Henderson County, Texas -- Union Cemetery ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** UNION CEMETERY CROSSROADS, TEXAS Transcribed April 2, 2002 By Dan Dyess Ddyess53@aol.com Cemetery also known as Union Chapel Cemetery. It is located on the West side of FM 59, 1.3 miles South of Jct of Fm 59 and FM 3441. The grounds are clean and well mowed. Phone numbers for cemetery inquiries are posted as (903)723-4854, (903) 675-3374, and (903)675,7478. Orientation: The cemetery is a long rectangle, the long side parallel the property line fence alongside FM 59. North - South. The cemetery has signs dividing it into sections A & B, with Section A the Northermost. The gate is towards the South end and the driveway turns north and loops through Section B and out the same gate. The cemetery has some small concrete numbered markers at gravesites but the gravesite numbers used herein have no correlation to them. Regardless of the inscriptions, I have listed all gravesites with the surname first and in caps. Section B South (between entrance gate/drive and South fence). Dbl. HENDRICKS 1. Walter L. Oct. 7, 1911 - 2. Dena Mae Apr.17, 1919 - May 14, 2000 3. FARMER, James Carlton; Pvt US Army Korea; Feb 14, 1931 - Dec 3, 1996. Dbl. FARMER 4. Elbert Jan 22, 1925 - Mar 17, 1984 5. Era Jan 16, 1909 - Nov 6, 1997 Dbl. ALMON 6. Johnnie Felix Feb 13, 1932 - Aug 27, 1997 7. No name inscribed. 8. ALMON, Michael E. Jan 2, 1959 - June 30, 1983 9. TOLBERT, Todd Mitchell Mar 1, 1964 - Jan 1, 1982 Dbl. TOLBERT 10. Charles E. Nov 18, 1929 - Sept 16, 1993 11. Allene M. July 30, 1935 - 12. YARBOROUGH, Robbie 1906 - 1989 (Funeral Home Marker) Dbl. COBB md. Aug 9, 1946 13. J. Nolan Jan 18, 1916 - Mar 9, 1980. Footmarker: Jasper Nolan Cobb, Cpl US Army WW II. 14. Wylma (Pete) - (no dates) Dbl. HOPE 15. John G. May 30, 1900 - Oct 4, 1980 16. Mamie T. Feb 17, 1908 - Oct 25, 1994 Dbl. HOPE 17. James H. June 27, 1927 - Dec 25, 1995 18. Lucille June 20, 1929 - End Section B South. Start Section B East, A small area between the driveway and the East Fence (highway). Numbers start from South end . Dbl. MEWBOURNE, "Slim & Eva" Children: Ward, Linda, Larry, Lesia. 1. Holland J. P. Jan 21, 1917 - Jan 5, 1992. Foot: Holland J.P. Mewbourne; Pfc USMC WW II. 2. Eva Mae June 30, 1920 - Dbl. DUNCAN md. July 26, 1952 3. Bobbie L. Aug 14, 1932 - May 15, 1999 4. Charlie D. Aug 14, 1930 - Dbl. STROUD 5. Louie W. Oct 21, 1906 - Aug 5, 1973 6. Eunice V. Mar 30, 1904 - May 8, 1976 Dbl. CALDWELL Md. July 16, 1953 7. James O. (B.C.) Nov 24, 1927 - Oct 24, 1997 8. Nina Ruth (Tolbert) June 18, 1930 - Nov 7, 1998 9. McCARTNEY, O. B. (Mac) Dec 27, 1923 - May 5, 1979. Foot: Oliver B. McCartney; SSGT US Army WW II. Dbl. TOLBERT 10. C. Emmet July 22, 1902 - Sept 19, 1977 11. Lois Nov 28, 1907 - Dec 20, 1987 Dbl. TOLBERT 12. Della Feb 18, 1878 - Dec 4, 1972 13. Charlie T. Jun 24, 1875 - Oct 28, 1966 14. TOLBERT, Ernest H. Feb 19, 1905 - Feb 12, 1986 Dbl. TOLBERT 15. J. T. 1916 - 1992 16. Jeannie 1927 - Dbl. PENNEY 17. Allen Alvin Oct 16, 1898 - Jan 7, 1974 18. Annie Fay Jan 1, 1905 - May 1, 1992 Dbl. PENNEY 19. Clyde H. June 11, 1916 - 20. Loice F. Aug 22, 1918 - Nov 25, 1967 Section B. - Center (between the two legs of the horseshoe shaped drive). Dbl. FARMER 1. Vernon L. Aug 4, 1926 - 2. Martha A. July 26, 1921 - Sept 26, 1999 3. GARCIA, Mitchell Allen July 5, 1994 "Our Little Angel" (assume this the death date of infant) 4. SNOWDEN, Elbert 1932 - 1995 (Funeral home marker) Dbl. SMITH md. Jan 27, 1955. 5. Bobby Dwayne May 27, 1937 - Jan 16, 1999 6. Melva Louise July 7, 1937 - May 22, 1995 7. MEWBOURNE. Coy 1913 - 1998 (Funeral fome marker). 8. MEWBOURNE, Bertha 1922 - 2001 (Funeral home marker). Dbl. SIMMONS 9. James B. 1904 - 1980 10. Thelma R. 1914 - 1979 Dbl. TINNIN parents of Lee and Lana 11. Larry Hugh 9 Sept. 1925 - 12. Mary Louise 20 Feb 1926 - 9 Sept 1971 13. FERGUSON, Mata Evans (Funeral home marker, no dates) 14. BEVEL, Tommy Dwayne; May 9, 1964 - Aug 18, 1989 "Bull Rider and Still Riding" (Foot marker says "DeWayne") Dbl. SHELTON 15. Charles J. Oct 2, 1884 - Jan 9, 1965 16. Katie S. July 18, 1884 - Apr 17, 1978 Dbl. BEVEL 17. Hughey P. May 26, 1934 - Apr 20, 1990 18. Oneita J. June 1, 1932 - May 22, 1995 20. HILL, Lula A. Feb 8, 1902 - Aug 25, 1983 Dbl. HILL 21. James A. 1874 - 1940 22. Frances Hodge 1885 - 1925 23. WHITENER, A. J. "Buff" Aug 22, 1907 - Feb 21, 1980 Dbl. COUNTS 24. LeRoy May 21, 1922 - Dec 1, 2000 Footmarker: US Army Air Forces World War II. 25. Sally C. Sept 28, 1935 - 26. COUNTS, Paul D. Sept 11, 1967 - June 9, 1993 End Section B Center. Start Section A. In this section, I started at the East Fence (along highway) with row numbers. Gravesites numbered from South to North. Note: Existing concrete numbers are from North to South but irregularly plav=ced and some missing. Row 1. Dbl. PARKER md. July 12, 1939. 1. Robert John Nov 1, 1913 - June 23, 1997 2. Evelyn E. Penney Jan 30, 1022 - Sept 26, 1999 Memorial Plaque with this site: Clyde W. Parker GMT 1 US Navy Vietnam Oct 31, 1943 - May 1, 1995. Dbl. REYNOLDS 3. James Claude Jan 21, 1902 - Mar 18, 1963 4. Alyene Feb 13, 1910 - Aug 22, 1986 Dbl. STEPHENS md. Oct 25, 1947. Our children: Sherrie and Mitchell. 5. Alton A. Oct 25, 1927 - 6. Joan Penney Feb 5, 1928 - Dbl. HOPKINS md. Dec 10, 1932. 7. Samuel E. Sr. Mar 27, 1911 - Dec 2, 1988 8. Rachel I. Dec 5, 1910 - 9. WHITENER, Joel D. Mar 23, 1946 - Sept 7, 1994 Dbl. WHITENER 10. Martha Mae Sept 13, 1918 - 11. Jesse David July 15, 1912 - May 28, 1990 12. WHITENER, Audrey Wayne Oct 20, 1939 - Sept 30, 1981 Dbl. DEMING 13. Robert O. June 25, 1922 - Dec 29, 1988 14. Claudia J. Oct 4, 1925 - Oct 22, 1980 15. O'DELL, Absoleum Monroe Mar 31, 1873 - July 16, 1951 16. O'DELL, Hattie M. July 17, 1880 - Feb 7, 1938 17. O'DELL, Louis Oct 15, 1863 - Sept 20, 1931 18. PETTIETTE, Ona Mae Nov 26, 1905 - May 26, 1934 19. Unknown - small crumbled concrete marker. Illegible. End Row 1, Sec. A. Row 2. Dbl. PENNEY md. May 22, 1926 Children: Joan, Yvonne, Larry. 1. Arthur E. May 24, 1903 - Dec 12, 1978 2. Bonnie A. Aug 11, 1906 - Feb 13, 1919 3. Unknown - 3" x 12" concrete marker. Dbl. O'DELL md. Feb 5, 1905 4. Charles A. Apr 3, 1883 - Jan 26, 1975 5 Amanda H. July 10, 1886 - Mar 1, 1969 6. HOOPER, Matt T. Texas Pvt Co. G 34 Infantry WW I; Sept 26, 1895 - Oct 17, 1962. 7. MORRISON, Florence S., wife of J.S. Morrison; Oct 9, 1863 - July 3, 1931 8. MORRISON, John S. July 31, 1859 - Mar 24, 1942 9. Unknown - Initials "J. L." nailed to small buried post. 10. Unknown - 6" x 12" concrete marker. 11. Unknown - Initials "B. L. " nailed to small buried post. Dbl. EGGLESTON 12. Lincoln July 26, 1918 - Feb 24, 1986 13. Mildred July 16, 1930 - July 3, 1992 Dbl. EGGLESTON 14. Wm. Edward Jan 25, 1910 - Jan 17, 1976 15. Alta W. July 17, 1916 - Dbl. WALTERS 16. Luther S. Oct 23, 1887 - Sept 29, 1984 17. Edna Feb 27, 1892 - Jaan 21, 1962 18. Unknown - 3" x 8" concrete marker. 19. " " " " 19. KENNON, Linda Gail Feb 13, 1951 - June 30, 1965 21. KENNON, Darrell DeWayne Aug 21, 1954 - Mar 12, 1995 Dbl. KENNON 22. Charlie H. Oct 14, 1899 - Oct 17, 1979 23. Ethel Margaret Mar 23, 1901 - Sept 25, 1957 24. PENNEY, M. L. 1840 - 1918. Dbl. PENNEY 25. Jason A. Mar 29, 1872 - Nov 10, 1925 26. Mary Mabel Nov 22, 1879 - Jan 12, 1945 27. PENNEY (no other names or dates. Name scratched in small concrete marker & a penny buried in the marker. 28. PENNEY, Roy J. Texas T Sgt AAF HQ & HQ SQ WW II; Nov 11, 1918 - Jun 13, 1951. Row 3: Dbl. LAVOIE md. May 7, 1938. 1. James D. Nov 29, 1916 - Apr. 19, 2000 2. Opal Walker Sept 20, 1819 - Apr 9, 1998 Dbl. WALKER 3. Willie Burns June 28, 1887 - July 3, 1955 4. Henry Etta Oct 21, 1900 - Jan 15, 1937 5. WALKER, Mae Jan 16, 1928 (no other date, this a child's death date?) 6. SNOWDEN, Thomas D. Pfc US Army WW II; May 25, 1922 - Apr 17, 1983 7. SNOWDEN, Albert B. 1932 D. 1982 (hand scratched in conc. markr.) 8. SNOWDEN, George Oct.? 25, 1887 - Oct 13, 1972 (part of date illegible, scratched on stone) 9. HAWTHORN, John E. Texas Sgt Co D Cav 5th Cav Div Vietnam; Dec 20, 1947 - May 2, 1968. Dbl. HAWTHORN 10. Evie L. Dec 24, 1912 - Jun 1, 1993 11. John Henry Mar 20, 1883 - Sept 6, 1970 12. Unknown - 3" x 8" concrete marker 13. Unknown - 1" x 9" marble marker. 14. HAWTHORN, Garland Andrew Feb 24, 1951 - Aug 7, 1965 Dbl. HAWTHORN 15. W. Harvey Nov 4, 1856 - Jan 18, 1933 16. Sallie A. Feb 11, 1861 - Nov 2, 1965 17. HAWTHORN, Vertie Ellen; born & died Sept 20, 1949 18. HAWTHORN, Fred S. Jna 29, 1954 - May 1, 1954 "Son" 19. Unknown - tattered funeral home marker. Dbl. OLIVER md. Sept 20, 1917 20. Elbert Clent Aug 29, 1898 - Apr 4, 1971 21. Thelma E. Mar 29, 1897 - Sept 4, 1969 Row 4: 1. LOPER, Joe David (Jo-Jo), beloved son of Terry Loper; June 26, 1981 - Jan 3, 1999 Dbl. LOPER 2. L. J. "Joe" May 7, 1911 - Sept 13, 1989 3. Audrey Oct 26, 1916 - 3 4. Unknown - 4" x 8" concrete marker. Dbl. CRUTCHFIELD "Gone But Not Forgotten by Daughter in Law" 5. Daniel B. no dates 6. Elizabeth Abbot no dates Dbl. HARRIS 7. Jack D. Aug 1, 1940 - Aug 13, 1997 8. Louise J. Jan 22, 1944 - 9. HAWTHORN, Daniel A. Dec 19, 1900 - July 4, 1968 10. HENDRICKS, Bertha Catherine; dau. of W.A. Jr. & Bertha Hendricks; Mar 17, 1918 - Mar 31, 1920 Row 5: 1. SMITH, Will Oct 27, 1872 - Dec 27, 1941 2. Unknown - 3" x 8" concrete marker 3. " " " " 4. SMITH, Annie Mae Dec 26, 1921 - Oct 1, 1937 5. WATHEN, John A.; son of W.T. & M.G. Wathen; Born May 16, 1908; Died Dec 17, 1911 6. WATHEN, P. H. Born May 4, 1878, Died Nov 9, 1911 7. KNIGHTON, Nancy Eliza June 5, 1875 - May 17, 1957 8. KNIGHTON, Robert B. June 12, 1867 - July 4, 1937 Row 6: Dbl. O'DELL 1. Amos J. 1905 - 1955 2. Allie I. 1913 - Dbl.SMITH md. Nov 3, 1920 3. Barney F. Dec 24, 1902 - Apr 12, 1969 4. Mamie A. Dec 7, 1904 - Dec 20, 1996 5. McDANIEL, Sam Mar 29, 1866 - June 12, 1926 6. McDANIEL, Nanie Aug 4, 1868 - Oct 21, 1953 7. McDANIEL, Silas Mar 25, 1900 - Nov 5, 1973 9. VAN DEMAN, Emma 1883 - 1937 10. HOPKINS, Mary W. 1890 - 1972 11. HOPKINS, J. B. 1887 - 1930 Woodmen of the World Memorial. 12. HOPKINS, Thomas Dosson, son of J.B. & Mary Hopkins; born May 2, 1915; died Nov 3, 1915 Dbl. VAN DEMAN md. 1/19/1908 13. Mamie K. 8/18/1888 - 11/3/1980 14. Joshua P. 9/12/1887 - 4/13/1924 15. VANDEMAN, Robert E., son of E. & A.D. Vandeman; June 18, 1906 - June 25, 1910 (spelled as on mrkr) 16. Unknown - 3" x 6" concrete marker. 17. VAN DEMAN, Joseph Henry Dec 19, 1900 - Apr 25, 1922 18. KNIGHTON, Ida Jane Louton Aug 16, 1874 - Nov 21, 1918 Row 7: Dbl. WENDEL md. July 21, 1946 1. Frank Lee Sept 10, 1924 - 2. Laura Linder Mar 24, 1928 - May 6, 2001 Dbl. WENDEL (directly behind previous sites listed above) 3. Frank Nov 16, 1889 - July 15, 1967 4. Katie W. July 22, 1892 - Feb 11, 1983 5. ALEXANDER, T. W. Tec 4 US Army WW II Apr 1, 1912 - Nov 11, 1992 (funeral home mrkr: Thurman W.) 6. ALEXANDER, Sara 1909 - 1987 (funeral home mrkr) 7. PERRY, Jessie Mar 13, 1904 - Nov 27, 1976 8. PERRY, Bertie Apr 16, 1903 - Aug 12, 1938 9. ELLIS, Claude W. 1880 - 1918 10. SANDERS, Andrew F. 1858 - 1921 Trpl. BAYLESS md. Oct 12, 1941 11. Leonard (Father) Oct 20, 1916 - May 6, 1996 12. June Conard (Mother) Sept 8, 1920 - Nov 28, 1992 13. Wanda Gail (Daughter) Feb 21, 1946 - Feb 22, 1946 Dbl. CONARD 14. Edgar Jan 27, 1880 - June 13, 1953 15. Goldie July 22, 1885 - Jan 1, 1967 16. CONARD, "Baby" Born & Died Feb 1, 1927 17. CONARD, Harold Feb 21, 1926 - Aug 24, 1926 19. CONARD, Ruth dau. of E. & G. Conard; Aug 14, 1908 - May 7, 1909 20. Unknown - 1' X 18" x 8" upright marble slab, no inscription. Row 8: 1. MEADOR, James K. Pfc US Army WW II; Apr 14, 1923 - Jan 31 - 1983 2. MEADOR, Kenneth B. Texas Pvt US Marine Corps Vietnam; Dec 25, 1950 - Dec 21, 1969 3. MASSEY, Alfred Lee "Dude" Oct 11, 1974 - Dbl. MASSEY 4. Alfred Ray Feb 5, 1929 - Aug 25, 1981 5. Joy Brown Sept 25, 1953 - 6. MASSEY, Alfreda Raychelle 7-24-73 - 9-2-73 7. MASSEY, Shirley Jean 1935 - 1936 Dbl. MASSEY md. Feb 16, 1925 8. Edgar Lee (Bud) June 20, 1904 - 9. Allie Coleson July 24, 1911 - Jan 2, 1986 Dbl. SANDERS 10. Joseph W. 1888 - 1963 11. Sallie P. 2884 - 1968 12. SANDERS, Gregory W. Jan 22, 1860 - Dec 1976 Dbl. SANDERS wed May 30, 1952 13. Joseph W. Jr. Jan 8, 1929 - 14. D. Winona Sept 30, 1932 - 15. JORDAN, Thelma Frances, dau. of J.W.R. & Ola Jordan; June 30, 1900 - Dec 28, 1914 Row 9: 1. McCLAIN, Alpheus L. US Army WW II; Nov 18, 1921 - Dec 26, 1992 2. McCLAIN, Darlene Brown June 18, 1928 - June 26, 1997 Note: approx. 50' to next site in this row. 3. KNIGHT, Mrs. A. E. Died 9-21-03 4. Sussie "Illegible" Died 8-21-04 Note: No. 3 and No. 4 scratched by hand onto an old crumbling concrete block. Other scratching is illegible. Row 10: 1. Unknown - 4" x 8" concrete marker 2. " " " " 3. " " " " 4. DEFUR, Andrew J. Co E 1st Bn. La Inf. CSA (No dates) Note: Rows 11, 12, 13 shortened by pavilion at South end. Row 11: 1. HENDRICKS, Frank Apr 1, 1923 - Apr 17, 1933 2. HENDRICKS, Julia A., wife of W.A. Hendricks; Born Feb 7, 1863 Died July 19, 1900 3. HENDRICKS, Hattie C., dau. of W.A. Hendricks; Born Dec 6, 1885 Died Mar 10, 1900 Row 12: 1. Unknown- 12" tall broken stone. Row 13: 1. LITCHFIELD, James R. Sept 8, 1868 -Dec 16, 1948 2. LITCHFIELD, Mary J. Jn 12, 1894 - July 28, 1978 3. WHEELER, George E. Jan 2, 1869 - Feb 24, 1918 (Woodmen of the World Camp No. 1772) Row 14: 1. Unknown - 3" x 6" concrete marker. 2. TAYLOR, J. C. Dec 6, 1861 - Aug 27, 1919 3. TAYLOR, Rubie Mae, dau. of J.C. & M.E. Taylor; Dec 9, 1904 - Aug 3, 1908 Row 15: 1. THOMPSON, Sa-----(possibly "Sammie", marker broken through name); wife of J.W. Thompson. Born: Nov 13, 1841 Died: June 10. 1887 2. Unknown - 3" x 6" concrete marker 3. " 4" x 6" " " 4. " " " " 5. " " " " 6. " " " " 7. " " " " Note: Uncertain of these are marking actual graves or were merely marking gravesites for future use. 8. Unknown - 18" x 12" x 10" concrete block. Row 16: 1. Allen, Jewel - wife of J.W. Allen; Mar 16, 1880 - Mar 13, 1911 2. Unknown - 4" x 6" concrete marker 3. THOMPSON, Sarah F. 1842 - 1887 4. WEBSTER, Mollie - wife of J.K. Webster; Born: Aug 28, 1873 Died: Aug 18, 1892 5. Unknown - 3" x 6" concrete marker Note: A very old small concrete marker with missing insert. As it is immediately against the next marker, I assume that the next marker replaces it. Dbl. TINNIN 6. Arch May 5, 1872 - Dec 17, 1923 7. Dora Nov 11, 1871 - Apr 10, 1950 Dbl. TINNIN 8. John Lester 1 June 1905 - 13 Apr 1973 9. Lillie Frances 28 Apr 1907 - 26 June 1958 Row 17: 1. COTTON, Eula Mae (Thacker) Dec 31, 1905 - Apr 18, 2000 2. THACKER, William H. Apr 3, 1867 - Dec 27, 1947 3. THACKER, Ada Belle Dec 1, 1866 - Apr 30, 1946 4. HINTON, C. L. Oct 4, 1881 - Oct 15, 1941 5. THACKER, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Thacker; Mar 1907 - May 1907 6. BARRY, James 1856 - 1901 7. BARRY, James Plano - son of J.A. & Ada Barry; Born: Aug 20, 1887 Died: July 4, 1891 8. HINTON, May Sept 1, 1883 - Mar 8, 1885 9. HINTON, James S. 1827 - June 25, 1890 10. KINABREW, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. M.O. Kinabrew; May 4, 1896 - Feb 9, 1897 11. KINABREW, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. M.O. Kinabrew; June 7, 1903 - June 10, 1903 12. HINTON, Susn A. August 5, 1841 - June 20, 1923 Row 18: Dbl. PETTIETTE wed Mar 3, 1950 1. Mary Ruth Loden Aug 15, 1934 - 2. Harold Dwain Oct 17, 1926 - Jan 3, 2001 Note: Approx. 50 - 60 feet to next site. 3. Unknown - 4" x 8" concrete markers 4. " " " " 5. " " " " 6. " 4" x 4" x 12" concrete markers 7. " " " " 8. KITCHENS, Chas. C., husband of M.E. Kitchens; Born: Jan 13, 1881 Died: Oct 1, 1904 Woodmen of the World, Center Camp 1772 Row 19: nine 4" x 6" x 8" concrete blocks Row 20: seven " " " Row 21: seven " " " Note: Rows 19, 20, 21 markers may of may not be burial sites. They could be to mark sites for future burials. Row 22: 1. CLAUDIENS, Charlies Rillie 1849 - 1928 Five unknowns - all 4 x 6 concrete markers.