Lea Co. NM - Monument Cemetery

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Submitted by:  Kim Barghouti & children  KimEBar@hotmail.com
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The ranching community of Monument was settled in 1885.  The cemetery has
many unmarked graves, also many marked with natural stones and no
inscriptions. There are no signs directing traffic to the cemetery.  

Directions - At the intersection of State Highway #8 and County Road #42,
turn east on the county road.  Follow the county road for 1.4 miles.
Turn south (right) on a dirt road which crosses a cattle guard.  The road
runs beside a home and barn.  The cemetery is .6 miles from the paved road.

Transcription by Kim Barghouti and children, June 3, 1999.  Contact
KimEBar@hotmail.com

A
Elizabeth Anderson
Feb 28, 1861 - Dec 6, 1932
(in the Dickison family area)


B
Ella Agnes Bentley
1883-1968 
(temporary marker)

M.L. Blodgett
Born Aug 22, 1847     Died Nov 1, 1908
"He died as he lived trusting in God"
"In my Father's house are many rooms"

A.J. Blodgett
Born Jan. 8, 1852     Died May 17, 1908
"He died as he lived trusting in God"
"In my Father's house are many rooms"

There are pieces of a broken headstone loose on the ground between the
two Blodgett stones.  Possibly another grave there.

Cornelius A. Boyles
1843-1919

Charles H. Jr. Byrd
April 16, 1963-April 26, 1981
"Our only son, Chucky"


C
John W. Campbell
June 19, 1845-Aug 15, 1920

James Castleberry
Nov 12, 1846 - Aug 13, 1915
"Grand dad"

Elmyra Cooper
1899-1918 (new stone)
June 30, 1899 - March 1, 1918  (old stone, broken but lying nearby)

James Wesley Cooper
1858 - 1941
 
Luther Cooper
PFC US Army
World War I
1891 - 1976

Mrs. Ola Cooper
1868 - 1940

Oval Cooper
New Mexico
Pvt Co. C. 340 Fld Arty BN
World War II
Nov 9, 1903 - April 6, 1965


D
Guinn J. Dickison
Feb 9, 1909-June 24, 1997

Harriet Eva Dickison
1885-1968

J. Frank Dickison
1883-1947

James Frank Dickison Jr.
1-20-1905 1-21-1905

Maggie Dillie Dickison
2-16-1907 1-10-1914

Occo Sarah Dickison
August 29, 1992 - August 22, 1994   
"God picked a special rose bud.  Love, Mother"

Verdie Gladys Dickison
2-14-1908 5-20-1908

Wiley Pierce Dickison
June 6, 191(?)  Last digit unclear, possibly a 3 or 8
February 21, 1994

Near the Dickison family area there are several graves with natural
stones marking them and no inscriptions.


E
James L. (Jimmy) Evans
Oct 29, 1923 - June 23, 1985
"Hard Working Man"

L.C. Evans
1849 - 1932

Louis S. Evans
1888-1933
"Beloved Dad"
Willie Mae Evans
1894 - 1985
"Precious Mother"


F
Jerrie Jarnagin Frost
July 21, 18909 - Dec 1, 1942

Lillie Mae Frost
Aug 13, 1898 - July 18, 1960


G
Michael Gilmore 
May 18, 1851-July 3, 1909
"As thy days so shall thy strength be."


H
Lucy Jane Hughes
1843-1918


L
David Cole Leeson
1994-1994


M
Clinton M.  
1916 - 1933
(Buried near Evans family members, but no surname given on headstone)

Henry Harold Martin
1908-1988
(temporary marker)

Moreland (double marker)
Emma  1875-1960
James G. 1865-1933


N
Joseph Addison Neatherlin
Pvt 28 Texas Dismtd Cav.
Confederate States Army
Jan 26, 1831-Apr. 1, 1922

"In Memory of"
Marion Guinn Neatherlin
December 30, 1854 - June 9, 1928

"Tee" Mathew Pierce Neatherlin
Feb 6, 1893-July 25, 1950


P
Stella (Roberts) Peters
May 14, 1905 - Nov 23, 1991
"Mother"
(Buried in Roberts family area)

Petty
(Double marker)
Mary Gay
Aug 1, 1951 - Nov 10, 1992
"Loving wife, mother, daughter and sister"
John Samuel
Sept 22, 1947
"Loving husband, father, son & brother"


R
Footstone reading " M.A.L.R."
Headstone is broken

Alva Pearl Roberts
1916 - 1946

Roberts
(double marker)
Elizabeth Jane Roberts
January 24, 1939 - 
Lyle F. 
Sept 14, 1944- Aug 11, 1963

Essie C. Roberts
1907 - 1978
"mother" 

James Dean Roberts
New Mexico
AMMI, USNR
World War II
Feb 19, 1907 - March 3, 1964

Nathan C. Roberts
1868 - 1942
"father"

Nathan T. Roberts
1903 - 1988
"Pioneer Cowboy"

Pearl Stark Roberts
1877 - 1965

Vernon Clifford Roberts
Cpl US Army
World War I
1897 - 1977

J.T. Robertson 
(no dates, buried near the Dickison family )


S
Smith 
(double marker)
Leola M. "Lee"
May 5, 1933 - July 29, 1995
Jim D.
Nov. 7, 1932
Married Jan 21, 1951

"Mom"
Dorothy E. Solomon
February 27, 1915 - August 16, 1978
"We miss you"


T
Alvada Tatum
(temporary marker, no dates)

Thomas
(double marker)
Jane Louise Thomas
Aug 25, 1945 - Aug 18, 1998
"Immaculate wife and mother"
Otis Leo Thomas
Oct 21, 1941 - 

Thomas E. Thurman
Feb 10, 1886 - Jan 16, 1918
"Gone but not forgotten"


W
William Tommy Walker
March 4, 1939 - Aug 5, 1941

West
(double marker)
Ida L. (temporary marker says Ida Lydia West)
1877 - 1965
Joseph A.
1864 - 1938

"In memory of my father"
William A. Wilmeth
Nov. 8, 1853 - Jan 21, 1910