Lea Co. NM - Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Submitted by Ginger Byrum, GinByrum@leaco.net ANTIOCH BAPTIST CEMETERY Antioch is located off hwy 82, about 16 miles northeast of Lovington, NM, it's about 2 miles before the Texas stateline. It lies about 3/4 mile south of the hwy. The old Church building still stands, but is no longer used although the Cemetery is. The Cemetery was established in 1910 and is still maintained by private donations. The town of Midway was located about 2 miles east of the Cemetery. It was a thriving place in its time and many of its families are buried here. Nothing is left of Midway now. Abbreviations: w/o wife of, h/o husband of, s/o son of, d/o daughter of, c/o child of, gc/o grandchild of Women's maiden names in prentices if known NAME --------------------- DATES ------------ COMMENTS Block A Kate Harris SYFRETT ---- 19 Jan 1915 - unknown ---- w/o Arthur Lee Syfrett Arthur Lee SYFRETT ---- 08 Jan 1893 - 03 July 1964 ---- h/o Kate Harris Syfrett Wyatt Lee SYFRETT ---- 20 June 1913 - 26 June 1913 William Syfrett MAYBEN --- 07 May 1915 - 07 May 1915 --- s/o Orlin & Millie Mayben Horace Jasper SYFRETT ---- 15 Jan 1915 - 14 Feb 1915 UNKNOWN Marker ---- unknown - unknown Belma Agnes LUSK ---- 22 May 1917 - 26 May 1917 EPPES Baby ---- unknown - unknown Marie (Reed) DORAN ---- 18 Apr 1918 - 18 Sept 1990 ---- w/o J.D. Doran J.D. DORAN ---- 07 Sept 1916 - unknown ---- s/o Wiley & Lulu Doran Lula (Allen) DORAN ---- 23 Apr 1883 - 04 Apr 1951 ---- d/o Gilbert Daniel & Nancy Louisa Allen Marr: 27 Aug 1908 William Wiley DORAN ---- 1875 - 23 Nov 1926 ---- h/o Lulu Doran Violet Katherine DORAN ---- 02 Feb 1910 - 13 Dec 1910 ---- d/o Wiley & Lulu Doran. First person buried here Block B Ronald Gene McCRAW ---- 27 Mar 1946 - 14 Mar 1968 ---- h/o Charlotte (Spears) McCraw, killed in Viet Nam Dessie Mae BENSON ---- 09 Mar 1905 - 28 June 1936 ---- w/o Jess Benson Ethel Boliver TOW ---- 13 Sept 1892 - 01 Feb 1918 ---- d/o William & Ada Boliver Block C Benjamin Herman FORT ---- 15 Dec 1859 - 27 Feb 1929 ---- h/o Lou (Bramlett) Fort Bera Iola (Freeman) FORT ---- 15 Oct 1894 - 01 Nov 1983 ---- w/o Wm Herman Fort Marr: 17 Feb 1910 William Herman FORT ---- 13 Feb 1893 - 25 Oct 1980 ---- s/o Benjamin H. Fort Carroll FORT ---- 28 Sept 1912 - 25 Aug 1956 ---- s/o Wm & Bera Fort Bera Maude FORT ---- 03 Sept 1918 - 15 Dec 1936 ---- d/o Wm & Bera Fort FORT Baby ---- 15 July 1921 - 15 July 1921 ---- s/o Wm & Bera Fort Nannie (Fort) ALLEN ---- 26 Mar 1884 - 11 Feb 1970 ---- w/o Wm P. Allen Marr: 9 Dec 1903 William Paul ALLEN ---- 26 Dec 1875 - 19 Oct 1918 ---- h/o Nannie Allen Block D Verl Calvin CASSADY ---- 14 July 1931 - 24 Mar 1997 ---- h/o Helen Ruth Lyons Estella Esther (Baker) BURNS ---- 29 June 1888 - 10 Sept 1972 ---- w/o Gus Burns Marr: 9 Apr 1909 Walter Augustus "Gus" BURNS ---- 18 May 1880 - 02 Nov 1932 ---- s/o John C. J. & Emily (Holly) Burns WATKINS Baby ---- unknown - unknown Sarah Elizabeth BENSON ---- 0 7 Feb 1862 - 01 Dec 1932 ---- w/o William Benson (stone says 1865) William Newton BENSON ---- 01 May 1866 - 23 Mar 1927 ---- h/o Sarah Elizabeth Benson (stone says 1926) Block E Tollye (Shuman) BURNS ---- 13 Mar 1900 - 11 Sept 1996 ---- w/o Hazel Burns, d/o L.D. & Sallie (Ragsdale) Shuman Marr: 28 Apr 1918 Hazel BURNS ---- 11 Oct 1884 - 15 Aug 1947 ---- s/o John C. J. & Emily (Holly) Burns William Royal BENSON Jr. ---- 11 Nov 1931 - 27 June 1932 ---- s/o Bill & Margaret Victoria (Priest) Benson Unknown SOLDIER---- unknown - 1918 ---- a soldier walked up to the home of J.R. Baker right after WWI and died of Flu 1918, no name or date given Block F Lois A. WATSON ---- 24 Sept 1914 - unknown ---- w/o Simon Watson Marr: 05 Dec 1933 Simon S. WATSON ---- 18 July 1910 - 14 Feb 1984 ---- s/o Simon & Daisy (Bacum) Watson Savannah WATSON ---- 04 June 1845 - 20 May 1932 ---- grandmother o/ Simon S. Watson Block G Thomas Clement HENNINGTON ---- 31 Sept 1879 - 13 July 1943 ---- h/o Cumy Hennington (stone has 1878) Cumy HENNINGTON ---- 03 Feb 1879 - 17 Sept 1940 ---- w/o T. Clement Hennington (stone has 1878) Block H Edward Henry REILLY ---- 30 Sept 1870 - 22 Jan 1946 ----- h/o Samatha Reilly Marr: 1921 Samantha Elizabeth (Spears) REILLY ---- 29 Sept 1875 - 24 Dec 1947 ---- w/o Edward H. Reilly Girl O'BRIANT ---- 1964 - 1964 ---- grandaughter /o Robert & Ethel Spears Robert Lee ALLEN ---- 28 June 1955 - 28 June 1955 ---- s/o Don & Rita (Spears) Allen Robert Lee SPEARS ---- 01 Mar 1882 - 29 Feb 1948 ---- s/o Adam & Mary Lou Spears Marr: 6 Mar 1932 Ethel Agnes (Redwine) SPEARS ---- 14 July 1913 - 14 Nov 1987 ---- w/o Robert Spears Toshiro "Duke" MUGISHIMA ---- 28 Jan 1920 - 01 Mar 1988 ---- h/o Oma Dean Spears Block I Virgil DENTON ---- 14 Sept 1886 - 23 Jan 1939 ---- s/o Johnathan & Anna Denton Mose B. BRIAN ---- 10 Aug 1881 - 24 Nov 1955 ---- brother/o Fannie Tarry Fannie F. (Brian) TARRY ---- 18 Jan 1880 - 11 Sept 1957 ---- d/o Alfred & Mattie Brian Marr: 1 May 1897 Sidney Johnson TARRY ---- 22 Nov 1869 - 02 Aug 1940 ---- h/o Fannie (Brian) Tarry Jeannie Mae JACKSON ---- 23 Dec 1885 - 10 June 1960 ---- sister/o Fannie Tarry Earnest Call WALSER ---- 11 Apr 1889 - 27 Dec 1987 ---- 2nd husband /o Jennie Jackson UNKNOWN Marker ---- unknown - unknown Dee WORKMAN ---- 08 May 1883 - 18 Dec 1947 ---- h/o Edna Workman Edna Lavancy Workman STANBRO ---- 24 Nov 1888 - 21 May 1967 ---- w/o Dee Workman 2nd wife of Orville Stanbro Leo C. WORKMAN ---- 16 Mar 1925 - 14 Feb 1962 ---- s/o Dee & Edna Workman Oleta (Workman) Stanbro SMITH ---- 03 Aug 1921 - 10 Dec 1994 ---- d/o Dee & Edna Workman Elzie Bert WORKMAN ---- 14 July 1918 - 07 Mar 1982 ---- s/o Dee & Edna Workman Mildred Irene WORKMAN ---- 05 Nov 1926 - 08 July 1979 ---- w/o Bert Workman Block J Cecil Murel (McClure) CLIFTON ---- 30 Oct 1906 - 09 Feb 1927 ---- sister of Wm McClure & w/o J. M. Clifton William Russell McCLURE ---- 23 June 1898 - 12 July 1931 ---- s/o Pat & Cynthia McClure Rutha Caroline (Spears) WARD ---- 11 Oct 1869 - 31 Dec 1939 ---- d/o Adam & Mary Lou Spears w/o Wm Ward John Barrett PENNEY ---- 22 Apr 1939 - Johnnie Mae (Fort) CROWDER ---- 19 July 1917 - 12 Sept 1995 ---- d/o Johnnie R. & Fonzo Fort Ray F. CROWDER ---- 1914 - 31 May 1991 ---- s/o Ethel Crowder Ethel D. (Fort) CROWDER ---- 04 Oct 1889 - 25 July 1986 Block K James Monroe SPEARS ---- 23 Sept 1877 - 16 July 1937 ---- s/o Adam & Mary Lou Spears Marr: 02 Jan 1923 Idabelle (Coggins) SPEARS ---- 27 May 1902 - 18 Feb 1946 ---- w/o James Monroe Spears Anna Pearl (Baker) SPEARS ---- 25 Nov 1896 - 03 Apr 1994 ---- w/o 2nd Charlie Spears Marr: 13 Mar 1932 Charlie Belt SPEARS ---- 06 Mar 1886 - 13 Mar 1966 ---- s/o Adam & Mary Lou Spears Mary Lou Farisha (Ward) SPEARS ---- 08 Jan 1849 - 15 Mar 1931 ---- w/o Adam H. Spears Sarah Catherine SPEARS ---- 03 June 1868 - 21 June 1923 ---- d/o Adam & Mary Lou Spears William Joseph SPEARS ---- 24 Oct 1871 - 02 Jan 1928 ---- s/o Adam & Mary Lou Spears Organ Avertus POPE ---- 08 Aug 1884 - 27 Apr 1966 ---- s/o Thomas & Margaret Pope Marr: 30 Sept 1908 Vinnie Evelyn (Brown) POPE ---- 08 May 1892 - 25 Nov 1977 ---- w/o O. A. Pope, d/o James & Nannie Brown Odell A. POPE ---- 15 June 1930 - 27 Mar 1946 ---- s/o O.A. & Vinnie Pope James Thomas POPE ---- 25 May 1920 - 17 Dec 1935 ---- s/o O. A. & Vinnie Pope Evalinn Agnes PARSONS ---- 09 Sept 1919 - 02 Jan 1973 ---- w/o Festus Parsons Festus Lane PARSONS ---- 29 Dec 1916 - 20 Feb 1969 ---- h/o Evalinn Parsons PARSONS Baby ---- unknown - 1942 ---- c/o Festus & Evalinn Parsons PARSONS Baby ---- unknown - 1941 ---- c/o Festus & Evalinn Parsons PARSONS Baby ---- unknown - 1940 ---- c/o Festus & Evalinn Parsons PARSONS Baby ---- unknown - 1947 ---- c/o Festus & Evalinn Parsons Block L Nola E. (Stanbro) BIGHAM ---- 21 Dec 1903 - unknown ---- w/o Orion Bigham Marr: 19 May 1923 Orion Swan BIGHAM ---- 04 Feb 1897 - 09 Sept 1976 ---- h/o Nola Bigham John C. O'NEAL ---- 01 Apr 1858 - 26 Nov 1919 ---- father-n-law of Benjamin Walter Fort Hettie Jane (O'Neal) LESLIE ---- 02 Dec 1895 - 07 July 1985 ---- 1st wife of Arthur Syfrett Eula Violet (Stanbro) SPEARS ---- 02 Mar 1900 - 06 Mar 1921 ---- marr: 6 Mar 1920 w/o 1st C.B. Spears, d/o Orville Stanbro David Cecil STANBRO ---- 03 Mar 1915 - unknown ---- s/o Orville & Orlena Stanbro Orvilla (Stanbro) WYCHE ---- 14 July 1897 - 21 May 1968 ---- w/o Joseph Wyche Joseph T. WYCHE ---- 08 Oct 1891 - 31 May 1967 ---- h/o Orvilla Wyche J.oseph Baker STANBRO ----- 27 Nov 1845 - 24 Apr 1923 ---- f/o Orville Stanbro Robert "Bob" BURNS ---- 1874 - 19 Mar 1933 ---- brother/o Orlena Stanbro Orlena Jane (Burns) STANBRO ---- 13 Oct 1876 - 29 Nov 1939 ---- w/o Orville Stanbro Orville Carlton STANBRO ---- 12 June 1873 - 28 June 1960 ---- s/o Joe B. Stanbro Marie HUDGENS ---- Feb 1927 - Feb 1927 ---- d/o Rufus Hudgens Block M H. PEAK ---- unknown - unknown Sina Lavada LUSK ---- 10 Dec 1879 - 09 Aug 1917 ---- m/o Roma Lusk & mother-n-law to J.D. Smith Vernie Ella (Spears) BAKER ---- 29 Jan 1884 - 26 Jan 1975 ---- w/o Henry Baker Marr: 18 Jan 1914 Henry Jackson BAKER ---- 30 May 1884 - 09 Aug 1967 ---- s/o J.R. & M. E. Baker Geraldine BAKER ---- 27 Mar 1916 - 13 Nov 1976 ---- d/o Henry & Vernie Baker Hazel Ruth BAKER ---- 14 July 1925 - 08 Nov 1927 ---- d/o Henry & Vernie Baker Bonnie Jean (Baker) GOODMAN ---- 12 Nov 1914 - 23 Nov 1998 ---- d/o Henry & Vernie Baker Marr: 17 Nov 1947 Buford A. GOODMAN ---- 01 July 1918 - 28 Oct 1992 ---- h/o Bonnie Jean Goodman Nellie May (Stanbro) POPE ---- 24 Jan 1902 - 24 July 1991 ---- w/o Bryant Pope Marr: 21 Aug 1921 Bryant Hall POPE ---- 02 Dec 1898 - 04 Aug 1987 ---- s/o Thomas & Margaret Pope Betty Lou POPE ---- 21 Apr 1896 - 01 Jan 1965 ---- d/o Thomas & Margaret Pope Margaret Marietta "Maggie" (Bryant) POPE ---- 14 Sept 1860 - 23 Aug 1927 ---- w/o Thomas Pope Thomas Durham POPE ---- 11 Oct 1860 - 23 Nov 1949 ---- h/o Maggie Pope Joseph Thomas POPE ---- 08 July 1924 - 30 Dec 1997 ---- s/o Bryant & Nellie Pope Joyce Evelyn POPE ---- 03 Feb 1928 - 02 Apr 1998 ---- w/o Joseph Pope BALCH Baby ---- unknown - unknown Block N James Robinson BAKER ---- 17 Apr 1853 - 11 Feb 1937 ---- s/o Josiah & Nancy Baker Marr: 28 May 1874 Mary Elizabeth (Howard) BAKER ---- 14 Mar 1859 - 19 Oct 1942 ---- w/o James Robinson Baker LeeRoy McCRAVEY (Baby) ---- 09 Nov 1919 - 16 Nov 1919 ---- s/o Roy & Myrtle McCravey J.R. FORT (Baby) ---- 22 Feb 1914 - 22 Feb 1914 ---- c/o Johnnie & Fonzo Fort Fonzo Etta (Pope) FORT ---- 08 Nov 1888 - 13 May 1959 ---- w/o Johnnie R. Fort, d/o Thomas & Maggie Pope Marr: 28 Oct 1910 Johnnie Ruben FORT ---- 12 July 1890 - 19 Mar 1946 ---- s/o Benjamin & Lou Fort Susan harreott "Sudie" PRIEST ---- 31 July 1872 - 24 July 1943 ---- w/o Henry F. Priest Henry F.rances PRIEST ---- 08 Aug 1869 - 02 Dec 1932 ---- h/o Sudie Priest Gid Lewis PRIEST ---- 13 Jan 1897 - 29 Apr 1915 ---- s/o Henry & Sudie Priest Francis Drew "Bud" PRIEST ---- 23 Mar 1909 - 08 Jan 1953 ---- s/o Henry & Sudie Priest Friend of the PRIEST family ---- unknown - unknown ---- marked as friend of Priest Family Ada Grice PRIEST ---- 19 Dec 1897 - 07 Dec 1932 ---- w/o Robert E. Priest Marr: 7 Apr 1919 Robert Eli PRIEST ---- 03 Oct 1895 - 07 June 1957 ---- h/o Ada Grice Priest Jimmie Spencer PRIEST ---- 26 Sept 1931 - 17 Aug 1996 ---- s/o Robert & Ada Priest John Lawrence BURLESON ---- 1836 - 1913 age 75 ---- g uncle/o Babe Priest, 2nd person buried here ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. 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