Cemeteries: Spray Cemetery Inscriptions, Spray, Wheeler Co., Oregon USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dave & Donna Mills 1 Mar 2003. ********************************************************************************* Spray Cemetery Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon Latitude: 4484722 Longitude: 119.81111 Located at Spray, Oregon on Hwy 19/207. From the Coyote Café & Rimrock Room, Spray, OR, travel east. Turn right down an incline (grocery store on right after incline), and travel across the John Day River bridge. At approximately ¼ mile, turn right at Spray Cemetery sign. After a steep incline, travel toward the cemetery on the hill. You will have to open a gate to proceed to the cemetery. (Be sure and close the gate behind you to keep the cattle out.) Spray Cemetery was established in 1874. Transcribed: 86 entries, 5 unknown. Name Birth Death Comments Britt, Rod 8 Oct 1938 21 Feb 2000 Married 24 Oct 1957 Britt, Theda 11 Apr 1941 (Not deceased) Webb, Walter James 1 Jul 1910 11 Oct 1961 Washington MM1 USNR WWII Burnside, Emery Stevens 14 Jan 1886 27 Sep 63 Oregon PVT Co. G 127 Infantry WWI Burnside, Cora Rachel 1888 1979 Mother Steagall (This is a footstone, no other markings) Shoun, Ray B. 10 Nov 1886 12 Jul 1960 Anderson, Venie Catherine 16 May 1885 19 Nov 1984 Mother Anderson, Antone Wm. 1874 1954 Daddy Irwin, Berniece V. 21 Dec 1920 25 May 1997 Mother Irwin, Thomas W. 27 Oct 1919 16 Sep 1997 Dad Asher, Roger D. "Dean" 15 Jul 1955 24 Jul 1994 Asher, Ricky R. 15 Jan 1952 Age 13 weeks Shoun, B. M. 7 Jan 1874 24 Feb 1924 Dyer, Mary Eva 13 Nov 1882 9 Aug 1916 Born at Mountain City, TN Footstone: M.E.D. Unknown (A large rock at head, but no inscription.) Hockaday, Clayton Shoun 1896 1918 Asher, John F. 1864 1939 Father Asher, Alice M. 1876 1949 Mother Asher, Hubert F. 4 Oct 1910 20 Feb 1986 Beloved husband and father Asher, Goldie E. 12 Jun 1904 15 Nov 1994 Mom (piano engraved on stone) Unknown (Possible grave with vase and flowers) Breeding, Robert G. 2 Feb 1902 70 yrs 9 mos 5 days Footstone: Father Spray, John R. 1893 1934 Spray, Eugene M. 1888 1958 Evans, Elenor 1809 28 Oct 1891 Born in Ireland, Died in Oregon Footstone: Mother Evans, Martha 26 Apr 1866 23 Jul 1889 Born in Iowa, Wife of Geo. T. Evans Footstone: M.E. Wright, Robert E. 22 Apr 1867 6 Jan 1944 Wright, Sarah Alice 13 Dec 1870 3 May 1949 Wilson, Alice Viola 1915 1928 Wilson, Zoe Marie 8 Sep 1919 16 Sep 1919 Footstone: A.M.W. May, Effie M. 4 May 1867 29 May 1907 Footstone: E.M.M. May, Geo. W. 12 Dec 1851 15 Jan 1921 Footstone: G.W.M. May, Harry V. 1894 1924 Shoun, Adolph A. 1868 1950 Unknown (Unmarked) Martin, Eugene 27 Jan 1902 Aged 2 yr 8 mo 17 days Son of Myrtle A. Martin, Footstone: Eugene Unknown (Unmarked) Masiker, Jennie D. 1856 1876 Wife of Carson C. Masiker Butler, William H. 1884 1956 Adams Mary E. 1881 1929 Barry, Hugh Hamilton 25 Apr 1889 2 Jan 1917 Footstone: Our Father Sanders, Eddie Lee 1957 Sanders, Stanley Earl 1929 1938 Sanders, George I. 1935 1950 (middle initial obscured, may be an "L") Sanders, Timothy Dean 1940 1976 Beloved Son Combs, James Loran 4 Dec 1865 21 Jun 1918 Hayden, Delmer Neal 23 Apr 1887 5 Jan 1923 Read, Geo. C. 1837 1924 (Inscription drawn in cement. Last name obscured, may be "Reade.") Dickinson, Authur Lyle 28 May 1906 21 Aug 1923 Son of JH and Maggie Dickinson Sanders, Edward A. 1893 1983 Sanders, Nellie A. 1905 1988 Sanders, Charles Edward 1924 1999 Sanders, Juanita "Neen" Adams 1931 1992 Nolan, John B. 1855 1919 Grant, William 18 Jun 1872 16 Mar 1909 Erected by Mrs. John Grant and family in loving memory of William Grant a beloved son and brother who was accidentally drowned in the John Day River Oregon. Born at Blairgowrie, Scotland. Footstone: W.G. Collin, Sarah Ilene July 26, 1984 Adams, Oscar Lee 1894 1974 Adams, Ruth M. 1900 1986 Adams, Clifton Leon 1935 1943 Son Stewart, Elsie I. 1894 1971 Keeton, Bertha E. 1899 1966 Keeton, Fred D. 1893 1970 Jenkins, Clara M. 19 Apr 1917 7 Aug 1992 Mother, Married 28 Apr 1937 Jenkins, Kenneth E. "Jack" 18 Jul 1914 7 Oct 1993 Father Clark, Delbert A. 1874 1951 Bolin, Joe H. 1895 1965 Dad Bolin, Stanley A. 26 May 1919 10 Apr 1985 Dad Adams, Lloyd A. 22 Nov 1922 2 Oct 2001 TEC 4 US Army WWII Sallee, Kay Elizabeth Adams 12 Jul 1951 19 Feb 1998 Adams, Connie Elaine 12 Jul 1951 Separated at birth, united in heaven Adams, Patricia Rae 1 Mar 1938 (Not deceased) Adams, Clifford Reon 3 Jan 1935 22 Dec 1995 (Bulldozer engraved on marker) Adams, Tammy Rae 17Apr 1964 {Not deceased) Adams, James Lee 10 Feb 1961 5 Aug 2000 Fisher, Mildred Collins 1898 1981 Collins, Lynn W. 1915 1994 (U.S. Marine Insignia engraved on marker) Davis, Marjorie Collins 1917 1987 Rardin, George Franklin 1923 1978 PHM3 US Navy WWII Britt, Helen J. 30 Mar 1942 8 Aug 1977 Britt, Joseph Howard 31 Jul 1964 1995 Age 31 Ingersoll, George L. 1940 1973 Rev. Butler, John E. 1891 1977 Married 18 Nov 1934 Nelson, Clarence L. 1898 1978 Nelson, Bernadine M. 1911 2000 Tilley, Edward W. Aug 1902 Dec 1985 Tilley, Beulah A. Married 1918 (Not deceased) Britt, Beatrice M. 1912 1987 Britt, Claude W. 1904 1992 Unknown (Unmarked) Simpson, James G. 11 Aug 1942 25 Jan 2000 (Logging truck engraved on marker) Note: Wheeler County News, 15 May 00, Pg 5 displayed a funeral notice, "Graveside Memorial Service will be held for Roger L. Asher, 2pm, Monday, May 15, 2000. Spray Cemetery, Spray, Oregon" (This internment was not located at the cemetery, and could be one of the "unmarked" graves listed above.