Choice Cemetery, Rusk Co, Texas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Gina Heffernan Date: 27 Aug 2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.shtml *********************************************************** There are many unmarked sinks in this cemetery and the earliest burial date I found was in 1915. I started at the right side and walked around the cemetery in a counter clockwise direction. There are no real rows. There SHERFIELDS and SHEFFIELDS buried next to each other. I have photos of all the markers. From Henderson, take Hwy 323 northwest. Turn right onto Hwy 42. Go past Leveretts Chapel about two miles and turn left onto County Road 1115. Go 2.7 miles to end of road and turn right onto FM 1639. Go .3 miles and turn right onto County Road 1118D. Before you turn onto 1118, you can see the Gregg County line. The cemetery is behind the ball park. m. = married w/o = wife of h/o = husband of c/o = children of d/o = daughter of s/o = son of s/w = stone shared with WOTW = Woodmen of the World TAYLOR Van 6/1/1893 12/5/1950 TEXAS PVT 412 RES LABOR BN QMC WWI TAYLOR Ben (dates buried) PVT 165 DEPOT BRIGADE STONE James Roy 8/9/1913 8/12/1991 "Son" STONE Horace (no date) 11/11/1956 "Nephew" SANFORD Octavie 7/27/1901 12/22/1990 BELL Lottie (no date) 1/8/1962 "Mother" BELL Willie 1/13/1897 10/5/1918 "Died serving in God's Army" SHEFFIELD Esteller (no dates) [wooden cross] SHEFFIELD Roy (no dates) [wooden cross] COOKS Horace 5/29/1940 9/9/1985 SHEFFIELD James "Hitt" 12/24/1918 10/17/1988 HAYNES Ruth Moore 6/8/1931 1/28/1988 "Mother" HAROLD Sallie 10/15/1869 12/1/1924 s/w Chatt HAROLD Chatt 3/7/1866 1/25/1920 s/w Sallie HARPEN Mary (no date) 10/20/1957 aged 59 HAYNES Gary W. 2/9/1955 4/26/1961 SHERFIELD Laura M 9/24/1907 3/27/2002 age 92, Cunninham F. H. SHERFIELD Columbus 5/13/1904 5/5/1975 SHERFIELD Ruby T 12/27/1935 1/20/1950 SHEFFIELD Jarmony 3/1/1924 6/15/1943 SHEFFIELD John Raymond Sr 3/10/1917 7/20/1986 SHEFFIELD M C 5/6/1922 9/1/1979 US ARMY KOREA, "Our beloved Daddy" SHEFFIELD Brozle 4/14/1926 10/26/1926 SHERFIELD Doss 1873 1921 s/w Dora SHERFIELD Dora 1881 1923 s/w Doss MOORE Perry Doss 4/23/1935 12/4/1978 SHERFIELD Savannah 3/31/1910 10/27/1993 "Mother" THOMPSON Kenyatta 3/1/1997 3/1/1997 BELL Loyce V 1/25/1925 12/16/1993 SHEFFIELD (Lettering is gone from vault) ROWE Cora Lee Wilson 12/25/1893 12/30/1958 w/o J W SHEFFIELD Matilda 1862 1925 s/w Green SHEFFIELD Green 1860 1927 s/w Matilda Mason SHEFFIELD Tildie 1856 3/27/1925 "H of J" 12/14/1961 aged 45 ROWE Jessie W 10/15/1887 3/1/1970 "Rev." ROWE Troy Wilson 5/4/1921 12/26/1978 PFC US ARMY WWII ROWE Homer J 8/8/1917 5/30/1984 TEC 5 US ARMY WWII DAVIS Otha 1896 1953 SHEFFIELD Malcolm (no date) 12/21/1961 SHEFFIELD Clara (no date) 4/19/1936 aged 54 "Mother" WILLIAMS James D 2/15/1877 10/14/1934 h/o Jannie Mason WILLIAMS Henry 4/1/1843 10/14/1926 WILLIAMS J E 12/27/1881 6/12/1959 h/o Willie TOLBERT Stacey 12/25/1903 10/2/1963 JONES Larea (dates buried) PVT US ARMY (Larfa?) JONES Emily Hilburn 4/14/1910 10/14/1956 "Mother" WILLIAMS Georgia Ann 10/3/1850 3/15/1915 WILLIAMS Pauline S 3/30/1920 5/6/1987 aged 67 Cunningham Funeral Home SHEFFIELD Lonzo Sr. 2/23/1897 11/30/1965 HORROLD Dorcus (no date) 10/24/1951 Pierce Moss Service SHEFFIELD Allen Ray 1949 1975 SHEFFIELD Robert 1910 1985 CPL US ARMY AIR CORPS WWII SHEFFIELD Nancy G 9/25/1911 1/14/1979 "Mother" WILLIAMS James E 3/14/1915 6/15/1982 SSGT US ARMY WWII THOMAS Katie Mae 11/23/1918 (only date) MAYFIELD John A 1946 1967 DENWEED Walter Cornelius 5/5/1944 8/8/1989 "Beloved Brother" s/w Jeroleane WILLIAMS Jeroleane E 4/21/1913 12/15/1989 "Beloved Mother" s/w Walter WEBB Henry 1885 11/9/1960 h/o Clara f/o Olevia WEBB Marvin 7/25/1922 4/12/1973 TEXAS SGT US ARMY WWII WEBB Norine 7/1/1903 4/18/1980 BRAGER Rogie L 7/4/1923 5/27/1980 PFC US ARMY WWII BRAGER John E 10/14/1917 10/28/1956 PFC 118 BASE UNIT AAF WWII SHEFFIELD Solon 7/2/1901 6/24/1989 SHEFFIELD Herressa (no dates) BRAGER M T 4/6/1921 6/25/1987 Cunningham Funeral Home BOWIE Clara Jones 4/10/1941 4/28/1998 JONES Arthur Lee Sr 3/6/1943 10/17/1987 "Husband" JONES Charles E "Sonny" 2/28/1948 12/30/1993 JOHNSON Marie M 1/4/1897 9/26/1983 MUCKELROY Virgil 12/10/1891 4/1/1966 MUCKELROY Mary 2/5/1886 3/13/1959 MUCKELROY Earnest 4/10/1889 3/14/1979 "Father" s/w Willie MUCKELROY Willie 1/26/1892 3/15/1970 "Mother" s/w Earnest MUCKELROY 11/??/1922 aged 48 years HAROLD Joicy Jackson 5/1/1902 6/10/2001 "Mother" s/w Edward HAROLD Eward Matthew 3/7/1900 7/29/1968 "Dad" s/w Joicy HAROLD Ozie 12/25/1907 6/28/1975 HAROLD Emma Tolbert 8/20/1910 12/22/1992 "Sisters" s/w Mattie HAROLD Mattie Williams 1/25/1909 7/29/1982 "Sisters" s/w Emma BRITTIAN Robert L 1/15/1927 5/19/1998 s/w Earlene BRITTIAN Earlene T 9/6/1931 12/7/1997 s/w Robert HAROLD Rhoda B 11/12/1896 1/28/2000 HAROLD Will Chatt 7/30/1938 1/5/1994 US ARMY WWII HAROLD Ivy E 9/25/1892 9/13/1979 ALLEN Emmett Jr ??/21/1930 7/25/19?? TEXAS SN US NAVY KOREA McNARY Will 2/21/1894 8/11/1979 CPL US ARMY WWI McNARY Willie Mae 1910 1997 SHEFFIELD Fannie Lee Turner 10/31/1922 1/29/2002 TURNER Alfred 5/10/1895 7/26/1996 m. 9/2/1933 "Father" s/w Beatrice TURNER Beatrice 10/29/1905 9/23/1979 "Mother" s/w Alfred ROSS Lou Ella 9/27/1915 12/15/1994 DELL Willie Lee 10/15/1929 (date buried) JOHNSON Carrie B 12/12/1916 8/4/1982 s/w Frank & Varie Nolen NOLEN Varie 12/12/1916 11/2/1984 s/w Carrie Johnson & Frank NOLEN Frank 5/6/1906 10/4/1981 s/w Carrie Johnson & Varie