Anderson Co.,TX - Cemeteries - Fort Houston Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Gregory Calvin Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************** Fort Houston Cemetery (African American Section) Located off of Loop 256 Palestine, Anderson County Texas Anderson, Elizabeth b. No date d. Feb 1961 Bailey, Bessie b. Mar 08,1891 d. Mar 07,1960 Aunt Bass, Edward b. Sept 14,1932 d. Aug 14,1943 Bass, Oscar Jr. b. Nov 26,1913 d. July 29,1997 Bass, Oscar Sr No Dates Bass, Robert b. Feb 07,1918 d. Nov 04,1989 TEC 5 U.S. ARMY WW II Bass, Wilbert b. Jan 31,1923 d. Feb 24,1980 Son Bell, Bennie T b. Apr 14,1918 d. July 14,1982 Bell, Herman b. Mar 29,1903 d. Mar 09,1994 Benton, Arizona b. Dec 15,1898 d. Sept 23,1937 Betts, Elizabeth b. ? d. June 16,1961 Birdow, Emma Yarbrough b. Oct 17,1906 d. Jan 09,1991 A LOVING MOTHER AND FRIEND. PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU. MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU: LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE OFFERED Birdow, Frank James b. Apr 25,1947 d. Sept 25,1991 A IC U.S. AIR FORCE VIETNAM Birdow, James Martin b. Oct 04,1927 d. July 21,1962 Birdow, Martin No Dates Bush, Charles Jones b. Nov 26,1966 d. Apr 16 ? In Loving Memory Bush, Charles Jones b. Nov 26,1966 d. Apr 16,2000 Butler, Celestine b. Feb 09,1909 d. Jan 05,1991 Mother In Loving Memory Butler, Jesse Lee b. Mar 05,1940 d. Sept 13,1974 In Loving Memory Calhoun, Anastasia b. June 02,1987 d. June 15,1987 Calhoun, Dave C b. Nov 28,1910 d. Oct 27, ? Comeaux, Milton b. Nov 11,1958 d. July 27,1992 Son Crawford, Charlie b. July 27,1892 d. Jan 05,1988 TEXAS PFC CO D 332 SVC BN QMC WORLD WAR I Crford, Tobe b. 1867 d. 1952 At Rest Criss, Clarence b. 1880 d. 1924 Father Criss, Jesse b. Feb 14,1901 d. Feb 05,1972 Crist, Herman b.1920 d. 1986 PVT U.S. ARMY WW II Cummings, Howard Lloyd b. Nov 23,1924 d. Oct 15,1956 Davis, George b. Feb 21,1936 d. Aug 25,1993 Deckard, Darcus D b. Mar 16,1900 d. Apr 09,1984 Gone But Not Forgotten Diggs, Perry b. Mar 17,1889 d. July 09,1944 Gone But Not Forgotten Fletcher, Alex b. Dec 28,1881 d. Oct 17,1969 Gross, Eddie b. Sept 01,1921 d. Dec 15,1999 Father PFC U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II Gross, Lillie Mae b. Jan 23,1932 d. July 28,1988 In Loving Memory Gross, Roscoe b. Sept 24,1921 d. Dec 01,2001 CPL U.S. ARMY WW II Gross, Wade b. Oct 29,1954 d. June 19,1983 1 Cor 15 51-58 Hall, Pearl Mrs. b. July 04,1891 d. May 08,1968 Ricks, Angeline Only date 1930 Ricks, Annie Mae b. Oct 28,1909 d. Sept 07,1973 Ricks, Ammel Only Date 1940 Ricks, Bamma Only Date 1926 Ricks, Hubbard Only Date 1926 Ricks, Ike Only Date 1902 Ricks, Jim Only Date 1934 Ricks, Lula No Date Ricks, Will Billy Only Date 1941 Ricks, Winnie Mae b. Apr 06,1929 d. Oct 01,1985 Mother Ricks, Zennie Only Date 1943 Holman, I b. 1918 d. 1985 At Rest Holman, T b. 1929 d. 1949 At Rest Hudson, Edanna b. Aug 27,1903 d. June 26,1987 Hudson, Henry b. 1893 d. 1990 PVT U.S. ARMY WW I Hudson, Henry b. Dec 26,1893 d. Mar 01,1990 Hudson, Jimmy b. Aug 25,1924 d. Sept 10,1993 Jefferson, V b. 1918 d. 1972 Johnson, Jesse R b. June 02,1921 d. July 08,1966 TEXAS PFC 689 PORT CO TC WORLD WAR II Johnson, Johnnie b. 1898 d. 1982 U.S. ARMY Jones, Jeweline b. June 17,1921 d. Feb 21,1967 Kimbrough, Dan b. July 20 ? d. Apr 27,1921 Lockhart, Addie B b. Aug 30,1898 d. Sept 18,1986 Loving Mother Love, Frank b. Oct 28,1919 d. Jan 05,1988 Gone But Not Forgotten McChristian Barbara Helen b. Sept 16,1945 d. Dec 05,2001 Mother McCoy, Andrew b. 1879 d. 1968 McCoy, Mattie b. 1880 d. 1953 Micheaux, Levi b. Sept 18,1890 d. Apr 13,1954 TEXAS PVT CO D 332 Service BN WORLD WAR I Miller, Sharee b. Dec 12,1994 d. Dec 18,1994 Moaning, Roxie b. Sept 28,1878 d. June 29,1959 Moaning, Wilson Monk b. Jan 01,1918 d. Dec 20,1985 Montgomery, Grace No Dates Murray, Lillian L b. May 20,1905 d. July 04,1980 Wife of W.A. Baker Newkirk, Georgia b. Oct 25,1902 d. June 27,1977 Nixon, Ernest Could not read dates TEXAS Nixon, Gertude L b. Sept 19,1921 d. July 05,1964 Gone But Not Forgotten Nixon, Jeff Ernest Could not read dates PFC Nolley, Joe Walker (Buster) b. Dec 08, 1914 d. Mar 22,199 PFC U.S. ARMY WW II Nolley, Loreda Murray (Ned) b. Mar 28,1919 d. July 30,1996 Parish, Denise (Baby) No Dates Parish, Doyle b. May 29,1924 d. July 07,1977 PFC U.S. ARMY WW II Pearce, Lucy Mae b. Nov 12,1888 d. Oct 05,1952 Powell, Willie L b. July 22,1923 d. Apr 01,1969 Royal, Grover Lee Sr. b. ? d. Jan 31,1976 Royal, Jacquelin C (Pokey) b. Mar 25,1964 d. July 26,1987 In Love and Memory Royal, Lois Wallace No date Sessions, W b. 1909 d. 1984 Sims, Phillis b. 1884 d. 1956 Smith, Eddie Lee b. May ?? b.July 28,1987 PFC TX ARMY AIR FORCE WW II Smith, Marvin L b. Feb 01,1894 d. Apr 05,1959 Smith, Wilson b. Nov 24,1874 d. Dec 25,1960 Stevens, Ella Could not read dates Taylor, Addie Mae b. June 13,1912 d. June 11,1995 Mother In Loving Memory Townsend, Albertha Hudson b. Oct 22,1922 d. July 18,1986 Turner, Pearl R b. Dec 18,1891 d. Feb 13,1922 Turner, Wade b. Dec 14,1893 d. Apr 08,1925 Tutt, Allen Jr. b. Feb 20,1931 d. Aug 20,1996 U.S. Army Walker, Rena b. Jan 05,1886 d.June 06,1957 *Shares marker with the Bailey's Walker, Thomas No Dates PVT COL World War I Ward, Charlie Jr b. 1923 d. 1957 Williams, Edwin b. 1894 d. 1959 TEXAS PVT U.S. ARMY WW I Williams, Etta M b. Feb 19,19130 d. Aug 10,1997 Williams, Frank b. Apr 13,1913 d. Mar 26 197? CPL U.S. Army WW II Williams, Leonard b. Nov 10,1905 d. Oct 13,1993 PFC U.S. ARMY WW II Williams, Willie b. Sept 12,1911 d. Jan 28,1964 Worthen, Pearl b. Dec 19,1917 d. Sept 14,1983 A Loving Mother Yarbrough, Levi "Finch" b. May 29,1910 d. June 18,1992 PAW PAW Young, Frank Could not read dates ** There is one marker for the Ricks Family. The names and dates are all listed on one marker.There is a White section and a Black section of Fort Houston. This is a partial listing of the African American section of the Fort Houston Cemetery in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. This is almost the complete list of Fort Houston (Black). The only ones that are not listed are the markers I could not get a good picture of. I will be going back to get the other names that has to be handwritten at the cemetery.I transcribed the cemetery with a digital camera. There are some old markers and temp markers that are very hard to read, and some graves are unmarked. There are also at least one marker that a old tree has fell on. There are also a couple of markers that are on the edge of the woods that may be hard for me to get the information off of. I have tried not to make any errors in the information. If you find any errors please contact me and I will correct it. There are a couple of graves that have fallen in and and a couple of graves have had almost all of the dirt washed away from it. All of the cemetery is not that way. This cemetery is still active and many graves have flowers on them. I have taken digital pictures of all the markers that I could. I would be happy to share the pictures with anyone that has a family member or friend buried there. Transcribed Oct 2002 by Laura Gregory Calvin laura9102@yahoo.com or lookupvolunteer@yahoo.com