ASHBY CEMETERY


Ashby Community
Matagorda County
, Texas



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Photo courtesy of Kristi Lee

 

UM - Unmarked          UNK - Unknown location
*From Social Security Death Index          #From Texas Death Index

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

PIC

VET

NOTES

ROW

 I. Mc.

       

[Footstone]

 

Unknown

       

Broken marker "Of such is the kingdom of heaven"

 

Adams, Harles W.

27 Oct 1917 24 Sep 2003   VET

MOMM 2 US Navy, World War II

9

Anderson, George Wayne (h/o Kathryn Elaine Crawford Anderson)

08 Jan 1943 15 Aug 2017        

Anderson, Kathryn Elaine Crawford (w/o George Wayne Anderson)

22 Oct 1952 15 Dec 2011    

 

 

Bieri, Anna Ellisa (w/o Gottfred Bierie)

04 Feb 1870 28 May 1941    

 

 

Bieri, Gottfred (h/o Anna Ellisa Bieri)

24 Oct 1868 29 Apr 1957    

 

 

Bieri, William Fred

18 Oct 1947 01 Apr 2012   VET

 

8

Bieri, William John

1913 1965    

Father

 

Bigelow, Randy (h/o Debbie K. Bigelow)

07 Aug 1950 30 Jul 2009        

Bohuslav, Charlie R.

10 Nov 1908 05 Apr 1995    

 

 

Bohuslav, Lillie Mae Jurek

11 Mar 1917 13 Dec 2013        

Brown, David L.

      VET   Unk

Cihat, Uri Yeamans

12 Nov 1908 01 Jul 1991    

 

 

Cobble, Carolyn Ann

13 Jan 1952 15 Nov 1954    

 

 

Cobble, Irene Margaret (w/o Larry Paul Cobble)

[29 Dec]* 1904 [Nov]* 1979    

 

 

Cobble, Larry Paul (h/o Irene Margaret Cobble)

[19 Nov]* 1900 [25 Jul]# 1969    

 

 

Cobble, Lawrence Paul Jr. (h/o Helen Cobble)

01 Oct 1924 22 Oct 2012 PIC      

Colvin, Della Primrose (w/o William Fletcher Colvin)

05 Aug 1896 03 Aug 1994    

 

 

Colvin, William Fletcher (h/o Della Primrose Colvin)

1892 Dec 1965    

 

 

 

Dawdy, Ellen (w/o P. L. Dawdy)

20 Mar 1864 29 Nov 1895 PIC  

In Loving ______  ______, God in his wisdom has recalled, our precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place in vacant in our home which none can fill?

 

Dunbar, Annie D.

1882 1909 PIC  

 

 

Dunbar, Calvin D. (h/o Effie P. Dunbar)

1893 1981 PIC  

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

 

Dunbar, David N.

1848 1933 PIC  

 

 

Dunbar, Effie P. (w/o Calvin D. Dunbar)

1898 1981 PIC  

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

 

Dunbar, Emma J.

1857 1929 PIC  

 

 

Fullingim, George Walton (h/o Oce A. Fullingim)

1869 1938    

 

 

Fullingim, Oce A. Moore (w/o George Walton Fullingim)

28 Jul 1875 01 Oct 1972    

 

 

Gyle, Robert Thompson

17 Mar 1859 20 Aug 1938 PIC  

Our Uncle

 

Hadley, Birdie Neldine Spoor Schneider McGallion

03 Feb 1932 16 Apr 1977    

Mother of Deborah Schneider Murray, Roger & Butch Schneider, Jeff McGallion [A second marker reads: Spoor, Birdie Neldine, We love you Mother, Feb. 2, 1933 - Apr 16, 1977]

 

Hardy, Alice Clara (w/o William Thomas Hardy)

16 Sep 1886 09 Jan 1993 PIC  

Gold Star Mother

6

Hardy, John Jasper

06 Jun 1917 01 Aug 1945 PIC VET

KIA [memorial marker]

6

Hardy, William Thomas [Jr.] (h/o Alice Clara Hardy)

20 Dec 1907 14 Aug 1984 PIC VET

US Navy , Korea

6

Hardy, William Thomas Sr. (h/o Alice Clara Hardy)

  Mar 1959        

Harper, Leona Jane (w/o Melvin Thomas Harper)

1921 1993    

Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will Be Done

 

Harper, Melvin Thomas (h/o Leona Jane Harper)

1910 1981    

Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will Be Done

 

Harris, Carl Ray

18 Sep 1909 07 Feb 2000    

 

 

Harris, Gertrude Nicholson

Aug 1912 Mar 1994    

 

 

Harvey, Donnie Harvey (h/o Mary Jo Vavra)

20 Jun 1945 18 May 2024        

Hebel, Irvine Harrold

15 Jun 1914 29 Oct 1985    

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7

 

Hebel, James John (h/o Josephenia L. Hebel)

28 Jun 1860 08 Apr 1957    

 

 

Hebel, Josephenia L. (w/o James John Hebel)

1878 1954    

 

 

Hejtmanek, Dovie Lee Spoor (w/o George William Hejtmanek)

02 Jan 1931 06 Feb 2007    

Married June 22, 1948

 

Hejtmanek, George William (h/o Dovie Lee Spoor Hejtmanek)

14 Sep 1928 30 Sep 2008   VET

Married June 22, 1948

2

Henderson, Clayton W. (h/o Pearl D. Henderson)

1880 1969    

 

 

Henderson , Pearl D. (w/o Clayton W. Henderson)

1886 1970    

 

 

Henson, Bethel Slone (w/o James William Henson)

11 Sep 1909 21 Nov 1990    

 

 

Henson, James William (h/o Bethel Slone Henson)

14 Dec 1890 08 Nov 1972    

 

 

Hicks, Bruce Edward (h/o April Hicks)

15 Nov 1951 04 Oct 2007        

Hicks, Ira Wayne (h/o Lucille Robertson Hicks)

14 Nov 1908 15 Jun 1999   VET

The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Timothy 2:19

8

Hicks, Lucille Robertson (w/o Ira Wayne Hicks)

17 Jul 1918 14 Oct 2006    

The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Timothy 2:19

 

Hoch, Josephine Lucille Colvin

03 Feb 1918 15 Nov 2003    

Beloved Sister and Aunt

 

Jett, Jessie

19 Aug 1819 1853    

 

 

Jett, Minnie Birdie Tilley (w/o William Jett)

09 Jul 1874 14 Jan 1957 PIC      

Jett, William (h/o Minnie Birdie Tilley Jett)

18 May 1860 04 Nov 1940    

Gone but not forgotten

 

Johnson, Jessie

1879 1936    

 

 

Jordan, Angelique Learline Bigelow

19 Dec 1993 13 Jan 2015 PIC  

 

 

Kee, Betty Sue

18 Jun 1943 18 Jun 1943    

 

 

Kee, Henrietta Weaver (w/o William Chester Kee)

11 Oct 1906 18 Feb 1977    

Our Beloved Parents

 

Kee, William Chester (h/o Henrietta Weaver Kee)

17 Sep 1905 30 Dec 1961    

Our Beloved Parents

 

Kelley, Ada Ruby

28 Jul 1900 14 Mar 1956 PIC  

Aunt

 

Kelley, Bert Ross

18 Jun 1886 28 Jun 1969 PIC  

Our Dad

 

Kelley, Cora E. (w/o George W. Kelley)

1869 1930 PIC  

 

 

Kelley, George W. (h/o Cora E. Kelley)

1864 1901 PIC  

 

 

Kelley, Ross Elmer

17 Mar  1934 30 Apr 2019   VET [Navy, Korean Conflict]  

Lane, Gilbert Elroy

02 Oct 1914 13 Dec 1955        

Lane, Nancy Ruth Keller

07 Jun 1949 22 Feb 2008    

 

 

Lane, Tommy

21 Aug 1944 30 Jun 2020        

Legg, Bettie Jane (w/o James Daniel Legg)

1858 27 Jan 1943    

Mother

 

Legg, James Daniel (h/o Bettie Jane Legg)

1849 1920    

Father

 

Legg, James Edwin

1881 Feb 1935    

 

 

Legg, Rubie M.

1892 1928    

 

 

Legg, William Franklin

1884 1925    

 

 

Lewis, Laverne Colvin

04 Aug 1925 24 Jun 1999    

Beloved Mother and Grandmother

 

McKissick, Debra

10 Aug 1952 14 Oct 1952        

McKissick, David Gyle

20 Dec 1956 14 Feb 2005        

McKissick, Gyle T

01 Nov 1914 12 Feb 2002 PIC  

"Safe in the arms of Jesus"

 

McKissick, Infant of G. B. & R. E.

09 Nov 1908 19 Dec 1908    

 

 

McKissick, James Luther "Jake"

1912 1960 PIC  

Son

 

McKissick, James Luther "Pete"

1878 1957 PIC  

Father

 

McKissick, Robert Francis

08 Sep 1872 23 Jun 1947        

McKissick, Timothy Wayne

16 Jul 1954 29 Jul 1954        

McNabb, Sylvia Lee Hardy Lane

13 Sep 1919 02 Oct 1959        

Maxwell, Jewel Dove

25 Mar 1891 28 Sep 1898    

 

 

Maxwell, John Calvin

1860 Mar 1942    

 

 

Maxwell, Rebecca E. Hodges

1868 1940    

 

 

Moore, Ella

14 Jun 1877 27 Oct 1883    

Youngest Daughter of W. E. & M. C. Moore
Borne from this world  Ere sin could stain or sorrow blight the opening flower. MOORE

 

Moore, Eudora

17 Nov 1847 08 Nov 1933 PIC  

 

 

Moore , Kate Augusta Seaman

09 May 1853 27 Apr 1941    

 

 

Moore, Maide Dunbar

1879 Jan 1963 PIC  

 

 

Moore, Mary C.

10 Jan 1812 12 Apr 1896 PIC  

In memory of our mother, Asleep in Jesus blessed thought.

 

Moore, Mary C. Swift

03 Jul 1846 17 Dec 1878    

Wife of W. E. Moore, Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.

 

Moore , William Erastus

26 Oct 1837 05 Jun 1902 PIC VET

He was a man among the few, sincere on virtues side.

4

Murphree, Charles Y.

12 Jul 1929 06 Apr 1940 PIC VET

Texas , Pvt 1 CL 328 Aux Rmt, Depot, QMC

8

Murphree, James Josephus

11 Jul 1929 09 Apr 2011   VET

 

6
UM

Murphree, Jettie (w/o Lenard F. Murphree)

27 Feb 1903 24 Nov 1948 PIC  

 

 

Murphree, Lenard Franklin (h/o Jettie Murphree)

30 Jun 1892 09 Oct 1973 PIC VET

 

6

Nicholson, Bettie L. (w/o Clarence T. Nicholson)

1883 1926    

 

 

Nicholson, Clarence T. (h/o Bettie L. Nicholson)

1883 1936    

 

 

Nicholson, Daniel Ernest (h/o Ethel Hughes Nicholson)

1887 05 May 1933 PIC  

At Rest

 

Nicholson, James Collier

01 Aug 1870 22 Apr 1936        

Nicholson, James Elbert

04 Mar 1911 13 Dec 1912 PIC  

 

 

Nicholson, James Henry

06 Oct 1846 16 Oct 1923 PIC VET

At Rest, As a husband devoted, As a father affectionate, As a friend ever kind and true.

6

Nicholson, Joe B.

1924 1928    

 

 

Nicholson, Joseph Burnet "Joe"

26 Jan 1885 17 Aug 1952        

Nicholson, Josephine

24 Nov 1852 30 Sep 1936    

 

 

Nicholson, Julius J.

1848 1932/33    

 

 

Nicholson, Katy Ella Grant

09 Oct 1884 22 Oct 1918 PIC  

She died as she lived Trusting in God.  NICHOLSON

 

Oldham, Jack B. (h/o Marian "Pat" Henson Oldham)

29 Apr 1926 25 Jun 2016 PIC VET

 

 

Oldham, Marion "Pat" Henson (w/o Jack B. Oldham)

14 Sep 1927 21 Mar 2014 PIC  

 

 

Payne, Carl Duddley

04 Dec 1880 23 Jan 1938    

[unmarked]

 

Pelton, Eliza J. Avery

31 Jul 1845 23 Oct 1894 PIC  

wife of Arthur M. Pelton, Born in Durham , Conn. July 31, 1845 , Married April 22, 1875 , Died In Matagorda Co. Tex. Oct. 23, 1894 Loving & beloved in life, remembered & mourned in death.

 

Pratt, Stella Terry

04 Dec 1878 31 Jan 1931    

 

 

Purnell, Mary Beatrice Froust

26 Nov 1925 09 Oct 2007    

 

 

Quinney, Anna Staggs "Maw" (w/o John Jasper Quinney "Paw")

11 Jan 1869 09 Jun 1940    

 

 

Quinney, Annie Mae

01 Sep 1900 16 May 1966    

 

 

Quinney, Baby Girl

  31 Jul 1934    

 

 

Quinney, Edward D., Sr. "Gigi"

14 Nov 1920 09 Feb 1992    

 

 

Quinney, Frank

10 Oct 1893 26 Jun 1975    

In Loving Memory

 

Quinney, John Jasper "Paw" (h/o Anna Staggs Quinney "Maw")

26 Sep 1861 31 May 1940    

 

 

Ray, Billy Lee (h/o Gladys Mae Simpson Ray)

10 May 1936 07 May 2023 PIC      

Ray, Gladys Mae Simpson (w/o Billy Lee Ray)

03 Oct 1941 03 Mar 2022 PIC      

Ray, Katie (w/o Richard "Dick" Ray, Sr.)

17 Mar 1904 17 Apr 1996    

[Gold Star Mother]

11

Ray, Richard "Dick" Sr. (h/o Katie Ray)

06 Mar 1899 15 Jan 1979    

 

 

Robertson, James Ortho

12 Nov 1904 29 Nov 1950        

Robertson, John Stanford (h/o Lucy Irene Nicholson Robertson)

04 Feb 1873 14 Sep 1948        

Robertson, John Theron

19 Jan 1920 27 Oct 1963   VET

Texas, Sgt HQ Det 14 Engr Trg Gp, World War II

8

Robertson, Lucy Irene Nicholson (w/o John Stanford Robertson)

12 Oct 1878 06 Jul 1959        

Robertson, Rufus M.

15 Dec 1916 27 May 1966   VET

Texas , Tec 4 HQ SVC CO 333 Engrs, World War II

8

Rusk, Betty Jo Ray

30 Sep 1927 27 Mar 2024        

Schneider, Louis W. "Butch" Jr.

01 Mar 1955 01 Jul 1994    

In God's Care

 

Schneider, Louis W., Sr.

01 Dec 1928 02 Feb 1998    

Father of Deborah Schneider Murray, Roger & Butch Schneider & Wayne

 

Schneider, Melvin Theodore

15 Jan 1923 02 Apr 1998   VET

Sgt , US Army, World War II

7

Smith, Mary Jo

08 May 1938 15 Feb 1995    

Mother

 

Sparks, Sarah Louise

1870 1873    

 

 

Spoor, Baby

07 Nov 1958 07 Nov 1958        

Spoor,  Eugene Franklin "Gene"

23 Dec 1893 16 Dec 1971    

 

 

Spoor, Leatrice S. Jett

25 Dec 1911 27 Oct 1945    

 

 

Spoor, Mary (w/o William H. Spoor)

1861 Aug 1940    

 

 

Spoor, Victor

23 Jun 1898 05 Feb 1962    

 

 

Spoor, Wallace Coulter

21 Oct 1934 31 Jan 1995   VET

 PFC US Army

3

Spoor, William H. (h/o Mary Spoor)

07 Aug 1860 Dec 1937    

 

 

Street, Tommy Joe

07 Jun 1940 14 Mar 2006   VET

A3C US Air Force, Beloved Father & Grandfather

9

Terry, Emma L.

06 Apr 1848 24 Feb 1924    

 

 

Terry, Lela May

12 May 1917 25 May 1917    

 

 

Terry, William S.

12 Sep 1848 04 Feb 1935 PIC VET

 

2

Turner, Leola Hebel (w/o Oren Isaac "Shorty" Turner

18 Mar 1912 16 Apr 1966    

Mother

 

Turner, Oren Isaac "Shorty" (h/o Leola Hebel Turner)

11Nov 1911 26 Jun 1967    

Father

 

Walton, Leta

12 Nov 1897 09 Oct 1900    

Daughter of Leeper & Josie

 

Watkins, Katherine Fullingim (w/o Leslie Brooks Watkins)

[23 Sep]* 1909 [ 11 Aug]* 1994    

 

 

Watkins, Leslie Brooks (h/o Katherine Fullingim Watkins)

1899 1976    

 

 

Williams, Ida Irene

17 May 1908 05 Apr 1940    

Come Ye Blessed  In Memorium Woodmen Circle

 

Williams, Malcolm J.

23 Dec 1897 11 Oct 1949    

 

 

Yeamans, Benjamin Asa

06 Feb 1846 15 Dec 1922    

 

 

Yeamans, Mary Delila McKissick (w/o Samuel Horace Yeamans)

25 Jan 1880 18 Mar 1957    

 

 

Yeamans, Samuel Horace (h/o Mary Delila McKissick Yeamans)

30 May 1881 30 Dec 1957    

 

 

Young, Mrs. Larry Phillips (w/o Lysle M. Young)

1900 15 Jan 1980    

 

 

Young, Lysle M. (h/o Larry P. Young)

1898 1951    

 

 

 

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Created
Dec. 2, 2004
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May 28, 2016
   

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