CARMEL AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY, Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** Made available to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS, Volume II, Northwest Quarter, p. 80. Submitted 25 Jun 2000 by Peggy Brannon peggybrannon@hotmail.com Copied 20 May 1982 - Sarah Duncan Beene, Cecil Cammack, Lorene West Conaway BROWN, Bell - 18 Sep 1888 - 19 Jan 1964 ELLISON, Francis, Mrs. - d. 10 Oct 1971 - aged 80 yrs TAYLOR, Jewel - 1897 - 1957 (Unreadable funeral home marker) RAINEY, James H., Mr. - 25 May 1913 - 14 Mar 1974 - age 60 yrs FREEMAN, John L. - 22 Jun 1932 - 11 Nov 1960 Tex PFC H&S Co 120 Engr. C. BN Korea (Unreadable funeral home market) WOOTEN, J. B. - 12 Apr 1903 - 30 Sep 1953 WOOTEN, Ary - (dates buried too deep) Tex Pvt 361 Serv.Co. OMC W.W. II SMITH, Charles Edgar - 8 Oct 1941 - 21 Oct 1961 Tex Sp 4 97 Signal BN (Military Marker located under rose bush) (Unmarked grave located under cedar tree next to Ann Wooten) WOOTEN, Ann - 15 Aug 1930 - (only date) WOOTEN, Beck - 18 Oct 1880 - 2 Feb 1929 (Overturned tombstone - footstone reads S.M.) McNEAL, Claudia - 1881-1943 - "Mother" - wife of John McNEAL (2 unmarked graves, 3 unreadable funeral home markers & an unmarked grave) WOOTEN, Wade - 8 Jan 1921 - (only date) (Grave marked by upright concrete rock - data not readable) (Unreadable funeral home marker) WILLIAMS, Hassie, Mrs. - d. 18 Aug 1962 (?) - age __yrs 5 mo 29 days - (funeral home marker 3/4 buried, almost unreadable) WILLIAMS, Mr. - (buried in unmarked grave, according to Joel Hartsfield) :WILLIAMS, J. W. - 15 Jun 1847 - 18 May 1918 & :WILLIAMS, Pheby J. - 30 Jun 1867 - 3 Jun 1929 CAMPBELL, Fessie - 17 Oct 1900 - 13 Jul 1939 (F.H. marker, bad condition) DUNN, Odessa Lee - 23 Feb 1920 - 26 Feb 1944 TENNISON, Lulla - 19 Apr 1891 - 3 Nov 1962 - "Mother" :WILLIAMS, J. E., Jr. - 1893- (only date) - "Father" & :WILLIAMS, Flossie - 1900 - 1973 WOOTEN, Roy Dean - 17 Dee 1947 - 23 Jan 1978 - "Daddy" EDWARDS, Robert Lee - 8 Sep 1980 - 8 Sep 1980 (Funeral home marker - nearly unreadable - Ru--e Nell E_______ - 1977) (Funeral home marker, bad condition: ______ Ida _____ 1889 - 19-5) JOHNSON, E(?) J. - 6 May 1918 - 28(?) Oct 1975 TENNYSON, Vernice, Mrs. - 15 Jun 1915 - 2 Apr 1982 - aged 66 yrs. TENNISON, Richard - 30 Jan 1888 - 29 May 1965 POTTS, Minnie, Mrs. - (funeral home marker - dates not readable) GREEN, Otis - 1904 - 1959 GREEN, Katherine - 1908 - 1972 GREEN, Aaron - 17 Feb 1892 - 16 Nov 1955 Tex Pvt Co A 332 Labor BN W.W.I :GREEN, Elnita Faye - 5 May 1951 - 27 Nov 1957 & :GREEN, E. B. - 8 Aug 1928 - 22 Nov 1959 :GREEN, Ethan - 1899 - 1976 & :GREEN, Olie May - 1903 - 1967 GREEN, Edward Lee - 1953 - 1972 (funeral home marker) REED, Charlie, Jr. - 4 Aug 1930 - 14 Oct 1967 - aged 37 yrs (F.H.marker) HAROLD, Rosie L. - 1913 - 1980 - (funeral home marker) (Unreadable funeral home marker) TERRY, Mary - d. 14 Nov 1945 - "Mother" - (2 more graves beside this) HOLT, Jess - Apr ? 19_8 - aged 78 yrs. HOLT, Versie - (Jess HOLT's daughter, according to Joel Hartsfield) POTTS, Hosey - 1 May 1863 - 4 Jun 1909 - husband of Virgal POTTS POTTS, Lillie - 24 Dec 1891 - 30 Mar 1925 - wife of John POTTS POTTS, Johnny - 1(?) Oct 1871 - 26 Jan 1964 - (homemade marker) RUNELS, Salena - d. 18 Dec 1900 - aged 21 years - wife of Jordan RUNELS GREEN - (2 cement covered graves, reported to be Mr. & Mrs. GREEN) (Unmarked grave and a large rock under cedar tree, with name "Mary" carved in it - nothing else) WELDON, Laura Rilles - 6 Aug 1892 - 27 Jan 1971 WELDON, Henry Franklin - 1889 - 1963 WELDON, Francis - d. 7 Jun 1907 MORIS, Lola Bell - 10 Jan 1890 - 14 Oct 1894 - dau of E. & M. MORIS POTTS, Lucinda - 17 Nov 1887 - 19 May 1955 - "Mother" POTTS, Elijah - 1 Feb 1885 - 24 Jan 1965 - "Father" CALIP, Mahala - 22 Oct 1876 - 4 Sep 1913 - of Hastie & Arnold CALIP CALIP, Henry - 1911 - 1934 (Unreadable funeral home marker) TUCKER, Gertrude - 21 Dec 1902 - 21 Jul 1925 - wife of Henry TUCKER, Henry - 29 Dec 1893 - 16 Jan 1970 - Tex Sgt U.S.Army W.W.I TUCKER, Elsie May(?) - 22 Sep 1913 - 15 Jun 1966(?) - (homemade stone) AMOS, Roberta - 21 Nov 1889 - 19 Sep 1969 - "Mother" CARAWAY, Urbin - 13 Jan 1907 - 2 Nov 1978 - U.S.Army W.W. II HUMBER(?), Arnetia - 15 Jun 1906 - 15 Jun 1976 (F.H.marker, poor condition) McGEE, Kelly - 30 Nov 1972 - 7 Feb 1973 McGEE, Ocie Bell - 27 Feb 1920 - 18 May 1962 - "Mother" (Unmarked grave - "Mother") :McGEE, Lucy A. - 4 Nov 1891 - 14 Mar 1964 & :McGEE, Sylvester - 10 Mar 1878 - 24 Sep 1962 McGEE, Jurushi - (funeral home marker - no dates) (footstone between Lucy & Jurushi reads "Sister") FORD, Helen, Mrs. - (funeral home marker - no dates) McGEE, D., Major - d. 1 Mar 1976 - U.S.Army W.W.I NEWSOME, Value, Mr. - 18 Oct 1905 - 5 Sep 1979 - aged 74 years CALIP, Oscar, Mr. - 27 Feb 1896 - 24 Sep 1972 - aged 76 years WOOTEN, Catrecie J. - 11 Nov 1975 -(only date) RIGGS, Willie Coleman - 24 Dec 1881 - 25 Aug 1966 SHAMLIN, Rosa - 14 Jan 1907 - 9 Jun 1956 (picture) wife of Oscar SHAMLIN MORRIS, Charlie - 2 Mar 1889 - 23 May 1956 MORRIS, Eunice Jim - 15 Mar 1895 - 27 Feb 1965 MORRIS, Mr. Henry - 19 Mar 1893 - 2 Aug 1968 (funeral home marker) (2 unmarked graves & 1 well keptgrave with funeral home marker destroyed) TENNISON, Ida M. - 19 Jun 1906 - 30 Jul 1954 (unmarked grave, well kept) DAVIS, Willie F. - 1923 - 1976 TENNYSON, Brandon Eugene - 23 Jul 1978 (only date) son of Billy & Avis TENNYSON CALIP, Ethel Ree(?) - April __,29 - 3 Dec 1952 - (homemade stone) MORRIS, Arthur L. - 16 Jun 1926 - 10 Jul 1970 Tex Pvt 413 Base Unit AAF W.W. II AMOS, Elim - 1889 - 1948 DOWNS - Jewell DOWNS, son of Anna Lee and Lonnie DOWNS unmarked concrete covered grave - information supplied by Joel Hartsfield HARTSFIELD, John - 2 Jun 1894 - 31 Oct 1926 (unreadable funeral home marker) EDWARDS,, Ruthie V. - 22 Mar 1914 - 3 Jan 1981 - "Mother" MOORE, Crafton - 1900 - 1975 MOORE, Annie Lee - 1906- (only date) TAYLOR, Louia - 12 Jul 1895 - 7 Sep 1979 - Pvt U.S.Army W.W.I :MCNEAL, Elijah R. - 12 May 1966 - 15 Aug 1972 & :McNEAL, Luella - 16 Sep 1906 - (only date) McNEAL, John - 1872 - 1974 BELL, Willie A., Mrs. - 10 Apr 1910 - 2 Dec 1977 MORRIS, Genie - 8 Dec 1906 - 4 Dec 1978 MORRIS, Katie M. - 27 Sep 1903 28 Jan 1980 MORRIS, Clytis - 1905 - 1980 CALIP, M. C. - d. 30 Aug 1975 - aged 54 years (Pierce-Moss funeral home mrkr) CALIP, Buron A. - 19 Aug 1968 - 23 Dec 1968 - aged 4 mos. - "Baby" WEBB, Charlotte - 26 Jan 1963 (only date) HOLT, Harry Darius - d. 23 Feb 1908 - aged 84 yrs 6 mos 13 days - (F.H.marker) HOLT, Talmon - 18 Feb 1895 - 30 Dec 1959 CALIP, Jonny - (funeral home marker - no dates) CALIP(?), John - (no dates) ADKINS, Afred, Jr., Mr. - d. 8 Jan 1977 - aged 24 yrs. - (F.H.marker) CO____S, Janice - (funeral home marker, no date) HOLT, Johnny J. - 30 Sep 1897 - 25 Sep 1960 - "Daddy" HOLD, Johnnie C. - 29 Dec 1926 - 7 Aug 1956 Tex Pvt 1315 Engr. Cons. BN W.W.II HOLT, Delma - 24 Jul 1915 - 14 Jun 1939 AMOS, Fannie - 1863 - 1959 HARTSFIELD, Joe - 3 Sep 1882 - 23 Jan 1958 HARTSFIELD, Odie - 11 Mar 1889 - 1 Nov 1969 WIMBLEY, Elizabeth - 2 Mar 1902 - 8 Mar 1948 WELDON, Richard C. - Dec. 1953 - Oct. 1954 RHODES, Eddie - 1 Jan 1895 - 31 Aug 1964 Tex Co D 355 Labor BN QMC W.W.I RAMEY, C. J. L. - 18 Sep 1884 - _____ 10, 1948 MORRIS, Julian - 6 Dec 1858 - 25 Aug 1941 MORRIS, Bragg - 1861 - 1951 LEE, Hannah - d. 20 Oct 1940 - aged 33 yr 7 mo 13 days ACY, Ida - 23 Jun 1865 - 9 Jun 1938 GRIFFIN, Charlie - d. 8 Nov 1940 - age 85 GRIFFIN, S. A. - b. 1859 - d. 15 Mar 1895 - wife of C.G. GRIFFIN (broken) WALTON, Mary - (no dates) COLAY, Rebeck - 1821 - Oct 1893 - (broken) GRIFFIN, Charles - 1827 - 1882 GRIFFIN, Sallie - 1841 - 1893 NEAL, Aaron - 4 Jun 1903 - age 72 years EDWARDS, Lucy - 1888 - 1926 NEAL, Annie - d. Apr 15(?), 1949 - (funeral home marker) BURFORD, Mack - d. _____ 1958 - (funeral home marker) MOSS, Sena - b. 1 Apr 1871 - d. ________ - (badly broken - part missing) EDWARDS, Henry - 1899 - 1959 - (funeral home marker) EDWARDS, Raymond, Mr. - d. 29 May 1969 GRIFFIN, C. L. - "Father" - (no dates) - (funeral home marker) RANDALL, Luveria H. - 12 Dec 1897 - 15 Nov 1977 WILLIAMS, Margaret - 19 Jul 1898 - 14 Mar 1920 - wife of Robert WILLIAMS, Robert B. - 1 Jul 1884 - 8 Jul 1966 - "Father" (Masonic emblem) STEWART, Mamie, Mrs. - 25 Aug 1907 - 19 Apr 1982 - Age 74 PRESLEY, Forest - 5 Dec 1895 - 30 Nov 1969 - (funeral home marker) PRESLEY, Leah - 6 Jan 1890 - 28 Jun 1976 - (funeral home marker) :EDWARDS, Joe - 25 Feb 1876 - 26 Feb 1945 & :EDWARDS, Eva - 16 Jun 1881 - (no other date) COLLINS, Dude - 1884 - 1947 GREEN, Epsie - d. 1950 - age 70 EDWARDS, Moss Amanda - 16 Mar 1961 - age 48 years POST, Kalvin - 7 Jan 1968 - 25 Jul 1981 - age 13 MORRIS, Dremical - 1976 - 1976 ACY, Elbert N., Mr. - 2 Aug 1908 - 30 Apr 1974 - age 65 ACEY, Baby girl - d. 28 Nov 1973 HART, Annette - 1918 - 1968 MORRIS, Leandre, Mr. - 4 Apr 1894 - 8 Jan 1981 MORRIS, Linnie Ara, Mrs. - 26 Apr 1898 - 30 Oct 1979 - age 81 yrs POTTS, T.B. - 7 Apr 1915 - 27 Mar 1980 - Pvt U.S.Marine Corps W.W.II DAVIS, Betty J. - 1939 - 1975 WILLIAMS, Archie - 10 May 1959 (only date) - Tex Pvt 809 Pioneer Inf. TENERSON, Susie - 13 Jun 1865 - 5 Feb 1929 TAYLOR, Ora B. Wade - 16 May 1904 - 26 Jun 1968 WADE, Albert B. - 27 Nov 1908 - 18 Jan 1962 YARBROUGH, Carline - Oct 1855 - 29 Apr 1911 - wife of Alak YARBROUGH YARBAUGH, Alex - 1840 - 13 Nov 1912 TENISON, Roberta - 25 Jan 1892 - 2 May 1916