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Wood Creek Cemetery
Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas

 

USGenWeb  >> TXGenWeb  >> Dallas County  >> Cemeteries>> Wood Creek Cemetery

Latitude: 32.57794
Longitude: -96.74628
Elevation:  
Interments: ~90
Oldest Internment:
 
   
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A black cemetery located between the southern end of the Pioneer Section of Edgewood Cemetery and Wood Creek. Many of its burials have been erroneous entered as Edgewood Cemetery burials, even on their death certificates. Byrum Funeral Home has Wood Creek records with burials by row and observed grave number, as walked and recorded recently by a local family history researcher.

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Infant Armstrong          unknown – 27 Feb 1876      
Albert Barnes        16 Dec 1913 – 22 Nov 1973      
Helen Wallace Barnett         26 Jul 1902 – 3 Jul 2002      
Tom Barnett          20 May 1903 – 7 Feb 1962      
U. T. Barnett         20 Sep 1929 – 7 May 2004      
William Henry Bates Jr.      23 Sep 1924 – 21 Feb 1976      
Add Bell         4 Oct 1885 – 5 Apr 1955      
Breana J Bibles     9 Oct 1991 – 21 Sep 2018      
Marshall Bolden   23 Jul 1900 – 23 Apr 1938      
Beatrice Bolton     1922 – 30 Dec 2007      
Darlene Mims Brown            24 Jun 1948 – 27 Sep 1975      
John Henry Carr  1867 – 3 Sep 1870       
John Jeff Carson   5 Jan 1927 – 25 Sep 1953      
George G. Chiles   30 Mar 1902 – 12 Jun 1951      
Caroline Cleveland       1842 – 16 May 1913      
Josie B. “Big Mama” Coleman    13 Apr 1905 – 13 Mar 2008      
Lela Cox         30 Jul 1880 – 17 Nov 1924      
Earlene Craven     10 Jun 1917 – 12 Aug 1957      
Roosevelt Craven  10 Mar 1923 – 3 Nov 1997      
Jannie Brooks Cravin   5 May 1889 – 25 Nov 1957      
Charles Creacy     7 Feb 1871 – 21 May 1943      
Emanuel Creacy   1846 – 7 Jun 1919      
Louvenia Creacy   1856 – 7 Jul 1919      
Ollie Creacy          12 Jul 1910 – 26 Sep 1965      
Annie Woodson Creasy         18 Jul 1879 – 22 Jan 1947      
Thomas Creasy     7 Mar 1879 – 1 Feb 1942      
Joe Curry       2 Jun 1894 – 11 Jun 1950      
James Waymon Davis   6 Apr 1941 – 26 Aug 1967      
Jesse D. Davis Jr.          12 Jun 1945 – 8 Aug 1995      
Jesse Dwight Davis III          1 Oct 1984 – 13 Jun 2010      
Jessie Davis    3 Jan 1898 – 1 Nov 1953      
Ray C. Davis          12 Jan 1952 – 18 Oct 1987      
Willie J. Davis       22 May 1938 – 28 Nov 2008      
Lula L. Dennis       1901 – 1949      
Clarence H. Gentry      8 Jul 1915 – 5 Jan 2009      
Georgia Mae Smith Gibson  26 Nov 1907 – 8 May 1941      
A L Gray        2 Nov 1877 – 11 Aug 1953      
Rev John Anthony Haley     29 May 1899 – 16 Jan 1970      
Cora Harris   29 Jun 1894 – 11 Jan 1906      
Phoebie Davis Hill        28 Aug 1882 – 27 Feb 1950      
Pvt James Johnson        23 Sep 1924 – 5 May 1984      
Mrs Mary Johnson       13 Jan 1897 – 25 Jul 1964      
William Jones        unknown – 15 Jan      
Dana Joyce King   28 Jan 1982 – 17 Apr 2009      
Nathaniel King      28 Aug 1926 – 15 Dec 1982      
Willie Finley King        5 Feb 1896 – 31 Jan 1950      
Bessie Lane    1902 – 1953      
Elcey Leftrich       29 Mar 1871 – 20 Aug 1910      
Mary H. Lewis      18 Jun 1874 – 17 Sep 1908      
Joshua Matthews   1892 – unknown      
Lena Matthews      1890 – 1968      
Birdie Mae McFarthing       18 Sep 1904 – 19 Feb 1951      
Sammie C McFarthing         18 Feb 1899 – 15 May 1953      
Martha L Miles     29 Jan 1872 – 21 Nov 1953      
Annette Mims        19 Aug 1970 – 27 Sep 1975      
Bridgette Mims     19 Jul 1969 – 18 Feb 1970      
Sammy Leon Mims       10 Jan 1973 – 27 Sep 1975      
John Ming      1 Apr 1881 – 8 Apr 1951      
Archie L Moreland Sr.         unknown – 25 Jan 2005      
R. T. Moreland      5 Jul 1909 – 6 Oct 1957      
Jerry William Morgan         11 Feb 1893 – 8 Jul 1921      
Rosie Moss     13 Mar 1878 – 29 Nov 1951      
Alta Lee Norman  29 Jan 1886 – 21 Jan 1963      
Elsie May Norman        30 Jan 1918 – 3 Oct 1923      
Etta White Norman       11 Jan 1896 – 7 Feb 1950      
John Rufus Norman              3 Mar 1858 – 3 Apr 1930      
Leslie Rufus Norman    25 Jun 1886 – 7 Dec 1968      
Nona Leona Thomas Norman 25 Dec 1865 – 19 Dec 1957      
Pricey Norman      31 Dec 1911 – 5 Jan 1912      
Roy William Norman   3 Jul 1884 – 24 Jun 1952      
Willie E. Richards Norman          1878 – 1952      
Willie Oliphant     23 Sep 1892 – 1 Oct 1938      
Roxie Anna Johnson Pickens       18 Oct 1927 – 22 Oct 1968      
Mellie Pool    27 May 1881 – 8 Apr 1957      
Clarence Porter    16 Jan 1889 – 14 Apr 1951      
Celia A Richardson       24 Sep 1908 – 8 Apr 1951      
Mayme E Thompson Richardson        15 Sep 1886 – 10 Dec 1953      
Roland Richardson       1880 – 12 Dec 1953      
Lucy Creacy Rivers       7 Oct 1875 – 19 Jun 1959      
Alexander Ross     25 Jul 1911 – 10 Nov 1962      
Lawrence Ross      28 Oct 1919 – 21 May 1965      
Belle Muldrew Russell   8 Oct 1889 – 14 Jun 1951      
Benny Lee Russell         3 May 1912 – 28 Sep 1996      
Joe C Russell         10 Oct 1885 – 29 Jul 1950      
Lawrence L. Russell     22 Jan 1920 – 8 Aug 1981      
Dave Smallwood    25 Feb 1890 – 30 Apr 1948      
Claude Sorrels       15 Jul 1896 – 31 May 1929      
Eddie Stevenson    12 Aug 1894 – 21 Jun 1936      
Ellis Mack Stevenson   15 Feb 1884 – 23 Oct 1966      
Frances Steverson         15 Aug 1861 – 20 Jun 1878      
Walter Tharp        25 Mar 1884 – 15 Feb 1954      
Sarah Thomas       8 Apr 1902 – 17 Mar 1999      
Charlie Thorpe     20 Mar 1894 – 24 Feb 1946      
Roosevelt Ware     14 Sep 1907 – 16 Nov 1980      
Mary Lee West     28 Mar 1930 – 28 Jul 2005      
Bessie M. White    5 Jun 1890 – 14 Sep 1980      
D. Crockett White        1856 – 1924      
Eugene L. White   31 Mar 1887 – 20 Feb 1962      
Floyd White   22 Jan 1930 – 11 Dec 2003      
Georgia Mae Woodson White      1 Feb 1883 – 14 Jul 1943      
Maggie Adaline Lee White  16 Jun 1863 – 15 May 1944      
Nonie Dimple White     11 Jan 1897 – 27 May 1914      
Reginald B. White         26 Sep 1888 – 2 Jan 1956      
Theodore White    20 Apr 1883 – 25 Sep 1946      
Tom T. White        3 Nov 1850 – 19 Dec 1905      
Viola Mae White   3 Jul 1886 – 8 Dec 1886      
William White       25 Sep 1880 – 27 Oct 1936      
Willie Mae White         23 Oct 1890 – 22 Nov 1914      
Willie Mary White       1894 – 1987      
Mae Frances Hood Fairley Whitfield         16 Nov 1903 – 21 Nov 1953      
Robert Whitfield   26 Feb 1900 – 26 Apr 1958      
L. W. Williams      12 Mar 1911 – 21 May 1978      
Josephine “Josie” Smith Woodson      2 Jun 1862 – 14 Aug 1936      
Lena Woodson       14 Jun 1824 – 11 Apr 1905      
Otis Woodson        1 Sep 1880 – 28 Jul 1927      
Thomas George Woodson    19 Aug 1911 – 11 Oct 1957      
Will Woodson        21 Jun 1878 – 20 May 1909      
Damon Wroten      24 Jul 1900 – 2 Oct 1953