Leflore County, OK, Hicks Chapel Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tammy Talbot tmtalbot@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hicks Chapel Cemetery - located in Leflore County, east of Fanshawe, Oklahoma. Going east on Highway 270 from Fanshawe, approximately 1/4 mile east of Coal Creek there will be a sign for Hicks Chapel Cemetery. Turn left onto county road. The road winds around to the top of the mountain and the pavement will turn to gravel but go to the very end of the road. Turn left at the dead-end. Follow that road around past a blue house on the left. The cemetery is located approximately 1/4 mile on the left after the 2nd cattle guard. This is a full listing of the headstones that are readable in the cemetery. It is a very well-tended cemetery located at the top of the moutain. There are at least 100 fieldstones marking graves in this cemetery. Baker Melvin Floyd Evans Funeral Home Poteau - no dates, no stone Branscum Baby 1925 Branscum Bailey "Pat" 11/17/1935 Nearer my God to Thee double marker: h/o Carolyn Branscum Carolyn 5/5/1944 9/14/1996 Nearer my God to Thee double marker: w/o Bailey Branscum Charley E. 3/19/1901 1/4/1978 Father, Married 8/12/1933 double marker: h/o Pearl Branscum George A. 1946 1987 Love you Always, Marianne and Shell double marker: h/o Sharon Branscum Glenn LeRoy 1/9/1920 10/28/1922 Branscum James H. 1862 1938 Father, At Rest Branscum Mattie 4/19/1869 1/24/1948 Branscum Pearl 9/14/1914 Mother, Married 8/12/1933 double marker: w/o Charley Branscum Sharon F. 1947 Love you Always, Marianne and Shell double marker: w/o George Bright Edwin 9/17/1905 10/4/1910 s/o W.T. and S.N. Bright Cogburn George 6/15/1891 1897 s/o J.D. and R.J. Cogburn Free Malissia L. 10/2/1869 3/21/1910 w/o P.R. Free Longcrier Dora 1895 1973 double marker: w/o Walter Longcrier Walter 1880 1950 double marker: h/o Dora Marler Baby 9/26/1939 9/26/1939 d/o Lowell and Bessie Marler Marler Bessie M. 4/7/1907 1/7/1991 Mother double marker: w/o Lowell Marler Leona 2/26/1945 3/8/1945 Marler Levi T. 5/14/1861 12/30/1940At Rest Marler Lowell T. 3/12/1898 5/17/1977 Father double marker: h/o Bessie Marler Mary C. 1/15/1866 1/17/1939 At Rest Marler Mr. Lois 7/17/1903 8/26/1975 Gone but not forgotten Marney Ernest 1892 1916 Gross Mortuary Funeral Home marker only McAlester Mattie M. 12/28/1918 5/5/1921 d/o John and Gertie McAlester Rash Columbus Elmer 2/28/1952 Age: 56 years, 10 months, 9 days Evans-Bollinger Funeral Home Marker only Rash James Robert (J.R.)2/24/1874 6/6/1965 In Loving Memory Rash Joseph A. 2/26/1882 1/5/1957 Roberts Retha Rebecca 1940 1999 Mills Funeral Home marker only Sockey Albert L. 2/19/1907 2/25/1907 Asleep in Jesus, s/o N. W. and M. Sockey Sockey Malinda 3/1/1873 7/7/1956 Mother Sockey N. W. 1870 1912 Thornburg Anthony Ray 7/24/1975 7/29/1975 Son Thornburg Bobbie Jene 1928 1930 Thornburg Juanita Elrya 1/17/1939 3/7/1939 At Rest Thornburg Lima 1895 1921 Gross Mortuary Funeral Home Marker only Thornburgh D. G. 4/2/1866 8/26/1917 Thornburgh Dee M. 1897 1971 double marker: h/o Ora Thornburgh Hazel 5/16/1917 10/18/1918Our Loved One double marker: sister of Sophie Thornburgh John T. 11/4/1890 4/2/1964 Thornburgh Leanor J. 3/4/1870 3/14/1947 Thornburgh Lee 8/11/1911 2/23/1912 s/o J. T. and Lizzie Thornburgh Thornburgh Lula J. 1/29/1913 8/17/1926 Thornburgh Ora P. 1900 1985 double marker: w/o Dee Thornburgh Sophie 4/19/1924 12/29/1924Our Loved One double marker: sister of Hazel Thornburgh Wolf (?) 4/28/1823 11/3/1910 Watts Tiny Evans 3/7/1863 3/12/1930 Mother