TWI-LIGHT CEMETERY
La Porte, Harris Co. Cemeteries of TX
By George E. Wolf Jr./2000
This cemetery is located at 11th and at the dead end of Adams, on the left side
across from a large warehouse.
There is large sign at the entrance of the cemetery, TWI-LIGHT CEMETERY. The
cemetery is kept up real nice and is in great shape.
This cemetery is used by the black community of La Porte,Texas.
It seems to have been stated around the 1920's or 1930's? But the oldest grave
date found is 1947.
Recorded Feb. 16,2000
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There is a large red-tailed hawk that watches over this cemetery. A spirit
bird.....
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There are 37 or more unknown graves in this cemetery. Missing paper labels,
blank cement stones, sunken graves.
Lelius Scott
Born Mar. 9,1877
Died May 13,1952
Addie Scott
Born Feb. 12,1880
Died May 28,1956
Thomas R. Frazier
Born Jan. 5,1898
Died Aug. 16,1972
Rose E. Frazier
Born July 30,1900
Died Sept. 7,1975
Emma Sowell
Born May 30,1870
Died Apr. 23,1952
Blanche M. Sowell
Born Jan. 10,1907
Died June 23,1982
Dock Wade
Miss. PFC US ARMY WW1
Born Apr. 10,1874
Died Aug. 4,1973
Jessie P. Sims
Born Sept. 2,1894
Died Apr. 20,1980
Johnnie Mae Walker
Born 6-23-1931 Died 11-05-1998
John L. Smith
Born Nov. 11,1907
Died Jan. 26,1955
Willie White
Born Dec. 25,1905
Died Oct. 13,1901
Maggie Hughes
Born July 7,1900
Died Aug. 30,1965
Roberta Brandon
Born Nov. 28,1903
Died Mar. 21,1963
Willie Mae Wilson
Born Mar. 30,1906
Died Apr. 26,1962
Joseph Louis Price
Texas Cook 65 Pionti R Inf.
Born May 15,1888
Died Oct. 21,1947
Albert Bell Jr.
5-?-1932 5-9-1978
Lillie B. Montgomery
Born Dec. 5,1917
Died Mar.10,1993
Johnnie I. Moore
8-13-1949 5-18-1973
Mrs. Essie M. Furrell
9-13-1909 6-20-1999
Samuel Ferrell
Born Apr. 2,1937
Died May 5,1982
Anderson J. Scott
Tx. PFC 473 Aviation Sq. AAF
Born Apr. 22,1911 Died Oct. 28,1969
Artenes Sykes Jr.
AB US AIR FORCE
Born May 6,1937 June 6,1974
Mrs. Oscar Oliver Sowell
4-28-1900 10-30-1999
Charles E. Walker
Born Jan. 30,1935 Died May 2,1990
Morris J. Davis
PFC US ARMY WWII
Born May 31,1927 Died Apr. 23,1992
Arthur Walker Sr.
Born Jan. 10,1902 Died Jan. 30,1971
Minnie Ola Walker
Born July 11,1903 Died Jan. 12,1958
Trudy B. Walley
8-17-1937 8-21-1994
Ruby M. Walker
12-5-1929 9-9-1997
Frank Patterson
Born Mar. 16,1900 Died June 21,1959
Gene Earl Brown
SP5 US ARMY VIETNAM
11-25-1945 11-7-1989
Kimberly Cherrie Brown
Born Aug. 6,1970 Died Dec. 12,1991
There is a old iron fence, with two trees growing out of it. Unknown? May be
from the 1920's or 1930's. Next to the Brown plots.
Alex Brown
Born May 28,1897 Died Aug. 12,1960
Dillard Brown
7-31-1924 9-2-1982 58 yr.
Frank Jones
LA PVT 52 DEPOT BRIGADE WWI
Born July 4,1896 Died unreadable?
Gussie Sykes 1904-1976
Melvin Gay
Born Mar. 29,1930 Died Jan. 13,1984
Ethel Gay
Born Feb. 11,1895 Died Sept. 16,1981
"Guloo" Ivory Collins Jr.
Born Feb. 3,1958 Died Mar. 17,1980
Laura Etta Durden
Born Mar. 11,1911 Died Feb. 21,1980
George Raney 1898-1980
Ernest Curtis
Born Oct. 28,1926 Died Aug. 11,1998
Josephine Curtis
Born Aug. 6,1897 Died Feb. 2,1982
Claude A. Williams
7-7-1982 11-7-1982 4 months
McKinley Thomas
Born Jan. 12,1898 Died Jan. 4,1982
Lela Thomas
4-16-1905 9-9-199 age 94
Ada Mae Doughty 1952-1982
Nettie Mae Harris
Born Sept. 18,1904 Died June 12,1983
Martha Wooley
Born Bryan,Tx. May 17,1926 Died May 25,1982
Fra John Woodard Died 1982
Naujae Lafaye Cowins 9-16-1994 9-16-1994
Edward Wooley, Sr.
b May 15,1922 d Sept. 24,1993
Mrs. Richard Brandon 1909 1-2-1984
Helen Mitchel 5-7-1911 5-9-1986 75 yrs.
Dorothy Mae Brown 8-10-1931 8-19-1998
Mary Louis Johnson 10-9-1955 2-29-1996
Tamara Fisher
b Aug. 1,1980 d Feb. 3,1996
Ethel Bibbs 5-13-1923 7-28-1998 75 yrs.
Lynette Bibbs 7-8-1981 2-3-1996
Nelson Semiem 4-19-1935 1-10-1998 62 yrs.
Charles Renna McKenzie
2-22-1957 12-10-1997 40 yrs.
Diane Brown
b Mar. 9,1954 d Oct. 6,1957
Tiffany M. Allen
b June 8,1971 d Dec. 12,1995
Jessie James Hatter 6-14-1954 1-18-1997
Mary L. Davis
b Apr. 5,1912 d Apr. 7,1914?
Mary Levallias 6-18-1941 1-20-1998 56 yrs.
Ruth Lewis
b Oct. 21,1905 d May 6,1978
Celton Lewis
b Jan. 17,1936 d May 14,1977
Addie L. Manuel 8-23-1922 6-24-1997
Eunice Kuykendall
b Feb. 8,1912 d Apr. 7,1997
Louis Henry Leny 1-15-1917 6-8-1990 76 yrs.
Renee M. Underwood 1963-1989
Coring Colman
David Richerson 8-11-1935 10-10-1996 61
Jiroy Freeman 12-22-1935 8-18-1994 58
Eileen M. Figaro
b Aug. 8,1948 d June 26,1996
Alberta Washington
b Apr. 30,1917 d Feb. 14,1999
Mattie F. Palmer 5-28-1930 2-3-1992
Rev. Steve Gross
b June 14,1938 d June 7,1996
Leroy Thomas 12-9-1927 3-30-1994
Pauline Williams
b July 3,1942 d Nov. 17,1996
Virgil Washington 6-16-1956 5-22-1994
Laurita W. James 6-25-1925 9-19-1998
Bennie L. King 9-25-1918 7-30-1999
Willie O'Breen Riley 4-24-1992 4-24-1992
Josephine Young
b June 26,1947 d May 26,1992
Relena Suf Barnes 11-2-1950 1-14-1999
Stella Mae Braimer
b Dec. 28,1923 d Mar. 22,1992
Clayton Hall
b Mar. 2,1932 d Arp. 15,1992
Martha Warren 12-6-1936 10-24-1992
Pauline Williams
b July 3,1942 d Nov. 17,1996
Michael Shane Warren 11-11-1960 4-16-1989
Joe Allen Ware 1936-1988
George E. Walley 1942-1988
Verlina Bibbs 8-23-1962 12-10-1986
Elton Carbin
b Mar. 20,1925 d Sept. 18,1987
Rogers Lee Hearon
b Aug. 2,1932 d Sept. 30,1987
Julia Ann Hearon
b Nov. 15,1932 d Oct. 20,1993
Craig S. Monroe
b Oct. 10,1961 d Feb. 10,1986
Vera A. Ellis
b July 5,1936 d July 8,1994
Nancy Thompson Woodard
b Sept. 9,1898 d Feb. 20,1974
George Scott, Sr.
b Jan. 8,1923 d July 28,1985
Clandell Everett
b Jan. 20,1913 d Jan. 4,1986
Lois Ford
b Jan. 10,1922 d Aug. 3,1983
Carrie Ruth Lewis b & d Nov. 10,1983
Elmer R. Coleman
b Nov. 28,1917? d Sept. 22,1983
Arthur Thomas
b May 13,1891 d Apr. 20,1978
Gwenington Marie McKenzie
b May 27,1962 d Oct. 31,1984
Larry Donnell McKenzie
b March 18,1956 d Apr. 11,1989
Amber Lynelle Willis
b July 15,1991 d Aug. 15,1991
Ronaterri Robinson Hagan 1-16-1978 1-7-2000
Mary E. Board 1926-1973
Joseph Sinegal 1895-1958
Dora E. Sinegal 1900-1989
Listing completed, GEW JR........