The original cemetery was located on the MOTES place, along with the church. The cemetery has been extended south and west. Take SH 19 about 3 mi. to FM 2324, go west about 2.5 mil to Cemetery Rd.

 

1952 Smyrna Cemetery

Name Birth Death Comments

Row 1
Bowen, Stafford Lee --- Feb 18 1930
Bowen, James Buck 1908 1982 US Navy WWII
7 vacant spots
Northcut, Laura 1878 1951 Married June 7 1896
Northcut, J.D. 1873 1959
Northcut, Catherine E. Watkins 1824 1901 Wife of James W. Northcut
Northcut, James W. 1820 1871 Pvt Capt Smiths Co.
      Texas Mounted Vols Mexican War
Headstone base
Latham, Martha D. Jan 7 1896 Oct 23 1897 d/o H.E. & S.R. Latham
Herring, John F. July 16 1894 Mar 13 1896 s/o E.A. & M.E. Herring
3 vacant spots
Latham, Hannah E. Dec 23 1897 Jan 17 1898 d/o H.E. & S.R. Latham
Northcut
Northcut
Northcut
Northcutt, Fae June 7 1913 Nov 20 1913 d/o C.H. & M.V. Northcutt
Vacant spot
Latham, Bessie Oct 9 1901 Oct 7 1909
Latham, James Alton July 18 1913 Nov 1 1914
Latham, Lela Lenora Dec 7 1915 June 1 1916
Latham, Node Oct 27 1880 Feb 2 1934 Wife of W.J. Latham
Latham, Jeff  June 20 1876 Sept 5 1962
Latham, Nancy Feb 11 1849 Dec 24 1914
Latham, Steve 1953 1954 s/o Perry & Dorothy LathamBegin Latham plot
Latham, Mary Love Oct 20 1941 Oct 21 1959 End Latham plot
Vacant spot
Latham, Perry Lee Nov 2 1918 July 27 1984 US Army WWII
4 vacant spots
Latham, Addie Herring Jan 22 1893 Feb 20 1922
8 vacant spots
Caddell, Essie Belle July 7 1904 Jan 31 1910 d/o J.W. & M.E. Caddell
3 vacant spots
Samples, Jesse Nov 11 1854 Apr 17 1903
-----, Annie ---- ---- Stone behind Hattie Mae Northcut stone
Northcut, Hattie Mae Jackson Dec 26 1922 Apr 14 1999 Married Oct 11 1941
Northcut, William Delma Nov 19 1921 June 25 1984 US Army
Northcutt, Melvin 1908 1983
Northcut, John 1882 1955
Northcut, Belle 1883 1978
Williams, Eunice K. Aug 3 1899 Sept 5 1978
Williams, Emmitt W. Apr 9 1890 Mar 8 1977
Shrum, Joan Williams 1947 1986
Shrum, Mac   Aug 22, 1946    Feb 25, 2002 US Navy Vietnam
         (s/o Willie Jefferson and Lottie Mae Buchanan Shrum-Barbara King)
Lefors, Jeanette Feb 13 1950 June 28 1986
2 vacant spots

Row 2
Bowen, infant ---- Jan 28 1930 s/o Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Bowen
Bowen, James B. 1908 1982
Bowen, Eula M. 1907 ----
Birket, Ralph E. Dec 16 1932 Apr 11 1969
Northcutt, Floyd ---- Mar 15 1936 Stillborn s/o Albert & Cleo Northcutt
Northcutt, Loyd ---- Mar 15 1936 Stillborn s/o Albert & Cleo Northcutt
Northcut, G.W. July 22 1855 Jan 29 1930
Cotton, Janis Northcutt Aug 8 1947 ---- Married Nov 10 1972
Cotton, Dickie Wayne July 25 1950 Sept 8 1994
5 vacant spots
McClure, W.C. July 9 1843 June 7 1901
Vacant spot
Northcut, Martha A. June 20 1848 May 11 1895 Wife of J.H. Northcut
Northcut, J.H. Feb 11 1851 Apr 12 1911
Rock marker
Vacant spot
Power, Jane Herring June 7 1912 Dec 15 1932
5 vacant spots
Herring, Willie Nov 28 1891 Jan 24 1892 s/o W.T. & M.E. Herring
Herring, Ella Sept 26 1890 Dec 24 1890 d/o W.T. & M.E. Herring
Herring, E.M. Mar 5 1810 Dec 16 1888 Born Pendleton Dist SC Died Rains Co., TX
Herring, J.B. Nov 15 1873 July 11 1890 Born Rains Co., TX Died Rains Co., TX
Herring, S.J. Nov 29 1877 Jan 28 1891 Born Camp Co., TX Died Rains Co., TX
Stricklin, B.A. Apr 24 1872 Nov 13 1891 Born Camp Co., TX Died Rains Co., TX
Vacant spot
Herring, James R. Nov 5 1880 Aug 25 1897 S/o B.F. & M.C. Herring
        Born Camp Co., TX Died Rains Co., TX
Vacant spot
Herring, B.F. Sept 1 1838 Feb 19 1906
Herring, Mrs. M.C. Mar 14 1830 Oct 31 1916
Herring, Elisha A. 1869 1936
Herring, Mary E. 1877 1949
Harvey, Vergie Mar 1 1899 Jan 29 1990
Harvey, Lee July 18 1897 Apr 16 1971
Herring, Deana Myrtle Apr 4 1910 Jan 21 2000 Married Aug 22 1935
Herring, Elbert Mason Apr 21 1905 Dec 29 1984
Alexander, Bennie Jan 19 1929 ---- Married Mar 31 1948
Alexander, G.B. Mar 25 1928 May 15 2002
4 vacant spots
Herrell, Gertielee Oct 17 1905 Mar 15 1918
Caddell, Elizabeth Jan 10 1850 Mar 18 1914
4 vacant spots
Copeland, Anita L. Feb 11 1944 May 23 1993 Married Sept 4 1964
Copeland, John W. June 4 1944 ----
Holt, Odessa Apr 19 1912 Jan 8 1996 (nee Northcut-Barbara King)
Holt, Carver Apr 28 1907 Aug 19 1999
4 vacant spots
Williams, Mattie Lou Dec 21 1923 ----
Williams, Italy Roy Jan 5 1919 Dec 7 1990 TEC 5 US Army WWII

Row 3
2 vacant spots
Northcut, S.J. Dec 30 1864 Dec 1 1891 Wife of G.W. Northcut
Northcut, Sarah Eda Mar 20 1871 Nov 13 1941 Wife of G.W. Northcut
5 vacant spots
Williams, Jessie July 7 1888 Nov 27 1890
Williams, Willie Feb 4 ---- ----
Williams, Rosie July 10 1902 Oct --, 190-
Tumlinson, Mary Jane Jan 1 1876 Sept 12 1880
Tumlinson, Emma   Jan 5 1882 July 30 1885
3 vacant spots
Northcutt, Billie Jean ---- Nov 12 1933 d/o Edgar & Eva Northcutt
6 vacant spots
----, Lula ---- 188-
Mills, Albalona July 30 1888 Dec 30 1888
Vacant spot
Bishop, David Henry Aug 7 1897 Dec 16 1897 S/o J.M. & M.J. Bishop
Bishop, Mary Francis Jan 6 1894 Feb 19 1894 D/o J.M. & M.J. Bishop
Bishop, Charles H. Aug 7 1897 Nov 28 1897 S/o J.M. & M.J. Bishop
Vacant spot
Herring, L.F. Mar 9 1891 Feb 13 1892 S/o J.B. & M.B. Herring
Vacant spot
Herring, Rosa Sept 27 1898 Sept 28 1898 D/o J.B. & M.B. Herring
Herring, J.B. Dec 21 1861 Feb 4 1901
6 vacant spots
Alexander, Reuben Feb 12 1919 Oct 2 1928
Alexander, Ethel E. Sept 4 1895 Oct 22 1990
Perkins, Thelma Marie Mar 8 1917 Feb 10 1994 Married May 12 1937
Perkins, Elmer Thomas Apr 3 1916 Sept 21 2000
2 vacant spots
Bullard, W.H. Aug 8 1860 July 7 1920
Bullard, John Sept 4 1888 Sept 28 1917
6 vacant spots
Wade, Jessie 1906 2001 (nee Northcut-Barbara King)
Wade, Egbert 1892 1961
4 vacant spots
Northcutt, James Oct 5 1926 Oct 9 1978 CPL US Army WWII
2 vacant spots

Row 4
2 vacant spots
Northcutt, Alma C. 1913 2001 FHM
Northcutt, A.C. 1914 1998   Wilson-Orworsky Funeral Home marker
7 vacant spots
Williams, Yancy Aug 27 1883 Oct 16 1908 S/o A.F. & M.E. Williams
Vacant spot
Tumlinson, Jessie Sept 3 1880 ----
Northcut, Essa Aug 3 1889 Jan 16 1935 Begin Northcut plot
Northcut, W.J. Nov 30 1883 Mar 15 1968
Northcut, Allene Mar 27 1914 Feb 28 1992
Northcut, W.A. (Alvin) Aug 6 1907 July 24 1995
End Northcut plot
2 vacant spots Curbed plot
Vacant spot
Mills, Lonnie Ester Nov 23 1924 Mar 17 1945 Texas Pvt US Marine Corps WWII
Mills, W.H. July 12 1834 July 21 1904
Mills, Angeline M. Oct 1 1834 Sept 26 1901
Mills, infant Oct 13 1889 Oct 13 1889 D/o W.L. & L.B. Mills
Mills, J.M. June 6 1895 Feb 3 1897 S/o E.M. & E.E. Mills
Mills, T.W. July 13 1897 July 9 1898 S/o E.M. & E.E. Mills
Mills, infant June 17 1899 June 17 1899 S/o E.M. & E.E. Mills
15 vacant spots
Hodge, James Oct 1 1902 Oct 16 1902
Hodge, Nancie Sept 13 1909 Aug 20 1910
Vacant spot
Covington, J.M. Nov 12 1856 May 11 1910 Close Up
Covington, Sarah E. June 3 1865 Jan 9 1945
Covington, W.H. Apr 5 1883 July 16 1934
Covington, Roxie 1891 1955
10 vacant spots

Unmarked graves

Nora King
age 19
Unmarked
d. Oct 29, 1912  (Nov 1, 1912 Rains Co., Leader)

Foreman, Infant
child of Mr & Mrs Walter Foreman
Unmarked
(died "first of week" Rains Co. Leader Dec 13, 1912)

Holt, Betsy Irene      wife of Willy Holt
d/o Charles & Helen Duvall Ross
b. Sept 11, 1960   d. Mar 27, 2003

Not shown on reading
Orban "Pete" Byram
Nov 4, 1923   Mar 10, 1994
married Oct 13, 1951
Patsy Byram
Jan 11, 1934   May 23, 2004

Ellen Ree O'Rear
(see obit)
Sept 3, 1924   Aug 6, 2004

Lonnie Toles
(see obit )
Oct 15, 1927   Feb 2005

William Lawrence Bill Russell
(see obit)
Jan 18, 1936   Feb 2005

Richard Lee Johnson
(see obit)
Feb 8, 1959   Feb 21, 2005

Unmarked (from Barbara King)
Section 1 Row 10 space 2 is buried Marvin Lee. He was
my dad's cousin. I don't know his dates. He is the son
of Ara Lee, who is in space 2.

Section 1 Row 11
Miss Fannie King space 1
Laura King space 2
Turner King Space 3
Nora King 1892-1912- Unmarked
C. L. Clairborne
Homer King 1900-1901 Unmarked

Nora, Aunt Lizzie's baby (C. L. Clairborne) and Homer
are inside a curbed area Elaine refers to as the
Claiborne plot.

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