Kerr Co., TX - Cemeteries - Turtle Creek Cemetery (A – G) *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley Webb Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Notes from Transcriber: This new survey of Turtle Creek Cemetery was completed in November 2003. The name, date of birth, date of death and any other information from each grave marker are listed below, in that order. (Note: those with no date of death are not included in this listing because they are living people) D.S. means “double stone” T.M. means “temporary marker” (from a funeral home) T.S. means “Triple stone” (3 names on the stone) Shirley D. Webb ================================================================= Archer, Donnie B. 1910 1976 T.M. Kerrville Funeral Home Archer, Haskell 1909 1976 T.M. Kerrville Funeral Home Auston, Shannon T. 19 Feb 1971 26 Dec 2000 “A.& M. Class of ‘93”; “Each Day - All Day - a Golden Deed” “In God is my Salvation and my glory, the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God: Psalm 62:7” Baker, Allen Ray 1903 1953 “Matt V 10 – Requiescat in Pace” Baker, Ethel Marguerite McCaleb 9 Feb 1903 7 Sep 1975 Barton, Anetta J. 29 Feb 1940 29 Feb 1940 “Our baby” Barton, Anna Adelia 22 Nov 1878 30 Jan 1972 D. S. w/ Henry Barton, Gretna Louise 10 Sep 1900 21 Jul 1905 “dau of H. D. & A. A. Barton” Barton, Henry D. 18 Sep 1876 4 Dec 1969 D. S. w/ Anna A.- m. 4 Oct 1899 Barton, Samuel Mardis 22 Dec 1831 16 Aug 1906 “Corp Co I 36 Texas Cav Confederate States Army.”; “He looked for a city which has foundations, whose maker & builder is God – Heb.” (2 markers) Barton, Saphronia Bathilda 20 Mar 1835 9 Dec 1909 “Weep not she is not dead but sleepeth - Luke” Batley, Lee G. 20 Jan 1925 22 Apr 1996 “TEC 4 US Army WW II” Below, Lucy W. 10 Jan 1871 22 Feb 1943 D. S. w/Max; “Rest in Peace” Below, W. Max 1 Dec 1870 20 Oct 1946 D. S. w/Lucy; “At Rest” Benson, Loyd Novel 1913 1985 MM1 US Navy WW II Benson, Odis Odell 1909 1938 T.M. Plummer Funeral Home Betts, Lori Lynn 27 Aug 1989 6 Nov 2002 “Loveable, Outstanding, Really Cute, Irresistable” “Jesus said ‘Let the little children come unto me and do not hinder them for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these” “Our little angel went to become an angel” Bird, Susan E. 18 Dec 1866 1 Feb 1897 “In Memory of “; “wife of J. F. Bird” Blanton, George Walter 8 Aug 1908 11 Sep 1992 “Jack” Bullard, Georgianna 25 Oct 1970 25 Jul 1977 T.S. w/Tom & Joyce; “My precious girl” Burks, Charles 20 Aug 1863? Aug 188? Burks, Clark S. 27 Jun 1876 17 Jan 1937 Burks, John J. 27 Aug 1857 21 Feb 1899 Burks, Mrs. J. J. 13 Oct 1869 10 Apr 1910 “In Memory of our Dear Mother” Burris, Elizabeth Anne Jetton 11 Jul 1952 16 Oct 1974 Butcher, Paul James 3 Mar 1926 22 Mar 1984 m. Mary Elizabeth 2 Aug 1947 Byron, Anna Caroline 8 Jan 1837 11 Oct 1918 “Gone but not forgotten” Callahan, Wanda Ruth 16 Aug 1929 29 Oct 1985 D.S. w/John Joseph Carr, Betty Jo 18 May 1929 25 Aug 1987 Carr, Joseph W., Sr 10 Mar 1941 29 Sep 1990 “Son” T.S.w/ Neva & Wayne Carr, Neva C. 22 May 1919 16 Jun 1990 T. S. w/ Wayne & Joseph Clabaugh, Edmund C. 1870 1949 D. S. w/Helen; Clabaugh gravesite is enclosed with a chain-link fence. Clabaugh, Helen T. 1869 1936 D. S. w/Edmund; Compton, Johnnie Glenn 10 Jan 1932 14 Jun 1994 Pfc US Army – Korea Coppock, Blanche 9 Feb 1883 16 Jun 1970 Coppock, Stanley 26 Aug 1867 29 Mar 1947 Denton, Annie S. 22 Jan 1872 30 Nov 1957 “At Rest” Denton, Archie 10 Jan 1884 7 Nov 1901 “Son of J. J. & Eliza Denton”; “May he rest in Jesus” Denton, Ben F. 2 Jul 1862 7 Feb 1939 “At Rest” Denton, Benjamin F., Sr. 14 Feb 1830 22 Jan 1877 “In Memory of”; “8 Cavalry Confederate States Army” (2 markers) Denton, Clara L. 1 Jan 1893 19 Jun 1962 Eastern Star Symbol Denton, Eliza 27 Jan 1863 2 Jun 1906 “Beloved wife of J. J. Denton” (broken stone) Denton, Erle, Sr 1893 1980 Pfc US Army WW I Denton, Howard A. 9 Jan 1894 23 Aug 1952 “In Loving Memory”; Masonic Symbol Denton, J. J. “Joe 2 Jul 1862 18 Oct 1941 “Gone but not forgotten” Denton, Leonard M. 25 Aug 1891 15 Apr 1918 Corporal WW I Denton, Miles L. 10 Apr 1857 21 Jul 1875 “In Memory of” Dowd, Mattie S. 1882 1962 T.M. Plummer Funeral Home Doyle, Charles E., Sr. 1916 1986 D. S. w/Doris Elaine Dufner, Anita Lou 7 May 1937 14 Feb 1938 “Our Darling” Dufner, Frances Lois 13 Feb 1926 2 Jan 1943 “Asleep in Jesus” Dufner, Hillrey Andrew 6 Dec 1916 27 Nov 1986 D. S. w/ Sarah; “Sgt US Army WW II” Dufner, James Allen 1 May 1891 4 Oct 1970 D. S. w/Vesta; “A Beloved Christian Husband & Father” Dufner, Kennoth G. 5 Sep 1931 24 Sep 1987 “Sgt US Army Korea” Dufner, Vesta Ethel 27 Jul 1897 20 Jun 1982 D. S. w/James Allen Dufner, William Allen 19 Feb 1919 8 Feb 1962 D. S. w/Opal “Father” Ellis, Julie 1978 1993 (Just “Julie” on stone – in same plot as Rowland Ellis) Ellis, Rowland Lynn 12 May 1948 11 Jun 1988 Pvt US Army – Vietnam; “Loving son of Joyce Bullard” footstone Ellison, Virgina A. 23 Apr 1928 2 Aug 1987 “Sister & Aunt - At Peace” Flora, George Ronald 21 Apr 1940 11 Oct 1994 D.S. w/ Shirley A. Flores, Maria 1922 1992 T.M. Kerrville Funeral Home Flores, Silvestre 1916 1987 T.M. Kerrville Funeral Home Ford, Charles Lawrence 11 Jul 1890 21 Oct 1988 D.S. w/ Lockie Mae Ford, Charles Lawrence, Jr. 2 Apr 1920 19 Aug 1996 Ford, Lockie Mae Burtis 11 Aug 1896 13 Oct 1982 D.S. w/ Charles L. Franklin, Peggy Lou 1933 1936 T.M. Kerrville Funeral Home Fridlin, Geraldine H. 1921 1974 T.M. Plummer Funeral Home Garvin, F. Vernon 19 Nov 1914 1 Sep 1989 “Thru Rain or Snow”; Masonic Emblem Garvin, Naida T. 9 Jul 1922 14 Aug 1977 “Resting”; Easten Star Emblem Gibbens, A. J. 28 Nov 1859 29 Sep 1929 D. S. w/ Mary Louise Gibbens, Ernest, Sr. 28 Dec 1888 3 Dec 1974 Gibbens, Ida M. 25 Jul 1891 18 Jul 1909 “daughter of A. J. & M. L. Gibbens” “Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven” Gibbens, Mary Louise Denton 20 Jul 1864 18 Jan 1957 D. S. w/ A. J. Gillaspy, Grace 14 Mar 1902 9 Aug 1946 Gonzales, Dominga S.M. 1921 1998 “Beloved mother” Gonzales, Joe T., Sr 1903 1993 “Beloved father” Goodall, Felton Ray 27 Dec 1927 8 Jun 1991 D.S. w/ Nina M.; “US Army WW II” (2 markers – 1 military) Griffin, Mary Jane 1923 1983 T.M. Grimes-Plummer Funeral H. Grosslicht, Ethel M. 1872 1962 T.M.Plummer Funeral Home Copyright © November 2003 Shirley D. Webb All Rights Reserved