From Longview, go toward Kilgore on 135 to Peavine Road (it's about four miles from Kilgore and  probably not marked.)  Turn east, past Hardy St. and the next road is an old oiled road. Turn left  on it.  It runs to Strong Cemetery which has a small divided sign on the double gate. 

Thanks go to Dr Norman Black for sending us these directions. We hope to have this reading up shortly. Dr Black says: I counted about 35 burials with the earliest in 1953.  A neighbor told me it was an all black cemetery.  It has two unusual, to me, graves in which the handles of the caskets or vaults are a few inches above ground and a concrete slab covers one of the graves.

The cemetery is enclosed in a chain link fence, with a small sign on the gate. Headstones are not in rows, but tend to be placed at random.

It is not in real poor condition, but could use some cleaning up, and some small trees cut away from the headstones.

There are several unmarked graves and some unreadable funeral home markers.

Inventory & pivtures taken August 23, 2003 by Sharon Pierce and Christian Allen

Zebedee D Strong
1923          1977

Lionel Barrymore Strong           SP4 US Army Vietnam
Dec 2, 1938           Jun 3, 1982

Mrs Georgia Oliphan           Age 93; Cunningham FHM Kilgore TX (set in cement)
8-1901           2-1-1994

Frances Catherine Ector           Mother
Dec 23, 1922          Nov 15, 1983

Anna Ector Cole            Mother
Jan 28, 1919           Oct 20, 1986

Columbus Cole          (dates too far below ground); PFC US Army WWII

Edgar Davis           Pvt US Army WWI
Feb 2, 1901           Jun 27, 1971

Geneva Strong Sheffield            Mother In God’s Care
Jan 4, 1913           Nov 12, 1967

Alexander A Lockhart              At Rest
Jan 29, 1873            Nov 5, 1961

Mrs Annie Anderson           Age 99; Cunningham FHM Kilgore TX (set on slab)
3-27-1895           7-26-95

James T Strong           S/o Rev & Mrs C G Strong
May 5, 1902           Nov 1, 1984

C J Radford
1931           1961

Festus Radford
1895           1976

Rosie Lee Radford             Gone but not forgotten
Sept 23, 1894           Apr 9, 1958

Edna R Radford             Gone so soon
May 21, 1940           Jan 21, 1965

Waymon L K Radford
1918           1972

John Radford
1916           1979

Opal F Smith
1922           1990

Arthur T Lloyd            Age 51; Cunningham FHM (set on slab)
Apr 1943              Feb 13, 1995

Josiephene Strong
Aug 11, 1870           Aug 5, 1960

(Mary L Strong
Oct 13, 1912           Apr 4, 1966
Gone but not forgotten
(Collie B Strong
Aug 24, 1905            -------

Archie Strong            US Army WWII
Jan 3, 1917           Sept 25, 1998

Manuel Strong            At Rest Gone but not forgotten has photo
Apr 1, 1879          Nov 28, 1952

Magnolia Williams            Williams Funeral Chapel marker Ft Worth TX
Dec 08 17           Feb 26 00

Henry Williams
1899           1953

Monroe Strong          At Rest
1873           1953

Mary E Smith            Has Photo
Aug 30, 1896            Jan 29, 1970

Janie Lewis Strong           Mother
Jul 20, 1910           Sept 15, 1994

Dwight Neal          At Rest
Mar 28, 1942           Sept 25, 1989

Jessie Porter           US Army WWII
May 14, 1918           Sept 15, 1983

Carla Y Strong            And he gave us the serenity Rest in peace
Nov 24, 1954           Oct 9, 1976

Rev Thomas B Strong            Gone but not forgotten
Aug 11, 1909           Dec 5, 1964

(Fleetwood Scott
Aug 27, 1905           Feb 17, 1964
Beyond the sunset
(Josie Mae Scott
Jun 6, 1912              --------

Lorenzo Strong           Father
Apr 29, 1903             Apr 30, 1974

Birtie L Johnson                    FHM
1905           1977

Mrs Julia M Benson             FHM
1894           1999

Mr Tony M Walton             FHM
9-24-60           8-4-88

Updates:

Graham, Erma Ray         Age 82; W/o Monroe Graham; taken from obit
4-26-1923 Rusk County, Tx              7-28-2005 Longview, Tx

Robinson, John Steve           Age 90; H/o Viola; taken from obit
1-19-1915 Pine Hill, Tx          Sep 3, 2005 Henderson, Tx

Tatum,  Shirley Michael Sedberry            Obit; age 43; H/o Elaine
1-29-1964 Graham, Tx             3-5-2007 Longview, Tx