BICKLEY CEMETERY
Sabine County, Texas

Indexed 10 June 2001 by Mackie & Kay Parker McCary and Billy Neal Fussell
 For questions contact Kay Parker McCary

First Marked Burial – 1873  ---  Last Marked Burial – 24 Oct 1960

NOTE: Barbara Williams Scates sent in an additional inventory of the Bickley Cemetery

DIRECTIONS

Bickley Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas - From the courthouse in Hemphill take FM 83 East 1 block to State Hwy 87.Go North or Left 7 miles to Milam. At the intersection of Hwy 87 and Hwy 21 in Milam turn West or Left on Hwy 21 for 8.7 miles to FM 3448.  Turn North or Right onto FM 3448 (only goes North) and go 1.8 miles to a narrow grassy road to the Left (This will be 0.1 mile past the end of the pavement). Turn West or Left onto this road and go 0.2 mile to the cemetery at the end of the road.  The Cemetery has a cyclone fence and is fairly well kept. Additional information added in parenthesis.
    Name Born Died Inscription Comments
1   ARNOLD, Minnie Lee 10 Jan 1871 2 Jan 1895 "Gone but not forgotten – Wife of J. M. Arnold"  
2   BICKLEY, Clyde 11 Oct 1899 9 Nov 1907 "Asleep in Jesus"  
3   BICKLEY, Cora Alice 26 Mar 1885 25 Jan 1888 "Suffer little children come unto Me"  
4   BICKLEY, Florence 17 May 1872 7 Nov 1956  

(Florence Fussell Bickley – husband Thomas Jefferson Bickley)
5   BICKLEY, Harriette L. 10 June 1828 24 Aug 1907  

dbl/w Simeon Bickley (Harriette Culver Bickley)

6   BICKLEY, Leslie Irvine 20 Feb 1904 17 Jan 1907 "Gone to be an angel – Son of W. S. & Nannie Bickley"  
7   BICKLEY, M. A. 10 June 1846 24 Aug 1896 "Wife of J. B." (Bickley)  
8   BICKLEY, Mattie Smith 16 May 1884 24 Jan 1925 "Dear parents tho we miss you much we know you rest with God" dbl/w William W. Bickley
9   BICKLEY, Nannie E. 29 Feb 1884 5 Dec 1905 "Gone but not forgotten – Wife of W. S. Bickley"  
10   BICKLEY, S. (Simeon) 20 Dec 1822 3 Mar 1907   dbl/w Harriette Culver Bickley
11   BICKLEY, Thomas J. (Jefferson) 15 Nov 1862 18 Apr 1938   h/o Florence Fussell Bickley
12   BICKLEY, Wm. W. 10 Nov 1846 29 Oct 1907 "Dear parents tho we miss you much we know you rest with God" dbl/w Mattie Smith Bickley
13   BOHANNON, Martin 29 May 1937 2 June 1937    
14   CARTER, Eugene Lamar       30 May 1907 30 May 1907 "A fairer bud of promise never bloomed – Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Carter"  
15   CARTER, Infant Daughter 20 Dec 1903 20 Dec 1903 "He giveth His beloved sleep – Infant daughter of G. B. & J. E. Carter"  
16   DAVIS, Emma 23 Jan 1875 11 Nov 1908 "She was the sunshine of our home – Wife of W. J. Davis" (Emma Mary Lovelady Davis – married 8 May 1904 SCT)
17   DAVIS, Esther 18 Sept 1917 11 Aug 1919 "Our Darling"  
18   DAVIS, James H. 14 July 1826 9 Aug 1905 Co D 2 REGT TEXAS INF CSA  
19   DAVIS, Leo T. 14 Dec 1893 18 July 1924 "– His words were kindness His deeds were love His spirit humble He rests above" WOW marker
20   DAVIS, Mary E. 19 Apr 1875 9 May 1918 "Rest Mother rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o’er thee weep – Wife of W. (Wesley) J. Davis" WOW marker
21   DAVIS, W. J. (Wesley) 29 Feb 1872 24 Oct 1960 "Asleep with Jesus" WOW marker -- (Wesley J. Davis – married Emma Mary Lovelady 8 Mary 1904 SCT)
22   DAVIS, William Mack Calvin 20 July 1887 18 Jan 1888    
23   HARRIS, Anna 20 June 1882 27 Aug 1903 "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal - Dau of A. P. & S J. Harris"  
24   HARRIS, Fannie I. 31 Aug 1883 12 Dec 1886 "12 Dec 1886"  
25   HARRIS, Lula Bell 24 Oct 1876 3 Oct 1919 "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal"  
26   HARRIS, S. A. 8 Nov 1886 24 Feb 1888 "Children of A. P. & S. J. Harris" dbl/w S. J. Harris
27   HARRIS, S. F. (Susan Frances) 14 Feb 1827 20 Oct 1898    
28   HARRIS, S. J. (Samuel) 9 May 1826 11 June 1886    
29   HARRIS, S. J. 19 Feb 1888 19 Feb 1888 "Children of A. P. & S. J. Harris" dbl/w S. A. Harris
30   HARRIS, Sallie J. (Pickard) 20 Mar 1854 10 Mar 1908 "The memory dear shall ever be a guiding star to us – Wife of A. (Alfred) P. Harris"  
31   HARRIS, Sarah Elizabeth 20 Dec 1846 20 Jan 1893 "Wife of Josiah Davis Jr."  
32   HARRIS, Walter Jefferson 22 Dec 1890 3 July 1893    
33   JOHNSON, C. M. 15 Oct 1867 31 Dec 1911 "Jesus Saves" WOW marker
34   JOHNSON, J. B. 3 Mar 1859 27 Oct 1900 "Christ is my hope, Heaven is my home"  
35   JOHNSON, Lucinda J. 6 Oct 1831 8 May 1887    
36   LAYFIELD, Alace 21 Jan 1881 10 June 1884 "Blessed ar the early dead – Dau of S. M. & S. F Layfield"  
37   MEEKS, Bula --- 12 Jan 1890 "Happy infant early blest rest peaceful slumber rest" only one date
38   RENFRO, David Franklin (Abt 1805) (13 Apr 1865)   (Unmarked Crypt of homemade bricks – Son of Isaac Alexander Renfro & Priscilla Dixon – Husband of Martha Dixon Renfro)
39   RENFRO, Martha Dixon   (1843)  

(Unmarked Crypt of homemade bricks – Wife of David Franklin Renfro)
40   STORY, Andrew J. 1876 1883   (on funeral home marker)
41   STORY, Baby Boy 1896 1896    
42   STORY, Baby Boy 1897 1897    
43   STORY, John M. --- --- Corp. - Co A 4 GA INF C.S.A. no dates
44   STORY, Lawrence A. 1870 1873   (on funeral home marker)
45   STORY, Mary E. Williams 1839 1894 Wife of J. M. Story

(Husband – David Williams)
46   WILLIAMS, Cynthia 1815 1910   (husb -- David Williams) 
47   WILLIAMS, David 1807 1889  

(Wife – Cynthia Williams)
48   WILLIAMS, John Thomas 7 July 1866 28 Mar 1939   dbl/w Mary Frances Williams (son of Samuel & Martha L. Williams)
49   WILLIAMS, Martha L. 30 June 1844 31 Aug 1887 "‘Tis the Lord that hath bereft us of the one we loved so well – Wife of Samuel Williams" Gould & Gould, Tyler, TX
50   WILLIAMS, Mary Frances (Bragg) 29 Mar 1885 24 Aug 1948   dbl/w John Thomas Williams
51   WILLIAMS, Samuel --- --- Co G 54 GA Inf CSA (son of David & Cynthia Williams)
52   WILLIAMS, Mrs. Susan A. (Bickley) 20 Mar 1851 9 Sept 1899 "She died as she lived trusting in God" (Daughter of Simeon Bickley & Harriette Culver)
53   WILLIAMS, W. (William) A. 7 June 1846 4 Mar 1901 "His many virtues form the noblest monument" (son of David Williams & Cynthia)
54   Rock Marker        
55   Stone- broken & unreadable        
56   Stone - small marker        

Sabine County Cemeteries

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