Freestone County, Texas Cemeteries Oakes Cemetery [of Limestone County, Texas - just barely in Limestone County.] [For many years, the closest post office for many of the people was Donie in Freestone County. Also, the cemetery is near the county line.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status: Inactive Historical Marker: Oakes Cemetery This cemetery began with the burials of Mary C. Justice (d. 1861) and Roland Pair (d. 1865). It is located on land later owned by John Collins Oakes and his wife Winnie (Radford), who migrated here from Perry County, Alabama in the years following the Civil War with their family and prospered as landowners and farmers. John Oakes died in 1876, and in 1891, Winnie formally set aside the graveyard. Since then, Oakes family descendants and others in the community have helped maintain the site, expanding it in 1950 and relocating the former Sanders Creek Church Chapel from Fairoaks Community to be used for funerals. Meetings and other gahterings, including an annual memorial service. A non-profit corporation now provides support for the cemetery's care. Graves include those of the Bond, Justice, Little, Martin, Morton, Oakes, Reed, Turner and other longtime community families. Early funeral customs are evidenced by the use of curbed plots and the presence of obelisks and other vertical tombstones. The hopes, faith and family ties of those interred here are reflected in the inscriptions. Still in use, Oakes Cemetery serves as an important reminder of the area's poineer heritage. Chapel Building: Was the former Sanders Creek Church Chapel from Fairoaks Community of Limestone County. Cemetery Gate: Iron framed gateway with "Oakes" overhead is painted white. General Location: near Donie. Driving Directions: Between Groesbeck and Buffalo on 164. Turn southward on County Road 802 (continuing onto Lcr 840). After a mile turn left on Lcr 836. After .2 miles it is on the left. Number of Graves: Oldest Marked Grave: 1861 Mary C. Justice ------------------------------------------------------------- Bateman, Ritha Marie Coleman 12/04/1920-05/11/2003 Beasley, Infant of Mr. & Mrs. J. R. ?-? Blackmon, Benjamin Sanford 08/26/1866-01/06/1906 Blackmon, Birda Loulan 05/20/1902-04/19/1996 Blackmon, Cornelia Kate 12/06/1893-06/29/1895 Blackmon, Exer Irene 09/23/1897-08/08/1899 Blackmon, Jessie Lee (Justice) 02/27/1872-11/15/1957 Blackmon, Marcus Obediah 01/05/1899-06/12/1926 Bond, Annah Z. 01/22/1878-??/19/1880 d/o J.A. & L.A. Bond, Bunyan 1884- 1907 [Note- tombstone only says Bunyan] Bond, Delilah M. 02/11/1878-07/23/1885 Bond, John A. "Jack" 1851- 1898 Bond, John E. 1879- 1897 Bond, Lucy Ann Oakes 11/22/1851- 1929 Bond, Martha Lee 1886- 1979 Bond, William Silas 10/09/1881-03/31/1963 Bond, Willie Agnes 06/17/1889-09/18/1891 Bradley, Milton A 07/03/1942-? h/o Sharon Bradley, Sharon A 03/05/1947-? w/o Milton Bryant, Charles R 10/24/1931-11/02/1983 h/o Glenda Bryant, Glenda Mondell Oakes 02/27/1933-? w/o Charles Bushman, Ronny Lee 1958-09/22/2011 [only funeral marker] Christie, Clara May Partlow 01/28/1919-11/01/1989 Christie, Omar Jay 12/08/1909-04/25/1987 Coleman, Mallie Ada Little 10/23/1897-11/18/1988 Collier, Dane Leonard 08/30/1958-? Collier, Jackson 02/22/1911-05/14/1990 Collier, Rubye Jane Oakes 08/26/1915-01/05/2012 Coslin, Bobbie Vern Little 08/14/1943-02/17/2012 Craig, Coy Lee 12/03/1909-11/17/1985 Craig, Doris Allene Oakes 10/12/1919-04/05/1997 Ferguson, Edna Dell Oakes 03/11/1919-06/17/1991 Ferguson, Thomas Wilson 02/22/1919-06/26/1989 Freese, Christell Oakes 1912-12/18/2002 Fulton, Viola Maybelle "Mabel" Oakes 04/15/1891-08/03/1978 Gantt, Ammie 11/19/1889-12/21/1937 Gibson, Lillie Dale Justice 12/15/1873-12/28/1905 Gibson, Walter Patrick 1872- 1901 Glispin, Nellie Corrine Oakes 08/20/1926-04/17/2005 Glispin, Thomas G. 12/18/1918-05/08/1988 Hancock, Mark Lee 04/11/1960-12/31/2010 Harriman, Grace Truman Bond 08/06/1912-11/26/1996 Harriman, William Joseph 07/22/1912-09/28/1951 Harrison, Lizzie (Oakes) 09/03/1878-02/15/1961 [no marker known] Herring, Eva Jo Ainsworth 10/16/1923-07/07/1976 Herring, Wilmer E 12/18/1919-09/01/1960 Johnson, Son 01/30/1899-02/20/1899 Justice, Birda Piccaddilly "Dilla" 02/04/1882-07/01/1888 Justice, Harrell Glenn 07/02/1920-05/28/1967 Justice, Hazel Christine 11/27/1917-01/29/2010 Justice, Lurley Lee Oakes 05/27/1891-06/05/1957 Justice, Marcus Anthony 01/27/1880-10/24/1960 Justice, Mary C 1845- 1864 Justice, Mary Ann Jane Ward 10/??/1819-06/03/1874 [birth date is hard to read] Justice, Nancy Clementine Cowart 11/25/1848-12/03/1915 Justice, Odediah ??/??/1810-01/02/1884 [birth date is hard to read] Justice, William George 02/18/1843-04/16/1921 Lansford, Joe Wyman 01/27/1925-12/29/1985 Lansford, Margaret Morton 12/10/1924-03/29/1985 Lewis, Linda Sue 07/23/1969-07/23/1969 Lewis, Margaret Ann 02/18/1966-03/23/1970 Little, Arvin E 06/26/1893-09/29/1898 Little, Clara Ann Tacker 12/15/1869-06/29/1954 Little, Daniel B 02/27/1865-02/12/1893 Little, Francis Marion 09/16/1860-06/27/1934 Little, Francis Olly "FO", Jr 09/30/1920-06/04/2002 Little, Francis Olly 08/16/1895-02/13/1979 Little, Gertrude Elizabeth Burroughs 04/24/1903-02/01/1980 Little, Granberry Harrison 05/04/1863-04/19/1946 Little, Infant 09/03/1903-07/26/1905 Little, J O, Jr ?-10/21/1958 Little, Jonathan Obediah 02/09/1900-02/21/1975 Little, Martha Virginia Justice 11/10/1867-11/17/1949 Little, Mary Frances Cundiff 10/06/1914-04/23/1970 Little, Nelta Lynn Sims 08/16/1934-? Little, Willa Dean 08/08/1929-03/05/2007 Martin, Benjamin Franklin 02/25/1840-05/11/1917 Martin, Claiborne Jackson 02/04/1815-12/16/1892 Martin, Eddie A 10/01/1910-01/28/1986 Martin, Elizabeth B Kelly 03/03/1818-11/24/1903 Martin, Essie Irene 11/26/1907-05/12/1984 Martin, Jackson L 10/12/1856-07/26/1875 Martin, M J 02/06/1843-03/13/1909 Martin, Mittye Augusta Oakes 02/11/1898-07/14/1975 Martin, Verner Lee 06/26/1907-01/30/1986 McClosin, ?-? [marker hard to read] McClosin, Bennie F 06/14/1912-02/21/1981 McClosin, Mollie F 1914- 2002 McDuffie, Clifton Reginold "Pete" 03/16/1909-06/08/1988 McDuffie, Clifton Wayne 06/03/1938-07/17/1956 McDuffie, Gladys Leona (Oakes) 01/16/1911-02/07/1954 Mills, Ada Belle Tacker 07/28/1876-03/24/1919 Mills, Bertha Leonard 07/01/1891-08/25/1892 Mills, Charles Newton 03/12/1860-11/27/1927 Mills, Dovie 07/18/1898-07/13/1989 Mills, Lula Marietta "Etta" Oakes 11/11/1862-01/06/1915 Mills, Robert L. 02/07/1896-09/04/1900 Mills, Thelma 1906- 1906 Mills, Thomas Burton 04/01/1875- 1952 Morton, Albert Lee 04/25/1930-07/08/1985 Morton, Ann Gibson 08/12/1934-? Morton, Claude Cudge 11/23/1892-10/19/1970 Morton, Dorothy Bauhof Presley 11/19/1921-09/28/2006 Morton, Horace Millard 02/25/1927-10/24/2009 Morton, Pearl ?-? Nelson, Clyde E 03/13/1930-02/28/1989 Nelson, Shirley A 11/01/1936-? Nick, John 1961- 2011 Oakes, Adolphus Melvin 10/20/1869-10/19/1889 Oakes, Adolphus Radford 01/17/1854-05/??/1927 Oakes, Alvis Lee 11/20/1910-10/25/1995 Oakes, Andrew C. 06/20/1895-06/11/1897 Oakes, Andrew Jackson 10/27/1845-11/19/1919 Oakes, Andrew Lavelle 07/29/1885-11/08/1953 Oakes, Archie Claborn 05/26/1903-02/22/1973 Oakes, Arlene Brotherton 03/10/1912-08/23/2002 Oakes, Benjamine Harris 04/14/1921-10/28/1922 Oakes, Bessie Hazel Craig 04/01/1915-01/25/2003 Oakes, Bessie Lorena Turner 02/14/1892-12/09/1963 Oakes, Birt 1886- 1963 Oakes, C. Wadean 06/20/1935-06/27/1935 Oakes, Carrie Lucy Irene 03/30/1907-12/29/1909 Oakes, Cecil Ray 08/20/1927-08/03/1958 Oakes, Clarence W. 10/16/1905-04/13/1973 Oakes, Cynthia Jane Rankin 04/??/1874-??/??/1959 Oakes, Darla Kaye Simpson 11/18/1942-? w/o Milton Oakes, Elizabeth 09/??/1875-02/??/1961 Oakes, Ella Mae Hudnall 1916-05/26/1961 Oakes, Elva Ellis 05/01/1910-11/30/2008 Oakes, Geneva 10/17/1885-07/18/1956 Oakes, George Colly 05/17/1884-03/12/1958 Oakes, George Early 10/25/1908-12/04/1997 Oakes, George Watters 09/09/1843-11/22/1917 Oakes, Glyn Leslie 01/06/1914-04/19/1983 Oakes, Harland Jack 01/24/1915-01/16/1994 Oakes, Hazel Maurice (Goodrich) 06/29/1919-06/07/2011 Oakes, Ida V. Bond 07/??/1885-??/??/1970 Oakes, Infant ?-? Oakes, Infant ?-10/20/1911 Oakes, Infant son 02/15/1932-02/15/1932 Oakes, Infants ?-? Oakes, James Harlan "Jim" 10/15/1878-04/25/1952 Oakes, James Madison 10/27/1841-03/10/1919 *D* Oakes, Jasper Artie 1894- 1958 Oakes, Jennie 07/26/1893-10/06/1933 Oakes, Jessie Boyd 1883- 1885 Oakes, Jo Ann McCoslin 05/30/1939-? Oakes, John C. 03/21/1918-? Oakes, John C. 1905-03/06/1982 Oakes, John Collins 06/02/1813-06/26/1876 Oakes, John Dennis 10/09/1847-09/19/1907 Oakes, John E. "Johnnie" 12/27/1881-05/03/1882 Oakes, Juanita P. 11/24/1912-03/01/1999 Oakes, Lenard 07/20/1894-06/03/1896 Oakes, Leonidas 12/25/1877-01/14/1957 Oakes, Lera Jean Bervell 09/22/1928-06/03/1985 Oakes, Lucille Story 08/20/1910-01/09/2000 Oakes, Malinda O. Martin 08/24/1843-07/09/1888 Oakes, Martin L. 10/11/1881-10/09/1946 Oakes, Mary Winfred "Winnie" Radford 01/26/1820-10/30/1905 Oakes, Maude Johnson 10/31/1868-11/09/1956 Oakes, Milton Ray 05/13/1938-? Oakes, Morris Weldon 01/30/1909-01/31/1956 Oakes, Myrtie Pernecia (Reed) 11/22/1888-11/18/1930 Oakes, Neal Ray 05/28/1936-12/12/2008 Oakes, Nelda Jo 01/01/1946-06/08/2000 Oakes, Patricia Ann ?-09/29/1944 Oakes, Paul Reed 12/26/1927-12/20/2004 Oakes, Permelia Elizabeth (Boyd) 06/13/1856-12/24/1913 Oakes, Phelon E 06/24/1869-01/31/1916 Oakes, Quinnie Ann Cowart 07/18/1854-11/08/1899 Oakes, Quinton Cloman 09/08/1928-01/19/1949 Oakes, Robert E. Lee 1888- 1891 Oakes, Robert L. 07/07/1900-07/20/1900 Oakes, Sadele Durham 08/01/1925-? Oakes, Sherrill Breard 01/06/1917-02/28/1981 Oakes, Tempe Lenora Martin 03/07/1848-09/14/1888 Oakes, Thomas Ciscero "Tommie" 10/13/1914-11/02/1999 Oakes, Thomas Wesley 02/24/1888-01/13/1968 Oakes, W T ?-? Oakes, Wade 08/13/1887-07/10/1888 Oakes, Wesley Lynn 11/03/1936-11/29/2001 Oakes, William Clifton, Jr 01/21/1953-07/29/2008 Oakes, William Clifton, Sr 1912-09/06/1976 Oakes, William Jesse 01/03/1893-03/14/1970 Oakes, Willie B. 04/16/1901-04/09/1952 Oakes, Wreatha Jewel 12/27/1914-08/27/1996 Page, Mrs Annie Laura Weaver 09/07/1893-01/13/1929 Pair, Ethel Little 04/13/1891-07/23/1982 Pair, Lettie ?- 1865 Pair, Roland ?- 1865 Parker, Eugene Riggs 06/05/1911-08/07/1993 Parker, Martha Reed 06/29/1921-03/10/2009 Parner, Lorena ?-? Parner, Vera L 03/10/1896-11/09/1896 Raper, Brian Ronald 04/13/1971-07/13/1989 Reed, Carmon 10/16/1905-12/16/1982 Reed, Chester 06/17/1902-06/07/1968 Reed, Clement Coy 07/01/1914-11/18/1967 Reed, Earley 06/30/1892-06/03/1978 Reed, Elkanah Moffett 05/01/1873-10/19/1951 Reed, Elzirah Malvina 1880- 1960 Reed, Gondal 11/16/1928-01/03/1945 Reed, Infant ?-03/18/1925 Reed, Irene 09/11/1906-12/02/1906 Reed, Ivis Cicero 09/11/1905-01/12/1995 Reed, Lemuel C. 12/22/1862-04/24/1905 Reed, Lemuel Chester 06/17/1902-06/07/1968 Reed, Lewis E, Jr 1949- 1950 Reed, Lewis Elkanah 11/03/1909-10/22/1981 Reed, Louisa Elizabeth Goodrich 07/14/1924-04/22/2012 Reed, Mary Helon Justice 01/04/1869-11/07/1949 Reed, Maude Beatrice Turner 04/01/1895-11/09/1972 Reed, Mondell Oakes 01/24/1909-10/17/1967 Reed, Neal Clifton 02/26/1907-11/05/1932 Reed, Phillip Marshall ?-07/21/1981 Reed, William Bradly 12/20/1979-06/28/1985 Reed, William Cicero "Cy" 02/13/1921-11/29/1999 Reed, Wilmoth JoAnn 1938- 1940 Rhea, Joe Rex 07/14/1947-04/27/2003 Rhea, Kathy Marie Oakes 02/19/1948-? Robbins, Amanda Tabitha Singleton 04/26/1872-05/10/1946 Robbins, Daniel Frank 02/01/1893-11/19/1965 Robbins, Rev William P 1865-08/13/1938 Robbins, Winne Jane 08/09/1899-03/09/1935 Shavers, Fred Robert, Jr 02/01/1925-04/24/2006 Shavers, Opal D. Oakes 02/01/1924-01/07/2004 Slaughter, Henry C 1863- 1914 Slaughter, Ophelia J 1882- 1984 Stone, Daniel Wayne "Bubba" 03/16/1973-11/18/2006 Taylor, Billy Lester 09/23/1913-02/04/1986 Taylor, Marie 08/05/1914-02/04/1976 Thompson, James Franklin 10/12/1919-03/18/1987 Thompson, Mildred Oakes 09/27/1921-12/31/2008 Turner, Altha Ione Oakes 04/19/1878-01/04/1959 Turner, Ethel Caledonia "Callie" Oakes 01/21/1887-03/13/1917 Turner, Garland C 09/11/1915-04/05/1995 Turner, George Pleasant 04/26/1876-11/25/1950 Turner, James Guy 01/05/1904-11/28/1921 Turner, James W 01/27/1950-08/06/2001 Turner, Louise Ketherine Novak 01/13/1922-02/27/2007 Turner, Mable 12/31/1912-06/14/1914 Turner, Robert Claude 04/27/1882-05/13/1959 Turner, Zuella Vesuvious Oakes 06/30/1880-04/15/1935 Watson, Mondelle Little 10/16/1927-? Williams, Claudette Morton 07/23/1936-? Williams, Elbert Hayes, Jr 06/11/1933-02/07/1992 York, John Orville 08/19/1924-05/19/1979 York, Phyllis Charlene Little 12/13/1928-03/24/2013 ============================================================= 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 *C* = Calculated date based on death date - age given in years and months and days. 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