Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries [Note: There is also Fairfield Methodist and Fairfield cemeteries in Fairfield.] Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (a.k.a. Fairfield Baptist Cemetery) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Active Last Updated: 12 May 2007 Partial photo survey done 10 May 2007. Gate entry on NW side. Missing last 1/3 in SE corner. Last photo done was of Georgia Kelley. Sign: Fairfield Baptist Cemetery P.O.Box 1085 Fairfield, TX 75840 (903) 389-7458 (903) 389-7543 (903) 389-2298 Note - This cemetery is on soggy ground. Background: This African American cemetery serves as a burial ground for residents of Fairfield. It is typically associated with Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church on Huckaby Street in Fairfield where currently Rev. A. L. Thibodeaux resides as pastor. Funeral services are also sometimes held at New Zion Baptist Church located near the Post Oak community south of Fairfield although Mount Zion has its own burial grounds. Common funeral homes that bury here are Moore's Angelic Funeral Home at 406 Monroe Street in Teague, TX 75860, Emanuel Funeral Home of Palestine, Teague, and Crockett, TX., and Capps Memorial Chapel of Fairfield. Location: 1/2 mile E-SE of the Freestone County courthouse in Fairfield. The city is located in the city limits. Directions: Texas Hwy #84 East, turn right on Oak Street in Fairfield. Go past the Freestone County TX Agriculture Life building. Bend left, staying on Oak Street rather than going onto Hillcrest Lane. Cemetery is past the bend about 100 yards on the right. Located near the baseball fields of the Fairfield Senior High School. Oldest Marked Grave: Joe Gillespie in Dec 23, 1880 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ???????, ????? 03/03/1888 - 01/08/1910 broken stone Averhart, Fletcher 1906 - 1973 dates hard to read Averhart, H.O.? May 190? - 1996 very hard to read Bailey, Mrs. Lue Gima? 10/22/1913 - 05/30/1993 age 79; Emanuel f.h. Barnes, Claud 10/09/1891 - 03/09/1931 Barnes, Jerry 03/01/1877 - 03/27/1934 *D* Barnes, Jerry Jr. 07/28/1907 - 07/26/2000 Mason Barnes, Natt 04/22/1922 - 02/06/1955 TX PFC SVC Btry 969 FA BN WWII Barnes, Natt Jr. 03/17/1943 - 02/14/1961 *D* Barnes, Willis 08/08/1874 - 06/22/1936 "Gone but not forgotten" Barrow, Aruby 05/02/1899 - 08/29/1983 h/o Nettie Barrow, Linnie V. 1905 - 1963 "At Rest"; Concrete Barrow, Nettie [05/??/]1885 - [10/04/]1978 w/o Aubrey Beans, Saddie 01/30/1898 - 11/05/1951 Beck, Naomi Gertrude [Willis] Beck 09/18/1928 - 03/14/2005 *O*; age 79; Moore's f.h. Betts, McDuffe 12/14/1913 - 03/28/1982 m 06/05/1943 Betts, Willie Bee 04/17/1925 - 03/16/1997 m 06/05/1943 Brown, Alexandria Haley 02/09/1991 - 03/24/2002 d/o Delois and Ulysses Carter, Hence 1914 - 1970 Carter, Mamie 1905 - 1973 Carter, Willie 05/10/1889 - 11/11/1984 90 yrs Collins, Roger 04/15/1921 - 12/23/1987 *O* Cooper, Annie Lee 05/10/1916 - 05/03/1995 "Mother" Cooper, Chatty Womack 10/01/1919 - 03/24/1954 Cooper, Dan 07/10/1917 - 10/08/1984 *D* Cooper, Frank 10/05/1915 - 10/20/2003 h/o Lela; *O*; "Daddy" Cooper, Joe Frank 12/13/1935 - 04/07/2008 *O* Cooper, Peter Jr. 07/21/1912 - 09/29/1985 Cooper, Willie 06/12/1917 - [02/20/]1966 *D* Cornish, Charlie 1887 - 1977 Cornish, Johnnie 1903 - 1922 *1* Cornish, Viola 1887 - [09/29/]1962 *D* Cosby, Annie Mae Whitaker 11/04/1922 - 08/05/1987 Daily, Penola 04/25/1918 - 04/30/2002 "In Loving Memory" Daniel, Edward William 08/15/1893 - 03/03/1952 TX PFC 332 Service BN OMC WWI Daniels, ????? 10/2?/189? - 01/20/???? Daniels, Carl E. 11/03/1918 - 11/21/1975 h/o Jarah Lee Daniels, Charlie W. 06/04/1914 - 09/11/2004 h/o Zora Daniels, Claude 10/26/1891 - 01/20/1934 h/o Minnie Lee Daniels, Gleneham 07/16/1956 - 08/19/1959 Daniels, Jarah Lee 11/12/1921 - ? w/o Carl E. Daniels, Leneda 08/16/1956 - 09/19/1958? Daniels, Minnie Lee 11/06/1892 - 10/12/1966 w/o Claude Daniels, Zora B. 09/29/1922 - ? w/o Charlie Datson, Ellen 1860 - 1919 broken stone Datson, Esam 1883 - 1944 Davis, Darrell W. 02/19/1959 - 04/10/1960 Concrete marker Davis, Elmer 11/25/1922 - 08/30/1994 US Army WWII Davis, Jerry Lee 1956 - 1977 PFC US Army Vietnam Davis, Willie 02/27/1927 - 03/09/1995 "Mother" Day, Jesse 1889 - 09/??/1935 Day, Liler May "Mamie" 04/24/1904 - 07/06/1985 Dietferer, Martha Burham 1937 - ? Dixon, Kellie Ann 1987 - 1987 Capps f.h. Donaldson, Nell 01/11/??05 - 12/15/??89 Douglas, Lou Emma Brown 08/17/1913 - 06/16/1958 Durham, Morris 04/04/1944 - 09/09/1991 Durham, Billy Ray 01/16/1941 - 10/29/2002 Durham, Ruby Jo 06/03/1922 - 01/28/2003 English, Jarah Lee 11/12/1921 - 08/05/2003 *O*; age 81; Emanuel f.h. Fan, Troy 11/21/1885 - 07/18/1922 Fantroy, Fannie 08/24/1876 - 02/27/1966 *D* Fantroy, Jim 11/15/1849 - 07/18/1922 Fantroy, Gloria Fay 01/04/1949 - 03/14/1957 *D* Gabriel, Martha 08/15/1928 - 11/02/1975 Garden, Boykin 08/22/1882 - Unknown Gariel, Lee L. 1895 - 1969 Gatson, Ellen ? - ? broken stone Gatson, Sam 12/05/1863 - 06/20/1944 "At Rest"; concrete Gilbreath, Joyce Laverne Hollowell 10/30/1930-02/13/1990 Gilbreath, Richard Donley, Jr 03/05/1932-06/19/1997 Gillespie, Joe 02/18/1807 - 12/23/1880 concrete Gillespie, Lois (Willis) 02/18/1930 - 02/01/1988 concrete; *O* Hailey, Ellen Edna 04/16/1924 - 01/21/1991 "On Earth" "In Heaven" Hailey, George Jr. 03/06/1915 - 03/15/2006 *O*; PFC US Army Hailey, L. C. "Sonny" 01/22/1953 - 12/20/2000 "Loving Son and Brother to 5 Sisters" Hailey, Tracie Dianne 02/20/1971 - 03/02/1980 Hale, Randy 04/29/??48 - 12/15/??89 Hargrove, Verdie Mae (Hatchett?) 07/21/1926 - 04/16/1994 *2*; Capps f.h. Harrison, Garfield 1893 - 1926 Hatcher, Bettie ??/??/1870 - ??/??/???? hard to read Hatcher, Carter 08/19/1895 - 11/23/1972 TX Pvt US Army WWI Hatcher, Clyde 05/17/1932 - 12/14/2003 *O*; h/o Eula Mae Hatcher, David 08/03/1913 - 03/24/1966 *D* Hatcher, Ella [Katie Vernon] 10/15/1879 - 12/24/1949 *D* Hatcher, Eula Mae 05/21/1934 - ? w/o Clyde Hatcher, Mary 06/21/1902 - 02/11/1988 Hatcher, Wesley 01/14/1902 - 02/22/1984 Hatcher, Pearlie Mae 03/05/1928 - 04/17/2008 Hatcher, Pinkie 02/23/1913 - ? Hayes, Bebekah 1913 - [11/11/]1931 *D*; concrete Hemphill, Katie B[ell] (Ransom) 02/27/1910 - 06/07/1988 *O* Hetther, Bettie illegible old stone Hill, Martha 05/10/1879 - 08/03/1951 Hill, Rubin 18?? - ? Hugle, Mary 03/28/1878 - 02/11/1962 *D* Hugle, Willis Jr. 06/12/1899 - 02/21/1972 *D* Hugle, Mada 04/23/1901 - 04/13/1988 Hugle, Willis Sr. 1861 - [07/28/]1946 *D* Hunter, Adolphus 03/17/1921 - 03/07/1985 *D* Hunter, Burks 1914 - [01/12/]1976 *D* Hunter, Martha 1897 - 1962 Hunter, May 1903 - 1984 Hunter, Ruby 02/03/1902 - 11/15/1985 Hunter, Teresa 1918 - ? Hunter, Walter 1888 - 1969 Ingram, Charlie 12/24/1879 - 11/03/1959 *D*; concrete marker Jackson, Roena 05/10/1911 - 07/28/1951 Jackson, Willie Lee 04/01/1926 - 05/17/1994 US Army WWII Jesse, Bertha 1899 - 1969 Johns, Lula 1890 - [05/16/]1971 *D*; concrete Jones, Jenritta 1891 - [04/05/]1975 *D*; concrete Jones, John 08/12/1912 - 11/28/1967 *D*; "Our Son" Johnson, Bettie 1849 - 04/23/1940 Johnson, David 03/25/1914 - 02/11/1996 US Army WWII Johnson, Edward Sr. ? - 05/29/2007 *O* Keaton-Lewis, Erma L. 08/09/1925 - 03/07/2002 Father Keeton, Albert 10/15/1904 - 07/06/1985 "Our Mother Dear"; pink granite marker Kelley, Georgia 03/02/1888 - 11/24/1918 Kelley, Henry 06/08/1882 - 08/07/1955 Kelly, Bob Ford 07/30/1917 - 02/04/1973 "Father" Kelly, Cubit 1867 - 19?? h/o Addie Kelly, Addie May (no dates) w/o Cubit Lee, Minnie 11/06/1892 - 10/13/1966 Leans?, Lawrence E. 06/19/1946 - 12/31/1987 concrete; *1* Lewis, David Z. 02/14/1946 - 06/02/1961 *5* Lewis, James ? - 1977 Lewis, Lozell Sr. 08/01/1928 - 01/07/2005 Moore's Angelic f.h. Lomas, Bertie 1849 - 1940 Love, George Ann 1862 - [03/02/]1948 *D*; *O* Manuel, Maggie Ransom 11/02/1895 - 11/02/1954 Martin, Mattie 1914 - 1983 Mayes, ? ? - ? obscured Mazon?, Frank 1919 - 1948 concrete marker; *4* McBay, Mary Ida [Lewis] 02/01/1903 - 12/23/1984 "Mother" McBay, Roosevelt 06/19/1905 - 03/15/1997 US Army McElro, Cora Cooper 1908 - 1964 McIlveer, J. P. 08/17/1908 - 07/20/1918 McIlveer, Ransom 1898 - 1934 son McIlveer, Roseta 1832 - 12/14/1930 98 yrs McIlveer, S. M. 1838 - 05/14/1915 McIlveer, William Rather 1865 - 1936 Mims, Mary ? - 1905 age 49 Moody, Annie 1865 - [01/18/]1938 *D* Moody, N. M. ? - ? broken stone Moody, Robert 08/03/1850 - 04/09/1924 Morris, Nettie Titus 05/10/1879 - 03/07/1939 "A loving mother.."; *6* Moseley, Maggie Manuel 04/10/1932 - 12/05/1958 Nealy, Vernia D. 01/04/1929 - 11/24/1997 "On Earth" "In Heaven" Norris, Henry 02/05/1893 - 03/03/1952 Perry, Cora 08/15/1895 - 07/24/1918 Preston, Curtis 04/21/1903 - 06/30/1983 "Father" Preston, Henry Lee 03/03/1942 - 03/21/199? S Sgt US Air Force Preston, John Curtis 04/27/1938 - 04/20/1991 "Beloved Husband and Father" Preston, Octura Kelly 04/10/1910 - 08/13/2001 "Mama Dear" Ransom, Leester 08/13/1910 - 01/01/2005 age 94; Moore's Angelic f.h. Ransom, Lewis 1834 - 1911 Ransom, Charlie 1835 - 1911 Ransom, Lester 08/13/1910 - 01/01/2005 *O* Ransom, Daniel ? - 1961 Ransom, Jim (no dates) Ransom, Jim Randon ? - 1961 Ranson, Yancy (no dates) Ranson, Ancle (no dates) "Mother" "God Is Love" Richard, Ardie Earl 10/25/1909 - 01/20/1988 h/o Rosie; *O* Richard, Rosie Lee (Tarlton) 08/22/1911 - 02/03/1985 w/o Ardie Richardson, Annie Phoeby 1905 - Unknown Roblow, Mary 06/14/1906 - 06/11/1971 Ross, Micheal 09/07/1994 - 07/23/2007 s/o Robert Earl & Rose Roy, Willis Sr. 11/02/1908 - 11/05/1974 Shelby, Ollie Fay 01/18/1898 - 05/06/1952 Smith, Moseby 10/29/1969 - 04/08/1949 Smith, Matlida 01/29/1869 - 02/25/1941 Smith, William 07/09/1896 - 06/19/1949 Smith, Robert 01/02/1906 - 07/27/1972 TX Pfc 3153 QM Svc Co WWII Sneed, Mattie 1869 - 1950 Sneed, Clifton 1950 - 1976 Sneed. Nettie 08/18/1950 - ? Sneed, John 1861 - 1935 Solomon, Mattie K[eaton] 10/14/1914 - 10/10/2006 age 91; Emanuel f.h. Solomon, Theodia 04/21/1913 - 06/05/2003 age 93; Emanuel f.h. Thompson, Eddie 1867 - 1912 Thompson, Eddie 1912 - 1961 "At Rest"; concrete marker Thompson, Eloise 03/16/1917 - 09/04/1992 Thompson, Heddly 1909 - 1970 concrete marker Thompson, Loumer 1911 - 1958 concrete marker Thompson, Mary 1903 - 1974 concrete marker Thompson, Virgil Ray 04/27/1950 - 08/04/1982 "Twin to Virginia Faye Thomas" Thornton, Ulisha 02/22/1922 - 10/19/1964 TX PFC US Air Force WWII Turner, Norwood James Jr. 01/03/1981 - 07/14/1998 Vernon, [Mr.] Eller 1861 - [08/21/]1921 *D* Vernon, Mattie 05/12/1896 - 09/31/1934 Warren, Willie Lee 11/09/1926 - 12/20/1984 Warren, Ollie Fay Shelby 01/18/1898 - 05/06/1952 Warren, Elizabeth 01/29/1872 - 02/20/1931 Warren, Robert 01/22/1919 - 02/03/1954 Warren, Laura 08/21/1896 - 04/22/1966 Warren, Willie 10/04/1904 - 05/12/1965 Warren, Deacon Henry 08/10/1874 - 01/18/1958 Washington, Betty Jean 04/16/1934 - 02/24/1988 w/o Morris; *O* Washington, Des'mond O'Shay 05/13/1990 - 05/14/1990 Capps f.h. Washington, H. C. ? - 12/??/2005 *O* Washington, Ida 07/07/1904 - 04/28/1978 Washington, Jim Billy 08/15/1889 - 03/12/1958 TX Cpl Co D 328 Svc Bn QMC WWI Washington, Morris J. Sr. 02/23/1929 - 05/28/1992 Sgt US Army Washington, Phylish 06/25/1888 - 05/07/1970 Washington, Andrew 11/15/1885 - ? Watson, Elnora 1895 - 1942 Watson, Theoliphus 1884 - [03/11/]1965 *D*; Ben Capps f.h. Whitaker, Mary 07/02/1888 - 02/28/1987 Wilder, Helen 1943 - 1985 Wilkins, Jesse 06/20/1902 - 03/11/1972 h/o Catherine Wilkins, Catherine E. 08/16/1916 - 01/27/1964 w/o Jesse William, Malone J. 09/30/1957 - 10/30/1983 Williams, Michael 09/30/1956 - 10/30/1983 age 27 Williams, W. A. Jr. 09/15/1955 - 11/18/1955 concrete marker Willis, Judy (single date 10/15/1939) concrete marker Willis, Roy Sr. 11/02/1908 - 11/05/1974 h/o Lillie; *3* Willis, Lillie B. 10/19/1910 - ? w/o Roy Wood, Mary 1866 - 1936 Yeldell, Pet 1905 - [01/06/]1978 *D*; Pvt WWII KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES Austin, Terra Mishic 10/26/1972 - 10/26/1972 d/o Nellie Ruth Cooper, Infant Son 08/24/1954 - 08/24/1954 s/o Willie Hatcher, Richard Bruce 01/18/1949 - 05/30/1952 s/o Wesley & Pinkie; *D* Henry, Infant Son 10/14/1963 - 10/14/1963 s/o Willie Hatcher, Pearlie B. Ransom 08/21/1918 - 07/29/1950 *D* *1* = "In Loving Memory. A loved one who was taken away too soon without memory there is no healing without forgiveness, there is no future family and friends. May 30, 2009." [A 1922 victim of vigilante justice. Marker erected by Betty Cochran, Monte Akers, and Mary Helen Malone.] *1* = *very hard to read* *2* = In front of Verdie Mae's tombstone is a funeral marker from Capps Memorial Chapel that says "Verdie Mae Hatchett" with same years. *3* = has additional concrete marker *4* = *very hard to read* *5* = pink granite, "David" written with letter "d"s facing wrong way. *6* = unusual emblem - "H. of J. F.N.D.O." ============================================================= LEGEND FOR CEMETERY LISTINGS: *O* = Obituary listed elsewhere on this site *D* = Death Certificate listed elsewhere on this site *B* = Biography listed elsewhere on this site *P* = Photo of tombstone on this website *S* = Social Security death index listed elsewhere on this site y = year; mo or m = month; d = day(s); h/o = husband of; h1/o = first husband of; h2/o = second husband of w/o = wife of; w1/o = first wife of; w2/o = second wife of m = married to d/o = daughter of; s/o = daughter of ? = unknown birth date or death date (based on position) x2 marker = single marker for two graves, typically married couples TX = Texas; Cav = Cavalry CO = Company; Reg = Regiment; WWI = World War I; WWII = World War II; CSA = soldier in the Confederate States of America f.h. = funeral home marker