HOPE PROVIDENCE CEMETERY (AFRICAN-AMERICAN), OVERTON, SMITH COUNTY, TX Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by the East Texas Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 6 March 2000 Directions & Coordinates added 9 June 2003 by Lawrence E. Oliver Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** CEMETERY RECORDS OF SMITH COUNTY TEXAS, Volume IV, Southeast Quarter, p. 106. This cemetery is located west of the Smith/Rusk County line, on CR26 northwest of Overton. CR26 is also called Denman Road. The cemetery is on the north side of the road. The map coordinates are: Latitude: N 32:18:25.4 Longitude: W 094:59:58.9 The cemetery was surveyed 5 October 1985 - Imogene Fitzgerald, Martha Ann Glover, Frances & Fred Brock ***************************************************************** HOPE PROVIDENCE CEMETERY (AFRICAN-AMERICAN), OVERTON, SMITH COUNTY, TX - SE-28 JACKSON, Hallie Q. Prince - 11 Oct 1908 - 23 May 1958 ECTOR, James Allison - 1941-1964 - "In memory of Our Son" ECTOR, Wilmer L. - 11 July 1936 - 23 June 1968 ECTOR, Andrewrine - 13 Jan 1913 - 25 May 1969 "In memory of Our Mother" McDUFFEY, Anna H. - 1873-1965 - (Watley Service marker) McDUFFIE - 1899-19 July 1914 - (Watley Service marker & rock marker) McGUFFIE, Will - (homemade marker - dates in ground) COTTON, Johnie B. - 1926-1984 - Pvt U.S.Army - W.W.II :WILLIAMS, Florence - b. 4 May 1899 - (no other date) :WILLIAMS, Joe - 3 Jan 1874 - 15 May 1971 STANSELL, Henry, Jr. - 3 Sept 1959 - 3 Aug 1965 - (Pearson F.H. marker) STANSELL, David - 22 Feb 1963 - 5 Aug 1965 - (Pearson F.H. marker) STANSELL, Rutha Mae - 12 June 1957 - 5 Aug 1965 - (Pearson F.H. marker) KENNON, Mearia - 1866 - 16 Jan 1921 ECTOR, Callie - 16 Dec 1859 - 14 Sept 1917 - wife of Jack Ector ROSEBOROUGH, Mary Tucker - d. 4 Jan 1916 - Mother KENNEY, Isaac - 19 June 1889 - 2 Oct 1917 KENNEY, Isaiah - 19 June 1887 - 23 Oct 1927 (homemade Masonic emblem on concrete slab) (Enclosed 9x12 fence - no markers) CARY, Rachel - (no dates - concrete slab, cut) KENNEY, William - 1852 - 28 Sept 1909 KENNEY - Husband & Farther of Urin and Clara Kenney (top of concrete slab missing) TUCKER, C. - May 1846 - July 1939 ROSS, Lonnie B. Sr. - 27 Mar 1907 - 28 Oct 1977 ROSS, Terry Joe - 3 Dec 1953 - 2 Mar 1972 ROSS, Ennis, Sr. - 9 Jan 1901 - 15 Dec 1971 - Husband & Father ROSS, Lonnie L., Jr. - 11 Sept 1928 - 27 Sept 1966 TX Cpl U. S. Army - Korea GREEN, Lula - 1880-1959 McDUFFY, Corene - 5 May 1910 - 11 Sept 1970 - (info cut into concrete) McDUFFIE, Frank J. - 1904-1975 - (Southern Funeral Home marker) WASHINGTON, Hosie - 1906-1978 - (Calhoun Funeral Service marker) QUINCEY, John Darden - 21 Nov 1905 - 18 June 1978 (Pierce Moss Funeral Home marker - concrete slab painted) :ROSS, Burnett, Sr. - b. 2 Apr 1903 - (only date) :ROSS, Obelia - 18 Nov 1905 - 21 Aug 1981 - Mother PARKINSON, Vaughn C. - 24 Sept 1914 - 19 Nov 1975 - "Your wife Nancy" :WASHINGTON, John Willie - 10 May 1889 - 16 Nov 1973 :WASHINGTON, Mattie Grace - 2 Aug 1891 - 9 Mar 1963 PARKINSON, Floyd B. - 1918-1979 - Sgt. U.S. Army - W.W.II (unmarked grave next to Floyd B. Parkinson's grave) SMITH, Ethel C. - 22 Mar 1896 - 1977 BUTLER, Philip A. - 2 Mar 1894 - 26 Nov 1929 TX Corp. 326 Labor BN QMC :PARKINSON, Amelia L. - 1876-1958 :PARKINSON, Lemon B. - 1879-1930 PARKINSON, Robert B. - 30 Dec 1905 - 1 July 1925 - "Bubba" PARKINSON, Howard B. - 3 Apr 1910 - 16 Dec 1962 - Brother MUCKLEROY, Mrs. Effie - 15 Apr 1894 - 9 Apr 1974 JOHNSON, Mary E. - 1892-1934 :PARKINSON, Hilliard - 23 Oct 1857 - 9 May 1940 - Masonic emblem :PARKINSON, Mary E. - 15 Mar 1859 - 11 May 1925 PARKINSON, Thomas H. - 8 Nov 1887 - 2 Dec 1917 son of Mr. & Mrs. H. Parkinson - Odd Fellows emblem JONES, Alex - 20 June 1873 - 11 May 1958 - Uncle :ECTOR, Kelly Boyd - 27 July 1888 - 6 Jan 1961 :ECTOR, Mercedes A. - 14 Apr 1888 - 12 Nov 1962 HUMES, Corine B. - 18 July 1897 (only one date on modern marble marker; concrete cover is that of an adult.) HAYWOOD, Lillian E. - 30 Nov 1887 - 1 Jan 1972 PARKINSON, Mr. Arrie - d. 8 Jan 1976 - 75 yrs (Southern F.H. marker) NORWOOD, Henry B. - 10 July 1918 - 30 Nov 1968 TX Sgt U.S. Army - W.W.II KENNEDY, Willis H. - 23 Sept 1902 - 23 Aug 1961 KENNEDY, Prof. 0. E. - 11 June 1891 - 6 Mar 1970 - Daddy :BROWN, Morris - 27 June 1872 - 21 Sept 1944 - Dad :BROWN, Henrietta - 30 June 1883 - 8 May 1958 PARKINSON, Laura - 1900-1920 :HARRIS, Sam - b. 1893 - (only date) :HARRIS, Mary H. - 1898-1966 HARRIS, Mr. Willie - d. 17 June 1971 - 72 yrs (Pierce Moss F.H. marker) WARREN, Hettie - 1858-1951 HARRIS, Isaac - 31 Dec 1890 - 22 Aug 1958 BROWN, Coke - 25 July 1905 - 14 June 1956 - (Pearson F.H. marker) GREEN, R. B. - 25 Aug 1922 - 4 Sept 1948 - (Pearson F.H. marker) GIPSON, Emma - 13 July 1891 - 8 Nov 1967 - 78 yrs 3 mos 25 days (Pearson Funeral Home Marker) JINKENS, L. - d. 25 Dec 1915 - age 28 yrs - Masonic emblem COOPER, Emanual - 30 Jan 1861 - 4 Feb 1915 COOPER, John Lynn - 8 Apr 1901 - 3 Aug 1971 ECTOR, Gordie - 15 June 1896 - 21 Aug 1960 ECTOR, Noel J. - 6 Apr 1915 - 29 Dec 1960 ECTOR, Jim A. - d. 28 May 1953 - 69 yrs (Superior F.H. marker, of Kilgore) WHITLOW, Annie Mae - 9 Jan 1901 - 20 Oct 1949 :WASHINGTON, Will - (no dates) - Masonic emblem :WASHINGTON, Lizzie - 4 May 1865 - 4 Aug 1917 WILLIAMSON, Luther - d. 19 Sept 1932 - 24 yrs 3 mos 21 days (F.H. marker) BROWN, Addie M. Pullin - 25 Dec 1907 - 25 Feb 1964