Franklin Co., TX - Cemeteries - Rockhill Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jana Capps & Lois Bryan Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** ROCKHILL CEMETARY 1876 SUBMITTED BY JANA CAPPS AND LOIS BRYAN ROCKHILL CEMETARY IS LOCATED JUST OFF FM ROAD 3122 , APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MT. VERNON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS CEMETARY HAS A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS FOR CLEANUP AND IS VERY WELL CARED FOR. MORE GRAVES HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE THE WRITING OF THE TEXAS HISTORICAL PLAQUE WAS PLACED THERE. THIS MEMORIAL EDIFACE GIVEN BY LORENE (KINARD) MERRILL IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER MOTHER, HATTIE LEE MULLINS KINARD, AND AS A TRIBUTE TO ALL WHOSE LIVES TOUCHED THIS COMMUNITY. THEREBY, CONTRIBUTING TO ITS IMMORTALITY . MEMORIAL DECIATED THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY 1979, TO THE PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE OF ROCK HILL COMMUNITY AND THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF ALL WHO REPOSE IN THESE HALLOWED GROUNDS. TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION THIS BURIAL GROUND SERVED THE FARMING COMMUNITY OF ROCKHILL, SETTLED AFTER THE CIVIL WAR (1961-65). THE HIGH CHILDHOOD MORTALITY RATE OF THAT ERA ACCOUNTS FOR MANY GRAVES HERE. EARLIEST KNOWN BURIED WAS MARY HITCHENS, WHO DIED ABOUT 1875 AT AGE 12. OLDEST DATED STONE MARKS THE GRAVE OF TWO YEAR OLD WILLIE TERRELL (D. 1881). OF THE 148 KNOWN GRAVES, 90 ARE UNMARKED. A CEMETARY COMMITTEE BOUGHT THIS SITE IN 1919. LIKE MANY RURAL SETTLEMENTS, ROCKHILL BEGAN TO DECLINE IN THE 1930’S DEPRESSION. THE COMMUNITY’S CHURCHES AND SCHOOL VANISHED, BUT THE CEMETARY REMAINS A LINK TO THE PAST. BARBEE, BILLY G. MAY 28, 1932 SEPT. 24, 2002 BURTON, MARSHAL E. 1897 1941 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BURTON, S. O. MAR. 15, 1860 DEC. 13, 1943 BURTON, N.C. APR. 14, 1860 APR. 29, 1929 LOVED ONE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BLAIR, LAURA LEE AUG. 2, 1955 OCT. 23, 1996 BATES, BELDA DEC. 17, 1905 JUNE 27, 1931 AT REST CARLILE, PETER SEPT. 7, 1905 OCT. 2, 1888 SON OF W.C. & M. CARLILE CARLILE, MARY STONE MAR. 8, 1863 AUG. 13, 1932 WIFE OF W. C. CARLILE CLARK, EDGAR E. MAY 25, 1915 OCT. 12, 1990 MARRIED APR. 24, 1943 CLARK, PARAH TRIMBLE JAN. 9, 1914 JULY 17, 1996 DAVENPORT, CHARLES M. JAN. 1, 1872 MARCH 8, 1889 SON OF PPL & MA DAVENPORT DURHAM, ROBERT LEE MAY 31, 1931 NOV. 25, 1998 DURHAM, GLENDA KENNEDY SEPT. 21, 1935 --------------- FRANKLIN, LOUDIE OCT. 7, 1870 AUG. 11, 1890 DAUGHTER OF W. S. AND N. L. FRANKLIN THE DIMPLED HAND, THE RINGLET OF GOLD LIE IN A MARBLE SLEEP. GANDY, RESSIE M. NOV. 15, 1903 MAY 1, 1969 PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS PSALMS 116:15 GROGAN, EDNA A. DEC. 19, 1907 APRIL 27, 1997 IN LOVING MEMORY HOPPER, INFANT SON OF H.E. AND LAURA HOPPER B/D JAN. 27, 1888 HITCHENS, RACHEL D. APR. 18, 1848 APR. 16, 1926 AT REST HITCHENS, MARY 12 YRS OLD CIRCA 1876 FIRST GRAVE IN THIS CEMETARY HULSEY, HOLLEY J. AUG. 5, 1922 APR. 4, 2003 MARRIED JUNE 6, 1941 PFC US ARMY WW II HULSEY, MIRANDA AUG. 26, 1925 ----------------- HEARRON, HEATHER NICLOE MAY 27, 1992 JUNE 17, 1992 OUR SPECIAL BLESSING FOR A SHORT TIME ON EARTH FOR ETERNITY IN OUR HEARTS. HUFFMAN, GA BURDETTE SEPT 1, 1945 FEB. 3, 1997 US ARMY HALEY, TERRY RANDALL CHANCE MAY 1, 1989 MAY 5, 1989 SON OF BRETT & KARLA ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS, ALWAYS ON OUR MINDS HALEY, JUANITA -----19, 1935 AUG.---1999 HILL, “ALLEN” DALE MCRAE OCT. 3, 1963 SEPT. 21, 1989 25 YRS. 11 MOS. 18 DAYS SOME MEMORIES NEVER DIE HENDRICKSON, VIRGINIA L. AUG. 15, 1929 ------------------- HENDRICKSON, JOHN JR. SEPT. 21, 1922 JAN. 26, 2002 MARRIED JUNE 4, 1949 TEC5 US ARMY WW II GIBSON, PHILLIP EARL JULY 24, 1964 JUNE 19, 1994 GIPSON, NANCY A. JAN. 14, 1840 MAR. 15, 1928 JENNINGS, RONALD LEE SEPT 19, 1941 JAN. 29, 1989 SPR US ARMY VIETNAM JAGGERS, JOHN SEPT. 18, 1911 MAR. 28, 1917 SON OF MARVIN & CHLOE JAGGERS PLACED NOV. 25, 1973 BY HIS BROTHER ZACK JAGGERS, LITTLE SISTER AUG. 12, 1913 MAR. 14, 1914 DAUGHTER OF MARVIN & CHLOE JAGGERS PLACED NOV. 25, 1973 BY HER BROTHER ZACK JAGGERS, VELO AUG. 2, 1904 JULY 20, 1906 SON OF M. E. AND CHLOE JAGGERS JAGGERS, BEULAH JAN. 21, 1908 JUNE 8, 1918 DAU. OF G. W. AND E. J. JAGGERS JAGGERS, INFANT SON OF JOHN & JENNIE JAGGERS B/D FEB. 25, 1900 JAGGERS, LILLIAN MAY 15, 1911 AUG. 19, 1912 DAUGHTER OF H. J. AND L. P. JAGGERS JAGGERS, HASKELL APR. 5, 1934 OCT. 10, 1934 INFANT SON OF MR. & MRS. H. J. JAGGERS KINARD, HATTIE LEE FEB. 11, 1893 JAN. 21, 1929 SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS KING, JULIA JEAN JAN. 18, 1931 APR. 23, 1995 INLOVING MEMORY CHILDREN WAYNE, RENEE, ROBIN, MELODY, DANNA INFANT DAU. OF B. E. AND ROSA LEE OCT. 29, 1909 JAN. 9, 1915 KING, MINERVA 1877 1884 YOUNG DAU. OF CONFEDERATE VET PETER B. KING AND MINERVA KING OUR LITTLE ANGEL. REST IN PEACE LEE, S. M. 1849 1932 LEE, FANNIE 1863 1882 LAKE, RON T. DEC. 9, 1964 AUG. 17, 2002 LOVING HUSBAND, SON FRIEND TO ALL IF TEARS COULD BUILD A STAIRWAY AND MEMORIES A LANE, I’D WALK RIGHT UP TO HEAVEN AND BRING YOU HOME AGAIN. LOWRY, J.W. JAN. 18, 1847 FEB. 16, 1925 MILLER, MINNIE LEE AUG. 22, 1899 SEPT. 5, 1927 MILLER W. J. CO K 9 ARK INF CSA MILLER ANN R. D. NOV. 8, 1922 WIFE OF W. J. MILLER MILLER, LEE SEPT. 28, 1904 SEPT. 28, 1918 SON OF R. J. AND N. E. MILLER COME YE BLESSED MILLER, LESTER MAR. 3, 1899 AUG. 15, 1899 SON OF A.J. AND ALICE MILLER MILLER, B/D JAN. 5, 1897 INFANT SON OF A. J. AND ALICE MILLER MILLER, MARY L. WIFE OF B. T. MILLER ASLEEP IN JESUS- BLESSED SLEEP McCOY, G. LOUISE SEPT. 4, 1927 APR. 20, 2003 McCOY, DONALD M. JULY 21, 1911 MAY 21, 1981 MARR, PAULINE “POLLY” APR 21, 1900 OCT. 7, 1994 MICHAEL, BONNIE JEAN NOV. 11, 1935 DEC. 16, 2003 MICHAEL, WILLIAM T. JR. JAN. 21, 1934 MAY 24, 1997 CW 4 US ARMY MILLER, MARGIE F. OCT. 4, 1888 DEC. 31, 1919 WIFE OF B. T. MILLER MAHAFFEY, B/D MAY 23, 1911 INFANT SON OF C. W. AND F. M. MAHAFFEY MAHAFFEY, B/D MAY 8, 1910 INFANT DAUGHTER OF C.W. AND F. M. MAHAFFEY NEWKIRK, BESSIE TURNER JAN. 27, 1904 SEPT. 1, 1929 O’NEAL, BILLIE GLEN JAN. 10, 1927 JAN. 24, 1927 ORR, JASON SCOTT MAR. 11, 1975 JULY 29, 1981 OUR BELOVED SON PRATT, KENNETH W. DEC. 11, 1937 JULY 4, 1997 SSG US ARMY PRATT, BEVERLY J. JULY 2, 1944 ---------------- PERRY, H. R. JAN. 21, 1928 ------------ PERRY, LOUISE HECK APR. 26, 1927 -------------- PRICE, ALVIE LEE SR. JUNE 28, 1928 FEB. 1, 1991 PRICE, HELEN E THRUSH DEC. 4, 1932 ---------------- A MAN LOVED BY ALL RICH, LUTHER J. “BUDDY” JAN. 13, 1935 ---------------MARRIED FEB. 2, 1963 RICH, AVIS JANE MAY 22, 1937 ---------------- SEDBERRY, THOMAS DEC. 14, 1859 APR. 27, 1930 PRECIOUS MEMORIES STOCK S JULY 18, 1905 JULY 26, 1905 INFANT DAU. BORN TO I.M. AND D. I. STOCKS STOCKS, MARY JANE NOV. 11, 18?? 91 YRS. 10 MOS. 15 DAYS STOCKS, JOHN THOMAS AUG. 20, 1813 NOV. 11, 1941 STOCKS. THOS. H. JAN. 26, 1849 APR 28, 1918 STOCKS, LUCY A. JULY 31, 1851 FEB. 24, 1918 NO PAIN, NO GRIEF, NO ANXIOIUS FEAR, CAN REACH THE PEACEFUL SLEEPER’S HERE. SHADDOX, VANCE WAYNE OCT. 27, 1962 SPECIAL “WREN” CHILD SAUL, ELMER BOYCE JUNE 5, 1927 OCT. 11, 1995 S1 US NAVY WW II SCOTT, JAMES E. MAR. 6, 1942 DEC. 11, 2002 SCOTT, ETHEL V. SEPT. 16, 1942 ---------------- STOREY, J.JANE NOV. 8, 1918 DEC. 29, 2001 STOREY, CECIL M. MAY 27, 1912 JUNE 20, 1994 ON THE ROAD AGAIN SIMS, CURTIE V. MAR. 13, 1903 JULY 29, 1988 SIMS, ALTON H. OCT. 14, 1895 NOV. 2, 1943 SIMS, ROY ALTON SEPT. 3, 1926 ----------------- SIMS, ESTELLE NELSON OCT. 14, 1895 DEC. 6, 1997 FOR THE GOOD TIMES SEALY Z.T. B/D 1934 SON OF E. L. AND MEDIE SEALY SEALY DORIS 1935-1941 DAU. OF E. L. AND MEDIE SEALY SEALY, HENRY A 1943-1945 SON OF E. L. AND MEDIE SEALY SEALY, ODICE B/D 1946 SON OF E. L. AND MEDIE SEALY SEALY, MEDIE JAGGERS MAY 29, 1915 APR. 3, 1989 SEALY, EDWARD LONG NOV. 13, 1913 DEC. 24, 1999 SIMS, AUGUSTINE OCT. 30, 1888 JUNE 4, 1968 SIMS, HENRY JAN. 15, 1854 SEPT. 11, 1926 SIMS, BEATRICE 1868 -1954 SIMS, INFANT DAU. OF AUSTIN AND ERMA SIMS OCT. 7, 1918 SIMS, INFANT SON OF AUSTIN AND ERMA SIMS JUNE 7, 1922 THOMAS, ALLIS DEC. 14, 1888 MAY 23, 1892 TOWNSEND, IDA LEE DEC. 12, 1905 JUNE 12, 1912 DAU. OF J.L. AND ELLA TOWNSEND GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. BUDDED ON EARTH BLOOMED IN HEAVEN TITTLE, ELSIE JAN. 23, 1887 JAN. 12, 1888 DAU. OF H.W. AND A.J. TITTLE TRIMBLE, MABLE L. NOV. 9, 1916 MAY 10, 1990 TRIMBLE, DORSEY W. SR. JUNE 12, 1919 FEB. 8, 2003 MARRIED JULY 25, 1940 PFC US ARMY WW II TRIMBLE, DORSEY W. JR. “BUTCH” JULY 2, 1945 JAN. 26, 1980 TURNER, ROBBIE J. 1939-1943 TEDFORD, ROBERT 1859-1918 TEDFORD, DELLA 1870-1930 TERRELL, WILLIE H. APR. 4, 1879 JULY 11, 1881 DAU. OF J.C. & M. C. TERRELL VANHORN, W. PAUL OCT. 18, 1928 NOV. 7, 1965 TEXAS PFC US ARMY WW II VANHORN, DOYLE PAUL JUNE 9, 1909 FEB. 4, 1977 VANHORN, INA KRANTZ JUNE 11, 1910 NOV. 19, 1995 VANHORN, SANDRA D. GRAY DEC. 4, 1952 JAN. 15, 1953 VANHORN, W.A. MAR. 2, ----- MAR7, 1933 VANHORN, VERA V. OCT. 19, ---- OCT. 23, 1927 WILLEY, EARL C 1910-1980 MSGT US AIR FORCE WW II KOREA WALL, JOHN F. JULY 23, 1923 MAR. 18, 1992 WREN, DAVID JUDE FEB. 27, 1949 NOV. 27, 1995 WREN, RUTH ANN NOV. 2, 1942 -------------- WOODAL, KYLE LEE NOV. 24, 1984 -------------- OUR SPECIAL CHILD WHO LEAD US ALL CLOSER TO THE LORD WOODALL, NANCY JO APR. 8, 1946 ------------- LOVING MOTHER WOODALL, GERALD R “JERRY” MAR. 26, 1942 ---------- LOVING FATHER WOODALL, WESTON K “KIETH” OCT. 6, 1980 MAY 27, 2002 A WONDERFUL SON, A GREAT BROTHER, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, AND WILL LIVE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS, FOR YOU ARE NOW IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. ZIMM, CLEO AUG. 15, 1858 FEB. 17, 1902