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Fairview - Trinity Cemetery

In the Elmo Community

 

LOCATION - on FM 2727, .5 mile southwest of Highway 80, in Elmo Community

HISTORY - Oldest Date of Birth in cemetery - Annie A Brashear - 1838 Oldest Date of Death in cemetery - Judson Henderson - 1892

There are at least 60 graves in this place marked only with wooden crosses, field stones, boulders and beds of iris.

Enumerated by K K Hunt & Kenna Leseman – May 12, 1999

 

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

NOTES / INSCRIPTIONS

Adkins, Columbus

1890

1951

Married 6 Jan 1914

Adkins, Ethel

1898

1983

Ssw/ Columbus

Allen, Jacqueline

6 Jan 1953

25 Sep 1985

"Rest in Peace-Otis"

Banks, Bessie L

13 Oct 1929

17 Mar 1988

 

Barner, Charlie

 

23 Mar 1936

TX Pvt. - ICL 404 Reserve Labor Bn. WW I

Barr, Jimmie

1907

1979

 

Barr, Julia

 

25 Nov 1918

Aged 28 Years

Battle, Elmer R

26 Aug 1911

19 Jul 1949

"Mother"

Blackmon, Beator Pearl

1902

1967

Member Mt Calvary Baptist Church - Eastern Star

Blackmon, Mary

26 May 1879

2 Feb 1984

"At Rest"

Brantley, George

2 Mar 1908

4 Jul 1980

Pfc. U S Army WW II

Brashear, Annie A

5 Jun 1838

14 Oct 1912

Wife of S A Brashear
*Former Slave

Brooks, Pearl

1898

1981

 

Brown, A Leon

22 Nov 1914

27 Jun 1989

"Forever in our Hearts"

Brown, Claudie

7 Feb 1921

None

Ssw/A Leon

Brown, Austin

1897

1964

Husband

Brown, C B

28 Mar 1916

23 Nov 1964

 

Brown, Charles H

1918

1964

 

Brown, Elizabeth

5 Jun 1916

1 Jun 1963

 

Brown, Jeffery

28 Feb 1933

17 Apr 1965

Daddy

Brown, Milton

1912

1988

 

Brown, Ricky Glenn

28 Feb 1954

13 Aug 1965

Son

Brown, Robert B

3 Oct 1921

22 Nov 1976

Pfc. US Army WW II

Carraway, J D

25 Nov 1919

11 Mar 1970

TX Cpl. 1619th Ordinance WWII

Carraway, Mack

1927

1987

 

Cathcart, Annie

 

30 Mar 1920

Age 25 Years

Chappell, Pliner

1864

16 May 1907

At Rest - *Former Slave

Chester, Arthur

10 Dec 1897

29 May 1991

(s/o Jordan & Rachel Robertson Chester - f/o Rachel & Velma - h/o Carrie Green)

Childress, Jessie

25 Dec 1902

7 Nov 1952

TX Pvt. 435th Res. Labor Bn WWI

Clark, Saniel

1900

1946

At Rest

Cole, Valree

1923

1980

 

Cole, Willie Mae

No dates

 

Named inscribed on boulder

Cotton, Armandie

1887

1923

Mother

Cotton, Robert

 

18 Feb 1927

Aged 47 yrs- Masonic Emblem

Cotton, NO NAMES

 

 

3 Stones beside Armandie

Dabney, Helen C "Doll"

12 Jan 1912

9 Jan 1985

Thanks for the Memories

Dade, Martin

17 Sep 1844

19 Jan 1904

Masonic Emblem - h/o Easter -
"He leaves behind a wife & 3 children & a host of friends to morn their loss; he was a faithful deacon in the 
Missionary Baptist Church for 35 years - At Rest"
*Former Slave

Daniels, Jno A

25 Feb 1905

13 Jan 1935

US Army WWII

Davis, Ellen

6 Feb 1890

2 Oct 1968

 

Davis, Ellis

Mar 1868

21 Jun 1925

At Rest

Davis, Jim

25 Nov 1882

10 Jan 1963

 

Davis, Laban

13 Sep 1913

14 Jun 1959

TX Sgt. US Army WW II

Davis, O Z

1927

1964

TX Tec 5 WW II

Dean, Issac

7 Aug 1921

22 Mar 1986

TX Cpl. US Army WW II

Dean, Anna

5 Jun 1878

20 Feb 1969

 

Dean, Tom

10 Jan 1879

25 Mar 1959

 

Denson, Florence

1899

1984

 

Denson, Florence B

23 Jul 1918

5 Feb 1906

In Loving Memory, Mother

Denson, Susie

 

29 Oct 1914

 

Denson, T D

25 Jun 1901

No date

 

Dilley, F Trigg

28 Aug 1895

29 Jul 1917

S/o CC & Mary J Dilley

Dixon , D D

 

8 Feb 1924

Age 62 years

Douglas, Charles G Sr

31 May 1901

7 Mar 1980

Love, Always

Douglas, Charles H

18 Feb 1872

25 Jul 1961

Ssw/ Ella

Douglas, Ella

10 Jan 1873

10 Aug 1958

Wife

Douglas, Jessie L

10 Oct 1899

17 Jul 1979

Ssw/ Lula V

Douglas, Lula V

12 Aug 1905

No date

 

Douglas, Mattie Land

9 May 1874

7 Apr 1927

Mother

Duke - Thomas, Lela

1905

1952

Love & Happiness, Grandmother

Duke - Thomas, Lucy L

1921

1973

Love & Happiness, Mother

Dunn, Albert

18 May 1918

22 Jan 1971

TX Cpl. US Army WW II

Dunn, Levi

6 Dec 1891

16 Dec 1958

TX Pfc. 509th SVC Corp WW I

Dunn, Mattie R

6 Nov 1883

31 Dec 1972

 

Dunn, Oscar

1 Jun 1881

19 Mar 1951

 

Edwards, Edna Earl

20 Aug 1877

7 Sep 1961

Our Mother

Edwards, Walter Lee

1869

1952

Masonic Emblem

Elder, Maggie

1854

1904

Mother
*Former Slave

Ellis, Addie L

10 Jun 1890

27 Jun 1957

 

Evans, Cora Lee

20 Jul 1904

21 Oct 1914

 

Evans, Reba May

15 Apr 1909

7 Aug 1928

 

Ford , Leon

1916

1983

 

Foster, Cornelius

4 May 1898

28 Aug 1964

TX Cpl. US Army WW I

Furlough, Stella

1892

1959

Mother

Furlough, Wilson

1893

1959

Masonic - Father

Geawlyons, Micie

21 Feb 1938

4 Dec 1977

 

George, Carlos D

31 Dec 1955

1965

Died Terrell Texas

George, Debra A

1956

1957

 

George, Henry

16 Dec 1910

5 Apr 1986

TX Tec 5 US Army WW II

Green, Florence

7 Feb 1896

14 Feb 1970

TX Pvt. CO C 522nd Eng WW II

Green, Mattie

1874

1937

 

Green, Otho

31 Jul 1910

3 Dec 1980

TX Pfc. US Army WW II

Grinston, Delia

10 Apr 1839

4 Jun 1931

She Hath Done What She Could
*Former Slave

Hall, W H

12 Oct 1889

2 Mar 1911

Born Douglasville Texas

Harmon, Penie

22 Jun 1883

22 Jul 1917

W/o O H Harmon

Harris, Mrs. Ira

13 Dec 1917

5 Sep 1982

 

Hart, Toy

25 Jan 1898

12 Feb 1913

W/o Ellis Hart

Hearne, Rutha Mae

1913

1948

 

Henderson, H H

25 Dec 1862

13 May 1942

Masonic emblem
*Former Slave

Henderson, Judson

9 Apr 1891

____ 1892

S/o TH & Victoria

Henderson, Mancil

Oct 1872

2 Nov 1957

 

Henderson, Olee

24 Apr 1898

20 Jan 1925

 

Henderson , Victoria

 

13 Jan 1912

Aged 50 years - w/o Turner
*Former Slave

Henderson, Willie A

10 Jan 1895

23 Dec 1949

Masonic Emblem

Henderson , W M

12 Mar 1865

11 Mar 1930

Masonic Emblem
*Former Slave

Henderson, R E T

No dates

 

 

Hodge, Ellen M

1905

1983

 

Hodge, Oliver

19 Mar 1892

27 Dec 1967

TX Pfc. Co E 36th Inf WW I

Holland , Curtis Bell

3 Apr 1921

4 Jul 1967

Erected by husband & Daughter

Holland , Curtis Gene

16 Jul 1941

11 Jun 1964

TX Spc4 HQ 39th Eng US Army

Holland, Nelson

21 May 1889

27 Jun 1979

TX Cpl. US Army WW II

Jackson , Fannie

18 May 1881

27 Sep 1942

Gone but not forgotten

Johnson, Elbert

28 May 1885

12 Mar 1975

 

Johnson, Louis A

1 Feb 1885

19 Dec 1951

 

Johnson, Rachel

14 Sep 1874

15 Oct 1965

Rest in Peace

Johnson, Warren B

23 Nov 1865

26 Jun 1933

 

Johnson, Mrs. Warren

 

 

*Dates unreadable - stone is turned over - too heavy to move

Jones, Della

1900

1986

 

Jones, Lois

8 Apr 1917

20 Jun 1947

 

Jones, Wiley

 

 

Stone damaged- unreadable

Kemp, Jewel

1909

1960

In Loving memory, Mother

Lacy, Chester Jr

 

17 Oct 1939

 

Land, E T

12 Dec 1880

1 Mar 1904

Masonic emblem - s/o GB & M Land

Land , Harriet

1879

1921

W/o SM McNeal

Lewis, Eddie W

1905

1949

Father

Lyon, Cennie

 

1918

Aged 90
*Former SLAVE

Lyon, Hattie

 

1917

*FORMER SLAVE

Lyons, Benjamin F

18 Sep 1904

2 Jan 1986

 

Lyons, James Nathniel

10 Jan 1894

21 Aug 1936

Father

Lyons, James Louis

14 Feb 1935

19 Nov 1967

TX S/Sgt Co D 8th Inf- Vietnam

Lyons , Mollie

13 Apr 1856

17 Jul 1925

W/o Henry Lyons
*Former SLAVE

Lyons, Susie Mae

22 Nov 1903

10 Sep 1959

 

Maston, Ziar

1875

1922

Masonic emblem

Mayfield, Lillian

19 Jan 1889

28 May 1986

 

Mitchell, Marvella

2 Feb 1925

5 Jun 1986

Born Bastrop , TX

Moore, Prince

3 Mar 1918

7 Mar 1974

Pfc US Army

Morgan, Don Ray Sr

 

7 Oct 1974

Ssw Don Ray Jr

Morgan, Don Ray Jr

No dates

 

 

Morgan, Hallie

No dates

 

Mother

Morgan, J L

 

1943

 

Morgan, Vertis

1 Jun 1921

12 Jul 1976

D/o W H Hall- w/o Jesse Morgan- born Dugfield TX

Died Seagoville TX

 

 

 

Morgan, W M

 

1943

 

Mosley, Candace

1884

1961

Beloved Children

Mosley , Leon

1 Aug 1892

2 Nov 1948

TX Pvt. 522nd Eng Bn WW I

McCarver, Leonard Jr

10 Oct 1919

16 Dec 1991

S/o Leonard Sr - h/o Rachel McCarver - f/o Ruby, Carrie, Debron, Lavasha, Estelle, Mary Lois, Joe L, Alfred, Marcus, Arthur & Ray

McClelland, John S

1878

1949

 

McClelland, Willie Elizabeth

1891

1923

 

McLemore, Bobbie Sonder

21 Aug 1919

6 Nov 1990

Forever in our Hearts

McNeal, John Isiah

1883

1947

 

McNeal, Eldavis

16 Aug 1912

16 May 1986

TX Spc4 US Army WW II

MCNeal, Ervin

1913

1975

TX Pvt. US Army WW II

McNeal, Fannie Bell

9 Mar 1889

9 Oct 1905

S/o WB & WA Johnson
(maiden name Johnson)

McNeal, Louis M

15 Jul 1887

8 Apr 1910

Masonic h/o D B McNeal

McNeal, Samuel Murrison

1 Jun 1878

10 Oct 1958

F/o Eldavis, Ervin Bluitt & Samuel Jr - Rest in Peace

McNeal, Samuel

29 Nov 1921

28 Oct 1988

Served in US Army

Neroes, Vernia S

1981

1982

 

Osborne, William Courtney

23 May 1966

30 Sep 1974

 

Page, Andrew

23 Jan 1859

5 Jul 1944

Masonic emblem
*Former SLAVE

Page, Andrew

25 Mar 1897

14 Mar 1954

 

Page, Cornelia

15 Jan 1856

28 Mar 1946

*FORMER SLAVE

Page, Dock

1866

1950

 

Page, Kate N

1900

1988

 

Page, Mollie

1885

1930

 

Page, Ollie

17 Jan 1889

26 Mar 1959

 

Patrick, Ollie

1906

1983

 

Pipkins, Ruby

22 Aug 1931

5 Apr 1986

 

Pugh, Gladys M Douglas

14 Apr 1908

3 Apr 1986

 

Randall, Blanch

11 Dec 1865

13 Jan 1902

 

Rodgers, Marion A

16 Jan 1888

30 Aug 1973

 

Rodgers, Sophia M

31 Mar 1889

13 Jan 1982

 

Rogers, Cleo

10 May 1918

23 Feb 1969

Beloved Mother

Rogers, Cleveland

1907

1971

 

Rogers, Earl

30 Nov 1896

28 Apr 1963

TX Pvt. US Army WW I

Rogers, Octavia

1906

1945

 

Rogers, DAD

No dates

 

 

Rogers, MOM

No dates

 

 

Rowlett, Fannie Lyons

1900

1988

Loving Mother

Sanders, Freddy Joe

3 Jan 1940

29 Aug 1980

At Rest

Sanders, Gus

 

5 Mar 1899

 

Sanders, M C

4 Dec 1909

31 May 1951

Masonic emblem

Sanders, Roy L

28 Dec 1945

19 Feb 1973

TX Sgt U S Army Vietnam
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Shambray, Clarissa

1916

1981

 

Smith, Annie Burleson

27 Dec 1888

17 Mar 1961

 

Smth, Charlie H

25 Dec 1884

20 Nov 1955

Your Daughter Mary Alice Allen

Smith, Mrs G

1867

21 Apr 1938

 

Smith, Patrich Judson

28 Aug 1931

11 Jan 1961

TX spec U S Army

Smith, Sylvester

7 Jul 1918

15 Feb 1966

 

Smith, Wayne Earl

2 Feb 1954

25 Feb 1984

 

Terrell, Mrs. Ada

 

8 Oct 1957

 

Thomas, Charles Walker

15 Apr 1915

25 Apr 1974

Our Father

Thomas, Joseph

21 Sep 1900

24 Jun 1951

Masonic emblem

Thomas, Robert

2 Jan 1914

16 Aug 1991

US Army WW II

Thomas, Emily

23 Apr 1907

15 Mar 1983

Age 74 yrs, 11 months, 12 days

Thompson, John Wesley

28 Nov 1918

4 Jul 1955

TX Pvt Co D 554th QM WW II

Turner, Bryschod

 

24 Dec 1991

 

Turner, Donald Ray

14 Dec 1961

22 Feb 1970

 

Turner, Ruthie

25 Dec 1900

15 Mar 1957

 

Wagner, Bennie F

15 Sep 1936

7 Dec 1989

 

Wagner, Calvin "Mot"

1903

1980

 

Wagner, Willie B

15 Sep 1938

22 Aug 1982

 

Watson, James C

1938

1978

US Navy

Wells, Barbara A

1956

1957

 

Wells, Lee

__Aug 1906

 

Stone unreadable - broken

West, Mrs. Willie

 

10 Apr 1898

Aged 80 years
*Former SLAVE

White, Clarence Edward

29 Oct 1927

2 Jan 1988

 

White, Jerry D

3 May 1947

24 Nov 1972

 

White, Mattie Louise

1900

1961

Wife

White, Sandra

27 Apr 1957

21 Jan 1970

 

Williams, Carrie Lee

13 Dec 1935

10 Oct 1985

 

Wilson, Ella F

6 Sep 1890

17 Jun 1957

 

Wilson, Ralph

1934

1966

 

Wilson, Sammie E

30 Jul 1896

11 Apr 1955

TX Pfc. U S Army WW I

Winfield, Angel M

1986

1986

 

Winfield, Emma

No dates

 

 

Winfield, Howard

1917

1973

 

Winfield, Ida Mae

19 Feb 1933

13 Oct 1983

In Loving Memory - this is our humblest appreciation & gratitude to the greatest lady that ever lived - our Mother

Winfield, Johnny R

1959

1974

 

Woodson, Rev. Jack

19 Aug 1866

26 May 1937

 

Wyatt, Lonnie B

14 Aug 1908

28 May 1972

 

Young, Rosie Anna

25 Jul 1903

22 Jan 1928

 


 
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