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