West Camp Cemetery, Muleshoe, Bailey Co. TX Submitted by Jerry and Mary Hicks jhicks@fivearea.com ****************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet,material maybe freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, Must obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitted, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. TX Tombstone Project Manager, Gloria B. Mayfield, LadyTexian@tcainternet.com ****************************************************************************** West Camp Cemetery, Muleshoe, Bailey Co. TX Submitted by Jerry and Mary Hicks jhicks@fivearea.com West Camp Cemetery - Travel 3 ¼ miles west on US highway 70/84 from the west Muleshoe city limit sign, then turn west (left) on an unmarked paved road. Travel 9 ½ miles west on this pavement until the pavement turns north. After turning north, there is a dirt turn row at about ½ mile that turns west off of the pavement. The cemetery is located about ½ mile into the field. NAME DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH COMMENTS Butcher, Ida May 18, 1873 March 12, 1935 Small home made concrete stone with small home made metal insert. Butcher, J.S. July 31, 1869 February 5, 1951 Small home made concrete stone with small home made metal insert. Cooke, Phillip Don May 17, 1934 Tombstone says, "Son of Mr & Mrs C.M. Cooke." He shares a double stone with R.J. Cooke. Only one date on stone. DOB or DOD, or same? Cooke, R.J. March 16, 1848 March 5, 1925 See entry above - Phillip Don Cooke. Foster Infant May 30, 1935 This entry is taken from the Bailey County history book, Tales and Trails of Bailey County. I could not find a marker for the Foster child. the grave of the Foster infant. There was one grave that was marked by a small metal grave marker. However, there were no letters, dates or anything on it. This may have been the grave. Huber, Allan D. March 2, 1938 September 9, 1938 Small home made stone and metal insert. Huber, Anna A. December 28, 1873 February 12, 1951 Small home made stone and metal insert. Stone broken, 1/2 gone. Huber, Carl C. February 28, 1873 November 25, 1937 Small home made stone and metal insert. Huber, Carl J. February 9, 1932 May 27, 1932 Small home made stone and metal insert. Johnson Twins 1965 1965 Small metal marker only. No other information. Knowles, A.H. April 12, 1872 March 11, 1928 Has "Father" inscribed on top. Knowles, Minnie Opal 1931 1932 Stone is lying flat on the ground. Pulliam, Gene December 12, 1939 December 12, 1939 Small home made stone and metal insert. Tipton, Eld. S.F. July 1, 1856 August 26, 1940 Metal marker shows his name as Samuel Francis Tipton. Tipton, Laura Ann July 5, 1860 January 26, 1957 Has "Mother" inscribed on the stone. Waller, Mrs. Vera A. August 13, 1913 October 20, 1932 Small metal marker. No DOB on it, but it showed that she lived 19 yrs 2 mos 7 days. Welch, Rev. T.G. 1879 1933 Double stone, lying flat. Welch, Etta 1874 1958 C.E. Grant, owner of the land where the cemetery is located, said that one body was dug up, probably in the 1960's. He wasn't sure where the body was taken or who it was.