Speir Cemetery, Angelina Co. Cemeteries of TX Gloria B. Mayfield

Speir Cemetery

Submitted by Debra Coursey-Pitts and son D J

Location: on county line border of Angelina Co. & Jasper Co., on shores of Lake Sam Rayburn, which were at one time eroding but have been shored up.This is in community known as Plum Ridge.
There are no signs leading to it.

Surveyed on Jan.2,2004 by Debra Coursey Pitts and son DJ.
I apologize for any errors , many makers are very old & hard to read, some have no markers.
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NAME BIRTH & DEATH DATES MISC.
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SPEIR,Arrie 3-25-1884 / 5-21-1964
,Robert L. 6-5-1894 / 6-10-1959
,Charley 4-10-1889 / 10-2-1944
,Will 4-1-1887 / 8-12-1941
,Lambert 6-17-1923 / 2-9-1968
,Andrew Jackson 1-1-1937 PVT.107 Inf.27 Div
,Rhoda 11-5-1882 / 11-29-1882
,H.T.(Dock) 11-23-1851 / 10-5-1931 "a tender father & faithful friend"
,Mary O. 11-17-1854 / 6-17-1922 "a tender mother & faithful friend"
,Philip 10-24-1873 / 1-21-1941
,Henry P. 12-11-1808 / 6-18-1875
,Jane Handley 4-14-1815 / 5-1-1887
,Zona O. 11-20-1921 / 12-12-1921

LETNEY,L.B. 1-30-1903 / 4-5-1975 PVT.US Army WWII
,Louis Jr. 11-27-1891 / 7-12-1951 Texas PVT. 315 SupplyTN 90 Div. WWI
,Melvena 1-18-1893 / 1-13-1980
,Martha 4-11-1863 / 11-23-1937
,Barney L. 9-7-1850 / 5-16-1925
,Birtie May 5-25-1914 / 9-20-1918 d/o W.J.& Allie Letney
,Wm.J. 11-26-1879 / 2-28-1952
,Rosie Allie 8-3-1892 / 1-17-1956
,Tyler A. 8-9-1916 / 1-29-1966
,Jessie E. 11-13-1919 / no death date (couple's photo on marker)
,William Jackson Jr. 11-21-1922 / 6-5-1968 Texas PFC HO & HO CO 706 Tank BN WWII
,Dennis J. 5-20-1949 / 5-29-1949 (f.s. reads:D.J.L.)..(old,hard to read)
Unknown Letney ? Only plastic mortuary tag marks grave-no info visible

MOTT,inf. 9-28-1903 inf.d/o Mr.& Mrs.J.R.Mott
,Sallie A. 3-28-1814(?) / 6-20-1874
,Nheadocia (?) 1-22-1869 / 2-24-1877
,Rebhcca J. 3-25-1878 / 5-24-1884(?)
,Henry T. 12(?)-1841 / 7-1886 (?)
3 unknowns:(1)w/white pvc pipe & sm.stome w/ letters "T.M." readable
(2)old faded,unreadable metal mortuary tags & white pvc pipe
sm.stone "Sam" ? MOTT

HERRIN,Joe Neal 1956-1980
,James Alton 1917-2002 Mason
and Delma Adell 1922-no death date married James Alton Herrin 3-4-1942
(backside of stone reads):Sharon Alexandra 1946
Joe Neal Herrin 1956
Linda Swartz 1957

ALLEN,Aaron A. 7-2-1920 / 7-2-1965 Texas PFC 169 Inf. WWII
,Ronald F. 9-5-1946 / 1-24-1998
,Hadley Hugh 1925-1977 S1 US Navy WWII

GRAHAM,Horace B. 8-20-1904 / 6-14-1954
,Annie Ottis 12-12-1901 / 10-26-1964

DUDLEY,Chas.A. 3-22-1846 / 2-11-1891
,Mrs.M.D. 1844-unreadable
??? ,??? sm.stone reads:J.K.D.
,P.(or B.K.) 2-26-1869 / 5-18-1869

SANDERS,Tracy E. 12-2-1928 / 12-22-1945
,Will E. 5-10-1893 / 4-15-1944
,Abbie G. 11-30-1895 / 4-13-1975

BUCHANAN, * 8-12-1964 / 8-16-2001 back reads:Love starts with a smile
*(does anyone have a Grows with a kiss
first name? let me know) Ends with a tear.

RODGERS,Charlie M. 11-22-1916 / 10-29-1990 CPL US Army WWII

JONES,Bryant 12-9-1889 / 2-16-1951
,Mollie 11-2-1886 / 2-20-1968
,George E. 7-20-1912 / 4-11-1965
,Katy Bernice 4-29-1918 / 7-21-2003

MARSHALL,Rev.A.V. 5-26-1884 / 7-10-1926

HOUSTON,Smith 5-31-1888 / 12-20-1928
,Lovisa 3-15-1856 / 1-6-1929
,J.C.(Jim) 11-19-1847 / 12-21-1928
,Minnie Lee 4-28-1912 / 3-4-1934
,Missouri 9-5-1889 / 1-24-1948
,Edgar B. 3-4-1874 / 3-24-1849
,J.C. 1-18-1906 / 11-2-1990 beloved Father
,Vadalia 6-4-1920 / 6-18-1999 beloved Mother

GRIFFITH,George J. 2-7-1886 / 5-30-1967

ROBISON,Robert Wayne 12-5-1944 / 8-3-1999
,Russell Owen 7-27-1943 / 12-31-1994 US Army

(7) at back of cem. marked with white pvc pipe....future plots possibly ? , or unknown