ANTIOCH CEMETERY (AFRICAN-AMERICAN), SMITH COUNTY, TX Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 1 Dec 2000 Directions & Coordinates added 15 May 2003 by Lawrence E. Oliver Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS, Volume IV, Southheast Quarter, p. 237. This cemetery is directly south of Tyler, Texas. From Tyler, take US69S to the intersection of FM346 and turn left (east). Proceed east until you come to the intersection of CR15S and turn right. Follow CR15S until it deadends into CR29. At this intersection, a driveway goes south & uphill - this is the entrance to the cemetery. The map coordinates are: Latitude: N 32:11:54.6 Longitude: W 095:16:25.5 Surveyed 26 April 1985 by Sally McAdams Garner, Rual & Dorothy Ritch ***************************************************************** ANTIOCH CEMETERY (AFRICAN-AMERICAN), SMITH COUNTY, TX - SE-49 * Indicates Funeral Home marker, many of which are almost unreadable. SHARP, Wilbert - b. 28 Nov 1909 - (no d. date) - Husband SHARP, Madie R. - b. 30 Mar 1915 - (no d. date) - Wife *SHARP, W. D. - Fatber - (* Mr. William Douglas Sharp 1 June 1888 - 13 July 1971 - 83 yrs) SHARP, Jane - d. 28 Oct 1930 SHARP, Nina - 17 Mar 1881 - 12 Mar 1945 - Mother DAVIS, Priscilla Sharp - 31 Jan 1875 - 22 Aug 1965 - Aunt BA____, T. B. - (no other information) (broken stone - aker, W. B. - b. 11 Sept - ? ) (broken stone - d. 11 Feb 4) BUTTLER, Frances - d. 11 Dec 1889 - (broken stone) BUTTLER, Peter - d. 15 Nov 1895 ROBINSON, Lula L. - 4 June 1876 - 3 Sept 1966 - Mother :SMITH, Frank Jr. - 6 Dec 1889 - 3 Nov 1978 :SMITH, Ruth - b. 11 Aug 1897 - (no d. date) ROBINSON, Lucinda - 6 May 1925 - 31 May 1964 ROBINSON, Viola - 2 Mar 1904 - 7 Feb 1944 MACKEY, Riney - d. 27 Apr 1918 MACKEY, Joe - 26 July 1908 - 24 Feb 1911 son of Joe & Penina Mackey -"Little Joe" MACKAY, Willie - 1 Feb 1896 - 12 June 1970 TX Pvt Co C 522 Engr Svc Bn -W.W.I *MACKEY, Burrell Sr. - 17 Oct 1906 - 28 Dec 1977 - 71 yrs *ERVIN, Mr. Johnnie L. - 22 Feb 1941 - 7 Sept 1985 *OLIVER, Columbus - *KELLY, Mr. Early - 30 May 1920 - 19 Apr 1984 61 yrs 10 mos 19 days :CALDWELL, Carolyn - 11 July 1865 - 7 May 1945 :CALDWELL, F. D. - 10 June 1858 - 27 May 1946 *DAVIS, Mrs. Rosie B. - 28 Sept 1909 - 25 Dec 1980 - aged 71 yrs BUTLER, Minnie - 22 Jan 1890 - 11 Oct 1925 - (broken stone) LEMONS, Mrs. Mittie - 30 May 1906 - 26 Feb 1961 George Wictall, Tyler, TX ROBINSON, Henry - d. 14 Feb 1936 - TX Pvt 355 Labor BN ERVIN, Isaac - 12 Sept 1917 - 6 Mar 1961 TX PFC Army Air Forces -W.W. II *ERVIN - ? - d. 14 ? 19_7 - 49 yrs old EARVIN, John - birth not known - 4 June 1939 *ERVIN - ? - 1930 - __ 30 1954 *MARTIN, Mrs. Loda Bell - 13 Aug 1898 - 3 Jan 1975 MARTIN, Joe Rich - 8 Mar 1920 - 26 Feb 1974 TX Tec 4 U.S.Army - W.W.II DORSEY, Tommie Louise - 14 July 1924 - 13 Sept 1972 RICHARDS, Bobby L. - 8 Jan 1956 - 20 Mar 1982 - Father :DORSEY, Jamesina - 9 July 1894 - 31 Dec 1978 :D0RSEY, Tom Jr. - 25 Mar 1892 - 11 May 1976 *STEWART, Jerry W. - d. 25 May 1954 - 3 mos 7 days STEWART, Frank G. - 11 April 1897 - 30 Aug 1936 *STEWART, Baby Boy - 29 Mar 1956 - 1 Apr 1956 STEWART, Albert L. (Perfessor) - 24 Oct 1861 - 25 May 1938 STEWART, Albert Earl - 12 Sept 1895 - 23 Apr l98~ PFC U.S.Army - W.W.I STEWART, Arthur - 13 Mar 1924 - 27 Mar 1973 - Brother STEWART, Laura - 16 Nov 1905 - 22 Dec 1952 - Mother STEWARD, Laura - (no dates) *STEWART, Leola Rose Bowie - 29 Jan 1939 - 4 July 1984 - 45 yrs ERVIN, Annie - 6 May 1880 - 14 Apr 1966 - Mother *ERVIN, Mr. Dan - 2 Mar 1862 - 26 June 1967 - 105 yrs old *ERVIN, Mrs. Ida - 11 Apr 1904 - 6 July 1973 - Age 69 BANKS, Joe Dora - 29 Sept 1903 - 10 Dec 1964 JILES, Elder J. C. - 5 Mar 1901 - 30 June 1981 Husband & Father - (also F.H. marker - Rev. - age 80 yrs) HAWKINS, Raymond - 19 July 1908 - 21 July 1943 *BROWN, Mrs. Sarah - 10 Oct 1887 - 23 Nov 1972 - age 85 :ROBINSON, Charlie William - 1873-1959 :ROBINSON, Olevia Stephens - 1878-1914 THOMPSON, Thomas Dean Avery - 11 Aug 1975 - 14 Nov 1975 *HILL, Mrs. Lucy - d. 18 Mar 19 - (10" brick fence surrounds grave) *HILL, Willie E. C. - (no dates) BAKER, Robert Lee - 15 Sept 1895 - 19 Aug 1953 BAKER, Nellie - 4 Mar 1868 - 19 May 1925 - (emblem U.K.T.) *BAKER, Ike - d. 23 Oct 1937 ALLEN, Henry D. Sr. - 7 Nov 1871 - 13 Jan 1933 ALLEN, Langford Madison - 19 Apr 1926 - 3 Dec 1942 ALLEN, Henry D. - 17 July 1924 - 7 Nov 1946 - TX PFC 365 Inf - W.W.II *HAGGERTY, J. H. - 8 Jan 1876 - 2 Aug 1960 *BAKER, Mrs. Bell - d. 7 Sept 1961 - 62 yrs *HAGGERTY, George - 8 Oct 1899 - 6 June 1978 - aged 78 yrs *HAGGERTY, Mrs. Hattie Nevada - 30 Dec 1901 - 29 Nov 1983 - 82 yrs *HAGGERTY, Mr. Onlee - 10 Mar 1906 - 16 July 1982 - age 76 :CALDWELL, Classie - 11 July 1921 - 27 Dec 1978 - Mother :CALDWELL, Wilbert J. - b. 2 Oct 1915 - (no d. date) - Father SWINDELL, Henry Sr. - 1888-1965 PETTIGREW, Joe L. - 2 Nov 1934 - 3 Feb 1961 - Brother :PETTIGREW, John W. - 4 Mar 1905 - 20 Jan 1982 - Married 23 May 1932 :PETTIGREW, Mary M. - b. 30 Dec 1915 - (no d. date) *HUDSON, Hozier, Jr. - 15 Sept 1937 - 16 Feb 1984 - 46 yrs 5 mos 1 day HUDSON, Eriton III - 8 Mar 1974 - 3 July 1975 *PETTIGREW, Mr. Johnnie - 21 June 1930 - 30 Apr 1979 - age 48 yrs *MACKEY, Mrs. Georgia M. - 6 Feb 1943 - 24 Aug 1978 - age 35 yrs *BARRETT, Jerry - d. 22 Sept 1973 - aged 27 yrs 5 mos *BISCOE, Clyde B. Jr. - 29 May 1968 - 3 Oct 1969 - 1 yr 4 mos *RHODES, Mrs. Savannah H. - 12 July 1902 - 24 Sept 1984 - aged 82 yrs *WHITE, Riley - 8 July 1899 - 9 Dec 1985 HAWKINS, Sharon Evon - 17 Mar 1971 - 25 May 1980 HAWKINS, Calvin Dewan - 13 Apr 1973 - 25 May 1980 HAWKINS, Melissa Gail - 13 Apr 1973 - 14 Apr 1973 *HAWKINS, Mr. James - 18 Oct 1918 - 2 Apr 1985 - aged 66 yrs *HILL, Mr. Lovie - 8 Aug 1899 - 26 Apr 1982 - age 82 yrs *JOHNSON, Mrs. Myrtle - 10 Feb 1920 - 7 Aug 1983 - aged 63 yrs *HUDSON, Baby Boy - 27 June 1954 - 27 June 1954 HILL, Mary D. - Mother - (no dates) HILL, Elmer, Sr. - 12 Mar 1905 - 17 May 1962 - Father *HILL, Miss Clara - 3 Sept 1940 - 24 Sept 1973 - Aged 33 yrs *HILL, Mrs. Bonnie M. - ~ Nov 1931 - 1 Dec 1974 - Aged 43 yrs WARD, Mrilda - 15 Mar 1898 - 27 Dec 1967 - Mama MORGAN, Henry - 28 Feb 1927 - 28 Dec 1963 California PFC 3522 Truck Co. TC - W.W.II MORGAN, Felton - 20 Apr 1896 - 24 Dec 1961 TX PFC 23 Svc Co 20 Engineers - W.W.I McKEEVER, David - 28 Nov 1908 - 24 Mar 1957 TX PFC Army Air Forces - W.W.II HILL, Arch - (no dates) - Father *CLABRON, Clemmie H. - 7 Oct 1926 - 17 May 1951 24 yrs 7 mos 10 days McKEEVER, Stephen - 21 June 1911 - 13 Sept 1976 (2nd marker: PFC U.S.Army W.W.II - 26 June 1911 - 13 Sept 1976 from Wife & Sister) McKEEVER, B. J. - 19 Mar 1933 - 28 Dec 1950 *McKEEVER, Mr. George - d. 2 Sept McKEEVER, Cassie - 1872-1935 - Mother McKEEVER, Andrew - 7 June 1859 - 31 May 1927 HAWKINS, Beulah McKeever - 6 Oct 1895 - 3 Oct 1967 "Our beloved Sister" HAWKINS, John W. - 17 Nov 1921 - 11 Apr 1974 - TN U.S.Navy :SWEET, Inez - b. 14 May 1905 - (no d. date) :SWEET, Rev. E. 0. - 10 Apr 1898 - 1 Jan 1985 ROBINSON, Emanuel - 1906-1980 WADE, David E. - 20 Jan 1949 - 14 Mar 1975 - Pvt U.S.Army :ROBINSON, JoAnna - 1883-1958 :ROBINSON, Pink - 1881-1973 - (F.H.marker: 1 Apr 1881 - 20 Sept 1973 aged 92 yrs *ROBINSON, Patrick Dawn - 6 Sept 1974 - 6 Sept 1974 HAWKINS, Tom - 1870-1955 - "Dick" *___LLEY, Mrs. Amelia - June 1888 - 19 Nov 1953 JACKSON, Emma Lee - 19 Mar 1899 - 31 Mar 1953 - Herion 214 SMITH, Eveline H. - 10 Aug 1864 - 10 Dec 1968 - Mother SMITH, Frank - 14 Sept 1866 - 24 June 1938 Mason - Antioch Lodge #355 JOHNSON, Jake - 4 May 1781 - 2 July 1905 MORGAN, Mary - 5 Mar 1894 - 6 Apr 1894 - (broken stone) HAWKINS, Cathrine - d. 10 July 1904 - age 58 yrs wife of Mencer Hawkins HAWKINS, William - 20 Apr 1893 - 11 Dec 1924 - Mason MASS, Adeline Hawkins - 10 May 1898 - 14 Dec 1934 HAWKINS, Pearl - 1901-1919 *STEWART, Mrs. Martha Lee - 3 Oct 1926 - 15 Mar 1984 57 yrs 5 mo 7 days CLARK, Catherine S. - 11 Apr 1887 - 21 May 1983 Heroines of Jericho #214 RHONE, Louise Hawkins - 8 Dec 1924 - 26 Mar 1979 - Sister *HAWKINS, Mr. Emitt - d. 19 Mar 1966 HAWKINS, Elisha Jr. - 23 June 1923 - 2 Feb 1985 - U.S. Army *ERVIN, Mrs. Ethel - 12 Feb 1918 - 4 May 1975 *HAWKINS, Elisha - 22 Aug 1890 - 22 Aug 1974 - 84 yrs HARDIN, James - 12 Feb 1925 - 19 Jan 1969 TX Pvt 1361 Engr DT Co - W.W.II *HARDIN, Mr. James - 14 Sept 1948 - 1 Nov 1975 - 27 yrs 1 mo 17 days HAVEZ, Helen Taylor - 25 Mar 1888 - 22 Oct 1940 - Mother MASS, Harriett - d. 2 July 1943 DAVIS, Janie - 9 Oct 1881 - 3 Dec 1967 BLEVINS, Amanda - 14 Apr 1891 - 15 Apr 1984 - "Our loving Mother" HODGE, Robert W. - 28 Aug 1911 - 1 Aug 1975 - Pvt U.S.Army - W.W.II *BROOKS, Mr. Robert - 25 Apr 1894 - 13 June 1976 - aged 82 yrs LYDIA, Winnie - 18 Aug 1879 - 15 Mar 1977 *THOMAS, Mrs. Ada - 21 July 1900 - 22 July 1984 - 84 yrs 1 day *TAYLOR, Pinkki Joi - 18 Jan 1966 - 23 Mar 1970 - 4 yrs 2 mos 5 days *TAYLOR, Elder Arshie L.C. Sr. - 15 Apr 1889 - 13 Dec 1983 - 94 yrs MOORE, Arline T. - 1913-1963 TAYLOR, George W. - 2 Sept 1857 - 3 Aug 1933 - Papa - Mason TAYLOR, Georgia Ann - 20 Mar 1866 - 20 May 1941 - Mama ERVIN, Gordon M. - 10 Mar 1911 - 4 Dec 1950 son of Hazel Taylor - Brother WILLIAMS, Henry R. - 5 Aug 1903 - 12 Nov 1971 - Husband HAWKINS, Princella - 9 Nov 1917 - 27 May 1964 - Heroine of Jericho HAWKINS, Ed - 13 July 1905 - 18 Feb 1982 *HAWKINS, Jerry G. - 22 Oct 1939 - 18 Jan 1985 - 44 yrs *HAWKINS, Keith L. - 19 July 1984 - 27 July 1985 *PETTIGREW, Mrs. Jewel - 1 May 1936 - 16 Jan 1985 48 yrs 8 mos 15 days WILSON, Stephanie L. - 2 Sept 1969 - 10 Apr 1971 PRENTICE, Willie E. - 5 May 1897 - 13 Jan 1972 *HALL, Ashley Sham - 11 July 1983 - 11 July 1983 - 1 day *PIERCE, Master Roderick Demond - 1 Dec 1972 - 26 July 1983 - age 10 PIERCE, Bobby Lewis - 13 Mar 1963 - 1 Mar 1977 - Son - (picture) PIERCE, Amanda J. - 24 Dec 1924 - 29 Oct 1980 ROBERSON, Elberthey - 25 Dec 1904 - 31 Dec 1904 dau of B.K. & R.E.Roberson ADAMS, James - 8 May 1862 - 30 Jan 1902 husb. of Ella Adams - (broken stone) *ERVIN, Mr. Eugene - 29 Feb 1928 - 20 Nov 1973 - 56 yrs *ERVIN, Mr. Lawrence A. - 17 Nov 1891 - 15 Dec 1982 - 69 yrs *ERVIN, Mr. Herman - 31 Jan 1920 - 15 Mar 1982 - 62 yrs *ERVIN, Mr. Leon - 27 Sept 1899 - 8 Jan 1984 - aged 84 yrs ERVIN, Tennessee - 18 Feb 1900 - 1 Mar 1982 (in a fence with Leon Ervin) *ERVIN, Jerry - 17 Feb 1880 - 22 Jan 1942 *ERVIN, Mr. Ezra - 22 July 1920 - 20 May 1974 *ERVIN, Allo - 1899-1969 ERVIN, Jane - 1865 - 6 June 1905 - wife of Monk Ervin - (broken stone) (ERVIN?), _ulie - wife - (broken stone) ERVIN, Angelia Faye - 31 July 1965 - 25 Oct 1965 ERVIN, Jerry Ward, Jr. - 29 July 1967 - 14 Aug 1980 - Son - (picture) ERVIN; Jerry Ward, Sr. - 17 May 1936 - 13 Feb 1983 - Father - Husband ERVIN, Ester - b. 8 July 1938 - (no d. date) - Daughter ERVIN, Cecil - b. 1924 - (no d. date) - Son ERVIN, Anna - 26 Jan 1906 - 20 Jan 1939 - Mother ERVIN, Hardie - 16 Jan 1904 - 11 Jan 1966 - Father STEWART, Wayne Hardie - 10 May 1950 - 22 Sept 1982 - Daddy TAYLOR, Rufus L. - 1953-1976 -. (F.H.marker: Mr. Rufus Lee Taylor 11 Nov 1953 - 6 Mar 1976 - aged 22 yrs) ERVIN, Larnell - 19 Dec 1922 - 26 Dec 1972 TX Tec U.S.Army - W.W.II DUNCAN, Bryan Noel - 30 Sept 1968 - 14 Aug 1980 - Son LOFTIN, Wilbert - 23 Jan 1909 - 16 Aug 1973 *ERVIN, Mr. Leroy - 1920-1950 *HILL, Mrs. Elizab~th - d. 6 Nov 1957 - 80 yrs 7 mos 10 days BURNS, John McCoy - 26 June 1926 - 11 Nov 1980 - PFC U.S.Army - Korea ERVIN, Allo Jr. - 26 Mar 1937 - 11 Mar 1962 - Texas SN U.S.Navy ERVIN, Nobia - 29 Sept 1906 - 25 Oct 1969 *WILSON, Mrs. Willie - d. 26 Feb 1973 - 82 yrs *ERVIN, Jessie Denise - b. & d. 25 July 1975 OBINSON, Helen Wilson - 13 May 1913 - 20 Sept 1975 - Wife *McKEEVER, Mrs. Marjorie - 26 Mar 1908 - 26 Aug 1978 *MACKEY, Mr. Simon - 24 Dec 1908 - 19 Apr 1985 - age 76 ERVIN, William - 1855 - Jan 1891 - age 36 yrs husb. of Lousinda Ervin HAGGERTY, James A. - 1908-1951 - age 43 husb. of Johnnie B. Haggerty -(picture) HAGGERTY, Luther - 22 J~-.n 1906 - 25 Aug 1946 *HAGGERTY, Calvin H. - d. 5 July 194 *HAGGERTY - (no other info) HAGGERTY, Idabell - 1 June 1889 - 13 Jan 1904 dau of C.H. & Mary Haggerty ERVIN, ? - 1849-1888 - son of Monk Ervin - (broken stone) MARTIN, James R. - 17 Nov 1892 - 29 Jan 1947 - Mason - Son MARTIN, Dora - 15 Dec 1881 - 16 Jan 1957 Heroines of Jericho - Mother MARTIN, R. M. Sr. - 15 Oct 1866 - 19 Jan 1939 - Father ADAMS, Hene - (broken stone) (broken stone - F___ 185 - Dec *MARTIN, Raymond M. - 24 July 1901- 8 Sept 1984 - age 83 *BOWIE, Lubertha - 28 Mar 1910 - 31 Mar 1981 - 71 yrs *JILES, Master Cornelius DeAndre - 28 Aug 1978 21 Nov 1978 - 2 mos 21 days *PETTIGREW. Herman - 1919-1983 - U.S.Army - W.W.II (*30 Dec 1919- 30 Mar 1983) *PETTIGREW, Mrs. Amelia - 20 June 1898 - 7 July 1977 - 79 yrs 13 days *PRINTICE, Mr. Sam - 25 Dec 1894 - 21 Aug 1968 - 73 yrs *BUTLER, Mrs. Lucinda - 2 Nov l9O7 - 26 Aug 1972 - 64 yrs *ERVIN, Jim - d. 17 Dec 1949 - age 65 ERVIN, Mitchell - 3 Mar 1906 - 18 July 1966 - Husband ERVIN, James - 27 Sept 1915 - 4 July 1979 - Father ERWIN, Ray Dell - 30 Mar 1937 - 16 Apr 1980 - AB - U.S.Air Force ERVIN, Mr. Fonzy - 18 Mar 1894 - 30 July 1982 - age 88 yrs EARVIN, James - 8 Aug 1889 - 2 Apr 1941 *ERVIN, Baby Tony Dewayne - b. & d. 25 Dec 1984 - 1 day ADAMS, Baby Ruth - 6 Sept 1930 - 9 June 1938 ADAMS, Bennie - 8 Feb 1901 - 12 Mar 1904 - son of J.S. & Ella Adams (Mrs.E.J. Johnson, who lives next to this cemetery, gave the following information about persons in unmarked graves:) DUNCAN, Evelyn Smith - 6 July 1922 - May 1948 mother of Mrs. E.J. Johnson SMITH, Willie - b. about 1900 - d. 1933 or 1934 father of Evelyn Smith Duncan DUNCAN, Frank Jr. - d. Jan 1945 (stillborn) son of Frank & Evelyn Smith Duncan BROWN, Suzette - d. early 19701s, about 15 or 16 years old MARTIN, Every - d. about 1960 BUTLER, Felix - (no dates known) BUTLER, Lois - (no dates known)