Hopkins Co TX - DEATH RECORDS OF HOPKINS COUNTY BLACKS From: June E. Tuck ************************************************************************ 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 submitted, 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/ *********************************************************************** DEATH RECORDS OF HOPKINS COUNTY BLACKS BURIED IN ANOTHER COUNTY Extracted by June E. Tuck The following are Blacks who have death records in Hopkins County, Texas, showing they were buried in another county. In giving the parents’ name, the mother is listed with her maiden name. I found in the death records that often the birth dates are not correct and names may be misspelled. Abbreviations: b. - born d. - died d/o - daughter of s/o - son of w/o - wife of h/o - husband of Alsobrooks, S. Janie, Mrs. - b. 1878, d. 4 Dec. 1932, d/o Hull Tramell & Eliza Webb, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas, Brooks Undertaker Austin, Alexander Raphiul - b. 23 Jly. 1892, d. 5 Oct. 1952, s/o Frank Austin & Bell Coplin, burial Dodd City, Texas Bayless, F. P. (male) - b. 1856, d. 4 Dec. 1932, h/o Maggie, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas, Brooks Undertaker Bayless, Maggie – b. 10 Mar. 1877, d. May 1939, w/o Frank Bayless, d/o John Johnson & Aleberella Garland, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas Blaylock, Beatrice - b. 27 Ap. 1894, d. 23 Sept. 1971, d/o Jake Collier & Dora Jackson, buried Rabb Cemetery, Lone Oak, Texas Bolton, Martha - d. 15 Sept. 1927, age 50 years, informant, Simon Bolton, buried Pittsburg, Texas Boyd, Ruth D. - b. 7 Dec. 1934, d. 24 June 1962, d/o George Washington & Bessie Hooker, informant James Vance Boyd, buried Benton Hill Cemetery, Rains Co., Texas Boyd, Ethel Lee - b. 12 Sept. 1903, d. 17 Sept. 1964, d/o Frank Crear & Lula Collier, informant, Richard Boyd, buried Rabb’s Hill Cemetery, Lone Oak, Texas Boyd, Richard S. - b. 6 Mar. 1900, d. 22 Feb. 1971, s/o James V. Boyd, buried Rabb Cemetery, Lone Oak, Texas Brembry, Elizabeth - b. 4 Sept. 1871, d. 2 Jan. 1926, in Sulphur Bluff, Texas, buried Franklin County, Texas Brooks, Willie Mae - b. 13 Feb. 1906, d. 19 Feb. 1954, buried Pittsburg Black City Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas. Brooks, Jim Oliver - b. 15 Mar. 1906, d. 11 Sept. 1963, Union Chapel Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas Buford, Jessie - b. 15 Oct. 1879, d. 30 Jly. 1856, buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Texas Butler, Jerry - b. 23 May 1947, d. 6 Dec. 1967, buried Annona Cemetery, Annona, Texas Carr, Lou - d. 12 Mar. 1928, age 43 years, informant Henry Carr, d/o Lem Kennon, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas Cash, Emma Lue - b. 23 Sept. 1931, d. 27 Jly. 1947, buried Layfelt Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas - Walker Funeral Home. Chaplin, Edgar Joe - b. 9 Jan. 1915, d. 17 Mar. 1962, buried Ebenever Cemetery, Miller Co., Arkansas Childs, Windey Elaine - b&d 27 Nov. 1966, buried Rabb Cemetery, Lone Oak, Texas Coming, Jimmie - d. 20 Ap. 1938, age 56 years, s/o Jim Coming & Ollie Criddle, buried at Pittsburg, Texas Conny (Looney), Claud L. - b. 1922, d. 23 Feb. 1948, buried at Formen, Arkansas Crear, Esther Mae - b 18 Nov. 1918, d. 31 Dec. 1962,d/o Anthony Crear & Menavorn? Hollaway, buried Rabb’s Hill Cemetery, Lone Oak, Texas Dabbs, Carroll Ruth - b&d 9 Jan. 1956, buried Piney Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Dade, Alice Mae - b. 7 May 1909, d. 28 Oct. 1968, d/o Nat Rutherford & Lucy Harris, buried Denton Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Texas Dickson, Hence - b. 2 Feb. 1899, d. 12 Sept. 1948, buried Woodland City Cemetery, Arkansas, J. M. Richardson, undertaker, Texarkana. Dickson, Gracie May - b. 23 Ap. 1922, d. 13 Oct. 1930, d/o Virge Dickson & Rosy Givins, informant Virge Dickson, buried Pierce Chapel Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Texas. She lived at Sulphur Bluff, Texas Dickson, Ladell - b. 2 June 1911, d. 27 Oct. 1930, d/o Virge Dickson & Gertrude Simms (sic), buried Pierce Chapel Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Texas Dickson, Gertrude - b. 29 Jan. 1889, d. 16 Nov. 1930, d/o S. Simmons (sic) & Caroline Ryby, informant Virge Dickson, died from Typhoid Fever, buried Pierce Chapel Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Texas Duffey, Mary - b. 18 Jly. 1885, d. 24 Nov. 1952, buried East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Texas Duffey, Mary Joe - b. 20 Nov. 1952, d. 18 June 1953, buried Lafelt Cemetery, near Pittsburg, Texas. Duffey, Charles Lynn - b. 26 June 1940, d. 22 May 1971, informant Mrs. Della Mae Duffey, buried Boulton Cemetery, Pittsburg, Camp Co., Texas Edwards, Beulah J. - b. 28 Mar. 1912, d. 26 Nov. 1949,d/o Jamess Pierce and Chaney Bell, buried Hearne Cemetery, Hearne, Texas Evans, Dianne Lynn - b. 8 May 1957, d. 12 Mar. 1970, buried Grundy Memorial Park, Greenville, Texas Franklin, Mattie Ruth - b. 13 June 1895, d. 29 Jly. 1926,, d/o Charlie Sadler & Mary Chambers, informant Friday Franklin, buried Montgomery Co., Texas Frazier, Jodie - b. 1 June 1919, d. 12 May 1959, s/o Joseph Frazier & Cliffie Hopkins, buried Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery, Avinger, Texas Freeman, Daffne - b. 2 Sept. 1897, d. 14 Jly. 1971, d/o Wes & Willie Mae Cooks, buried Rabb Cemetery, Lone Oak, Texas (Recorded - in Greenville) Fuller, Lucious - b. 1 June 1885, d. 11 Feb. 1952, buried Ruston, Louisana Gamble, Francis - b. 3 May 1926, d. 9 Jly. 1946, d/o Mack Gamble & Mennie Rutherford, buried Mt. Vernon. Green, Preston - b. 1 Jan. 1941, d. 2 Nov. 1946, buried Long-Green cemetery, Jewell Spencer Funeral Home. Green Joe - b. 9 May 1907, d. 12 Dec. 1964, buried Rockhill Cemetery, Caney (City,) Texas Grey, Verlie - b. 18 Aug. 1907, d. 5 June 1935, child of Richard Grey & Lula Thomas, buried Cooper, Texas Grissom, Ernest L. - b. 15 Feb. 1891, d. 18 Nov. 1967, s/o Henry Grissom & Betty McMillan, buried Benton Hill Cemetery, Rains Co., Texas Harris, Henretta - b. 1900, d. 4 Feb. 1948, buried Woodland Cemetery, Mexia, Texas Heath, Ray Louis - b. 25 Sept. 1932, d. 19 Feb. 1963, buried Hickory Hill Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas Heath, Bessie - b. 25 Oct. 1898, d. 19 Dec. 1965, d/o S. W. Wallace & Harriett Harris, buried Christian Hope Cemetery, Gilmer, Texas Heath, Elijah - b. 20 Mar. 1890, d. 19 Aug. 1943, buried Pittssburg, Texas Hollis, Tom - b. 1 May 1886, d. 4 Mar. 1954, s/o Petter Hollis & Margrett Canda, buried Wolfe City Cemetery, Wolfe City, Texas. Hollis, Callie - b. Wolfe City, Texas, d. 20 Feb. 1935, age 40 years, d/o Edd Bowie & Lue Williams, w/o Tom Hollis, buried, Wolfe City, Texas Hollis, Lee Joy - b. 13 Ap. 1909, d. 19 Oct. 1954, s/o Tom Hollis & Callie Bowie, buried Wolfe City Cemetery, Wolfe City, Texas Holt, Brenda LaJoyce - b. 12 Ap. 1951, d. 27 Sept. 1968, buried Palestine Cemetery, Paris, Texas Horsley, G. T. - b. 22 Mar. 1915, d. 8 May 1960, buried Sunrise Cemetery, Linden, Texas Howard, Abb - b. 18 Aug. 1893, d. 20 Ap. 1968, buried Douglas Community Cemetery, Atlanta, Texas Hynson, Emmer - b. 24 Dec. 1880, d. 29 Feb. 1940, d/o Jim Monroe & Elvira Mitchell,w/o John Hynson, buried Wood Co., Texas Hudson, Ada Bell - b. 19 Feb. 1893, Rice, Texas, d. 5 Feb. 1935, w/o Sam Hudson, d/o P. R. Peterson & Lucinda Richardson, buried Rice, Texas, Brooks Undertakers Hughs, Henry - b. 25 Jan. 1896, d. 21 Jly. 1969, s/o Hence Hughs & Betty Raynolds, buired Rocky Ford Cemetery, Roxton, Texas Hunter, Lucinda Jean Amours - b&d 24 Aug. 1958, Hopewell Cemetery, Emory, Texas Jackson, Robert - b. 10 May 1879, d. 13 Mar. 1929, s/o Celen Jackson, informant, Maggie Jackson, buried Cason Cemetery, Morris Co., Texas Jackson, Emory - b. 4 Ap. 1902, d. 19 June 1967, s/o Sol Jackson & Hannah Demet, buried Prairie Grove Cemetery, Rains Co., Texas Jennings, Isabella - b. 8 Feb. 1869, d. 26 May 1944, d/o Peter Vaugh(n) & Susie Stokes, buried East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Texas Johnson, Harriett - b. 2 Ap. 1865, d. 5 Aug. 1938, informant Elijah Johnson of Como, buried Quitman, Texas Johnson, Jewel D. - b. 2 Jly. 1895, d. 17 Mar. 1971, informant Hespy Johnson, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Lessburg, Camp Co., Texas Johnson, Edward - b. 15 Mar. 1920, d. 11 Jan. 1942, s/o Artie Johnson & Sadie Ward, buried Chapel Cemetery ( He lived at Sulphur Bluff. Is this cemetery, Pierce Chapel Cemetery in Mt. Vernon??) Jones, Sallie - d. Jan. 1937, age 59 years, d/o Bob & Sallie Ozeley, informant Sam Jones, buried Cooper, Texas Kelly, Joe Louis - b. 17 Mar. 1938, d. 25 May 1952, buried Pittsburg Colored Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas. Kornegay, Tinva L. - b. 30 Jly. 1962, d. 5 Aug. 1962, buried Sand Flat Cemetery, Emory, Texas Martin, Jack - b. 12 Sept. 1904, d. 29 Sept. 1944, s/o Johnnie Martin & Lula Mae Jordon, buried Wood Co., Texas McColler, John Ben - b. about 1895, d. 2 Mar. 1940, buried Avinger, Texas McGuire, Mary - b. 25 Dec. 1894, d. 8 Sept. 1962, d/o Henry Bailey, informant, Henry McGuire, buried Bethlehem Cemetery, Smith County, Texas McKay, Celesta - b. 31 Dec. 1905, d. 13 Feb. 1954, buried Lone Star Cemetery, near Newsome, Texas Merrick, Annie - b. 1882, in La., d. 4 Mar. 1931, informant Joseph H. Merrick, d/o Henry Allen & Floridia Allen, buried Horton, La., J. L. Brooks, undertaker Minter, Van - d,. 19 Jan. 1927, age about 53 years, s/o Crawford Minter & Denant Miller, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas Mitchell, Pearl - b. 30 Dec. 1893, d. 14 Jan. 1950, d/o Robert Stringer & Mollie Maupis, buried Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas Mitchell, Laura - b. 6 Mar. 1857, d. 17 Jan. 1943, d/o Harry Jones & Mary Brooks, buried Jefferson, Texas Moore, Buster B. - b. 25 Sept. 1907, d. 25 May 1969, s/o John Moore & Ida Randolph, buried Rocky Mound Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas Moore, M. - b. 22 Ap. 1926, d. 8 Jly. 1927, (female) buried Pittsburg, Texas Moore, Bert - b. 7 June 1880, d. 19 Jly. 1928, s/o Jim Moore & Ann Petty, buried Hewitt, Texas Mosley, Laurneta - b. Camp Co., Texas, d. 16 Nov. 1931, age 47 years, d/o Allen Richardson & Ella Hill, informant, Zack Mosley, buried Pittsburg, Texas Organ, Arthur - b. 7 Dec. 1893, d. 8 Sept. 1964, s/o Adam Organ, informant, Mrs. Clara Organ, buried Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Texas Price, Mattie, d. 26 Oct. 1931, age 50 years, buried Winnsboro, Texas Pride, Leola - d. 22 Aug. 1934, age 40 years, d/o Joe Comecile & Ella Cullors, informant J. D. Pride, buried Arkansas Pruitt, Carlton Edward - b. 25 Jly. 1942, d. 5 Jly. 1943, buried at Mt. Vernon, Texas Pogue, John Wesley - b. 14 Mar. 1876, d. 5 Nov. 1958, buried Greenville Black Cemetery, Greenville, Texas Pogue, Vertice - b. 4 Dec.1912, d. 15 Feb. 1971, buried West Chapel Cemetery, Leesburg, Camp Co., Texas Poke, Mildred - d. 4 Ap. 1933, age 4 mos. 6 days, d/o Joe Poke & Dilsey Rogers, buried Pierce Chapel Cemetery, Franklin Co., Texas Porter, Moses - b. 27 Nov. 1909, d. 1 June 1941, s/o John Porter, buried Pittsburg, Texas Randolph, John - b. 22 June 1882, d. 4 Ap. 1953, s/o Aaron & Charolet Randolph, buried Rocky Mountain Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas. Randolph, Josephine, Mrs. - b. 10 May 1864, d. 1 Jan. 1944, d/o John & Mariah Lee, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas Raye, Mildred Birdine - b. 6 Aug. 1922, d. 26 June 1950, buried Lessburg Cemetery, Camp Co., Texas. Robinson, Earl - b. 17 Feb. 1894, d. 21 Jan. 1927, s/o Soloman Robinson & Mattie Roswell, buried Mt. Pleasant, Texas Rogers, Josie - d. 11 Dec. 1931, age 79 years, d/o Lewis Norman & Viney Bolton, informant, John Rogers, buried Pittsburg, Texas Roland, Lela - d. 17 Mar. 1936, age 31 years, divorced, d/o Ben Price, buried Winnsboro, Texas Rose, Jimmie Mallory - b. 25 Aug. 1949, d. 6 Dec. 1967, buried Annona Cemetery, Annona, Texas Sanders, Curtis - b. 7 Ap. 1925, d. 21 Jan. 1957, buried Stamp, Arkansas Searcy, Gussie Lee - b. 13 Sept. 1948, d. 18 Jly. 1967, buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas Shaw, Dellar Heath - d. 10 Mar. 1928, age about 80 years, informant S. T. Shaw, buried Omaha, Texas Shelton, Janie M. - b. 10 Mar. 1899, d. 27 Jan. 1970, d/o George Moffiett & Mary E. Monroe, buried East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Texas Sims, Grigsby G. - b. 15 Aug. 1907, d. 6 Oct. 1968, s/o Jim Sims & Rachel Williams, buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Wolfe City, Texas Smith, Tommy DeWayne - b. 13 May 1957, d. 4 June 1957, buried Sand Flat Cemetery, Emory, Texas Starr, Amanda - b. 13 Ap. 1885, d. 8 Mar. 1953, buried Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Newsome, Texas Taylor, Lola - b. 15 Nov. 1909, d. 26 Oct. 1955, d/o Will Weaver & Nancy Fredrick, buried Shady Grove Cemetery, Cason, Texas Timmons, Mildred - b. 15 Jly. 1934, d. 12 June 1966, d/o Tolly Pitts & Ella Gassaway, buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Pittsburg, Texas Turner, Richard - b. 15 Nov. 1894, d. 22 Sept. 1954, s/o Clark & Sarah Turner, buried Mt. Sterling Cemetery, Cason, Texas Wade, Bessie Mae - b. 24 June 1915, d. 19 Sept. 1967, d/o Edman Stripping & Ella Jackson, buried Hebron Cemetery, Clarksville, Texas Walton, Donia - b. 8 Dec. 1877, d. 1 June 1967, d/o George Berry & Susan Maberry, buried Muddy Creek Cemetery, Quitman, Texas Ward, Alma - b. 12 Aug. 1912, d. 13 Mar. 1941, d/o Dan Johnson & Mary Dedman, buried Mt. Vernon, Texas Warren, Anna - b. 17 Feb. 1880, d. 21 Jly. 1964, Morning Star Community Cemetery, Naples, Texas West, Sonnie - b. 25 Ap. 1899, d. 14 Feb. 1967, s/o William West & Emma Washington, informant Artie West, buried Muddy Creek Cemetery, Quitman, Texas Williams, Armanda Booker - b. 4 Dec. 1897, d. 21 Oct. 1963, buried Freehope Cemetery, Clarksville, Texas Williams, Harry Ashton - b. 24 May 1890, d. 3 Mar. 1964, s/o Boney Williams & Elen Wilkerson, buried West Chapel Cemetery, Newsome, Texas Winstard, Mary - b. 21 Sept. 1891, d. 14 Ap. 1956, d/o Thomas Polite & Viney Hopkins, buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Ark.