Located in Upshur County Texas, from Gilmer take 154 West to 852, turn right, go to Derrick Rd., follow the signs, is located in the woods on private property.

Read November 26, 2000 by Steven and Cheryl Newman.....submitted by Sharon Pierce.
Thanks to Vivian Headrick & Geraldine Little Braswell for the photos, all taken in Feb, 2002.

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.
 

Ella Pearl            d/o LG and AG Tillman; I beleive that the Pucketts and the Tillman's that are buried in Derrick Cemetery are connected to each other; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell
Oct 28, 1894       Mar 10, 1895

Earnest A  & #2               s/o LG and AG Tillman
Aug 1874              Oct 8, 1886
"As born to love thee up, but thy will, Oh, God  Be Done"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Jerry Tillman
Jul 17, 1809               Mar 11, 1876
" An amiable father as ever God with  His image bless The friend of man,  the friend of truth, the friend of age, the guide of youth"
 * On the back side of his stone is, S G Tillman, his wife; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

S G               w/o J Tillman
Aug 15, 1815                 Sept 1, 1896
S G is on the oppsite side of  Jerry Tillman's  tombstone;  "We shall meet"; "These lights from our household are gone Their voice we loved stilled  Their places are vacant in our hearts And Heaven was filled"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

A G Tillman
July 8, 1843        Feb  23, 1918
"He was the sunshine of our home"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Martha Elizabeth Turner
June 1, 1866           Sept  5, 1874
"Our darling one has gone before to greet us on the blissful shore"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Augustine Walker   & #2       Pvt Co B 7 Regt Texas Inf  CSA; Masonic Emblem
May 26, 1826         Apr 10, 1870

Mary A         w/o A Walker
June 30, 1833        July 5, 1905
*Joseph B. Walker is on the other side of tombstone; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell
Joseph B Walker                S/o A & Mary A Walker
Jan 28, 1868            Sept 6, 1868
 Joseph is listed on the same tombstone as Mary A. Walker, but on the opposite side of the stone; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Ola E Miller
1884       1955
W/o J LeRoy Miller. Their son was Clyde Milven Miller.  Ola, her husband, and son Clyde, lived on FM 852.  Derrick Cemetery road goes through the property they once owned; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

J LeRoy Miller
Jan 9, 1882          Feb 12, 1974
H/o Ola E. Miller. Their son was Clyde Milven Miller. At the time of J. LeRoy's death , he owned approximately 850 acres running from FM 852, across what is now part of Lake Gilmer,across the lake to the road behind the lake to the north. * LeRoy retired from the railroad and purchased the above land. One of the things that I remember about him was his televisions. At that time there were not but about three television stations around here and LeRoy had a television for each station. They were lined up beside each other and all running at the same time. One other thing, I remember, was when one of his Nash (automobiles) broke down, he parked it and bought a new one; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Clyde Milven Miller          PFC US Marine Corps Res World War II
Aug 9, 1903          Jan 10, 1959
S/o J LeRoy and Ola E Miller; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Infant s/o G L and S J Cook
b & d  Nov 14, 1886

G T Croley
Mar 5, 1833              Apl 14, 1891

Texas A              wife of G T Croley
Dec 31, 1850               July 4, 1901

Mahalie Tillman
Octr 4, 1838               July 14, 1930
"We will meet again"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

E Pairlee             w/o C W Duncan
Mar 30, 1841            Jan 18, 1902

James "Jim" Oscar Puckett             PFC U S Army WWII
1899            1978
S/o Willie N & Doshie (Doria) Kelly Puckett.    Brother to: Sallie Cora Puckett ( m. John Edward Campbell, s/o Samuel William & Lou Jane (Carter) Campbell),  William Earnest Puckett  ( m. Ester ?),  Winnie Puckett ( m. Vasser Stilwell),  Jessie Mae Puckett (Cates) Marshall,  Infant  16 June 1893---4 July 1894; Jim owned  property & lived on FM 852, in Gilmer, Texas & was a good freind of Tippie Otis Spann Sr. ; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Jessie               d/o J O and C L Longshore;  "Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven"
Feb 23, 1899               Feb 16, 1900

L W Longshore
b.  May 15, 1832 in Newberry Dist. S C                d.  Oct 20, 1893
"Father let thy Grace be given, That we may meet in Heaven"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Betty             w/o L W Longshore
Nov 6, 1843               Oct 18, 1930
"Harmony served her (unreadable) , By the word of God she fell asleep"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Texas Eula Croley                   12 yrs   5 months    8 days
Feb 15, 1874                 July 23, 1886

Charles Waldman                  California PVT QMC   WWI
July 21, 1888                 July 29, 1954

Lottie D Waldman
Oct  29, 1886                       Dec 12, 1973

Lizzie Longshore
Apr 6, 1904                   Oct 21, 1904
D/o  W O and M F Longshore; "Gone  to be an angel darling, we miss thee"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Joe Lee Derrick
Jan 7, 1882                 July 8, 1953
"From His Boys Who Loved Him"

Jane Derrick
July 2, 1818                    Sept 20, 1869
Jane is on the opposite side of tombstone with Joseph Derrick; "Weep not,  she is at rest."; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Joseph Derrick
Oct 22, 1815                      May 18, 1889
Joseph is on the opposite side of  tombstone with Jane Derrick; "A sleep in Jesus"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Willie N Puckett
Aug 22, 1861                 July 4, 1893
H/o Doshie (Doria) Puckett; He is the f/o Sallie Cora Puckett ( m. John Edward Campbell, the son of Samuel William & Lou Jane (Carter) Campbell), William Earnest Puckett (m Ester ?  ?),  Winnie Puckett (m. Vasser Stilwell),  James (Jim) Oscar Puckett (Infant b. June 16 1893 & d. July 4, 1894); submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Bobbie Derrick
1860                    1927

Roxanna Derrick
Feb 28, 1854                    Sept 16, 1866
"We love this little tender one and would have wished her stay, but let our Father's will be done. She shines in endless day"; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Genie                   son of W A and C A Hopson
July 10, 1873                 Oct 15, 1873
Genie is listed on the same stone as WA Hopson; submitted by Geraldine Little Braswell

Mary A Croley                w/o GT Croley
Feb 20, 1839                   Aug 10, 1877

An earlier reading shows the following to also be buried here:

I/o Willie & Doria Puckett
June 16, 1893              July 4, 1894

W A Hopson                  Masonic Emblem
Sept 24, 1835                Feb 3, 1893

F A            w/o W A Hopson
(no dates)
 

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