius H.; 1895-1982

Dammann, Ruby Bishop;1896-1979

Daniel, Bertha Mae; b. Sep. 24, 1887 d. Jul. 20, 1964

Daniel, Doris J.; b. Nov. 30, 1900 d. Apr. 18, 1978

Daniel, Emma Syble; b. Apr. 6, 1912 d. unknown; d/s with

      Ernest Quest Daniel, Jr.

Daniel, Ernest Quest, Sr; b. Sep. 3, 1877 d. Apr. 19, 1965;

      Death in Howard Co., TX

Daniel, Fannie J.;b. 1866 d. 1954; d/s with Joseph A. Daniel

Daniel, Joseph A.; b. 1865 d. 1941; d/s with Fannie J. Daniel

Daniel, Joseph Taylor; b. Oct. 29, 1896 d. May 5, 1923;

     s/o Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Daniel

Daniel, Josephine Polk; b. Mar. 5, 1880 d. Mar. 17, 1957

Daniel, Katie L.; b. Aug. 29, 1897 d. Jan. 3, 1901

Daniel, Lela Mae; b. Mar. 25, 1913 d. Mar. 23, 1992; d/s with

      Rupert Ramsey Daniel; Death in San Mateo Co., CA
Daniel, Robert Lite; b. Jun. 6, 1883 d. Oct. 25, 1940; Father

Daniel, Robert T.; b. 1910 d. Apr. 28, 1990; Death in El Paso

      Co., TX

Daniel, Rupert Ramsey; b. Aug. 17, 1903 d. Jul. 2, 1959;

      d/s with Lela Mae Daniel

Daniels, Andrew J.; b. 1871 d. 1946

Daniels, Barney E.;  b. Feb. 24, 1904 d. Feb. 14, 1972

Daniels, Ervin Noral;  b. Jan. 17, 1909 d. Oct. 30, 1980

Daniels, Mary E.;  b. 1881 d. 1947

Daniels, Theadore R.; b. 1907 d. Dec. 20, 1976

Daugherty, Lenora O.; 1908-1950

Davis, Alex Russell; 1918 - 1983; WWII - Sgt
Davis, Barry Lynn; 1949 - 1990
Davis, Bessie Ludy Bates;  1895 - 1988
Davis, Edward Franklin; 1879 - 1960
Davis, Gary Don; 1949 - 1997
Davis, Hillary Shae; 1976 - 1982
Davis, Jimmie F.; 1919 - 1952
Davis, John Robert, Jr., 1915 - 1911

Davis, Mary E.; 10/8/1848-3/12/1900
Davis, Sherline; 1954 -
Davis, S.N.; 3/2/1867-10/18/1935
 Deason, Ernestine Roy; 1903 - 1997
 Deason, William Charles; 1895 - 1990

DeBusk, Christopher; 2/19/1845 - 9/17/1907
DeBusk, Roy H.; b. Sept. 4, 1907; d. Mar. 15, 1997

DeJesus, Maria; 1937-2003

Dickson, Annie; 7/4/1840 - 12/6/1911;  Foot Stone

Dickson family plot

Dickson, Fred, Jr.; 5/28/1908 - 5/28/1942

Dickson, G.W.; 11/2/1840 - 10/25/1914

Dickson, James Frederick; 9/22/1875 - no date
Diddle, Gene; b. July 14, 1922; d. Feb. 27, 1997

Diddle, Jessee Mae;  1954

Diddle, Johnny Ray; 1954

Dodgion, Hazel Ivey; 1914-1993

Dodgion, Robert; 1909-2005
Douglas, Jessie Alvin; b. Sept. 30, 1893; d. May 13,1988
Douglas, Norma Beatrice Hellums; b. Jan 13, 1892; d.1972

Dowdy, Katherine; b. Nov. 23, 1916; d. Oct. 8, 1989

Dowdy, O.H.; b. Feb. 5, 1911; d. Aug. 5, 1972
Ducourt, Joseph Emile; b. Apr. 5, 1872 d. Aug. 31, 1922

Dulaney, James A.; 1855-1926

Dulaney, James N.; 1892-1966; h/o Lucile

Dulaney, (J.D. infant son); 1935

Dulaney, J.D.; b. 1861; d. 1940

Dulaney, J.D., Jr.; 1897-1954

Dulaney, Jewel Rigsby; 1909-2003

Dulaney, Louella; 1872-1945

Delaney, Lucille; 1899-1959; w/o James N.

Dulaney, Luella; infant dau. J.D., no dates

Dulaney, Mrs. E.L.; d.1915

Dulaney, Nelson; 1820-1889

Dulaney, Nelson I.; 1852-1890

Dunn, (baby)
Dunn, Dealva; 1910 -  ; d/w Willie D.
Dunn, E.W.; 1934 - 1935

Dunn, Dealva; b. 1910 (no death date)
Dunn, Willie D.; 1908 - 1958; d/w Dealva

Dyar, Anna M.; b. Nov. 24, 1889; d. Apr. 12, 1982

Dyar, Charles; b. Nov. 27, 1888; d. Jan. 17, 1942

Dyar, Claire; b. June 27, 1914; d. Apr. 13, 1996

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