Pilgrim Rest Cemetery #1

East     West

From Emory take 69 SE for .9 mi., left on FM 2795 for approx 2.6 mi. take a left on FM 2946, cemetery is about 1.25 miles on your right.

 

From Tyler/Mineola take 69 NW to Rains Co. line. Proceed 1.6 mi. and take a right on FM 2795. Proceed 3.5 mi. to 2946 and take a right. Cemetery is about 1.25 miles on the right.

 

Submitted (with pictures) by Elaine Nall Bay  & Patricia Nall

transcribed September 2002

West Section

(beginning at southwest corner)

Sect 1 Row 1-9      Sect 1 Row 10-12  
   
Sec 1 Row 13 - 15     Sect 1 Row 16 -18 

Obits.......Known to be buried


Row 16
Vacant 4 places
Cox, Jo Anna  Jun 12 1964  d/o Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Cox
Vacant
Melton, Olen A. Sep 25, 1896 Apr 09, 1965
Melton, Lillie H. July 25, 1897 Feb 16, 1996
Vacant 5 places
Melton, Josie  1908 1925 d/o O.H. & Ozella Melton
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Melton, Oliver H. 1887 1974
Melton, Martha Ozella 1889 1949
Vacant
Vacant
Holmes, Horace Henry Oct 18, 1904 Dec 24, 1984 married Feb 09, 1925
Holmes, Clara Lee Jun 18, 1906 May 06, 1993
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Spence, George C. 1886 1943
Spence, Minerva 1877 1925
Vacant
Vacant
Cooke, Hallonquist Feb 07, 1898 Jan 20, 1962 TX Pvt US Army WWI
Cooke, Ezra (Braziel) Oct 17, 1901 Mar 20, 1973
Vacant 6 places
Osborne, Cecil M. Jun 21, 1908 Apr 14, 1983
Osborne, Valla Lee Dec 14, 1907 Dec 21, 1992
Vacant
Osborne, E. Loverne Jun 11, 1925 Nov 11, 1925
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Panter, Uerial Exton Jun 07, 1921 July 23, 1921
Panter, C.D. 1930 ----
Vacant
Vacant
Panter, Glenn K. 1933 1933
Vacant
Vacant
Panter, Samuel Collie Jul 18 1897 Oct 04,1989
Panter, Millie Opal Yandell Dec 12, 1899 July 19, 1981
Vacant
Vacant
Yandell, Loyd B. Oct 12, 1905 Nov 08, 1940
Vacant
Yandell, Dempsy B. Jan 22, 1869 May 14, 1949
Yandell, Minnie L. Nov 11, 1882 Jun 18, 1937
Vacant
Vacant
Begin Williams plot
Williams, D.W. Apr 30, 1926 Sep 03, 1926
Williams, Rachel Mar 26, 1923 Nov 26, 1924
Vacant
Vacant
Williams, Charlie Jun 15, 1933 death date unreadable Stone too far in ground
Williams, Dorothy Mar 18, 1935 death date unreadable Stone too far in ground
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Funeral Home Marker Female adult
Vacant
Vacant
Williams, Samuel W. Mar 09, 1877 Dec 26, 1961
Williams, Eula Alice Feb 10, 1882 Mar 14, 1963
Vacant
Vacant
Williams, Ollie E. 1901 1974
Williams, Chester C. 1898 1968
End of Williams Plot
Vacant
Vacant
Spong, Patsy Ann Oct 11, 1946 Dec 01, 1970
Vacant
Vacant
Judge, Charles H. Sep 30, 1911 Sep 16, 1983
Judge, Helen L. May 19, 1929 ----
Vacant 7 places
Shipley, Mrs. G.W. 1883 1927
Vacant
Henson, Howard Edwin Jan 6, 1922  ----   married Jul 31, 1942
Henson, Esther Jean July 2, 1919 Jun 28, 2001
Henson, Sonja Lee Nov 05, 1948 Oct 07, 1950
Vacant
Vacant
Thompson, Lynn C. 1884 1958
Thompson, Elsie E. 1882 1968
Vacant
Vacant
Thompson, Eschol 1910 1973
Vacant
Vacant
Hill, Billy Frank Nov 19, 1936 Mar 09, 1998
Hill, Margie Jo  Sep 10, 1944  ----
Vacant 4 places
Youngblood, John Henry Mar 27, 1907 Nov 06, 1959
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Faughtenberry, Charles H. 1925 1978
Vacant
Vacant
Judge, Charles J. Dec 03, 1943  ----
Judge, Virginia J. May 14, 1946 Jun 23, 1997
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
fence

Row 17
Vacant 12 places
Martin, James S. Sep 17, 1875 Aug 18, 1951
Vacant
Martin, Docia 1879 1906
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Martin, Ola May  May 14, 1909 Jan 05, 1910 d/o J.S. & Nellie Martin
Vacant
Potts, Ervin Jan 18, 1883 Jly 19, 1957
Vacant
Potts, Billie R. Nov 15, 1933 Dec 21, 1933
Vacant
Potts, Nettie Mar 23, 1895 Dec 10, 1975
Vacant
Ford, Cela E. 1857 1918 wife of H.G. Ford
Vacant
Vacant
Ford, H.G. Oct 07, 1842 Jly 09, 1917
Vacant
Vacant
Ford, Agatha C. May 1, 1864 Nov 27, 1902 wife of H.G. Ford
Vacant 5 places
Cement block Female adult
Vacant
brick Male adult
Vacant 9 places
Bridges, Weldon Franklin Feb 21, 1922 Jan 21, 1992 married Jan 04, 1947
Bridges, Lynn Spencer July 21, 1922  ----
Vacant
Vacant
Gee, Gus May 07, 1877 Jly 31, 1897
    Son of Aurelius C. Gee & Elizabeth Springer Willis Gee. His name was Lorenzo     Dow GeeDied from blow to temple by a baseball.
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Gee, Earl  Aug 27, 1882  Sep 10, 1882 s/o A.C. & Elizabeth Gee. twin brother of Pearl Ada Gee Martin
Vacant
Vacant
Baxter, Forrest Feb 24, 1909 Oct 10, 1994  GFB - footstone
Baxter, Lavora Jun 19, 1913 Jly 20, 1993
Vacant
Vacant
R E A  Male child
Vacant
J R A  Male adult
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Rock   Male tall adult
Vacant
Stone    Male tall adult
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Stone   Male child
Vacant
Cement block   Male tall adult
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Irby, S.H.  Nov 25, 1854 Mar 2?, 1882
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Tree stump
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Bryant, B.D. Feb 28, 1892   Oct 16, 1892  d/o J.W. & J.A. Bryant
Vacant
Bryant, J.A.  Jan 29, 1862 Jan 06, 1898 w/o J.W. Bryant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Funeral home marker   male tall adult
Vacant 11 places
Bois darc post   Male tall adult
Marble marker   Female adult
Vacant 9 places
fence

Row 18A
Main entrance gate (south)
Vacant ten spaces
Harrison, Emily E Mar 20, 1837  May 18, 1900 1st wife of W.P. Harrison;
     maiden name - Sells
Harrison, Elizabeth Apr 16, 1849 Apr 24, 1912 2nd wife of W.P. Harrison;
     maiden name - Rogers
Vacant
Vacant Nine spaces
Potts, Susie 1885 1913 wife of J.E. Potts
Vacant nine spaces
Childers, Francis Ellen Jan 10, 1883 Apr 23, 1902 wife of J.L. Childers
Vacant eight spaces
Rock     Male adult
Vacant 8 places
Johnson, Sarah A.  Aug 31, 1831 Apr 11, 1914 wife of J.W. Johnson
Vacant
Vacant
Johnson, Jonathan  Mar 09, 1819  Jun 19, 1883
Vacant 15 places
Flowers in rusted coffee can  Female
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Flowers in rusted coffee can Female
Vacant 8 places
Robbins, Orlando  Oct 12, 1860 Mar 29, 1899 h/o Lucy
Robbins, Lucy L. Nov 7, 1870 Dec 2, 1957 w/o Orlando
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Cedar tree
Vacant 9 places
fence

Row 18-B
Robbins, John W. ---- 1919
Robbins, Ella 1869 1946
Vacant
Vacant
Singleton, Minnie  1892 1951
Singleton, John  1885 1973
Vacant
Vacant
Godwin, Eulah C.  Jan 11, 1867 Jan 25, 1920
Godwin, Thomas P.  Dec 02, 1861 Jly 14, 1932

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