JACKSON SPRING HILL (AFRICAN-AMERICAN) CEMETERY, Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net 5 March 2001 ***************************************************************** 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 III, Southwest Quarter, p. 215. Copied 24 May 1983 by Dan Campbell and Sally McAdams Garner. S. B. Dingler sold 57/100 acre to Tom Reed, trustee of Jackson Spring Hill Cemetery Association in 1917. *Funeral Home Markers RATLIFF, Mary - died 4 Apr 1911 - age 78 yrs - Erected by the children of Edward and Jannie R. Smith in memory of a faithful friend and servant. *BAKER, Mr. Leroy - b. 2 Sept 1900 - d. 16 Sept 1982 ISABEL, Roy - 17 June 1927 - 21 Dec 1933 JONES, Sawnie B. - Pvt US Army - 11 Nov 1923 - 6 Feb 1975 BISCOE, William C. - 1 Aug 1907 - 13 Nov 1964 Texas Pvt 379 Aviation Sq. A.A.F. - WW II *SMITH, Lucile - 14 Oct 1896 - 23 Nov 1978 - age 82 *JONES, Frances - died 14 Feb 1980 *HIGGINS, Henry - 25 Mar 1888 - 6 Mar 1970 - age 82 HIGGINS, Henry - b. 1883 - d. 1970 - (probably same as above) McCARRY, Beatrice - 1899-1972 ROSENBOROUGH, William - Texas Pvt US Army WW II 25 Oct 1918 - 8 Aug 1970 BROOK, Seola - 1932-1967 *ALEXANDER, Leonard - d. 15 April 1959 - age 81 *HOOD, Arthur C. (Rev.) - 16 Nov 1904 - 25 Jan 1980 - age 75 McC0RMICK, Henry Clay - 11 Mar 1924 - 3 Apr 1965 Texas Fvt Co B 839 Engr Avn BN - WW II CAIN, Zola Mae - 28 Feb 1910 - 18 Nov 1950 - Our Mother FOSTER, Luella - 8 Dec 1902 - 16 Oct 1951 HOWARD, Alice Lela - 13 Aug 1890 - 16 Mar 1959 *CAIN, Felton - May 1931 - 27 Sept 1968 - age 37 ISABELL, Jim - 8 Oct 1884 - 23 Dec 1956 DAVIS, Mary Louise - 30 Apr 1932 - 15 Feb 1973 SMITH, Thomas Lee - 18 Oct 1934 - 30 Oct 1955 *KINNABREW, Monica Mona - d. 29 July 1972 - age 3 mo GRIGGS, Beny R. - 27 Oct 1898 - 22 Oct 1919 GRIGGS, Oscar - 25 Sept 1896 - 26 Jan 1924 *HARRIS, Mrs. Willie Mae Melcon - 16 May 1926 - 16 Feb 1975 STIGGERS, Oscar - Texas CPL COC 332 SVC BN OMC - WW I 7 Jan 1896 - 4 Jul 1971 GRIGGS, Henry - US Army - 14 Oct 1888 - 14 Mar 1976 ROSBOROUGH, Julia - (no other information) *BEASLEY, Mr. Pirk H. - 23 Jan 1889 - 28 Apr 1966 - 76 years *SMITH, Mrs. Birdie Lee - 1 Oct 1908 - 1 May 1969 - 60 yrs *OLIVER, Master Carl W. - 14 Nov 1977 - 18 Feb 1978 - 3 mo GRICGS, William (Father) - 7 May 1873 - 7 Oct 1949 *OLIVER, Sam Earl - d. 1 Dec 1957 - aged 23 yrs 6 mo 12 days BOONE, Rena - 7 Nov 1885 - 4 Dec 1958 *OLIVER, Baby Boy - 26 Mar 1959 - 1 day *OLIVER, Mr. Joseph - died 18 Jan 1980 - aged 65 yrs 11 mo 27 days HIGGINS, Lillie - 1893-1948 - "Wife and Mother" *(dates on F.H. marker: 14 Feb 1899 - 20 Sept l948)- aged 55 *OLIVER, Mr. Julius - 11 Oct 1904 - 9 July 1976 - 71 yrs KING, E. M. - 17 Dec 1915 - 26 Dec 1973 - Father REED, Julia - 24 July 1876 - 5 Nov 1960 - 84 yrs 3 mo 11 days REED, John T. - 12 Mar 1872 - 12 Oct 1948 - Woodmen of the World BEASLEY, Velma Gipson - 14 Feb 1917 - 22 Aug 1963 *ISABELL, Mrs. Emma - 17 Sept 1883 - 29 July 1982 - 97 years LEE, Isaiah - 26 Sept 1901 - 23 Apr 1982 - age 81 yrs PETTIGREW - Baby - Jan 1963 - 23 Jan 1963 *WALLACE, Mrs. Cora - (no dates) *WILLIAMS, Mr. Finley E. - 10 Feb 1900 - 4 May 1972 - 72 yrs SMITH, Virgil - 8 May 1930 - 15 Apr 1973 "..husband & father" - 42 yrs *SMITH, Mr. Nathaniel - 19 Jan 1929 - 17 Feb 1973 - 43 yrs