Gafford Chapel Cemetery

Hopkins Co, Cemeteries of Texas

by June E. Tuck and Deborah Tuck Young

Cemetery first indexed in the 1970's, corrected and updated April 2002

Take Highway 11 from Sulphur Springs to Commerce, cemetery will be on the left. Can be seen from the highway.

Adams, W. C. - 2 June 1861, d. 11 Ap. 1881

Adams, J. M. D. - b. 2 May 1830, d 3 Jan. 1879(Co I 23 Tex. Cav. C.S.A.)

Ardis, J. E. - 1861 - 1934 (Obituary - J. E. Ardis, age 73, passed away Monday afternoon, Sept. 24, 1934, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dowe Harris, at Overland, following a stroke Saturday night. His wife passed away exactly six months ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nonnie Russell, Commerce, and Mrs. Vergoe Harris, Overland; one son, Julius Ardis, of Gafford Chapel, and one brother, Julius, of California. One daughter, Miss Omar (sic) Ardis, passed away seven years ago. Funeral services and burial were held at Gafford’s Chapel, conducted by Dr. J. Sam Barcus. He was a native of Kentucky and came to Texas with his father’s family early in life and settled in Gafford’s Chapel community where he has lived over half a century. (Hopkins Co. Echo, Sept. 28, 1934)

Ardis, Clistia - 1867- 1934

Ardis, Oma Fay - b. 26 Mar. 1895, d. 13 Mar. 1926, d/o J. E. & C. E. Ardis

Adams, Med V. - b. 12 Mar. 1840, d. 26 Oct. 1909

Adams, Tom S. - 9 May 1885, d. 28 June 1960

Armor, J. J. , Rev., - b. 7 June 1821, d. 15 Feb. 1908 (Obituary - Elder J.J. Armor died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fry, last Saturday evening and was buried at the old family graveyard at Gafford’s Chapel. He was minister of the gospel 45 years.) (Rockdale column, dated Feb. 17, 1908, S. S. Gazette, dated Feb. 28, 1908)

Armor, S.A. - b. 14 Feb. 1827, d. 3 June 1921, w/o J. J. Armor

Ardis, Julius L. - 1887 - 1964

Ardis, Martha E. - 1895 - 1984

Bolin, Robert P. - b. 15 Sept. 1881, d. 18 Oct. 1918

Bolin, Minnie Lee - b. 27 Nov. 1911, d. 5 June 1913

Blake, A. J. - no dates - (Co K 21 Tenn. Cav. C.S.A.)

Blake, William H. - b. 10 Jan. 1860, d. 25 Dec. 1891

Blake, Ira C. - b. 14 Jan. 1891, d. 18 Nov. 1892, s/o W. H. & M. J. Blake

Blake, Martha Jane - b. 11 Sept. 1857, d. 13 Aug. 1934

Beasley, Mollie - b. 4 Nov. 1861, d. 29 Dec. 1890, w/o R. F. Beasley

Black, Mary Ann - 1826 - 1908

Black, Elbert - 1857 - 1930

Black, Mollie - 1867 - 1927

Black, Raymond E. - b. 1 Feb. 1898, d. 6 Sept. 1985

Black, Myrtle Fitch - b. 16 Sept. 1900, d. 29 June 1980, m. Raymond E. Black, 15 Nov. 1950

Browning, John L. - 1880 - 1974

Browning, Bessie A. - 1889 - 1970

Brown, Earl S. - b. 18 Jan. 1921, d. 23 Feb. 1954 (Texas Pvt U.S. Army WW 11)

Beadles, Katie - no dates

Butler, Harrison - b. 25 Jan.1886, d. 21 June1929

Butler, Dora F. - b. 2 Feb. 1885, d. 29 Nov. 1957

Brumley, Eulalia H. - 1891 - 1919 ( Obituary - Mrs. Floyd Brumley, of Gafford Chapel, died last Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. & Mrs. D.W. Aven, south of Cumby, after a lingering illness with the great white plague. She was 27 years old and is survived by her husband. (Hopkins Co. Echo, June 27, 1919) Later reported - Mrs. Eulalia Brumley, nee Eulalia Aven, was called to her home in Heaven June 21, 1919, after several months of immense suffering. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of Cumby for 12 years. Eulalia was born Oct. 26, 1891, and married Sept. 8, 1912. Her lifeless form now rests beneath the cold, cold clay of the Gafford Chapel cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. McPhail and Rev. Rogers.)

Brumley, James Floyd - b. 28 Oct. 1887, d. 2 Mar. 1944

Brown, Thomas J. - b. 18 Dec. 1888, d. 5 Feb. 1975

Brown, Florence M. - 1893 - 1981

Byrd, Jesse C. - b. 26 Dec. 1875, d. 23 Ap. 1947 (W. O. W.)

Byrd, Ella - b. 2 Ap. 1885, d. 5 May 1970

Berry, Golden O. - b. 1 Oct. 1906, d. 25 Sept. 1974

Berry, Floyd L. - b. 12 Nov. 1909, d. 25 Jan.1988

Burnett, Joe A. - b. 4 June 1885, d. 18 Jan. 1947

Burnett, Susie M. - b. 29 May 1859, d. 29 Sept. 1884, w/o J. A. Burnett

Bradshaw, Julia West - b. 22 Aug. 1856, d. 15 Jly. 1937

Brumley, James Andrew - b. 13 Oct. 1863, d. 17 Nov. 1926

Brumley, Annie - b. 28 Sept. 1871, d. 27 Nov. 1917, w/o J. A. Brumley

Baker, Curtis J. - b. 1852 - 1895

Burrows, Edgar E. - b. 15 May 1864, d. 18 Dec. 1941

Burrows, M. Annie - b. 22 Jly. 1870, d. 1 Jly. 1943

Bradshaw, Emma Ellen - b. 7 Jan. 1896, d. 6 Nov. 1901

Bradshaw, Henry Grady - b. 13 Aug. 1890, d. 27 Sept. 1905

Bradshaw, Millard Filmore - b. 29 Oct. 1856, d. 6 Jan. 1924 (Obituary - M. F. Bradshaw, father of Bob Bradshaw, and well-known citizen of Hopkins county, died suddenly at his home in Miller Grove. He had been suffering from his heart for six years, but was in usual health when he arose early in the morning and went to the barn to feed his stock.. Not returning for some time, Mrs. Bradshaw became uneasy about him and went to make an investiagation. She found him dead in the corn crib, where apparently he had fallen and died without a struggle. Funeral services and burial took place at Shook’s Chapel ( Wrong, Gafford Chapel) ( Daily News-Telegram, Jan. 7, 1924)

Burnett, William F. - b. 17 Mar. 1858, d. 25 Mar. 1907

Burnett, Sarah Ann - b. 29 Mar. 1862, d. 13 Feb. 1935

Blake, Telitha Marshall - 1866 - 1887

Burton, Louie Marshall - 1892 - 1964 (Buried next to Thomas D. Marshall)

Badley, Charles L. - b. 22 Jan. 1861, d. 10 Jan. 1950

Badley, Mary A. - b. 4 May 1864, d. 3 Jan. 1952

Burton, Terry E. - 1879 - 1920

Burton, Bulah O. Edward - b. 13 Jan. 1887, d. 24 Feb. 1925

Boyd, Sarah - 1918 - 1997 (Murray - Orwosky Funeral Home marker)

Bell, Merriell F. - b. 19 Mar. 1903, d. 24 Ap. 1967

Bell, F. Blanche - b. 14 Mar. 1911, d. 1 May 2001

Bridges, Willie Carroll - b. 7 Oct. 1914, d. 28 Oct. 1976

Bailey, William Conner - b. 6 Jly. 1951, d. 7 Jly. 1951

Brown, Earl Sterling, Jr. - b. 15 May 1944, d. 12 Ap. 1988

Brown, Loyd - b. 1 Sept. 1924, d. 24 Oct. 1977

Baker, Alexander Scott - 4 Dec. 1995 (Funeral marker)

Ballard, Jack W. - b. 4 May 1916, d. 14 May 1999

Ballard, Syble I. - b. 7 Jan. 1918, d. 7 Jly. 1999

Browning, William Curtis - b. 25 Jly. 1908, d. 14 Dec. 2001

Browning, Eva Ola - b. 19 Nov. 1907, d. 17 Oct. 1991, m. William C. Browning, 1 Oct. 1927

Burrows, J. L. (Jack) - b. 27 June 1897, d. 23 Oct. 1978

Burrows, Emily M. - b. 4 Ap. 1902, d. 27 Dec. 1983

Burrows, Charles Lewis - b. 8 Sept. 1932, d. 7 Feb. 1996 (US Army Korea)

Burrows, Barbara Jane - b. 29 May 1938, d. ____, m. Charles L. Burrows, 9 Ap. 1955

Cowan, Ida F. - 1877 - 1948

Cowan, W. G. - 1876 - 1971

Cowan, Weldon - b. 31 Jly. 1909, d. 25 Ap. 1996 (Pvt. US Army WW 11)

Crook, Emily - b. 19 Jan. 1854, d. 11 Aug. 1933 (On stone with A. Mahaffey)

Crowley, Jimmie O. - b. 20 Dec. 1866, d. 10 Oct. 1876

Crowell, William G. - b. 14 Oct. 1838, d. 5 Feb. 1896 (Alabama Pvt. Co. A, 1st Reg. Ala. Inf., Confederate States Army)

Craig, William M. - b. 21 Sept. 1861, d. 28 Mar. 1884, s/o A. F. & R. L. Craig

Conner, Felix L. - b. 8 Jan. 1876, d. 13 Oct. 190? (Stone broken)

Conner, Mattie E. - b. 5 Feb. 1885, d. 13 Aug. 1900

Cunningham, Dewey - b. 29 Mar. 1907, d. 5 May 1974

Cunningham, Evie M. - b. 11 Jan. 1907, d. 21 Feb. 1992

Coyle, Winona Marie - b. 9 Jly. 1901, d. 2 Dec. 1993

Coyle, John Watson - b. 25 May 1937, d. 29 Dec. 1939

Coyle, James Otho - b. 13 May 1881, d. 13 May 1958

Caddell, Luther R. - b. 6 Jly. 1931, d. 4 Nov. 1931, s/o Ottis & Ruth Caddell

Chapin, , Dock - b. 22 Aug.1872, d. 18 Mar. 1906 (Obituary - Dock Chapin died March 18, 1906, of pneumonia. He was a member of the W. O. W. He leaves a wife and six children. ( S. S. Gazette, Mar.23, 1906, Gafford Chapel column dated Mar. 20th)

Chapin, Florence - 1869 - 1932

Cruse, George W. - b. 12 Dec. 1898, d. 22 Mar. 1955

Cruse, Edna R. - b. 7 Jan. 1894, d. 19 Sept. 1981

Chapin, G. W. - b. 15 Aug. 1861, d. 29 Jan. 1935

Chapin, Sarah E. - b. 7 Feb. 1852, d. 6 Jan. 1921

Chapin, John A. - b. 17 Jan. 1849, d. 3 Ap. 1900

Chapin, Paul S. - b. 5 Ap. 1824, d. 26 Nov. 1888

Chapin, Sarah - no dates, w/o P. S. Chapin

Caddell, Ottis R. - b. 23 Feb. 1912, d. 22 Sept. 1956

Caddell, Ruth J. - b.20 June 1911, d. 20 Jan. 2002 (Greenwood Funeral Home marker, Ft. Worth)

Chapin, Danny Rogers - b. 13 Jly. 1937, d. 5 Jly. 1946

Chapin, Roger R. - b. 25 Ap. 1902, d. 19 Jan. 1948

Chapin, Myrtle - no dates

Chapin, Opal - no dates

Chapin, Willie - no dates

Chapin, Orville - b. 19 Ap. 1899, d. 6 Jan. 1981

Chapin, Henry W. - b. 8 Oct. 1873, d. 12 Sept. 1935 (Obituary - H. W. Chapin passed away Sept. 12, 1935, at his home in Ridgeway following a week’s illness. Known as "Uncle Dutch." He was a native of Tennessee, born in 1872 (sic.) Married Miss Martha Grace Dennis in Hopkins County in 1890. Surviving are his wife, four sons, and three daughters: Loyd Chapin, Orvillle Chapin and Mrs. Una Ross, and Roger Chapin, Sulphur Springs; Esther Chapin, Wilson Chapin, Carrolton, Texas; Roberta Chapin, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Frazier, Gafford Chapel. Member of the Baptist church. Funeral services and burial were held at Gafford’s Chapel, conducted by Rev. Wesley Doak and L. A. Stidham of Winnsboro)

Chapin, Nita - b. 18 Dec. 1872, d. 13 May 1949

Chapin, Ernest G. - b. 28 Jan. 1892, d. 27 Sept. 1942

Chapin, Connie - b. 25 Feb. 1896, d. 31 Dec. 1988

Chapin, Polly - no dates

Chapin, Buddy - no dates

Chapin, infant of P. S. & Sarah Chapin, no dates

Chapin, Wilson - b. 12 May 1908, d. 13 Oct. 1977

Crook, Richard R. - b. 11 Aug. 1804, d. 22 Aug. 1858

Caffey, John B. - 1858 - 1940

Caffey, Louisa J. - 1865 - 1946

Caffey, William M. - 1885 - 1893

Cochran, Velma Gregory - b. 18 Feb. 1898, d. 12 Sept. 1971

Cochran, Guy Edwin - b. 11 May 1900, d. ___

Campbell, May Mary - 1835 - 1903

Clark, Agnes Hoover - b. 16 Mar. 1913, d. 15 Feb. 1998

Cooper, Margaret H. - b. 8 Ap. 1926, d. 14 Nov. 2000

Cooper, Raymond D. - b. 13 June 1923, d. ____

Dean, John R. - b. 1 June 1887, d. 22 Jly. 1896, s/o G. & M. D. Dean

Dunahoo, John - 1848 - 1876

Dunahoo, Charlotta - 1805 - 1878

Dial, H. C., Maj. - b. 15 Jan. 1833, d. 4 Dec. 1898

Dial, Maggie J. - b. 22 Ap. 1843, d. 21 Nov. 1889, w/o Maj. H. C. Dial

Dillard, William - b. 17 May 1865, d. 19 Nov. 1900

Davis, Charley F. - b. 24 Jan. 1905, d. 5 Dec. 1948

Davis, Pauline - b. 28 Jan. 1911, d. 15 Jan. 1994

Denny, R. D. - b. 18 Dec. 1912, d. ___

Denny, Ruth G. - b. 6 Nov. 1918, d. 20 May 1986

Davis, Fletcher B. - b. 15 Aug. 1875, d. 10 May 1962

Davis, Lena B. - b. 28 Mar. 1878, d. 27 Nov. 1963

Dennis, M. Elizabeth - b. 19 Aug. 1850, d. 14 Aug. 1927

Dennis, William T. - b. 23 Dec. 1838, d. 11 Nov. 1918 (Pvt. Co. K, 11th Texas Inf. C.S.A.)

Dennis, Sallie J. - b. 29 Jan. 1846, d. 26 June 1899, w/o of W. T. Dennis

Dennis, Mollie - b. 29 Jan. 1878, d. 8 Aug. 1901

Davis, Joe B. - b. 12 Feb. 1909, d. 12 Sept. 1981

Davis, Lorean - b. 28 Nov. 1911, d. 25 Feb. 1996

Davis, Hugh B. - b. 15 May 1911, d. 13 Oct. 1991

Davis, Marjorie - b. 10 Aug. 1920, d. 30 Dec. 1993, married Hugh B. Davis 14 June 1938

Dagley, Talitha McCool- 1875 - 1910

Edwards, Cory Dewayne - 12 Nov. 1989

Edwards, Lee R. - b. 22 Feb. 1879, d. 6 Jly. 1906

Edwards, infant son of R. N. & V. Edwards, no dates

Edwards, Willie - b. 27 Mar. 1901, d. 30 Mar. 1901, s/o W. A. & N. E. Edwards

Edwards, Mat Alvin - b. 13 Ap. 1902, d. 27 Oct. 1904, s/o W. A. & N. E. Edwards

Eaton, Isac A. - b. 2 May 1858, d. 21 Jly. 1916 (W.O.W.)

Eaton, Jane - 1851 - 1917

Eaton, Luther - 1881 - 1965

Eaton, Mattie - 1879 - 1938 (Obituary - Mrs. Martha Eaton, age 69, died at her home in the Gafford Chapel community Saturday. Final rites were held Sunday at Gafford Chapel, where interment followed. She leaves to mourn her passing a husband, three children, one sister and four brothers. (Dailey News-Telegram, Mon. Ap. 11, 1938)

Eaton, Allen I. - b. 12 Sept. 1909, d. 2 Sept. 1931

Edwards, Joe A. - b. 12 Dec. 1891, d. 25 Jly. 1972

Edwards, Callie - b. 10 May 1908, d. 1 Oct. 1992, m. Joe A. Edwards, 12 May 1926

Edwards, Lola Leon - b. 6 May 1903, d. 16 Sept. 1903, d/o Teer & Alice Edwards

Edwards, William Wilson - b. 29 Ap. 1917, d. 15 Jly. 1918

Edwards, Wilson H. - 1884 - 1968

Edwards, Laura R. - 1888 - 1870

Edwards, Kelvin Ray - 17 Jly. 1968

Edwards, Homer A. - 1898 - 1965

Edwards, Rhena H. - 1904 - 1991

Edwards, Pearl Louisa - b. 9 Feb. 1889, d. 14 Jan. 1923

Edwards, William A. - 1851 - 1930

Edwards, Mary E. - 1858 - 1936

Edwards, Russell, b. 14 Dec. 1912, d. ___

Edwards, Alma J. Ardis - b. 10 Sept. 1918, d. ___, married Russell Edwards 1 Sept. 1937, sons, J. W. and Larry

Edwards, Larry Russell - b. 13 Jly. 1944, d. ____

Edwards, Jalane Ring - b. 13 Jly. 1946, d. 26 Feb. 2000, m. Larry R. Edwards, 25 Sept. 1964

Edwards, Nelson Ray - b. 26 Dec. 1938, d. 3 Ap. 1995

Edwards, Dorothy Fay - b. 25 Jly. 1942, d. ____, m. Nelson R. Edwards, 10 Sept. 1960

Edwards, J. W. - b. 4 Sept. 1938, d. 21 Oct. 1996

Edwards, Betty Marlene - b. 23 June 1946, d. ___, m. J. W. Edwards, 15 Oct. 1982

Edwards, John R. - b. 19 Jan. 1896, d. 24 June 1977

Edwards, Essie W. - b. 29 Aug. 1902, d. 26 Aug. 1987, m. John R. Edwards, 24 Oct. 1924

Fitzgerald, Claude E. - b. 13 Oct. 1902, d. 26 Sept. 1991

Fitzgerald, Susie - b. 29 Oct. 1908, d. 31 Dec. 1998

Fry, J. T. - b. 24 Feb. 1825, d. 20 Feb. 1891

Fry, Nancy Ann - b. 18 May 1826, d. 10 Mar. 1871

Fry, M. A. - b. 28 Jly. 1852, d. 25 Aug. 1873, d/o J. B. & S. A. Fry

Fry, Syntha Ann - b. 27 Dec. 1838, d. 31 Mar. 1921

Fry, William B. - b. 17 Ap. 1853, d. 14 Aug. 1884

Fry, Bessie Rew - b. 6 Oct. 1880, d. 5 Jan. 1883

Frazier, Sarah J. - 1822 - 1881, w/o John B. R. Frazier

Frazor, Emma - b. 4 Jly. 1857, d. 20 Jan. 1936 (Spelled as Frazor on stone.)

Frazor, Geo. W. - b. 13 June 1890, d. 16 Jly. 1914 (Obituary - George W. Frazier died after being hit in the ear by a baseball that was thrown by Ward Gober at a ball game. (S. S. Gazette, Fri., July 24, 1914)(Spelled as Frazor on stone.)

Frazier, Hugh - b. 14 Nov. 1893, d. 5 Sept. 1970 (Mason)

Frazier, Jennie Sue - 1921 - 1924

Frazier, infant son - died Aug. 1914

Ferguson, J. J. - b. 17 June 1873, d. 2 Jan. 1934 (Obituary - J. J. Ferguson was born June 17, 1873, and died Jan. 2, 1934, at his home on Infirmary street at the age of 60 years, 6 months, and 14 days. He joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Gafford’s Chapel at the age of 27 years. He was born at Gafford Chapel, and has lived in Hopkins County all his life. He was married 35 years ago to Miss Ora Ellen Asbill, who survives him. Also survived by one son, John Ferguson, of Fairlee, and one daughter, Bernice, of Sulphur Springs. Funeral will be held at Gafford’s Chapel. (Hopkins Co. Echo, Jan. 4, 1934)

Ferguson, Ora - 1877 - 1952

Friddle, Judy C. - b. 29 June 1945, d. 30 Mar. 1998

Fielden, Willie A. - b. 5 Aug. 1903, d. 3 Dec. 1991

Fielden, Opal L. - b. 22 Oct. 1904, d. 15 Nov. 1993, married Willie A. Fielden, 4 Nov. 1922

Fielden, W. A. (Dub), b. 10 Jly. 1934, d. ____

Fielden, Annita Sue - b. 3 Feb. 1934, d. 22 Sept. 1981, married W. A. Fielden 12 June 1953

Gibson, Gary Lynn - b. 7 June 1941, d. 29 Feb. 1996 (US Navy Vietnam)

Gibson, Jo Ann Adele - b. 3 Sept. 1951, d. ____, married Gary L. Gibson 11 Jly. 1981

Glosup, Virginia Rose - 1907 - 1935, w/o L. H. Glosup(Obituary - Mt. Pleasant Times paper - Her death occurred at the home of Mrs. Ruth Ferguson, Friday afternoon after being ill only a short while. She was the wife of L. H. Glosup, manager of the market department of the new Safeway store in Mt. Pleasant. She was 28 years old, and had been a resident of this city only six months, moving here with her husband. She was a native of Hopkins County and her body was conveyed to that place in a Riddle funeral car where funeral services were held at Ridgeway church with burial in Gafford Chapel cemetery. Survivors include her husband, her father and mother, Mr. & Mrs. Will T. Cowan of Ridgeway; a sister, Miss Ruby Nell Cowan; and four brothers, Joe C. Cowan, Dallas; Crook Cowan, Tyler, and Burt and Weldon Cowan, Ridgeway. (Reprinted in S.S. Echo, Fri., Nov. 8, 1935)

Gafford, Tressie E. - b. 24 Sept. 1853, d. 19 Oct. 1895, w/o J. K. Gafford

Gregory, Thomas "Butch" - 1944 - 1961

Gregory, Judson "Jud" - 1916 - 1961

Green, H. C. - b. 6 Jan. 1877, d. 27 Sept. 1908 (W.O.W. Gafford Camp No. 1446)

Green, Maggie J. - b. 5 Nov. 1879, d. 2 May 1901, w/o H. C. Green

Green, Harvey J. - b. 26 Ap. 1901, d. 26 June 1901, s/o H. C. & Maggie Green

Green, Harvey Haskell - b. 12 Aug. 1907, d. 7 Ap. 1908, s/o H. C. & M. E. Green

Grayson, Walter R. - 27 Jan.1942,

Gregory, Lawrence E. - b. 21 Mar. 1898, d. 18 Feb. 1935 (Obituary - Lawence Gregory, 35, was killed in a car wreck near Stamford Monday night. The remains were brought to Sulphur Springs and carried first to Tapp Funeral Home and later to Mr. & Mrs. Perry Odom’s of Gafford Chapeo where burial occurred in Gafford Chapel cemetery. He as the son of Mr. &. Mrs. Spence Gregory of Mt. Sterling, who survives along with his wife, one sister and one brother. (S.S. Echo, Fri., Feb. 22, 1935)

Gregory, Spencer - 1860 - 1939 (Obituary - Spencer Jeffeson Gregory, age 79, pioneer citizen of Hopkins County, died at the family home in the Mount Sterling community Thursday morning. He had been in failing health for several weeks. Funeral services will be conducted at Gafford Chapel, conducted by Rev. Clark H. Russell, pastor of Sulphur Springs Methodist Church. He was born in Chillicothe, Mo., on April 22, 1860. He moved to Texas while a young man and married Miss Fannie Goff of the Scatterbranch community in Hunt county. The couple celebrated their fifty-first anniversary last November. Nine children were born to this happy union, eight of whom survive with their mother. The daughters are: Mrs. Perry Odom, Gafford Chapel; Mrs. Henry Young, Ridgeway; Mrs. Ida Hooper, Sulphur Springs; Mrs. Monroe Cannon, Sulphur Springs; Mrs. Ben Dodd, Mrs. Earl Satterfield, and Miss Mary Kate Gregory, Fort Worth. One son, Marvin Gregory, who lives at home, survives. Lawrence Gregory, another son, died several years ago. Two brothers, Howard Gregory and Knight Gregory, Vivian , La. Three sisters, Mrs. W. Y.Goff, Commerce; Mrs. Nellie Hargrave, Ardmore, Okla.; and Mrs. Will Williford, Hillsboro, also survive. (Daily News-Telegram)

Gregory, Francis E. - 1869 - 1958

Gregory, Nathan - b. 11 May 1889, d. 4 June 1979

Gregory, Cyrus Cephis - b. 7 Sept. 1895, d. 3 Jan. 1988

Gibson, William Y. - b. 15 Oct. 1884, d. 9 Ap. 1937

Gibson, Arie A. - b. 22 Jan. 1887, d. 7 Ap.1968

Golightly, William H. - b. 12 Ap. 1869, d. 22 May 1948

Golightly, Bettie - b. 7 June 1881, d. 7 Feb. 1960

Gardner, Willie J. - b. 5 Aug. 1900, d. 7 Feb. 1903, s/o F.M. & Maggie Gardner

Gardner, Maggie - b. 3 Jly. 1875, d. 19 Nov. 1903, w/o F.M. Gardner

Green, E. B. - 1871 - 1956

Green, Jennie - 1877 - 1957

Gafford, Allen Miller - b. 24 Jly. 1891, d. 23 Sept. 1892

Gafford, Thomas, Sr. - b. 19 Jly. 1812, d. 9 Dec. 1882

Gafford, Martha - b. 7 Aug. 1821, d. 1 Jan. 1906, w/o Thomas Gafford (Obituary - Mrs. Martha Gafford, one of the pioneers of Hopkins County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Lyster, Wednesday night on the 4th about 12 oclock. Mrs. Gafford was taken sick Saturday afternoon with a severe chill and gradually grew worse all the time. She was well advanced in years, having passed her 84th birthday. She came to Hopkins County in 1859 and had lived here ever since. She leaves five children, John, Tom, Jim, Frank, and Mrs. Lyster, and many grand and great- grandchildren. She will be buried in Gafford’s Chapel cemetery (Sulphur Springs Gazettte, Jan. 5, 1906)

Gilbert, Mollie - 1873 - 1950

Gilbert, James J. - b. 2 Sept. 1858, d. 16 Dec. 1911

Gilbert, John W. - b. 5 Aug. 1861, d. 22 Jan. 1890

Gafford, Juel C. - b. 5 June 1891, d. 2 Oct. 1892, s/o J. R. & M. L. Gafford

Gafford, infant twins of Bob and Maggie Gafford, 1898

Gumm, Helen R. Baby Ruth (Williams) Patrick - 26 Mar. 1928 (Sic)

Guzman, Gilberto - b. 3 Feb. 1968, d. 29 Ap. 1994

Gowen, Cleveland O’Neal (Neil) - b. 22 Sept. 1916, d. 6 Sept. 1988 (Pfc US Army Air Corps WW11)

Gowen, C. Fay - b. 16 May 1921, d. 1 Dec. 1990, m. Neil Gowen, 17 Feb. 1948

Houston, Kate M. - b. 27 May 1882, d. 17 Feb. 1907, w/o Norman Houston

Hood, infant daughter of J. C. & F. E. Hood - no dates

Hood, Fannie Edwards - b. 19 Dec. 1893, d. 28 Ap. 1912

Hood, Georgia - 1895 - 1918

Hood, Richard - 1890 - 1971

Hood, Kenneth H. - b. 27 Jan. 1927, d. 29 Dec. 1990 (Pfc US Army WW 11)

Hughes, Foster - 1870 - 1929

Hughes, Alma B. - 1883 - 1960

Hughes, Alma Ethel (Rooster) - b. 19 Dec. 1916, d. 20 Sept. 1917, d/o Alma Bell & Foster Hughes

Hughes, Dewey Lawrence (Jack) - b. 26 Dec. 1920, d. 14 Oct. 1921, s/o Alma Bell & Foster Hughes

Hopper, Seborn - b. 8 Feb. 1923, d. 12 Sept. 1930

Hill, William E. - b. 18 Sept. 1862, d. 29 Feb. 1951

Hill, Pairlee - b. 4 Sept. 1885, d. 22 May 1965

Hill, Henry A. - b. 28 June 1902, d. 7 May 1913, s/o W. P. & Z. M. Hill

Hooks, Watler Lee - b. 30 Nov. 1915, d. 18 Jly. 1963 (Texas Sgt. U. S. Army WW 11)

Hooks, Icie C. - b. 28 Jan. 1902, d. 19 Nov. 1990

Hooks, J. U. - 1879 - 1954

Hooks, Odeal - 1882 - 1969

Hooks, Arless L. - b. 9 June 1908, d. 15 Ap. 1935 (Obituary - Arless Loyd Hooks, former citizen of Hopkins County, died Monday in a hospital at Amarillo. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Hooks, Amarillo; his parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. U. Hooks; two brothers, Clarence and Walter Hooks, and three sisters, Mrs. E. Christian and Miss Ethel Marie Hooks, Sulphur Springs; and Mrs. H. E. Edwards, San Angelo. (Sulphur Springs Echo, Fri., April 19, 1935)

Hood, John C. - b. 28 Mar. 1888, d. 9 Dec. 1973

Hood, Gertrude - b. 9 Jan. 1899, d. ____

Hazlewood, M. E. - b. 4 Jly. 1851, d. 26 Jly. 1918

Hazlewood, Lewis B. - b. 4 Jly. 1925, d. 18 Jly. 1997 (Pfc. US Army WW 11)

Hazlewood, W. A. (Boss) - b. 10 May 1889, d. 13 Feb. 1975

Hazlewood, Tula - b. 21 Jly. 1897, d. 7 Nov. 1989

Hughes, L. D. - b. 1 Jan. 1914, d. 2 June 1965

Hicks, Wm. Brice - 1889 - 1976

Hicks, Ada Romine - 1891 - 1971

Hammond, Una E. - 1877 - 1944

Hammond, Joe S. - b. 1877, d. ___

Hammond, Johnny H. - b. 8 Dec. 1910, d. 7 Jan. 1975 (PHMI US Navy)

Hall, Nannie A. - b. 21 Oct. 1858, d. 16 Dec. 1891 w/o Albert J. Hall

Hall, Albert J. - b. 12 Aug. 1855, d. 14 Aug. 1888

Hoover, David William - 1874 - 1949

Hoover, Julina - 1877 - 1956

Hoover, W. T. - b. 14 Jan. 1906, d. 3 June 1961

Hoover, Clara Sue - b. 18 Oct. 1903, d. 6 Sept. 2000

Hall, A. J. - 1854 - 1931

Hall, A..J. , Mrs. - 1862 - 1918

Hall, Earl - 1886 - 1900

Hight, infant daughter of J. C.. & Maxine Hight, b&d 5 May 1935

Hanson, David M. - b. 29 Dec. 1959, d. 26 Jly. 1976

Hood, Jackson S. - b. 1927, d. ___

Hood, Marjorie D. - 1930 - 1993

Hargrave, Willis Robert - b. 17 Dec. 1900, d. 31 Jan. 1987

Hargrave, Faye Williams - b. 8 May 1909, d. ____, married Willis R. Hargrave 20 Dec. 1950

Irvin, Dolph R. - b. 8 Feb. 1881, d. 25 Oct. 1960

Irvin, Mary F.. - b. 26 Jan. 1884, d. 15 Oct. 1976

Irvin, Haris - b. 25 Nov.1920, d. 19 Jly. 1932, s/o D. R. & Mary Irvin

Irvin, Armond Ercel - b. 25 Dec. 1901, d. 23 Jly. 1927, s/o D. R. & Mary Irvin

Irvin, W. Roscoe - b. 24 Sept. 1916, d. 25 Dec. 1946

Irvin, Willie Faye - 1906 - 1997

Irvin, Buster Frank - 1925 - 1987 (Cpl. US Army WW 11)

Jones, Walter E. - b. 26 Feb. 1918, d. 19 Oct. 1962

Jones, Altha Marie - b. 12 May 1923, d. __

Johnson, Mamie - b. 29 Jan. 1891, d. 12 Aug. 1892, d/o of W. M. & Laura Johnson

Jock, Hubert - b. 11 Sept. 1931, d. 24 Jan. 2001

Jock, Margaret - b. 25 Jan. 1938, d. ___

Jackson, John L. - b. 18 June 1922, d. 3 May 1997

Jackson, Tommie Flo - b. 24 Feb. 1922, d. 25 Jly. 1994

Kirkpatrick, D. Vernon - b. 27 Sept. 1900, d. 22 Mar. 1903, s/o I. B. & R. N. Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick, R. N. "Uncle Bob" - b. 31 Dec. 1869, d. 13 Aug. 1951

Kirkpatrick, Ida B. - b. 24 Feb. 1875, d. 7 Nov. 1914, w/o R. N. Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick, Eula May - 1884 - 1975

Kirby, Jim - 1880 - 1959

Kirby, Bessie - 1900 - 1965

Lyster, infant of A. J. & D. A. Lyster , b&d 1870

Lyster, infant of A. J. & D. A. Lyster, b&d 1871

Leach, James A. - b. 25 Dec. 1868, d. 18 Ap. 1948

Leach, Susan A. - b. 12 Sept. 1879, d. 12 Feb. 1945

Leach, Clyde - 1903 - 1953

Leach, Linnie - 1914 -____

Lemon, Paul Alfred - b. 4 Aug. 1910, d. 9 Oct. 1964

Lemon, Ann Romine - b. 5 Aug. 1891, d. 1 Ap. 1981

Lackey, Maggie M. - b. 1 May 1869, d. 15 Sept. 1927

Lockaby, Lee W. - b. 22 June 1904, d. 22 Nov. 1968

Long, Delynn Yarbrough - b. 7 Sept. 1926, d. 3 Aug. 1995

Long, R. A. (Raymond) - b. 12 Feb. 1920, d. ____

Lahn, Julius - b. 4 June 1910, d. 6 Dec. 1989

Lahn, Lillian - b. 14 Sept. 1916, d. 25 Mar. 2002

Moore, Oleta McElreath - b. 17 Feb. 1913, d. 25 Dec. 1999

Mahaffey, Myrtle J. - b. 3 Dec. 1890, d. 17 Oct. 1965

Mahaffey, A. - b. 26 Aug. 1850, d. 11 Nov. 1915 (On stone with Emily Crook)

Moore, E. S. - b. 18 Oct. 1867, d. 16 Sept. 1891

Mahaffey, infant dau. of A. & E. E. Mahaffey, b&d 18 Jan. 1893

Mahaffey, infant dau. of A. & E. E. Mahaffey, b&d 12 June 1884

Mahaffey, Alfrod Amos - b. 19 May 1874, d. 13 Oct. 1874, s/o A. & E. E. Mahaffey

Mahaffey, Vera - b. 15 Oct. 1900, d. 6 Nov. 1905

Mahaffey, M. Claude - b. 3 Feb. 1881, d. 7 Ap.1960

Mahaffey, Bertha S. - b. 13 Aug. 1882, d. 31 Oct. 1969

Mahaffey, Claude Chapin - b. 10 May 1923, d. 9 Nov. 1945

Mahaffey, Martin - 1823 - 1872

Mahaffey, James - b. 9 Oct. 1849, d. 16 Feb. 1879

Mahaffey, Clarence - b. 13 Mar. 1878, d. 27 Nov. 1878

Mahaffey, Perry A. - b. 28 Aug. 1875, d. 4 Sept. 1898

Mahaffey, William F. - b. 9 Oct. 1852, d. 20 Dec. 1905

Mahaffey, Sarah A. - b. 19 June 1857, d. 8 May 1943

C. B. M. - no dates

Moore, J. S. - b. 12 Jly. 1836, d. 13 Jly. 1886

Moore, Ailcy - b. 30 Aug. 1856, d. 4 Jly. 1886

Moore, Mary F. - died 22 Mar. 1893, age 76 yrs. 3 mos. 15 days

Moore, S. W. - b. 15 Ap. 1869, d. 20 June 1899

Moore, John W. - b. 4 Jan. 1852, d. 2 Aug. 1869

Moore, infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Moore, no dates

Moore, H. Guy - 1874 - 1879

Moore, Deliah E. - b. 8 Jly. 1849, d. 19 Nov. 1893, w/o D. J. Moore

Moore, D. J. - b. 2 Oct. 1846, d. 16 Ap. 1919 (Obituary - Rev. D. Jarrett Moore, pastor of the Brashear Presbyterian Church, died at his home in Mt. Vernon Wednesday and the remains were buried in the Gafford Chapel cemetery. He was the father of Louis Moore of Gafford Chapel and was more than 70 years old at the time of his death. He was a fine man and a good preacher, and in his death his church lost one of its most useful men. He was a Confederate soldier, having done valiant service for his country during the great war that tired men’s souls. (Hopkins County Echo, April 18, 1919)

Moore, Maggie J. - b. 9 June 1848, d. 22 Ap. 1919, w/o D. J. Moore

Moore, Louis - 1880 - 1965

Moore, Maggie M. - 1882 - 1937

Moore, Ona - b. 3 Sept. 1885, d. 23 Aug. 1926, w/o S. R. Moore

Moore, S. R. - b. 25 Dec. 1885 d. 9 Ap. 1979

Moore, Leander T. Frazier - b. 14 Aug. 1860, d. 24 Mar. 1932, w/o George H. Moore I

Meadows, Albert - 1862 - 1941

Meadows, Achsa - 1867, d. ___

Meadows, I. Z. - b. 14 Sept. 1844, d. 27 Oct. 1917

Meadows, Eliza Ann - b. 22 Nov. 22, 1841, d. 26 Jan. 1911, w/o I. Z. Meadows

Morgan, Dee Dee - b. 19 Feb. 1969, d. 14 Dec. 1977 (A cancer victim)

Morgan, Mary Allen - b. 12 Nov. 1931, d. 12 Jly. 1992

Morgan, James H. - b. 16 Mar. 1924, d. ___

Morgan, J. M. - no dates (Co G 35 Texas Cav. C.S.A.)

Morgan, Martha - b. 2 Mar. 1845, d. 15 Feb. 1920, w/o J. M. Morgan (Obituary - Mrs. J. M. Morgan, died Monday night at her home in the western part of Sulphur Springs from pneumonia. She is survived by her husband and several brothers and sisters in the county. She was the second wife of J. M. Morgan and was an Edwards before her marriage. The remains were buried at Gafford’s Chapel Tuesday afternoon. ( Hopkins County Echo., Fri. Feb. 20, 1920)

Morgan, M. M.- (Could not read, homemade marker)

Morgan, M. J. - died June 1885 (Homemade marker)

Morgan, S. A. - died 6 June 1889

Morgan, W. H. - Dec. 1889 (Confederate Vet. Co. G, 35th Tex. Cav.)

Morris, Irvie May - b. 30 Sept. 1907, d. 20 Oct. 1909, d/o R. M. & M. E. Morris

Marchbanks, Mary M. Merrifield - b. 23 Mar. 1871, d. 23 Nov. 1887, w/o J. H. Marchbanks

Murphy, Lawrence - b. 10 Jan. 1889, d. 10 Nov, 1895, s/o Owen & Sarah Murphy

Mosher, Kenneth E. - b. 10 Ap. 1942, d. 31 Dec. 1969

Mosher, Joe - b. 4 Oct. 1909, d. 10 Oct. 1965 (Texas Pfc. Brty C 432 Ca. Bn. (Sep) WW 11)

Mosher, Robert Earl - b. 27 Nov. 1952, d. 7 May 1990

Mosher, Carrie Bell - b. 25 Dec. 1919, d. 3 Jan. 1999 (Tapp Funeral Home marker.)

Marshall, J. A. - b. 12 Mar. 1855, d. 23 May 1938

Marshall, Belle - b. 3 Ap. 1875, d. 7 Nov. 1957

Marshall, John L. - b. 12 June 1826, d. 6 Mar. 1907

Marshall, Susan A. - b. 19 Dec. 1824, d. 17 Dec. 1897, w/o of J. L. Marshall

Marshall, infant dau. of J. B. & Lila Marshall, 17 May 1898

Marshall, infant son of J. B. & Lila Marshall, 11 Nov. 1885

Marshall, S. Price - 1864 - 1874

Marshall, Thomas D. - b. 17 Aug. 1892, d. 28 Jan. 1923 (Buried next to Luvie Marshall Burton)

Marshall, Vergil Lester - b. 31 Oct. 1923, d. 3 Nov. 1923, s/o T. D. & Luvie Marshall

Marshall, John B. - 1857 - 1938

Marshall, Lila Proctor - 1864 - 1953

Measles, Stark - b. 11 Mar. 1858, d. 2 Feb. 1901

Mills, Ibra Billy Gene - b. 11 Jan. 1932, d. 2 May 1997

Melton, Mark Allen - 6 Aug. 1999

Melton, Taylor Nichole - b. 12 June 2000, d. 23 June 2000

Medcalf, Opal - 1951 - 2001 (Jones-Walker & Son funeral home marker)

Mubby, Opal Brown Simpson - b. 16 June 1919, d. 15 Jly. 1982

Moseley, Brook L. - b. 6 Sept. 1910, d. 22 Feb. 2000 (TEC 5 US Army WW11)

Moseley, Olive M. McCool - b. 3 Mar. 1913, d. ___

McCord, Cynthia Ann - b&d 7 Jly. 1964

McCord, Douglas Earl - b. 30 Jly. 1959, d. 21 Dec. 1961, s/o Loyd & Shirley McCord

McCord, Charlie M. - b. 1 Nov. 1898, 8 Oct. 1968

McCord, Elizabeth - b. 23 May 1919, d. 16 Dec. 1985

McCasland, William E. "Red" - b. 30 Dec. 1937, d. 1 Feb. 1975 (SP4 US Army)

McCool, Imo Genne - 18 June 1928

McCasland, F. Delno - b. 30 Ap. 1920, d. 9 May 1983

McCool, Nannie, Mrs. - b. 9 Oct. 1853, d. 16 Ap. 1903

McCool, Jim - b. 8 Feb. 1907, d. 22 Jly. 1907

McCool, Will - b. 15 Jly. 1876, d. 2 Nov. 1933

McCool, Bird - b. 15 Jly. 1883, d. 11 Jly. 1952

McCool, Jim Willison - b. 21 Nov. 1916, d. 28 Dec. 1916, baby of J. H. McCool

McCool, Forbus - 1910 - 1940

McCool, James C. - 1881 - 1956

McCool, Hellon - 1885 - 1959

McCool, R. C. "Bob" - b. 26 Jly. 1904, 10 Nov. 1948

McCool, Ellie Maud - b. 3 Ap. 1898, d. 19 Jly. 1983

McCord, Bobby Clay - b. 26 Aug. 1934, d. 10 June 1970

McElreath, James G. "Jim" - b. 8 Dec. 1896, d. 26 June 1962

McElreath, Jesse N. - b. 10 Aug. 1870, d. 26 Dec. 1952

McElreath, Mary Frances - b. 19 Dec. 1876, d. 22 June 1931

McElreath, W. Bruce - b. 8 Mar. 1899, d. 11 Jan. 1957

McCannon, Nolan Major - b. 2 Nov. 1935, d. 17 Jly. 1998 (US Navy)

McCord, Shirley Gregory - b. 3 Ap. 1940, d. 12 Jan. 1987

Nance, Eva Katie - b. 8 Dec. 1918, d. 6 Jan. 1921

Nance, Newt - 1883 - 1944

Nance, Minnie - 1883 - 1978

Nix, Martin W. - b. 12 Sept. 1875, d. 10 Jly. 1938

Nix, Lourinda Price - b. 8 Dec. 1870, d. 13 Jly. 1941

Norris, Bertie - 1904 - 1968

Norris, Ownby - b. June 1896, d. 1982

Norris, Troy - b. 20 Sept. 1923, d. ___

Norris, Opha - b. 10 Nov. 1925, d. 6 Jan. 1982, married Tory Norris, 21 Nov. 1943

Nordin, Elvis T. - b. 8 Oct. 1913, d. 19 Dec. 1983

Nordin, L. Doris - b. 22 Mar. 1924, d. ____

Odom, Perry L. - b. 8 Oct. 1888, d. 22 Nov. 1980

Odom, Mae Gregory - b. 26 Mar. 1890, d. 17 Ap. 1991

Odom, John L. - b. 16 Dec. 1838, d. 16 Jly. 1916-(Obituary - John L. Odom, age 75, died Monday morning at the home of Perry Odom, his youngest son, who lived in the Gafford Chapel community. He was stricken with paralysis some three months ago while living with his eldest son, Hatch Odom, at Greenville, from which he never recovered. Having fallen from a chair and died suddenly due paralysis of the heart. He was an ex-Confederate soldier. Burial was made in the Gafford Chapel cemetery. (Cumby Rustler, Fri., Jly. 21, 1916)

Odom, Ninnie E. Russell - b. 20 Nov. 1856, d. 11 Jly. 1911, w/o Jno. L. Odom

Odom, Maggie - b. 25 May 1891, d. 18 Mar. 1893, d/o of J. L. & N. E. Odom

Odom, infant - b. 16 Aug. 1885, d. 6 Sept. 1885, infant son of J. L. & N. E. Odom

Odom, Carl Perry - b. 24 Oct. 1912, d. ___

Odom, Ann Gregg - b. 5 Sept. 1913, d. 24 Nov. 1993

Odom, Larry Gregg - b. 29 May 1940, d. 24 Nov. 1993 (US Air Force)

Odom, Donna Gene Benton - b. 14 Aug. 1944, d. ___

Patterson, Claude "Pat", Jr. - . 27 Sept. 1926, d. 19 Aug. 1977

Patterson, Wanda L. Loper - b. 24 Aug. 1926, d. 12 Jan. 2001, m. Claude Patterson, 15 Ap. 1950

Pridgeon, Rebecca J. - b. 25 Mar. 1841, d. 17 June 1906, w/o of Wm. C. Pridgeon (Obituary - Mrs. Rebecca Pridgeon died very suddenly last Saturday your city, and was buried in our cemetery Sunday. She had only been in this county a few days having just recently moved in from Calif. (Sulphur Springs Gazette, Feb. 2, 1906, Gafford Chapel column, dated Jan. 20th)

Proctor, Nancy Moore - b. 9 Jan. 1821, d. 28 Jly. 1899, w/o J. B. Proctor

Proctor, Susan F. - b. 27 Oct. 1822, d. 13 Ap. 1891, w/o J. B. Proctor

Proctor, J. B. - died 10 Mar. 1905, age 81 yrs. 3 mos. 11 days

Pogue, Ben F. - 1879 - 1963

Pogue, Clara M. - 1883 - 1970

 

Pogue, Will L. - 1868 - 1935 (Obituary - William Pogue, age 67, died Jly. 7, 1935, at his home near Gafford Chapel, after an illness of several months. If he had lived 12 days longer, he would have been 68 years old. Funeral services were held at Gafford Chapel with burial in Gafford Chapel cemetery. He was a native son of Hopkins County, having been born in Pine Forest community. Surviving are his wife, Lydia Pogue, and one brother, Ben Pogue, Gafford Chapel, two sisters, Mrs. Mollie McKinney, Hougton, and Mrs. Eva Sandridge, Commerce.)

Pogue, Lyda E. - 1880 - 1962

Piper, Samuel B. - b. 16 Aug. 1831, d. 28 Jan. 1886

Phillips Amanda Baker - b. 7 Dec. 1853, d. 25 Jan. 1890

Phillips, Wessley - b. 16 Oct. 1888, d. 10 Jly. 1949

Phillips, Arite - b. 8 Mar. 1888, d.31 Oct. 1977

Phillips, John H. - 1885 - 1960

Phillips, N. Rilla - 1888 - 1962, married John H. Phillips 28 May 1905

Phillips, Noble Estes - b. 10 Feb. 1908, d. 2 Jly. 1978 (Pfc. US Army WW 11)

Phillips, John, Jr. - b. 3 Feb. 1920, d. 31 Aug. 1982 (Pfc. US Army WW 11)

Phillips, Delma - 1906 - 1986

Phillips, Alvie W. - b. 24 Feb. 1908, d. 19 Ap. 1979

Phillips, Mary Kate - b. 4 Oct. 1915, d. 15 Aug. 1990

Page, Frankie E. - b. 2 Oct. 1923, d. 19 Mar. 1974

Page, Francis - died 20 Oct. 1923

Page, Tommie - b. 13 Feb. 1875, d. 1 Aug. 1937

Potter, J. W. - 1865 - 1948

Potter, Mandy - 1873 - 1948

Price, Patricia Ann - b. 19 Nov. 1941, d. 18 May 1946

Price, Frank - b. 21 May 1896, d. 7 May 1973 ( Pfc US Army WW 1)

Price, Gladys - b. 16 oct. 1903, d. 10 May 1993

Price, Robert F. - 1871 - 1957

Price, Mollie E. - 1875 - 1955

Price, Roy - b. 29 Ap. 1927, d. 4 Jan. 1935

Price, Joseph K. - b. 19 Dec. 1906, d. 6 Oct. 1992 (SFC US Army WW 11, Korea, Vietnam)

Price, Robert L. - b. 18 Oct. 1901, d. 5 Oct. 1998

Price, Etta E. - b. 3 Nov. 1906, d. 11 June 1985, married Robert L. Price, 10 Nov. 1924

Price, E. L. "Jack" - b. 16 Oct. 1905, d. 26 June 1983

Price, Clyde Eugene - b. 23 Jan. 1926, d. 3 Aug. 1982

Price, Velda Ruth - b. 24 Aug. 1931, d. ___, married Clyde E. Price 22 Nov. 1947

Patterson, H. Glen - b. 13 Aug. 1914, d. 20 Jan. 1983

Patterson, Vera M. - b. 27 Oct. 1917, d. ____, married H. Glen Patterson, 31 Dec. 1938

Patterson, Harrison P. - b. 17 Nov. 1861, d. 12 Aug. 1937

Patterson, Julia E. - b. 15 Feb. 1863, d. 25 Dec. 1943

Patterson, Hilbert E. - 1884 - 1970

Patterson, Trudie E. - 1889 - 1973

Prim, George Allen - b. 23 Mar. 1907, d. 30 Mar. 1967

Prim, Don Allen - b. 9 Nov. 1946, d. 14 Dec. 1965

Prim, baby - b&d 12 Dec. 1933

Prim, baby - b&d 25 May 1927

Pogue, T. H. - b. 12 Oct. 1835, d. 7 Jly. 1904

Pogue, Emma O. - b. 12 Oct. 1841, d. 20 Ap. 1913 , w/o T. H. Pogue (Obituary - Mrs. Emma Othella Pogue died April 20, 1913, at the home of her son, Mr. Jim Pogue, near Pine Forest. She had lived in our community for more than thirty years, and was a member of the Methodist Church South. Mrs. Pogue was born October 12, 1841, was married to T. M. (sic) Pogue in 1857. Her husband preceded her several years ago. She leaves three sons and two daughters. Burial in Gafford’s Chapel cemetery. (S. S. Gazette)

Pickett, Claud W. - b. 12 May 1885, d. 5 oct. 1964

Pickett, Bessie C. - b. 30 May 1890, d. 22 Aug. 1969

Pipkin, baby - no dates

Price, Margie - b. 10 Nov. 1924, d. 17 Mar. 2001 - Daughters, Mary and Opal

Price, Veldon - b. 12 Ap. 1923, d. ___

Porter, John R. - 2 Jly. 1917, d. 4 Feb. 1983

Porter, Mary E. - b. 16 Oct. 1913, d. 12 June 2000, married John R. Porter 2 June 1940

Ritchey, William - b. 3 Feb. 1819, d. 4 Feb. 1895

Russell, Haskell A. - b. 28 Feb. 1910, d. 18 Jan. 1916 (Obituary - The death angel visited the home of Mr. & Mrs. Jodie Russell, living four miles north of here, and took away their first-born, Haskell Russell, age 5 years old. Funeral held at Gafford Chapel. (Cumby Rustler, Fri., Jan. 21, 1916)

Russell, Nonnie E. - b. 25 Oct. 1884, d. 12 Aug. 1943

Russell, Jodie - b. 1 Sept. 1885, d. 24 May 1976

Russell, Lucille - b. 25 Jan. 1901, d. 13 Aug. 1907

Russell, Jeff J. - b. 29 Ap. 1859, d. 30 Mar. 1901

Russell, Jonnie - b. 27 Oct. 1890, d. 16 June 1892

Russell, H. - 1822 - 1901

Russell, Clara - 1825 - 1908, w/o H. Russell

Russell, Obie - b. 26 Ap. 1893, d. 7 Oct. 1910

Russell, Susie M. - b. 11 May 1859, d. 19 June 1910 (Obituary - Mrs. Susie Russell of Gafford’s Chapel, died at the home of her brother, Jim Murray, on College Street, June 19, 1910, of Bright’s disease. Funeral services were held at the Gafford Chapel cemetery. (Sulphur Springs Gazette)

Russell, Lizzie A. (nee Edwards) - b. 3 Jly. 1880, d. 23 Jan. 1908 (Obituary - Mrs. Lizzie Russell, nee Edwards, wife of Will Russell, died Jan. 23, 1908, at the home of Joe Russell after lingering for some ten or twelve months with the horrible disease, consumption. She was his daughter-in-law. She leaves a husband and three children. Burial was made in Gafford Chapel cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Edwards who lives in Gafford Chapel. (Sulphur Springs Gazette)

Russell, Joseph H. - 1852 - 1938

Russell, Sarah F. - 1858 - 1946

Ramey, Jack - b. 11 Dec. 1911, d. 7 Nov. 1912, s/o of R. A. & A. L. Ramey

Ramey, Russell - b. 28 May 1906, d. 1 Feb. 1907, child of R. A. & A. L. Ramey

Ramey, Randal N. - b. 16 Nov. 1839, d. 15 May 1910 (Obituary - Randal N. Ramey died suddenly at his home on Van Sickle street, Sunday at 12:30 p.m., after having suffered from Bright’s disease for almost a year. He was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 1840 (sic), and moved to Hopkins County in 1867. He married Miss Bettie Lowe in 1869. He was married again to Miss Eoline McCorkle and eight children came to bless this union, six of whom survive. He became a member of the Methodist church in his early boyhood. Revs. Mountcastel, Bryan, and McClure conducted a short funeral service at the family home Monday, and another service was held at Gafford Chapel where burial occurred. The remains were laid to rest with Masonic honors. (Sulphur Springs Gazette, Fri., May 20, 1910)

Ramey, Eoline E. - b. 13 Mar. 1852, d. 10 Jan. 1930 (Obituary - Mrs. Ellen Eoline Ramey died Jan. 10, 1930, at her home in Sulphur Springs, on Church street. She was born near Water Valley, Mississippi, Mar. 13, 1852, and came to Texas with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. L. H. McCorkle, in the early sixties, and during her childhood and young womanhood lived in the Forest Academy community in Hopkins County. On Dec. 24, 1871, she was married to R. N. Ramey and to them eight children were born, one died in infancy, and another, Mrs. Norman Houston, died almost 23 years ago, while six children survive her. These are: Elmer H. Ramey, Whichita Falls; Marvin L. Ramey, Denton; Robert A. Ramey, Miss Maude Ramey, and Tom J. Ramey. Sulphur Springs; and Royal R. Ramey, Electra. The following brothers and sisters also survive her: T.C. McCorke, Mrs. M. D. Ardis, Mrs. S. A. Hicks, and H. C. McCorkle, Sulphur Springs; Mrs Mollie Patman, Chickasha, Okla.; and Robert L. McCorkle, Ranger, Texas. At the age of eleven she gave her heart and life to God and the church. For 21 years she had lived in Sulphur Springs. Almost 20 years ago her husband went on to glory and left to her the loneliness of widowhood. After the funeral services, which were held in the First Methodist Church conducted by Pastor Lehnhoff, her body was carried to the cemetery at Gafford Chapel and placed beside the dust of her sainted dead to await the resurrection morning.)

Ramey, Robert A. - 1880 - 1934

Ramey, Amanda L. - 1883 - 1961

Rhodes, Lewie Allen - b. 19 Sept. 1895, d. 22 June 1947 (Mason)

Rhodes, Opal Frazier - b. 16 Feb. 1897, d. 21 June 1989

Rosinbaum, Louise McCool - 11 Oct. 1922

Romine, Lewis J. - b. 25 Jly. 1862, d. 7 June 1943

Romine, Margaret C. Marshall - b. 9 Nov. 1866, d. 23 Dec. 1964

Romine, Howard - 1898 - 1988

Rutledge, Alvin J. - b. 1899 - 1900, s/o J. M. & Sarah Rutledge

Rutledge, Avo L. - 1907 - 1907,baby of J. M. & Sarah Rutledge

Rhodes, Lewie Earl - b. 5 Mar. 1931, d. 7 Jan. 1995 (Sgt. US Marine Corps Korea)

Riley, Roger Dale - b. 25 Mar. 1960, d. 27 Dec. 1989, s/o Lee Roy & Shirley Riley, brother of Doug Riley

Riley, Brandon - b. 17 Jan. 1986, d. 27 Dec. 1989, s/o Roger & Lisa Riley

Stracenier, L. B. Lee - b. 20 Nov. 1911, d. 12 May 1913, s/o J. F. & Ollie Stracenier

Scarborough, Will, Mrs. 1879 - 1904, and infant b&d 1904, w/o Will Scarborough

Speegle, Nortie - b. 24 Ap. 1878, d. 6 Nov. 1879, age 1 yr. 6 mos. 13 day, s/o J. J. & S. J.

Speegle

Singleton, Ethor W. - b. 11 May 1892, d. 14 Jly. 1973

Singleton, Dora E. - b. 19 Feb. 1896, d. 9 Oct. 1953

Singleton, infant - b. 12 Oct. 1919, d. 20 Oct. 1919, d/o E. W. & Dora E. Singleton

Singleton, J. H. R. - b. 9 Mar. 1872, d. 4 Nov. 1906

Singleton, H. T. - b. 21 Mar. 1854, d. 26 June 1900

Singleton, Beaty C. - b. 13 Jan. 1856, d. 15 Mar. 1938

Singleton, Mary Bertha - b. 24 Sept. 1905, d. 27 Sept. 1905, d/o M. T. & Etta Singleton

Singleton, J. P. - b. 10 Feb. 1876, d. 9 Sept. 1941

Singleton, Jean Hettich - b. 15 June 1922, d. 17 Nov. 1999

Singleton, M. Walton - b. 21 June 1917, d. ____

Smith, Elmira G. - b. 23 Mar. 1843, d. 15 Feb. 1901, w/o W. F. Smith

Stevens, Isaac D. - b. 8 May 1842, d. 30 Mar. 1907

Stevens, Susan F. - b. 17 Dec. 1840, d. 6 Oct. 1922, w/o I. D. Stevens

Stacy, Richard Looney - b. 17 June 1899, d. 29 Jan. 1912, s/o G. W. & M. E. Stacy

Stacy, Annie Lou - b. 31 Aug. 1901, d. 27 Ap. 1907

Sullivan, Emma L. - 1897 - 1977

Sullivan, Joe W. - 1891 - 1963

Sullivan, Minerva J. - 1865 - 1913 (Obituary - Mrs. Minerva J. Sullivan, wife of Mr. J. W. Sullivan, departed this life at her home on Tuesday morning, four miles east of this city. Burial in Gafford Chapel cemetery. She leaves a husband and children. (S. S. Gazette, Fri., Jan. 31, 1913)

Sparger, Frances M. - b. 25 Oct. 1918, d. 9 Aug. 1974, w/o Wilbur L. Sparger

Sparger, Wilbur L. - b. 8 Oct. 1917, d. 14 Oct. 1975

Sparger, Jessie A. - b. 25 May 1884, d. 25 Oct. 1968

Sias, Anita A. - b. 2 Ap. 1935, d. 15 Nov. 1974

Sewell, Pollie - b. 9 May 1892, d. 31 Jan. 1978

Sanders, Robert - b. 13 Mar. 1907, d. 27 Feb. 1993

Sanders, Artie B. - b. 12 May 1908, d. 27 Sept. 1981

Shaw, Jerry Thomas - b. 21 May 1942, d. 17 Jan. 1992

Shaw, Carol Ann Odom - b. 22 June 1943, d. ____

Speck, Sidney L. - b. 13 Sept. 1907, d. 4 Jly. 1983

Speck, Christine M. - b. 31 Aug. 1912, d. ____

Tolson, Billy Gene - b. 19 Sept. 1934, d. 1 Aug. 1986

Thomas, Susan Elizabeth - 1895 - 1976

Towles, Laura E., Miss - died 3 Aug. 1866

Taylor, Robert M. - b. 24 Sept. 1880, d. 6 June 1911

Taylor, infant - b. 12 Nov. 1902, d. 27 Nov. 1902, s/o Robert M. & Cairo Taylor

Taylor, Jim - b. 4 Ap. 1910, d. 14 Nov. 1918, s/o Robert & Cairo Taylor

Taylor, Erastus W. - b. 14 Aug. 1852, d. 29 Nov. 1924 (Obituary - E. W. Taylor, pioneer citizen of Hopkins County, hanged himself Saturday morning, Nov. 29, 1924, in the barn at the home of his son-in-law, Julius Ardis, six miles west of Sulphur Springs. Mr. Taylor had been in bad health for some time, suffering with a leakage of the heart. Recently he moved with his wife from town out to his son-in-law’s to spend the winter, as he was unable to do anything around the home. He was more than seventy years old and had lived in Hopkins County for the past fifty years. He is survived by his wife and two sons and three daughters, his first wife having died many years ago. Funeral services and burial are to be at Gafford Chapel. (Daily-News Telegram)

Taylor, Sallie E. - b. 23 Aug. 1868, d. 6 Mar. 1927

Tillery, Elizabeth Ann - b. 23 Jan. 1878, d. 16 Ap. 1950

Vandergriff, Alfred Pl. - b. 9 Sept. 1923, d. 16 Jan. 1981 (TEC 3 US Army WW 11)

Vandergriff, Allen C. - b. 25 June 1885, d. 6 Dec. 1916

Vandergriff, Lou C. - b. 30 Mar. 1888, d. 18 Jan. 1914

Vandergriff, Melinda T. - 1855 - 1908

Vandergriff, Wm. W. M. - no dates (Co D 4th Tex. MTD. Inf.)

Vandergriff, A. D. - b. 8 Jly. 1877, d. 19 Jan. 1960

Vandergriff, Opal - 1932 - 2002 ( Jones-Walker & Son funeral home marker)

Williams, D. C. - 2 Sept. 1920, s/o Thomas J. & Eva Williams

Williams, Lola - 23 Mar. 1953

Williams, Claude - b. 6 Oct. 1895, d. 3 Jan. 1906 (Baby)

Williams, Pascal - b. 8 Dec. 1883, d. 20 Sept. 1953

Williams, Florence - 1885 - 1958

Wilburn, Lou Ellen - b. 2 Dec. 1902, d. 16 Jan. 1971

Wilburn, Tommie E. - b. 8 Feb. 1898, d. 2 Feb. 1985

Wilburn, Eva Jane - b. 23 Ap. 1883, d. 14 Aug. 1961

Wilburn, baby - 13 Jan. 1934

Wilburn, Truman Bee - b. 30 Ap. 1926, d. 10 Sept. 1926

Wilburn, Homer Lee - b. 30 Ap. 1926, d. 27 Aug. 1926

Wilburn, Thomas J. - b. 3 Nov. 1851, d. 23 Nov. 1926

Wilburn, Margarete E. - b. 13 Jly. 1857, d. 2 Feb. 1903

Williams, Worsham - 1915 - 1937

Williams, Victor E. - b. 30 Jan. 1884, d.10 Dec. 1974

Williams, Nannie Ellen - b. 13 Sept. 1885, d. 24 June 1974

Williams, Dollie Bradshaw - b. 23 Mar. 1889, d. 13 Sept. 1932

Williams, Florrie Sue - b. 28 May 1914, d. 8 Oct. 1944

Williams, Florrie Marshall - b. 3 Ap. 1890, d. 21 June 1979

Williams, Verg - b. 26 Feb. 1887, d. 20 Sept. 1967

Williams, Clara - b. 8 Feb. 1912, d. 10 Feb. 1912, d/o of Marvin and Ruth Williams

Williams, Marvin - 1886 - 1967

Williams, Ruth - 1888 - 1964

Williams, Maury Mahaffey - 1920 - 1982 (Sgt. US Army WW 11)

Waggoner, Joe F. - 1875 - 1958

Waggoner, Avo - 1887 - 1974

Worsham, Clara A. - b. 19 Sept. 1862, d. 29 Oct. 1889, w/o of W. A. Worsham

Worsham, William A. - 1860 - 1944

Worsham, Florence E. - 1855 - 1942

Worsham, Laura Ella - 1893 - 1894, d/o Mr. & Mrs. W. A.. Worsham

Worsham, Maria - b. 11 June 1825, d. 22 May 1912, w/o J. A. Worsham

Worsham, James A. - b. 5 June 1817, d. 6 Mar. 1890

Worsham, Mary Ruth - b. 15 Sept. 1889, d. 16 June 1902, d/o Jack & Mary E. Worsham

Worsham, Inez - b. 27 Jan. 1888, d. 19 Oct. 1915, w/o Dr. A. B. Worsham

Worsham, A. B., Dr. - 1886 - 1954

Worsham, Betty - 1889 - 1963

Worsham, Archer Ben - b. 20 June 1886, d. 16 Mar. 1954 (Texas Capt. Camp Hosp. 119 WW1)

Worsham, Laird Eugene - b. 29 Mar. 1919, d. ____

Worsham, Leona Ethel McAnulty, b. 14 Jly. 1922, d. 25 Feb. 1998 (US Navy WW 11)

Worsham, A. B., Jr. - b. 19 Nov. 1921, d. 1 Feb. 1998 (T/Sgt US Army WW 11)

Willey, Helen (Mills) b. 3 Nov. 1929, d. ____

Willey, son of Harlan and Helen, no dates

Willey, Linda Mae - 26 May 1948, d/o Harlan & Helen Willey

Willey, Gary Lynn - b. 24 Jly. 1949, d. 2 June 1973, s/o Harlan & Helen Willey (Texas Pfc US Army Vietnam)

Wallace, Charles E. - b. 8 June 1926, d. ___

Wallace, Helen - b. 3 Nov. 1929, d. ____

White, Fay - b. 5 May 1911, d. ___

Wicker, Nell M. - 1887 - 1974

Wicker, Lewis D. – 1888 - 1966

Wilks, Andrew J. - b. 10 Nov. 1901, d. 9 Jly. 1969

Wilks, Eva J.- b. 16 Sept. 1906, d. ___

Wilks, Loretta - b. 19 Jan. 1906, d. 30 Jly. 1965

Wilks, William B. - 1898 - 1962

Wright, Flossie, Mrs. - b. 21 Ap. 1914, d. 27 Sept. 1932

Waller, Missouri R. - b. 24 Jly. 1883, d. 17 Jly. 1953

Waller, James A. - b. 1 Jan.1899, d. 28 June 1987

Williams, Dixie E. Wilburn - 4 Feb. 1931

Williams, Robert Alex - 1914 - 1985 ( TEC 5 US Army WW 11)

Webb, Raymond L. - b. 6 Sept. 1935, d. 2 Aug. 1998 (US Navy Korea)

Webb, Helen E. - b. 3 Nov. 1929, d. ___, married Raymond L. Webb, 21 Sept. 1990

White, Fay - b. 5 May 1911, d. 5 June 1999

Wicker, Mary E. - b. 3 Ap. 1864, d. 5 May 1944

Wicker, S. Dave - b. 18 June 1858, d. 29 Sept. 1941

Wilks, E. V. (Babe) - b. 30 Oct. 1927, d. 21 Feb. 1984

Wilks, Ethel 1916 - 1981 (Murray - Orwosky Funeral Home marker)

Wright, Euton O. Phillips - b. 22 Nov. 1922, d. 19 Dec. 1995

Williams, Valton L. - b. 13 Sept. 1897, d. 8 Nov. 1985

Williams, Edyth M. - b. 2 Nov. 1903, d. 15 Nov. 1991, married Valton L. Williams 3 Sept. 1922

Watts, William Lewis, DDS - b. 16 Ap. 1956, d. 4 Jan. 1995

Yarbrough, Tan E. - b. 2 Nov. 1928, d. 7 Sept. 1987

Yarbrough, Evelyn - b. 15 Sept. 1942, d. ____, married Tan E. Yarbrough 12 Ap. 1969