Hopewell Cemetery
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Emory, Rains County, Texas
Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay
June 2003
This small cemetery is located to the west of & borders on the Emory City Cemetery. The cemetery is transcribed in a west-east direction, beginning at the entrance. Each row is read in south-north direction. Most of the burials in the cemetery are on the south side of the cemetery; there is an extensive empty space from the last grave listed in each row to the fence on the north side of the cemetery.
Row 1
Name Birth Death Comments
McMillan, Luetishie Jackson Mar
21, 1926 Apr 3, 1998 Begin Jackson
plot
Unmarked grave Adult male
End Jackson plot
Entrance gate
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Thomas, Grover 1922 2003 Husband
of Addine Clark Thomas
8 Vacant spots
McMillan, Preston Winford Jul
25, 1929 Jun 17, 2002 “P.W.” funeral
home marker
15 Vacant spots
fence
Row 2
Name Birth Death Comments
Clark, Oliver W. 1943 1999 Funeral
home marker
Unmarked grave Adult male---This is
thought to be the grave of Clark, L C
Feb 24, 1925 Sept 1982
s/o of James J. & Ruth Wright Clark and brother to Oliver Wendell Clark
Clark, Ruth W. Apr 16, 1900 July 20,
1967
Clark, James J. Dec 22, 1893 Dec 11,
1969
Row 3
Name Birth Death Comments
Vacant spot
Thornton, James Jan 15, 1896
July 2, 1967 TX Pvt Eng WWI
Johnson, C J Christopher
A., Jr. May 5, 1973 Jan 31, 1991 “C.J.”
Row 4
Name Birth Death Comments
Murray, Henry Sept 13, 1916 Mar
27, 1957 TX S Sgt US Army WWII
Murray, Ora McMillan
Mar 20, 1891 Nov 21, 1959
Murray, Frazzier Dec
6, 1888 Apr 7, 1964
Murray, Harvie Dec 14, 1912 Nov
16, 1967 Erected by Brothers & Sisters
Robinson, Rachel Murray
Nov 9, 1909 Jan 6, 1976 Erected by Brothers & Sisters
Murray, Vernon Jan 17, 1914 Apr
26, 1990 Sgt US Army WWII
Calhoun, Rev. Charles
Apr 12, 1918 Nov 17, 2001
Calhoun, Vaudie M.
Apr 25, 1922 ---
Row 5
Name Birth Death Comments
Davis, Ollie ---- ---- Military tombstone
Stone too far in ground to read dates
Dial, Gearldine 1929 1979 Funeral home
marker
Tombstone fallen over
Vacant spot
Murray, Lollie 1919 1994 Funeral
home marker
Row 6
Name Birth Death Comments
Phillips, Willie Hand carved stone
Phillips, Willie 1888 1972
“In Loving Memory – Grandchildren”
Begin plot
Vacant spot
Hall, Bobbie Jean Apr 1, 1940
Feb 6, 1982
McMillan, Hanner Bell Dec
3, 1921 Feb 8, 1989 “Mother”
Cullors, Zula P. 1912 1990 “In
Loving Memory Son”
End plot
Vacant spot
Thompson, Teriall L. Apr 28,
1977 Jly 19, 1991
Row 7
Name Birth Death Comments
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Robinson, Callie M. Dec 15,
1938 May 11, 1992 Full
view
d/o Hubert and Irene Robinson
Row 8
Name Birth Death Comments
Robinson, Irene July
18, 1915 Oct 18, 1977 Children: Herman, Callie, John L., Ellen, Hubert Jr.,
Vannie
Robinson, Hubert Oct
9, 1909 Aug 14, 1989
McMillan, A.C. Dec 28, 1921
Nov 7, 1986 teacher for over 30 years in Rains County
Row 9
Name Birth Death Comments
Baby –Hollie McMillan Carved
into slab that covers entire plot
McMillan, Callie 1895 1935
McMillan, Jewell 1896 1976
Pvt US Army
McMillan, Elbert “Boots”
Mar 26, 1920 Sept 22, 1985 Pvt
US Army WWII Mason
Vacant spot
Madlock, Emma Dec 9, 1941 Funeral
home marker
Row 10
Name Birth Death Comments
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Luke, Jack Dec 9, 1914 Oct 4, TX
PFC 316 Base Unit AAF WWII
Row 11
Name Birth Death Comments
Luke, Rev. M.C. 1860 1934
Luke, Rosa 1873 1953
10 Vacant spots
Luke, Annie 1897 1941
Married 1912
Luke, Albert 1892 1972
Row 12
Name Birth Death Comments
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Gains, Albert May 30, 1872 Jan
12, 1925 “Beloved One Farewell”
Row 13
Name Birth Death Comments
McMillan, Jake 1900 1981 two
stones 2nd one has Mason
insignia
McMillan, Dora May 11, 1856 Feb
27, 1907 Wife of A.C. McMillan
9 Vacant spots
Blaylock, Alfred Mar 17,
1895 Jan 11, 1984 US Army WWI
Row 14
Name Birth Death Comments
6 Vacant spots
Unmarked grave Female child Artificial flowers in ground
Vacant space
Vacant space
Vacant space
Vacant space
Vacant space
Garrett, Deora Mar 2, 1926 Sept 15,
1993
Row 15
Name Birth Death Comments
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Jackson, King ---- died Jun
12, 1900 h/o Minnie Jackson
aged 28 years hurt on Railroad
He was the sunshine of our home; we hope to meet him again
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Hunter, Helen C. 1917
1990 Begin Hunter plot
Hunter, Edward 1912 1995
married Oct 3, 1932
Hunter, Young Sept 9, 1909 Feb
1, 2000 “In Loving Memory”
Hunter, Barbara Smith
Feb 2, 1960 Apr 1, 2000 “Life is not Forever But Love Is”
Hunter, Fred Dewayne
Mar 9, 1950 ----- End Hunter plot
Row 16
Name Birth Death Comments
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Garrett, Amanda Aug 1898
Garrett, Floyd Henry ----
---- Funeral home marker (no dates)
Garrett, Cap S. Feb 9, 1861 Jan
27, 1939
Garrett, Fannie J. Sept 2, 1885
Jan 25, 1939
Elliott, Flora Fae Nov 14, 1932
Oct 7, 1948
Elliott, Joe 1911 1987 Funeral
home marker
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Garrett, Ester E. May 27, 1897
Mar 11, 1980
Garrett, Gordie Apr 20, 1895
Apr 18, 1985 Mason
Row 17
Name Birth Death Comments
Hunter, Lucinda ---- Aug 24,
1958 Funeral home marker
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Garrett, Ardell Jan 11, 1917
(only date on stone)
Elliott, Hallie H. 1910 1993
Funeral home marker, leaning against the side of Ardell Garrett tombstone
Unmarked grave small cement post female
child
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Garrett, Deloris Jean
Jan 1, 1958 ----- married Jan 17, 1977
Garrett, Leslie Floyd
Oct 29, 1954 Mar 10, 1989 Pvt
US Army
Row 18
Name Birth Death Comments
Turner, Emline Mar 20, 1853
Apr 19, 1918 w/o P F. Turner
Turner, P.F. Nov 16, 184? Aug 13,
1908 stone is broken (See obit below)
13 Vacant spots
Guerrero, Audelia Sept 17, 1956
Feb 15, 2003 Con Amor Tu esposo
E hijos
Guerrero, Betty Dec 7, 1958 Apr
16, 1996 Funeral home marker: 1957
- 1996
Vacant spot
Davis, Albert L. 1921 1988
Row 19
Name Birth Death Comments
13 Vacant spots
Murray, Homer Sept 4, 1893
Oct 26, 1971 TX Pvt 331 Labor Bn OMC WWI
Murray, Ardis M. Mar 16, 1907
Jun 5, 2002
9 Vacant spots
Garrett, Mrs. Flossie Mae
Dec 15, 1913 Nov 20, 1993 Funeral home marker
Garrett, Carmon 1911 1989 F2
US Navy WWII
Vacant spot
Vacant spot
Unmarked grave marked with stone block
- Female
Unmarked grave marked with stone block - Female
Unmarked grave marked with stone block - Male
Garrett, C.J. Sept 3, 1925 Oct 6,
1967 TX PFC US Army WWII
Unmarked grave marked with stone block
- Male
Unmarked grave marked with stone block - Male
Unmarked grave marked with stone block - Female
OBITS
Rains County Leader
August 21, 1908
Frank Turner Dead
Uncle Frank Turner, colored, died suddenly at his home in Emory Thursday morning
of last week with congestion. He was an ex-slave and his funeral was preached
by Rev. John H. McLean of Greenville, who was his master by inheritance before
the war. There were lasting bonds of affection between master and servant, and
it was Uncle Frank's request that his former master should preach his funeral.
Uncle Frank was about 60 years old and had the respect and good will of all
who knew him.
Rains Co. Leader
21 Oct 2003
Robert Smith
1949 - 2003
Funeral services for Robert Lewis Smith, 54, of Emory were held at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 18, at Prairie Grove Baptist Church with Apostle Dwight Smith
and Rev. W. R. Byrd officiating. Burial followed in Hopewell Cemetery.
Mr. Smith died Tuesday, Oct. 14.
He was born to Robert Paul Smith and Lue Tishie McMillan on July 15, 1949, in
Emory. He married Delores Bozeman in Emory on March 25, 1972. He was a member
of Jacksonville Church of Deliverance.
Survivors include his wife of Emory; three sons, Robert L. Smith Jr. and wife
Nykeisha, Gary L. Smith, and Jason Smith, all of Emory; four brothers, Arby
Smith and wife Ann of Sulphur Springs, Charles Smith and wife Barbara, and Dwight
Smith, all of Emory, and Paul Smith and wife Sandra of Greenville; six sisters,
Ganie Stenline and husband Travis, Gwendolyn Savage and husband Troy, and Lynda
Boyce and husband Travis, all of Emory, Johnnie Newhouse and husband John of
Dallas, Florestine Kornegay of Queens, N.Y., and Velma Johnson of Sulphur Springs;
mother-in-law, Earnestine Bozeman Riley; and one granddaughter, Alyssa Belle
Smith.
Cozine and Tarver Funeral Home of Greenville was in charge of arrangements
Rains County Leader
February 10, 2004
Saul Jackson “S.J.” McMillan
1932 - 2004
Funeral services for Saul Jackson “S.J.” McMillan of Emory were
held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, at Emory Baptist Church with Rev. W.R.
Byrd and Rev. Bobby Thomas officiating. Burial followed in Hopewell Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Delenis Garrett and Howard Garrett. Mr. McMillan died Thursday,
February 5, at Green Acres Nursing Home in Emory. He was born May 1, 1932, to
Jewel and Callie Jackson McMillan in Emory. He was educated in Emory at the
Sand Flat School. S.J. was a foreman for Harold Martin Construction for many
years building roads and bridges and other types of construction. He had been
in failing health for several years, growing weaker in the past several months.
All the while, he was under the constant, watchful eye of his sisters, Mildred
Garrett and Modene Lane. S. J. had made many, many friends over the years, many
here in Emory as well as in other towns and states. S.J. talked of building
bridges on roads where there needed to be “connection” as well as
in human lives where there needed to be “bridges” made to create
“connection” in our actions and in our hearts. S.J. leaves to cherish
his memory two daughters, Nietta Robinson Abney of Gainesville and Sheryl J.
McMillan of Corsicana; sisters, Mildred Garrett and Modene Lane, both of Emory;
granddaughter, Shatammia Abney of Dallas; many nieces, nephews, cousins and
other relatives and friends; Bonnie McMillan of Corsicana and “special
friend” Jimmy Neal Collins of California. He was preceded in death by
his parents; three brothers, Elbert “Boots” McMillan, A.C. McMillan,
and P.W. McMillan; and three sisters, Deora Garrett, Loretta Williams, and Irene
Robinson.
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