Read by Lewis W. Clark and  submitted by Upshur County Historical Commission.  It has been combined with the earlier partial reading by Maribeth Buce and Barbara Weiss. This helps assure that no grave has been overlooked.

Ben F Phillips Historical Marker

Our thanks to Larry Coulter for the great pictures.


 

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.

There is a nice flag pole with the following plaque attached:
In Memory Of:
J Clark Smith Sr
Sara Lucy Smith
Grady C Smith
James T Smith
David J Smith
Dedicated by: J C Smith Jr    1994

This cemetery has quite a few iron ore rocks for markers and numerous unmarked graves.

Adams, Lemuel
11-2-1887         2-7-1940

Adams, Norman David              AMM US Navy Korea
7-15-1933         9-2-1983

Aills, Emma Sartain
1-10-1884        4-22-1959

Aldredge, Floyd N
6-01-1905         4-6-1971

Allen, Bessie
4-4-1940          6-20-1966

Allen, Hulen
6-28-1915       1-14-1928

(Allen, Lewis J
8-2-1887        10-6-1930
(Allen, Lena A Moore
4-08-1887        7-30-1940

(Allen, Watson H
1885        1961
(Allen, Zora Bell   1892         1964

Alexander, Richard A Jr               Picture of a football and basketball on stone
1-31-1983      6-12-2000

Armstrong, Johnny Lee            S/o George & Carolyn, B/o James, Mike & Susan, H/o Letha, F/o Jeff & Joni.
8-13-1958         8-15-1985

Arnold, Baby
4-21-1906     4-21-1906

(Arnold, A D Sr
9-15-1885        3-21-1930
(Arnold, Sallie V. Phillips   11-12-1877         10-2-1954          D/o Ben & Mattie Phillips

Ballentine, Nettylea (Watkins)
1902       1956

(Bankston, Isaac N
1886         1970
(Bankston, Josie E
1888         1959

(Banning, Edward W
1880         1959
(Banning, Inga  B        This stone is facing south
1881         1981

Bates, Agnes Nevada
7-4-1911           11-20-1999

Beman, Charles Glen             Capt US Marine Corps Korea & Vietnam
6-11-1930          7-10-1988

Bennett, Guy
8-2-1889          10-18-1937

(Bennett, Mancil M
3-28-1858         11-26-1939
(Bennett, Tommy
8-16-1862         3-28-1928

Bennett, Oliver
2-9-1886        1888

(Berry, Charles P
1-30-1892        8-6-1972
(Berry, Alma B
7-9-1900         7-2-1991

Berry, Elmer Ray                taken from obit; age 80; US Navy WWII
6-16-1925 Grand Cane, La              4-17-2006     

(Berry, Garnett L
4-24-1901         11-16-1974
(Berry, Virginia V
5-19-1921          4-3-1986

(Berry, Geraldine C
8-21-1923          5-20-1987
(Berry, Lloyd A
2-22-1920

(Berry, Jean Prince
2-6-1932          -----
(Berry, Leonard              US Air Force
7-24-1931           3-28-2000

(Bibb, James D  Sr.              S Sgt US Army WWII; m. 2-20-1943
3-9-1915          5-10-1992
(Bibb, Ruby A     12-4-1924          ----

Bickhafer, Baby
12-14-1930             12-14-1930

Bixby, Ella Bullard
1909             -----

Blalock, Susie Jane (Blear)
2-28-1900       7-1-1984

(Blear, Albert
1-30-1909            ----
(Blear, Lottie A
2-15-1919            1-29-1974

Blear, D L              FHM with no dates

(Blear, David L
1911        1988
(Blear, Bertha
---          ---

Blear, David Wayne
1946        1956

(Blear, Dorothy
9-21-1929        7-20-1995
(Blear, Richard F
6-12-1920         -----

Blear, Jimmie

Blear, Fay

Blear, Johnnie Samuel              Tec 5 US Army WWII
3-15-1918             7-3-1977

Blear, Johnnie Carl
8-20-1943             6-2-1996

(Blear, William A
1856        1957
(Blear, Nancy J
1880        1948

Bleer, Johnnie William
6-18-1945        8-3-1981

(Bleer, William R
1912        1962
(Bleer, Nettie F
1913        1998

Bleer, Ray

Bogue, W L
5-26-1859         3-1-1929

(Bonds, Thomas G
9-1-1907          3-20-1974
(Bonds, Lola Mae (Barton)
3-19-1906       12-9-1982

Boshear, D D               Stone Goodwin FHM with part of last name now gone
1920          1987

Bowden, Baby
3-20-1919

Bowden, Dora R
6-27-1927        11-27-1927

(Bowden, E J (Josh)
9-17-1896         5-7-1986
(Bowden, Becky
1-21-1897         4-18-1975

Bowden, Elmus
3-1-1890        11-28-1929

Bowden, Jo Ann
9-25-1935         9-26-1935

(Bowden, Lynn Ray
7-29-1917          3-16-1983
(Bowden, Anna Roberta
6-23-1920          -----

(Bowden, Seth Starnes
3-21-1894        9-20-1983
(Bowden, Essie Lee
2-7-1896          3-22-1981

(Bowden, Thomas E
12-15-1861          6-12-1933
(Bowden, Ruth
2-25-1866        12-13-1961

Bowdon, Ira Rochester
8-5-1888          11-16-1904

Bradshaw, E L
3-15-1877           5-3-1920

Bradshaw, J W              H/o Margaret E
8-19-1854          5-30-1936
Bradshaw, Margaret E             W/o J W
1-11-1856         10-12-1924

Bradshaw, Lee             s/o JW & ME
5-11-1878         10-20-1901

Bradshaw, Mollie Lou
6-10-1876         5-2-1913

Bradshaw, Newsom O
1-28-1876         11-9-1952

(Bradshaw, R M
11-27-1863         11-9-1937
(Bradshaw, Sarah A
3-6-1865           1-1-1929

(Bradshaw, Robert Organ
3-22-1826          2-24-1878
(Bradshaw, Sara Phillips              D/o Alpha & Elizabeth Phillips
4-6-1833         7-7-1890

Bradshaw, Rufus M
12-5-1855          12-11-1893

(Bridenbaker, W T
8-3-1914           ----
(Bridenbaker, Vivian (White)
3-24-1916      11-1-1999

(Brinkley, William R               S Sgt 94 MEC 2 Cav Recon SO WWII BSM; m. 11-11-1941
4-20-1916         1-18-1957
(Brinkley, Eva Nell
2-22-1919            ----

Brodbeck, C L
3-21-1895         12-6-1917

Brodbeck, Mrs C R
10-23-1862          8-4-1920

Brown, Myra
3-14-1905          8-4-1920

(Brown, Pauline
2-12-1921               ----
(Brown, William Carl
4-12-1992               3-28-1999

(Bruton, Joel Jackson
10-8-1856          8-6-1943
(Bruton, Eugenia
4-30-1858         2-15-1946

Bruton, W Don
10-5-1883        8-20-1951

Bullard, Monnie (Todd)
1882         1912

Bullock, Richard T

Burke, Duncan C
1863           1940

Burke, Hugh
4-15-1813         12-24-1909

Burns, Bertha
6-18-1904         3-6-1977

(Cannon, Jerry G
(Cannon, Alta Fern (Berry)
7-7-1942          3-13-1980

Cavett, Delphia Arlina             w/o William Cisco; submitted by Gary Arnett
1-2-1887         3-19-1980

Cavett, Leon Wendall           unmarked grave; s/o Delphia & William Cavett; submitted by Gary Arnett

Cavett, William Cisco            unmarked grave; h/o Delphia Arlina; submitted by Gary Arnett

Chevalier, Joan M
8-19-1929    Only one date

(Clark, Louis Clinton
10-4-1905         12-30-1981
(Clark, Thelma
3-24-1910        2-4-1993

Collinsworth, Billie Gene
1927        1936

(Collingsworth, Milburn H
1890         1957
(Collingsworth, Ada E
1891       Unknown

Cone, William Barney             H/o Margaret E Elliott Cone
4-16-1877         12-19-1922

(Cook, Melvin C
1900           1968
(Cook, Mary E
1907        1967

Cooper, Ruth             d/o WE & FM
2-20-1907          5-17-1909

Cox, Mattie Jean
9-10-1911         10-13-1990

Craig, O T
1868         1938
Craig, Octa
1878         1962

Crites, Majorie P
6-25-1932          2-28-1992

(Crowley, H Wayne
6-4-1938          8-31-1996
(Crowley,

(Cumbie, James G
1899        1959
(Cumbie, Isaline Dunagan
1907          1973

(Cunningham, Raymond
3-3-1909          3-22-1985
(Cunningham, Dorothy
10-30-1909           1-23-1986

Curley, William M Jr
3-14-1960       6-5-1970

Daniels, Jennie          w/o Roy
1877          1914

Davis, Adrian J
12-26-1918          12-10-1987

(Davis, Allie (Reeves)
12-8-1915         1984
(Davis, Emmie Reeves Forrest
10-30-1915     3-13-1996

Davis, Argyne L (Eldridge)
1907          1951

Davis, Lucy (Eldridge)
1881        1948

Davis, Mary F S
1872          1951

Dawkins, Willie Pearl Kirk
10-12-1905          5-8-1998

Dollar, George W Sr             Croley FHM
1932           1993

(Dunagan, Jack Wauna
2-8-1909          8-8-1981
(Dunagan, Opal Hurdd Guess
3-26-1906         11-23-1987

(Dunagan, James Howard
11-18-1906        10-11-1988
(Dunagan, Thula May
12-3-1905           3-25-1999

(Dunagan, James Lee
3-27-1874       4-2-1940
(Dunagan, Ella Lee
7-3-1879          9-30-1937

Dunagan, James Shirley
1-23-1931           3-28-1934

Dunagan, Lonnie
6-12-1933        6-14-1933

Dunagan, Noble Olin
2-16-1915         4-26-1982

Dunagan, Thomas S      No Dates         TX Calv Co E   CSA

(Dunagan, W M
1867          1934
(Dunagan, Florence
1872          1941

(Dunnavant, A Lowery
11-9-1881          10-19-1959
(Dunnavant, Ida E
4-26-1889        2-22-1975

(Dunnavant, Tommie A
8-5-1906          5-10-1957
(Dunnavant, Ida Faye
5-26-1919          12-27-1969

Dunnavant, James Edward             A1C US Air Force
1-28-1941      1-7-1999

(Ellis, George Swords
1897         1921
(Ellis, Mary Lue
1919          1921

Emmons, Barbara Edna

Evans, Dollie Mae
This is written on the curb that is enclosing a plot with Shawn T Schenck headstone

Fallin, Lillie M

Fallin, W M
1881           1953

(Fallwell, James F
1916         1929
(Fallwell, Mozelle
1897            1949

(Ferguson, Dorothy F Davis           m. 64 years
1-10-1917         6-16-1997
(Ferguson, Howard L
11-20-1904    12-15-1998

Ford, Mary T
12-10-1825         4-1-1890

Forrest, Emmie (Reeves)
1915         1996

(Fortson, Jeff Richard
3-31-1921          4-28-1981
(Fortson, Wilma Poulan
4-5-1926        8-2-1984

Fortson, Jeptha M         In possible unmarked grave next to Ella Willingham. This is not proven, but is family history. The grave was not marked because my great grandfather G.W. Willingham had remarried in 1910 and though the Fortsons lived with G.W.Willingham, the new wife did not want to pay to have the stone set; submitted by Carol Jones
d. abtt 1913 in Gregg County

Foster, Douglas D
4-7-1912        3-19-1993

Fowler, Ella
1880         1953

(Frantz, Henry E                m. 4-8-1952
4-26-1926        8-2-1984
(Frantz, Martha I
9-1-1928          6-19-1980

(Frantz, John Fredric
6-24-1905          3-16-1985
(Frantz, Mayme K "Jackie"           Obit; age 97
1-16-1909          1-3-2007

Frazier, Frances Ann
10-14-1937        3-10-1940

Fry, Evelyn Shipp
1913         1997

Galbraith, Lawrence C              Pfc USA WWII; H/o Dorothy Perdue Galbraith
1-26-1914          2-12-1994

Galbraith, Dorothy Diane            M/o Jimmy D Kelly Jr, Michael C Kelly, Jennifer Kelly
------         Oct 19, 1948

Giles, Roberta Caroline
1912         1987

Giles, Caroline Marlow
6-28-1912    2-25-1987

Gooch, Donald Royce               Son
9-14-1941    1-16-1999

Gooch, Valderia O              Standing Metal Marker
8-18-1912      6-2-2000

Goodson, Alma Jaunita
1934       1934

(Goza, Lynnda Bowden
3-11-1941      ----
(Goza, Glen Greg
8-4-1936    5-7-2000

Greer, Cecil C
1913           1952

Griffith, Anna Joe              D/o TM & Onie
5-15-1924        5-15-1924

Griffith, Halycom
3-25-1931           8-19-1932

(Griffith, T M (Toll)
11-12-1897        10-25-1969
(Griffith, Onie
10-6-1896         8-8-1969

Griffith, Tollie Jr              S/o TM & Onie
5-13-1925          8-19-1932

Grunden, Cory            Obit; age 22; H/o Amber; S/o Kathy & David White and Jerry & Fran Grunden
10-14-1984           7-25-2007

Gurley, William M Jr

(Harlan, William Henry
4-13-1896           5-3-1989
(Harlan, Nina Kathleen
2-26-1894          9-8-1984

(Hasley, James O
6-20-1901        4-17-1985
(Hasley, Lucy                b. Summerville, Ok
10-19-1905       06-21-2002

Hatch, Basil M
1856         1944

Hatch, Martha T
1859          1941

Hawkins, John E
1-1-1867        9-25-1925

(Hawkins, William M
1843          1923
(Hawkins, Zillie A
1844          1940

(Heard, Eudean Ferguson              m. 7-25-1962
6-6-1944              ----
(Heard, Max Farrell            ADJ US Navy Vietnam; Pe-Pa
7-25-1944      7-26-2000

(Hendrix, Nolan R             Sgt USA WWII
8-25-1916         10-12-1988
(Hendrix, Hazel
1924           1976

(Henry, Keith Lindsey            m. 2-28-1944
5-4-1925           5-25-1973
(Henry, Avvaleen M.
4-16-1926       2-4-1994

(Higgins, Eugene
1876         1958
(Higgins, Lulah L
1876          1968

Higgins, James Curtis
10-19-1905      3-1-1988

(Higgins, Johnny E                 m. 8-7-1949
10-22-1929         1-13-1997
(Higgins, Flora Mae
10-5-1931         ----

Hill, James D Sr            SFC US Army WWII
12-23-1920        10-26-1985

Hill, Roger Roy
6-17-1892        4-7-1960

Hill, Roger Jr
5-13-1918          7-14-1922

Hill, Thelma Phillips
10-31-1898      4-4-1969

Hill, William "Bill"           Obit; age 72; h/o LaWauna; US Army WWII
1-27-1925         9-8-2007

Hobbs, Sharry W C
3-9-1912        4-18-1927

Holcomb, Charles E                 TX MM2 US Navy
3-28-1938      5-16-1966

Holcomb, Clarence              MSGT US Air Force Korea
8-3-1918           3-23-1998

Holcomb, J T Jr
2-4-1930         8-7-1967

(Holcomb, John Thomas
10-6-1886          12-26-1958
(Holcomb, Jewell
3-13-1910          1-27-1980

Holcomb, Roscoe
1-22-1932          7-22-1976

Holcomb, Rose Ann (Owens)
1933           1969

Holder, Durward               S1C US Navy WW II; S/o Garland & Annie Laura Lang Holder
Oct 2, 1923     Jul 3, 2002

Holder, Richard W
1939         1975

(Holder, Thomas G
10-3-1895         12-24-1967
(Holder, Anie L
10-17-1906        1-28-1967

(Huggins, Jep E
2-23-1898          4-16-1969
(Huggins, Ora Mae
11-5-1903           3-4-1985

(Humphreys, Robert L
1-29-1872         4-4-1947
(Humphreys, Della B
2-18-1882          3-20-1958

Isenhour, Mildred White               Written on the curb of a large plot with no head stones

Ivy, Simeon
1861           1936

(Jackson, Charles  Hugh              TX Pvt USA WWI
1-18-1888          3-5-1963
(Jackson, M Lola
3-19-1897          10-3-1989

Jackson, James Lester            S/o Charles H & M Lola
2-27-1918        3-28-1919

Johnston, Lonnie Leon
11-28-1969         7-2-1985

Johnston, Phillip W
12-15-1946      3-26-1997

Jones, Aswill               S1 USN WWII
10-21-1911           7-19-1993

Jones, Bertie Hobbs
3-9-1985      12-7-1982

Jones, Dorothy "Helen" Tyson
7-30-1941      2-5-2001

Jones, Douglas Ray "Doug"
9-13-1944          4-5-2001

Jones, Earl L
1946           1995

Jones, George Stanley              Pvt US Army WWII
11-23-1908            3-29-1990

Jones, Joyce I
4-17-1943           2-3-1995

Jones, Lois V
5-30-1916            3-27-1984

Jones, Ruby Louise
12-27-1923       9-12-1960

(Kelly, Winston L
9-19-1932          ----
(Kelly, Melba J
8-21-1932          ----
(Kelly, Stephen W
1-18-1960         ----

Kennedy, Annie Mae
1899           1989

(Kennedy, Houston
1883         1960
(Kennedy, Pearl
1897          1960

(Kerksey, Houston
1883    1960
(Kerksey, Pearl
1897    1960

Kirk, Bartley L
1897            1940

Kirk, Daisy D
1926         1946

Kirk, Eugene F
1923     ----

(Kirk, Thomas J
1858           1935
(Kirk, Mildred
1866          1946

Knox, Hazel
4-24-1912            ----

(Kyzer, Eula Jane Phillips            W/o James Calvin Phillips
1878          1957
(Kyzer, James Calvin           H/o Eula Jane Phillips
1876         1946
(Kyzer, John F              S/o James C
1907           1909

(Lacy, CA (Sonny)            m. 12-27-1966
11-27-1934         9-30-1973
(Lacy, Myra Gene

Lacy, Thelma
1-21-1905          1-27-1973

Laughlin, Anna Louise
6-28-1943      11-30-1990

(Lenhart, Frank S
1883           1979
(Lenhart, Vera H
1905           1993

Logan, Willie Mae
11-7-1904        2-19-1937

Lucas, Eva Genell
4-13-1932        4-13-1974

Lyon, Opal Ruth
4-23-1929         3-5-1973

(Mackey, A Randolph
1895          1971
(Mackey, Stella
1905           1963

Mackey, Eugene            H/o Paschal E
1867      1940

Mackey, Karen
1942        1942

Mackey, Leman
1911          1995

(Mackey, Lewis T
1884         1955
(Mackey, Jessie L
1889         1971

(Mackey, C Glenn
1919          1988
(Mackey, Lottie T
1922         1973

Mackey, Mae
12-6-1890         10-28-1918

(Mackey, Usko
1890         1966
(Mackey, Nora
1897            1979

Mackey, Paschal E                W/o Eugene
1867      1952

Mackey, Ruby
1913           1984

Mackey, Baby
12-14-1930       ----

McCluney, Exa Faye
9-24-1911        3-31-1980

McCrary, David Brandon           s/o Gary & Roberta
8-30-1976        Only one date

(McCrary, Raymond C
3-12-1911          1-6-1984
(McCrary, Bertelle (Craig)
6-21-1911     ----

McGarvin, Mrs Mollie
10-27-1840         10-2-1910

(McGill, Albert E
9-1-1881          9-6-1953
(McGill, Birdie A
3-3-1891            3-9-1957

McGill, Betty (Willeford)
5-1-1873        9-15-1955

McGill, Charles Wesley
2-16-1881         6-1-1927

McGill, Mary Pearl
10-5-1910           12-24-1920

McKay, Lia Lynn
6-14-1940      5-13-1999

McLeroy, Marcelle (Allen)
10-15-1913          9-13-1936

McLeroy, Mattie
6-7-1884          3-19-1949

McNair, Della Pearl            W/o Wm H
7-3-1891           9-6-1953

McNair, William H              H/o Della Pearl Watkins; S/o Hugh Alexander McNair & Martha Susan Payne McNair, born Ms., Died Dallas, Tx; Submitted by Jim Clair
1-16-1874        2-25-1936

(Mills, Jonathan              Mason Emblem
1890           1966
(Mills, Edna Faye          Eastern Star Emblem
1922           1975

Mings, Minnie Mae            D/o WP & HM
8-1-1873         8-27-1873

Mitchell, Aubrey (Bill)
7-9-1913         7-19-1987

Mitchell, Mary Eufresha           W/o S M
1879        1926

Mitchell, Olan R
1922          1987

Mitchell, Ollie              S/o SM & ME
7-7-1900          7-12-1903

Mitchell, S M
1879          1964

Mitchell, Ubie (Bill)            S/o SM & ME
2-18-1908          10-4-1948

Mobbs, James Nathan
10-3-1886        10-11-1935

Mobbs, Mildred Meldain
8-30-1922       12-25-1922

Mobbs, Vicki Bowden
11-17-1959      8-23-1999

Monk, Joe

Monk, Mary Etta
12-3-1879          11-6-1949

Monk, Oscar Lee
6-7-1920        2-17-1972

Monk, Robert Lee           Pfc USA WWII
1920          1977

Moore, J H
1877           1967

Moore, Marvin Allen
3-9-1910           10-28-1973

Morgan, Annabeth
1932      1933

Morgan, Baby Jewell
4-8-1922           4-8-1922

Morgan, Blanche Erlene
12-26-1923      9-8-1926

Morgan, C J
10-26-1899         9-6-1924

Morgan, Clark
10-7-1908          1-7-1924

Morgan, Donoene

Morgan, Harmon Marshall
9-25-1893          3-10-1968

Morgan, J T
10-13-1869       8-3-1936

Morgan, John Thomas
1918          1987

Morgan, James Martin
5-3-1922           7-19-1922

Morgan, Jappie
12-18-1875           9-28-1956

Morgan, Jim
2-22-1869        9-20-1920

Morgan, John Thomas           CM1 US Navy WWII
1918            1987

(Morgan, Mary
9-13-1877             4-1-1945
(Morgan, S C (Tump)
10-18-1873           10-8-1952

Morgan, Monnie White
8-9-1899            6-12-1983

Morgan, R M (Roe)            Teacher & Singer
2-21-1871          10-31-1938

Morgan, R W
11-30-1832         7-21-1913

(Morgan, S P
10-6-1843           9-10-1923
(Morgan, Susan
3-10-1845        1-10-1923

(Morgan, Shuford Conrad               CM1 US Navy WWII
12-13-1912          2-9-1998
(Morgan, Annie Sue               Obit
9-23-1922             10-8-2007

Morgan, Thomas
1930      1930

Morgan, Walter F            WOW; Aged 24 Yrs, 6 Mo, 14 Days
1-22-1888           8-16-1912

Murray, Barney R              TX Pfc Btry A 133 Field Arty WWII
8-22-1897          10-20-1969

Myers, Tina Marie
1970      2000

(Nix, James H
3-16-1895         6-6-1970
(Nix, Beulah E
10-11-1895             2-25-1935

(Newman, Elizabeth Ann
9-9-1944          10-5-1998
(Newman, Darrell Patman Sr             US Army
7-31-1934 Titus Co, Tx               9-7-2006

Newman, James E             Grubbs Loyd FHM
1929      2001

Nix, Marlon               US Army WWII
2-11-1925      2-4-1999

(Norris, Billie (Eldridge)
7-9-1914          6-12-1946
(Norris, Eustace R
6-11-1909      7-28-1967

Nunnery, Willie Grace
1912         1989

Oliver, Evelyn Veronia                D/o JW & Ethel
4-16-1920        12-13-1937

(Oliver, Jim
1885            1964
(Oliver, Ethel
1894          1961

Oliver, Roy James             TX Cpl US Army WWII
11-29-1915       10-22-1969

Orms, Charles Edward
8-31-1931      8-10-1932

Parrott, Alice Jane
4-27-1884       11-13-1960

Parrot, Belle Zora
1905        1981

Parrott, Floyd B
3-12-1913       8-14-1958

Parrott, Kathryn
6-29-1922               9-3-1956

Parrott, Mackie Dean            Pvt USA WWII; son
1908            1975

Parrott, Mack D                father
3-28-1876              1-18-1954

Parrott, William Hardy
2-12-1906          2-15-1978

(Parson, Michael T             m. 12-11-1964
3-9-1946          12-2-1973
(Parsons, Dorothy
11-12-1946               12-2-1973

(Patterson, Earl M
2-23-1878        1-4-1951
(Patterson, Annie
6-21-1885              11-16-1973

Peel, Eddie Ray            CA RM 2 US Navy
6-20-1942            7-30-1969

Peel, Edward Ellis           PFC US Army WWII
6-22-1915              12-2-1985

Peel, Vivian I "Bill"
10-12-1920         5-27-1998

Perdue, Augusta             wife of H M
12-31-1859             1-26-1891

(Perdue, Ernest Edwin
11-25-1896             4-9-1974
(Perdue, Viola Inez
1-19-1898            10-14-1975

Petty, Jackson Trae            taken from obit; age 2; s/o Shellie Peel and s/o Daniel Petty
2-26-2004                10-27-2006

(Phillips, Alpha
1800          1870
Alpha & Elizabeth Edwards Phillips came to East Mountain in 1851. They had 9 children, listed below are the nine children and their spouses. Sedection m. John Oliver Bennett. Martha A. m1 Benjamin Hampton m2 Hiram Spencer. Sarah L. m. Robert Organ Bradshaw. James Wm. m. Jane Pricilla Smith. Amanda m. Eleazor S. Phillips. Louisa m. Clint Mathis. Alpha Peter m. Eliza Elder. Ben Franklin m1 Mary E. Blakley, m2 Martha Jane (Mattie) Fambrough. Mary Palina m. John Morgan Todd.
(Phillips, Elizabeth Edwards     1806     1866

Phillips, Alpha P  &  #2            H/o Eliza Elder Phillips; TX Pvt TX State Troops CSA
12-4-1842          2-18-1923

(Phillips, Azor Orlando
(Phillips, Emma O'Byrne

Phillips, B D              Brother
2-2-1901           12-24-1967

Phillips, Baby
6-16-1932            ----

(Phillips, Ben Franklin    &  #2       TX Pvt Co B 35 Reg Cav CSA
4-22-1845          5-31-1927
Historical Marker
Ben came from Tenn. in 1851. Served 3 years Civis War in TX Calvery, at war's end farmed near Longview, TX. returned to beloved East Mountain 1883. Church of Christ Minister, Student of Politics, Philosopher, Confederate veteran. He represented Upshur-Camp Counties 1890-94 in TX Legislature. Married Martha "Mattie" Jane Fambrough and had 9 daughters. In 1868 married Mary Blakeley had 1 son Dave. Erected in Honor & Pride by Grandsons James Mahon, Alfred & John Ben Sheppard. Daughters listed on Mothers (Mary Jane Phillips )Site.
(Phillips, Martha "Mattie" Jane Fambrough             W/o Ben F Phillips
5-21-1856       6-20-1937
Mother of: Flora (m. E.C. Shipp), Pearl (m. W.M. Phillips), Eula (m. J.C. Kyzer), Belle (m. M.A. Wylie), Mattye Lea (m. J.C. Mahon), Sallie (m. M.D. Arnold), Berthal (m. A.F. Shepperd), Jewel (m. R.L. Hall), Nina(m. W.H. Harlan.

Phillips, Billie Joe
2-27-1928            2-5-1994

Phillips, Cleo
2-24-1904            3-20-1963

Phillips, Dave A             Big Daddy
11-24-1868            12-31-1944

Phillips, Daniell Marie            Stone Goodwin FHM
1989            1989

Phillips, Eliza Elder            W/o Alpha Peter Phillips
5-6-1849          3-14-1911

(Phillips, Erastus
1-25-1874            12-16-1965
(Phillips, Sallie J
2-1-1879          7-19-1959

Phillips, Hoyt            S/o CY & Ola
3-29-1909            7-1-1909

Phillips, Hubert
9-24-1907            7-7-1931

Phillips, James Clarence
9-20-1901              9-14-1947

Phillips, James William           H/o Jane Priscilla
2-15-1836         4-2-1913
Phillips, Jane Priscilla     &   #2        W/o  James William
7-26-1843             5-27-1903

Phillips, Leta
1901             1986

Phillips, Louis L
5-9-1910            10-13-1967

(Phillips, Zircle
7-24-1906       1-2-1983
(Phillips, Maye
6-6-1908            5-15-1973

(Phillips, Clarence Y
1884           1961
(Phillips, Ola
1887                1971

(Phillips, Robert L
(Phillips, Helen

Phillips, Rosa L    & #2        D/o JW & JP; WOW
11-24-1895              3-1-1907

Phillips, Ruby Pearl
12-8-1904       12-30-1943

(Phillips, Sam
12-15-1899       8-18-1976
(Phillips, Leta
8-1-1901      1-26-1986

(Phillips, Adolphus H
1867          1933
(Phillips, Vola V
1871        1913

(Phillips, W A          Teacher
8-2-1869         12-23-1924
(Phillips, J A           Salesman
2-15-1873         10-16-1928

Phillips, William             F/o Alpha Phillips; Came here from Wilson Co, TN in 1851
1776         1853

Pinkert, Geneva Eileen            Obit; age 58; W/o Edward
3-25-1948              12-29-2006

(Pinson, Aubrey Dwain            m. 6-17-1950
3-18-1928      3-15-2001
(Pinson, Peggy Gean
10-9-1931

(Pinson, Olen
1902      1966
(Pinson, Vera
1904         1957

Pittman, Mary
8-7-1856      6-8-1934

Pritchett, Berthea Mae
1-6-1904         9-1-1971

(Puckett, Gracie  J
8-5-1916                ----
(Puckett, Wilma Evelyn
9-20-1916            9-27-1994

(Pyle, Rickey Dale
4-16-1959    7-15-1978
(Pyle, Loyd A
1-11-1925      ----
(Pyle, E Marie
12-12-1927      1-12-2001

Reeves, George T
6-22-1908            7-5-1988

Reeves, Inez Watson              Obit
6-15-1911           10-13-2007

Reynolds, Baby                Only one date; d/o Bill & Nelda
4-6-1967

Reynolds, Cora
2-3-1882            6-24-1963

Roach, David Melvin
12-3-1862            3-23-1896

Robinson, Calvin
6-16-1904               6-16-1965

Robinson, Jimmie
1908       2001

Ross, Ruby (Bogue) & baby Ross
9-22-1909         5-1-1940

Ruddock, Velma L Smith           D/o Monroe Houston Smith; submitted by Ann Arnhart
10-1-1909        9-26-1937

Sartain, Claudia
5-15-1914           12-23-1936

Sartain, G L           US Navy WWII Korea 90th NCB Iwo Jima WWII; US Army Co B 62 Engr Const  BN Korea
8-6-1924      5-25-1999

Sartain, Sam
5-28-1868           5-15-1933

Schenck, Shawn Thomas          Stone in shape of Teady Bear; To Our Little Big Man
8-16-1996      12-21-1996

Shepperd, Loris Gemette
2-23-1903       10-29-1968

Shipp, Alta Elyva
1909          1979

(Shipp, E C (Notch)
1869              1951
(Shipp, Flora A
1875        1960
(Shipp, Edgar C           TX Pfc 54 Art CAC WWI
12-14-1894       1-19-1951
(Shipp, Evelyn Fry           Croley FHM
1913      1997

Shipp, H H (Bud)
1908       1974

Shipp, Helen Irene
1909      1958

(Shipp, Phil C             Pvt US Army WWII
1909          1975
(Shipp, H H (Bud)
1908      1974
(Shipp, Helen Irene
1909      1958

Short, Maurice Wise                Mason Emblem
1-18-1912         12-18-1992

Sims, Charlene
5-1-1912        3-21-1939

(Sims, Doris            Croley FHM at foot of grave
5-31-1922      6-3-1995
(Sims, O B, Jr            Tec 4 US Army WWII; Loyd FHM at foot of grave
6-18-1917         6-1-1976

Smart, Alma White               W/o LF; D/o Bede White & unk Mitchell; GD/o David White & Mary Eufroshie Reynolds.  A family story says that Alma's mother divorced and took her maiden name back, raising her daughter with the surname of White; Submitted by Ruth Callahan
1-16-1878         4-25-1913

Smart, Bernice Ellington          W/o RH Smart Sr.
4-1-1898          8-3-1971

Smart, Lucius Frederick             H/o Alma; S/o Silas Smart & Martha J. Wilson; m. Alma White Jan. 8, 1896 in Upshur Co., TX; Submitted by Ruth Callahan
1873         1957

Smart, Martha  J             W/o SA; m. S A Smart Feb 12, 1860 in Earpville, Upshur Co, TX; Submitted by Ruth Callahan
7-7-1844 Ala          4-2-1922
Smart, Silas Americas            H/o M J; S/o Jehu Smart (1800 to 1848) & Margaret Logan Alexander (1808 to abt 1876); Submitted by Ruth Callahan
8-11-1831 Tn              1-26-1907

Smart, R H Sr            H/o Bernice E.
1898        1950

Smith, Albert Sidney
8-8-1876         3-6-1954

Smith, Birtha Estella             D/o Alex & Martha
4-6-1901      9-1-1904

Smith, Charlie Pender
9-22-1880        11-29-1915

(Smith, Columbus Washington
1837         9-29-1898
(Smith, Martha Jean
3-6-1849        11-29-1905

Smith, Dora E            Wife of T F
7-29-1869      2-8-1893

Smith, Estelle             D/o JN & Missouri
3-15-1889         10-1-1903

Smith, Grady Glenn
7-4-1921       8-8-1994

Smith, Infant       No Dates             D/o TF & Dora E

Smith, J J (Jodie)            Erected In Loving Memory Of Jodie By His Wife Octa
9-17-1870        9-13-1899

Smith, J N             H/o Missouri; F/o Estelle
11-15-1838       12-14-1911

Smith, John Clark Sr
12-25-1897       6-2-1935

Smith, John Clark Jr
8-5-1918

Smith, Kenneth Dee
7-31-1943     4-13-1986

Smith, Martha Jean
3-6-1849      11-29-1905

Smith, Minnie Ola
3-9-1876   1-29-1899

Smith, Missouri               W/o J N; M/o Estelle
12-24-1851         1-10-1900

Smith, Monroe            S/o J A & Mandie; F/o Velma L Smith Ruddock; submitted by Ann Arnhart
2-17-1884       8-16-1915

Smith, Myrtle Lorena
8-1-1890       8-28-1907

(Smith, R N ( Rube)
1883      1955
(Smith, Pearl  M
1887        1965

Smith, Sara L
4-17-1895     9-27-1990

(Smith, Selwyn
1906         1990
(Smith, Eugenia Roach
1901       1984

(Smith, Thomas C
1881       1947
(Smith, Belle
1893       1932

Smith, William Eli
6-3-1873      6-2-1913

Sobey, Annabeth
1932       1933

Sobey, Charles William          Pvt USA WWII
4-14-1922      1-16-1983

(Sobey, William
2-9-1840       8-29-1925
(Sobey, Christina A
10-29-1853      1-14-1936

Sobey, Iris M           W/o John H
6-28-1896        2-20-1977
Sobey, John H           H/o Iris M
2-8-1888         9-15-1973

Sobey, Thomas
1930     1930

Spencer, Caley           100 years old
-----            12-26-1907

(Spivey, Raymond Wayne          m. 2-23-1968
3-31-1936     12-31-1997
(Spivey, Jane
8-30-1944      ----

(Stanley, Martha Lorraine
6-2-1945           9-4-1997
(Stanley, Robert Wayne
2-22-1939         ----

(Starkey, Coleman  L
1887     1967
(Starkey, Nora  F
1892      1957

Starkey, Glynn
4-29-1915        12-3-1934

Starkey, Jas. Madison           (This info taken from Croley FH Records) Unmarked Grave; b. Gilmer, Tx; d. Houston, Tx;
Age 81 years, 1 month, 3 days
2-12-1868              3-15-1949

Starkey, Thurman Ray             TX Pvt US Army WWII
5-13-1926         5-23-1959

Starkey, Vera Doris
2-5-1924          Only one date

(Stevens, Malene Watkins              Croley FHM by headstone
8-1-1924          12-15-2000
(Stevens, Roscoe L              Obit
12-11-1921         5-18-2007

Swords, Mary Lou
1919       1921

(Thornton, Melvin (Bud)
5-3-1928       7-21-1978
(Thornton,

Todd, Achsa B
1877      1951

Todd, Ada E            D/o J M & M P
11-7-1873        11-11-1874

Todd, Emory
1890      1932

Todd, Jno M
1848          1930

Todd, Mrs John M
1848      1933

(Towery, Oscar A           m. 9-24-1900
9-20-1880     9-8-1958
(Towery, Lula
3-18-1879       12-23-1965

Towery, Wayne
9-20-1909        4-8-1925

Tress, Nettie Mae
8-29-1905       12-24-1933

(Tucker, George G
6-30-1882         4-19-1950
(Tucker, Emma Lee
10-31-1891      1-18-1953

(Tyson, Carl T             m. 8-13-1931
10-17-1909         3-10-1990
(Tyson, Ola B
11-7-1916      ----

Underwood, James W Sr
1924          1988

Underwood, Zola M Bleer           Kilpatrick FH, Monroe, La; Age 59
Sep 20, 1939          Aug 30, 1999

Vannostren, Edith L  (Cindy)
1925       1983

(Vernon, Jesse C
1884        1961
(Vernon, Josiephene
1886           1971

Vernon, Joseph Taylor             TX MM3C USNR WWII
10-14-1925          4-27-1947

Wall, Vonetta              Taylor Bros. FH
2-17-1912       2-6-1985

(Ward, Tom
1868        1927
(Ward, Aura
1878           1953

Ward, Howard Thomas
8-21-1897         2-27-1964

Ward, Ramsie B
2-12-1905      6-24-1925

Watkins, Andrew Joe
1861       1959

Watkins, C D
4-27-1893       9-24-1899

Watkins, Ellis C           Croley FHM
1907      2001

Watkins, Foy
2-26-1905       10-9-1905

Watkins, Meldie Virginia
1871               1964

(Watkins, Vernon J
12-9-1899      6-4-1971
(Watkins, Locker C
2-13-1903             3-27-1970

White, A M
2-7-1852             11-15-1896

(White, Andrew
3-19-1889            12-14-1954
(White, Amy C
3-12-1892      9-20-1984

White, Baby            S/o A M & J A
11-20-1878           11-20-1878

White, Ben Franklin
10-11-1885         8-20-1942

White, Dorothy
9-3-1935           12-15-1935

White, Dorothy H
11-30-1939    Only Date

White, Hattie Byers            Croley FHM and headstone
4-23-1901         5-11-1994

White, James D
1873          1948

White, Joe B               Pfc US Army WWII
10-6-1928      10-6-1984

White, Lenora             D/o Dan & S S
12-21-1883            1-25-1884

White, Lovick E
9-14-1887      1-5-1979

White, Ora Lee
3-2-1888        12-14-1973

(White, R L (Rob)
8-9-1882       6-29-1958
(White, Fannie J
8-20-1891         8-12-1980

White, Roy Lee
8-24-1914       3-2-1918

White, Ufrashey
11-17-1828       5-13-1902

White, Wendell Jackson (Buck)            S2 US Navy WWII
3-8-1920        1-25-1978

Whitney, Mertie Lee
1-27-1922         6-4-1982

(Wiess, Harold
4-28-1932       2-18-1984
(Wiess, Margaret  A
10-14-1937          1-30-1998

Wilkinson, Maxine (Phillips)
12-11-1928          10-1-1980

Wilkinson, William H "Bill"                 taken from obit; age 90; US Army
8-1-1915 Gary, Tx              3-26-2006

(Willeford, Henry Clay            Co B 3 TN Inf CSA
2-2-1844         8-22-1917
(Willeford, N J
11-7-1850      -----

Willeford, L Avon
12-6-1917          11-19-1974

(Williams, John W
12-17-1888      2-14-1960
(Williams, Addie B
12-29-1894      8-4-1996

(Williams, Johnny C            Tec 5 US Army WWII
9-21-1915        6-19-1987
(Williams, Zella L
8-9-1925      ----

Williams, Troy L                  T Sgt US Army WWII
3-27-1918        5-14-1989

(Williamson, John Robert (Bob)
8-1-1900         12-9-1955
(Williamson, Mattie Lou
10-24-1901      10-9-1998

Willingham, Beatrice Ella            D/o G W & Ella; ; submitted by Carol Jones
7-12-1902        12-18-1903

Willingham, Earl Riley            Unmarked grave; S/o Ella & George Washington; He was buried next to Beatrice with a small angel headstone that disappeared in the 1950's; submitted by Carol Jones
9-18-1904         12-1904

Willingham, Ella           W/o George Washington; submitted by Carol Jones
3-8-1884        11-15-1909

Willingham, George Washington         H/o Ella; submitted by Carol Jones
1-17-1877       12-8-1940

Willingham, Truly           D/o Ella & George Washington; submitted by Carol Jones
3-18-1906       10-4-1915

Wilson, Lenard
8-20-1853      10-3-1911

Wilson, Baby         S/o T J & M L
4-11-1904      12-10-1906

Wilson, Carson D "Tince"
9-22-1914        8-17-1958

Wilson, Millie          W/o Lenard Wilson
3-22-1854         10-5-1927

(Wilson, Robert F
1-4-1895    4-5-1961
(Wilson, Ethel G
10-13-1895           1-16-1975

(Wilson, T J (Jeff)
1877       1956
(Wilson, May Lee
1881            1917

Yarbrough, Robbie M (Bullock)
9-18-1894           2-28-1979

York, James H               TX Pvt 54 Training GP AAF WWII
2-7-1910          1-7-1959
 

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