This black cemetery is situated in the front and on both sides of a little country church, that since the last time I was there, looks like it is being refurbished.  There are Pine and  Hickory nut trees in the front.  It is not overgrown, but there are a lot of rusty, unreadable funeral home markers, and some unmarked graves. 

UPDATE:  Completely photographed & transcribed May 2009 by Geraldine Little Braswell & Sandy Spann.
Read March 6, 2002 by Sharon Pierce and Judy Greenway.

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.

These graves are on the west side of the church:

Tommy Paul Hart           Turner Bros. Mortuary FHM
1946             2000 

Serlene Mitchell              McCauley & Son FHM
1923             2000 

Addie Tennison              Dearion & Davis FHM
April 24, 1904             Nov 25, 1999 

Unmarked

Rhonda Joyce Hart            Turner Bros. FHM
Nov 2, 1966              Nov 21, 1999 

Zacharia Douglas           Turner Bros FHM
1994                1999 

Dovelinn Douglas              Turner Bros FHM
1978                 1999 

Addie Lockett    (no dates)           Dearion & Davis FHM

Billy Gene Clayton 
Apr 11, 1934              Oct 22, 1998

Melvin Peterson          Pfc US Army WWII
Jan 8, 1917                Sep 10, 1997

Alice Starr               Dearion & Davis FHM;  "Beloved Mother"
Apr 30, 1903          Mar 1, 1996 

Irene Peterson 
Mar 20, 1920          Jan 8, 1996         

Ruby Johnson Webb           fairly new concrete slab/angel; Turner Bros FHM
1953            1994 

Cassius Elder            Turner Bros FHM
1962             1996 

Alvin Moore 
May 4, 1926             Jul 20, 1998

Howard Finch 
Nov 20, 1934               Dec 15, 1996

Allen Bailey             concrete slab; Turner Bros FHM
1904            1999 

Miles D King              Turner Bros FHM; STM3 US Navy WWII; Obit
Feb 15, 1925           Aug 8, 1999 

O C Tennison               Turner Bros FHM
Jan 30, 1932           Jul 11, 2000

Mrs Dorothy Wilson             Turner Bros FHM
1944             2001 

Sarah Hamilton McFarland 
1932               2001

Randolph Elder Maurice              Turner Bros FHM;  US Army Korea
Dec 30, 1927             Sep 15, 2001 

Unmarked

Howard Cain              "Father"
Nov 16, 1934            Jan 10, 2001 

Unmarked

Mr Bradford Elder         (note: name may be Elder Bradford)
1912            2001 

These graves are in the front of the church:

Note:  There are quite a few rusted funeral home markers that weren't readable,
and some upright rocks that had no markings on them.

Bertia Camp 
1886           1928

Dewey Camp              PFC US Army WWII
1916           1976 

(Jim Price Reed        Pic #2
1886           1937
(Le Gracie Reed       Pic #2
1895            1918

Lee Young 
1886            1935

Fannie Young 
Jul 10, 1886           Apr 5, 1962

Odessa Elder 
Nov 29, 1909            Mar 7, 1979

(Elmo Bradford              Nash Funeral Home Dallas Tx; marker/concrete slab
Feb 29, 1897            May 20, 1988
(Barabra Camp Bradford                Turner Bros FHM/concrete sla
Nov 9, 1902           Apr 8, 1987 

(Mat Bradford 
d. 1927
(Ann Bradford 
d. 1955

Eugine Elder 
Oct 19, 1902            Aug 4, 1917

Jessey                  d/o Joe and Annie Claborn
Jun 1, 1890            Feb 10, 1900 

Ruth A Young           Stanmore FHM
Aug 14, 1902           Apr 10, 1990

Infant             Babe of E L & B E Hollins
b&d  Jan 1, 1912 

Millie Finch              death certificate
Jul 15, 1887          May 29, 1962

Pearl Lewis 
1910            1936

Frank D Finch 
Jan 17, 1931            Dec 9, 1934

On the east side of the church:

(Elex Bradford 
Sep 3, 1892            Mar 23, 1969
(Bessie Bradford 
Aug 22, 1891          Feb 27, 1967

Milton Bradford 
1917           1969

Corine Malone        (no dates)

Tim Beasley Jr              Pvt 242 Ord Ammo Co  WWII
Jun 22, 1927            Dec 9, 1956 

Unknown 
1869            1950

Samuel Whitlock        (no dates)         death certificate

Corine Roberson 
1909           1981

David Creag           FHM
Apr 25, 1887            Apr 5, 1970

Mae Bell Green 
Jul 11, 1926             Jun 9, 1991

Levester "Punkin" Finch           Stanmore FHM
Oct 18, 1920            Apr 17, 1992

L J Finch           Turner Bros FHM
Jun 24, 1917            Jan 12, 1990

Carrie Williams             FHM
1906            1968

Darrell Lynn Lewis 
Sep 20, 1958           Mar 27, 1981

unmarked

James Edward Howard 
Aug 13, 1959           Jun 11, 1988

Dink Finch           Pic #2; Pic #3;  Turner Bros FHM
1879             1979

Dessle Owens 
Nov 22, 1900            Dec 21, 1978

Unmarked

Bernice R Young             Pvt US Army WW II
Sep 22, 1900             Feb 28, 1976 

Roy B Young 
Aug 30, 190?             Feb 9, 1984

Willie R Bradford 
1888            1980

Debra L Woodson            Turner Bros FHM
Oct 31, 1956            Oct 26, 1985

Unmarked

Velma Marie Finch          Reeder-Davis FHM
Jun 14, 1914            Dec 17, 1978

Katiki Fields        Turner Bros FHM
1980             1980

Paul Vallien                 CK1 US Navy WW II
Dec 12, 1913            Feb 2, 1981 

Tessa Mae Vallien 
Dec 12, 1913             Oct 18, 1973

Jerlean Finch                death certificate    FHM
Dec 27, 1927            Aug 18, 1967

Unknown 
1911      only date

(Thomas G Cregler 
1889             1956
(Maggie L Cregler
1891             ----

Harold Leon Maiden              A1C US Air Force Vietnam
1947            1986 

Unmarked

Milton Holland              M/Sgt 45 Engineer GS Regt  WWII
Jan 22, 1908          Mar 3, 1960 

A J Scott         Turner Bros FHM 
1906             1954

Mrs Beulah M Montgomery       Turner Bros FHM
1933              1983

Verester Elder 
1899             1977

Vance Elder             WW II
Apr 22, 1896             Aug 17, 19?? 

Unmarked

Millie Elder 
Mar 19, 1881           Dec 3, 1947

Unmarked

Steve Elder                Tx Pvt 331 SV BN QMC WW I
Jul 27, 1895           Aug 13, 1948 

Oscar Turner             Tx Pvt 322 Serv EN QMC
d. Feb 9, 1940 

David A Young 
Oct 10, 1898           Aug 6, 1980

Willie Mae Young 
Dec 2, 1901            Jan 18, 1944

Ethel Luster 
Jun 10, 1891             Jan 10, 1948

Unmarked

(Ilene Hart 
 Jun 19, 1928             Apr 8, 1981
(Buford Hart 
Jul 22, 1918             Dec 13, 1993

Lucindy Richardson 
1899              1960

Unmarked

Elmiria Pettis 
Jan 7, 1903            Apr 21, 1976

LeeRoy Hays                Tx PFC US Army WW II
Mar 13, 1922          Sep 3, 1960 

Gladys "Sis" Turner 
Nov 3, 1917           Jun 22, 1993

Ben Luster 
Jun 27, 1872          Feb 2, 1949

Areveal L Griffin 
Dec 29, 1932          Apr 21, 1985

Monroe Elder 
Nov 9, 1875           Jan 4, 1959

Unmarked

(Emma Petty Yates 
Apr 27, 1885          Apr 7, 1957
(Morris N Yates             death certificate
Feb 7, 1875          Nov 11, 1938

Vinnie M Elder 
1910            1946

Unmarked

Elma Jean Grandison 
1931             1972

Laurie Elder        (no dates)

Unmarked

Harmon Elder                 Tx STM1 US Navy Reserve WWII
Apr 17, 1907        Mar 11, 1955 

Jimmie L Reed              Tx PFC 1505 Base Unit Army Air Force WWII
Sep 30, 1906          May 9, 1971

Gallar R Hart 
Jul 26, 1924           Oct 4, 1950

Gertrude Ford 
Sep 30, 1889           Dec 7, 1975

Joe Ford 
1876             1959

T D Turner            death certificate
Apr 15, 1896           Mar 25, 1953

Emma Louise Turner 
Mar 15, 1888            Sep 10, 1974

Unmarked

(Rev Grady L Tennison 
Dec 1, 1936             Jun 21, 1993
(Artie E Steed Tennison
Feb 5, 1936         ----

Joe Darden 
Jul 15, 1887            Sep 8, 1952

Clifton Darden           FHM; Tx PFC 870 Port Co TC WW II
Jul 29, 1911          May 6, 1967 

Mildred D Derrick 
Apr 19, 1916            Mar 14, 1983

Theodore R Derrick               Ca TEC 3740 QM Truck Co  WWII
Feb 18, 1907          Aug 3, 1965 

Unmarked

Unmarked

Lonnie Camp         FHM

Carl Turner              Tx Pvt 1878 SVC Comd Unit  WW I
Dec 22, 1900         Jun 8, 1953 

James M Young            death certificate; Tx Pvt 165 Depot Brig  WW I
Sep 18, 1897          Jan 7, 1950 

Unmarked

Plas Camp 
Sep 23, 1908         May 30, 1960

Unmarked

Oracious Johnson 
1950          1966

Hannah Bailey 
1882          1978

Webb Daniels               Tx Pvt MG Co 24 Inf WWI
Mar 14, 1888           Apr 18, 1965 

Ardellia Steed 
Jun 19, 1935            Dec 17, 1981

Mary Joe Tennison 
Mar 3, 1912          Sep 20, 1977

Hazil M Tennison 
Dec 15, 1942           Jan 17, 1956

(Johnie B Tennison               Foot;  Pic #2
Jul 29, 1904          Mar 10, 1967
(Ophelia Tennison            Turner Bros FHM;  Pic #2
Mar 6, 1914           Jan 5, 1991

Galler L Reed        Croley FHM
1904            1979

(Talton Lewis 
Nov 24, 1911              -------
(Tessie Mae Lewis 
Dec 1, 1913              -------

Unknown 
1882           1987

May Ella Tennison 
Nov 18, 1891           Sep 13, 1951

Obe Thompson       (no dates)

Dora Jordan        (no dates)

Essie Hall 
Feb 22, 1912          Jun 2, 1959

Cora Cain        (no dates)        death certificate

Mr Lee Cain        (no dates)

Elief L Bailey Jr         Turner Bros FHM
Aug 3, 1912          Sep 1, 1993

Unmarked

Aslea Tennison 
Dec 25, 1896           1980

Mrs Maurine Mitchell            Turner Bros FHM
1911            1989 

Homer Lee Mitchell           Turner Bros FHM;  Pvt US Army WW II
1911           1989 

Unmarked

Vernon H Turner             US Army WW II
1925         1985 

Mrs Johnnie M Jennings              Stanmore FHM
1921            1989 

(Novella Elder          Turner Bros FHM
1931         1978
(Clovis Woodfin Elder             PFC US Army  Korea
1928           1979

Unreadable FHM

Lonnie R Venters             FHM
1957          1977 

Theressa Elder               Turner Bros FHM
1960          1975 

(Dave Mitchell        Pic #2; Turner Bros FHM
1898           1977
(Minerva Mitchell         Pic #2
1892            -----

James O Thompson             age 51yrs 27 mo 8 dy;  Jamison & Son FHM Lubbock, TX
----        Feb 9, 1978

J T Thompson 
1925           1972

(Randolph Elder 
Mar 6, 1900             Oct 16, 1970
(Corine Elder 
Oct 21, 1902           Nov 20, 1997

Archie Washington           McCauley & Son FHM
1900        1980

Lillie Mae Washington         McCauley & Son FHM
1913         2004

James Montgomery 
Jan 2, 1951          Jan 3, 1987

(James Montgomery 
Oct 5, 1929           Jul 15, 1972
(Sandra Kay Montgomery            death certificate
Feb 18, 1964          Apr 26, 1968

Daisy L Perry   
1886          1968

Houston W White             Tx PFC US Army WWII
Jul 3, 1908        Sep 1, 1971 

Michael D Andrews            Turner Bro FHM
1974         1974 

Matthew Venters            Turner Bro FHM
1913            1992 

(Hattie Camp 
Oct 15, 1912            ------
(Luberta Camp 
Dec 25, 1941          Mar 1, 1978

Mattie Newsome             Turner Bro FHM
1923           1980 

Unmarked

Mr Price Tennison Jr 
Jan 28, 1885           May 26, 1971

Willie Marie Camp 
Oct 3, 1933           Jul 26, 1973

Loma Turner             "Beloved Mother"
Mar 15, 1904           Feb 21, 1969 

Willie Jones Jr              "Husband"
Jul 3, 1939           May 27, 1967 

Unmarked concrete slab

R P Tennison             Tx AS US Naval Reserve WW II
Jan 7, 1922           Jul 8, 1966 

Walter D Wilhi (te ?)           McCauley & Son FHM
------          197? 

Mr Giles Davis             McCauley & Son FHM
1891          1983 

Bernice R Johnson              Tx Pvt Army Air Force WWII
Oct 17, 1915          Feb 23,1963 

Dave Jennings Jr              US Air Force WWII
Feb 12, 1925         Jan 11, 1979 

Audrey Nell Hart                   FHM; "daughter"
---------         Apr 18, 1955 

Oliver Johnson           Tx PFC Co H 827 TD Bn WW II
Aug 12, 1914          Jun 8, 1963 

Benjamin F Johnson            Tx Sgt 610 Base Unit AAF WWII
Feb 15, 1915        Oct 3, 1969 

Elnora Brown          Turner Bros FHM
Dec 15, 1909         Jul 27, 1993

Ralphell Davis            Tx PFC US Army
Mar 22, 1928          Oct 31, 1958 

Johnnie Finch 
d. Jul 2002

Updates:

Palmer, Edwina           Turner Bros FHM
May 18, 1935 Gilmer, Tx        July 22, 2005  Upshur County

Murphy, La'Kerra           Age 9 days; D/o Melvin Murphy Jr & Kimmly Godlock; taken from obit
Jul 20, 2005 Longview, Tx          Jul 29, 2005 Dallas, Tx

Williams, Pamela Sue              FHM; W/o Joseph Williams
1960            Sep 12, 2005

Elder, Pauline           obit; age 83
Aug 24, 1922 Upshur Co., Tx           Apr 25, 2006 Longview, Tx

Finch, Gracie Lee Beasley          obit; age 93; w/o Faddis
1912          May 2, 2006 Gilmer, Tx

Crayton, Aubrey Jr "Bubbie"            obit
Sep 2007

Ash, Wilbert           East Texas FHM
1940        2005

Bell, Georgia Reed
Mar 6, 1905           May 5, 1990

Bradford, Emmitt         McCauley & Son FHM
d. 1964

Cain, David Lee
Jan 7, 1949           Jan 19, 2007

Clayton, Aubrey Jr          Stanmore FHM;  Pvt US Army
Aug 26, 1955          Sep 21, 2007

Darden, Deborah Owens           Dearion & Davis FHM
1952         2008

Darden, Joe
Jul 15, 1887         Sep 8, 1952

Derrick, Essie Elder
Sep 24, 1926          Mar 13, 2008

Finch, Carl E "Boney"           FHM;  Foot
1932           2003

Finch, Lonnie           McCauley & Son FHM
1946            2004

Franklin, Virginia Ruth          Turner Bros FHM
1946        2006

Gipson, Arcolia T        FHM
1929           1978

Hall, Johnnie
Mar 3, 1912           Sep 20, 1977

Hall, Tommy         Turner Bros FHM
1943          2002

Hart, Dale           FHM
1953         2006

Hart, Odessa
Jan 27, 1911        Aug 20, 2001

Hart, Rainey             FHM
1922            2006

Hodridge, Essie L "Jack"
1918        2005

Hodridge, Jessie            FHM
1918         2005

Hodridge, Perline "Madea"           FHM
1917           2003

Kay, Gertys Bradford
Sep 5, 1912         Apr 16, 2005

McKnight, Lonnie          Dearion & Davis FHM
1983          2002

Newsome, Samuel           FHM
1951         1968

Shelby, Caroline Collier           Dearion & Davis FHM
1948          2009

Simmons, Linda Douglas            McCauley & Son FHM
1956             2004

Stephenson, Rodessa H           Photo
Aug 28, 1920           Nov 15, 2005

Tennison, Ardelia Steed            Turner Bros FHM
Jun 19, 1935         Dec 17, 1981          

Tennison, Betty Lou
Sep 7, 1923         Jul 29, 1970

Tennison, Louella C        No dates

Tennison, Michael Eugene           Stanmore FHM
Sep 17, 1962         Dec 24, 2005

Unknown FHM & Rock Marker

Unknown FHM & Rock Marker

Unknown Flowers

Unknown Marker

Unknown Marker & Slab

Unknown Rock Marker

Unknown  Rock Marker

Venters, James Thomas           Wood Cross
Dec 23, 1939         May 5, 2008

Verner, Arquilies Polly        FHM
1927           2004

Wilson, Thomas            Dearion & Davis FHM;  Age 90
1917         2008

Young, Adella             Pic #2;  Pic #3
Jul 1886          Oct 1887

Young, Catheryn            Turner Bros FHM
1907           1986

Young, Henry
Jun 27, 1888          Jul 27, 1889

Young, Roseyetter         Pic #2;  Pic #3
Dec 3, 1884           Nov 22, 1985

Young, Willie Dee
Jul 22, 2002            Oct 7, 1960

Caldwell, Sarah           not found on last reading - added per death certificate
Jun 3, 1884           Jun 17, 1952

Craig, Parilee            not found on last reading - added per death certificate 
1894           Feb 2, 1946

Elder, Henrietta         not found on last reading - added per death certificate
Feb 23, 1914            Jun 24, 1969

Johnson, George W              not found on last reading - added per death certificate
Jan 17, 1876            Aug 18, 1956

Johnson, Infant           S/o Timothy & Alice; not found on last reading - added per death certificate
b&d Feb 9, 1941

Perry, Robert         not found on last reading - added per death certificate
Mar 1, 1864         Oct 11, 1952

Reed, Luedom J           not found on last reading - added per death certificate
Dec 10, 1907         May 5, 1967

Turner, Bertie Lee            not found on last reading - added per death certificate
Jun 27, 1909          Jun 2, 1960


 

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