Cooper Cemetery at Jal, New Mexico, Lea County, 

was surveyed in September 2000 by David Minton wolconi@carlsbadnm.com and used here with 
his permission. This information may be used for personal genealogical purpose only and 
is not to be reproduced for any reason. 

                                    Copyright © by David Minton, 2000

Aden, James D. 5/9/1912-7/11/1977 SW 
Aden, Louise T. 11/20/1917- SW No Death Date
Allison, Maude 1884-1917 SE 
Arpin, Rorena Florence 1921-1943 SE 
Banta, Thomas Paul 7/13/1915-8/31/1964 SW 
Beaird, Leamon A. 9/3/1910-1/25/1970 SE 
Beckham, J.A. Mont 1870-1948 SE 
Beckham, Lela Patricia 7/7/1919- SE No Death Date
Beckham, Monteray "Sam" 1/6/1914-4/24/1968 SE 
Beckham, Nannie Florence 1885-1953 SE 
Bennett, Dee E. 1/1/1928-9/30/1982 SW WWII
Bennett, Janice 11/23/1936- SW No Death Date
Birch, Elizabeth 10/16/1843-12/8/1925 SE 
Black, Ann Etta 1899-1987 SE 
Black, James Harvey 1887-1950 SE 
Branin, Ben Alan 5/29/1961-9/3/1983 SW 
Branin, Harvey D. 8/22/1919-2/11/1985 SW 
Branin, John H. 7/11/1955-10/18/1980 SW 
Brewer, Arthur Ray "Ott" 1866-1984 SE 
Brininstool, Carl 1925- NW No Death Date
Brininstool, Jean 1926-1987 NW 
Brothers, Victor Nance 11/14/1913-9/5/1995 SE 
Brown, Ada B. 1879-1958 SE 
Brown, Charles E. 10/16/1897-8/28/1990 SW 
Brown, Lilat 6/7/1901-3/27/1973 SW 
Brown, Ruby E. 6/26/1900-3/29/1991 SE 
Brown, Sam F. 1876-1946 SE 
Brown, Sam W. 9/24/1908-12/1/1983 SE 
Bryant, James F. 2/21/1912-8/22/1992 SE 
Bryant, James Franklin 1874-1944 SE 
Bryant, Pearl G. 1889-1973 SE 
Bryant, Wayne A. 1920-1977 SE 
Buffington, Abby 5/5/1850-11/11/1926 SE 
Buffington, Alice 5/15/1853-4/19/1938 SE 
Buffington, Doyle C. 8/11/1893-6/20/1972 SE 
Buffington, George Tillman 4/25/1855-7/8/1933 SE 
Buffington, Learcy M. 11/30/1878-11/14/1950 SE 
Buffington, Lucy E. 12/8/1861-9/25/1946 SE 
Buffington, Luna I. 1/15/1898-2/2/1957 SE 
Buffington, Nada J. 5/25/1898-1/31/1987 SE 
Burkett, Charlie E. 8/8/1916-9/27/1973 SE 
Burkett, Lindell B. 5/4/1921-11/15/1989 SE 
Calley, Blanche Knight 1905-1974 SE 
Carr, Derek 6/8/1959-12/4/1977 SW 
Carr, Sarah 1/20/1880-3/26/1927 SE 
Carrasco, Eleodolo, Olivas 5/22/72 SE Age 27yr.
Caudle, David 1955-1983 SW 
Cervantes, Lydia 1955-1979 SE 
Chance, John Harvey 11/21/1919-12/16/1980 SE 
Chance, Preston, Towns 10/12/1924-7/30/1947 SE 
Chance, Robert Shayne 10/5/74 SW Still born
Chance, Roland Hershel 5/4/1923-11/13/1982 SE 
Chance, Willie Mae 11/19/1891-4/30/1991 SE 
Chittum, George Alvin II 3/27/1963-9/19/1966 SE 
Chittum, Lana Joy 12/29/1932-2/5/1981 SE 
Clary, Otho G. 1904-1970 SE 
Clary, Wilma L. 1909-1997 SE 
Cody, Alvie L. 7/28/1904-5/7/1974 SE 
Cody, Della Marie 1/26/1903-8/13/1979 SE 
Cody, Nedra Kay 5/21/50 SE 
Collum, Forrest Kenneth 2/5/1932-5/3/1935 SW 
Combest, William Hammon 6/27/1901-9/23/1969 SE WWII
Conover, Roy 1892-1934 SE 
Cooper, Clyde N. 7/17/1910-2/1/1987 SW 
Cooper, Doyle Mark 1/14/1943-6/17/1945 SW 
Cooper, Fred B. 3/27/1915-9/21/1996 SW 
Cooper, Jessie May 1/8/1886-11/1/1976 SW 
Cooper, Mark Samuel 1/1/1918-10/10/1999 SW 
Cooper, Samuel R. 2/2/1874-5/25/1958 SW 
Cooper, Thelma M. 12/30/1913- SW No Death Date
Cowan, Earnest C. 6/22/1893-11/28/1966 SE WWI
Cowley, Nancy Anne 7/28/1901-1/14/1965 SW 
Croft, Eliza Jane 10/5/1869-1/19/1934 SE 
Cummings, Joseph Ellison 10/25/1915-10/28/1976 SW 
Davis, Lonnie B. 1900-1947 SW 
Dinwiddie, Evelyn Rose 10/17/1919-2/14/2000 SE 
Dinwiddie, W.D. "Jiggs" 7/20/1917- SE No Death Date
Dunn, Earl Rice 1894-1969 SE 
Dunn, K.J.R. 3/23/1934-10/4/1934 SW 
Dunn, Lillie May 1896-1979 SE 
Ely, Dustin Lee 10/24/1970-8/20/1982 SW 
Ely, Ruth Rollins 2/20/25 SW No Death Date
Ely, Spencer Charman 9/17/1922-5/25/1980 SW 
Emmerson, Patricia 1942-1959 SE 
Fails, Felicia Utera 11/6/1927-1/10/1929 SE 
Ferr??y, Sheron Ann 7/23/1946-10/12/1985 SW Cooper FH
Fierro, Cecilio Aguilar 11/22/1922-3/18/1990 SE 
Fierro, Eufemia O. 9/4/1924-4/2/1968 SE 
Gallagher, Leo William Jr. 12/2/1925-4/2/1980 SW WWII
Gerrald, W.N. 8/22/1917-5/30/1928 SW 
Giles, Norval D. 1/29/1918-7/19/1974 SW WWII
Ginter, Virginia 1903-1986 SW FHM
Goedeke, Earl O. 11/21/1900-2/7/1972 SE 
Goedeke, Mavitt Lea 1/31/1902-10/15/1979 SE 
Granado, Francisco 6/4/1921-7/10/1983 SW 
Granado, Henry E. 2/1/1953-3/2/1999 SW 
Green, Hazel M. 5/6/1897-3/12/1981 SW 
Guilliams, Charles N. 2/26/1903-8/17/1980 SW 
Guilliams, Darryl Art 9/17/1941-3/19/1971 SW 
Hair, Fowler 2/15/1894-11/23/1960 SE 
Hair, John W. 1852-1941 SE 
Hair, Martha A. 1859-1936 SE 
Hair, Sara Elsa 3/28/1894-5/20/1946 SE 
Hallman, Carrie 8/18/1905-1/23/1990 SW 
Hallman, David C. 1898-1975 SW WWII
Harrison, Ben F. 2/20/1889-1/20/1962 SE 
Hicks, Travis B. 6/28/1925-11/28/1961 SE 
Humphreys, Allen 1846-1933 SE 
Humphreys, Mary Ann 1858-1938 SE 
Humphries, J.B. 11/11/1916-12/14/1916 SE 
Infant Morrison SE 
Infant Pierce 4/28/05 SE 
Infant Pierce 5/6/05 SE 
Infant Unknown 6/1/80 SE Age 15 days
Jackson, George W. 1916-1976 SW 
Jackson, Harry A. 1906-1984 SE 
Jackson, Jaunita 1913- SE No Death Date
Jackson, Virginia 1918- SW No Death Date
Johnson, Irvine C. 3/31/1919-12/18/1968 SE 
Johnson, Rudolph M. 11/18/1915-12/29/1966 SE 
Jones, Alva C. 4/16/1892-4/29/1961 SW 
Jones, Bertha Ann 7/25/1878-8/23/1957 SW 
Jones, Edward J. 11/10/1916-2/14/1984 SW 
Kammerer, Charles H.E. 1889-1962 SE 
Kammerer, Grace B. 1879-1971 SE 
Kemp, Albert D. 1/31/1917-1/2/1984 SE 
Kemp, Evaline 10/13/1912- SE No Death Date
Kemp, Ivie Vernon 10/6/1921-6/2/1994 SE 
Knight, Henrietta M. 1829-1925 SE 
Knight, James Frank 1894-1944 SE 
Knight, John A.E. 1866-1927 SE 
Knight, John V. 6/19/1923-11/22/1976 SE WWII
Knight, Lillie M. 1872-1952 SE 
Leisure, Elmer E. 2/4/1916-8/9/1987 SW WWII
Leisure, Gladys B. 1926/1982 SW 
Leisure, Jackie Glen 7/6/1947-5/12/1968 SE 
Lenard, George 1911-1950 SE 
Lewis, OI 1913-1976 SW 
Lindsey, Vera M. 5/20/1909-6/25/1978 SE 
Lindsey, Victor "V.T." 6/11/1908-5/22/1978 SE 
Livergood, Homer 9/14/1890-12/17/1954 SW WWI
Livergood, Inez No Dates SW 
Lujan, Amalia 1959-1984 SW 
Lujan, Nestor 1955-1984 SW 
Madden, H. Wayne 5/8/1935-4/22/1994 SW 
Madden, Mayola L. 7/24/1930-1/12/1983 SW 
Madrid, Eufemia 3/20/1943-8/21/1985 SW 
Madrid, Jose De Luz 3/1/1901-8/21/1982 SW 
Manning, Franklin Thompson 1914-1976 SE WWII
Martin, Phyllis Ann 7/25/1943-11/2/1981 SW Moma"
Mason, Alford Harold 8/11/1936-8/15/1936 SE 
Mathis, Jimmy Clifton 11/1/1945-11/26/1967 SE 
May, Andrew J. 1/31/1890-1/10/1925 SE 
McClain, Iola 9/5/1921-3/8/1993 SW 
McClain, Joe P. 10/11/1919-12/14/1979 SW 
McCoy, Alfred 6/5/37 SW Still born
McCoy, Dwight Leon 3/30/58 SW Still born
McQuerry, George A. 1876-1947 SE 
McQuerry, James W. 1873-1939 SE 
Mills, Floyd F. 1918-1936 SE 
Mills, Ida M. 7/24/1905-12/12/1966 SE 
Mills, Jedfrey E. 12/31/1902-10/19/1967 SE 
Mitchell, Doyle Vernon 5/31/1919-11/24/1998 NW 
Mitchell, Jessie Cozette 2/15/1925-5/28/1997 NW 
Molder, Homer E. "Honey Boy" 4/29/1913-9/28/1975 SW 
Molder, Margie M. "Pat" 6/24/1919-1/17/1995 SW 
Moore, Charles L. 1886-1944 SE 
Moore, Charles Willis 11/23/1921-2/4/1935 SE 
Moore, James Roy 12/26/1938-10/2/1949 SE 
Moore, Lida 2/8/1896-6/3/1971 SE 
Morales, Pilar Rekuerdos 1907-5/30/1978 SE 
Moreno, David Lee 8/31/1975-11/2/1978 SW 
Mosley, Columbia Ann 3/23/1879-4/24/1923 SE 
Mosley, Doris "Timmons" 12/1/1915- SE No Death Date
Mosley, Floyd Alton 4/17/1911-7/8/1992 SE 
Mosley, Paul David 7/20/1955-12/9/1962 SE 
Mosley, Walter Terrell 1/21/1921-5/15/1923 SE 
Murphy, Ronnie Gene 11/14/1966-10/19/1968 SW 
Myers, Emma "Babe" 1910-1975 SW 
Navarrette, Manuela Veronica 5/25/05 SE 
Navarrette, P. 1954-1974 SE 
Navarrette, Zenon 1946-1972 SE 
Nelson, Carl E. 2/23/1946-7/19/1997 SE 
Nesbeck, Peter K. 1856-1930 SE 
Neville, Bernard H. 1/15/1921-7/5/1969 SW 
Neville, Betty L. 7/15/1920-10/14/1979 SW 
Neville, Lela Fern 10/6/1898- SW No Death Date
Neville, Patrician H. 9/21/1890-11/9/1964 SW WWI
Newberry, Arthur Ray "Ott" 11/20/1903-1/10/1966 SE 
Newberry, Juanita A. 4/9/1917- SE No Death Date
Newman, Claude C. 6/26/1908-4/3/1977 SE 
Newman, Fagin Lee 6/28/1939-10/16/1975 SE 
Norton, Dorothy 10/3/1912-9/30/1992 SW 
Norton, Henry P. 2/26/1913-4/26/1983 SW 
Nunn, Charles Garvis 2/24/1913-2/18/1995 SE US Navy
Orozco, Andres T. 2/10/1909- SW No Death Date
Orozco, Elias S. 3/22/1949-7/6/1978 SW 
Orozco, Escolastica C. 2/10/1916-12/7/1930 SW 
Page, Raymond Luther 12/31/1922-1/28/1923 SW 
Pearce, Modena Ann 8/29/1933-2/22/1937 SE 
Pender, Marcia A. 1957-1959 SE 
Phillips, James Richard 7/1/1943-7/6/1971 SE 
Pirtle, Mary J. 1928-1985 SW 
Presley, Cecil C. 9/12/1915-11/10/1994 SE 
Presley, Maybelle M. 2/9/1923- SE No Death Date
Presley, Timmy Dean 4/18/1956-12/20/1969 SE 
Pruitt, Kristin Gayle 11/15/86 SW Still born
Pugh, Leoma Joyce 4/14/1932-2/5/1977 SW 
Pyeatt, Edwin Lawrence "Buddy" 11/12/1933-11/12/1934 SE 
Pyeatt, Eula 1895-1944 SE 
Pyeatt, John Bob 10/15/1916-5/17/1979 SW 
Pyeatt, John Dudley Sr. 1889-1983 SE 
Pyeatt, Katie E. 8/22/1908-2/7/1972 SW 
Reed, Geneva "Gege" 2/14/27 SW No Death Date
Reed, Harry F. 1/28/1909-12/6/1981 SW 
Reel, Ira Gilbert 4/15/38 SE USMC
Reeves, Donald 9/23/1924- SE No Death Date
Reeves, P. Lucille 6/8/1927-6/1/1980 SE 
Reid, Cecil E. "Rocky" 6/24/1919-2/4/1976 SW WWII
Ried, M. Lanell "Snooks" 10/17/1921- SW No Death Date
Riggs, Dana Kay 1/5/1954-4/7/1983 SE 
Roderick, Donnie F. Died 7/15/1937 SE 5yr, 3m, 15d
Rodriquez, Alicia G. 1939-1992 SW 
Rodriquez, Elfida 12/12/1940-10/27/1981 SW 
Rodriquez, Herman H. III 5/4/1983-1/19/1984 SW 
Ross, Linda Kay 8/9/1947- SW No Death Date
Ross, Richard Beau 10/10/1945-2/3/1984 SW 
Rusche, Arline J. 12/16/1926- SW No Death Date
Rusche, Gene W. 6/18/1925-10/22/1977 SW WWII
Sanchez, Connie Luna 1934-1975 SW 
Sanchez, Josefina Luna 10/29/1911-11/24/1988 SW 
Sanchez, Nacario 1958-1983 SW 
Sayers, Frank M. 1915-1975 SW 
Scarber, Jerry Ray 3/21/1945-7/20/1956 SW 
Scott, Allen C. 1960-1940 SE 
Scott, Allen J. 12/15/1892-5/30/1972 SE 
Scott, Myrtle G. 12/15/1908-5/3/1978 SE 
Scruggs, Caddie Lucile 1/19/1890-9/27/1912 SE 
Shiplet, Lee Ander 3/23/1883-2/27/1966 SE 
Shiplet, Levi F. 1905-1971 SE 
Shiplet, Louise B. 1913-1970 SE 
Shiplet, Margaret Evaline 2/1/1883-12/14/1976 SE 
Shiplet, Ruben David 10/9/1906-3/8/1965 SE 
Sinclair, C.L. Jr. 10/28/1932-10/1/1992 NW Shooters Supply
Smith, Jerold Jack "Joe" 6/13/1903-10/13/1971 SE 
Smith, John Homer 1879-1940 SE 
Smith, Juddie 1885-1933 SE 
Smith, Sarah Rebecca "Becky" 02/19/1911- SE No Death Date
Snider, Emma A. 6/22/1909-11/30/1983 SW 
Snider, Samuel R. 3/22/1908-7/16/1993 SW 
Sorrell, Waydean 1955-1966 SE 
Stephens, Allen Sullivan 7/30/1884-12/12/1916 SE 
Stephens, Elydia C. Winters 1/29/1867-6/3/1965 SE 
Stephens, J. Vol. 2/14/1860-6/5/1916 SE 
Stone, George L. 3/31/1908-7/11/1984 SW 
Stone, Marie M. 5/4/1916-12/10/1976 SW 
Sturdaivant, "Little Bill" 1961-1961 SE 
Sturdivant, Patsy Fay 1935-1979 SE 
Sturdivant, William O.B. 3/17/1932-2/19/1984 SE 
Sullivan, John L. "Uncle Jack" 1854-1944 SW 
Taylor, Joe Newton 11/29/1940-7/22/1975 SE 
Taylor, Thurman H. Jr. 2/21/1942-6/18/1982 SE 
Thixton, Bonnie B. 2/4/1897-10/23/1973 SW 
Thompson, Gladys A. 4/1/16 SE 
Thompson, Robert Noel 5/11/1904-10/24/1954 SW 
Thornton, Jack 1917-1959 SE 
Thornton, Willie May 1897-1972 SE 
Turner, Aca Elmer 11/15/1898-6/28/1966 SE 
Valeriano, Jesus R. 10/8/1928-12/4/1980 SW 
Walden, Cleta 5/17/1950-4/21/1988 SW 
Walden, Joe 7/3/1896-11/15/1975 SW WWI
Walls, Allie "Faye" 12/31/1919-2/7/1973 SW 
Walls, Carldean 9/24/1927- SW No Death Date
Walls, John W. 1/25/1931-4/4/1972 SW Korea
Walls, Myra Kathryn 8/24/1922- SW No Death Date
Walls, Rosa P. 1933-1999 SW FHM
Walls, William Arthur "Doc" 4/11/1899-6/9/1984 SW 
Watkins, Earl T. 4/2/1922-6/11/1993 SW 
Watkins, Janie 10/24/1930- SW No Death Date
Watson, Freddie Jackson "Mama" 4/7/1934- SE 
Watson, Roy B. Jr. "Daddy" 1/2/1930-12/11/1991 SE 
Weir, George W. 7/23/1888-1/13/1938 SW 
Weir, Jimmy D. 1918-1979 SW 
Whatley, Lydia 11/12/1932-7/29/1962 SE 
White, Andrew Truitt 9/5/1863-3/1/1937 SE 
White, Catherine "Cassie" 1931-1934 SE 
White, Maude May 11/27/1894-1/29/1944 SE 
Wickershaw, Robbin A. June, 1961 SE 
Williams, Jules G. 8/29/1922-11/13/1967 SE 
Wilson, Irene 5/7/1923- SW No Death Date
Wilson, Wayne B. 8/29/1914-3/21/1970 SW 
Withers, William Peter 1/18/1850-11/23/1913 SW Oldest Grave

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