AFTON GROVE VINSON CEMETERY aka Tilley Cemetery

Cherokee County, Cemeteries of TX

Submitted by Brenda Woodell

Cemeteries of Texas:   Dolores Bishop

Afton Grove Vinson Cemetery is located in the Afton Grove community, about seven miles east of Jacksonville, Texas on Highway 79, turn north on CR 4208 and turn right at the church and go ¼ mile. This cemetery was once called Tilley Cemetery.  Catalogued March 22, 2000.

Alexander, Elizabeth "Liz" 1-11-1930 d. 4-16-1992 (Mother & Grandmother)
Allen, William T. 8-27-1934 d.________ (married Mozel L. 10-1-1954) &
Allen, Mozel L. 7-2-1936 d.________
Amick, Verne C. 1890-1961 (Father) &
Amick, Beulah 1893-1970 (Mother)
Barber, Solomon 3-5-1843 d. 2-3-1907 (Ohio-Pvt.-Co. E- 1st Reg-Ohio Inf-Civil War)
Benedict, Maggie Cribbs 3-22-1891 d. 6-2-1913
Benedict, baby boy 1908
Bland, Lottie Thorn Young 3-13-1888 d. 12-4-1968 (Mother)
Bland, Ollie Dean 11-26-1898 d. 12-10-1970
Bridgefarmer, D.E. 10-18-1916 d. 4-28-1999 &
Bridgefarmer, Julianna 8-25-1926 d. 2-4-1992
Burk, Spencer (no dates) (stone marker)
Burke, Elizabeth (no dates) (very old stone marker)
Chandler, James E. 11-8-1906 d. 4-3-1989 (married Nora S. 12-27-1925) &
Chandler, Mora S. 3-23-1907 d. 2-2-1987
Cribbs, Ida 7-22-1872 d. 1-24-1931
Cribbs, J.H. 8-26-1872 d. 5-20-1956
Cribbs, Preston Benedict 9-16-1910 2-18-1980
Cribbs, William H. 1895-1965 (Dad)
Cribbs, Amanda 1900-1936 (Mom) (wife of William H.)
Cribbs, Frank Marion 25-1897 d. 1-8-1971 (married Velma Lee 11-29-1926) (Daddy) &
Cribbs, Velma Lee 1-31-1908 d. 3-30-1992 (Mother)
Cribbs, John 5-5-1906 d. 4-1-1972 &
Cribbs Katie 3-28-1904 d. 11-2-1981
Crunk Lucy d. 11-5-1859 (rock vault)
Dickson, Jewel Lee 9-5-1905 d. ______
Dickson, Willie Lee 2-1-1898 d. 1-2-1970 (Daddy)
Durrett, E. Eugene 4-18-1932 d. 8-29-1989 &
Durrett, Ina M. 4-7-1931 d._______
Durrett, R.L. 4-29-1937 d. 8-19-1990 (Daddy) &
Durrett, Wanda Sue 5-15-1945 d._______ (Mama) &
Durrett, Richard W. 4-3-1963 (Son)
Fields, James M. 1872-1957
Foster, Delvin 4-28-1917 d. 10-3-1990 (married Helen 10-27-1940) &
Foster, Helen 6-18-1924 d. 5-14-1990
Free, Simmie Edward 10-14-1904 d. 10-12-1974 (SC1 US Navy) &
Free, Talmadge Lee 12-4-1912 d. 12-31-1992 (married Simmie E. 10-18-1953)
Godwin, Marion F. 9-14-1928 d.________ (Mother) &
Godwin, W.G. "Bill" 5-12-1929 d. 2-8-1987 (Father) (married Marion F. 11-4-1950)
Grant, Willis J. 12-3-1917 d. 6-23-1995 &
Grant, Agnes I. 10-5-1922 d. 3-1-1995
Henderson, Stokes B. 1906-1978
Henderson, Vernice A. 1904-1961 (wife of Stokes B.)
Henderson, Jamie Ray 2-6-1969 11-29-1975
Inge, F.M. (no dates) (old marker) (Mason)
Irwin, Nancy A. 3-9-1839 d. 9-26-1923
Irwin, Robert F. 5-31-1826 d. 3-10-1900 (Mason)
Irwin, Emma 3-30-1865 d. 7-30-1867
Irwin, Martha J. 1-5-1863 d. 9-6-1867
Lang, Hubert Sheard 12-16-1914 d. 10-9-1915
Lang, Freddie Lee 10-22-1911 d. 7-5-1913 (son of G.A. & E.L.)
Lang, Emma Lee 7-20-1881 d. 10-3-1921 (wife of G.A.)
Lang, George A. 1-25-1885 d. 2-9-1945 (WOW)
Lang, Leonce (no dates)
Lang, Maggie 1-11-1849 d. 2-14-1922
Lang, Cora Mae 10-20-1887 d. 1-22-1954 &
Lang, Fred T. 12-23-1887 d. 4-25-1975
Lang, Henry W. 12-23-1887 d. 12-11-1946 (WOW) &
Lang, Sarah Ellie 2-9-1896 d. 10-20-1992
Lang, L.D. "Dick" 5-8-1908 d. 10-18-1982 (Daddy) &
Lang, Ruby Shaw 10-9-1914 d._______ (married L.D. 5-8-1939) (Mother)
Lang, Alma May 4-3-1910 d. 1-6-1993 &
Lang, Woodrow W. 12-30-1913 d. 12-25-1985
Lang, Mittie E. 5-28-1916 d.________
Lang, William L. 12-12-1916 d._______ (WW II Vet) &
Lang, Josephine M. 8-29-1913 d._______
Longmire, Leroy K. 1-3-1855 d. 7-1-1928
Longmire, Elizabeth, L. 9-9-1858 d. 7-11-1935 (wife of Leroy K.)
Malcolm, Thomas E. 1903-1990 &
Malcolm, Thalia N. 1915-____
Moore, Roy V. 1910-1989
Moore, Nona M. 1895-1970
Moore, Ike P. 12-4-1881 d. 3-5-1963 (Papa)
Moore, Anna J. 10-28-1886 d. 1-7-1972 (Mama)
Moore, Virginia Fredene 11-17-1937 d. 2-25-1938 (daughter of Joe & Norma)
Moore, infant d. 3-29-1912 (son of X X I.P.)
Moore, Clyde C. 1-24-1916 d._______ &
Moore, Emily Christene 10-17-1919 10-26-1997
Moore, Tommy Lee 4-2-1943 11-25-1995 (Papa) &
Moore, Betty Elnora 1-5-1943 d._______ (Memaw)
Moore, Joe C. 6-9-1913 d._______ &
Moore, Norma V. 12-11-1917 d._______
Nall, Samuel D. 8-8-1907 d. 12-15-1974 (married Morene L. 4-17-1954) &
Nall, Morene L. 1-4-1919 d. 8-17-1999
Oden, Chester C., Sr. 9-4-1920 d. 2-25-1997 &
Oden, Mildred M. 6-2-1923 d.________ (married Chester 8-10-1940)
Orme, Thomas A. 6-16-1903 d. 1-8-1978 &
Orme, Della E. 7-2-1908 d. 3-5-1999
Orme, A.W. "Bill" 6-24-1912 d. 12-8-1984 (Mason) &
Orme, Musetta O. 5-10-1918 d._______ (married A.W. 11-2-1935)
Partlow, William Alexander 3-4-1857 d. 3-16-1941
Partlow, Martha C. Howell 6-6-1859 d. 8-31-1914 (wife of William Alexander)
Partlow, Willie Alice 9-2-1896 d. 10-17-1908
Phillips, S.E. (no dates)
Phillips, W.S. 11-9-1840 d. 1-15-1859
Robinson, Mae Fields 1905-1966
Roper, Edgar Thomas, Sr. 1903-1975 (Father) &
Roper, Naomi Webb 1929-____ (Mother)
Sanders, Willie M. 5-28-1898 d. 8-27-1979 &
Sanders, Molissa E. 3-4-1908 d. 6-8-1989
Sanders, Ramey E. 3-1-1929 10-3-1999 (Pvt. US Army WW II) &
Sanders, Catherine A. 1-26-1929 d._______ (married Ramey E. 5-20-1950)
Sipes, James Henry "Pete" 11-9-1934 10-17-1995 &
Sipes, Lawanna O. 4-13-1937 d.________
Sowell, James M. 1-29-1953 d. 1-30-1955
Sowell, Jesse J. 1-18-1910 d. 1-19-1933
Sowell, Nettie E. Loftin 1-12-1886 d. 10-30-1978
Sowell, Loris T. 11-17-1927 d. 5-16-1983
Sowell, J.T. 2-16-1924 d. 3-9-1996 (US Army WW II)
Taylor, Helen Ruth 9-24-1927 (infant)
Thompson, W.M. 12-15-1841 d. 2-9-1909
Thompson, Catherine E. 1903-1990
Tunnell, B.A. 4-23-1888 d. 6-14-1921
Wallace, Cynthia 12-2-1806 d. 5-21-1877
Wallace, Joel H. 9-16-1805 d. 10-21-1881
Waller, L.T. 5-18-1878 d. 11-28-1907 (WOW)
Waller, L.J. 3-2-1872 d. 8-12-1885 (child of I. & A.G.)
Waller, L.A. 9-6-1866 d. 5-10-1868 (child of I. & A.G.)
Waller, Annie d. 8-16-1872 (wife of I. Waller)
Waller, C.I. 7-19-1875 d. 8-27-1881 (son of I. & M.E.)
Waller, M.E. d. 1-26-1883 (wife of I. Waller) (I. Waller has a wife buried in Old Baptist Cemt.)
Warren, Major W. 10-12-1896 6-8-1979 (married Mary E. 10-8-1930) &
Warren, Mary E. 2-27-1911 d. filled
Webb, Andrew F. 2-10-1881 d. 11-9-1964 &
Webb, Nannie L. 11-21-1890 d. 11-5-1955
Webb, C.C. 3-28-1860 d. 11-25-1904
Webb, J.M. 3-23-1860 d. 5-5-1884
Webb, Robert F. 1918-1926