CENTER CEMETERY (AFRICAN-AMERICAN), Smith County, TX (Copied 25 June 1986) Made available to the USGENWEB Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society Sandy Coulter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTE: The colons preceding a pair of names means the tombstones are adjacent. "F. H. Marker" indicates a funeral home marker. JOHNSON, Andrew - d. 13 Aug 1936 - TX Pvt 322 Labor BN JOHNSON, Mattie - 1912-1936 JOHNSON, Starlen - 1866-1952 SLAYTON - (Funeral Home marker, no dates) CORNELIOUS, Marcelius - 19 Jan 1876 - 4 Nov 1959 :MILLER, Beatrice - 1909-1965 :MILLER, George - 1900-1965 CANTLEY, Willie Lee - 1911-1965 COX, Mr. Joe Lewis - 19 May 1913 - 2 Aug 1983 - 70 yrs - (Brooks-Sterling F.H. marker) J.R.M. - 1963 DEESE, Jane - 10 Nov 1853 - 10 May 1895 - wife of Turner Deese SCOTT, Mr. Henry J. - 31 Oct 1876 - 11 June 1972 - 96 yrs - (Brooks-Sterling F.H. marker) DEAN, Robert Lee - 1 Sept 1936 - 24 Sept 1960 - TX S.N. U.S.Navy - W.W.II DEAN, Cooper - 7 Jan 1910 - 19 Sept 1979 - Husband and Father DEAN, Harold, Sr. - 27 Oct 1888 - 21 Dec 1985 - Father DEAN, Hattie Martin - 20 Sept 1891 - 1 July 1984 - Mother JONES, Bryant A. - Pvt. 999 Svc Com. California SCOTT, Mr. Every - 4 Nov 1924 - 10 Oct 1972 - 54 yrs - (Brooks-Sterling F.H. marker) FREEMAN, Mr. Munch J. - 1 Aug 1898 - 16 Mar 1985 - 86 yrs 7 mos 15 days (F. H. marker) FREEMAN, Blaxsie - 17 Feb 1898 - 22 Aug 1978 Christine - (no dates) - (concrete cross) TIMMONS, Jessie Earl - d. 19 7 - (concrete cross, identical to one above) TIMMONS, Kevin Dwayne - 3 Aug 1978 - 7 July 1980 - (F.H. marker) TIMMONS, Mrs. Sleetie B. - 5 May 1907 - 27 July 1985 - (F.H. marker) TATE, John - 25 years :BROWN, Francis - 1884-1946 :BROWN, Pink - 1872-1952 SLAYTON - (Funeral Home Marker) BELL, Mr. Truman - 21 Apr 1931 - 27 Dec 1971 CLARK, Johnnie - 16 Jan 1901 - Dec 1905 GATE, Mrs. Jewel - 5 May 1915 - 14 May 1983 - 68 yrs - (Brooks-Sterling F. H. marker) ____,Frank & Mollie - he d. 1933; she d. 1926 - (broken stone, no surname) HAWKINS, Galla - 28 Sept 1906 - 4 Oct 1913 Concrete enclosures for seven graves: BIGGS, Fort-y - 1934 BIGGS, Fannie - 1940 BIGGS, Otis - 1936 BIGGS, Lois - 1943 BIGGS, Baby Ruth - 1946-1949 TERRELL, Roberta - 1949 BIGGS, Dorothy - 19 Feb 1923 - 5 Aug 1950 - (F.H. marker) BIGGS, Alma - d. 9 May 1984 BIGGS, Burnis - 1969 BIGGS, Jim - 1968 GRAVES, Myrtle C. - d. Nov 1962 CLARK, Harrison, Sr. - d. Apr 1948 CLARK, Izetta - d. Dec 1932 CLARK, Harrison, Jr. - d. Apr 1947 :MARTIN, Alex - 1865-1945 :MARTIN, Easter - 1867-1914 STRODE, Lucy - 17 Nov 1872 - 3 June 1934 ROSTE, Jessie - (could not read) DEECE, Perry - 28 June 1893 - 16 Dec 1955 - TX 410 Res Labor Bn QMC W.W.I WOODS, Robert - 12 Sept 1914 - 20 May 1974 - PFC U.S. Army CHOICE, Edward - 23 July 1924 - 11 April 1960 - TX Pvt 991 QM Service Co. - W.W. II MEDLOCK, Lula C. - 25 Dec 1905 - 13 Dec 1973 Mother WIGGINS, Polly d. 22 June 1937 - age 84 years WIGGINS, Tobe d. 19 July 1916 age 64 yrs - Father JOHNSON, Sirwilton - 1888-1950 wife of Leroy Johnson - Mother :COX, Troy - only date 1900 :COX, Thurley - 1903-1944 WARD, Carl 25 Aug 1904 - 3 Nov 1948 CLO