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"AT REST" 
JOE HAMPTON WATSON 
1916-1993 
Footstone 
JOE HAMPTON WATSON 
CPO US NAVY 
WORLD WAR II KOREA 
MAR 6, 1916 
AUG 21, 1993 
MOLLIE N. WATSON 
1890-1984 
GEORGE A. WATSON (SSW) 
1876-1941 
ETTA MAY SMITH 
1889-1966 
"Together At Rest" 
H. B. SMITH (SSW) 
1877-1966 
SALLY L WATSON 
JUN 20, 1893 
MAR 7, 1974 
EVERETT C. WATSON (SSW) 
Mar 15, 1894 
Aug 20, 1962 
IMOGENE CHILDERS BRYD 
AUG 3, 1925 
DEC 6, 2002 
Beloved Mother, Grandmother 
Sister & Friend 
FRED M. BYRD 
Mar 28, 1903 
Aug 27, 1976 
Masonic Lodge symbol 
"Rest In Peace" 
"FATHER" 
BUFFERD CHILDERS 
1923-1954 
"JODIE" 
MARGARET ROPER STATON 
DEC 1, 1945 
JUL 22, 1995 
J. W. ROPER JR. 
June 9, 1917 
Mar 6, 1967 
"He is now sleeping 
in Jesus." 
JOHN MARION KUHN 
Dec 23, 1898 
July 14, 1965 
Married July 12, 1924 
WILLIE ANN KUHN (SSW) 
June 15, 1905 
Apr 19, 1966 
"The Lord is My Shephard." 
23rd Psm 
QUINN BOWERS 
Dec 19, 1920 
Oct 21, 1983 
SARAH LAVERNE 
REINHART BOWERS 
NOV 29, 1918 
OCT 28, 1997 
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END OF ROAD 2 ROW 3 
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Page 81 
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SECOND ROAD 
ROW 4 
----------------- 
MARTHA L. ROWE 
Born Feb 17, 1856 
Died Jan 11, 1922 
Handmade stone 
(Front breaking off) 
JOE WEAVER 
1876-1948 
BERTIE WEAVER (SSW) 
1879-1923 
CLARENCE WEAVER 
1899-1963 
OPHELIA WEAVER (SSW) 
1899-1948 
GILL SUDDERTH 
1879-1957 
MARTHA SUDDERTH 
1854-1940 
DAVID G. SUDDERTH (SSW) 
1850-1929 
(They share a large stone 
with Harry T. & Tempie Smith row #3) 
"MOTHER" 
ALICE SUDDERTH 
1886-1936 
DAVID ALEX SUDDERTH 
1912-1914 
Wilson Funeral Home 
CLAUDE YOUNG 
SGT US ARMY 
World War I 
1896-1979 
MAUDE A. SUDDERTH 
1875-1967 
W. A. SUDDERTH 
1873-1939 
GRACE CLYMER 
1884-1944 
LOUIE D. CLYMER (SSW) 
1880-1937 
WINNIE DAVIS ABERNATHY 
Nov 9, 1894 
Sept 12, 1984 
THOMAS LESLIE ABERNATHY 
March 15, 1891 
Aug 2, 1962 
FRANCIS ABERNATHY 
APR 12, 1929 
APR 16, 2001 
DAVIS/ABERNATHY 
FAMILY MARKER 
(backside) (On row 3) 
RIGNEY FAMILY MARKER 
"FATHER" 
F. N. RIGNEY 
April 15, 1871 
Feb 1, 1943 
"MOTHER" 
ALLIE RIGNEY 
Sept 27, 1873 
Oct 6, 1950 
F.N. RIGNEY JR. 
1908-1939 
BOBBIE RIGNEY 
No dates 
WM. RIGNEY son of HORACE 
& VELMA MELTON 
Born April 18, 1910 
Died May 26, 1912 
"Our darling one hath gone 
before to greet us on the 
blissful shore." 
JOE NELL MELTON 
1931- 
VELMA LEE MELTON 
1890-1964 
HORACE STEELE MELTON (SSW) 
1890-1946 
GENEVA SHAW dau of W. C. & 
BERTHA SHAW 
Feb 24, 1911 
Mar 7, 1911 
"Budded on earth to bloom in 
Heaven." 

Page  82 
BERTHA M. SHAW 
1889-1954 
WILLIAM C. SHAW (SSW) 
1887-1951 
JAMES DANIEL WILSON 
CPL US ARMY 
World War I 
1892-1976 
EMMA WILSON 
1861-1943 
GEORGE L. WILSON (SSW) 
1858-1947 
Masonic Lodge symbol 
"Infant son" 
LARRY JAMES CREECH 
Born & Died Aug 2, 1967 
GLORIA GROUNDS MAULDIN 
1930-1951 
"BABY" 
BONNIE F. GROUNDS 
July 2, 1919 - Sept 25, 1921 
"God calls away when He 
thinks best." 
MAE GROUNDS 
1895-1983 
Married Dec 4, 1915 
MARSHALL E. GROUNDS (SSW) 
1894-1970 
LAURA BELL BARTLETT 
Mar 15, 1870 
June 17, 1940 
CHARLES M. BARTLETT (SSW) 
Aug 12, 1865 
July 27, 1952 
LAURA BELL FORTH Married to 
C. M. BARTLETT 
Sept 6, 1885 
OLEAN BARTLETT 
Aug 2, 1906 - June 18, 1981 
JOE S. BARTLETT (SSW) 
Nov 13, 1897 Jan 13, 1963 
OLEAN HALLUM BARTLETT Married 
CECIL BATES Mar 6, 1967 
"Memories of the ones we've 
loved still cast their gentle 
glow to grace our days and 
light our paths wherever we 
may go. May the Lord Bless 
and Keep." 
GEORGIA L. ROSS 
1902 - 
JOHNNIE C. ROSS (SSW) 
1897-1959 
WILLIAM E. OWENS 
1924 - 1993 
Taylor Funeral Home marker 
MARY LEOLA OWENS 
1897-1974 
Taylor Funeral Home 
Handmade marker 
M. SAMUEL C. OWENS 
1878- 1946 
Taylor Funeral 
Homemade marker 
M. EDITH KEEN 
Sept 12, 1909 
Jun 23, 1994 
WILLIS L KEEN (SSW) 
Dec 29, 1906 
Feb 12, 1950 
(Pictures) 
MARY A. BARR 
Apr 26, 1884 
Oct 16, 1954 
JOHN F. BARR (SSW) 
Feb 22, 1880 
Feb 11, 1955 
RETA BELL PARKS 
Jan 11, 1917 
Oct 9, 1954 
ELLIS W. PARKS (SSW) 
March 1, 1910 
Aug 18, 1995 
"BRYAN" 
Our children, a gift from 
God, 
He giveth, Yet He taketh 
away." 
WESLEY BRYAN PARKS 
Aug 12, 1976 
Feb 14, 1981 
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END OF ROAD 2 ROW 4 
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Page  83 
--------------- 
THIRD ROAD 
ROW 1 
--------------- 
JOHN M. DEAN NICHOLSON 
Jan 7, 1914 
Sept 7, 1975 
Married Jan 4, 1947 
BILLIE RUTH NICHOLSON (SSW) 
Mar 26, 1928 
Footstone 
JOHN M. DEAN NICHOLSON 
PVT US ARMY 
World War II 
1914-1975 
GEORGE E. STANFIELD 
1904-1964 
ALICE T. (SHELTON) STANFIELD 
1911-1973 
LEWIS DEAN NICHOLSON 
1946-1946 
Wilson Funeral Home 
handmade marker 
"Our Beloved Father" 
HARDY ELMER STANFIELD 
Aug 31, 1905 
Sept 13, 1983 
"Rest in Peace" 
LENA ANN BROWN 
1888-1918 
MARCELLAS H. BILYEU 
TEC 5 US ARMY 
World War II 
Aug 31, 1918 
Aug 24, 2002 
GEORGIA KATHERINE BILYEU 
Jan 12, 1926 
"Beloved Wife" 
HOWARD BILYEU 
Oct 30, 1892 
Aug 10, 1973 
LINNIE (SSW) 
July 21, 1897 
Feb 8, 1983 

KATHLEEN S. WRIGHT 
1903 
DAVID L. WRIGHT 
1900-1942 
OUIDA MAY FULLER 
March 17, 1897 
Dec 31, 1967 
WALTER L. FULLER 
PVT CO D 5 ENGINEERS 
World War I 
Mar 20, 1894 
June 15, 1965 
JAMES L. SUDDERTH 
Jan 15, 1881 
Feb 28, 1957 
RUFUS P. GOODMAN 
1873-1946 
SARAH F. GOODMAN (SSW) 
1869-1950 
LARRY WAYNE BENNETT 
1945-1945 
Taylor Funeral Home 
handmade marker 
ROBERT W. MOFFETT 
Nov 6, 1890 
May 7, 1981 
Married Dec 3, 1916 
EMMA R. MOFFETT (SSW) 
Jan 18, 1895 
Apr 29, 1985 
Together Forever" 
BILLY JUNIOR BENNETT 
Jan 16, 1930 
June 3, 1990 
footstone BJB. 
WILLIAM S. BENNETT 
May 25, 1899 
Mar 24, 1985 
NANNIE IRENE BENNETT 
Mar 1, 1908 
Jan 13, 1976 
footstones WSB & NIB 
BILL LOYD 
1881-1946 
VIRGIE LOYD (SSW) 
1891- 

Page  84 
ROSA SMITH wife of 
O.R. MCCARLEY 
Feb 27, 1898 
May 30, 1920 
"Her spirit smiles from those 
bright shores and so they 
whisper, weep no more." 
HUDSON S. STAPP 
PVT US ARMY 
World War II 
1900-1977 
R.W. STAPP 
1873-1958 
MAUDE STAPP (SSW) 
1876-1963 
Wilson Funeral Home 
double homemade marker 
MARY CAROLYN MCDANIEL 
May 15, 1892 
May 27, 1967 
LUTHER WILLIAM WOOLEY 
PVT US ARMY 
World War II 
Aug 18, 1925 
Sep 12, 1996 
MRS. MAUDE WOOLEY 
1909-1989 
Taylor Funeral home marker 
H. L. BERRY 
1906-1946 
GENERAL G. PANNELL 
1898-1973 
Married July 29, 1918 
OLLIE L. PANNELL (SSW) 
1902 - 1991 
EDDIE TOM GREEN 
1938-1970 
Masonic symbol 
MELVIN MCCASLIN 
May 19, 1911 
July 7, 1950 
EDD MCCASLIN 
1886-1963 
MYRT MCCASLIN (SSW) 
1892-1965 
MERVIN HORTON 
June 21, 1924 
MARY HORTON (SSW) 
Mar 10, 1925 
April 8, 1988 
"FATHER" 
ROY HORTON 
Apr 18, 1900 
Sept 2, 1979 
"MOTHER'' 
GRATTIS HORTON 
Jan 2, 1904 
Feb 13, 1955 
HARRY WALTER KEEN 
Nov 15, 1878 
July 11, 1949 
NETTIE GERTRUDE KEEN 
Oct 4, 1880 
Aug 23, 1952 
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End of ROAD 3 ROW 1 
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Page  85 
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ROAD THREE 
ROW 2 
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AMOS 0. BURNS 
1912 - 1983 
Wed May 16, 1931 
JESSIE LOU BURNS (SSW) 
1912-1988 
DENNIS J. HOGAN 
1941-1980 
SANDRA G. HOGAN 
1951 - 

"FATHER" 
SAM R. STANFIELD 
1885-1957 
"MOTHER" 
RACHEL A. STANFIELD (SSW) 
1868-1946 
JUDY BELL HENRY 
Oct 30, 1941 
May 11, 1945 
"Our Loved One" 
JOHN MARVIN HENRY 
July 10, 1900 
May 25, 1957 
JESSIE LEE HENRY (SSW) 
Dec 2, 1904 
Oct 13, 1983 
"Love Lives on" 
ERNEST S. HYEPOCK 
May 19, 1891' 
Aug 11, 1958 
footstone ESH 
J.M. HYEPOCK 
April 29, 1863 
Aug 10, 1913 
ELIZABETH R. HYEPOCK (SSW) 
Oct 7, 1871 
Feb 27, 1947 
"No pain, no grief, no 
anxious fear can reach the 
peaceful sleepers here." 
ERH & JMH footstones 
Large WRIGHT headstone shared 
with Large SUDDERTH on row 4. 
HARRY T. SMITH 
1867 - 1935 
TEMPIE SMITH 
1875 - 1935 
EMMA I. JAMES 
1877-1956 
W. HENRY JAMES (SSW) 
1869-1934 
HENRIETTA E.V. JAMES 
1850-1922 
ISSAC D. JAMES (SSW) 
1845-1927 
FRED MOORE 
Born April 16, 1888 
Died Feb 9, 1917 
"Gone but not forgotten" 
MYRTLE GOODMAN DOOLIN 
1896-1970 
COLUMBUS T. DOOLIN (SSW) 
1898-1971 
MINERVA H. WHITE 
1848 - 1930 
WILLIAM P. WHITE (SSW) 
1851-1927 
MOLLIE WHITWORTH 
wife of J.H. WHITWORTH 
Mar 22, 1864 
Aug 2, 1912 
"The gift of God is eternal 
life 
through Jesus Christ Our 
Lord". 
MW footstone 
MR. JAMES H. WHITWORTH 
1869-1927 
Taylor Funeral Home 
handmade marker 
LUSTER. D. STALLINGS 
Mar 5, 1900 
Jan 30, 1951 
EVELYN STALLINGS (SWW) 
Mar 31, 1899 
Feb 18, 1983 
J.D. MORGAN 
Born Dec 2, 1873 
Died Mar 6, 1917 
Woodman of the World stone 

Page  86 
"None know thee but to love thee". 
MARTHA MORGAN 
1876-1973 
"MOTHER" 
MARY E. BENNETT 
Mar 30, 1873 
Mar 31, 1949 
"FATHER" 
GEORGE L. BENNETT 
May 24, 1868 
Feb 11, 1918 
"Gone but not forgotten" 
SISTER" 
ELLA L. BENNETT 
1893-1972 
"The Lord is my refuge" 
"FATHER" 
HENRY WATSON DAVIS 
May 13, 1902 
Oct 10, 1985 
Married Oct 26, 1936 
"MOTHER" 
INIS MAE DAVIS 
Oct 8, 1908 
Nov 26, 1979 
"God's greatest gift" 
"FATHER" 
OATIS A. BENNETT 
Oct 1, 1906 
Mar 22, 1985 
Married Jan 29, 1927 
"MOTHER" 
WINNIE R. BENNETT (SSW) 
Nov 24, 1909 
Aug 17, 1978 
"In GOD's Care" 
VIRDA SMITH 
May 6, 1901 
Dec 12, 1934 
(previous book) 
MRS. VERDIE RICH SMITH 
1901 -1934 
Johnson-Moore Funeral Home 
FORREST "BUD" SMITH 
1900-1978 
"Gone but not forgotten" 
AVELLA SMITH 
Apr 20, 1914 
Feb 21, 1989 
(previous book shows) 
MRS. GLAYDS A. SMITH 
1914-1989 
Taylor Funeral Home marker 
MARSHALL M. STAPP 
1897-1947 
DONNIE G. STAPP 
1901-1974 
footstones MMJ & DGS 
MRS. J.W. JOINER 
1885-1940 
Footstone “Mother” 
REV. J.W. JOINER 
1881-1944 
"FATHER" Footstone 
WILLIAM H. STAPP 
1876-1965 
MABEL A. STAPP (SSW) 
1886-1966 
CARA T. FERGUSON 
Aug 30, 1898 
Nov 15, 1971 
Married Nov 29, 1963 
BILL R. FERGUSON (SSW) 
Jane 4, 1905 
Mar 3, 1998 
JOYCE ELAINE ROSS (SSW) 
May 18, 1925 
Jan 1, 1946 
Daughter stone lying on 
large headstone 
BONNIE WELCH 
1913-1966 
A. C. (JACK) WELCH 
Nov 22, 1912 
Apr 10, 1948 
O. T. GREEN 
1905-1946 
JOY GREEN (SSW) 
1918-1975 

Page  87 
JIMMIE B. ANDERSON 
SGT USMC Purple Heart Emblem 
Jul 30, 1920 
Jul 11, 1940 
World War II 
POW OF THE JAPANESE 3YRS 3 
MOS CAPTURED AT THE FALL OF 
CORREGIDOR - MAY 6, 1942. 
LIBERATED FROM JAPAN - AUG 
1945. Married NAN NETHERTON 
Apr 21, 1946 
JIMMIE BOB ANDERSON 
July 30, 1920 
July 11, 1946 
FLOYD C. BRADLEY 
July 13, 1898 
May 30, 1960 
"At Rest" 
ELIZABETH BRADLEY (SSW) 
Feb 14, 1896 
Nov 11, 1966 
H.J. BRADLEY 
1861-1937 
P.M. BRADLEY (SSW) 
1871-1950 
A.C. SIMMONS 
1889-1970 
NELLIE SIMMONS (SSW) 
1890-1947 
GLENN E. SAVAGE 
1911 - 1948 
RUBYE MAE SAVAGE (SSW) 
1912 - 
"To live in God is to live 
forever." 
HENRY A. JOHNSON 
Sept 26, 1888 
Sept 1, 1959 
ELLA E. JOHNSON (SSW) 
Oct 25, 1890 
Sept 5, 1977 
"MOTHER" 
WILLIE L. NUTT STEELMAN 
Aug 11, 1889 
May 21, 1952 
(Painted stone) 
"In Loving Memory" 
RUTH BELL HALL 
May 6, 1911 
Feb 9, 2001 
"GRANDFATHER" 
JIMMY C. HALL 
Feb 16, 1901 
Nov 30, 1958 
REDGIE FOSTER THORNTON 
July 22, 1916 
Sept 30, 1990 
LEAH FRANCES THORNTON (SSW) 
Sept 25, 1905 
Mar 14, 1978 
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END OF ROAD 3 ROW 2 
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Page 88 
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THIRD ROAD 
ROW 3 
---------------------- 
"HUSBAND" 
CHARLES C. HAWKINS JR. 
1940-1982 
JOHN D. HALL 
US AIR FORCE 
Dec 21, 1921 
Aug 24, 1988 
CHARLES E. ATNIP 
Mar 23, 1927 
VERA DELL ATNIP (SSW) 
Nov 21, 1929 
May 11, 1999 
Married Sep 16, 1976 
GABE E. BRISTER JR. 
TEXAS 
SSML 3 USNR 
World War II 
Feb 24, 1919 - Oct 24, 1960 
MARY LYNN SIMPSON HESTAND 
1923-1971 
MAC E. SUDDERTH 
S SGT US ARMY 
World War II 
Oct 21, 1917 - June 21, 1970 
Army Air Force 
CARROLL M. MILLIGAN 
Oct 27, 1943 
LIND A. MILLIGAN 
Oct 27, 1943 
CARROLL EUGENE MANNING 
1901 - 1967 
EMMA (JOHNSON) 
Nov 26, 1882 
Jan 14, 1926 
C.W. BUTLER JR. 
Jan 30, 1915 
Apr 28, 1980 
"In Loving Memory" 
RUBY PEARL LADD 
Oct 15, 1893 
May 11, 1995 
JIMMY LADD 
(no dates shown) 
(In previous book:) 
JAMES LAD 
1903-1978 
marker only 
no funeral home shown 
JERRY LOY MOATS 
Oct 1 1937 
Jan 17, 1989 
JOHN M. FREEMAN 
1862-1943 
GEORGIA M. FREEMAN (SSW) 
1866-1940 
WILLIAM A BRANDON 
Mar 17, 1900 
Aug 30, 1907 
COVA LEE BRANDON
Dec 28, 1902 
Feb 3, 1911 
(bunny rabbits on each 
side of markers) 
"DEE DOT" 
DOROTHY NELL DECKER 
Apr 20, 1932 
Jan 19, 2003 
"Rest in Peace" 
JOE D BRANDON 
1917-1987 
"Southern Pacific 
Transportation Co present 
J.D. Brandon Retirement 
award 30 yrs. 
Homemade marker in concrete 
JESSIE LEE BISHOP 
Sept 16, 1905 
July 3, 1968 
IDA MAE BISHOP (SSW) 
Mar 7, 1903 
Jul 25, 1992 
"Together Forever" 
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END OF ROAD 3 ROW 3 
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Page  89 
-------------------- 
THIRD ROAD 
ROW 4 
-------------------- 
"Behind our smile there is 
often a tear for this 
precious one we 
love so dear. Our hearts 
still ache as we whisper low, 
God Bless you MOM. We miss 
you so." 
"Beloved Mother" 
CATHY HAVENS HAWKINS 
Aug 17, 1949 
Apr 23, 2001 
"Fluffy" 
"A precious one from us has 
gone. A voice we loved is 
still. 
A place is vacant in our home 
that never can be filled." 
"BELOVED HUSBAND" 
CHARLES C. HAWKINS JR. 
Sept 26, 1940 
Dec 22, 1982 
footstone 
CHARLES C. HAWKINS 
1940-1982 
HOMER DAVID HAVENS 
CPL US MARINE CORPS 
World War II 
Aug 6, 1915 
Jan 19, 1985 
HERMAN BOYD HAVENS 
MSGT US AIR FORCE 
1908-1979 
JIMMIE L. HAVENS 
June 9, 1915 
Dec 12, 1987 
HERSHAL A. HAVENS (SSW) 
Apr 22, 1910 
Jan 2, 1989 
"MOTHER" 
ELLA M. BRISTER 
1888-1952 
" DADDY" 
GABE BRISTER SR. 
1881-1964 
"MOTHER" 
BIRDIE J. SIMPSON 
1895-1952 
JESSE B. SIMPSON 
TEXAS 
PHMI US NAVY 
Jan 10, 1905 - Aug 9, 1968 
SAM BAKER SIMPSON 
TEXAS 
PVT 3QM REGT 
Feb 8, 1910 
May 29, 1950 
Infant daughter of 
CHAS J. & BIRDIE SIMPSON 
1920 
LOIS RUTH Daughter of 
CHAS J. & GERTIE LEE 
SIMPSON 
1912-1914 
GERTIE LEE BRISTOW SIMPSON 
1881-1915 
DR. CHARLES JACK SIMPSON 
(SSW) 
1869-1956 
OLEETA S. BOSTICK 
1916 - 
MARTHA C. DEEL 
Wife of G. H. SIMPSON 
1892-1951 
G. H. SIMPSON 
1883-1962 
MINIE S. BOW 
1880 - 1913 
Wife of G. H. SIMPSON 
MBS footstone 
MACE E. SUDDERTH 
Oct 21, 1917 
June 21, 1970 
VADA A. MANNING 
Jan 24, 1880 
Nov 3, 1976 

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