Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries [Thanks to Shari Jones for updates.] George Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Still Active GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.7006, Longitude: -96.2275 Latitude: 31.700N, Longitude: -96.227W Directions: Located midway between Teague and Fairfield, about two miles north of US Hwy 84 on Clay Hill Road across from the Fairfield County Club. Near the Clay Hill community. From Fairfield, go west on US Hwy 84. Turn right on Clay Hill Road. The old Clay Hill church is on the left just before Walthall Creek. After crossing Walthall Creek, George Cemetery is on the right. Rains on the cemetery drains to the northeast into Sneed Creek. (Driver Cemetery is also in the general area, but on the other side of 84.) Cemetery is enclosed with chain link fence and has "George Cemetery" over its entry. Oldest Grave: Jan 21, 1867 Lavena George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson, John 01/01/1902-06/22/1943 Anderson, Quincy Dora 01/29/1890-05/26/1957 Anderson, Tommy 07/15/1898-11/07/1962 Bailey, Aubyne L[ove (Watkins)] 06/23/1914-06/05/1977 w/o Luther Bailey, Luther D[ill] 03/21/1911-01/03/1987 h/o Aubyne Blount, Dora Vida "Pat" 07/06/1903-02/21/1985 w/o Gadie Blount, Gadie Emmett 03/31/1894-12/21/1987 h/o Dora Bonnerup, Charles B. 10/26/1915-06/21/2001 *O*; AMM2 US Navy WWII Bonnerup, Clara Faye [(West)] 09/28/1922-05/31/1987 [maiden name from his obit] Brown, Quannah Don 04/22/1947-04/01/2015 Dushane, Mattie Fannie 11/20/1934-02/06/1935 Fagan, Infant (no date) [unmarked or overlooked] George, Albert 03/10/1874-10/16/1878 s/o J.A. & M.J. [BM] George, Annice E. 12/15/1879-01/06/1884 d/o Hugh & Sarah George, Annie L[ou] House 02/14/1870-01/17/1906 w/o J.C. George, Baby Girl 06/16/1968-06/16/1968 d/o Johnnie & Phyllis George, Baby Girl 03/10/1900-03/10/1900 George, Billy W[ayne] 09/11/1933-06/03/1985 George, Bobby Dewayne 09/16/1935-03/22/2014 [unmarked or overlooked] George, Boyce O[dell] 05/31/1932-08/20/1932 George, Christopher C[hafin] 10/18/1873-07/03/1930 s/o Hugh George, Christopher G[auis] 11/15/1896-07/20/1972 George, Clyde 09/23/1902-10/11/1974 [unmarked] George, Clyde A. 04/15/1952-08/09/2006 George, Cora L. [(Fell)] 06/26/1933-06/15/2001 w/o Hilton George, Daryl Lee 07/25/1961-05/26/2021 George, Delmer Fred 04/08/1925-02/24/2006 *O*; CM2 US Navy WWII George, Frances Maurine [(Hedrick)] 09/29/1925-12/26/2001 [only funeral marker] George, Fred B. 08/09/1900-01/18/1912 s/o J.C. & Annie George, Hilton L[avon] 01/31/1927-04/23/1999 h/o Cora George, Hugh T[homas] 02/05/1820-11/11/1882 George, Infant Daughter 06/16/1968-06/16/1968 d/o Johnie & Phyllis; [unmarked] George, Infant Daughter 03/10/1900-03/10/1900 [unmarked] George, Jewell L[illian Jones] 05/31/1902-09/03/1978 w/o Odell George, John C. 10/07/1893-01/02/1944 George, John Chaffin 10/07/1868-01/12/1945 h/o Nancy A.; h/o Annie Lou George, John W. 10/01/1866-09/16/1955 [BM] George, Johnnie T[herris] 03/30/1923-03/28/1995 h/o Berle [Berle's death date is not filled in] George, Joseph T[aylor] 04/28/1890-09/22/1900 s/o J[ohn] C. & Annie George, Kerry Neal Sr. 06/13/1956-03/25/2007 [unmarked or overlooked] George, Lavina 08/08/1866-01/21/1867 d/o Hugh George, Lillian B. (Case) 10/22/1889-07/02/1969 [unmarked] George, Martin G[aius] 10/12/1917-04/29/1979 Tech. 4, US Army WWII George, Mildred Fay 07/27/1929-09/10/1986 [1st w/o of Delmer Fred] George, Nancy A.[Shelley] 02/25/1872-07/07/1949 w/o John Chaffin George, Odell 04/24/1898-08/29/1985 s/o Johnnie; h/o Jewell George, Ollie 04/11/1901-04/02/1902 d/o CC. & Sarah George, Roy G[lenn] Jr. 12/11/1955-11/13/1979 George, Samuel Z. 02/11/1876-09/27/1892 [s/o Hugh & Sarah] George, Sarah E[maline] Chaffin 03/23/1843-03/13/1923 w/o H.T. George, Steven G[aius] 02/05/1944-10/20/1979 US Army Vietnam George, Tammy April 04/10/1974-10/06/1975 "Our happiness" George, Travis L[eroy] 06/24/1939-02/05/2011 George, Ura Neal (Walthall) 06/26/1905-02/23/1995 [unmarked or overlooked] George, William G. 09/14/1895-10/03/1953 s/o John George, Willie 07/21/1872-07/21/1872 s/o H.T. & S.E. George, Wilmer Clyde Sr. 09/23/1902-10/11/1974 George, Wilmer Clyde, Jr. 10/01/1923-04/19/1997 Guinn, Baby Boy 12/18/1979-12/18/1979 [unmarked or overlooked] Haroski, Zudell [Irene] (George) 06/14/1920-10/09/2002 w/o John; m 6/23/1943 Haroski, John G[eorge] 06/23/1915-03/13/1989 h/o Zudell; m 6/23/1943 Hines, Landrum Thomas 09/15/1916-12/14/1998 House, [Robert] "Bob" [1833?]-03/09/1896 [h/o Jane Moore House; she is buried at Cade Cemetery] Jones, Jemima Allie (George) 1841- 1880 w/o John Thomas Jones Jones, Pvt. John Thomas 1839- 1885 Co H, 28th Texas Cav CSA Masters, Detri Wortham 02/02/1952-06/20/2015 Mitchell, J. W. "Dub" 08/08/1922-02/01/2008 h/o Lottie Mitchell, Lottie Rae (George) 08/24/1921-08/19/2002 w/o J. W. Mitchell, Minnie F. 01/17/1901-06/19/1986 Morris, Theodore Roosevelt 12/15/1912-09/24/1982 Reed, Albert S. 03/10/1874-10/16/1878 s/o J. A. & M. J. Reed Shelley, Albert L. 03/23/1876-09/01/1931 Spanish American War; Co F, 1st Ark Inf Shelley, Emma E[lizabeth George] 10/07/1893-01/02/1944 d/o John; w/o Albert Shelley, Eugene 12/11/1921-07/19/1994 A01 US Navy WWII Shelley, Oma Lue Carter 02/12/1919-12/27/1980 Smart, Kenneth, Sr 04/17/1951-06/09/2015 Smith, Kay Allen 11/22/1950-04/15/2014 Smith, Laura Lorene "Pat" Patterson 11/02/1909-02/23/2005 West, Annie Lou [(George)] 12/04/1903-09/10/1981 w/o Henry West, Henry G. 01/27/1901-04/05/1973 h/o Annie West, Lorena V[ista Wylie] 12/11/1915-09/14/2003 w/o Sam West, Sam L[loyd] 08/10/1910-08/23/1989 h/o Lorena Wortham, Baby Boy 01/01/1907-01/02/1907 s/o J.F. Wortham, Frank 1860-08/01/1901 [BM] Wortham, Hughie E. George 02/06/1871-04/13/1911 [unmarked or overlooked] Wortham, James Franklin 01/04/1869-08/?/1913 Wortham, Lloyd 1899-12/29/1929 Wylie, Frank A[lbert] 10/30/1912-09/14/1971 Wylie, Gracie Beatrice George 02/16/1892-12/20/1977 d/o John; w/o John Wylie, John W[illiam Sr.] 10/01/1866-09/16/1955 h/o Gracie; [unmarked or overlooked] Wylie, J[ohn] W[illiam Jr.] 02/02/1911-05/20/1923 5 unknown graves (3 were strangers passing through). ============================================================= 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 h&f = husband & father