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OLDER SECTION 
FIRST ROAD 
ROW 1 
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JERRY LEE DAVIS 
Feb 17, 1935 
July 22, 1987 
DAVIS FAMILY PLOT MARKER 
(Large Cross) 
MR. RICHARD DICK LYON 
1907-1988 
Taylor Funeral Home Marker 
MRS. PEARLIE LEE LYON* 
1913-1984 
(Taylor Funeral Home) 
Last name is missing "L" and 
"N" 
PARLIE PHILLIPS NEA SMITH 
WIFE OF E.L. Phillips 
Born Jan 2 1874 
Died Jan 16, 1904 
"In Heaven there is one angel 
more" 
THOMAS ELI OWENS 
1915-1945 
T. G. OWENS 
Born Jan 9. 1873 
Died Jan 3. 1905 
(erected by Woodmen of the 
World Oakleaf Camp No. 396, 
Leonard, Texas) 
ARTHUR PINER GRIDER 
1885-1964 
MRS. A. P. GRIDER 
1889-1929 
FRED L. GRIDER 
1890-1969 
NELL C. GRIDER (SSW) 
1891-1974 
Married Nov 24, 1912 
BIRTIE WALES HILL 
1883-1905 
and baby 1905 
B. D. EWING 
1887-1940 
LENA C. EWING 
1892-1969 
HUGH MELTON 
1889-1933 
BIRDIE RIGNEW MELTON 
1888-1976 
Big MELTON family headstone 
J. H. MELTON 
1897-1953 
GEORGE S.E. WHITE 
Nov 23, 1871 
Dec 17, 1910 
"Blessed are the pure in 
heart for they shall see 
God." 
HUBB JR son of HUBB 
AND LILLIE DIGGS 
Aug 24, 1916 
Jan 7, 1918 
Twin sons of LILLIE 
ATTEBERY DIGGS 
born and died 
Jan 4, 1919 
LOVE NELLIE 
LILLIE DIGGS 
Jan 15, 1890 
Mar 27, 1930 
ATTEBERY 
Large family headstone 
CHARLES F. CLARK 
1880-1945 
LOLLA M. CLARK (SSW) 
1886-1929 
ROYCE E. WALLACE 
1915-1973 
(Taylor Funeral Home 
homemade marker) 
JAMES K. POLK 
1868-1950 
MAY A. POLK (SSW) 
1879-1963 

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JAMES LEE TAYLOR 
October 6, 1875 
June 11, 1940 
TEXAS TAYLOR 
Nov. 25, 1887 
Oct. 23, 1954 
Mother 
M.C. ROBINSON 
Born Dec 25, 1828 
Died Jan 13, 1902 
"She was a kind and 
affectionate wife; a fond 
mother; and friend to all". 
Father 
THOMAS E. ROBINSON 
Born 1835 
Died July 5, 1896 
"He died as he lived, 
a Christian." 
BILLY NEALE JAMES 
Jan 3, 1931 
Feb 28, 1931 
MORRELL JAMES 
1911-1959 
MARIETTA JAMES (SSW) 
1911-1961 
GLENN NEALE 
1895-1968 
MARY NEALE (SSW) 
1900-1979 
JENNIE CRAIN 
October 20, 1873 
January 27, 1967 
HUGH B. CRAIN 
February 12, 1871 
December 27, 1926 
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CROSSROAD 
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ROBERT D. HANDLEY 
Eng 1 U.S. NAVY 
World War I 
May 10, 1898 
Jan 18, 1954 
ESSIE LEE HANDLEY 
Oct 9, 1899 
Oct 30, 1971 
G. N. CHAPMAN 
1859-1923 
Our Baby 
MARY ALICE GENTRY 
Dec 16, 1914 
Mother 
KATE T. EWING 
1852-1947 
FLORENCE C. OWENS 
1882-1972 
(Wise Funeral Home marker) 
EMMETT RAY OWEN 
PVC US. ARMY 
WORLD WAR I 
1893-1978 
JAMES THOMAS CANNON 
Mar 18, 1852 
Dec 15, 1924 
COATNEY NEALE CANNON (SSW) 
June 5, 1862 
Nov 9, 1949 
"The Lord is Our Shepherd" 
WILLIAM F. CANNON 
Apr 9, 1891 
Aug 4, 1912 
CLYDE CANNON (CASH) 
Jan 31, 1891 
July 31, 1977 
DOROTHY L. HOPKINS 
TEXAS 
2ND LT. ARMY NURSE CORPS 
Sept 17, 1897 
Jan 30, 1966 
ELISABETH M. ROSS 
1848-1927 
PHILLIP R. COLLINS 
CPL US AIR FORCE 
June 29, 1928 
Jan 31, 1975 
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END OF ROAD 1 ROW 1 
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FIRST ROAD 
ROW 2 
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"In My Fathers House are 
many mansions" 
NANCY ANN Wife of J.F. 
CHUMBLEY 
Born March 1, 1855 
Died Dec 9, 1902 
"She was a kind and 
affectionate 
wife, a fond mother and 
friend to all" 
"In Memory of" 
CHARLES W. RILEY 
Sept 25, 1859 - May 1905 
JAMES DAVID DUNCAN 
Born Aug 25, 1890 
Died Jan 6, 1933 
ICIE M WALKER DUNCAN (SSW) 
July 10, 1897 
Nov 13, 1994 
Infant daughter of G.S. and 
A. CRADDOCK 
Born and Died Nov 14, 1900 
"Gone to be an angel" 
MOTHER 
LUCY TAYLOR NOBLE 
June 4, 1830 
Feb 24, 1909 
"She hath done what she 
could" 
Daughter of C.D. AND FORENCE 
CALLOWAY 
Born Sept 3, 1894 
Died May 4, 1896 
EDITH Daughter of 
R.L. & E. CARMICAL 
Born July 10, 1888 
Died Aug 25, 1899 
"Her happy soul has winged to 
one pure bright eternal day". 
R.L. CARMICAL 
1854-1924 
TEXANA B. CARMICAL 
1859-1952 
ALBERT BRYAN CARMICAL 
1896-1966 
W. H. COTNER 
Died Oct 9, 1898 
Aged 26yrs 3mo 9ds 
"A precious one from us is 
gone. A voice we loved is 
stilled; A place is vacant 
in our home that never 
can be filled". 
LEMMA D. LYONS 
1880-1944 
MEDFORD J. LYON (SSW) 
1880-1947 
TOMMIE N. son of 
W.N. & R. OWENS 
Born May 29, 1909 
Died Sept 4, 1909* 
This tombstone is broken 
ROSSIE wife of W.N. OWENS 
Born Jan 27, 1878 
Died Aug 30, 1909 
WILLIAM son of W.N. & R. 
OWENS 
Born and Died May 10, 1907 
NEOMA daughter of W.N. & R. 
OWENS 
Born Dec 11, 1903 
Died Dec 11, 1904 
NORA daughter of W.N. & 
R. OWENS 
Born Sept 7, 1897 
Died June 5, 1898 
GEORGE R. GRIDER 
1851-1937 
MRS. G. R. GRIDER 
1861-1929 
BESSIE GRIDER 
1895-1898 
ANNIE BELL 
1876-1927 
MARSHALL BELL (SSW) 
1867-1947 
WOODEN STAKE NO MARKINGS 

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JAMES J. TOWNSAN 
1885-1933 
NORUAL TOWNSAN 
1886-1965 
LUCILLE RUTHERFORD 
1888-1965 
B. F. DOUGLASS 
1845-1922 
MARY E. DOUGLASS 
1858-1896 
MARY S. MELTON 
1892-1968 
MARGE H. MELTON 
1896-1982 
NELLIE MELTON 
"MOTHER" 
1865 - 1914 
A.L. MELTON 
"FATHER" 
1862-1935 
BILLY CLAUDE TARPLEY 
Sept 3, 1926 
Nov 14, 1929 
CLAUDE A. TARPLEY 
Oct 18, 1898 
Jan 30, 1957 
WILLIE MAE TARPLEY (SSW) 
Mar 2, 1905 
Feb 15, 2000 
CHARLES son of GEORGE & 
RUTHA E. WHITE 
Born Apr 10, 1878 
Died Aug 1, 1895 
MRS. KATIE ATTEBERY 
Sept 23, 1869 
Dec 29, 1906 
DAVID J. ATTEBERY 
Nov 1, 1893 
Oct 10, 1933 
MRS. NELLIE ATTEBERY 
Apr 17, 1885 
Sept 10, 1960 
S. W. (SAM) son of SUE & 
SAMUEL ANDERSON 
Jan 25, 1888 
Sept 14, 1951 
WALTER HANCOCK 
Nephew of DAVE ATTEBERY 
"no dates on stone" 
R. NORMAN BLACKWELL 
Nov 22, 1869 
Oct 13, 1931 
NANCY J. BLACKWELL (SSW) 
Feb 5, 1869 
June 27, 1935 
GEORGE W. KARR 
1844-1951 
Wilson Funeral Home 
marker 
MRS. GEORGE KARR 
1889-1971 
Taylor Funeral Home 
made marker 
J. D. KARR 
1913-1940 
Wilson Service handmade 
SHERMAN F. LATIMER 
Mar 27, 1906 
Oct 9, 1968 
MARY FRANCES LATIMER (SSW) 
Oct 17, 1912 
May 2, 1991 
P. H. DIGGS 
Died Apr 15, 1897 
Aged 49 yrs 
"God gave-He took-He will 
restore. He doeth all things 
well." 
SARAH A. E. DIGGS 
Died Apr 15, 1892 
Aged 45 yr 
SUSAN SAVANNAH JOHNSON 
Mar 2, 1841 
Dec 25, 1926 
"She died as she lived, 
a Christian". 

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MOLLIE J. NEALE 
June 3, 1864 
Mar 26, 1946 
JOHN H. NEALE (SSW) 
Aug 15, 1864 
Mar 22, 1904 
MABEL JOY daughter of 
J. H. & M.J. NEALE 
Aug 13, 1903 
Oct 5, 1904 
"A little voice of love 
that blossomed but to die, 
transplanted now above to 
bloom with God on high." 
Infant of JOHN H. & 
MOLLIE J. NEALE 
Jan 11, 1892 
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CROSSROAD 
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EULA B. BROWN RAMSEY 
June 14, 1879 
Aug 31, 1905 
ORVILLE MCREYNOLDS RAMSEY 
Feb 14, 1903 
Apr 1, 1904 
DAVID A. FULLER 
Born Nov 6, 1844 
Died Apr 6, 1904 
"They who knew him best will 
bless his name and keep his 
memory dear while life shall 
last". 
JOSHUA B. CHAPMAN 
Sept 4, 1870 
Aug 19, 1933 
REBECCA B. CHAPMAN (SSW) 
Oct 29, 1865 
Nov 29, 1958 
WM WADE CHAPMAN 
1893-1951 
ANNIE MAUDE CHAPMAN (SSW) 
1893-1960 
A. B. ELKINS 
Born Feb 25, 1881 
Died Nov 18, 1904 
"Gone from our home but 
not from our hearts." 
PEARL GENTRY MACON 
Nov 15, 1894 
Sept 22, 1927 
ASHLEY D. GENTRY 
Sept 24, 1900 
May 4, 1962 
ANNA M. GENTRY (SSW) 
Jan 14, 1911 
June 17, 1969 
RUBY GENTRY 
July 13, 1904 
Mar 23, 1932 
J. W. GENTRY 
May 24, 1863 
Feb 21, 1914 
MARY E. GENTRY (SSW) 
Mar 4, 1871 
July 26, 1960 
DR. OLAN S. EWING 
Sept 16, 1875 
Dec 11, 1915 
"My Trust in God" 
Woodmen of World Stone 
LIZZIE wife of DR. O.S. 
EWING 
Oct 16, 1876 
Dec 2, 1907 
"To live in the hearts we 
leave behind is not to die" 
Woodmen of World Stone 
NANNIE E. MARSHALL 
1837-1920 
"Our Mother" 
SAMUEL THOMAS OWENS 
1874-1911 
FLORENCE GRIDER OWENS 
"his wife" 
1882-1972 
EMMETT RAY OWENS 
Dec 5, 1893 
July 5, 1978 
INEZ OWENS (SSW) 
Nov 25, 1898 
Aug 6, 1989 

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FRANCIS ADELINE OWENS 
wife of W. L. OWENS 
July 27, 1854 
Dec 20,1936 
W.L. OWENS (SSW) 
Sept 15, 1845 
Jan 11, 1924 
"Gone but not forgotten" 
LOYD D. OWENS 
July 25, 1896 - Sept 3, 1966 
Masonic marker 
SUSAN F. MCCARROLL 
1883-1912 
CHARLEY MCCARROLL 
1883-1957 
Woodmen of World marker 
LOUISE MCCARROLL 
1911-1912 
STELLA MAY MCCARROLL 
1907-1913 
MARY E. MCCARROLL 
1858-1930 
JOHN T. MCCARROLL (SSW) 
1852-1924 
Woodmen of World stone 
ANNA M. BLEDSOE 
"MOTHER" "HIS WIFE" 
1847 - 1918 
"Her spirit smiles from that 
bright shore, and softly 
whispers "Weep no more". 
HIRAM W. BLEDSOE 
"FATHER" 
1839-1913 
"Weep not loved ones for me; 
for I am waiting in heaven 
for thee". 
STEPHEN M. ROSS 
1845-1926 
ANNA C. ROSS (SSW) 
1866-1950 
JOHN D. NEAL 
Feb 12, 1852 - Dec 13, 1913 
ELIZA J. NEAL (SSW) 
Apr 16, 1853 - July 20, 1936 
"The Lord is my light 
and my salvation". 
DORA P. ROSS 
1873-1925 
SAMUEL H. ROSS (SSW) 
1868 -1941 
KERNEY WATSON 
Sept 3, 1896 - June 21, 1920 
"She was the sunshine of our 
home." 
JOHN T. STALLING 
May 25, 1856 - Aug 15, 1955 
WILLIAM S PERKINS 
1913 - 1988 
VERA PEARCE 
1918 - 
LUCY P STORY 
1914 - 1992 
ARLIE A. PEARCE 
1892-1968 
JAMES A. PEARCE (SSW) 
1890-1974 
LUCILLE COLLINS 
"SISTER" 
1910-1926* 
concrete marker says 1910- 
1946 
BEN COLLINS "BROTHER 
1905-1928
ORA L. COLLINS 
1886-1961 
JACOB C. COLLINS (SSW)
1877-1933 
"In Loving Memory" 
THELMA LEE COLLINS 
Feb 22, 1908 - Oct 8, 1996 
WM. LEWIS COLLINS 
"FATHER" 
Jan 6, 1907 - May 31, 1968 
BOBBY SCOTT COLLINS 
"SON" 
Sept 1938 - Aug 1945 
TOM YOUNG "UNCLE" 
1874-1949 
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END OF ROAD 1 ROW 2 
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