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ORE CITY CEMETERY
Originally named Murray League Cemetery



Thanks to Geraldine Little Braswell & Sandy Spann for completely photographing the cemetery May 2009.
Thanks to Patricia Couch Grimes for updating Ore City Cemetery for us in October of 2005.

Thanks to Earlene Gunnells for submitting her Ore City Cemetery photos for our use.

K's

Kay, Beatrice J            Pfc Woman's Army Corp; Beloved Mother of Ted & George Coleman
b. Jun 22, 1905       d. Aug 20, 1973

Kay, Ivan R            Cp. US Army WWII
b. Jun 15, 1907     d. Apr 9, 1978

(Keen, Blake Edward         Son;  Croley FHM
b. Sep 15, 1988   d. May 3, 1996
Keen, Linda Fite)           Mother;  Croley FHM
b. Aug 29, 1960      d. May 3, 1996

Keith, Kendall           (Grubbs Funeral Home Marker)
1952-2005

Kennedy, Mikeal Harold          obit; s/o Dennis & Georgia Hall Kennedy
b. Oct 24, 1958 Plainview, Tx         d. Jul 24, 2006 Longview, Tx

(Kimmons, Dorothy              W/o William H Kimmons
b. Dec 25, 1928      d. Dec 26, 1986
Kimmons, William H "Bill")            H/o Dorothy Kimmons
b. Oct 25, 1922

(King, A L
b. 1892         d. 1970
King, Vera Bell)       Pic #2
b. 1900         d. 1985

King, Charles Jay Sr           Grubbs-Loyd FHM
b. 1937         d. 2008

Kirk, Dalta R
b. Sep 5, 1951          d. Mar 25, 1977

Kirk, Jerry W            Found from old records. Did not find grave.
b. 1954         d. 1968

Kitchens, Mary Ann Barnett           obit; age 65
b. May 23, 1941 Douglassville, Ga           d. Oct 8, 2006 Victoria, Tx

(Klein, Olive Linda
b. Oct 11, 1911       d. Aug 19, 1995
Klein, Patrick "Pat")             B.P.O.E. Houston Lodge #151 P.E.R.
b. Mar 17, 1902      d. Jun 28, 1974

(Knox, Robert L "Bob" Jr       married Sep 20, 1969
b. Nov 28, 1945         d. Nov 30, 1998
Knox, Julia L)
b. Sep 5, 1942         d. Nov 30, 2008
 

L's

Lane, Denise Renee          Back of Stone; "Loving Wife and Mother"
b. Jun 23, 1964          d. May 24, 2004

(Laney, Cecil D "Red"
b. 1928
Laney, G Beatrice)
b. 1923         d. 1998

Lang, Sedonia
b. Oct 26, 1944          d. Aug 29, 2000

(Lassiter, Alta Ray              "Mom"; W/o  Tommie Lee Lassiter
b. Feb 20, 1924      d. May 5, 2002
Lassiter, Tommie L)
b.  Apr 13. 1929

(Leard, Vernon Thomas              Sgt US Marine Corps Korea
b. Aug 15, 1930          d. Aug 3, 2008
Leard, Virginia)
b. Jun 3, 1932

Leath, Darlene Tovass            Obit; w/o Kenneth Casey Leath; D/o Selmer Tovaas & Garnet Strain
b. Jan 12, 1935            d. Jan 10, 2016

Leath, Kenneth Casey           H/o Darlene Tovass
b. Jan 4, 1977    d. Feb 11, 1978

(Ledbetter, Abner B           
b. 14 Jan 1849       d. 3 Jan 1929
Per Ronald Wade - Abner Buford Ledbetter, born in SC, the son of James Verner Ledbetter and Martha B. Sisk, he married about 1901 to Laura Della Sirmons (1877 Ala.-1951) and their  children included Jessie Ledbetter born about 1904, Annie Ledbetter born about 1906, Earl Ledbetter born about 1908, Gladys Lucile Ledbetter born about 1910, Beulah Mea Ledbetter, b. Oct 28, 1911, Harrison, Co., Tx., d. Sep 25, 1970, Tyler, Tx., and Rachel Ledbetter born about 1919.
Ledbetter, Laura D)                
b. 16 Feb 1877      d. 9 Mar 1951
Per Ronald Wade -  Laura Della Sirmons, born in Ore City, Upshur Co., Tx., the daughter of Jim Sirmons and Anna Wimberly.  She married Abner Bufford Ledbetter (1849-1929) and their children included Jessie Ledbetter born about 1904, Annie Ledbetter born about 1906, Earl Ledbetter born about 1908, Gladys Lucile Ledbetter born about 1910, Beulah Mea Ledbetter, b. Oct 28, 1911, Harrison, Co., Tx., d. Sep 25, 1970, Tyler, Tx., and Rachel Ledbetter born about 1919. 

Ledbetter, James A
b. 1917         d. 1917

Leggette, Olin Otis
b. May 26, 1906        d. Aug 2, 1970

Leggette, Sybil Irene
b. Nov 4, 1905         d. Dec 3, 2005

(Lewis, Dorothy Kennedy           W/o John William Lewis
b. May 21, 1926
Lewis, John William)               H/o Dorothy Kennedy Lewis
b. Mar 27, 1927        d. May 31, 1987

Linder, Lucy Rita            "Forever in our Hearts"
b. May 27, 1928         d. Jul 18, 1998

(Llewellyn, Flossie A
b. Jun 30, 1906       d. Dec 17, 1973
Llewellyn, Willie E
)
b. Apr 17, 1900       d. Aug 21, 1974

(Locker, Dorothy R
b. Jun 10, 1927          d. Oct 17, 1988
Locker, John F)

b. Nov 30, 1918     d. Jan 21, 1989


Lovejoy-Spann Plot

Lovejoy, Lillie Bethel        Photo;  death certificate
b. 1928      d. 1957

D/o Charley Miles & Myrtle Smith Lovejoy; Photo by Sandra L. Spann; Submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

(Lovejoy, Charley Miles            m. 1902;  death certificate; S/o Wm "Willie" & Nancy (Jordan) Lovejoy
b. Jan 10, 1883
Wood Co, Tx     d. Feb 1, 1965 Upshur Co, Tx 
Lovejoy, Myrtl
e Smith)           
b. Feb 9, 1887 Memphis, Tn      d. Dec 3, 1973 Upshur Co, Tx
D/o  Torre & Nancy Harris Smith;  parents of the following children: Charlene, Delorse, Edna (married Chester L. Townlin), Florine, Jessie, Myrtie, James Silvester, Virgil M,
Sallie Estelle (married Ramah (Raymond) Lee Spann), Lillie Bethel, C. Barney, Velma Lou; Photo by Sandra L. Spann; Submitted by
Geraldine Little Braswell 

Lovejoy, James Silvester                death certificate
b. Mar 20, 1905 Wood Co, Tx     d. Oct 30, 1970 Upshur Co, Tx
TX Pvt US Army WWII; S/o Charley & Myrtle Smith Lovejoy; entered the US Army in 1942, trained at Camp Adair, Ore.;  tour of duty was in the US and was discharged 1943; Photo by Sandra L. Spann; Submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Lovejoy, Virgil M 
b. Aug 12, 1905 Wood Co, Tx       d. Jan 6, 2002   Bowie, Tx
S/o Charley Miles & Myrtle Smith Lovejoy; was a  member of the Ore City Methodist Church; He had been a farmer; In 1985, he moved to Bowie, Texas; Photo by Sandra L. Spann; Photo by Sandra L. Spann; Submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

 
Lujan, Joseph Vincent Jr "JJ"           obit; s/o Simon & Bobbie De-Young Wright and Joseph Vincent Lujan
b. Dec 19, 1997 San Dimas, CA           d. Dec 17, 2006 Vidor, TX


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