Rucker Cemetery (African-American), Troup, Smith County, Texas -- SE-14 This cemetery is also known as the "Community Cemetery (African-American)" 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 IV, Southeast Quarter, p. 76. Submitted 16 May 2000 by Rhonda Spencer Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** Directions and Coordinates added by Lawrence E. Oliver 18 February 2004 From Troup, Texas, take Hwy135 southwest to County Line Road (CR4914) and turn right (west). The cemetery is about 1.5 miles and is on the north (right) side of the road. It is about 1/4 mile before the intersection of CR2186. There is a small, damaged sign reading "cemetery" beside the path leading to the cemetery. Latitude: N 32:08:13.6 Longitude: W 095:09:11.1 ***************************************************************** Rucker Cemetery (African-American), Troup, Smith County, Texas -- SE-14 (Copied 23 May 1985 by Mrs. Jess Armstrong, Howard Pollan and Roberta Wallace) The Cemetery has been copied in order of burial. *Denotes Funeral Home Marker *GRIFFIN, Mr. Leon (Bow) - 12 Aug 1916 - 12 Mar 1984 - Age 67 *MEDFORD, Sam - 25 Aug 1905 - 23 Oct 1983 - Age 77 (marker damaged) *LACY, Ms. Doris - d. 16 Nov 1983 - Age 53 *ADAMS, Charlie Gene - 24 Aug 1936 - 31 July 1983 *CAREY, Oscar - b. 13 Mar 1916 - 65 yrs old JOHNSON, Johnnie - 16 Aug 1912 - 28 Dec 1981 Pvt U.S. Army W.W.II *SMITH, Jimmie D. - 26 ? 1910 - 17 Nov 1980 - Age 69 WILLIS, Rose Mary - d. 1980 - age 27 *SMITH, Mr. Claudie - 20 Oct 1917 - 24 Dec 1981 - age 64 *LYDIA, Elroy - 21 Dec 1943 - 8 Feb 1979 - Age 35 *KINCADE, Johnny Earl, Jr. - 25 May 1976 - 26 Apr 1978 Age 2 yrs 10 mos 4 d. *SPENCER, Jack C. - 12 Aug 1921 - 28 Nov 1977 Age 56 yrs 3 mo 16 days *BENNETT, Bernie - d. 17 Sept 1974 - Age 74 yrs 2 mos 28 days WHITE, Ben - b. 1906 - d. 23 Aug 1976 - PFC U.S. Army W.W.II *LACY, James A. - 8 July 1918 - 28 Feb 1977 - age 58 COPELAND, Roy L. - 10 Aug 1936 - 15 June 1977 *GANT, Mae - d. 22 Jan 1976 - age 57 yrs 10 mos 20 days LYDIA, Willie Mae - 11 Mar 1922 - 18 Nov 1973 *TILLMAN, James - 8 Aug 1895 - 27 Jan 1974 - Age 78 yrs PAYTON, Henry, Sr. - 23 Aug 1884 - 4 Aug 1974 - Daddy AUSTIN, Reginald D. - 4 Dec 1973 - 13 Jan 1974 - Baby ADAMS, Opal Fay - 20 Jan 1952 - 4 Dec 1969 ADAMS, Wilford - 10 May 1913 - 6 Oct 1982 Tec 5 U.S. Army W.W.II - Age 69 ANDERSON, Margaret Jiles - 17 Nov 1927 - 21 Dec 1971 - Mother JILES, Tommy James - d. 31 Jan 1964 - Age 35 yrs DAUGHTRY, Mary - 30 Apr 1895 - 15 June 1963 - Mother :SMITH, Hopkins - b. Sept 1909 - (only date) :SMITH, Stella - 12 Dec 1917 - 22 Nov 1980 :ERVIN, Minnie - 17 Nov 1886 - 17 Nov 1962 :ERVIN, Jewel - b. 14 Oct 1892 - (only date) *SMITH, Jim D. - 8 Oct 1919 - 8 Jan 1985 SMITH, Minnie L. - 14 Apr 1895 - 24 Oct 1962 WELSEY, Edie - 1887 - 18 Oct 1962 LACY, Mrs. I. B. - d. 6 Apr 1962 - age 70 KENDRICK, Perry - d. 22 Dec 1962 - age 56 LACY, Mitchell - April 1946 - 14 June 1964 LEE, Mack H. (Lacy) - 20 June 1946 - 4 July 1960 LACY, Wesley - (no dates) - Pvt 405 Res Labor Bn QMC, Tex W.W.I *LACY, Willie Clayton - d. 22 Mar 1972 - age 75 :CLAYTON, Evangeline - 23 Sept 1909 - 8 Apr 1985 :CLAYTON, Jessie - 12 Mar 1901 - 9 Apr 1982 HAWKINS, Preston - 19 Apr 1934 - 1 June 1958 720 Mil Police En Spl 3 Co A *JILES, Predell - d. 23 May 1980 - age 83 McCARVER, Leonard A. - 15 Aug 1894 - 14 Oct 1972 - Mason ARDON, Lena McCarver - 3 Feb 1886 - 26 July 1970 *ROSS, Jessie Lee - d. 22 Sept 1968 - age 20 yrs 8 mos 12 days JILES, James - 7 Oct 1928 - 4 July 1983 - age 54 JILES, Victoria - 9 Oct 1876 - 13 Apr 1957 MALONE, Loutishie - 22 July 1870 - 1 Aug 1981 - age 111 DeVAUGHAN, Seymour - son of Mr & Mrs R. L. FRANKLIN 8 Nov 1967 - 29 July 1972 JOHNSON, Willis D. - 19 Oct 1932 - 30 June 1958 - "Scoot" BALL, J. C. - 22 Sept 1905 - 30 Oct 1950 JOHNSON, Monroe, Jr. - 28 May 1916-27 Nov 1959 GREEN, Jerline Johnson - 13 Jan 1928 - 5 May 1962 SIRLS, Christine Johnson - 1917-1965 :JOHNSON, Malissa - 10 Sept 1893 - 9 Sept 1973 - Mother :JOHNSON, Monroe - 12 Apr 1887 - 3 Mar 1978 - Father *JONES, Mr. Horace - d. 6 May 1979 - age 68 yrs 1 mo 25 days *JONES, Lewis - 4 July 1888 - 24 Nov 1955 JORDAN, Rev. Henry J. - 6 Apr 1913 - 11 Oct 1976 Tec 4 U.S. Army W.W.II *JORDAN, Vida Lee - 25 July 1916 -. 13 May 1984 - Age 67 *TILLEY, Mr. Jessie, Sr. - 1 Oct 1926 - 16 June 1982 KENDRICK, Ozell R. - 3 June 1929 - 2 Apr 1980 Sp 3 U.S. Army - Korea KENDRICKS, James Almon - 19 Oct 1932 - 1 Mar 1979 - Father KENDRICKS, Opal Faye - 30 Dec 1933 _ 18 June 1984 - Mother LIDIA, Lovanna Herndon - 27 Sept 1907 - 10 May 1976 :HERNDON, Cora - 15 Jan 1887 - 9 Mar 1953 - Mom :HERNDON, Will - 15 Oct 1885 - 11 Mar 1968 - Dad HERNDON, Vernett - 1918-1983 - Tec 5 U.S. Army *HERNDON, Mr. Rubie C. - 4 Apr 1913 - 5 Jan 1983 - age 69 Tec 5 U.S. Army W.W.II *FREEMAN, Mrs. Dora A. - d. 17 Oct 1984 - 86 yrs WALKER, Tom H. - 1906-1980 - Sgt. U.S. Army W.W.II KENDRICK, Calvin - 18 May 1897 - 27 Feb 1967 Tex PFC 21 Co 165 Depot Brig. W.W.I :THOMPSON, Wiley - 25 Dec 1891 - 20 July 1966 :THOMPSON, Jewell - b. 27 Feb 1895 - (only date) WRIGHT, Joe - 20 Mar 1899 - 20 Apr 1959 LEWIS, Mrs. Bell - 30 May 1907 - 2 Aug 1976 - Mother :JONES, John V. - 1 Sept 1892 - 31 Oct 1978 :JONES, Estella A. - 1 Mar 1898 - 24 Aug 1979 GREEN, Mrs. Emily H. - 15 Sept. 1886 - 8 Apr 1975 TILLMAN, Ive - 9 Oct 1907 - 18 Apr 1970 Tex PFC 4118 QM Truck Co. W.W.II JOHNSON, Albertha - 1911-1965 PRINCE, Will - 1875-1965 LACY, Mr. Major - 5 Feb 1894- 17 Dec 1970- 76 yrs SANDERS, Ferris - 22 Dec 1913 - 23 Apr 1956 SANDERS, Eddie - 31 July 1886 - 26 Feb 1960 SANDERS, Jim - 4 Jan 1918 - 31 Oct 1960 - Masonic emblem SANDERS, Eddie Lee - 15 Aug 1920 - 20 Jan 1964 Tex Tec 4 U.S. Army W.W.II HAMILTON, Jacqulyn - 5 Sept 1976 - 5 Sept 1976 MATLOCK, Elzenia - 17 Dec 1893 - 1 Sept 1956 *RATHER, Freddie - 1911-1961 MALONE, Vera W. - 30 May 1886 - 27 Dec 1962 *MALONE, Mr. Deandor - 24 Nov 1908 - 4 Jan __ - age 74 *SHEFFIELD, Mr. Howard D. - 24 Aug 1911 - 18 Oct 1975 - 64 yrs SIMMONS, Noble (Jack) - 1903-1959 - Father - Masonic emblem HART, Theola - 8 Dec 1924 - 8 May 1960 Tec Sgt 1221 Engr FFGT PLAT W.W.II *JOHNSON, Birtha - 7 Mar 1897 - Aug ______ *ECTOR, Mrs. Minnie Lee - d. 15 Sept 1973 - 35 yrs *ECTOR, Kala - 5 Sept 1981 - 18 May 1985 - Age 3 THOMPSON, Thurman K. - 14 Sept 1960 - 16 Jan 1961 - Baby MURPHY, Beatrice - 23 Dec 1896 - 5 Aug 1968 - Mother *FONZA - Infant Girl - 1966-1966 *JONES, Emma Jean - 30 Mar 1930 - 25 Feb 1985 *JONES, Lee Roger - d. 17 Mar 1976 - age 15 yrs BROWN, Juanita - 16 Oct 1914 - 18 Apr 1973 - Sister *DAVIS, Claudia - d. 28 Jan 1972 - 68 yrs - Troup, TX LACY, Joe - 17 Sept 1901 - 4 Apr 1965 :BROWN, Bessie M. - 1905-1983 :BROWN, John H. - b. 1908 - (only date) *MALONE, Mr. Charles, Jr. - 17 Mar 1917 - 22 Nov 1984 age 67 yrs 8 mo 5 days *LAWSON, Mr. Henry - 26 Feb 1879 - 19 Mar 1977 - age 98 yrs LAWSON, Frank _ 8 Mar 1910 - 1 Nov 1972 Tex Pvt U.S. Army W.W.II RAY, Lorenza - 28 Nov 1920 - 2 Jan 1982 Cpl U.S. Army W.W.II RAY, Rodric Rashun - 17 Nov 1981 - 22 Apr 1982 - Son ROBERSON, Emma - 29 Dec 1916 - 12 Mar 1969 ROBERSON, Codell - 11 Apr 1918 - 21 Oct 1982 PFC U.S. Army W.W.II *CALIP, Bradley - 22 Jan 1980 - 5 Mar 1985 - 5 yrs MALONE, Alice Spencer - 15 July 1919 - 20 May 1970 - Big Mama JOHNSON, Dessie - 11 Sept 1892 - 16 Mar 1975 __WSON - d. 1915 - (home made marker, hard to read) *JACKSON, Pearl E. J. - 4 Apr 1903 - 10 Nov 1973 JACKSON, L. James - 1919-1950 :CLAYTON, Violet - b. 22 Aug 1900 - (only date) :CLAYTON, Allen - 30 Jan 1893 - 4 Nov 1981 KENDRICK, Freddie Eugene - 14 June 1929 - 30 Oct 1977 COOK, Harrison - d. 22 Jan 1954 - age 61 yrs 5 mos 6 days SPENCER, Welton - 2 Feb 1923 - 28 July 1981 :SPENCER, C. B. -11 Apr 1880 - 7 Mar1950 - Daddy :SPENCER, Mornie - 5 Mar 1894 - 3 Nov 1964 - Mother PAYTON, Byron Dean - 1963-1980 - A Champion CHILDS, Nolan - 3 Apr 1922 - 28 May 1954 LAWSON, Mamie - 7 May 1897 - 30 July 1975 CLAYTON, Fred - 20 June 1916 - 11 Nov 1952 Pvt Co C 838 Engr.Avn BN W.W.II - Texas *CLAYTON, Calvin - (unreadable) KELLUM, Bonnie - 25 Dec 1903 - 11 Nov 1956 - Masonic 950 WILLIS, A. S. Lulisha - 23 Jan 1979 - 30 Jan 1979 - Baby MILES, Mrs. Imogene - (no dates) SPENCER, U. V. - 7 Feb 1921 - 28 Dec 1970 Texas Pvt U.S. Army W.W.II MACKEY, Myrtle - 1 May 1932 - 10 June 1983 COLBERT, Solman - 12 Jan 1874 - 16 Sept 1951 DAVIS, Ambruse - 28 June 1919 - 11 Dec 1954 Tex Pvt Co A 35 Engr Tng Bn W.W.II COPELAND, Texie - 1 Jan 1902 - 18 Aug 1980 AUSTIN, Jessie - 14 May 1921 - 30 Jan 1970 Cpl U.S. Army W.W.II JONES, Ruby E. - 5 Feb 1920 - 14 Apr 1984 - Mother JONES, Charlie - 1882-1970 SIMMONS, Willie T. - 13 Aug 1924 - 22 Nov 1980 U.S. Army - W.W.II CASTLEBERRY, Willie Ann - 21 Apr 1910 - 18 Apr 1955 WESLEY, Robert - 1884-1906 SIMMONS, Ernest - d? 23 Aug 1923 - (only date) Sgt 1326 Engr C.S. Regt LYDIA, Rankie M. - d. 29 Aug 1966 - 10 mos 19 days AUSBORNE, Lutishie - 29 June 1893 - 29 Mar 1956 AUSBORNE, Jerry - 5 May 1891 - 13 Apr 1974 Tex Pvt U.S. Army W.W.I AUSBORNE, Mattie Mae - 8 June 1913 - 29 Nov 1961 TAYLOR, Daphne Danette - 19 Nov 1969 - 22 May 1973 AUSBORNE, Sherman - 5 Feb 1911 - 10 May 1974 - ST 3 U.S. Navy ROSE, John - 28 May 1914 - 20 Jan 1980 - U.S. Army W.W.II LACY, Bud - 20 Jan 1870 - 1 Jan 1950 - Husband GRANDBERRY, Leo - d. 6 July 1976 COPELAND, Will - 11 July 1905 - 23 Oct 1969 *____, J.W. - 27 Feb 1934 - 1980 (surname missing - Pierce Moss Funeral Home marker) FONZA, Janie COPELAND - 7 Oct 1902 - 4 May 1982 STAFFORD, Baby Boy - 4 Aug 1979 - 4 Aug 1979 ADAMS, Benjamin F. - 2 Oct 1889 - 29 Mar 1952 Tex Sgt 165 Depot Brigade W.W.I ANDERSON, H. Roberta - 19 Jan 1905 - 1 July 1953 - Mother ADAMS, James - 1 Mar 1892 - 13 Dec 1960 Pvt Co D 332 SVC BN QMC Texas ADAMS, Carrie - 12 May 1900 - 12 Nov 1980 ADAMS, Mariah - 9 Aug 1906 - 30 May 1971 ADAMS, Willie Frank - 7 Sept 1902 - 10 May 1975 ADAMS, Richard - d. 1979 - age 31 yrs BIBBS, Trudie Mae - 5 Dec 1926 - 23 Aug 1976 BIBBS, Lois M. - d. 5 Nov 1952 - age 36 yrs ADAMS, Minnie Z. - 31 May 1910 - 2 Oct 1982 - age 72 NOBLES, Dorothy L. - 20 Aug 1932 - 10 June 1952 WILLIAMS, Delli - Jan 1909 - 11 Apr 1968