Jasper County, Texas --- Craig Cemetery By by: Monica Petty --cchero76555@cs.com & Karen Gilchriest --kakay1964@aol.com ************************************************************************ 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 *********************************************************************** Craig Cemetery is located southwest from Buna on Hwy 96, located in Evadale. Driving south on 96 turn right between the two churches in the middle of Evadale, one brick and the other white, the cemetery is down the road on the left. There are no signs for the cemetery. The road forks and the cemetery is on the left fork and Craig Lake is on the fork to the right, there is gate leading into a hunting club, you can see the rifle range to the right of the gate. Craig cemetery is the final resting-place for those that lived in this once active Arthur Temple logging Community. At one time there was over 100 homes, a company store, a maintenance shop, and a boarding house. The cemetery is in a sad shape of neglect; the trees and underbrush are the only thing visible when you drive to this location. There are about 35 remaining markers in some form or another at this time, but this cemetery is in danger of becoming another lost burial site in the very near future. One would not know that the graves were there if they were not told exactly where to look. Just to the side of a dirt road in the underbrush of tall pines are all that remains of this once active logging town. There is a big brick house located at the end of the road adjoining the cemetery plat as well as a few mobile homes on same side of the dirt road just before you get to the cemetery. No telling how many markers are already lost, broken, covered over or sunken as of today. I do not know of an earlier complete record of this cemetery. Recorded Feb. 01, 2002 by: Monica Petty --cchero76555@cs.com & Karen Gilchriest --kakay1964@aol.com This information is to be used for research only, information not to be reproduced on disc or paper for sale. To be placed on free access sites only. Bacak, Bertha b. 1903 d. 1905 Single --Flat marker---Poor condition--sunken Bacak, James L. b.1920 d.1920 Single--Flat marker---Good condition--sunken Burch, Mary b. May 22, 1874 d. Aug. 12, 1954 Front of marker--- There is Rest in Heaven Single--upright marker---Poor condition Burch, W. P. b. Aug. 14, 1868 d. July 08, 1943 Front of marker----Gone but Not Forgotten Single---upright marker ---Poor condition Charlton, Infant b. Sept. 26, 1908 d. Sept. 29, 1908 Front of marker--Infant of R. L. & Myrtie Charlton Gone To Rest Single--upright marker -- good condition --hidden under bushes and trees Coudrain, Alvateen b. Jan. 16, 1911 d. Dec. 07, 1924 Front of Marker---Sweetly Sleeping in Jesus--Our Darling Single--upright marker--Condition poor- sunken-tilted Coudrain, Pearlie-- b. Jan. 20, 1914 d. Aug.07, 1917 Front of Marker ---Asleep in Jesus Our Darling Single--Upright Marker Poor --condition Griffis, Joel b. July 1936 d. July 16,1936 Front of marker--Dying is but going Home Double--upright marker--Poor condition --Broken-Tilted- Griffis, Melda Ray b. Aug. 20, 1934 d. Aug.20,1934 Double--- upright marker--- poor condition--unstable--Tilted Hare, Children Children of Marcus & Eliza L. Hare " We Miss Them " Single- Upright marker-- Poor condition -detached--sunken --illegible Hare, Myrtie Thelma b. Aug. 22, 1908 d. Nov. 15, 1915 Single--upright marker--poor condition Jackson, Emma b..1886 d. 1962 Funeral home marker/poor condition Jackson, Thomas b. 1884 d. 1962 Funeral home marker/poor condition Jasper, Sam L. b. July 09, 1873 d. Jan. 06, 1929 Doubled---upright marker--good condition--sunken-tilted (Inside of a small fenced in area, this is the only marker left in this area) Jasper, Violia b. Apr. 10, 1886 d. Nov. 12, 1926 Double--upright marker---good condition --sunken--tilted (Inside of a small fenced in area, this is the only marker left in this area) Ozan, Vera b.1881 d. 1948 Front of marker---Asleep in Jesus Single---upright marker---Poor condition--tilted--sunken Parsley, Velma Lucile b. Mar. 28, 1926 d.July 13, 1929 Front of marker--Resting Peace Single--Upright marker- poor condition--sunken Pipkin W.K. b. ----- d.---- (illegible) Aged 81 yrs old Broken---detached --under bushes Reese, Andrew Jackson b. Mar. 30, 1883 d. 1893 Front of marker---Son of A. B. & Jane Reese Our Blessed One is Gone To The Lord Single--Marker--Poor--Deterioarated--Detached--Illegible--Broken Richardson C.M. b. 1851 d. Nov. 20, 1914 Front of marker--Born in Pittsburg Penn. Died in Evadale Texas Single--upright marker--poor condition--unstable--sunken - Rockman, Earl W. b. Dec. 20, 1929 d.Jan. 31,1951 Front of marker---The Lord is my Shepperd Single --upright marker-good condition-sunken Searle, George W. Jr. b. Nov. 06, 1926 d. May 22, 1930 Front of marker---- Gone but not Forgotten Single--upright marker-- good condition Smith, Benjaman F. b. Apr. 02, 1874 d. Feb. 04, 1914 Front of marker---Sheltered and Safe from Sorrow Foot marker--uprooted Single--upright marker ----poor condition--unstable--tilted Smith, Elizabeth b. Mar. 29, 1833 d. Nov. 01, 1899 Front of marker-- Wife of Homer M. Smith Foot marker-- E.S. ( uprooted) Single--upright marker--poor condition--sunken--tilted Smith, Josephine b. Apr. 10, 1872 d. Sept. 12, 1890 Front of marker--- Daughter of H. M. & E. Smith Our Blessed is Gone Single--upright marker---poor condition--tilted Steven, William M. b. Apr. 30, 1914 d. May 07, 1956 Single---flat marker--good condition Military Marker: Texas S1 U. S. NAVY WW II Tanton, Babe b.--- d. Aug. 20, 1930 Front of marker---- Father Single---flat-- homemade marker---poor condition Tanton, Elbert b. Jan. 18, 1930 d. --- Front of marker--- Brother Single -- Homemade marker---poor condition Tanton, Emmer b.----- d. Feb. 10, 1928 Front of Marker--- Mother Single--- Flat homemade marker---poor condition Tanton, William Archie b. 1906 d. 1969 Single --Homemade --poor condition--sunken Whitmire, Opal b. Sept. 03, 1932 d. Dec. 22, 1932 Front of marker---Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Allen Whitmire Darling We Miss You Single--upright marker--Poor condition--Tilted--sunken Whitmire, Pearl b. Aug. 29, 1874 d. Mar. 30, 1932 Front of marker--Dear Mother though we miss you much we know you rest with God Single--upright marker---poor condition Williams, Eliza V. b. Mar. 24, 1872 d. Feb. 24, 1882 Front of marker----Daughter of C.W. & O.J.O. Williams Gone to Heaven Foot Marker--- E. V. W. Single --upright marker--poor--deteriorated--Sunken Barely legible Williams, George W. b. Oct. 19, 1837 d. Jan. 08, 1913 Single--upright marker --good condition --sunken base Williams, O. J. O. Sapp b. Dec. 09, 1844 d. Jun. 22, 1888 Front of marker--- Wife of C. W. Williams Blessed in God Single-upright homemade marker-- poor condition--illegible--deteriorated