Walker Memorial Cemetery

Carthage, Texas
GPS Coordinates: 320900N, 0941855W
Surveyed by Barbara Bonner, Shannon Knight & Marylee Knight, 03-23-02

This cemetery is located within the city limits of Carthage. From the South East Loop around Carthage, so eastbound on Hills Lake Road. Bennett Drilling Services, Inc is located at 1122 Hills Lake Road and has a high cyclone fence around their equipment yard. At the east end of this fence, there is a green and white sign on the right hand side of the road indicating Walker Memorial Cemetery. Turn down the road where the sign is located and travel approximately 300 yards to the front gate of the cemetery.

The cemetery occupies all of Blk 644 of the City of Carthage. On the date of this survey, there were 135 graves that were marked in a fashion that revealed either full or partial information. The graves are believed to be totally that of African-Americans.

The oldest marked grave in the cemetery is that of London Wilson, who died on Sept. 21, 1895 at the age of 52. London's grave, along with those of Mary Roland, Jennie McCuloch and Jennie's daughter Rhoda Manson are under the overhanging branches of some large trees right against the back fence of the cemetery, slightly over half way toward the far end.Although not easily seen, they can be found with only a little effort.

Perhaps the most tragic grave in the cemetery is a small, unmarked one under the big tree nearest the front of the cemetery. The body of an unidentified newborn child was found in a dumpster at the end of Reese Street. When the investigation by the Carthage City Police failed to determine the parents of the child, Jack Reese, who was caretaker of Walker Cemetery, gave the baby a final resting place in Walker Cemetery.

There is an exceedingly large number of unmarked graves in the cemetery. Most are identifiable only by the grave indentions that almost completely fill the center of the cemetery on the far end. What is now the back half of the cemetery was, at one time, the entire cemetery. As there was no available space, more land was purchased and became the front half of the cemetery. The newer graves line the front fence row of the cemetery. Older graves, many now unmarked, continue down the front fence and across the far end. Many graves in the cemetery are marked only with clumps of white iris. Some very large cedar trees dot the cemetery and were, undoubtedly, grave markers at one time.

According to Gladys Reese Holland, daughter of a former care taker, Thomas Jack Reese, at one time the cemetery was in very bad shape. Three former Carthage residents: Rip Gray from Chicago, Robert Gray from Ft Worth and Mose Riggins from Dallas, all three ministers, came home and cleaned off Walker Memorial Cemetery as well as Mt. Zion/Oddfellows Cemetery. After the cemetery was cleaned, first Jack Reese and later Cleveland Brown took loving care of the cemetery, making sure it stayed neat and clean.

The Memorial Day for Walker Cemetery is the Saturday before May 31st of each year. A church service is usually held in conjunction with the Memorial Day at the cemetery and people travel great distances to participate in the events.

  • Name
  • Birth
    Death
  • Parents
  • Spouse
  • Children
  • Comments
  • ADAMS, Cornelius
  • 1895
    1984
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  • ADAMS, Levie
  • 11 Feb 1890
    08 Jul 1972
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  • ALLEN, Nera Lee
  • -
    22 Mar 1937
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  • ALLEN, Sidney Charles Sr.
  • 25 Oct 1958
    21 Nov 2001
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  • ALLEN, Theartis (Mrs.)
  • 17 Nov 1926
    31 Jan 1999
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  • ANDREWS, Roberts Lee
  • 12 Aug 1919
    01 Jan 1944
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  • BARBER, Equilla J.
  • 09 Apr 1908
    26 Dec 1976
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  • BECK, Marie
  • 26 Sep 1945
    29 Sep 1945
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  • BELL, May Ressie
  • 01 May 1902
    27 Sep 197?
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  • BERRY, Sandy Wood
  • -
    1930
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  • BONNER, Ronin Kapin
  • 2000
    2000
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  • BREWSTER, Atholene S.
  • -
    -
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  • BREWSTER, E.W.
  • 1922
    1997
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  • BROWN, Callie
  • 01 May 1901
    27 Sep 1979
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  • BROWN, Cigar
  • 11 Jun 1891
    22 Mar 1974
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  • US Army WW I (LA)
  • BROWN, Cleveland
  • 26 Jan 1954
    22 Aug 1988
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  • Sgt. US Army
  • BROWN, Georgia
  • 1903
    1978
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  • BROWN, J.C.
  • 30 May 1927
    25 Oct 1996
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  • BROWN, Martha Mae
  • 22 Jul 1923
    05 Jun 1988
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  • BURROUGHS, K Darius D
  • 1999
    1999
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  • CARTER, Elijah
  • 1938
    1995
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  • CHATHAM, Hattie
  • 4 Jul 1881
    25 Sep 1917
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  • C. Chatham
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  • wife of C. Chatham
  • CLARK, Roosevelt
  • 18 Jan 1953
    07 Nov 1984
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  • CLOUGH, Shazman Ni----
  • 01 Dec 1995
    01 Dec 1995
  • Jackie Buffin
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  • a twin
  • COLEMAN, Arthur E.
  • 27 Apr 1956
    19 Apr 1993
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  • COLEMAN, Bertha Ross
  • 18 Nov 1910
    01 Jan 1994
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  • COLEMAN, Eliza G.
  • 01 May 1928
    26 Apr 1991
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  • COLEMAN, Iketra A.
  • 1984
    1987
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  • COLLINS, Bill Henry
  • 02 Feb 1901
    24 Sep 1979
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  • COLLINS, Byron L.
  • 16 Mar 1973
    07 Jun 1998
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  • COLLINS, Freddie C.
  • 12 Apr 1905
    15 Jun 1905
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  • COLLINS, Jessie Bell
  • 02 Aug 1909
    21 May 1998
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  • COOPER, Lurina
  • 02 Apr 1905
    23 Jun 1905
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  • CULPEPPER, Katherine
  • 07 Dec 1914
    21 Mar 1999
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  • DANIELS, Alphonso
  • 1905
    1979
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  • DAVIS, Annie Franklin
  • 11 Jul 1952
    08 Aug 1999
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  • EDMOND, John W.
  • 22 Jul 1922
    12 Nov 1975
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  • US Army WW II
  • EDMOND, Robert Mark
  • 02 Jan 1919
    16 Jan 1978
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  • FIELDS, Virgil
  • 1919
    1979
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  • FINLEY, Baby Boy
  • 12 Jul 1992
    12 Jul 1992
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  • FITCHUE, Josh
  • 6 Sep 1850
    25 Mar 1936
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  • FITCHURE, Don
  • 02 Oct 1935
    08 Oct 1984
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  • FITUHURE, Alversie G.
  • 1917
    -
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  • Eastern Star
  • FITUHURE, Joseph W.
  • 1907
    1982
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  • Mason
  • GARRETT, Eliges
  • 1917
    1981
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  • GARRETT, Unknown
  • -
    -
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  • small square block
  • GIBBS, Don
  • 30 Aug 1946
    21 Sep 1945
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  • GOLBERT, Ollie
  • 1920
    1998
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  • GRANT, Billy Joe
  • 03 Feb 1938
    13 Jul 1985
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  • US Navy
  • GRANT, Buford
  • 30 Dec 1907
    01 May 1961
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  • GRANT, Irene
  • 1911
    1996
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  • GRANT, Robert Lee
  • 01 May 1940
    22 Nov 2000
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  • GRAVES, Walter Ree
  • 16 Jun 1930
    11 Mar 1961
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  • HI---NS--, Doris
  • 1924 ? 1934
    1987
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  • HOOKER, Grandon E.
  • 05 Sep 1956
    07 Jan 1979
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  • HOOKER, Helen Joy (Mrs.)
  • -
    27 May --
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  • HOOKER, Vernon
  • 1936
    1992
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  • HORN, Dave
  • 18 Apr 1916
    -
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  • HORN, Mary Lou
  • 01 Jan 1915
    14 Aug 1997
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  • HORTON, Ila Mae
  • 1918
    1979
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  • HUDNALL, Golys
  • 27 Sep 1907
    30 Jan 1979
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  • US Army Air Corps WW II
  • HUDSON, Andrew J.
  • 4 Oct 1893
    24 Oct 1965
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  • WW I Ambulance Co
  • HUDSON, Clara M.
  • 19 Aug 1902
    14 Apr 1986
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  • HUDSON, Fredie
  • 1940
    1984
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  • JACKSON, Gertrude
  • 1923
    02 Jun 1905
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  • JACKSON, Johnnie
  • 20 Jun 1920
    24 Jun 1995
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  • JACKSON, Lola H.
  • 1937
    1975
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  • JACKSON, Patsy J.
  • 05 Aug 1945
    21 Feb 1987
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  • JACKSON, Thomas Jack
  • 02 Jul 1916
    06 Oct 1983
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  • JERNIGAN, Billy Clyde
  • 1942
    2001
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  • JOHNS, Lovie N. Pipkin
  • 18 Jul 1929
    23 Oct 1994
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  • JOHNS, Melvin Sr.
  • 17 Jul 1926
    06 Jul 2003
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  • US Navy; Master Electrician
  • JOHNSON, Florence
  • 02 Mar 1913
    28 Aug 1991
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  • JONES, Cliff
  • 1911
    1983
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  • KELLEY, Archie
  • 14 Nov 1896
    22 Feb 1962
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  • WW I 165th Depot Brig.
  • KELLEY, Hubbard "Joe"
  • 20 Jul 1943
    06 Feb 1986
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  • KELLEY, Jesse
  • 27 Dec 1910
    18 Apr 1950
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  • KELLEY, Sanford LaCraig
  • 24 Dec 1969
    31 May 1995
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  • KING, R.E.
  • 1925
    1995
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  • LEWIS, Hamon
  • 1924
    18-Jun-05
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  • LILLY, Dillie
  • 1909
    2000
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  • LILLY, Edgar
  • 1909
    1998
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  • MANSON, Rhoda
  • 9 Nov 1886
    27 Aug 1907
  • Jennie McCuloch
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  • MARSHALL, Cary
  • 30 Apr 1922
    23 Dec 1980
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  • US Army Tech 5
  • MARSHALL, Charlotte L.
  • 10 Feb 1947
    13 Sep 1997
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  • MARSHALL, Lucille
  • 1912
    2000
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  • MARSHALL, Unknown
  • -
    -
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  • old funeral home marker
  • MARSHALL, Unknown
  • 1928
    1981
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  • MARSHALL, Willie L.
  • 12 Dec 1925
    27 Nov 1987
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  • US Army WW II
  • MATLOCK, Nannie L.
  • 1884
    1992
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  • MATLOCK, Roy Neal
  • 04 Sep 1931
    06 Oct 1990
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  • MCCARTHY, Anica
  • 1951
    1996
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  • MCCULLOUGH, Jennie
  • 4 Jul 1854
    20 May 1941
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  • MCCULLUM, William
  • 1941
    1998
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  • MOORE, Mrs. Willie
  • -
    -
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  • old funeral home marker
  • NICKERSON, Isreal
  • 1918
    1988
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  • US Army Tch 4
  • OWENS, Marqurious
  • 2001
    2001
  • Keith Owens
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  • OWENS, O Quisha S.
  • 1984
    2001
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  • PIPKINS, Hagar
  • 1898
    29 May 1905
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  • PIPKINS, Linvil
  • 18 Feb 1922
    12 Apr 1999
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  • PIPKINS, Lizzie
  • 06 Jan 1920
    29 Jul 1990
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  • PIPKINS, Mon
  • 02 Mar 1884
    12 Sep 1971
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  • PIPKINS, Mon Jr.
  • 05 May 1927
    19 Apr 1972
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  • US Army WW II
  • PIPKINS, Simon
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    -
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  • PIPKINS, Wallace
  • 10 Mar 1905
    12 Jun 1905
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  • RAMSEY, Bayliss
  • 30 Mar 1918
    26 Dec 1999
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  • RAYSON, Daniel
  • 1944
    1981
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  • RAYSON, James
  • 1937
    1959
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  • Community F.H. of Center TX
  • RAYSON, L.A. (Mr.)
  • 1938
    1985
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  • Community F.H. of Center TX
  • RAYSON, Suda (Mrs.)
  • 1902
    1989
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  • REESE, Laura "Honey"
  • 10 Sep 1915
    30 Apr 1985
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  • REESE, Thomas Jack
  • 27 May 1913
    14 Jan 1984
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  • ROBERTS, Emma
  • 08 Nov 1889
    04 Jul 1913
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  • Household of Ruth #2541
  • ROBERTS, James
  • Mar 1871
    23 Aug 1943
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  • ROLAND, Coreaner
  • 11 Dec 1888
    29 Jul 1922
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  • ROLAND, Mary
  • 26 Dec 1893
    08 Oct 1921
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  • Grant Roland
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  • wife of Grant Roland
  • RUTHERFORD, Senorar R.
  • 1948
    1999
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  • SALONE, Darcus
  • 04 Mar 1963
    17 Jan 1991
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  • SMALL, Games
  • 20 Feb 1905
    12 Nov 1947
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  • SMALL, Quincy
  • 27 Jan 1900
    29 Jul 1945
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  • Husband of Mrs. Small
  • SMITH, Mrs. Theo
  • 1907
    1980
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  • STATEN, Maurine P.
  • 04 May 1925
    18 Nov 1987
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  • STRONG, Retha Mae Ramsey
  • 27 Nov 1914
    12 Sep 1984
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  • SUTTON, Allen
  • 1891
    1943
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  • SUTTON, Sam Junior "Big Boy"
  • 16 Dec 1952
    15 Aug 1998
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  • TERRELL, Lavell
  • 1908
    1995
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  • TERRELL, William
  • 1902
    1987
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  • TUCKER, Arthur Harren Sr.
  • 17 May 1909
    23 Jul 1992
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  • TURNER, Corine Fitchure
  • 02 Dec 1905
    08 Sep 1973
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  • UNKNOWN, Unknown
  • 1900
    1989
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  • Community F.H. of Center TX
  • WADDLE, Hannah
  • 5 May 1892
    28 Jan 1965
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  • WILSON, London
  • -
    21 Sep 1895
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  • Age 52
  • WOODBERRY, Bessie Mae
  • 29 Dec 1909
    02 Mar 1983
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  • WRIGHT, Mamie Lois
  • 23 Jan 1923
    22 May 1963
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