Caddo County Cemetery - Bethel Road Cemetery Submitted by: Wanda G. Gilchrist hayseed@brightok.net Connie Ringler bobncon@hintonet.net OKDAR, Washita Chapter ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Bethel Road Cemetery This burial ground is divided by a roadway for hearses and machinery, hence, we are numbering existing graves from this roadway, starting with (1) at the roadway, continuing in the direction indicated by the row number. Row One, North KARLIN 1) RAY, H. M. 2)Alameda M. July 2, 1917 married June 25, 1916 Mar 16, 1982 Dec 25, 1936 (light grey upright double marble) 3) Paul L. Seward 4) Pauline Gayle Seward S/sgt U. S. Army WW II (Crosswhite) Jan. 6, 1916 Jan 5, 1908 Feb 16, 1984 Jan 4, 1989 Veteran Bronze Placque Bronze DAR Emblem (pink flat double marble) Row Two, North 1) Our Mother 2) Infant son of Ollie Mae Gilmore C. A. & May Gilmore May 1, 1885 Nov. 5, 1911 Aug 12, 1957 (lamb atop (flat red marble) small upr white marble) 3) Our Darling 4) Thelma Lou Sandlin Patty Sue Sandlin Sept 26, 1915 Feb 28, 1936 Mar 6, 1936 Our Dearly Beloved (raised pink marble) (raised pink marble) CROSSWHITE 5) Lue H. Crosswhite 6) Maggie C. Crosswhite 1879 - 1957 1882-1959 (light grey upr double marble) 7) Kevin W. Moxley Sept 19,1 958 (sm grey flat marble) 8) Samuel Frank Garrett 1921-1921 Our Darling (sm upr weathered marker) 9) Frank Rich 10) Olive M. Rich 1863- His Wife (Both on upr dark pink marker) 1868-1927 11) B. A. Rich U. S. Navy (no dates) (weathered upr marker was white) Veteran 12) C. L. Rich Feb 23, 1903 Feb 29, 1903 (Near North fence, weathered upr, also foot stone) Row Three, North 1) Johnson L. Stanfill 2) Lida W. Stanfill Feb 21, 1885 Mar 28, 1893 Sept 7, 1961 Dec 26, 1985 Mason Cross (Raised, flat pink stone) (Raised flat pink stone) 3) Ann Ruth Koch Green 4) Our Baby Feb 22, 1927 Nellie Thomason Jan 15, 2002 Age 6 Mo. 17 Day (New grave - no marker) 1910 (Flat dark red stone) 5) Mother 6) Daddy Della A. Thomason Andy W. Thomason 1894-1947 1888-1928 (Flat dark red stone) (Flat dark red stone) 7) Ruth Garrett 8) Georgia Garrett Aug 12, 1904 Sept 15, 1922 Dec 11, 1930 Dec 11, 1930 9) Olen Garrett Oct 15, 1924 Dec 11, 1930 10) Wilbern Garrett Oct 11, 1898 Jul 18, 1983 (Flat grey headstones; large upright family stone in grey- Note: that wife & two children died same day) Row Four, North 1) Hiram P. Stanfill 2) Father Feb 12, 1879 Lewis Stanfill Nov 5, 1906 1851-1930 (Upr weathered grey) (Upr weathered grey) 3) Elizabeth Stanfill 4) Lafayette Lewis Stanfill 1854-1938 Jul 4, 1930 - Oct 4, 1931 (Raised flat red stone) (Raised flat red stone) 5) Lester Johnson son of Mr & Mrs Adolph Johnson Jul 13, 1902 Died Oct 12, 1907 (small grey upr with lamb) 6) James W. Gilcrease 7) Laura A. Gilcrease Feb 22, 1891 Oct 4, 1892 Feb 29, 1960 Nov 7, 1973 (Flat dark red double marker) 8) James Edward Gilcrease PFC US Army WW II 1923 - 1976 (Bronze Placque) Veteran Row Five, North 1) Effie C. Thomason 2) Mother dau of W. J. & amie Amie Thomason 1903-1918 1971-1941 (dark grey upr marble) wife of W. J. Thomason (dark grey upr marble) 3) Father 4) Charlie L. Thomason William J. Thomason 1896-1967 1865-1945 (upr lt. grey marble) (Upr dark grey marble) 5) Dorothy Thomason 6) Edward Thomason 1906-1975 Dec 31, 1900 (Upr lt. grey marble) Sept 21, 1982 (Upr lt. grey marble) 7) Father 8) Memorial - Veteran Everette Vernon Gilchrist Norman Rogers Grist Jr. Apr 10, 1906 Mar 20, 1929 Apr 11, 1976 May 7, 1997 (Upr lt. grey marble) (Sm. red concrete with name plate buried in New Jersey - Father of Jennifer T. Grist-Goodin, D/O Wanda G. Gilchrist-Grist) Row Six, North 1) Billy G. Martin Aug 11,1 930 Sept 17, 1981 Pvt U. S. Army (Bronze Placque) Veteran 2) Father 3) Mother William F. Bielby Nancy E. Bielby 1869-1913 1879-1962 4) Beloved Mother 5) Son Ellen "Jerry" Besich William C. Bielby 1922-1988 1910-1951 (Flat red/pink stone) (Flat pink stone) 6) Mother 7) J. Howard Mathold Elizabeth Mitchell 1891-1955 1839-1919 (Flat pink/grey stone- (Flat pink stone) buried close to fence) Row Seven, North 1) Our Darling Opal I. Cruzan Oct 24, 1923 Jul 26, 1927 (Upr lt. grey, sm on ped with lamb) 2) Alva W. Hale Sgt U S Army July 26, 1943 Oct 18, 1986 (Flat Bronze) Veteran HALE 3) P. R. (Pete) Hale 4) Bonnie Hale 1902-1971 1913 - (Large lt grey upr family moument) 5) Jacob W. Whiteley 1892-1916 (Flat grey marker) 6) Lula Mae Weber 1930-1976 (Mottled flat red marker - near north fence) Row Eight, North 1) Roy E. Crowder 2) Luny N. Crowder May 16, 1905 June 10, 1884 Jan 30, 1906 Nov 16, 1919 3) Mattie B. Crowder Nov 3, 1887 Jun 15, 1966 (These three share one large upr marble stone) CANTRELL 4) Pearl Crowder Cantrell Oct 4, 1911 Jul 4, 1980 5) Roy Cleveland Cantrell Apr 23, 1914 (Husband & Wife share large upr lt grey marble stone on pedestal; Pearl has footstone) MEFFORD 6) Wayne Mefford Sept 10, 1916 July 6, 1955 7) Laneta Mefford June 3, 1918 Aug 7, 1977 (Share upr mottled red/blk mrble stone) Row Nine, North 1) William London 2) Ruby K. London 1894-1991 1912-1956 3) Janice London 1947-2001 (New grave - funeral home marker) 4) Rosa P. Fine 5) Minnie B. Fine 1914-1926 1926- (One small raised stone is shared) Row Ten, North 1) Father 2) Mother Herman F. Flanigan Nell K. Flanigan Sgt US Army WW I May 4, 1895 Dec 31, 1895 May 12, 1970 Jan 23, 1988 Eastern Star Veteran/Mason (Flat pink marble stone) (Flat pink marble stone) At foot of grave: Herman F. Flanigan Memorial Bronze From VA has same information as cited above so this person has two headstones and footstones. Row One, South 1) Charles G. Thomason Dec 20, 1924 Jul 7, 1946 (Med pink marble upr marker) 2) Thomas R. Thomason Nov 22, 1892 Sept 14, 1953 (Med pink marble upr marker) 3) Eula D. Thomason Dec 22, 1898 Dec 4, 1974 (Med pink marble upr) 4) John Ruhl 1865-1948 RUHL (Large grey double marker) 5) Minnie C. Ruhl 1888-1968 6) Georgiana Ruhl May 21, 1909 - 7) Paul E. Boyles BOYLES (Large double marker) Sept 3 1906 Dec 14, 1987 8) Bernard Bennett 1913-2001 (New grave - no marker) 9) Norma Shelton SHELTON Oct 30, 1895 Oct 24, 1985 (Med lt grey double marker) 10) Rev. Carl H. Shelton Jul 17, 1890 Jul 19, 1982 Row Two, South 1) Amil W. Karlin Nov 25 1899 Feb 20, 1908 2) Louis H. Karlin Jun 14, 1904 Feb 28, 1908 (#2 - # 3 Share one small grey stone) 3) Ralph F. Karlin May 6, 1906 Feb 29, 1908 4) Medium sized grey monument shaped like a spire, has no decerinible writing on it but it is decorated) 5) Matilda K. Karlin 1876-1943 6) Christian Karlin 1871-1956 (Upr dbl headstone shared) 7) Mary Peach Jul 5, 1892 Sept 1, 1916 (Flat red stone) 8) Louis A Peach 1911 - 1929 end of a perfect day (upr lt. grey stone) 9) Albert O. Peach Dec 11, 1883 Dec 14, 1954 (Flat red stone) 10) Laura B. Chaplin Sept 24, 1918 Jan 5, 1986 CHAPLIN 11) William H. Chaplin Aug 26, 1913 Mar 29, 1995 (Lrg dbl monument shared) Row Three, South 1) Ollie Pearl Gilmore Jul 7, 1883 Sept 27, 1907 2) Sidney Gilmore 1881-1935 3) Carl A. Gilmore 1918-1919 4) Anita Gilmore Jan 1-13, 1911 5) Samuel B. Gilmore 1858-1945 (Covered with Lt. grey marble slab - a large grey urn sits in middle of slab, usually no decorations) 6) George G. Schmidt Feb 4, 1896 Mar 22, 1975 Our Precious Daddy SCHMIDT (Flat grey marble, dau Estella Kay, only survivor, has put an American Flag next to his marker - he may have been a WW I Vet.) 7) Estella Elizabeth Schmidt Mar 13, 1899 Apr 22, 1970 Our Precious Nana 8) Memorial to Franca Belle Schmidt Brown Oct 18, 1928 Apr 17, 1975 (Small grey upr marble) 9) Sadie Belle May 23, 1881 Mar 4, 1945 Our Dear Mama APPLEMAN (Lrg upr grey marble) 10) Francis Edward Oct 19, 1874 Feb 9, 1963 Our Dear Papa Row Four, South 1) Granville B. Lane Feb 18, 1856 Dec 30, 1930 LANE 2) Eliza J. Lane (Upr dbl headstone, shared) Sept 7, 1859 Dec 15, 1953 3) David Recer Aug 6, 1939 Infant son of Pastor Fred & Florence Recer (small lt. grey flat stone - child is buried at far South end of this row) Row Five, South 1) Florence Bickell Wife of P. D. Bickell Feb 19, 1862 Oct 9, 1914 BICKELL 2) Perry D. Dec 11, 1859 Dec 7, 1917 (Dark grey, upr headstones & ceramic mosaic towers) 3) Jerry Martin Son of AM & Ida Schmidt May 11, 1926 Apr 30, 1935 (Sm white marble upr on ped with lamb) 4) Ida Marie Schmidt Jun 1, 1907 Feb 17, 1986 SCHMIDT (Large upr double lt grey) 5) A. M. (Doc) May 16, 1905 Apr 10, 1991 6) Memorial Bernice V. Crow Oct 21, 1908 Feb 26, 1987 (Small upr lt. grey marble) 7) Bernice V. Schmidt Oct 21, 1908 Feb 26, 1987 SCHMIDT (Large upr lt grey double) 8) Noah G. Apr 6, 1900 Sept 24, 19 61 Row Six, South 1) Infant son of Mr & Mrs Godfred Schmidt Mar 10, 1907 May 10, 1907 (Small white upr marker) 2) Infant daughter of Ed & Rebecca Schmidt Feb 22, 1912 (Small white upr with lamb) 3) Zella L. Cartwright Aug 20, 1908 Feb 19, 1909 (Small white upr with lamb) 4) Infant son of Mr & Mrs A. Alcorn Mar 1, 1915 Mar 2, 1915 (Small white upr with bird) 5) Raymon Curtis Son of A. F. & Lena Alcorn Sept 13, 1918 Sept 28, 1918 (Small white upr marker) 6) Ruby Frances Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Schmidt Jan 12, 1919 Jul 10, 1919 (Small white upr marker) 7) Edwin Olin Schmidt Son of Edwin Schmidt Apr 1, 1921 Apr 2, 1924 8) Rozella Schmidt Wife of Edwin Mar 20, 1890 May 7, 1926 (Dark red upr on ped) 9) Elvus E. Howell Son of J. H. & Lillis May 18, 1911 Aug 8, 1912 (Small flat grey upr buried alone at south end of row) Row Seven, South 1) Curtis M. Alcorn Jun 6, 1884 Jun 26, 1918 ALCORN (upr pink marble) 2) Susie Alcorn Wife of C. M. Alcorn Aug 29, 1889 Oct 7, 1924 Will there be any music in heaven 3) L. T. Jack Schmidt Feb 1, 1913 Nov 6, 1930 All is well (Med. upr lt. grey) 4) Lena Schmidt Jan 1, 1868 Jul 10, 1935 5) Godfred Schmidt Jun 15, 1864 Jan 9, 1919 6) Margaret M. Smith 1860 - 1949 7) Franklin A. Smith Dec 25, 1859 Jul 27, 1928 8) John L. Smith Mar 28, 1884 Mar 31, 1961 Row Eight, South 1) James R. Cartwright 1826-1912 Civil War - Co A, 14th BN, Iowa Infanty 2) Mary Jane Cartwright 1826-1911 3) Edward L. Cartwright Dec 23, 1880 Aug 17, 1954 (Flat pink stone) 4) J. W. Cartwright 1874-1955 (Flat pink stone) 5) Mother Elizabeth Cartwright Mar 20, 1886 Apr 28, 1953 CARTWRIGHT 6) Daddy (Upr grey dbl with footstones) Van Clyde Cartwright Dec 23, 1883 Aug 17, 1952 Row Nine, South 1) Sam R. Cartwright 1905-1931 At rest (Upr lt. grey marble) 2) Dora J. Hall 1879-1952 3) Bill Hall 1879-1939 (Flat red marble marker)