Floyd County Texas Archives Cemeteries.....Rushing Chapel Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come
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Danny Swepston danny.swepston@sbcglobal.net June 18, 2011, 6:28 am

Abstracted By: Danny Swepston

Located approximately 7 miles NE of Floydada, Floyd Co. at
intersection of County Road 200 and Farm to Market Road 786.
Cemetery is surrounded by a chain-link fence. 

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name    Birth          Death            Comment
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Norvell       J.H. (Jim)                   28 Dec. 1885   29 April 1961    
Norvell       Mrs. Tennie   Rape           9 Oct. 1902    13 October 1941  
Rape          William       D.             2 Aug. 1872    3 Jan. 1959      Father
Rape          Susie         E.             10 Nov. 1873   6 Mar 1940       Mother
Mayfield      Murl          Adams          10 Feb. 1908   10 June 1997     
Mayfield      Gordon                       12 June 1905   22 May 1991      
Mayfield      Kenneth       Eugene         17 May 1930    27 May 2007      2nd Lt. US Army Korea
Watt          Henry                        16 Jan 1880    17 May 1968      
Irwin         Martha        L.             23 Jan. 1874   28 Dec. 1943     
Irwin         Samuel        D.             23 Dec. 1866   2 March 1949     
Irwin         Alta          Mae            26 Aug. 1902   27 Dec. 1996     
Irwin         Samuel        R.             25 Sept. 1895  16 Aug. 1986     
Dean          Oleta                        16 Dec. 1939   16 Dec. 1939     Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. F.C. Irwin. Asleep at birth
Poe           Dorothy       Rushing        27 Oct. 1927   25 Aug. 2007     
Rushing       Elisie        Artie          5 March 1896   21 Dec. 1964     
Rushing       Lee                          19 March 1896  3 Dec. 1976      Elsie and Lee Married 24 Dec. 1916
Moreman       Lula          Belle Rushing  31 Dec. 1894   15 Dec. 1986     
Rushing       Susie         A.             1874           1959             Mother
Rushing       Sherman       L.             1860           1936             Father
Bridges       Malcolm                      27 April 1913  unknown          
Bridges       Juanita       R.             16 Dec. 1919   8 Oct. 1978      Married 2 Feb. 1941. Parents of Janet and Ray
Wright        Jimmie        Lee            16 June 1921   17 Dec. 1971     Texas. Cpl. Co. K, 349 Infantry, WWII



Additional Comments:
Cemetery was originally located behind the Fairview Methodist Church (name later
changed to Rushing Chapel). Church was a two story structure built in the late
1920's on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Rushing. It burned in the 1940's.
(Reference: Floyd County History 1876-1979)

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