Johnson Co., TX - Cemeteries: The Venus Memorial Park, Venus, Texas. Surnames L-M-N ******************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: David L. Carlisle November 11, 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 | ---------------------- ** NOTE: This file is wide, drag bottom scroll bar to read all notes ** The Venus Memorial Park, Venus, Texas This is a partial listing. Surnames L-M-N only ================================================================================== Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Notes ================================================================================== Lamar, W.F.     1862 1920 W.O.W Lanam, Billy Richard  1941 16 Jun 1905 Lang, Clarence Edward  27 Aug 1933 Veteran WWII Lankford, Jesse F.  08 Mar 1844 04 Mar 1917 Lankford, Mary "Mollie" Donoho   17 Mar 1843 15 Jan 1924 (nee Kemp) Lankford, Gettie   30 Jun 1886 20 Oct 1902 daughter of Jessie and"Mollie". Lee, Thomas C. 18 Sep 1887 06 Jul 1968 Lee, Eva Viola  23 Sep1886 02 Aug 1974 Lee, Charles "Scoop"  28 Aug 1914 27 Mar 1974 Veteran WWII, Korea Leeman, John H.  29 Sep 1887 12 Nov 1928 Leeman, Mae  23 Jun 1896 12 Nov 1928 (nee Tollison) Leeman, Marcile  21 Jan 1923 12 Nov 1928 Leers, Brett Dustin  04 Oct 1985 16 May 1986 Lehmann Beverly Ann  1946 1954 Leonard, Herman  08 Jun 1912 12 Jun 1918 Levy, John Richard  23 Aug 1937 19 Feb 1965 Lewis, Maxine Hogg  25 Oct 1926 09 Jul 1978 (nee Rogers) Lewis, Megan Ann 07 Feb 1981 26 Mar 1981 Lockerd, Charles Byron   27 Jul 1936 31 Oct 2000 Logsdon, Joe E.  12 Mar 1841 16 Jun 1928 Logsdon, Katie  04 Oct 1869 Looney, J.K.  10 Dec 1919 04 Jan 1971 Veteran WWII Looney, Mary Lois 28 Oct 1926 Lotspeich, Edna Earl  18 Jan 1915 08 Oct 1965 (nee Chambers) Lucas, Dalton Solon  09 Jan 1996 28 May 1996 Mabry, Richard H. 10 Sep 1876 14 Oct 1959 Mabry, Dorcas A.  17 Sep 1876 30 Mar 1937 Mabry, Melvin 01 Jun 1913 12 Jan 1970 Veteran WWII Mackey, James A., Sr.  1898 16 May 1905 Mackey, Amy Lillian 13 Oct 1893 11 Oct 1976 Mackey, Lucille K.  27 Aug 1931 11 Oct 1970 (nee Vick) Mackey, Benjamin Russell  04 Jun 1921 08 Mar 1990 Mackey, James A., Jr. 09 Nov 1922 01 Jun 1989 Mackey, Mildred Mozelle S.  12 Nov 1923 28 Mar 1990 Mackey, Buford Keaton  04 Dec 1926 14 Nov 1984 Veteran WWII Mackey, Mary E. 13 Feb 1928 27 Apr 1934  Madison, David William  12 Sep 1951 28 May 1978 Magness, Joseph Walter  30 Mar 1874 03 Feb 1950 Magness, Nelia  14 Jun 1873 04 Dec 1922 (nee Cotton) Magness, Dwight  30 Apr 1900 11 Apr 1928 Magness, Ishmael   06 May 1911 09 Aug 2000 Magness, Johnnye Lee  17 Jun 1914 25 Sep 1996 Mahanay, Florine  1896 1905 Mahanay, J.P.  1890 1907 Mahanay, Alden B.  1881 1950 Mahanay, Ollie  27 Sep 1881 23 Aug 1906 Mahanay, Lula Allyne  18 Sep 1909 04 Mar 1917 Mahanay, John Decatur  29 Apr 1862 17 Apr 1917 Mahanay, Benjamin Russell   1869 1941 Mahanay, Mary Alice   1870 1950 Major, Christine Dorothy  13 Feb 1921 15 Sep 1998 Mandel, Rudy, Jr.  01 Apr 1965 27 Oct 1990 Marks, Milton  1901 1975 Marks, Merle  17 Aug 1907 25 Oct 1995 (nee Gidden) Marquette, Austin Wayne 08 Feb 1999 06 Mar 1999 Marrow, Lillie E.    shows 3 other graves by witching. Marshall, James B.  21 May 1911 04 Nov 1998 Marshall, Lucille   1910 Martin, C. Paul   1882 1944 Martin, Ethyl Z.   1890 16 Dec 1971 (nee Shaw) Martin, Lyle Webster  20 Jun 1889 13 Jun 1971 Veteran WWI Martin, Mae Belle  21 May 1892 13 Dec 1971 (neeShaw). (brothers married sisters). Martin, J.W. "Son"   31 Aug 1919 Martin, Etta V.       19 Apr 1923 27 Apr 2000 (nee McElroy) Martin, Lena Ruth  29 Dec 1921 22 Nov 1992 Martin, Charles  30 Aug 1922 Martin, Lee  24 Jul 1895 26 Jun 1954 Martin, Valera  24 Apr 1900 22 Jun 1956 (nee Griffith) Martin, William A.  1861 1938 Martin, Grace H.  1868 1957 Martin, ?? 24 Aug 1900 infant son of W.A. and G.H.  Martin, Joe Terrell  02 Jun 1897 20 Dec 1965 Martin, Beulah M.  14 Jul 1902 02 Nov 1963 (nee Harris) Martin, W. Madison  20 Oct 1878 27 Dec 1952 Martin, Amanda  19 Apr 1881 26 Sep 1950 Martin, Mary M. "Madge"  31 May 1910 10 Dec 1990 Martin, Plummer C.  02 May 1907 10 Aug 1977 Martin, Katie Mae   21 Aug 1909 06 Nov 1979 (nee Edwards) Martin, Lonnie Culwell "Cully"   03 Mar 1933 30 Jul 1995  Martin, Mary Sue  19 May 1940 (Pippin)  Martin, Ruby Alvin  22 Nov 1897 21 Sep 1911 Maynard, Tinnie Loraine  22 Dec 1916 09 May 1968 Maynard, Raymond Mayo, Willie   16 Jan 1905 08 Feb 1905 infant son of W.P. and Emma Mayo. Meadows, Isaac L.  02 May 1883 15 May 1930 Meadows, Lela  03 Nov 1885 22 Jun 1929 Meadows, Belle 20 Mar 1861 22 Jun 1927 Meeks, Archie  24 Sep 1903 07 Jul 1970 Meeks, Atha 18 Oct 1898 06 Dec 1974 Meeks, Erma  05 Feb 1901 14 Sep 1986 Meeks, Etta 03 Apr 1893 13 Aug 1989 Meeks, Pauline  11 Aug 1896 30 Dec 1899 Meeks, James Thomas  10 Aug 1866 01 Apr 1924 Meeks, Mary Elizabeth   15 Sep 1872 04 Sep 1943 (nee Gregg). Meeks, Orville  19 Aug1891 25 May 1947 Veteran WWI Meeks, Mary Elizabeth  07 Aug 1898 15 Sep 1983 Meeks, Orville W., Jr.  23 Feb 1923 29 Jan 1924 Meeks, Thomas C.  18 Jun 1873 21 Aug 1964 Meeks, Rosa E.  25 Feb 1877 16 Oct 1925 Meeks, Alpha  11 Dec 1898 11 Jan 1949 Meridith, Charles A.  Oct 1855 Jun 1928 Meridith, Emily J.  Sep 1856 Oct 1953 they have four children buried at Center League Cemetery. ref: Levie Meridith (Johnston). Metcalf, L.S.  29 Aug 1866 02 Feb 1939 Metcalf, Maggie  01 Oct 1869 27 Aug 1956 Metcalf, Gussie  07 Apr 1897 19 Dec 1932 Metcalf, Robert Fulton  15 Mar 1903 22 Aug 1956 Metcalf, Sallie Lee 23 Feb 1895 20 Dec 1967 Metcalf, T.J. 01 Oct 1873 03 Feb 1922 Miller, William C.  20 Aug 1869 09 Feb 1927 Miller, Nannie B.  30 Jan 1874 19 Mar 1955 Miller, Eddie Eugene 02 Jun 1928 08 Sep 1957 Miller, Willie B.  04 Jul 1903 09 Nov 1967 Mills, Samuel W.  15 Oct 1842 21 Apr 1928 Veteran Civil War CSA Mills, Elizabeth 31 Mar 1842 04 Jun 1915 Mills, Mary Lucille  07 Jul 1907 Mills, ?? 19 Feb 1911 20 Feb 1911 baby girl  Mills, ?? 19 Feb 1911 24 Mar 1911 baby boy  Mills, Leuner 25 Feb 1874 09 Feb 1904 Mitchell, Henry Wallace  29 Dec 1890 22 Sep 1977 Mitchell, Myrtle Mae  18 Jul 1890 14 May 1942 Mitchell, L.B. 02 Apr 1914 29 Dec 1984 Mitchell, Jessie Glen    28 Mar 1915 09 Dec 1999 (nee Robinett) Mitchell, Leroy S. 07 Mar 1855 21 Jan 1929 Mitchell, Sarah A.  23 May 1858 17 Jan 1894 Mitchell, Kin L.  10 May 1878 01 Nov 1948 Mitchell, Sallie    1874 1923 (nee Vail) Mitchell, William Grady  04 Nov 1913 17 Dec 1967 Mitchell, Gene L.  17 Sep 1917 14 May 1969 Veteran WWII Mitchell, Linda Lee  11 Jun 1940 18 Jan 1980 Mitchell, Robin R. "Billie"  13 Sep 1917 09 Oct 1991 Montgomery, Nathan  1847 Montgomery, Lida Lillian 1876 1915 Montgomery, Lula   1884 1903 Montgomery, ?? 4 graves, 1 marker with all 4 names Moore, E.L.  10 Jun 1877 26 Oct 1906 Moore, O.L. Moore, G.W.  29 May 1839 17 Aug 1905 Moore, Mary E. 10 Nov 1839 27 Jul 1900 (nee Maurey) Moore, J.A.   30 Nov 1866 22 Jul 1911 W.O.W Moore, Dollie  01 Feb 1872 26 May 1907 Moore, Goldie  19 Nov 1900 12 Jan 1970 Veteran WWII Moore, Mary Etta  22 May 1880 14 Nov 1957 Moore, James Seaman  15 Apr 1883 17 Nov 1970 Moore, Stella B. 11 Jul 1879 03 Dec 1938 Moore, Keith L.  14 Jul 1929 08 Sep 1930  Moore, Rodney D.  1880 1946 Moore, Cora Mae  1878 1948 Moore, J.G.  27 Sep 1911 27 Dec 1911 Moore, William Henry  1879 1945 Moore, Ida Elizabeth 1884 05 Nov 1969 Moore,  Oscar J., Jr.  09 Aug 1904 22 Oct 1978 Moore, O.J.  28 Jan 1878 30 Jun 1905 Moore, Genete Moore, James Howard  23 Jul 1907 20 May 1991 Moore, Groverine  05 Feb 191x 13 Dec 1999 (nee Singleton) Moore, Lorene   Jun 1917 Jun 1917 Morelock, Ira Lee  1906 27 Feb 1981 Morelock, Elizabeth J.   1918 Morgan, Amos  08 Dec 1896 11 Oct 1982 Morgan, Gladys   14 Oct 1902 11 Aug 1971 (nee Vail) Morgan, Weldon F.  21 Sep 1922 29 Nov 1984 Veteran WWII Morgan, Billie Jean  19 Mar 1929 Morgan, Merle C.  01 Feb 1895 06 Aug 1901 Morris, Arch A.   1854 1945 Morris, Addie E.  1858 1918 Morris, Weldon O.  07 Aug 1892 24 Mar 1954 Veteran WWI Morris, W. Alton 28 Sep 1912 28 Jul 1985 Morris, L. Irene  02 Dec 1916 22 Oct 1993 Morrison, Elkins  30 Jan 1932 10 May 1997 Veteran Korea Morrow, Lillie  31 Mar 1900 19 Sep 1903 Munson, Jackie  11 May 1918 08 Feb 1984 (nee Vail) McAda, Wiley Dean   22 Apr 1941 27 Jul 2000 McAlister, Merle  02 Feb 1902 12 Nov 1928 (nee Tollison) McAlister, J.W.  13 Dec 1853 31 Dec 1922 McAlister, Sarah Jane  28 Aug 1861 17 May 1919 McAlister, Daisy Ruth  19 Apr 1896 17 Mar 1917 McAlister, John Raymond  2 Aug 1895 28 Mar 1979 Vetertan WWI McAlister, Vivian V. "Aunt Bill"  28 Jun 1912 11 Feb 1997 (nee Vail) McCarley, David King  29 Jun 1861 13 Apr 1936 McCarley, Icelina G.  24 May 1863 14 Jul 1924 (nee Wilson) McCarley, Ethyl May   16 Jun 1898 16 Jun 1898 daughter of D.K. and Icelina McCarley. McCarley, Dorothy Marjorie  25 jun 1916 25 jun 1916 McCarley, Louisa Louisville   14 Apr 1839 16 May 1916 (nee Flatt) McCarley, John Newton  18 Apr 1833 21 Jul 1922 Veteran Civil War CSA McCarley, Mack Ellington "Mac"  16 Dec 1874 13 Jun 1949 McCarley, Grace(nee Prather) 08 Mar 1874 03 Apr 1938 McCarley, Reubin 09 Aug 1912 31 Jul 1979 McCarley, Virginia J.  07 Nov 1912 06 May 1986 (nee Metcalf). McCarty, ?? Alvarado Bulletin, 15 May 1896. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. C.P. McCarty, died at Venus. First burial in cemetery. McClain, Lillian Elaine 26 Jul 1918 26 Jun 1998 McClaskey, Don  21 Dec 1937 29 May 1992 Veteran McClellan Lillie  16 Aug 1905 26 Aug 1905 McClellan ?? McCullar, ?? 29 Jul 1929 29 Jul 1929 McDaniel, Benjamin  19 Apr 1977 03 Apr 1998 McDaniel, Jess William  28 Oct 1881 16 Jan 1971 McDaniel, Allie  02 Jun 1870 22 Nov 1960 McElhannon, Clifford Maurice  1907 26 Jun 1983 McElhannon, Reine  1903 26 Dec 1975 (nee Williams) McElroy, Henry Jackson  28 Oct 1884 25 Jan 1966 McElroy, Hattie Odessa  18 Dec 1891 09 Feb 1976 (nee Griffith) McGinnis, Thadius Isiah  19 May 1900 15 Jan 1976 McGinnis, Hazel  14 Dec 1908 09 Sep 1958 (nee Vail) McIntire, Louie Franklin  23 Oct 1909 26 Feb 1992 McIntire, Frances  McElvey, Forest Pruitt, Jr.   24 Sep 1928 24 Sep 1928 McMillion, Bettie Janice   11 Apr 1924 19 Jul 1997 (nee Waters) McNeely, Archie Dean, Jr.  21 Aug 1922 08 Oct 1980 McNeely, Willie Pearl  11 Dec 1925 (nee Hadley) McNeely, ?? infant buried here--no dates, not kin to family. Willie bought 7 spaces. McPherson, Nita Ione  14 May 1898 01 Sep 1901 Naile, Jess Lott  26 Nov 1875 16 Apr 1967 Naile, Mattie A.  15 Jun 1880 24 Jun 1957 Naile, Frank  03 Jul 1905 04 Oct 1980 Naile, Wilna 03 Oct 1905 6 Sep 1980 (nee Mitchell) Nelson, Cleve Luck   03 Apr 1915 17 Mar 1996