Hunt Co., TX - Cemeteries: The Lane Cemetery
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    The Lane Cemetery
    From the initial survey of graves during the week of March 15-19, 2004,
there seems to be one hundred eighty-nine possible known graves.  This
includes the counting to two fence posts within the boundaries of the
cemetery.  Among the earliest graves would be Cannot Read Lola V., (1843);
Cinthia P. Mehan (?) (1872); Mrs. E. W. Clymer, (1875); R. E. Terry, (1877);
George Clymer, (1879);  Nancy D. Roach, (1880); Earl Clymer, (1883); Infant
Daughter Parr, (1883);  Eunice O. Crabb, (1884); J. W. Roach, (1886); Mary Lou
King, (1887); Infant Tipton, (1887); W. B. Roach, (1889);  Cora B. McGuire,
(1889); Mary E. Fultz, (1891); Oskery Tipton, (1891); James Wharton, (1891);
Eliza Wright, (1891);  Eliza Roach, (1892); Mary E. Waller, (1892); Bessie
Barnett, (1892); Susie E. Goopeg (?), (1894); John Watson, (1895); John L.
Handley, (1895); J. C. Dennis, (1897); Emalu Wharton, (1897); Abner Decker,
(1897); R. M. Pinkerton, (1898); A. J. Welborn, (1898); and Clymer Mems (?)
Lindsay, (18??).
    Those who were buried with the earliest birth dates were W. B. Roach,
(1806); Abner Decker, (1823); Christana McGuire Groves, (1826); W. W. Pearson,
(1829); Benjamin P. Crabb, (1830); R. M. Pinkerton, (1832); W. T. Roach,
(1832); Eliza Roach, (1838);  Sallie Pearson, (1839); Mrs. Fannie Taylor,
(1839); B. E. Masters, (1842); Cannot Read Lola V., (1843); Jamima Decker,
(1845); Ellen P. Roach, (1845); Lola Johnston (1845); Rebecca Watson, (1845);
Dr. G. T. Bruce, (1847); J. M. Crabb, (1852); Mary Ellen Masters, (1852); Mary
Lou King, (1853);  Samuel Bradford, (1853); E. B. Merrell, (1854); John A.
McGuire, (1855); Susan Elizabeth Roach, (1856); Silas James Rawls, (1858);
Anna Rhoda King, (1858); and Betty P. Stinson, (1859).  Many individuals had
birth dates after 1860 and before 1900.
    The last persons buried in this lovely little graveyard, on a sloping
hill, in peaceful Hunt County are Robert Clifton Childress, (1990); Charles P.
Childress, (1991); Florence L. Childress, (1997); Dr. Walter P. Pierce,
(1997); Lois Lacy Lewis, (1998); Ina Mae McGuire, (2000); Laneta (Fat) Clinton
Caraway, (2000); Joe LaFavers, (2001); John Henry Caraway, (2001); Wesley
Powell Pierce, (2001); and Jerry Max LaFavers, (2002).

The Lane Cemetery is approximately five miles west of Celeste, off FM 1562 and
on CR 1133 (rock road), going north approximately two-tenths of a miles.
    Sarah Roach Swindell
    March 19, 2004