Pumphrey Cemetery

Photos courtesy of Bill Matthews

Pumphrey Family



 


 


 

This list was compiled by Maurice Cotham "Possum" Shelby. He indicated that there were six to seven unmarked graves.
 

NAME

PIC BIRTH DEATH INSCRIPTION VET LOC

Belschner, Andrew

  28 Jul 1870 23 Apr 1916      

Belschner, Mattie

  17 Jan 1878 17 Nov 1923      

Churchill, Mary Harrell Matthews (w/o 1 Loderick Matthews; 2 Andrew Churchill)

PIC 31 Dec 1798 26 Feb 1874

Wife Of Loderick Matthews

   

Dollery, Henry F. (h/o Srada Pearl Quinn Dollery)

  13 Sep 1884 23 Mar 1960      

Dollery, Srada Pearl Quinn (w/o Henry F. Dollery)

  03 Mar 1881 12 Nov 1960      

Edison, J. E.

  09 Apr 1856 19 Feb 1898

Wife of J. E. Edison; Gone But Not Forgotten

   

Fivecoat, H. R. [Hattie Rebecca]

PIC 24 Oct 1850 18 Aug 1893

May The Resurrection Find Thee In The Bosom Of The Lord

   

Matthews, John A.

PIC 05 Nov 1834 11 Sep 1854      

Matthews, Loderick (h/o Mary Harrell Matthews Churchill)

PIC 01 Nov 1794 25 Apr 1855      

Morton, Alice Susannah

  19 Apr 1871 16 Oct 1910

He Took Her From A World Of Care And Everlasting Bliss To Share

   

Pumphrey, Allen

PIC 30 Oct 1862 11 Nov 1863      

Pumphrey, Blake

PIC 20 Feb 1855 17 Apr 1865      

Pumphrey, Ellen Marvin Mathna?

  23 Jul 1843 30 Jul 1918

Mrs. P. P. Putnam; Born In Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; She Was Too Good, Too Gentle And Fair, To Dwell in The Cold World Of Care

   

Pumphrey, Infant

PIC 08 Sep 1869 25 Sep 1869      

Pumphrey, Jesse Newton (h/o Mary Sauls Matthews Pumphrey)

PIC 14 Jan 1827 18 Dec 1909      

Pumphrey, Mary Sauls Matthews (w/o Jesse Newton Pumphrey)

PIC 13 Mar 1832 02 May 1883      

Pumphrey, Ray

  28 Jan 1857 08 Jan 1875      

Putnam, Minnie

  11 Aug 1870 06 Sep 1880

Daughter of P. P. & E. M. Putnam; Our Daughter Sleeps Sweetly Here

   

Putnam, P. P.

  1835 11 Nov 1912

Born In Pennsylvania

   

Putnam, S. M.

    14 Aug 1938      

Quinn, Charles C.

  31 Oct 1874 07 Apr 1938      

Quinn, D. M.

  15 Jan 1831 14 Jul 1909      

Quinn, Infant of C. C. & M. I. Quinn

           

Quinn, M. I.

  04 Dec 1889 10 Feb 1914

Wife of C. C. Quinn; She Was A Kind And Affectionate Wife; A Fond Mother And A Friend To All

   

Saunders, Allen R.

PIC 01 Aug 1887 02 May 1888      

St. John, W. R.

  23 Jun 1889 12 Nov 1960      

Traylor, Mary A.

PIC 09 Aug 1836 21 Jan 1889

Wife of J. B. Traylor; Thy Word Is A Lamp Into My Feet And An Abomination To My Soul

   

Traylor, Warren B.

  11 Oct 1876 17 Mar 1884

Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Heal

   

Whitley, R. E.

  10 Nov 1873 20 Jul 1911

At Rest But Not Alone Waiting To Welcome Loved Ones Home

   

 


Pumphrey Cemetery Photos
Courtesy of Bill Matthews

 

Harriet Rebecca Fivecoat

 

John Matthews

 

Loderick Matthews

 

Allen Pumphrey

 

Blake Pumphrey

 

Infant Pumphrey

 

Mary S. Pumphrey           Jesse Pumphrey N.

 

Allen R. Saunders

 

Mary A. Traylor

 


 


Pumphrey Cemetery Obituaries
 


Services Today for Henry Dollery, 76

Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p. m. today at Slavik Funeral Home for Henry Franklin Dollery, 76, of Cordele. Minister T. F. Shropshire of the Edna Church of Christ was to officiate, with interment in the El Toro Cemetery.

Mr. Dollery, a well-known retired farmer who had resided in the Cordele area since his youth, was born Sept. 13, 1884 in Welder, Gonzales County. He passed away March 23 in the hospital in Ganado.

He is survived by his widow, Sarada [Srada] Pearl Dollery of Cordele; four sons, Henry of Edna, James of Mercedes, Dave Quinn of Bay City and S. J. Quinn of Yuma, Ariz.; one daughter, Mrs. H. W. Miller of Houston; nine grandchildren, and two brothers, S. W. Dollery of Ganado and Will Dollery of Bay City.

Edna Herald, March 24, 1960
 


Srada Pearl Dollery
Services Held for Mrs. Dollery, 79, Native of County

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Slavik Chapel for Mrs. Srada Pearl Dollery, 79, a native of Jackson County. Rev. Oral Speed of the Baptist Temple, officiated, and interment was in the El Toro Cemetery.

Mrs. Dollery was born March 2, 1881 in this county, a daughter of D. M. Quinn and Sally Srada Code Quinn. She passed away Nov. 12 in a rest home in Victoria, following an illness of some 16 months.

She is survived by four sons, Monroe Dollery of Edna, James Dollery of Mercedes, Dave Quinn of Palacios and Sill Quinn of Welton, Ariz.; a daughter, Mrs. H. W. Miller of Houston; a brother, Monroe Quinn of Edna, a sister Mrs. S. W. Dollery of Ganado; and 20 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.

Edna  Herald, November 17, 1960
 


J. N. Pumphrey

Pumphrey.--Edna, Texas, December 17.--J. N. Pumphrey, a pioneer citizen of this county, died here this afternoon, at the home of his son-in-law, R. C. Saunders, after a long illness. Mr. Pumphrey was 82 years of age. Deceased served throughout the civil war as a Confederate soldier, and spent many months in a Federal prison.

Houston Post, December 21, 1909
 

 

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