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This cemetery is on private property. There may be more graves, but because of the overgrowth, this was all we could find. This reading was done 14 July, 1999, and the listing is in approximate grave order.
Note: On 9 February, 2000, another reading was done and additional graves were located.
By
Itself:
Gray, Sylvia 1905 - 1994, Hayward Funeral Home
Marker
First Row:
Gray, Lillie 10 Aug 1913 - 19 May 1982
Ross, Zera 19 June 1896 - 18 May, 1981 (SARH GRAY)
Bouldware, Andware 8 Aug 1888 - 16 January 1972
Powell, Ludolph Jr. 11 Dec 1949 - 11 Apr 1974
Smith, Nathaniel 26 Sep 1942 - 19 Jul 1992 (Sarah Smith)
Second Row:
Broadnx, Rosie 15 Nov 1912 - 14 Jan 1950 (At Rest)
Hughes, Martha 1875 - 29 Sep 1963 (Mother - Sleeping in the hands of the Lord)
Jenkins, Henry 10 Jul 1927 - 28 Jan 1966 (Texas Pfc BTRY 32 AAA-AWBN WWII)
Gray, Ida 10 Mar 1858 - 25 Jun 1966 (At rest Age 108) (mother of Sylvia)
Jenkins, Mr. George 20 Sep 1879 - 12 May 1970 (Gone but not forgotten)
Jenkins, Josephine 23 Sep 1926 - 9 Sep 1976 (Our beloved Mother)
Note: Pinkston Funeral Home marker, Dallas, TX, at the
foot, reads "Josephine Madison, Died Sept 1976)
Third Row:
Jenkins, Mrs. Viola 26 Jan 1903 - 25 Apr 1965 (Green Chapter No. 40 Order Eastern Star, At Rest)
Jenkins, Lee May 1896 - 8 Jul 1964 (Doric Lodge 392, At Rest)
Jenkins, Rains 7 Dec 1904 - 17 Apr 1963
Jenkins, Bro. Will 1892 - 13 May 1958 (In Memory Of)
Jenkins, Clarance 1928 - 1933
Jenkins, Henry Sr. 7 Sep 1863 - 5 Apr 1934 (At Rest)
Jenkins, E.D. 28 Jul 1933 - 222 Jul 1942
Jenkins, Ozzie May 23 Jul 1936 - 1938
Jenkins, Luerania 8 Dec 1867 - 12 Dec 1941
Broadnax, Baby 3 May 1963 - 4 May 1963
Fourth Row:
Stroger, Bonnie 4 Oct 1907 - 21 Jul 1993 (STM 3 U.S. Coast Guard World War II)
Stroger, Martha 1898 - 1910
Stroger, James 1885 - 1941
Stroger, Wilse Died 1929
Stroger, Mahala 1880 - 1921
Stroger, James 19 Jun 1920 - 1 Sep 1944 (Pfc Co. 827th T.D.B.N., God defends the right)
Fifth Row:
Turner, Julie 1950 - 1998
Spratling, Rozilla 1936 - 1978
Jones, Mattie 1906 - 1953
Felton, Carrie 1916 - 1955
Smith, Shirley 1939 - 1956
Smith, Cherry 1946 - 1964
Felton, James E. 1944 - 1998
Stroger, Emiline 1849 - Dec 1900 (At Rest)
Francis, Johnie 26 Oct 1882 - 24 Aug 1853 (H.J. & Lue Jinkins)
Davis, Arch Died 16 Sep 1899, Age 65
Davis, Addie 19 Jul 1889 - 18 Jun 1900
Infant Son of N & J McCowan
McCowan, Willie Died Dec 1899, Age 2 yrs
McCowen, Tempre Born 12 Mar 1899, Age 12 yrs
McCowen, Rachel (no dates)
Additional Graves Found 9 Feb
2000:
Jordon, Sis France 18 Oct 1878 - 5 Sep 1962
(At Rest)
King, Bro Curtis 31 Mar 1932 - 5 Feb 1963 (At Rest)
Jackson, Baby Girl 1979 (Lewis Funeral Home marker)
Jackson, Ruthie M. 1956 - 1994 (Lewis Funeral Home marker)
King, Charlie 1941 - 1989, age 49 (Hayward Funeral Home marker)
Jenkins, J. S. 23 Mar 1924 - 26 Dec 1942
Turner, George - 20 Sep 1921 - 9 Jan 1961 (Tech 5 Battery A 777th FABN WWII)
Additions From Obits:
King, Charlie Sr d. 2 Aug 2003 in Marshall