COLONY CHURCH OF CHRIST CEMETERY
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Located close to Alba; there are a lot of unmarked graves and graves
that just have native rocks for markers.
Thanks to Carroll Jean Ross for allowing me to post this.
Read 2000 by Carroll Ross
Picture of Colony Cemetery gate submitted by Joyce
Abney
(Bryant), Jessie Opal
b. Apr. 19, 1924 d. unknown
Adams, Bill
b. Jun. 4, 1914 d. Mar. 4, 1996
Adams, Carl
b. Oct. 7, 1904 d. Dec. 15, 1976
Adams, Dora Mae
b. Jul. 8, 1918 d. Dec. 11, 1995
Adams, Gerry Don
FN US Navy
b. Jun. 26, 1957 d. Jun. 13, 1979
Adams, Green Debs
b. Jun. 29, 1912 d. Sep. 24, 1972
Adams, Inez
b. Nov. 9, 1922 d. Jul. 8, 1993
Adams, Jewell
married 9-23-1956
b. Jun. 30, 1939 d. Oct. 25, 1996
Adams, Nancy E.
b. Aug. 15, 1880 d. Sep. 18, 1963
Adams, Stoney Milton
b. Jul. 1, 1900 d. Feb. 24, 1951
Adams, Willis O.
b. Jun. 3, 1874 d. Jun. 24, 1977
Adams, Willis W.
PFC US Army WW II
b. Aug. 7, 1909 d. Oct. 29, 1989
Alexander, Jimmie Earl
b. 1902 d. 1965
Alexander, Maudie Lee
b. 1903 d. unknown
Allen, Annie E.
b. May. 4, 1883 d. Dec. 26, 1915
Allen, Baby
b. Sep. 11, 1947 d. Sep. 11, 1947
Allen, Charles M.
b. May. 16, 1922 d. Jun. 5, 1996
Allen, Dorothy N.
b. Apr. 27, 1923 d. Feb. 8, 1999
Allen, Erskin L.
b. Nov. 10, 1905 d. Dec. 6, 1921
Allen, Evelyn Compton
b. Feb. 15, 1922 d. Jul. 25, 1990
Allen, Unknown
5 brick size stones marked "Allen". Unknown if they are for future
or if folks are buried there.
b. unknown d. unknown
Allen, W. (Buck) E.
b. Dec. 25, 1915 d. Dec. 22, 1991
Allen, Walter O.
b. Mar. 10, 1874 d. Jan. 18, 1929
Armstrong, Archibald C.
b. Jun. 11, 1840 d. Nov. 11, 1886
Armstrong, Robert L
b. Aug. 16, 1879 d. Aug. 13, 1895
Arnold, Annie Mae
b. Jul. 7, 1894 d. Sep. 26, 1926
Arnold, Charlie Porter
b. Oct. 20, 1887 d. Feb. 2, 1925
Bailey, Alta
b. 1907 d. 1925
Bailey, Grace E.
b. Dec. 6, 1908 d. Sep. 25, 1971
Bates, Almedia F.
b. 1889 d. 1976
Bates, Jerry L.
Dates covered so deep could not dig out enough to read.
b. unknown d. unknown
Bates, William J.
b. 1881 d. 1950
Bell, Esther
b. Feb. 26, 1911 d. Feb. 16, 1986
Bell, Hazel L.
b. Dec. 14, 1917 d. Jan. 19, 1996
Bell, Henry W.
b. Apr. 23, 1910 d. Oct. 1, 1969
Bell, Henry W.
b. 1884 d. 1922
Bell, J. L.
b. Jul. 1, 1934 d. Oct. 3, 1987
Bell, J. (Pete) D.
b. Apr. 25, 1920 d. Nov. 17, 1981
Bell, Joe Henry
b. Dec. 10, 1940 d. Dec. 27, 1940
Bell, Julius Leon
SN US Navy Korea
b. Jul. 1, 1934 d. Oct. 4, 1987
Bell, Lessie D.
b. Apr. 25, 1920 d. Nov. 16, 1920
Bell, Liz
b. unknown d. unknown
Bell, Martha
b. unknown d. unknown
Bell, Mary Adaline Wife of W F Bell
b. Feb. 25, 1860 d. Oct. 25, 1900
Bell, Pearl
dau of W F & M A Bell
b. Nov. 23, 1890 d. May. 17, 1892
Bell, Rosa
dau of W F & M A Bell
b. Oct. 9, 1898 d. Oct. 17, 1898
Bell, U Z
b. unknown d. unknown
Bell, Willard Lee
M/Sgt U S Army Air Corps WW II
b. Jan. 13, 1911 d. Apr. 27, 1998
Bell, William C.
b. Jan. 19, 1913 d. Nov. 9, 1920
Bell (Edgar), Wilma
b. 1888 d. 1960
Boag, Danny Dirk
Great Grandson of James Nathaniel Ross and Pearl Mae Rose Ross.
b. May. 15, 1957 d. Dec. 7, 1997
Boon, Betty A.
b. 1937 d. unknown
Boon, Harold W.
b. 1933 d. unknown
Boyd, Curtis Clifton
b. Jun. 29, 1926 d. Dec. 14, 1928
Browning, Anthony Gerome
b. May. 3, 1963 d. unknown Colony Church Of Christ Cemetery
Texas (USA)
Browning, Estie Ilene Ross
Daughter of James Nathaniel Ross and Pearl Mae Rose Ross.
b. May. 21, 1926 d. Oct. 17, 1995
Browning, J. W., Jr
b. Aug. 29, 1921 d. unknown
Bullard, Neoma Whitworth
b. Mar. 15, 1909 d. Mar. 25, 1998
Bullock, Allen
b. Sep. 26, 1887 d. Feb. 9, 1967
Bullock, Laura M.
b. Mar. 15, 1890 d. Jan. 22, 1969
Bullock, Mrs. N. C.
b. Sep. 4, 1855 d. Aug. 11, 1927
Bullock, William A.
b. Feb. 29, 1852 d. Sep. 27, 1923
Bulock, Babies
Two darling babies of W. A. and L. C. Bulock.
b. 1892 d. 1892
Bulock, George B.
Son of W. A. & L. C. Bulock.
b. Jan. 14, 1890 d. 1893
Bulock, Louisa C
Wife of W A Bulock
b. Oct. 28, 1868 d. Sep. 17, 1897
Bunch, Doris Adams
b. Apr. 6, 1945 d. May. 14, 1984
Burleson, Artie May
Inscription: Mother At Rest
b. May. 30, 1888 d. May. 24, 1912
Burleson, Infant
baby of Willie Burleson Age 16 months
(Rains County Leader obit Aug 9, 1912)
Butler, Flois
b. Nov. 7, 1912 d. Jan. 22, 1989
Butler, Nina
b. Nov. 14, 1916 d. May. 24, 1985
Byford, Clarence E.
b. Feb. 26, 1944 d. Dec. 20, 1944
Byford, Lillian (Mutt)
b. Sep. 7, 1922 d. Feb. 8, 1973
Byford, Willie W.
b. Dec. 9, 1912 d. Mar. 30, 1995
Byford (Pope), Grady L.
b. Aug. 26, 1919 d. Apr. 6, 1981
Callaway, Mary Sue
b. Feb. 11, 1941 d. Nov. 1, 1991
Campbell, Royce D.
b. Sep. 4, 1936 d. Oct. 14, 1936
Carter, Elizabeth
b. Jan. 4, 1830 d. Sep. 10, 1895
Case, (Sam) Samuel M. W.
b. Aug. 15, 1870 d. Jan. 1, 1952
Cause, Frank Texas
b. Apr. 7, 1879 d. Jan. 23, 1924
Cause, Mack Duffy
b. Dec. 25, 1893 d. Mar. 13, 1976
Cause, Truman Franklin
b. May. 21, 1921 d. unknown
Cheek, Jim S.
b. 1863 d. 1934
Cheek, Leona
b. Jul. 11, 1906 d. Oct. 14, 1921
Cheek, Tempy
b. 1866 d. 1954
Cheek, Willie Fae
Daughter of Elmer and Edith Cheek
b. May. 10, 1911 d. 1922
Clanton, Julian L.
b. Jun. 1, 1898 d. Sep. 22, 1972
Clanton, June Avon
b. Jun. 1, 1920 d. Apr. 25, 1989
Clanton, Odie L.
b. Nov. 13, 1902 d. Feb. 19, 1978
Cleaveland, William G.
b. Jun. 2, 1886 d. Jul. 1, 1922
Copley, George
b. 1840 d. Aug. 13, 1920
Cross, Baby
b. Jul., 1914 d. Jul., 1914
Cross, Dorothy
b. Sep. 22, 1922 d. Jul. 10, 1923
Cross, Gertrude
b. Jan. 16, 1893 d. Jan. 23, 1988
Cross, James J.
b. Mar. 19, 1920 d. Sep. 15, 1981
Cross, Jim J.
b. May. 14, 1889 d. Sep. 6, 1954
Cross, Lois W.
b. Mar. 19, 1919 d. Nov. 18, 1999
Cruse, James Lester
b. Sep. 7, 1895 d. Mar. 28, 1966
David, William
b. Aug. 8, 1898 d. unknown
Davis, Bonnie Belle (Orr)
w/o Joseph Lillard
b. Feb. 12, 1919 d. Oct. 27, 1998
Davis, Ellen
b. Jan. 3, 1897 d. Aug. 18, 1936
Davis, Joseph Lillard
h/o Bonnie Belle
b. Jan. 30, 1917 d. Nov. 8, 1989
Davis, Oscar E.
b. Mar. 23, 1891 d. Oct. 5, 1953
Dees, Bobbie
Married 11-1-1941
b. Apr. 25, 1920 d. Nov. 25, 1998
Dees, Clyde
b. Nov. 17, 1920 d. Jul. 26, 1984
Dees, Janie
(See Obit Page)
Daughter of Clyde and Bobbie Strebeck Dees
Apr 21, 1954 May 17, 2005
Dees, Sue Linda
b. Jan. 1, 1947 d. Jan. 1, 1947
Dement, Chaney
b. Jul. 15, 1842 d. Aug. 6, 1908
Dement, Elizzie Beth
b. Aug. 10, 1851 d. Dec. 19, 1925
Doggett, T. J.
b. Sep. 22, 1873 d. Apr. 7, 1936
Dry, Johnnie Lee
b. Apr. 22, 1932 d. unknown
Dry, Thomas
b. unknown d. unknown
Dry, William (Bill)
b. Sep. 8, 1926 d. Oct. 8, 1998
Dunevan, William M.
b. Sep. 1, 1869 d. Sep. 23, 1908
Eads, Alfonso
b. Sep. 19, 1908 d. Jul. 9, 1971
Eads, Bonnie H.
b. 1914 d. unknown
Eads, Ellis D.
b. 1915 d. 1982
Eads, Sammie
b. Apr. 26, 1911 d. unknown
Eads, Sammie A.
b. Feb. 23, 1932 d. unknown
Edgar, John J.
Mason emblem
b. Sep. 9, 1865 d. Sep. 9, 1925
Edgar, Nora M
b. Mar. 8, 1802 d. Feb. 25, 1872
Edgar, Sarah J.
b. Jan. 25, 1880 d. Oct. 16, 1930
Erwin, Billie Gene
LT US Navy Korea
b. Jul. 31, 1925 d. Jul. 31, 1990
Erwin, Edna Mae Francis
b. Jun. 14, 1929 d. Aug. 18, 1986
Erwin, Mary Lou
b. Nov. 30, 1926 d. unknown
Eubanks, Derek H.
b. Mar. 21, 1965 d. Apr. 24, 1965
Farris, A. J.
PFC 3506 ORD Maint. Co. WW II
b. Sep. 17, 1917 d. Dec. 14, 1966
Farris, Asa
b. Apr. 18, 1894 d. Mar. 8, 1925
Farris, Bobby Earl
Son of A. J. Farris and Estie Ilene Ross Browning.
Grandson of James Nathaniel Ross and Pearl Mae Rose Ross. G Grandson
of James N. Ross.
b. Jun. 30, 1948 d. Feb. 2, 1998
Fitch, James L.
b. Dec. 16, 1891 d. Apr. 22, 1938
Fitch, Tina
b. Mar. 21, 1892 d. Mar. 3, 1960
Ford, Preston
b. Oct. 15, 1889 d. Oct. 8, 1949
Foster, Frances
b. Sep. 13, 1855 d. Jan. 14, 1929
Foster, Homer
b. Feb. 6, 1897 d. Feb. 23, 1968
Foster, I. N.
b. Nov. 29, 1852 d. Nov. 3, 1929
Foster, Infant
son of J.T. & M.S. Foster
b. Apr. 4, 1900 d. Apr. 5, 1900
Foster, Infant
son of J. T. and M. S. Foster
b. Apr 4, 1900 d. Apr 4, 1900
Foster, Infant
Son of J. T. & M. S. Foster
b. Apr. 4, 1900 d. Apr. 5, 1900
Foster, Lois F.
b. Aug. 8, 1909 d. Mar. 6, 1974
Foster, Opal Green
b. Apr. 16, 1912 d. unknown
Foster, Prodia
b. Sep. 13, 1890 d. Mar. 31, 1982
Foster, Welton
b. May. 21, 1908 d. Jul. 24, 1997
Foster, William N.
b. Mar. 13, 1893 d. Sep. 3, 1920
Foster, Zelma Lee
b. Mar. 30, 1883 d. Jun. 5, 1919
Freeman, H. T.
b. Oct. 22, 1920 d. Aug. 6, 1939
Futrell, Abbie Wife of T B Futrell
b. Sep. 10, 1869 d. Jun. 29, 1898
Futrell, Claudy T
Son of T.B. & S.A. Futrell
b. Oct. 27, 1888 d. Jan. 19, 1910
Futrell, Era T.
Son od T B & S A Futrell
b. Mar. 4, 1898 d. Jun. 2, 1898
Futrell, Glady B
Son of T.B. & S.A. Futrell
b. Aug. 28, 1898 d. Feb. 18, 1908
Futrell, Thomas B. Husband of Abbie
b. Sep. 19, 1852 d. Mar. 19, 1927
Gilley, Connie
b. 1904 d. 1906
Gilley, Albert
b. Jan. 27, 1898 d. Dec. 19, 1976
Gilley, Alice Cordelia
b. Feb. 28, 1885 d. Feb. 23, 1906
Gilley, Ben W
b. Aug. 5, 1835 d. May. 17, 1906
Gilley, Benjamin Franklin
b. Jun. 10, 1870 d. Jun. 21, 1967
Gilley, Bertha B.
b. 1882 d. 1909
Gilley, Elzie Roy
b. 1902 d. 1916
Gilley, Grace
b. Sep. 30, 1917 d. (living)
Gilley, Infant
son of B.F. & B.B. Gilley
b. Oct. 20, 1899 d. Jan. 1, 1900
Gilley, J. C.
b. Oct. 22, 1879 d. Oct. 5, 1932
Gilley, Jewell
b. Jan. 29, 1899 d. Aug. 25, 1973
Gilley, John N.
b. 1875 d. 1918
Gilley, John Toomer
b. Nov. 29, 1913 d. May. 13, 1997
Gilley, Joyce A. Woods
b. Jun. 30, 1915 d. Feb. 22, 1993
Gilley, Marilyn
b. 1933 d. 1933
Gilley, Martha Ellen
b. Mar. 16, 1889 d. Sep. 15, 1973
Gilley, Mrs. M. S.
b. Mar. 8, 1839 d. Dec. 19, 1919
Gilley, Nathan
b. May. 22, 1937 d. May. 5, 2000
Gilley, Olen
b. Dec. 25, 1904 d. Feb. 7, 1995
Gilley, Patricia
b. 1935 d. 1936
Gilley, Ruby
Inscription: Baby Sister
b. unknown d. unknown
Gilley, Sophie M.
b. 1878 d. 1964
Glaze, Wm. (Bill) J.
b. Jun. 15, 1905 d. Sep. 23, 1984
Gordon, Mamie L.
b. May. 30, 1908 d. Aug. 19, 1996
Gordon, Virgil
b. Sep. 3, 1911 d. May. 27, 1974
Hanah, Mary
b. Jan. 27, 1863 d. Feb. 17, 1942
Hans, Fannie
b. 1877 d. 1890
Hardy, Frank T.
b. 1891 d. 1911
Hedcoth, S. (Scotty) H.
b. Nov. 3, 1849 d. May. 8, 1939
Hedgcoth, Luna M. Wife of S H Hedgcoth
b. Dec. 20, 1873 d. Mar. 20, 1916
Henderson, A. J.
b. Jul. 5, 1913 d. unknown
Henderson, Ernest N., Sr
PFC US Army WW II
b. Aug. 17, 1895 d. Apr. 15, 1980
Henderson, Jettie D.
b. Oct. 19, 1904 d. Aug. 14, 1995
Henderson, Oneta L.
b. Jul. 25, 1917 d. May. 4, 1993
Hickman, Edna J.
1st LT US Army Nurse Corps WW II
b. Mar. 17, 1921 d. Mar. 5, 1984
Hickman, Homer
b. 1897 d. 1964
Hickman, Jerry M.
b. Feb. 8, 1956 d. Oct. 31, 1971
Hickman, Jewel
b. 1900 d. 1990
Hickman, Johnnie M.
b. Mar. 20, 1919 d. Sep. 8, 1984
Hickman, Lillie M.
b. Sep. 16, 1935 d. unknown
Hickman, William J.
b. May. 13, 1930 d. Aug. 25, 1974
Higginbotham, Carrie Lois
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. L. Higginbotham
b. Mar. 2, 1916 d. May. 4, 1918
Holden, Minnie E.
b. Mar. 2, 1888 d. Jun. 2, 1918
Holley, Mary C.
b. Jun. 14, 1891 d. Feb. 16, 1981
Holley, Travis
b. Feb. 3, 1913 d. Sep. 25, 1983
Holley, William T.
b. 1913 d. 1983
Horne, Essie Ellen
b. Jul. 26, 1913 d. Oct. 5, 1972
Horne, Fannie M. Miller
b. Jun. 8, 1918 d. unknown
Horne, Jack
b. Jul. 21, 1911 d. Nov. 17, 1927
Horne, Patrick Henry
b. Aug. 24, 1913 d. unknown
Horne, W. (Will) T.
b. Jan. 3, 1872 d. Nov. 7, 1954
Horne, Willie
b. Oct. 10, 1880 d. Oct. 10, 1961
Hudgins, Grady C.
US Navy WW II
b. Feb. 25, 1925 d. Apr. 24, 1980
Hudgins, Tony Steven
b. Mar. 17, 1955 d. Jun. 7, 1969
Hukill, J. A.
b. Nov. 10, 1923 d. Jan. 31, 1924
Hutchens, Agatha
b. Nov. 14, 1923 d. Sep. 26, 1991
Hutchens, Lilburn F.
b. Aug. 2, 1912 d. Oct. 16, 1988
Hutchens, Melissa M.
b. Oct. 6, 1885 d. Feb. 25, 1969
Hutchens, William (Tom)
b. May. 10, 1872 d. Mar. 7, 1916
Hutching, William F.
b. May. 19, 1910 d. Jan. 21, 1926
Hutchins, Mary Hays
b. Mar. 9, 1856 d. May. 18, 1941
Hutchins, William A.
b. Jul. 10, 1839 d. Mar. 13, 1922
Jackson, Joe
b. Oct. 10, 1892 d. Feb. 22, 1918
Jackson, Sarah E.
b. Dec. 9, 1869 d. Jun. 1, 1949
Jackson, Wiley Marion
b. Mar. 10, 1869 d. Feb. 13, 1943
Jenkins, Bobby
b. Jun. 21, 1956 d. Jun. 12, 1994
Jenkins, Leliam
b. Oct. 20, 1931 d. Jun. 18, 1996
Jenkins, Thomas F.
b. Jun. 30, 1926 d. unknown
Jobe, Lee Ray
b. Jan. 8, 1918 d. Jun. 26, 1919
Johnston, Ruben
b. Nov. 14, 1867 d. Mar. 5, 1942
Jones, Addie C.
b. 1896 d. 1964
Jones, George H., III
b. 1950 d. 1984
Jones, Sarah
b. Sep. 12, 1862 d. Oct. 7, 1931
Jones, William B.
b. 1891 d. 1984
Jones, William C.
b. 1901 d. 1993
Julian, Beulah Ann
w/o Leo Julian
d/o John Thomas & Mary Lee Fox Young
Aug 24, 1923 Apr 30, 2004
Klein, Frankie L.
b. 1929 d. unknown
Klein, Robert M.
b. 1930 d. unknown
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