Sandifer Cemetery (Black)

Hopkins Co. Cemeteries of TX

Submitted by June E. Tuck

Cemetery indexed 5 Sept. 2004

Where data shows to be on a funeral home marker, a stone could have been placed after Sept. 4, 2004

Sandifer cemetery is located in the Sandfield Community, and the church there is called Independence.

The mother is listed with her maiden name as shown on the death record. One must remember that in death records names are not always spelled correct. Also one will find in death records the birth dates are often different, depending on who gave the information. Some parents names are being added to help those who are doing research on their families.

Abbreviations

m. - married

w/o - wife of

h/o husband of

d/o - daughter of

s/o - son of

o/s/w - on stone with

Obit - Obituary

 

Barnett, Allie, Mrs. - Unmarked grave (Obit - b. 5 June 1885, d. Dec. 1971, d/o Oliver & Babe Floyd Payne)

Benard, B. M. - b. 10 Mar. 1900, d. 22 June 1978

Benard, Estella - b. 1 Jly. 1899, d. 11 Mar. 1974, o/s/w B. M. Benard

Benard, W. B. - 1867 - 1942, o/s/w Ed W. Nelson (Death record - Willie Benard - b. 5 Mar. 1867, d. 6 Mar. 1942, s/o John Benard, informant B. M. Benard)

Benton, Della - no dates ( Grundy Funeral Home marker)

Bolton, P. Buford - 1909 - 2000

Bolton, Bobbie L. - 1912 - 1997, o/s/w P. Burford Bolton

Bozeman, Drilla - Unmarked grave (Death record - d. 16 Jly. 1951, age about 83 years, d/o Calvin Payne, informant Tom Bozeman) (1900 census shows Drilla Bozeman, the wife of John H. Bozeman. They gave their birth dates as - John, b. Jan. 1867; Drilla, b. Mar. 1867; and children: Pink, female, b. may 1886; Tom, Jan. 1888, and Eula, Jan. 1891)

Bozeman, John H. - Unmarked grave ( From census - b. Jan. 1867, d. before 1920)

Bozeman, Connie - Unmarked grave ( Death record - b. 13 Dec. 1891, d. 13 June 1961, d/o Drewery Jones & Comella Ann Sims) (w/o Tom Bozeman)

Bozeman, Tom - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 1 May 1900, d. 6 Jan. 1952, s/o John Bozeman & Drilla Payne) (h/o Connie Bozeman)( 1900 census shows Tom to be born Jan. 1888)

Bozeman, Odie B. - b. 27 Aug. 1910, d. 26 Oct. 1975 (He was the son of Tom and Connie Bozeman)

Bozeman, Odis Lee - b. 4 June 1973, d. 23 Nov. 1995 (Tapp Funeral Home marker)

Brown, Roy Chester - b. 21 Feb. 1948, d. 23 Jly. 1994 (Pvt US Army Vietnam)

Campbell, Callie - b. 9 Aug. 1888, d. 23 Feb. 1967 (Death record - d/o Richard Barnett & Mandy Cornelius)

Carr, Archie, Jr. - b. 24 Dec. 1918, d. 27 Jan. 1997 (Sgt. US Army WW II)

Carter, Quincy LaMont - b&d 26 June 1984

Carter, Wallace - b. 4 Ap. 1925, d. 5 Ap. 1979

Carter, Mattie Mae - b. 26 Mar. 1926, d. 22 Dec. 1999, o/s/w Wallace Carter

Carter, Dan Wallace - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 6 Oct. 1946, d. 7 Oct. 1946)

Carter, J. Clifton - b. 19 Ap. 1889, d. 10 June 1959

Carter, Allie - b. 5 June 1885, d. 28 Dec. 1971, o/s/w J. Clifton Carter

Clayton, Jimmy Lynn - b&d 28 June 2002

Clayton, Jessie Noble - b. 22 Sept. 1958, d. 3 Jan. 1991

Clayton, Berma Lee "Pete" - b. 22 Mar. 1914, d. 30 Dec. 1988

Clayton, Daisy Ford - b. 23 Dec. 1917, d. 1 Mar. 1986, m. Berma Lee Clayton, 16 Jly. 1937, o/s/w Berma Lee Clayton

DeVance, Fred - b. 5 Jly. 1924, d. 24 Jan. 1949

DeVance, Fannie Lee - b. 26 Sept. 1906, d. 24 Oct. 1996

DeVance, Cecil - b. 23 Mar. 1900, d. 3 Sept. 1950 (Death record - s/o Isaac DeVance & Susie Berry)

DeVance - between the Cecil DeVance and James Ray DeVance stones, is a small marker saying "PaPa"

DeVance, James Ray - b. 28 Ap. 1933, d. 28 Dec. 1989

Doyle, Ola - b. 25 Ap. 1928, d. 13 Feb. 2003 (Cox Funeral Home marker, Huntsville, Texas)

Epperson, Helen Ruth Sharper - b. 20 Aug. 1944, d. 24 Oct. 1965

Fields, Leroy, Jr. - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 17 Nov. 1956, d. 25 Nov. 1956)

Fletcher - Myrtie - b. 9 Aug. 1924, d. 8 Jan. 1999

Ford, Roberta - b&d 28 Sept. 1963, d/o Roosevelt Ford & Mary Lois Ross)

Ford, Lonnie, Sr. - b. 30 Aug. 1912, d. 4 Nov. 1975

Ford, Pauline Durham - b. 25 Mar. 1892, d. 21 Sept. 1995

Ford, Johnnie B. - 1937 - 1973

Ford, Audrudita - b. 6 Feb. 1965, d. 31 Mar. 2002, o/s/w Johnnie B. Ford

Ford, Willie Lee - b. 10 Aug. 1931, d. 4 Mar. 1979

Ford, Willie Isaac - b. 20 Jly. 1902, d. 3 Mar. 1977

Ford, Robbie Annie - b. 2 Jly. 1903, d. 18 Aug. 1956, m. Willie Isaac Ford, 20 Jan. 1926, o/s/w Willie Isaac Ford (Death record - d/o John McGill & Liza Askew)

Ford, Edward - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 20 Sept. 1934, d. 27 Sept. 1934)

Ford, Odell - b. 16 Ap. 1928, d. 30 June 1963

Ford, Elmer - b. 20 Sept. 1916, d. 19 Ap. 1981

Ford, Jessie Noble - b. 7 Jly. 1927, d. 30 Sept. 1985 (US Army) (Marker sinker)

Ford, Louis S. - b. 6 Sept. 1890, d. 28 Nov. 1956 (Death record - s/o Elbert Ford & Mary Cooper)

Ford, Roxie M. - b. 22 June 1893, d. 27 Ap. 1968, o/s/w Louis S. Ford

Ford, Jessie - 1871 - 1958 (Death record - s/o Ebb Ford & Mary Cooper)

Ford, Henry - 1923 - 1963 (Death record - b. 23 May 1923, d. 23 Jan. 1963, s/o Jessie Ford & Pauline Durm)

Ford, Cleser Ulasa - 1918 - 1985

Ford, Curtis - 1904 - 1967 (Pvt. US Army WW II)

Ford, Levi - 1907 - 1951

Ford, James - 1874 - 1953

Ford, Pearlie - 1879 - 1946, o/s/w James Ford (Death record - 4 Sept. 1878 - d. 23 Ap. 1946, d/o Levi Goodson & Margarett Garrett)

Ford, C. S. - Unmarked grave (Death record - d. 10 Jly. 1934, age 18 years, s/o Jim Ford & Pearlie Ford)

Ford, Albert V. - b. 12 Feb. 1905, d. 15 Jly. 1998

Ford, Bessie Oree - b. 17 Ap. 1914, d. 6 Oct. 2000, m. Albert V. Ford, 15 Oct. 1932, o/s/w Albert V. Ford

Ford, J. C. - b. 14 Dec. 1924, d. 17 Ap. 1994 (US Army WW II)

Ford, Johnnie - 1901 - 1986 (Tapp Funeral Home marker)

Ford, Elleary - b. 19 Jly. 1894, d. 15 Mar. 1958 (Death record - d/o George Sims & Parlie McClure)

Ford, Ollie - b. 18 Ap. 1875, d. 23 Sept. 1961 (Old concrete marker) (Death record - b. 18 Ap. 1879, d. 20 Sept. 1961, d/o Thomas Dorsey & Fronie Wisnance)

Ford, A. V. - 1870 - 1943

Ford, Ollie - 1881 - 1962, o/s/w A. V. Ford

Ford, Eliza - no dates

Godbolt, Ricky Lynn - b. 31 Aug. 1955, d. 1999

Godbolt, Angela Renee - b. 5 Jan. 1960, d. 14 Aug. 1986, o/s/w Ricky Lynn Godbolt

Godbolt, Rondrick Brande - b. 9 Sept. 1981, d. 30 Nov. 1981, o/s/w Kimberly Renee Godbolt

Godbolt, Kimberly Renee - b. 9 Sept. 1981, d. 25 Nov. 1981, o/s/w Rondrick Brande Godbolt

Gray, Richard, Jr. - b. 20 Dec. 1929, d. 4 Dec. 1983 (Pfc US Army Korea)

Hammer, Maryetter - b. 24 Nov. 1901, d. 24 Sept. 1981

Harper, Oliver Eugene - Unmarked grave (Death record - b&d 1 Mar. 1941)

Harper, infant female - Unmarked grave (Death record - stillborn, Nov. 1941)

Harper, Willie - b. 21 Ap. 1889, in Como, Hopkins Co., Texas, d. 17 Nov. 1968, (Death record - Willie H. Harper, s/o Robert Harper & Melinda Jones, informant Mrs Mary Ellen Harper)

Harper, Mary Ellen - b. 16 Dec. 1892, d. 14 Nov. 1973, o/s/w Willie Harper

Harper, Bennie Charles - Unmarked grave (Obit - b. 9 May 1970, d. June 1970, infant son of Bennie Charles and Ruth Carrington Harper of Ft. Worth, Texas. )

Harper, Mitchell - b. 1942, d. Nov. 1991 (Tapp Funeral Home marker)

Harper, Helen Ruth - b. 24 Mar. 1930, d. 10 Aug. 1977

Harper, Fannie Lue - b. 15 Dec. 1920, d. 11 Dec. 1941

Harper, Curlie - b. 29 Mar. 1915, d. 23 Ap. 1984

Harper, Geraldine - b. 5 Sept. 1923, d. _____, m. Curlie Harper, 16 Aug. 1944, o/s/w Curlie Harper

Harper, Bennie M. - 1921 - 1984 (Metal funeral marker)

Harris, Ruth M. - 1908 - 1984

Harris, Roust T. - b. 14 Sept. 1933, d. 14 Mar, 1971 (Death record - s/o John H. Harris & Lucinda Campbell)

Harris, Evelyn R. - b. 14 Feb. 1939, d. ____, o/s/w Roust T. Harris

Harris, James Earl - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 20 Mar. 1961, d. 2 Ap. 1961, s/o Roust T. Harris & Evelyn Hall)

Harris, infant - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 2 Dec. 1961, d. 3 Dec. 1961, d/o R. T. Harris & Evelyn Rose Hall)

Harris, infant - Unmarked grave (Death record - b&d 26 Oct. 1962, s/o Roust T. Harris & Evelyn Rose Hall)

Harris, John Henry - b. 17 Jly. 1860, d. 26 Mar. 1961 (Death record - b. 17 Jly. 1875, d. 26 Mar. 1961, s/o Ben Harris)

Harris, Lucinda - b. 8 Oct. 1895, d. 4 Dec. 1967, o/s/w John Henry Harris (Death record - d/o Henry Campbell)

Hayes, Altha O. - 1911 - 1951

Hollins, Bobbie E. - b. 24 Nov. 1931, d. 31 Dec. 1982

Holloman, Joe - b. 15 Mar. 1905, d. 25 Aug. 1986

Holloman, Mollie - b. 20 Jan. 1913, d. 8 Jly. 1995, o/s/w Joe Holloman

Horton, Lonzel - b. 27 Mar. 1917, d. 19 June 1950

Jackson, Alice Oline - 1926 - 1982 (Grundy Funeral Home marker)

Jones, Bertie L. - b. 26 July 1884, d. 29 Jly. 1979

Johnson, infant female - Unmarked grave (Death record - b&d 26 Dec. 1936)

Johnson, Imogene Nelson - b. 25 Dec. 1930, d. 4 Dec. 1989

Johnson, John Wesley - b. 24 Mar. 1911, d. 29 Oct. 1985 (Pvt US Army WW II)

Johnson, Kathrine - b. 26 Sept. 1907, d. 2 Feb. 1942

Johnson, C. H. "Bud" - 1900 - 1989 (Grundy Funeral marker)

Kendrick, L. K. b. 17 Aug. 1929, d. 17 Dec. 2000 (US Army Korea) (Kendrick, without the s, as spelled on stone.)

Kendrick, Grover - b. 6 June 1911, d. 24 Nov. 1982 (Pfc US Army WW II)

Kendricks, Willie Lee - b. 9 Sept. 1933, d. 8 Dec. 1984

Kendricks, Lue Dean - b. 13 Ap. 1938, d. ____, m. Willie Lee Kendricks, 19 Nov. 1955, o/s/w Willie Lee Kendricks

Kendricks, Mary Ann - b. 25 Dec. 1909, d. 19 Aug. 1990

Kendricks, Lawyer - b. 30 Oct. 1907, d. 20 June 1989

Kendricks, Floyd - b. 3 Mar. 1928, d. 15 May 1995

Kendricks, Flora - b. 22 June 1942, d. _____ , m. Floyd Kendricks, 9 Sept. 1961, o/s/w Floyd Kendricks

Kendricks, Marion - b. 19 Aug. 1881, d. 20 May 1961 (Death record - Marion L. Kendricks, b. 20 Aug. 1880, d. 20 May 1961, s/o William & Sarah Kendricks)

Kendricks, Mary D. - b. 29 June 1883, d. 8 Oct. 1961, o/s/w Marion Kendrick (Death record - d/o Isham Ford & Emma Plumer)

Kendricks, Hezzie - b. 4 may 1905, d. 21 Oct. 1985

Lowe, Alex - b. 14 Feb. 1902, d, 21 Aug. 1988

Lowe, Jeffie - b. 14 Ap. 1902, d. ____, o/s/w Alex Lowe

Madison, Michael Lee "Mike" - b. 13 June 1951, d. 27 Feb. 1977

Madison, Anne Marie - b. 5 Dec. 1955, in Wichita Falls, Texas, d. 5 Mar. 1971 "Sister", o/s/w Michael Lee Madison ( Obit, died in Dallas, d/o S. M. & Billie June Ford Madison)

Madison, Billie J. - b. 7 May 1930, d. 27 Oct. 1964

McGill, Richard - Unmarked grave (Death recoard - b. 28 Mar. 1970, d. 14 Nov. 1970, s/o Excellent McGill, Jr. & Myra Childs)

McGill, Excellent Ivery, Sr. - b. 20 Aug. 1918, d. 14 May 1993 (Tec 5 US Army WW II)

McGill, Occie - Unmarked grave, w/o Excellent Ivery McGill, Sr.

McGill, Jim - 1901 - 1968

McGill, Dorothy - 1920 - _____, o/s/w Jim McGill

McGill, Eara - b. 1 Oct. 1898, d. 16 Feb. 1986

McGill, John - b. 25 Nov. 1895, d. 18 Ap. 1959 (Texas Pvt Co A 1 Development Bn WW I)

McGill, Lela - b. 18 Jly. 1889, d. ______

McGill, Jewell - b. 11 Sept. 1890, d. 12 Oct. 1958 (Texas Pvt Co B 341 Service Bn QMC WW I) (Death record - s/o John & Liza McGill)

McGill, Rob - b. 20 Feb. 1864, d. 6 June 1944 (Death record - s/o Riley McGill)

McGill, Mattie - b. 22 Dec. 1875 - d. 31 Dec. 1972

Nash, Mozzell - b. 18 Sept. 1925, d. 30 Dec. 1981

Nelson, Mary E. - b. 19 Sept. 1875, d. 10 Feb. 1956 (Stone sinking)

Nelson, Ed W. - 1865 - 1952, o/s/w W. B. Benard (Death record - b. 31 Aug. 1865, d. 3 Sept. 1952, s/o Nelson & Emily Daurghty)

Nelson, Pinkie - 1873 - 1962 (Death record - d/o Richard Barnett & Manda Taylor, informant B. M. Bernard)

Nelson, Tom - 1870 - 1950 (Death record - - b. 19 Dec. 1869, d. 12 Dec. 1950, s/o Jim Nelson)

Nelson, Daisy - 1882 - 1960, o/s/w Tom Nelson (Death record - d/o Henry Durham & Mary Smith)

Nelson - a very old stone, I think Nelson, but not sure. Unreadable

Nelson, James Patrick - b&d 11 Sept. 1967, s/o Floyd & Jean Nelson

Nelson, Catina Nicola - b&d 7 June 1972

Nelson, Avia Maria - b&d 9 Feb. 1976

Nelson, Willie A. - b. 8 Aug. 1946, d. 3 Sept. 1980

Nelson, Jaythell - b. 25 Feb. 1948, d. ____, o/s/w Willie A. Nelson

Nelson, Alice Mae - b. 9 May 1919, d. 9 Ap. 1990

Nelson, Tommie - b. 25 Dec. 1915, d. 16 Aug. 1976

Nelson, Roy - b. 15 May 1901, d. 27 Jly. 1973

Nelson, Vera Cotton - b. 17 Jly. 1903, d. 12 Dec. 1997, m. Roy Nelson, 20 Aug. 1922, o/s/w Roy Nelson

Nelson, Albert - b. 30 June 1902, d. 1 Mar. 1980

Nelson, Mamie - b. 20 Jly. 1907, d. 17 Ap. 1979, m. Abert Nelson, 26 Nov. 1925, o/s/w Abert Nelson

Nelson, Roy - Unmarked grave (Death record - b&d 11 Sept. 1967, s/o Floyd Nelson & Wilma Jean Turner)

Parish, Cleo O. - b. 15 Ap. 1913, d. 31 Aug. 1958

Payne, Isaac - 1887 - 1962 (Death record - d. 19 Ap. 1962, s/o Oliver Payne & Addley Ford)

Payne, Sindie 1888 - ____, o/s/w Isaac Payne

Payne, Nuce - b. 25 Dec. 1874, d. 10 June 1957 (Death record - s/o Calvan Payne)

Pittman, Georgia - b. 18 Oct. 1890, d. 20 Jly. 1974

Ray, Ella Mae - b. 22 Feb. 1913, d. 16 Mar. 1950

Riley, Pearl - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 16 Oct. 1894, d. 17 Nov. 1941, d/o A. Hollins, informant A. R. Riley)

Riley, Jessie, 1906 - ___

Riley, Mattie Lue - 1913 - 1979, o/s/w Jessie Riley

Riley, Rickey W. - 1960 - 1976

Riley, Moody W. - b. 3 Feb. 1897, d. 15 Feb. 1973 (Texas Pvt US Army WW I)

Riley, Woyima - no dates. (Small marker) (Death record, Wyomie Riley, b. 20 Jan. 1917, d. 23 Jan. 1956)

Riley, Richard P. - b. 15 Mar. 1864, d. 10 Oct. 1939

Riley, Ella - b. 7 Nov. 1871, d. 11 Jan. 1950, o/s/w Richard P. Riley

Robertson, Christine - 1927 - 1981 (Marker sinking)

Robinson, Clarence - Unmarked grave (Obit. - b. 17 May 1913, d. 29 Oct. 1970, married Cordie Harris in 1938, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, s/o Walter & Minnie Harper Robinson)

Robinson, James Lee - Unmarked grave (Death record - b. 22 Jly. 1947, d. 1 Aug. 1947, s/o Walter Robinson, Jr. & Helen Carter)

Robinson, Walter, Jr. - b. 16 Jan. 1918, d. 30 Oct. 1976

Robinson, Helen C. - b. 5 Feb. 1921, d. ____, o/s/w Walter Robinson, Jr.

Robinson, Morine - b. 21 Mar. 1922, d. 29 May 1966

Robinson, Lawrence A. - b. 9 Ap. 1915, d. 29 Sept. 1989

Robinson, Pearlie R. - b. 20 May 1920, d. 14 Feb. 1980, o/s/w Lawrence A. Robinson

Robinson, Walter - b. 6 Aug. 1884, d. 1 Ap. 1955 (Death record - s/o Frank Robinson)

Robinson, Minnie - b. 2 Feb. 1899, d. 4 Oct. 1945, o/s/w Walter Robinson (Death record - d/o John McGill & Sallie Willis)

Robinson, son and daughter of Helen and Walter Robinson, Jr. No dates

Robinson, infant - Stillborn - 14 Jly. 1941, d/o /Walter Robinson Jr. & Helen Carter)

Ross, David, Jr. - no dates (Grundy Funeral Home marker)

Wade, Essie Lee - b. 10 Feb. 1920, d. 13 June 1989

Wade, Ernest L. - b. 11 Jan. 1920, d. 6 Feb. 1965 (Death record - Ernest Leo Wade, s/o John Wade & Pearlee Hawkins)

West, Deloise - b. 16 Dec. 1933, d. 31 Jan. 1992

White, Choyce Givens - b. 27 Nov. 1927, d. 2 Jly. 1986

White, Ida Virginia - b. 10 Feb. 1930, d. ____, m. Choyce Givens White, 27 Jly. 1947, o/s/w Choyce Givens White

White, Albert W. - b. 26 Aug. 1907, d. 22 Dec. 1962 (Death record - s/o Monroe White & Annie Ford, informant, his wife, Mrs. Lillie White)

White, Monroe W. - b. 1 Jan. 1887, d. 23 Sept. 1959

White, Annie - b. 3 Oct. 1884, d. 13 Jly. 1957, o/s/w Monroe W. White (Death record - d/o Elbert Ford & Mary Cooper)

White, Wilbert B. - b. 5 Jly. 1897, d. 18 Aug. 1976

White, Henry - 1886 - 1953

White, Modie - b. 19 Aug. 1892, d. 29 Mar. 1972

White, Lee E. - b. 6 Sept. 1904, d. 28 Ap. 1962

White, Jewell L. - b. 5 Mar. 1905, d. 6 Dec. 1987

Williams, Elizabeth Payne - b. 5 may 1905, d. 28 Dec. 1983