Johnson Co., TX - Cemeteries: The Venus Memorial Park, Venus, Texas. ******************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: David L. Carlisle November 5, 2002 USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************* The following information is submitted to be used with the file attachments for The Venus Memorial Park, Venus, Texas. (1.) Official Name: Venus Memorial Park, Inc. (2.) Location: Venus, Johnson County, Texas, USA, Lat. 320, 26', 00" N, Long. O970, 06', 08" W (3.) Date: Updated Annually since 1962 (4.) Compilation: Card File, Tombstone Inscriptions and Old Records (5.) Compiled by: Robert Lee Frederick Jr., Nelda Frederick, Bess Waters Carlisle, Randolph R. Carlisle. Database by David L. Carlisle. (6.) Additional Information: a. Street Address: East 5th Street b. Directions: From Dallas, Texas go Southwest on US Highway 67 to Venus, Texas (approx 30 miles). Turn left at Venus on FM Road 157 to 5th street. Turn left on 5th street to the end. c. History: Venus City Cemetery since 1896 d. Ownership: Incorporated in 1962. Perpetual Care e. Contact: Venus Memorial Park, PO Box 125, Venus, TX. 76084. Secretary: Bess Waters Carlisle at 972-775-8487 f. Persons to Contact: Secretary, President or any Board Member g. Condition: Maintained under perpetual care guidelines. ---------------------- | David L. Carlisle | | PO Box 5081 | | Cottonwood, CA 96022 | | 530-347-5473 | | dlc5081@msn.com | ---------------------- The Venus Memorial Park, Venus, Texas This is a partial listing. Surnames D-F only ================================================================================= Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Notes ================================================================================= Danner, John William,  06 Feb 1907 22 Feb 1975 Davis, Dovie Mae,  8 Aug 1897 02 Mar 1979 (nee Payton). Davis, Kathy Anthony,  06 Jan 1959 30 Jul 1999 Davis, Sylvia,      1879 1924 (nee Harris) Dean, Haskell, Dean, Alma, Dean, Marion Jon, 07 Aug 1935 24 Aug 1979 Dean, Soula C., 25 Dec 1901 18 Jun 1975 Veteran Dean, Lorene,  08 May 1911 21 Sep 1974 (nee White) Dean, Lynndell Maureen,  21 Jul 1941 09 Dec 2001 Dean, Scott C.,  15 May 1944 31 Jan 2001 Deaton, Matthew Robert,  1865 1942 Deaton, Mary E.   1871 1951 (nee Narry) Deaton, Eula Pearl,  1902 1927 Deaton, Calvin, 1863 1904 Deaton, Kittie, 12 Aug 1900 15 Jun 1901 Decker, Roy Joshua,  27 Apr 1904 13 Feb 1989 Decker, Cleora,    17 Aug 1909 Feb 2002 (nee Moore) DePriest, Judith Ann,   13 Oct 1942 14 Oct 1942 (nee Boyd) Devol, Charles Deuel,  13 Jul 1908 14 May 1977 Veteran Devol, Arvel Lillie,  06 Oct 1909 2 Jan 2000   (Nee Donoho) Donoho, C.D.,  20 Jul 1862 01 Sep 1929 Mason Donoho, Margaret E.,  5 Oct 1865 05 Dec 1959 Donoho, ?? 31 Oct 1898 1 Nov 1898. Donoho, Eva E.,   5 Sep 1885 16 May 1896 Donoho, Joseph Weldon,   16 Mar 1913 23 Aug 1919 Donoho, Lillie Mae,  5 Apr 1888 02 Nov 1966 (nee Flatt) Donoho, John Bransford, Jr.  29 Nov 1907 25 Jun 1983. Veteran Donoho, Helene Elizabeth,  26 Jul 1915 Doty, Marion A.,  11 Jan 1865 13 Nov 1935 Doty, Mattie,  3 Feb 1865 09 Mar 1950 Doyle, Billy Calvin, 04 Mar 1902 4 Aug 1972 Doyle, Grace A.,  24 Jul 1903 05 Feb 1993 (nee Singleton) Drury, Eula Pearl, 8 Jul 1893 8 Jan 1921 DuBose, Billie Jean,  18 Feb 1925 20 Sep 1998 (nee McKnight) Dyess, Addie Mae,  2 Nov 1896 31 Jan 1983 (nee Caldwell). Echols, Annie E.,   1839 1924  Edwards,  J. Thomas,  27 Aug 1908 Edwards,  Inus Walker, 02 Sep 1908 04 Oct 1988 Elliott, William Marvin,  31 Jan 1906 10 May 1974 Veteran, WWII Elliott, Jessie Lee,  10 May 1892 07 May 1956 Ellis, Myrtle,  25 Jul 1900 14 Jul 1901 Eppley, C.M.,  (witching shows 5 graves-no markers) Estes, Mattie,  18XX 1918 Estes, Mary E.   18XX 1935 (nee Smith) Everett, Beulah E.,  25 Sep 1899 09 Apr 1966 (nee Erwin) Farris, William,  2 Mar 1865 9 Jan 1925 Farris, Candis Malinda, 14 Dec 1878 12 May 1926 (nee Barkley)  Farris, Leon, Faulkner, Kenneth L.,   26 Oct 1946 15 May 1997 Veteran, Vietnam Few, ?? 22 Oct 1900 30 Oct 1900 Few, Wren,  17 May 1904 16 Feb 1906 Few, ??  13 Feb 1906 Few, ?? Few, ?? Few, ?? four other unmarked graves here Filgo, Pearl,  31 Jul 1877 26 Mar 1961 (nee McCarley) Flatt, David Anderson,  17 Oct 1883 04 Feb 1953 Flatt, Jimmie Orlena,  11 Mar 1891 01 Nov 1970 (nee Carlisle) Flatt, Pearl B.,  10 Jun 1888 18 Apr 1917 (nee Nigar) Flatt, Woodrow Wilson,  21 Oct 1912 08 Apr 1981 Flatt, Jefferson Benny,  03 Sep 1905 09 Nov 1967 Flatt, Myrtle Emily,  06 Oct 1906 12 Jul 1992 (nee Merideth) Flatt, Lankston Franklin,  24 Sep 1868 08 Aug 1940 Flatt, Sarah Grizilla "Sallie" 9 Feb 1871,  29 Jan 1935 (nee Ray) Flatt, Walter Cleveland,  11 Nov 1885 26 Jul 1958 Flatt, Alma Ethel,  10 Aug 1894 07 Feb 1946 (nee Ray) Flatt, Otis,   29 Sep 1891 18 Apr 1909 Flatt, Walter Dewey,  11 Aug 1897 13 Jul 1995 Flatt, Ethyl Lee,  3 Apr 1896 03 Oct 1977 (nee Swain) Flatt, Lawrence D.,   29 Sep 1930 19 Oct 1937 son of Walter D. and Ethyl Flatt. Flatt, Horace Cameron "Hoss", 28 Feb 1917 19 Jan 1979 Veteran, WWII Flatt, Patricia L.,  09 Nov 1914 03 Mar 1999 (nee White) Flatt, John A..,  19 Jan 1854 22 Sep 1910 Flatt, Tennessee E.,  30 Oct 1862 22 Sep 1911 (nee Plumlee) Flatt, William Isaac, 1880 1958 Flatt, Nonie B.,   1881 1949 (nee Mills) Flatt, Billie Joe,  10 Apr 1928 11 Apr 1928 Flatt, Johnnie Samuel,  07 Jan 1904 27 Dec 1970 Flatt, Luther Jean,  15 Dec 1916 01 Nov 1984 Flatt, Thelma E.,  14 Jun 1910 28 Mar 1924 Flatt, William Madison "Red",  07 Feb 1904 3 Apr 1962  Flatt, Jessie Faye, 29 Jul 1909 14 Jan 1998 (Nee Palmer) Forbes, Roy A.,  4 Mar 1899 11 Sep 1981 Forbes, Erin,  23 Nov 1902 25 Feb 1982 (nee Haney) Forbes, Vernon James,  5 Mar 1907 26 Mar 1990 Veteran WWII,  Mason Forbes, Thelma,    24 Jul 1907 17 Jun 1999 (nee Robinett) Forbes, Nancy Sue,  24 Sep 1934 16 Feb 1935 Fowler, Charles C.,   1886 1925 Fowler, Alice May,  5 Jun 1890 12 Nov 1971 (nee Sharp) Fowler, Claude Raymond, 16 Dec 1883 2 Jun 1947 Fowler, Ina,  3 Oct 1887 05 Nov 1981 (nee Stewart) Fowler, Robert,   30 Jul 1922 15 May 1923 Fowler, Leon,   19 Jul 1912 21 Feb 1932 Fowler, Frank,   20 Dec 1916 26 May 1977 Veteran WWII,  Mason Fowler, Frances,    29 Mar 1919 (nee Donavan) Fowler, Sammy L.,   06 Sep 1926 29 Sep 1985 Fowler, Maurice,   04 Oct 1927 (nee Wadsworth) Fowler, Pete, Fowler, Evelyn, 15 Sep 1930 10 Nov 1950 (nee Mackey) Fowler, Roger,   1950 1994 Franco, Andrea M.,   1918 Frederick,  Robert Lee, Sr.,  2 Mar 1887 28 Feb 1948 Frederick,  Mondora "Dora" Belle,  6 Nov 1893 27 May 1972 (nee Boyd) Frederick,  Robert Lee, Jr.,   01 Jan 1920 06 Nov 1998 Veteran WWII,  Mason Frederick,  Nelda Joy Cunningham Fulks, George W.,  3 May 1848 23 Sep 1929 Fulks, Martha S.,  22 Apr 1848 01 Jul 1906 Fulks, ?? witching shows 2 more graves Furtick, Benjamin Edward,  22 Sep 1909 25 Aug 1990 Furtick, Gladys,   (nee Vest Furtick, Minnie Etta,  10 Jun 1888 13 Mar 1984 Furtick, Jimmie Dale,   25 Jul 1934 25 Sep 2000