(Marker Text) "Longtime residents recall the burial of a woman, probably Mrs. W. C. Lusk, 
on this site in 1922 or 1923. Other burials occurred here as well, in what was 
then an open field on J. A. Forrester's farm. Forrester and his wife Nealie sold 
a two-acre plot, which became known as Forrester Cemetery, to the Union 
Independent School District in 1925. The first recorded burial was that of Edna 
Mae Edwards, an infant who was born and died on April 23, 1926. The many 
unmarked and children's graves reflect the harsh conditions of farm life in the 
early part of the century. The last recorded burial was that of Melvin Hillin 
	1961. The cemetery is all that remains of the community. (1998)"

		           FORRESTER CEMETERY
                                                    Terry County, Texas 

                                                Survey and Photos of Forrester Cemetery 
		                              by Edgle Lois Dyer -  July 2008       
                                                  T. W. Taylor Gravestone discovered and photographed
                                                        by Jerry Webb - November 2009                                                                  
                                            
      Directions:  From Brownfield take South US 62/385 to the intersection of FM 403, then take FM 403 south 
               for 6 1/2 miles to Foster Gin.  Turn west (right) and go about 2 miles.  The cemetery is on 
               the north (right) side of the road.

                  (Family members are invited to send Forrester Cemetery burial information to be included on this page.)
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	Name					Birth		Death

	Baldwin,	Leonidas Theopolis		1846		1940
	Baldwin, Nancy Edith			1874		1943
	Baldwin, Talitha L.			1854		1932
	Baldwin, William Jesse			1873		1938
	Barnes, Mary Jane			6 Mar 1862	5 Mar 1939
	Bayer, Grace E.				24 Apr 1891	12 Sep 1928
	Bayer, Herman L.				26 Jan 1927	24 Aug 1928
	Berryhill, Dessie Marie			9 Jan 1890	16 May 1939

	Carter, Audie Beatrice (Rich)		15 Oct 1912	24 Aug 1992
	Carter, Patsy Eileen			26 Mar 1938	10 May 1938
	Clendenin, C. R.				12 Sep 1926	3 Jan 1934

	Davis, B. K.				24 Oct 1876	26 Jun 1927
	Day, Mae				18 Feb 1895	3 Apr 1942
	Dean, Anderson Porch			23 Apr 1906	20 Aug 1938 (death rcds)

	Edwards, Della (Winn)			9 Dec 1888	15 Apr 1939
	Edwards, Edna Mae			23 Apr 1926	23 Apr 1926
	Edwards, Jerry Leon			25 Aug 1938	27 Aug 1938
	Edwards, Richard Don 			26 Jun 1939	26 Jun 1939
	Edwards, Stella (Winn)			9 Dec 1888	15 Feb 1981

	Farrell, Arfa Dean				2 Sep 1929	17 Dec 1932
	Farrell, Zack				28 Oct 1904	6 Mar 1930
	Ferrell, Baby				(no date)	(no date)
	Ferrell, Meadow P.			25 Oct 1892	8 Mar 1930

	Gresham, Jurry				5 Sep 1934	1 Nov 1934

	Hamm, Joy Lu				22 Jun 1931	22 Jun 1931
	Hill, Lena May				1882		1945
	Hill, Melvin W.				1882		1961

	Lawrence, Francis Ruth			11 Oct 1923	7 Jan 1937

	Martin, Mrs. Fannie			10 May 1855	15 Jun 1938
	McCoy, Dan S. 				9 Sep 1877	1 Mar 1949
	McCoy, Maurice Rae			26 Aug 1926	20 Dec 1932 (death rcds)

	Nelson, John Henery			1876		1934	

	Reatherford, Troy Odell			19 Nov 1933	23 Nov 1933
	Riley, Ruby Charlene			27 Aug 1926	1 Jun 1927

	Smith, Bell				1872		1943
	Smith, W. R.				1866		1937
	Stephens, Arthur Lee			29 Jan 1908	14 Jul 1937
	Stephens, Wendell			22 Nov 1911	10 Nov 1940
	Swenson, A. E.				5 Mar 1856	(not visible)
	Swenson, S. G.				4 Jul 1854	11 Jan 1931	
	
	Taylor, T. W.				11 Aug 1862	7 Jan 1944
	Thomas, John M.				21 Apr 1899	6 May 1939
	Thomason, Carroll Dale			28 Jun 1939	22 Mar 1941
	Thomason, Miss Laura B.			12 Sep 1924	23 Jul 1938
	Thomason, Mrs. Mary C.			3 Oct 1859	12 Oct 1934

	Winn, Lavenia "Vinnie"			11 Jan 1886	11 Jan 1886	

	Marker - No Name or Date			(have information?  Send to Webmaster )

	                Cemetery Survey & Photographs 
                      by Edgle Dyer, July 2008
          Additional data supplied by Jerry Webb - Nov 2009
                                                                                 
                                                                                        Transcribed by Shirley D. Webb

	                       	
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