Bell County, Texas - Cemeteries: BROWN CEMETERY(OKAY COMMUNITY) KILLEEN, TX. Inventory taken Oct. 29, 2004 Submitted By: Frank Irons Sr. ************************************************************************ 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 and file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************* Location of Cemetery is at Reeces Creek Road and Ivy Mountain Road, Just about 300 yards from the Killeen City Airport (Gray Air Base). The Texas Historical Commission designated the Brown Cemetery which served the community of Okay as a Texas History Cemetery. The original Brown Cemetery was located in the community of Okay in west Bell County on the old Belton-Lampasas Road. It was located on the farm of Samuel Marion Brown and Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Brown who deeded one acre to the Okay community for a cemetery in 1953. Fort Hood displaced the community in 1942, but the cemetery survived intact untill the runway at Gray Air Base was extended. The land was condemned and The Cemetery was moved to its present location at the corner of Reece Creek Road and Ivy Mountian Road. Seventy-three people are buried in the Brown (Okay Community) Cemetery. Members of the Brown (Okay Community) Cemetery Association are trying to learn more about the people interred there and their lives. If you are related to people buried there or if you have information about them contact Oliver Bell in Killeen, Texas. ***************************************************************************** Row # 1 Mary Lee Warren B: June 10, 1877 D: April 26, 1904 Nannie P. Setiz B: Aug 22, 1840 D: June 31, 1896 Leander M Seitz B: May 18, 1840 D: Mar 14, 1894 Winfield J. Setiz son of Mr & Mrs L.M. Setiz B: Sept. 23, 1878 D: July 4, 1886 Row # 2 UKN Lot 13-Space M #13 J.M. Davis B: Oct. 28, 1841 D: Sept. 30, 1913 Infanty Dau of Gary and Mary Davis B: Mar. 23, 1911 D: Mar 31, 1911 ? Davis B: July 21, 1868 D: Mar. 30, 1905 Amanda Clary B: Aug. 11, 1871 D: Feb 17, 1901 David son of J.M. Davis and wife ? unable to read B: Nov. 10, 1881 D: Aug. 6, 1882 UKN UKN Lost Lot 34-Space J #5 UKN Row # 3 Unknown Lot 14-Space L #16 UKN UKN Mabry Henderson B: Jul. 21, 1900 D: Aug. 6, 1905 Lot 25-Space J #14 UKN Row # 4 UKN UNKNOWN Lot 14-Space B #20 UNKNOWN Lot 25-Space A #18 Jesse O. Brown wife Eva Jo B: Dec. 9,1936 B: Feb 4, 1932 D: May 14, 2003 Living M: May 18 1962 M.E. Kelley 1871-1929 Cross Marker Row # 5 UKN UKN UNKNOWN Lot 15-Space L #24 UNKNOWN Lot 15-Space K #23 UNKNOWN Lot 15-Space J. #22 UKN UKN J.J. Ryals B: Oct. 29, 1860 D:Nov. 11, 1940 Willie Ruth Brown B: May 15, 1910 D: May 21, 1910 UKN Row # 6 J. S. Whitley CSA Veteran 1861-1865 Lot 4-Space #27 UNKNOWN Lot 4-Space #27 Infanty Son of O.D. & M.H. Spears B: Jan. 6, 1892 D: Jan. 6, 1892 S.M. Brown wife Mary E. Evans B: May 26, 1848 B: Dec. 21,1846 D: Feb. 28, 1926 D: Dec. 28, 1909 Two Large Stones. UKN Row # 7 UNKNOWN Lot 15-Space D #39 C.C. Bell D: Dec. 18, 1898 Age 78 tears. UKN UKN UKN UKN W.W. Wallace B: Apr. 30, 1850 D: Dec. 12, 1933 UKN Tag missing Row # 8 UKN UKN John Morgan Bell B: Feb. 9, 1875 D: July 26, 1941 UKN UKN UKN UKN UNKNOWN Lot 47-Space K #10 Row # 9 Robert Thomas Bell B: Mar. 14, 1857 D: Mar. 19, 1932 Bell (Infanty) Lot 27-Space H #70 Bell (Son) Lot 27-Space G #45 UKN Bell Lot 37-Space H #42 Sallie E. Rakle Dau of J.W.Rakle Date hard to read. Row # 10 UNKNOWN Lot 6-Space L #67 UNABLE TO READ UKN Lost Lot 17-Space K #53 Thomas J. Cowan Texas Pvt HQ CO 86 Infanty Regt World War I Mar 10, 1891-April 1, 1955 UKN UKN Frank Cowan B: Nov. 7, 1905 D: Aug. 6, 1942 Lot 28-Space M #57 William OZI Son of J.M. & M.E. Cowan D: Feb. 20, 1906 age 13 yrs 11m 10days UKN UKN UNKNOWN Lot 38-Space L #51 UNKNOWN Lot 38-Space K #50 UKN Addie Mayfield B:1848 D: Feb. 6, 1936 Lot 48-Space M #49 Lost Lot 48-Space #48 Row # 11 UKN Alfred N. Douglass B: Dec.22, 1886 D: Jan. 12, 1887 UKN Aubrey J. Son of A.J. & Rosetta Faught B: Jan.10, 1917 D: Jan. 18, 1917 UKN UKN UNKNOWN Lot 39-Space M #61 Son of C.W. & M.E. Earnest Huggins B: Apr. 25, 1900 D: May 17, 1911 Mittie Bell Whitley B: May 10, 1895 D: Dec. 26, 1933 In God we Trust C.W. Huggins B: Oct. 10, 1859 D: Oct. 22, 1936 Lot 39-SpaceJ #58 UKN My Inventory 32 Headstones with names. 21 Tags with information. 36 6"s Round Stones no information.. I read all the stones and markers the best I could. I CLEANED ALL THE STONES. FRANKLIN D. IRONS SR. SFC RETIRED US ARMY