Hopkins Co., Texas - Mt. Sterling Cemetery This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Frankie Miller Upload date: 2/16/2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************** Hopkins Co., Texas - Mt. Sterling Cemetery by - June E. Tuck and Frankie Miller For information on Mt. Sterling Cemetery - email me, Frankie Miller at - fgm1139@neto.com ****************************************************************************** Submitted by: Frankie Miller - fgm1139@neto.com ********************************************************************************* This cemetery has many unknown graves in it. My husband, T. J. Miller used the dowsing method to find them. Abbreviations: b. - Born d. - Died s/o - Son of d/o - Daughter of w/o - Wife of o/s/w - Own stone with MFH - Murray Funeral Home - A mother is recorded with her maiden name. Mt. Sterling Cemetery Andruczk, Robert C. -b.1968, d. 2001 - (Cremated and buried in same grave space as friend Kenneth Dell Lamb II - no marker) Armstrong, Clide S. - b. 18 July 1895, d. 17 Aug. 1898, (s/o B. G. & Jane I. DeBord Armstrong) Armstrong, Benjamin G. - b. 13 June 1855, d. 29 June 1917 Armstrong, Jane Isabelle DeBord Neal - b. 29 May1859, d. 12 June 1935, o/s/w Benjamin G. Armstrong, (Parents - Daniel Debord, b. Kty.and Jane Murchison, b. Ga. MFH records)( Sister of J. M. Jake DeBord) (Obit - Mrs. Bell Armstrong, age 76, died Wed. night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Canady, near Weaver. Funeral services were held at Mt. Sterling. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. L. H. "Bud" Thomas; one brother, J. M. DeBord; and four daughters, Mrs. Gus Mattingly, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Joe Petty, Mrs. Bill Davidson, and Mrs. Millard Canady, all of this county.) (Jane Isabelle DeBord & J. R. L. Neal married: 28 Dec. 1876, Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) Ashby, Baby - Unmarked grave, b&d 1912, (infant of Will Ashby - Death record) Ballard, Ray Lester - Unmarked grave, b. 1909, d. 1911, (s/o William & Maudie Coon Ballard - Death records) Bartley, John Aiken - Unmarked grave, b.1878, d.1951, (s/o Robert D. & Elizabeth Youngblood Bartley) Battle, Mary A "Avia" - Unmarked grave, b. Jan.1857, d.1919, (w/o William H.- Death records) Battle, William H. - Unmarked grave, (b. Oct. 1855, d.1920, Death records) Battle, Loda - Unmarked grave, (d/o William & Mary A. Battle. b. Dec. 1895, d.1910) Battle, Charlie E. - Unmarked grave, (s/o William & Mary A. Battle, b. Dec. 1875, d. _____) Baxley, Arbie - b. 5 July,1892 - d. 6 July, 1969 (m. Minnie Keltin, 12 May 1936 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) (s/o John & Susan Baxley) Baxley, Minnie - 1898 - 1959, o/s/w/ Arbie Baxley Baxley, infant - b&d May 1917 Bradshaw, Gerald R. - b. 29 Jan. 1923, d. 7 Dec. 1994 Bradshaw, Jewel V. - b. 14 Jan. 1922, d. 29 Mar. 1996, m. Gerald R. Bradshaw 3 Jan. 1942, o/s/w Gerald R. Bradshaw Bruce, infant - b&d 15 Jly. 1941 (Harvey Dial Bruce) Parents - Harvey D. Bruce, b. Ind., and Naomi White, b. Hopkins Co., Tex. MFH records) Bruce, Naomi White - 14 Sept. 1918, d.1995 Brumfield, Sr,. Ty Shane - b. 31 Dec. 1964, d. 18 Feb. 2000 ( Son of Jerry Brumfield and Nelda Brumfield Hooten) Bush, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Cain, Emmaline M. - b. 9 Jan. 1885, d. 2 Nov. 1929 (Obituary - Mrs. Emmaline Cain died suddenly at her home in Dike Saturday morning from acute indigestion. Funeral services and burial will take place at Mt. Sterling. She is survived by her husband and several children.) (MFH records - husband, J. L. Cain - father, Fletcher Underwood - mother, Martha Thomas) Cain, Gladine P. - b. 15 Jly. 1923, d. 28 Oct. 1923 Carey, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Carpenter, R. L. - b. 15 Feb. 1877, d. 4 Feb. 1943 (Robert Lee Carpenter) Cates, Rudolph Alvin - b. 12 Feb. 1919, d. 21 June 1995 Cates, Bessie G. - b. 18 Jly. 1909, d. 10 Oct. 2001, o/s/w Rudolph Alvin Cates Causey, A. J. - b. 26 Oct. 1915, d. 17 June 1993 Causey, Ruby Johnson - b. 25 Feb. 1918, d. ____, m. A. J. Causey 15 Dec. 1936, o/s/w A. J. Causey (d/o Mohun & Allie H. Johnson) Causey, Gary Don - b. 19 Sept.1954, d. 10 Jan. 2005 - s/o A. J. & Ruby Alene "Johnson" Causey Chapman, Everett R. - b. 19 Jan. 1887, d. 26 June 1967, s/o Francis & Henretta Chapman Chapman, Jennie A. - b. 19 Jan. 1885, d. 6 Mar. 1956, m. Everett Chapman 6 Nov. 1904, o/s/w Everett R. Chapman (Jennie Alice Chapman, d/o Wylie Johnson and Texana "Ann" Patterson, MFH records) Chapman, Jessie Darwin "Dee" - 1933-2004 (s/o Everett R. & Jennie A. "Johnson" Chapman) Clayton, Jessie Lee - b. 23 Nov.1917, d.19 Feb. 1967 (Texas Pfc. Mountain Inf. WW II B S M.) Clayton, Mildred Moore - b. 1 Ap. 1918, d. 26 Feb. 1974, w/o Jessie L. Clayton (Her death was not on stone.) Clayton, Lee - b. 6 Oct. 1894, d. 10 Dec. 1945 (b . Miss., wife Mollie Smith Clayton. Parents - Aaron Clayton, b. Miss., and Laura Jolly, b. Miss. MFH records) Clayton, Mollie Smith - b. 25 Oct. 1887, d. 6 Dec. 1969, (Wife of Lee Clayton) (d/o A. T. & Emma White Smith) Clayton, Neoma Pearl - Unmarked grave, b. 19 May 1928, d. 20 Jly 1928, (d/o Lee & Mollie Smith Clayton - MFH records) Clifton, Orval Gene - b. 17 Jly. 1951, d. 3 Dec. 2001, (s/o Claude O. & Mable L. Clifton) Clifton, Claude Orval - b. 21 Jly. 1913, d. 4 Mar. 1977 (Tech. 4 US Army WW II ) (s/o John & Annie Cramer Clifton) Clifton, Mable L. - b. 29 Jan. 1920, d. _____, m. Claude Orval Clifton, 18 Sept. 1943, o/s/w Claude Orval Clifton Cooksey, Nina Hoover - b. 18 Sept. 1934, d. 23 May 2003 (w/o J. F. Cooksey) Coppedge, Violet Petty - b. 11 Aug. 1919, d. 10 Feb. 2001 Craig, Joe - Unmarked grave - No Dates Craig, Maria - Unmarked grave - No Dates Crane, Loyd E. - b. 1 May 1919, d. 6 Dec. 1997 (Tech. 4 US Army WW II ) Crane, Jewel Hoover - b. 13 Feb. 1924, d. ____, m. Loyd E. Crane 2 Oct. 1943, o/s/w Loyd E. Crane Culpepper, Maud Ottinger - b. 25 June 1878, d. 5 July 1950 - m., D. E. Culpepper 18 Aug. 1923 (d/o A. J. & Sarah Posey Hopper) Davis, Oscar T. - b.1885 - d.1950 Davis, Rosa A. - b.1887 - d.1943, o/s/w/ Oscar T. Davis DeBord, Billy Jake - infant son of L. E. & Gladys DeBord, died 23 Sept. 1926 DeBord, Lawrence E. - b. 30 Sept. 1901, d. 21 Jan. 1967 - m., Gladys Chester 21 Dec. 1918 (s/o Daniel & Maudie Johnson DeBord) DeBord, Gladys Chester - b. 27 Oct. 1901, d. 12 Feb. 1997, o/s/w/ Lawrence E. DeBord DeBord, Daniel - b.1877 - d.1966 (Uncle Daniel DeBord -s/o J. M. "Jake"& Mary Craig DeBord) DeBord, Maudie E. Johnson - b. 4 July 1881, d. 13 Nov. 1918, (1st w/o Uncle Daniel DeBord) (d/o Wylie J. & Texana E. Patterson Johnson) (Woodman of The World Marker) Debord, Jane Isabelle Murchison - b.15 Mar. 1826, d. 24 June 1906, (w/o Ole’ Daniel DeBord) (Grandmother of Uncle Daniel DeBord) (Daniel DeBord & Jane Isabelle Murchison, married, 21 Jan. 1850 - Coosa Co. Alabama) DeBord, Virgle - b&d 1918, o/s/w Maudie E. DeBord (Son of Daniel & Maudie E. DeBord) (baby Virgle buried with his mother) DeBord, Eldon William - Unmarked grave, d. 1915 (s/o Uncle Daniel & Maudie E. DeBord) DeBord, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates DeBord. Betty Jane - b. 5 Sept. 1875, 22 June 1887, (d/o J. M. "Jake" & Mary M. Craig DeBord) DeBord, J. M. - 1850-1935 (Jacob Miller "Jake" DeBord, b. 4 Dec.1850 in Ala., d. 23 Dec.1935, Parents - Daniel DeBord, b. S. C., and Jane Isabelle Murchison, b. N.C. MFH records) (Father of Uncle Daniel DeBord) (J. M. DeBord & Mary M. Craig - m., 7 Oct. 1874 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) DeBord, Mary M. Craig - 1854-1941, o/s/w J. M. DeBord ( b. 15 Mar, 1854, Ill., d. 3 Mar. 1941, parents, John C. Craig, b. Ill. and Lydia Witcher, Craig, b. Ill. MFH records) (Mother of uncle Daniel DeBord) DeBord, Ada Hoover Johnson - b. 15 Jan. 1884, d. 27 Dec. 1950 (1st Husband was J. H. Johnson) (m., 2nd husband Uncle Daniel DeBord, 26 July 1919) (Parents - John T. Hoover, b. Tenn., and Sarah Moore, b. Commerce, Hunt Co., Tex. - MFH records) DeBord, Raymond B. - b. 3 Nov. 1910, d. 30 Ap. 1978 (s/o Uncle Daniel & Maudie DeBord) DeBord, Ruth - b. 29 June 1911, d. 22 Mar. 1983, o/s/, w Raymond B. DeBord DeBord, Angela Carol - b. 8 Oct. 1961, d. 13 July 1984 (d/o of Dalby D. DeBord and Pat Cheasum DeBord Goen) DeBord, Clarence Herbert - b. 31 Aug. 1905, d. 16 Dec. 1947 (s/o Uncle Daniel & Maudie E. DeBord) DeBord, Wanda Jean Woods - b.19 Aug. 1902, d. 12 Dec. 1995, o/s/w Clarence Herbert DeBord Dendy, Mattie Pearl - b. 18 Dec. 1886, d. 23 July 1956. (Parents, Geo W. Thomas, b. Ala., & Sarah Fulmer, b. Ala.- MFH records) Dial, Vernon - Unmarked grave, b. 1901, d. 1979, (s/o Isaac R. & Lizzie Attaway Dial) Dial, Evie - Unmarked grave, b. 1911, d. 1988, (d/o John Aiken & Ida Mae Voss Bartley) Dickey, Allen C. - 1936 - 1993 Dickey, Sarah L. - 1936, d.____, o/s/w Allen C. Dickey (d/o Marvin & Bernice Raynalds Keelin) Dickinson, Mr. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Dodd, Isaac L. - b. 13 Jan. 1869, d. 25 Sept. 1960 Dodd, Pearl A. McLure - b.28 Oct.1882, d. 24 Feb. 1917, o/s/w/ Isaac L. Dodd Dodd, Julia Zoe - b. 18 Feb.1901, d. 16 June 1903 Dodd, Norman H. - b. 28 Jan.1915, d. 11 Mar. 1923, (s/o Isaac L. & Pearl A. Dodd) Douglas, Robert L. - b. 17 Mar. 1871, d. Aug. 1940 Douglas, Eliza Jane - 1868 - 1950, o/s/w Robert L. Douglas ( Parents, Littleton Mitchell & Eliza Jane Morehead.- MFH records) Douglas, Henry L. - 1900 - 1951, (s/o Robert L. & Eliza Jane Morehead Mitchell) Edwards, infant boy - b&d 11 Mar. 1963 (Metal funeral marker) (Son of Jimmy & Verna Dial Edwards - MFH record) Fields, James W. "Jim" - 1890 - 1973, (s/o Elias & Emma Johnson Fields) Fields, Lorene - 1909 - 1990, o/s/w/ James W. Fields (2nd wife of James W. "Jim" Fields) Fields, Alma B. - b. 19 June 1898, d. 23 Nov. 1933 (Alma Beatrice Fields,1st wife of Jim Fields. Parents - Sam T. Loveless & Docie Wade MFH records) Fields, infant - Unmarked grave - 1921 - 1921, (Son of Jim and Alma B. Loveless Fields) Fields, infant - Unmarked grave - 1922 - 1922 , (Son of Jim and Alma B. Loveless Fields) Fields, infant - Unmarked grave - No record could be found for this infant. Fitzgerald, Jimmie - Unmarked grave, d. 13 Ap. 1905, age 6 mos. 18 days (buried at Mt. Sterling - Death record) French, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates French, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Frew Terry D.- b. 22 Ap. 1966, d. 17 June 1988 Followell, James L. - b. 29 Ap. 1934, d. 27 Mar. 1984, (s/o Leonard C. & Katie L. Followell) Followell, Leonard C. - b. 5 June 1908, d. 8 Feb. 2001 Followell, Katie L. - b. 25 Mar. 1911, d.________, o/s/w Leonard C. Followell Foster, Vesta - Unmarked grave, d. 27 Ap. 1950. (Father Jerry McIntire - MFH records) (Sister of Gussie Matlock) Gebby, Bettie Knighton - Unmarked grave, b. 1871, (d/o Joseph Knighton) (w/o Lonzo Gebby) Goodson, Opal - b. 23 Ap. 1918, d. 18 Ap. 1978, (d/o John & B. Ella Pharr McDaniel) Gross, Ruth Young - b. 21 July, 1902, d. 24 Dec. 1969, (d/o Frank M. Jr. & Bettie "Battles" McLaughlin) Hames, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hankins, Bobby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hankins, Ellen - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hankins, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hankins, Bob - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hankins, James A. - b. 6 May 1913, d. 2 Feb. 1970, ( Texas MM2 US Navy WW II) (s/o J. R. "Buddy" & Bettie "Hardwick" Hankins - Death records) Hardwick, Rosco - b. 13 Oct. 1895, d. 27 Nov. 1946 ( Texas Pvt. 7 Infantry 3 Div. WW I ) Hardwick, Cora "Coker" Mrs. - b. 26 May 1901, d. 25 Mar. 1970, (d/o Albert & Maude Hopper Ottinger) Harrell, Michael Lloyd - b. 31 Aug. 1950, d. 20 July 1999, (Grandson of Luther & Theo Johnson) Harris, Estelle Dendy - b. 18 Ap. 1917, d. Jan. 1941 Harrison, Monard M. - b. 3 May 1920, d. 26 Mar. 1997 Harrison, Dorothy M. - b. 2 Nov. 1925, d. ____, m. Monard M. Harrison, 14 Ap. 1945, o/s/w Monard M. Harrison Henderson, Rose - Unmarked grave - No Dates Herron, W. Henderson - 1878 - 1956 (1st wife was Janie McLaughlin, d/o J. S. B. & Nancy M.) Herron, Stella McIntire - 1887 - 1977, o/s/w W. Henderson Herron, (d/o Wm. Iron & Serina Tinpenny McIntire) Herron, Clarence - b.21 Oct. 1907, d. 12 Mar. 1909 (Obituary - Clarence Herron, the little boy of Henderson Herron and wife, died Friday morning and was buried at this place, Mt. Sterling. He was 17 months old. The little one had suffered 23 days with pneumonia. Rev. W. A. Stone conducted the service. (S.S. Gazette Fri., Mar. 19, 1909, Mt. Sterling column dated Mar. 15th) Herron, Jeff D. - Unmarked grave, b. abt. 1901, d. 18 Aug. 1919, (s/o Henderson & Janie McLaughlin Herron, grandson of John S. B. & Nancy M. DeBord McLaughlin) Herron, John C. - Unmarked grave, b. abt. 1899, d. ____, (s/o Henderson & Janie McLaughlin Herron, grandson of John S. B.& Nancy M. DeBord McLaughlin) Hill, H. P. - b. 6 May 1925, d. 4 June 1993 (U.S. Army, WW II ) Hinkle, Cynthia Wanice - b. 19 Sept. 1944, d. 22 July 1945, (d/o J. R. & Mittie Hinkle) Hinkle, W. Clabe - b. 1876 - d. 1950 Hinkle, Aribell - b. 1883 - d. 1943 o/s/w/ W. Clabe Hinkle (d. 27 Mar. 1943) Hinkle, William Dorsey - b. 30 Aug. 1926, d. 11 Sept. 1926, s/o Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Hinkle Hinkle, Nellie - b. 2 Feb. 1900, d. 11 Feb. 1923 (Death record reports death date as 1923) Hinkle, Melvin - b. 1882, d. 6 June 1951, age 69 yrs. 9 mos. 21 days, (s/o Joseph R. & Amanda Moore Hinkle) (Death records say, died 1883) Hinkle, John - b. 4 Aug. 1900 d. 27 Dec. 1955 Hinkle, Milton A. - b. 9 Aug. 1888, d. 27 Aug. 1960 ( Texas Pvt. 329 Aux. R M T. Dep. 1 QMC WW I ) Hinkle, Roland Forest - b. 17 June 1893, d. 6 Mar. 1961, (s/o Joseph R. & Amanda Moore Hinkle) Hinkle, James R. - b. 22 Sept. 1914, d. _____ (m. Mittie Clifton, 27 Oct. 1934 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) Hinkle, Mittie E. - b. 12 Sept. 1912, d. 21 June 1986, o/s/w James R. Hinkle Holt, Jr. Hubert. - infant - b&d. 2 Oct. 1932 (parents, H.H. & Velma Johnson Holt) Holt, Milford W. - infant - b&d. 10 Sept. 1933 Holt, Zeola, infant - b&d 13 Oct. 1937 Holt, Velma Johnson - b. 26 Feb. 1910, d. 15 Feb. 1992 Hooten, Saralice - b. 25 Aug. 1925, d. 16 Aug. 1934, (d/o Earl A. & Leota Dickey Hooten) (Obit - Saralice Hooten, the little daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Hooten, passed away 17 (sic) August 1934. She leaves her father and mother, two brothers, William Byrd Hooten and James Arthur Hooten, and one sister, Mattie Lee Hooten. Burial made in Mt. Sterling cemetery) Hooten, Florence - b. 18 Ap. 1928, d. 5 Jan. 1929, d/o E. A. & Leota Hooten (Obit - Florence Hooten, 9 mo. old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Hooten, died Friday morning from pneumonia. Services took place at Mt. Sterling) Hooten, Earl A. - 1898 - 1972, - (m., Leota Dickey, 9 Aug. 1924 - Hopkins Co.,- Marriage rec.) Hooten, Leota - 1905 - 1937, o/s/w Earl A. Hooten (b. 20 Oct. 1905, in Crenshaw Co., Ala., d. 3 Ap. 1937 - Parents Robert L. Dickey, b. Ala., and _____Myers. MFH records) Hoover, Joseph Collon - b. 24 Ap. 1915, d. 13 Jly. 1965 (Texas Pfc. Co E 363 Inf. WW II BSM) Hoover, Ronny Oliver - b. 19 Mar. 1949, d. 20 Apr. 1999 Hoover, Edgar H. - 1889 - 1946 (Edgar Houston Hoover, b. 19 Nov. 1889, Upshur Co., Texas, d. 5 Feb. 1946. Parents, John Hoover, b. Tex., & Arbell Osborn, b. Ark. MFH records) Hoover, Cora L. - 1892 - 1938, o/s/w Edgar H. Hoover ( Mrs. Cora Lena Hoover of the Mt. Sterling community, died Monday night at her home after a lingering illness. She is survived by her husband, E. H. Hoover, two son, Joe and Oliver, and three daughters, Rosa Bell, Marie and Georgia Nell, all of whom were with her at the time of her death. Cora Lena Hoover was born the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Alec Johnson. Her father died when she was only nine years of age, and her mother passed away about a year ago. She had lived in the Mt. Sterling community all her life, and was 45 years old at the time of her death. Funeral services will be held at the Church of God, conducted by Rev. Clayton and Rev. McBride; burial in the Mt. Sterling cemetery. (Daily News - Telegram) (Cora Lena Hoover - d. 15 Mar. 1938, parents Alec Johnson and Rosa Hopper Johnson, MFH records) Hoover, baby - b&d 3 June 1935 (Metal funeral marker)( Infant of E. H. and Cora Johnson Hoover. Stillborn, MFH record) Hoover, infant - Unmarked grave, (7 May 1932. Parents - Houston Hoover & Cora Johnson, MFH records) Hoover, Bobbie - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hoover, Edith Jeanette - b. 19 Feb. 1921, d.18 Apr. 1999, o/s/w Joseph Collon Hoover Hoover, John Dee - b. 17 Mar. 1910, d. 28 Oct. 1968 (Texas S2 Navy WW II ) Hoover, Oliver C. - 1914 - 1943 (Oliver Calvin Hoover, b. 4 Mar. 1914, Hopkins Co., Texas, d. 4 Feb. 1943. Wife Oleta Anglin Hoover. Parents Edgar Houston Hoover & Cora Johnson. Burned to death. MFH records) Hoover, Oleta - 1925 - 1943, o/s/w Oliver C. Hoover (Oleta Angeline Hoover, b. 15 Ap. 1925, d. 5 Feb. 1943, wife of Oliver Calvin Hoover. Burned to death. MFH records) Hoover, John - 1853 - 1914 (Obit - Mr. John Hoover died at his home Jan. 31, 1914, and burial made in Mt. Sterling cemetery) Hoover, Malisa Arbell - 1856 - 1925, o/s/w John Hoover (John Hoover was her first husband, Jim P. Journey was her second husband)(MFH records - Malisa Arbell Journey, b. 15 Oct. 1862, in Ark., d. 18 Dec. 1925. Widow. Parents - N. R. Osborn and M. E. Willburn)(wed Jim P. Journey 13 May 1915 - Hopkins Co., Texas) Hoover Cecil C. - b. 20 Jan. 1898 - d. 18 May 1931 (MFH record - b. 20 Feb. 1900, d. 8 May 1931. Parents - John Hoover and Malisa Osborn) (Obit - C. C. Hoover, age 31, died at his home near Mt. Sterling after a week’s illness. He is survived by his wife and four children. Burial to take place in Mt. Sterling cemetery.) (Daily News- Telegram, May 1931) Hoover, Martha E. - b. 14 Sept. 1917, d. 26 Jan. 1918, (baby of George J. & Corinna L. Hoover) Hoover, F. O. - b. 2 Aug. 1907, d. 12 May 1939 Hoover, James H. - b. 29 Dec. 1879, d. 6 June 1951 Hoover, Bedie - b. 21 Feb. 1887, d. 11 Nov. 1971, o/s/w/ James H. Hoover,(d/o Andrew J. & Lou Smith Warren) (Metal funeral marker) Hoover, George Jeff - b. 16 Jly. 1886, d. 4 Sept. 1983 Hoover, Corinna Lee - b. 18 Nov. 1889, d. 10 Aug. 1967, o/s/w George Jeff Hoover Hoover, Martha Elizabeth - Unmarked grave - b. 14 Sept. 1917, d. 25 Jan. 1918, (d/o G. J. & Corinna Johnson Hoover) Hoover, Cecil May - d. 27 Dec. 1932, age 1 yr. 6 mos. (Metal funeral marker) (d/o Cecil C. & Bertha Lavelle Hoover. MFH records) Hoover, Sarah E. - 1858 - 1917, (w/o John T. Hoover) Hoover, A. J. - b. 31 Oct. 1920, d. 9 Oct. 1986 ( Pfc. US Army WW II ) Hoover, Edna - b. 23 Jan. 1932, d. ____, m. A. J. Hoover 7 Jly. 1951, o/s/w A. J. Hoover Hoover, Earl Onn - b. 20 Oct. 1914, d. 14 Oct. 1980 Hoover, Allie - b. 29 June 1915, d. 10 Mar. 1989, o/s/w Earl Onn Hoover Hoover, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Hopper, John A. - b. 27 Jan. 1883, d. 14 June 1970, - (m., Maud Weaver, 6 Aug. 1904 - Hopkins Co.,- Marriage rec.) (s/o A. J. & Sarah Posey Hopper) Hopper, W. Maud - b. 7 Oct. 1889, d. 3 May 1962, o/s/w John A. Hopper (Willie Maud Hopper. d/o Charlie & Mollie Franks Weaver Hopper - MFH record) Hopper, Earl Posey - 1907 - 1946 ( b. 1 Nov. 1907, d. 18 Oct. 1946, Orange Co., Tex. Wife Edith Reynolds Hopper. Parents Johnie (J. A. ) Hopper, b. Tex., and Willie Maude Weaver, b. Tex. MFH records) Hopper, Edith Marion - 1916 - ____, o/s/w Earl Posey Hopper Hopper, Marshall - b. 6 July, 1936, d. 10 July, 2004, (s/o Bennett Hopper) Hunt, Lola Avis - b. 20 Feb. 1934, d. 26 Feb. 1934, (d/o J. W. & Murriel Hunt) Hunt, Murriel Johnson - b.19 Nov. 1906, d. 22 Ap.1987, (d/o R. M."Mohun"& Allie H. Johnson) Jefferson, Emmett Casper - b. 31 Aug. 1905, d. 7 Mar. 1980 Jefferson, Rosie Lee - b. 7 Dec. 1909, d. 8 Jan. 1972, o/s/w Emmett Casper Jefferson Jefferson, Silas W. - b. 5 Sept. 1868, d. 29 Nov. 1930 (Co I 3 Tex Inf Sp. Am. War) (Parents - Walter Jefferson & Allene Turner - MFH records) (h/o Annie Jefferson) Jefferson, Annie Mae - b. 6 June 1883, d. 23 Sept. 1936, (w/o Silas Jefferson) Jenkins, Archie B. - b. 17 Mar. 1913, d. 12 Jan. 1998 Jenkins, Lola B. - b. 21 Oct. 1915, d. 28 Feb. 1992, m. Archie B. Jenkins, 21 Sept. 1935, o/s/w Archie B. Jenkins Jenkins, Diane - b. 1956, d.2004, w/o Doug Jenkins (Metal funeral marker) Johnson, Jane Craig - Unmarked grave, b. about 1852, d. 1927, (w/o John Johnson) (d/o John C. & Lydia Witcher Craig - Death records) Johnson, John - Unmarked grave - (The husband of Mrs. Jane Johnson passed away June 15, 1908. He had been confined to his bed since Jan. 6th. He was born in 1855. Joined the Missionary Baptist Church in 1875, and in 1876 married Miss Jane Craig. He leaves a wife, an adopted son, four brothers and one sister. He was laid to rest in the Mt. Sterling cemetery. Services conducted by Rev. G. W. Boss) (S. S. Gazette, Mt. Sterling - Memorial dated June 22nd) Johnson, Eugene W. - b. 16 Aug. 1883, d. 13 Ap. 1959 (Parents, George Washington Johnson and Rachel Frances Thomas. MFH records) Johnson, Ruth M. - b. 10 Feb. 1896, d. 27 Ap. 1953, o/s/w Eugene W. Johnson (Parents, John Hoover, b. Tex., & Arbell Osborn. MFH records) Johnson, R. M. "Mohun" - 1885 - 1962 (Reginald Mohun Johnson, b. 2 May 1885, d. 19 Jan. 1962, s/o W. & Rachael Thomas Johnson - MFH record) Johnson, Allie H. - b. 27 Oct. 1886, d. 26 Feb. 1968, o/s/w R. M. "Mohun" Johnson Johnson, Joyce Florene - b. 14 Sept. 1925, d. 23 Nov. 2004, d/o R. M. & Allie H. Johnson Johnson, Blanche - b. 2 Mar. 1908, d. 9 Nov. 1918 Johnson, Noble - b. 20 Nov. 1916, d. 14 Ap. 1917 Johnson, J. H. - b. 25 Feb. 1879, d. 8 Feb. 1917 (Woodmen of The World marker) Johnson, Jessie A.- Unmarked grave, b.1897, d. 9 Nov. 1918, (s/o Wiley J. & Texana Patterson Johnson - Death records) Johnson, Wylie J. - 1853 - 1926, (father of Maudie E. Johnson DeBord) Johnson, Texana Elizabeth Patterson - 1861 - 1941 (6 June 1941)(d/o Bill & Almeta McLaughlin Patterson) (Mother of Maudie E. Johnson DeBord) Johnson, Modena - b. 19 July 1921, d. 18 Aug. 1933 Johnson, Luther James - 1891- 1979, (s/o Wylie & Texana Johnson) (Metal funeral marker) Johnson, Theo C. - 1899 - 1994 (Murray - Orwosky, metal funeral marker) (w/o Luther James) Johnson, Coris Barto - b. 15 Jan. 1927, d. 18 May 2000 (Cpl US Army WW II ) Johnson, Robert B. - b. 7 Oct. 1945, d. 24 Nov. 1987 Journey, Jim P. - Unmarked grave - No Dates, (2nd husband of Arbell Osborn Hoover - m. 13 May 1915 - Hopkins Co., - Marriage rec.) Keelin, Marvin - 1903 - 1996 Keelin, Bernice Raynalds - 1907-1999, m. Marvin Keelin 5 May 1934, o/s/w Marvin Keelin (d/o Davie Lee & Viola Palmer Raynalds) King, Mr. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Knighton, Joseph - Unmarked grave, b. 1837, (Father of Bettie Gebby) Knotts, C. B. - b. 23 July 1927, d. 28 Mar. 1997 (US Army WW II ) Knotts, Nadine - b. 14 Aug. 1917, d. 22 July 1995, o/s/w C. B. Knotts Lamb, Kenneth Dell "Skipper" II - b. 26 Ap. 1957, d. 4 Oct. 1995 Lamb, Sr., Kenneth Dell - b. 31 July 1936, d. 27 July 1980 Lamb, Mary Frances - b. 21 June 1925, d. 14 Dec. 1998, o/s/w Kenneth Dell Lamb Sr.(Cremated and buried in same grave space as Kenneth Dell Lamb Sr.) Ledbetter, Fred G. - b.16 Mar. 1892, d. 20 May 1972, (s/o James "Jim" Ledbetter) Ledbetter, Thelma B. McCain - b. 17 July 1898, d. 9 June 1979, o/s/w Fred G. Ledbetter, (d/o J. D. "Dan" & Eula Ledbetter McCain) Ledbetter, Leona - b. 18 Sept. 1887, d. 29 May 1911, (d/o Jeff D. & Lemma A. DeBord Voss) (Obit - Leona Ledbetter, nee Voss, of Greenville, passed away last Tues. morning. She had been lingering for quite a while, passing away May 29, 1911. She leaves a husband and baby. Services were conducted by Bro. Russell of Brashear, with burial in Mt. Sterling cemetery. She was a former resident of Mahoney.) (1st w/o Horace C. Ledbetter - m. 24 Dec. 1906 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) Long, Mr. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Lovell, Joseph W. - 1863 - 1936 (Joe Wheeler Lovell, b. 3 June 1863, Ala., d. 5 Sept. 1936, parents James Lovell, b. Ala., and Rodie Newman, b. Ala., MFH records) Lovell, Mollie L. - b.1867 - d.1944, o/s/w Joseph W. Lovell Manning, Monroe - b.1885 - d.1956 Manning, Gertrude - b.1884 - d.1948, o/s/w/ Monroe Manning Manning, Thomas O. - b. 27 Aug. 1887, d. 27 Feb. 1967 (s/o Wesley & Nancy J. Surratt Manning] Manning, Dora D. - b. 4 Sept. 1885, d. 8 Ap. 1970, o/s/w Thomas O. Manning, (d/o J. M. & Mary Craig DeBord) Manning, Ross Preston - b. 2 Feb. 1923, d. 27 Sept. 1975 Manning, Wesley A. - b. 24 Ap. 1850, d. 25 May 1938 (Wesley Anderson Manning, b. Cass Co., Texas. Parents George S. Manning, b. Ga., and Mary Davis, b. Ga. MFH records) Manning, Nancy J. - b. 10 Oct. 1855, d. 28 Nov. 1920, o/s/w Wesley A. Manning (Obit - Mrs. Wesley Manning, age 66, died Saturday at the family residence in Sulphur Springs, and the remains were taken to Mt. Sterling for burial. She had been sick a short time with Tuberculosis. Besides her husband she leaves a number of children, one of whom is Dr. Manning of Mahoney) Manning, John W. - b. 16 Oct. 1882, d. 11 Mar. 1902 Manning, Cletus - b. 27 Oct. 1910, d. 4 July 1912 (Obit - Cletus Grant Manning - The death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Manning last Thurs., July 4, 1912, and took from them their darling little boy, age one year and nine months. He was sick only a short while. He was laid to rest in the Mt. Sterling cemetery.) Manning, Earl - b. 20 July 1907, d. 29 July 1907, (Twin to Pearl) Manning, Pearl - b&d 20 July 1907, (Twin to Earl) Martin, Raymond D. - b. 7 Jan. 1904, d. 29 May 1953 Martin, Maudie - b. 28 June 1908, d. 23 July 1962, o/s/w Raymond D. Martin Martin, L. D. - b. 8 May 1925, d. 7 June 1986 Massey, Charles D. - b. 14 July 1859, d. 19 Dec. 1914 Massey, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Matlock, Gusie, Mrs. - Unmarked grave, ( b. 30 Mar. 1866, d. 23 Dec. 1938, Parents - Jerry McIntire and Martha Travis. MFH records) (Sister of Vesta Foster) Mattingly, Augustus A. - b.1882 - d.1948 Mattingly, Iva Mae - b.1891 - d.1987, o/s/w Augustus A. Mattingly, (d/o Benjamin G. & Jane Isabelle DeBord Armstrong) McCain, Mary Ruth - b. 1 Nov. 1923, d. 15 Nov. 1923, infant d/o Eld and Mrs. T. J. McCain McCain, Eld. T. J. - 15 May 1887, d. 24 Sept. 1954, m. Rosa E. DeBord, 14 April 1906 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec. (s/o William & Susan Thomas McCain) McCain, Rosa E. - b. 31 July 1888, d. 24 Oct. 1971, o/s/w Eld. T. J. McCain, (d/o J. M. "Jake" & Mary Craig DeBord) McCain, Eula - b. 11 Dec. 1878, d. 13 Aug. 1956, (d/o John & Clara Ledbetter) McDaniel, Sidney M. - b. 2 July 1912, d. 31 Jan. 1961 McDaniel, John A. - b.1890 - d.1964, m. Ella Pharr, 24 Jan. 1911 -Hopkins Co., Marriage rec. McDaniel, B. Ella - b.1893 - d.1955, o/s/w John A. McDaniel, (d/o W. A. & Mary Spears Pharr) McDaniel, Elvis Earl - b. 3 Sept. 1920, d. 31 Oct. 1971 (Pfc. U. S. Army WW II ) McDonald, Nellie - b. 14 Feb. 1895, d. 6 Nov. 1977 (d/o James W. & Erminda Johnson McDonald) McDonald, James W. - b. 25 May 1867, d. 13 Aug. 1952 (b. Gainsville, Cooke Co., Texas. Parents, George Wade McDonald, b. Mo., & Adeline Devalt, b. Mo. MFH records) McDonald, Erminda A. - b. 27 Mar. 1876, d 2 Ap. 1911, (w/o James W. McDonald, - Woodman of The World Marker) McDonald, Emmon, Mrs. - Unmarked grave - No Dates - (Grandma) McDonald, baby - no dates on stone McDonald, baby - no dates on stone McDonald, George Clarence - (has small stone with name but no dates) McIntire, O. "Orin" - Unmarked grave, b. 12 Nov. 1864, d. 19 Dec.1943, (Death records) McIntire, O. Mrs. "Cerene" - Unmarked grave, (b.16 Aug. 1866, d.12 Dec. 1932, (d/o Timpsen ? - MFH) McIntire, Wm. Iron - b. 11 Nov. 1861, d. 19 Dec. 1943 McIntire, Serina J. TinPenny - b. 16 Aug. 1864, d. 11 Dec. 1932, o/s/w Wm. Iron McIntire McLaughlin, Asa - Unmarked grave, d. 2 Oct. 1905, age 22 yrs. Burial Mt. Sterling cemetery (Death records) (s/o J. S. B. & Nancy M. McLaughlin) McLaughlin, Bettie Hardwick Hankins - Unmarked grave, d. 15 March 1922. ( father, James Hardwick - Death records) (m.1st husband J. R. "Buddy" Hankins, 3 February 1910) (m. A. R. McLaughlin, 8 April 1918 - Hopkins Co., Marriage recs.) McLaughlin, Richard D.- b.1891, d. 24 Oct. 1932. (Grandfather of Johnny L. McLaughlin) (s/o J. S. B. & Nancy M. DeBord McLaughlin) McLaughlin, Leonard - b.10 Ap. 1889, d. 4 May 1892, (child of J. S. B. & Nancy McLaughlin) McLaughlin, Emily - b&d 1886, (infant of J. S. B. & Nancy M. DeBord McLaughlin) McLaughlin, Rebecca J.- b. 12 Apr.1880, d. 20 Sept.1880 - Unmarked grave - (baby of J. S. B. & Nancy McLaughlin) (Oldest Known Grave in Mt. Sterling Cemetery) McLaughlin, Ellra - b.1890 - d.1911, (Metal funeral marker) McLaughlin, Nancy M. - b. 15 Sept. 1854, d. 3 Dec. 1912, (w/o J. S. B. McLaughlin) (d/o Ole’ Daniel & Jane Isabelle Murchison DeBord) McLaughlin, John Stanford Burton - (Unmarked grave) b. 1854 - d. 1917 (J. S. B. McLaughlin & Nancy M. DeBord - m., 24 November 1874 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) McLaughlin, David Bryant - b. 19 Nov. 1904, d. 19 Mar. 1906 (s/o Rev. F. M. & Lydia Craig McLaughlin) McLaughlin, Bettie "Battles" - April 1876 - 1904 - Unmarked grave - (1st wife of F. M. McLaughlin Jr. - Death records) McLaughlin Jr., F. M. - 1868 - 1954 (Frank M. McLaughlin, b. 16 Jan. 1870, d. 22 Ap. 1954. Parents, Frank M. McLaughlin Sr., b. Ark., & Lydia Witcher Craig, b. Ill.- MFH records) (m. 2nd wife Ella Charlton Voss, 5 Oct. 1913 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) McLaughlin, Ellie Charlton - b.19 Aug.1890, d. 13 Mar. 1970 (2nd w/o F. M. McLaughlin Jr.) (Death records say - died 1971) McLaughlin, Baby - Unmarked grave, b&d 1914, (stillborn baby of F. M. & Ellie McLaughlin) McLaughlin, Lydia Witcher Craig - b.1827 - d.1905, (w/o of Rev. F. M. McLaughlin Sr.) (Rev. F. M. McLaughlin Sr. is buried at Tarrant cemetery) McLaughlin, Walter - Unmarked grave - b. Oct. 1875, d. ndd (h/o Jennie) McLaughlin, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates McLaughlin, Mrs. A. R. (May Or Mamie Ferguson)- Unmarked grave - b. ? - d. 1912 (1st w/o A.R. McLaughlin) - (A. R. McLaughlin & May Ferguson - wed, 11 January 1903 - Hopkins Co.,- Marriage Rec.) McLaughlin, A. R. - Unmarked grave - No Dates - (m. 2nd wife Bettie Hardwick Hankins, 8 April 1918 - Hopkins Co., - Marriage Rec.) McLaughlin, baby - Unmarked grave - Death entered the home of Frank McLaughlin and wife Ellie and took from them their little baby last Sat. evening. It was laid to rest in the cemetery at this place. (S. S. Gazette, Fri.,May 1, 1914, Mt. Sterling column dated Ap. 28th) McLaughlin, Mamie, Mrs. - Unmarked grave, d. 1912, We are sorry to report the death of Mrs. Mamie McLaughlin. She died at the home of her father, Mr. Ferguson, after an illness of 31 days. Her remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Sterling cemetery. She leaves a husband, two children, father, mother, and two brothers. ( S. S. Gazette, Fri., June 7, 1912, Mt. Sterling column dated June 4th) McLemore, Thomas M. - b. 4 May 1886, d. 13 July 1978, ( m. Hettie Palmer, 23 Oct. 1915 Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) (s/o Steven & Nina Ramsey McLemore) McLemore, Hetty A. - b. 14 Sept. 1896, d. 10 Aug. 1966, o/s/w Thomas M. McLemore McLeroy, E. - b. 16 June 1846, d. 28 July 1912, w/o J. T. McLeroy McPherson, Stewart "Baby" - Unmarked grave - No Dates McPherson, Ronny - b. 24 May 1947,d. 14 May 1962 (s/o J. Cullen & Edith DeBord McPherson) McPherson, Louie - Unmarked grave - b. 1900 - d. 1936 (had Metal funeral marker) McPherson, Pauline - b. Dec. 1914, d. 15 Sept. 1938, (Metal funeral marker) (d/o Malcolm T. McPherson & Annie Catherine Murphy, b. Washington Co., Tex.- Death records) McPherson, Malcolm T. - b. 18 Dec. 1869, d. 14 Jan. 1941 (Parents, D. McPherson & Serena Rhodes. - MFH records) McPherson, Annie C. - b. 5 Sept. 1873, d. 14 Sept. 1952, o/s/w Malcolm T. McPherson (b.5 Sept. 1873, d. 8 Dec. 1952 - Parents, Owen Murphy, b. Ireland, & Sarah Murphy - MFH records) McPherson, J. Cullen - b. 11 Mar. 1910, d. 15 Dec. 1979, (s/o Malcolm T. & Annie C. Murphy McPherson) McPherson, Edith DeBord - b. 18 July 1909, d. 9 Dec. 1998, o/s/w J. Cullen McPherson, (d/o Uncle Daniel & Maudie Johnson DeBord) McPherson, Kenneth Jerome - b. 30 Dec. 1939, d. 26 Nov. 1985 (s/o Cullen & Edith DeBord McPherson) McPherson, Joyce E. - b. 3 Oct. 1940, d. ______, o/s/w Kenneth Jerome McPherson McPherson, Murphy - b. 2 July 1912, d. 7 May 1983 (s/o M. T. & Annie C. Murphy McPherson) McPherson, Thelma - b. 23 Oct. 1917, d. _____, m. Murphy McPherson, 10 Ap. 1934, o/s/w Murphy McPherson McPherson, Serina Annie - Unmarked grave, (b. 12 Aug. 1900, d. 24 Mar. 1936, Parents, M. T. McPherson, & Annie Murphy - MFH records) (Death records) McPherson, Joe Dan - b. 25 Sept. 1936, d. 6 Ap. 2000 {s/o Cullen & Edith McPherson} McPherson, Dimple L. - b. 21 Aug. 1942, d. _____, m. Joe Dan McPherson, 3 May 1958, o/s/w Joe Dan McPherson McPherson Jr., J. C.- b. 18 July 1941, d. 17 Sept. 2003 {s/o Cullen & Edith McPherson} McPherson, Gloria Jean - b. 13 Ap. 1946, d. _____, m. J. C. McPherson, Jr., 14 Sept. 1964, o/s/w J. C. McPherson, Jr. Merritt Jr., R. L. - b. 28 Sept. 1932, d.20 Dec. 1969, (s/o R. L. "Buck"& Zelphia Herron Merritt) Merritt, Burrell Dean "Gibbons" - b. 28 Sept. 1938, d. ____ (w/o R. L. Merritt Jr.) Merritt Sr., R. L. "Buck" - b. 21 Jan. 1909, d. 9 Nov. 1970 Merritt, Zelphia "Herron" - b. 20 June 1909, d. 1987, o/s/w R. L. "Buck" Merriett Miller, Jimmie M. - b. 13 Mar. 1877 - d. 13 Mar. 1963 (Parents - Benjamin F. Miller and Ellen Marrs Miller) Miller, Maggie L. - b. 15 Mar.1880 - d. 1 Oct. 1966, o/s/w Jimmie M. Miller (d/o J. M. "Jake" & Mary M. "Craig" DeBord) Miller, Roy E. - b. 7 Oct. 1897 - d. 3 Sept. 1970 (s/o Jimmie M. & Maggie L. Debord Miller) Miller, Gladys Irene McCain - b. 11 Oct. 1908, d. 23 Dec. 1982, o/s/w Roy E. Miller Miller, Durewood D. - b. 24 Sept. 1930, d. 17 May 1931, (8 mo. old son of Roy E. and Gladys McCain Miller) Moore, Elton Alexander - b. 10 Nov. 1889, d. 11 Sept. 1957 (Parents, Everett S. Moore & Betty Ross. MFH records) Moore, Grace Elizabeth - b. 7 July 1904, d. 19 May 1992, o/s/w Elton Alexander Moore Moore, Christopher - b&d 1983 (s/o Billy Moore, Jr.) Murchison, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Murchison, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Murchison, Henry W. - b. 1859_____ Unmarked grave Neal, Lemma A. - b. 1 Nov. 1877, d. 28 Nov. 1888, (d/o J. R. L. & Jane I. DeBord Neal) Nelson, Mr. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Nordin, George M. - b. 22 Nov. 1887, d. 4 Oct. 1982, (s/o Joshua T. & Martha White Nordin) Nordin, Idella Page - b. 13 May 1892, d. 8 May 1972, o/s/w George M. Nordin, (d/o Joe & Merneiva England Page) Nordin, Raymond George - b.12 Nov.1910, d.1 Nov.1982, (s/o George M. & Idella Page Nordin) Nordin, Sally - b. 24 July 1908, d. ndd, o/s/w Raymond G. Nordin Nordin, Martha White - 1859 - 1906, (w/o Joshua Tom Nordin) Nordin, Albert - b. 26 July 1890, d. 18 Feb. 1979, (s/o Joshua Tom & Martha White Nordin) Nordin, Bobbie - b. 28 June 1893, d. 14 June 1976, o/s/w Albert Nordin, (d/o Stanley & Lela Jobe Boyd) Nordin, Joshua T. - b. 12 Feb. 1858, d. 31 Dec. 1912, (s/o Jacob & Martha Nordin - Death records say died Jan. 31, 1912) (Woodmen of The World Marker) Normandeau, James H. - b. 21 Sept. 1927, d. 3 Dec. 1996 (US Army - Korea) Nurdin, Lono Ross "Paw Paw" - b. 1 July 1920, d. 30 May 1988 Nurdin, Marcilene Young - b. 14 Sept. 1923, d. _____, m. Lono Ross Nurdin 8 Sept. 1942, o/s/w Lono Ross Nurdin Odom, Johnnie - Unmarked grave - No Dates Osborn, Cora Edna Manning - b. 18 Oct. 1892, d. 24 July 1913 (d/o Wesley A. & Nancy J. Surratt Manning) Overaul, Aubrey A.- b. 6 Aug.1900, d. 5 May 1962,(Texas Pvt 1001 Tech Sch. SQ. AAF WW II) Overaul, Henry Clay - b. 1887, d. 25 Nov. 1954. Parents, Mack Overall, b. Tenn., & Rilla Laster, b. Texas. MFH records) Overaul, ?_____ - Unmarked grave - No Dates Parnell, Lottie - No Dates - (has small rock stone with initials L. P.) Parrish, Leslie - b.15 October 1917, d. 8 July 2002, Parrish, Wanda Ruth Young - b.17 Jan. 1925, d. 14 Nov. 2003, (d/o Dwight David & Ruth McLaughlin Young Gross) Payne, Dan Franklin - b. 9 Mar. 1945, d. 2 Sept. 2003 (Tapp funeral home marker) (s/o Edith Payne Tyler) Peach, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Peach, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Peach, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Peach, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Perrin, Richard M. "Dick" - 19 May 1923, d. 4 Dec. 1995 ( US Army WW II ) Perrin, Sybil Reppond - b. 26 Jan. 1925, d. _____, o/s/w Richard M. Perrin, (d/o Bennie & Esther Johnson Reppond) Petty, Henry Wesley - b. 20 Nov. 1921, d. 27 Aug. 1972 ( Texas S/Sgt Army - Air Force WW II ) Petty, Joseph Horshael - b. 19 Ap. 1891, d. 13 Oct. 1967 Petty, Pearl Armstrong - b. 25 Feb. 1890, d. 19 Oct. 1947, o/s/w Joseph Horshael Petty, (d/o Benjamin G. & Jane Isabelle DeBord Armstrong) Petty, Lorene Estelle - Unmarked grave. b. 24 June 1911, d. 24 Oct. 1911, age 4 mos. (d/o J. H. & Zelpha Armstrong Petty - Death record) Pharr, M. B."Mary" Spears - b. 30 Sept. 1868, d. 20 Aug. 1899, (w/o W. A. Pharr) Pharr, W. A. - UnMarked grave, (Not sure he is buried here, may be buried in Richland Cemetery in Brinker Community, of Hopkins Co.) Pherigo, J. M. - Unmarked grave - b. 1852 Pherigo, Prescilla - Unmarked grave - b. 1859, (w/o J. M. Pherigo) Pherigo, "Betty" Elizabeth - Unmarked grave - b. 1850, (sister to Wylie J. Johnson) Pickett, baby - b&d 1904 Pierce, ?____ - Unmarked grave - No Dates Pierce, ?____ - Unmarked grave - No Dates Pierce, ?____ - Unmarked grave - No Dates Pierce, ?____ - Unmarked grave - No Dates Pierce, Little Doctor - Infant son of Wiley & Lillie Pierce, b&d 10 July 1932 Potter, Charley D. - b. 13 Dec. 1901, d. 8 Oct. 1971, (s/o Eli & Emma Stiggers Potter) Potter, Ruby M. - b. 8 Dec. 1912, d. 27 Jun. 2004, m. Charley D. Potter, 21 Nov. 1942, o/s/w Charley D. Potter, (d/o Uncle Daniel & Maudie E. Johnson DeBord) Potter, Alvin E. - d. 14 Aug. 1943, (father of Mozell Potter Risley) Potter, Troy Gene "Bubba" - b. 26 Nov. 1975, d. 20 Jly. 1989, (s/o Thomas D. & Eva Ann) Clifton Potter) (grandson of Charley & Ruby DeBord Potter) Prescott, Pat B. - b. 2 May 1900, d. 23 Ap. 1980 Prescott, Medie B. - b. 18 Nov. 1900, d. 13 Dec. 1972, o/s/w Pat B. Prescott Prescott, Grady L.- b&d 1919 (Grady Prescott, d. 10 Nov. 1919, s/o Pat B. & Medie B. Johnson Prescott - Death records) Proctor, Billie Ray - Unmarked grave, (b. 31 Oct. 1928, Rising Star, Texas, d. 2 Aug. 1936. s/o A.M. Proctor, b. Eastland Co., Tex., & Maude Frissell, b. Coryell Co., Tex. MFH records) Proctor, Jackie Wayne - Unmarked grave - b&d 1933, (s/o Austin M. & Maude Frissell Proctor) (Death records) Proctor, Maude - Unmarked grave, (b. 18 Mar. 1904, Rising Star, Texas, d. 7 Aug. 1936. Husband, A. M. Proctor. Parents, J. W. Frissell, b. Ga., & Janie Curley, b. Coryell Co., Tex. MFH records) Proctor, Uontha Dale - Unmarked grave, (b. 4 Sept. 1930, Rising Star, Texas, d. 2 Aug. 1936. Parents, A. M. Proctor, b. Eastland Co., Tex., & Maude Frissell, b. Coryell Co., Tex. MFH records) Proctor, Billy W. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Raynalds, Davie Lee - b. 2 June 1884, d. 21 Oct. 1953 (Wife Viola Mae "Palmer" Raynalds. Parents, Dave Raynalds, b. Tenn., & Lou Irons, b. Texas. MFH records) Raynalds, Viola Mae - b. 5 Ap. 1888, d. 7 Feb. 1970, o/s/w Davie Lee Raynalds (d/o Erastus & Valeria "White Hair" Palmer) Reppond, Bennie - b. 18 Feb. 1897, d. 24 Jan. 1962 (Benjamin F. Reppond. Parents - Jim Reppond and Callie Brumley Reppond) Reppond, Esther Johnson - b. 10 Nov. 1899, d. 21 Aug. 1990, o/s/w Bennie Reppond Reppond, baby - b&d 17 Jan. 1938 ( Stillborn. b&d 17 Jan. 1937 Parents Bennie Reppond and Esther Johnson - MFH records) Reppond, James Cletus - b&d 25 Feb. 1918, s/o Bennie & Esther Johnson Reppond Reynolds, William L. - b. 16 Ap. 1887, d. 23 Nov. 1965, (s/o William B. & Mary Ann Popplewell Reynolds) Reynolds, Rebecca M. - b. 27 Ap. 1896, d. 29 Mar. 1989, o/s/w William L. Reynolds Reynolds, Jim - b. 8 July 1885, d. 28 Aug. 1950 Reynolds, Harold B. - b. 9 Jan. 1910, d. 21 Sept. 1991 (Died Houston, Harris Co., Texas. Parents, William B. Reynolds and Mary Ann Popplewell, b. Kty. MFH records) Reynolds, Glenna Lee - b. 2 Jan. 1912, d. 11 Oct. 1971, o/s/w Harold B. Reynolds Reynolds, infant - d. 1942, infant son of H. B. & Glenna Reynolds (b&d 9 Aug. 1942, Parents, Harold B. Reynold, b. Hunt Co., and Glenna Lee Raynalds, b. Hopkins Co.,Texas. MFH records) Reynolds, Mark - b&d 1961 (Parents, William David Reynolds & Delcia Griffin. MFH records) Reynolds, Grace M. - b. 20 Jan. 1919, d. 12 May 1977, o/s/w Lonnie Woodrow Reynolds Reynolds, Lonnie Woodrow - b. 22 Feb. 1918, d. 18 Jly. 1993 (Tech. 4 US Army WW II ) Reynolds, Haskell W. - b. 18 Oct. 1923, d. 1 Sept. 1995 (Pvt. US Army WW II, Purple Heart) Reynolds, Geraldine - b. 28 Ap. 1930, d. 4 Feb. 1993, o/s/w Haskell W. Reynolds Reynolds, Weldon Dale - b. 25 Nov. 1949, d. 20 July 2003 (Murray - Orwosky Funeral Home Marker) Richardson, Peggy Marie Cates - b. 25 Sept. 1944, d. 6 May 1991 (d/o Bessie Cates) Risley, infant - Unmarked grave, (b. & d. 6 Mar. 1941. Parents, Darrell Risley and Mozell Potter. MFH records) Risley, Carl - Unmarked grave, (b. 2 Feb. 1904, Pike Co., Ind., d. 21 Jly. 1939. s/o G. O. Risley, b. Pike Co., Ind., & Issado McCarty, b. Pike Co., Ind.- MFH records) Risley, Mozell - Unmarked grave - (b. 8 Sept. 1919, d. 13 Mar. 1941. Parents, E. A. (Alvin E.) Potter, b. Dallas Co., Tex., & Mattie Jarrett, Hopkins Co., Tex.- MFH records) Risley, Baby - Unmarked grave, b&d. 6 Mar. 1941, Infant of Darrell & Mozell Potter Risley Rogers, Paul R. - b. 5 Nov. 1962, d. 12 Feb. 2002 Rogers, Pam - b. 10 May 1964, d. _____, m. Paul R. Rogers 3 Aug. 1978, o/s/w Paul R. Rogers (d/o Joe Dan & Dimples McPherson) Seymore, Ollie Eugene - Unmarked grave, b.1930 - d.1933, (Death records say, s/o T. G. & Lorena M. Smith Seymore) Shelton, Baby Boy - b&d 7 Jan. 1932 (infant s/o J. H. & Ruby Dodd Shelton) Shelton, Baby Boy - b&d 18 Oct. 1928 (infant s/o J. H. & Ruby Dodd Shelton) Shelton, Wandena - b. 23 Dec. 1929, d. 12 Jan. 1930 (Obit - Three week old baby of Mr. & Mrs. John Shelton of Mahoney, died Sunday of pneumonia. Funeral services and burial took place at Mt. Sterling) (Obit dated Jan. 1930) Sheppard, Grover Franklin - Unmarked grave, b&d. 8 Jan. 1914, (Infant son of Frank & Paralee Johnson Sheppard - Death records) Sheppard, Girlie - Unmarked grave, b&d 8 Jan. 1914, (Infant son of Frank & Paralee Johnson Sheppard - Death records) Sheppard, Robert A. - b. 20 Jan. 1912, d. 29 Jan. 1913, s/o G. F. & P. M. Sheppard ( obit - R. A. Sheppard - The infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sheppard passed away at the family home in Mahoney, Jan. 29,1913. Interment in the Mt Sterling cemetery, conducted by Rev. J. E. Hinman) Shultz, Courtney Michelle - b. 8 Dec. 1978, d. 13 Oct. 1995,(d/o Jerry & Mildred Hooten Shultz) Simpson, Mr. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Smith, Edna - 1895 - 1918 Smith, Raymond E. - b. 22 Nov. 1909, d.2 Dec. 1956, (h/o Effie E. Smith) Smith, Effie E. - b.1912 - d.1995 (w/o Raymond E. Smith) Smith, Jim - Unmarked grave - No Date Smith, Donald Wayne - b. 18 June 1946, d. 27 Feb. 1966 ( Texas Sp 4 Co. A 35 Infantry 25 Infantry Div. Vietnam - Green Beret) Smith, Delia - Unmarked grave - b. 1867, d. ndd - (1st w/o A. T. "Atlas" Smith) Smith, A. T. - b. 6 Jan. 1864, d. 20 Ap. 1940 Smith, Emma Cordelia White - b.31 Mar. 1866, d. 28 Feb.1959, o/s/w A. T. Smith (2nd w/o A. T.) Smith, Blantie L., Rev. - b. 10 Ap. 1895, d. 28 Oct. 1970, (s/o Atlas & Cordelia White Smith) Smith, Nell Garnett - b. 29 Oct. 1891, d. 18 Dec. 1990, o/s/w Rev. Blantie L. Smith Smith, Wayland Ray - b. 20 Feb. 1926, d. 24 May 2003, age 77 yrs.(s/o Raymond & Effie Smith) Smith, Jewel - Unmarked grave - b. 1902- d. 1913, (Death records say, d/o Essie Janeway) Steelman, Mary Ellen - b. 18 May 1884, d. 1 Aug. 1975 Stewart, Billy Wayne - b. 1 June 1932, d. 16 June 1933, (s/o H. H. & Katherine Stewart) Stillman, Robert - Unmarked grave - No Dates Stillman, Joseph - Unmarked grave - No Dates Stovall, Kirk - Unmarked grave, b. 1920, 15 Mar. 1932, age 12 yrs. (Father, Callie Stovall, mother, ?______ Proctor) Stovall, C. A. - Unmarked grave - (Obituary - C. A. Stovall, age 46, died Thurday night at his home two miles northwest of Sulphur Springs on the Rhodes farm. He is survived by his wife. Services and burial held at Mt. Sterling. (Hopkins County Echo, Ap. 13 1934) (b. 4 July 1886, Ark., d. 5 Ap. 1934, wife, Nancy, parents, C. A. Stovall & Julia Dike.- MFH records) Stovall, Mrs. - Unmarked grave - No Dates Stroud, Edward Haskell - Unmarked gave, b. 20 May 1908, d. 26 Aug. 1919 (s/o W. E. & Nellie Ward Stroud) Stroud, Baby - Unmarked grave - No dates Stroud, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Stroud, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Stroud, Wes - Unmarked grave, b&d 1923, (s/o Wes & Mollie Hinkle Stroud,- Death records) Stroud, Alta "Allie"- Unmarked grave, b. 1883, d. 1920, (Death records) Stroud, J. M. - b.1874 - d. 1921, (died by taking carbolic acid - Death records) Surratt, John W. - b.1818 - d.1911 (Obit - The Death Angel visited the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ollie Manning Saturday night and took from them their grandfather, "Uncle" Johnnie Surratt. He was 83 years old. He leaves three children. Burial was made in the Mt. Sterling cemetery with services conducted by Bro. Young.) (Sulphur Springs Gazette, Fri., Mar. 10, 1911, Independence column dated March 6th) (Father of Nancy J. Surratt Manning) Taylor, Nova - Unmarked grave - No Dates Thomas, L. H. "Bud" - 1853 - 1933, (Laban Henry)(s/o Laban Gilbert & Rachel Maples Thomas) (b. 14 July 1851, d. 5 Jan.1933, MFH) (L. H. Thomas & Elizabeth M. "Betty" Debord - m.26 Nov. 1874, Hopkins Co., Tx. Marriage rec.) Thomas, "Bettie" Elizabeth M. DeBord - b. 11 Oct. 1852, d. 18 Jan. 1944, o/s/w L. H. "Bud" Thomas, (Elizabeth "Bettie" Thomas, w/o. L. H. "Bud" Thomas) (parents, Daniel DeBord, b. S. C., and Jane Isabelle Murchison, b. N. C. MFH records) Thomas, Jakie W. - b. 9 Jan. 1876, d. 5 Feb. 1899, (s/o L. H. "Bud" & Elizabeth M. "Bettie" DeBord Thomas) Thompson, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Tyler, Clarence - b. 19 Oct. 1915, d. 7 Aug. 1991 Tyler, Edith Payne - b. 20 Mar. 1926, d. ____, m. Clarence Tyler 22 Dec. 1979, o/s/w Clarence Tyler Upchurch, J. B. Mr. - Unmarked grave - No Dates - (m., Minnie Lou Hoover, 24 November 1917 Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) Voss, Jeff D. - b. 5 Aug. 1861, d. 17 Mar. 1939, (h/o Lemmie A. DeBord Voss) (Born and died on the same farm North of Mahoney, Mar. 17, 1939. He is survived by his widow and several children. Funeral and burial was held at Mt. Sterling (Daily News Telegram) (Jefferson Davis Voss - parents Eli Voss and Frances Hargrave. MFH records) ( Father to Elbert Voss whom is buried in Mahoney Cemetery) (m. 2nd wife Sallie Stokes, 12 Nov. 1910 - m. 3rd wife Elizabeth Boss, 6 Feb. 1920 - Hopkins Co., Marriage rec.) Voss, Lemmie A. DeBord - b. 15 Jan. 1862, d. 17 Nov. 1907, w/o Jeff D. Voss, (d/o Ole’ Daniel & Jane I. Murchison DeBord) ( Mother to Elbert Voss, buried in Mahoney Cemetery) Voss, Ethel Pherigo - b. 4 Aug. 1902, d. 17 Dec.1975 - d/o Jim & Priscilla Pherigo (½ sister to Henderson Herron) Voss, W. A. - b. 28 Jan. 1882, d. 3 Feb. 1917, (s/o Jeff D. & Lemmie A. DeBord Voss) Voss, Eli - b. 11 Ap. 1891, d. 10 Dec. 1919, (s/o Jeff D. & Lemmie A. DeBord Voss) Voss, Bessie Ann - b. 4 Sept.1892, d. 2 Aug. 1913, (w/o Eli Voss) Voss, Flora E. - b.10 Oct.1883, d.10 Aug.1884 (Oldest marked grave in Mt. Sterling Cemetery) Voss, infant son - b&d 7 Jan. 1885 Voss, Fanis - b. 28 July 1905, d. 30 Mar. 1933 (sic) (Obituary - Finis Voss, age 24 years, died Sunday night at his home in Mt. Sterling. He is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Voss, several brothers and sisters. Funeral services and burial were held at Mt. Sterling, conducted by Rev. Nichols, pastor of the M. E. Church (Hopkins Co. Echo, Feb. 9, 1934 ) Later reported - He is survived by his father, J. S. Voss, step-mother and two half-brothers. (Note - 1934 paper obit) Voss, Vessie - b.1872 - d.1942 Voss, Callie - b.1875,d.1956, o/s/w Vessie Voss (d/o Robert D. & Elizabeth Youngblood Bartley) Voss, Henry S. - b. 10 Oct. 1910, d. 1 Mar. 1987, (brother of Don Voss) Voss, Don - b. 29 Sept. 1914, d. 17 June 1996, (brother of Henry S. Voss) Waldrop, Brandy Patterson - b. 1978, d. 2003, (d/o Michael& Cheryl Patterson) (granddaughter of Nina Hoover Cooksey) White, I. A. "Buck" - b. 6 Sept. 1879, d. 28 Mar. 1963 White Nancy J.- b.12 June 1885, d. 24 Sept. 1965, m. I. A. White, 1902, o/s/w I. A."Buck" White White, John W. - b. 28 Sept. 1865, d. 15 May 1942 White, Alice - b. 15 Dec. 1866, d. 20 Oct. 1941, o/s/w John W. White White, Elzie - b.1916 - d.1988 White, W. A. "Willie" - b. 31 Aug. 1895, d. 31 Aug. 1976 White, Myrtle R.- b.13 Nov.1899, d.7 Ap.1978, - m. W.A.White,15 Sept. 1917, o/s/w W.A. White Winnett, Sam H. - b.1876 - d.1967, (s/o James Winnett) Winnett, Laura E. - b.1887 - d.1954, o/s/w Sam H. Winnett Winnett, Buford C. - b.1912 - d.1988 Winnett, Freda C. - b.1916 - d.1990, o/s/w Buford C. Winnett Wood, Baby - Unmarked grave - No Dates Woods, Jonnie B. - b. 1 July 1921, d. 4 July 1981 (d/o Fred G. & Thelma McCain Ledbetter) Woodard, Rosa Bell Hoover - b. 23 June 1917, d. 11 Oc. 1994 Wren, Jeff - Unmarked grave - No Dates Wren, Claudie Bell - Unmarked grave, b. 1907, d. 1911, (3 yr. old dau. of Jasper Wren) (Obit - We are sorry to report the death of little Claudie Bell Wren.)(S. S. Gazette, Fri., Jan.13 1911, Mt. Sterling column dated Jan.10th) Wright, Maedlia Jane - Unmarked grave, (1840 - 1914, Grandmother Wright) Yarbrough, Stacey Renee’ - b. 5 May 1971, d. 19 Sept. 1996 Young, Davis - b&d 6 June 1901, baby son of Mrs. Joe S. Young Young, Joe S. - b. 13 June 1870, d. 9 June 1962, (Joe Sephus Young. Parents - Fletcher and Susan Allen Young) Young, Mary A. - b. 27 Sept. 1872, d. 1 Oct. 1909, age 37 yrs, 3 days, (w/o Joe S. Young) Young, John D. - b. 16 Sept. 1859, d. 8 Jan. 1947, (s/o Sam & Jane Pool Young) Young, Gertrude Z. - b. Jan. 1888, d. Mar. 1973, (d/o John D. & Mollie Acklin Young) Young, John Henry - 25 June 1889, d. 4 Aug. 1950 Young, Bessie Lee - b. 29 Feb. 1892, d. 27 Oct. 1983 Young, Mollie Acklin - b. 21 Ap. 1861, d. 31 Dec. 1924, (w/o John D. Young) Young, Dwight David - b. 11 Sept. 1899, d. 7 Jan. 1940 (Died at Paris, Lamar Co., Texas. MFH records)