Flatwood Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Webb Jordan Date: Feb 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** The Flatwood Cemetery is in the Flatwood Community - Eastland County, Texas. Located six miles south of Eastland, Texas. Take Exit 340 from I-20 and go four miles south to Hwy 2563. Turn east and go 1-1/4 miles to the cemetery on the right. The Flatwood community was established in the 1880's when cotton was king.This area was and still is a farming community. There was a cotton gin one mile north that belonged to Tom Webb which burned in 1910 and never rebuilt. Peanuts became the main crop. Now most of the peanut allotment has moved to West Texas and the main crop is grass land for hay. The first grave is Freddie F. Stokes, who died at birth 25 March 1887 and the second was a six year old girl, Ada L. Walker, who died 27 March 1898. As of 2004, the cemetery is 117 years old. There are over 400 marked graves and several unmarked. The Flatwood Cemetery is three acres and maintained by the Flatwood Cemetery Association. The original acre is on the front east side. The second acre is the front west Side and was given by Finis Laffoon in the late 1940's. The third acre is across the back (aouth) side and was given by Sid Waynick in 2002. The community was originally served by two churches, Flatwood Church of Christ and the Flatwood Methodist Church. The Methodist Church was a wood frame building with a ten foot ceiling, two front doors, three windows on each side and two windows on the back side. They had a wood tabernacle built on cedar post. That church closed about 1974. The Flatwood Church of Christ began in 1887 in a two story wood building across from the cemetery. The top floor was used by the Woodmen of the World. The lower floor was used by the Flatwood School and the church. In 1915, the building was blown off its foundation and was not rebuilt. The school moved one mile to the East where it remained until 1944. The Flatwood Church of Christ built a wooden tabernacle (about 32' x 32') and boarded it up with 1" x 12" boards. A couple of windows on the East and West side and a couple of doors on the South side facing the cemetery. I remember the cold winter days with a wood stove on a wood platform (6' x 6') in the center of the tabernacle and the home made pews sitting in the dirt. In the mid 1940's, the church had a old home moved in and used it for a building. They removed the inside walls and enclosed the porch on both sides and made two classrooms. Then in the 1960's, the men of the congregation built a nice brick church building, which is still being used today. A few years later, the men built a three bedroom brick house for the minister. Prepared by Webb Jordan 2/2003 - flatwood@sixflagsovereastland.com Last Name First Middle Maiden DOB DOD Awalt Vera Blanch Butler 05/12/1897 04/25/1920 Basye Roy M 10/08/1905 08/28/1995 Basye Noma G Norris 09/13/1907 07/08/1996 Bender Edward Fred 08/08/1897 06/18/1990 Bender Addie E Duncan 01/08/1901 03/05/1977 Bennett Eddie F 09/08/1889 12/01/1936 Bennett Maud Pearl Dunham 02/02/1893 10/24/1927 Bennett Francis 1911 1915 Benton Clyde Rex 09/30/1913 03/10/1979 Benton Emma Lou Byrd Living Blair Phoebe Alice 01/10/1872 07/10/1961 Blancet Henry 03/16/1908 04/22/2000 Blancet Nettie Smith 1914 2002 Bond N S 08/02/1827 01/07/1907 CSA Bond Sarah A 07/14/1832 05/11/1906 Bond Edward N 09/18/1888 09/03/1950 Bond W H 03/28/1857 09/01/1943 Bond Hattie L Mayo 05/10/1860 03/10/1921 Bond Infant 12/22/1902 04/16/1903 Bond Travis 07/09/1904 12/24/1947 Bond Gladys Palmer 11/05/1901 Living Bond Francis Lee 05/22/1932 12/24/1993 Bond Travis "June" 04/29/1925 08/12/1998 Bond Dessie M 11/23/1933 Living Bond Leslie Dean 11/23/1923 03/24/2000 Brawner Stephens S 11/11/1879 04/16/1941 Brawner Laura L Webb 11/02/1887 04/10/1934 Brawner Infant 01/25/1910 01/25/1910 Britton Zephyr Clark 05/16/1882 05/20/1957 Brown Luther H 07/23/1893 10/12/1961 Brown Mary Jane Foster 11/01/1905 02/01/1992 Bryant Nola J Gaines 03/07/1877 09/23/1903 Butler Ira R 04/10/1900 12/21/1911 Butler Vera Blanch 05/12/1897 04/25/1920 Byrd Arch M 03/14/1858 02/26/1899 Byrd Arta Mesa Holstead 08/23/1862 04/01/1942 Byrd Freddie R 09/18/1890 05/22/1909 Byrd Thomas Oliver 09/08/1871 No date Byrd Gerusia E Hoover 06/19/1880 02/18/1941 Byrd Walter O 06/01/1898 03/06/1920 Byrd William T 08/03/1901 03/05/1920 Byrd Infant 02/20/1904 02/20/1904 Byrd Infant 07/25/1908 07/25/1908 Byrd James Ford 12/03/1923 08/17/1986 Byrd Dorothy Nell Dobbs 12/12/1925 05/24/2002 Byrd John F 01/09/1928 No date Byrd Flora Ann 04/17/1899 No date Byrd William Oscar 12/07/1879 05/03/1951 Byrd Jesse W 06/19/1831 12/15/1905 CSA Byrd Caroline M Crass 11/16/1832 12/21/1912 Byrd Robert D 02/20/1868 02/17/1940 Byrd Moley H 03/28/1894 05/26/1975 Byrd Erra A Phelps 04/09/1901 08/01/1983 Byrd Thomas A (Auty) 12/17/1896 01/18/1970 Byrd Zettie B Herring 03/17/1897 01/13/1965 Byrd Infant Only date 10/26/1919 Byrd G W 03/02/1921 03/13/1921 Carter Rodrick Olon 02/08/1939 No date Caudle James Bryan 03/25/1937 12/05/1938 Chandler Rebecca J Arnold 07/18/1856 02/04/1923 Cheshire William C 11/18/1848 10/16/1908 Cheshire Sarah F 04/13/1865 07/15/1923 Clark J W 12/23/1873 04/02/1944 Clark Zephyr (Britton) 05/16/1882 05/20/1957 Clark Chloe L 1912 1938 Clark Thomas 1887 1960 Clark Mary Rebecca 08/15/1859 01/07/1937 Clark Frankie Lee 10/13/1911 11/17/1934 Coffey Weldon H 06/13/1920 05/06/1990 Coffey Bettie Jo 05/25/1926 No date Coffey James W 12/19/1949 09/18/1996 Coffey William Otho 1893 1957 Coffey Bonnie Alice 1895 1954 Coon Sam N 10/13/1876 10/08/1965 Coon Mary Bell Strickland 04/23/1882 07/08/1954 Crass G W 11/01/1870 07/10/1908 Davis Douward Chesley 12/28/1916 02/12/1933 Davis G Raymond 12/26/1890 05/13/1927 Davis Jewel Massey 09/18/1906 04/23/1941 Davis Martha Jane 09/15/1860 08/28/1908 Davis Evert 11/02/1885 10/04/1904 Deford Erra P Drake 07/28/1922 10/06/1997 Dillon (Dr.)J S 09/25/1834 02/25/1906 CSA Dillon Belle 1843 03/30/1918 Dillon William Fred 09/28/1874 02/24/1950 Dillon Annie Belle 07/14/1878 04/20/1948 Dolberry Absolum James 10/16/1857 11/04/1936 Dolberry Delila F Precise 03/29/1866 05/23/1949 Dolberry Jesse W 09/02/1888 04/17/1967 Duckworth James A 05/19/1891 04/15/1926 Duckworth William T 12/03/1899 05/31/1983 Duckworth Winnie 07/31/1902 06/10/1986 Duncan Homer F 06/03/1896 11/17/1974 Duncan Hattie E 12/17/1896 02/21/1975 Duncan Robert Obie 01/16/1919 06/14/2000 Duncan Cleo Norris Living Duncan J T 05/04/1870 01/28/1945 Duncan Amanda 12/19/1974 06/22/1939 Duncan Marvin Otho 04/12/1925 11/20/1989 Duncan Travis D 1914 1983 Dunlap Ruth 12/19/1911 09/03/1931 Earp J. B.Robert 1907 1912 Ellington Henry C No dates CSA Evans J O 07/23/1852 04/03/1907 Evans Infant 05/22/1906 05/22/1906 Ferguson Lela No dates Ferguson Otis 12/10/1916 06/18/1994 Fisher Alma Blanch 11/25/1913 05/11/1935 Fisher J.A. Gus 05/04/1873 10/04/1961 Fisher Sarah Annie 06/27/1879 08/09/1962 Fisher Noval 04/02/1914 11/17/1934 Same Fisher Howard Ray 12/21/1917 11/17/1934 Death (Clark) Frankie Lee 10/13/1911 11/17/1934 Date Foresyth Joseph H 1867 1945 Foresyth Martha A Weaver 12/10/1873 06/23/1953 Foster John D 07/21/1877 02/03/1931 Foster Minnie Lee Reese 02/12/1886 10/30/1969 Foster Rufus A 02/03/1908 02/03/1931 Foster Oneta 09/03/1915 10/30/1918 Foster Thomas G No dates CSA Foster Aletha Ann 12/03/1843 10/06/1932 G T F No dates Gaines Nola J. Bryant 03/07/1877 09/23/1903 Gaines Texie E 07/27/1886 02/19/1905 Garrett Florence Foresyth 11/04/1907 06/02/1995 Garrett Thomas B 03/17/1872 04/12/1946 Garrett Elizabeth A 08/07/1874 04/12/1946 Glenn Doyle (Bo) 07/21/1963 11/13/1984 Hadderton Barbara Ann 05/13/1939 05/13/1938 Hall Fannie Evalee Turner 02/22/1894 06/02/1968 Harbin Daisy 12/10/1901 12/14/1901 Harris Gardner 09/15/1909 03/25/1982 Hartman Lyndon Lee 02/09/1905 11/23/1981 Hartman Gladys Murrell 02/04/1907 01/05/1996 Hartwick Amos F 11/16/1856 03/28/1928 Hartwick Mary Ann Byrd 11/12/1854 02/22/1943 Hartwick Robert E 07/26/1880 07/20/1953 Hartwick Myrtle N Lyerla 02/24/1885 02/02/1970 Hartwick Infant 09/13/1917 09/13/1917 Hendricks Jess A 1892 1967 Hendricks Willie A 1889 1963 Hendricks Jim M 02/23/1933 03/04/1999 Hendricks Shirley A 09/10/1936 09/02/1998 Hendricks June K 06/15/1901 03/17/1960 Hendricks Ila M 10/08/1906 No date Hendricks Norris K 04/22/1931 02/05/1967 Hendricks Jo Ann 09/15/1934 Living Herring George W 1875 1944 Herring Martha M Strickland 1878 1949 Herring Carl D 10/04/1913 08/06/1934 Herring Sam W 04/03/1911 09/08/1985 Herring Annie Mae 07/15/1916 11/20/2001 Herring Shirley Mae 1937 1938 Herring Cherry Ann 1943 No date Horn Clan L 11/22/1868 12/09/1934 Horn Susie Turner 02/28/1877 05/23/1962 Horn Lee 10/16/1895 02/17/1977 Horn Reva Bilderback 11/09/1905 01/24/1990 Hudson Andrew J 11/08/1912 04/25/1978 Hudson Bessie Tucker 01/28/1921 12/18/1999 Hutton Lue Wilson 04/24/1896 11/26/1982 Jackson Betty Jo Byrd 09/21/1930 07/21/1999 Jackson Kenneth L 02/02/1927 Living Jackson H W 06/20/1854 03/19/1906 Jackson Ann E 03/04/1854 07/27/1909 Johnson Finis Lee 10/07/1908 03/12/2000 Johnson Mary Bernice Everton 12/18/1907 05/18/1992 Johnson Orval L 06/21/1911 10/21/1994 Johnson Mildred Kirby 02/04/1917 04/15/1983 Jordan Herman Cleo 04/02/1907 08/18/1992 Jordan Estell Levell Webb 12/01/1906 10/09/2000 Jordan J Webb 06/15/1934 Living Jordan Ruth Janell Norman 08/06/1934 Living Justice Cyrus 02/13/1912 08/13/1980 Justice Ann 05/25/1915 02/01/1987 Justice Cyrus Douglas 12/30/1933 11/07/1989 Justice Mathew A 1886 1961 Justice Ola Mae Dolberry 05/17/1892 05/06/1959 Justice Robert F 07/17/1910 12/19/1962 Justice William A 11/26/1882 09/1967 Justice M Eva Davis 09/07/1887 12/1980 Justice Audra Gladys 01/25/1908 11/09/1917 Justice William A 11/04/1910 04/13/1911 Kellett, Cecil Burl 05/31/1909 04/08/1981 Kellett Jack Edward 08/26/1925 11/11/1987 Key George H 1891 1969 Key Nettie Wilson 1894 1930 King Harvey 1900 1979 King Blanche Turner 1898 1992 Laffoon Finis C 1904 1987 Laffoon Grace Latson 1906 1987 Lasater George A 12/29/1905 05/06/1998 Lasater Thelma J Dillon 10/06/1908 09/13/1989 Laughlin Charles W 01/02/1859 03/09/1943 Laughlin Z C 03/04/1863 09/24/1931 Laughlin Ruby 08/05/1895 10/20/1918 Laughlin Infant 10/20/1918 10/29/1918 Lee Gladys Lavelle Phelps 01/18/1924 02/10/1999 Lewis Ola Smith 1900 1974 Littleton Robert Lee 08/29/1869 02/02/1945 Littleton M. Effie 01/11/1873 12/19/1924 Littleton Archie B 10/11/1902 08/05/1916 Littleton Infant 06/25/1913 06/25/1913 Lyerla Billy Ray 10/24/1922 12/06/1994 Lyerla Mary Francis Williams 10/10/1925 Living Lyerla Robert Guy 01/02/1920 11/15/1989 Lyerla Vera Jones 1923 Living Lyerla Jacob 03/08/1822 09/13/1906 Lyerla Millie Allen 01/25/1826 02/18/1908 Lyerla Lizzie 01/01/1881 05/03/1902 Lyerla Jacob Cyrus 09/13/1911 12/10/1983 Lyerla Clara Page 01/22/1910 04/09/1998 Lyerla Solomon 02/16/1856 09/27/1937 Lyerla Alice Redman 05/07/1857 08/20/1935 Lyerla Oscar Ewing 11/27/1888 10/24/1958 Lyerla Ora Etta Strickland 12/27/1887 10/31/1975 Lyerla Glenn 11/08/1918 12/05/1918 Lyerla Jack Dan 05/17/1954 08/24/1976 Mackley Delma 03/15/1901 03/16/1901 Mackley Thelma 03/15/1901 03/16/1901 Mangum Peter L 08/25/1864 03/05/1936 Mangum Hallie P 12/14/1858 11/22/1941 Martin Claude C 05/28/1889 03/02/1944 Martin Theresa 08/28/1900 12/18/1982 Martin Robert Charles 07/16/1928 07/23/1928 Martin George Ray 02/22/1939 08/10/1941 Martin Rose Marie 06/11/1928 12/01/1969 Mathis Willie Maye Kellett 05/03/1905 11/12/1992 Mathiews Helen Lafaun 10/25/1923 05/29/1924 May Will H 02/02/1890 10/28/1955 May Ulala Hardwick 10/31/1890 05/28/1976 McAfee Sam W 03/17/1901 05/22/1960 McAfee Ora M 11/25/1899 06/09/1978 McBee Charles Windell 09/19/1933 09/18/1933 McBee Henry Lee 11/27/1940 12/06/1940 McBee Floyd P 01/08/1901 06/17/1980 McBee Stella M 02/18/1906 06/14/2000 McBee Eugene 08/30/1926 09/05/1926 McBee George Lafayette 01/10/1856 04/04/1939 McBee Gennevia Smith 05/31/1872 01/30/1957 McBee H. 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Phelps Ernest 1964? Price Jennie (Temp marker) 1928 1983 Purdom Robert H 03/17/1886 02/03/1963 Purdom Geneva 02/25/1891 08/12/1968 Purdom Lester 10/19/1922 10/02/1940 Putman Rena C Byrd 09/08/1865 12/11/1949 Putman George Amos 03/22/1907 08/01/1967 Raspberry Clem Clark 09/18/1910 03/10/1969 Raspberry Lonnie Thelma 08/29/1905 03/19/1988 Reagan Willie F 02/06/1886 No date Reagan Jessie May Byrd 08/02/1887 10/08/1943 1st wife Reagan Alfred A 01/09/1907 03/30/1907 Reagan Ralph Ford B. 03/24/1909 06/29/1925 Reagan Lottie Bell Byrd 10/22/1890 02/28/1956 2nd wife Reagan Florence Maxwell Murry Cemetery 3rd wife Reese D S 1878 1959 Reese Ellis H 01/30/1932 No date Reese David A 05/04/1859 09/13/1928 Reese Deany J Williams 12/12/1866 07/11/1953 Reese Lenard 08/19/1903 08/19/1903 Reese Clarence 11/10/1907 05/08/1908 Reese Darrell 11/20/1901 06/20/1908 Reese David S 12/09/1878 11/29/1959 Reese Nettie P 09/19/1885 03/03/1976 Reese J H 02/15/1910 04/17/1910 Reese Eutice 09/14/1916 07/21/1918 Reese Clyde 09/04/1922 03/08/1923 Reese John H No dates Reese Mary No dates Reese Ruby Stokes 1889 1922 Rich No Name No date Rich Truman 07/26/1904 11/12/1904 Rich Bulah 08/19/1906 07/19/1908 Richardson Velma Fae 04/18/1906 11/29/1906 Robertson Oris 02/26/1912 01/01/1976 2nd hus Robertson Velma Uqnea Webb 12/06/1906 08/23/1987 Robins T J 08/22/1846 02/13/1918 CSA Robins Louise 02/08/1855 03/07/1935 Robins Jeff 08/24/1881 03/02/1958 Robins Annie 06/11/1887 01/14/1908 Robins Fred 02/24/1888 09/01/1959 Robins Nina 02/02/1890 09/22/1976 Robins Guy 06/21/1892 02/13/1974 Scott Dorothy L 08/29/1912 06/24/1932 Shell Earnest N 04/30/1900 03/09/1989 Shell Maud D Addington 02/27/1872 12/07/1905 Smith Bertha 04/01/1886 04/11/1899 Smith Doris Merle 12/13/1919 01/06/1920 Smith Murdock 1870 1932 Smith Elizabeth 1864 1945 Smith Henry A 11/28/1891 01/09/1919 Smith Ernest 11/15/1895 06/26/1926 Steel Chesley E J 05/05/1918 07/26/2002 Steel Mary 05/28/1919 Living Stokes Freddie F 04/25/1887 04/25/1887 Strickland William Francis 09/17/1893 04/29/1964 Strickland Eva 12/01/1859 11/19/1947 Stuteville Flint 05/04/1854 10/14/1924 Stuteville Mary B 10/04/1854 05/06/1928 Stuteville William Jasper 03/14/1896 05/04/1979 Stuteville Jaunell 01/06/1921 01/06/1921 Stuteville Maurice 01/06/1921 01/06/1921 Toland Doris L Hartman 12/18/1925 10/01/1984 Tucker W E 1900 1930 Turner Gilbert 10/29/1911 11/16/1914 Turner John Earl 03/09/1906 04/04/1993 Turner Mable L 06/22/1912 07/13/1988 Turner P Frank 1880 1961 Turner Ada B 1887 1972 Turner O Z 12/28/1903 08/17/1983 Turner J R 07/03/1871 08/25/1931 Turner Mirtie May Griffin 02/15/1876 12/21/1964 Turner John Sterling 03/21/1886 10/19/1950 Turner Mary Beulah Mathews 04/14/1890 10/16/1971 Turner Burl Atwell 02/17/1907 01/19/1963 Turner J M 08/11/1840 10/11/1905 CSA Turner Lucinda E 08/22/1853 11/09/1919 Turner Will F 10/02/1874 02/11/1944 Vaughn Francis 04/21/1895 11/28/1964 Vaughn James R 03/07/1925 02/03/1935 Vaughn Seab 08/12/1879 02/07/1963 Vaughn Kenneth M 05/05/1935 04/07/1937 Walker Ada L 07/27/1892 03/27/1898 Wallace Samson Sanford 11/24/1899 No date Wallace Modell Herring 10/02/1915 04/09/1998 Walters Margaret T 11/29/1875 06/07/1946 Washington Cora T 02/10/1877 12/05/1905 Webb Cornelius Thomas (Uncle Pete) 12/18/1848 01/12/1934 Webb Lucy Jane Foster 06/26/1854 04/23/1927 Webb Ella E 07/14/1872 11/04/1945 Webb John C 04/01/1886 04/26/1947 Webb Charlie A 04/01/1884 09/11/1953 Webb Lula Mendie Dolberry 07/02/1890 01/17/1979 Webb Marvin 1907 1907 Webb Baby Girl 1908 1908 Webb Tom 09/29/1876 11/15/1939 Webb Cora E Cheshire 10/15/1883 06/08/1967 Webb Darrell 06/06/1904 06/24/1969 Webb Edith Miller 06/18/1908 11/18/1986 Whitney Infant 08/28/1931 08/28/1931 Williams Lena May 05/13/1894 06/30/1984 Wilson George H 1891 1969 Wilson Nettie Key 1894 1930 Wilson Henry E 03/14/1890 12/05/1964 Wilson Ola C Reese 06/27/1893 12/25/1963 Wilson Harrel 10/13/1928 No date Wilson Hubert Ecil 04/13/1896 09/30/1957 Wilson John Sellars 03/09/1886 08/12/1964 Wilson Minnie Fay 01/11/1889 11/13/1968 Wilson J A - Hugh L 02/03/1867 08/25/1942 Wilson Ophelia Joy Weaver 03/05/1872 03/14/1949 Wilson Ollie M 08/02/1891 07/15/1966 Wilson Dora Taylor 02/07/1893 12/03/1979 Wilson William Henry 03/13/1884 09/24/1953 Wilson Mattie M Milborn 11/08/1881 11/27/1966 Wilson Barto 01/08/1918 02/20/1996 Wilson Johnnie May 05/02/1920 03/23/1961 Wood M E 05/02/1920 03/23/1961 22 - Unmarked Graves CSA - Confederate Soldier