Edwards Cemetery
Upshur County, Cemeteries of TX
Submitted by Maribeth Buce
This cemetery surrounded by a chain link fence, is located just north of White
Oak, TX just across the Gregg County line. Very neat, but no shrubs or
trees inside the cemetery. It is very well maintained, and is still in
use. Read by Elaine Martin and Sharon Pierce August 2, 2000. The Texas
historical marker reads: This site was used as a graveyard for settlers of this
area as early as the mid-1850's. The earliest RECORDED burial here was that of
the infant Josephine Rucker in 1855. The cemetery is named for James William
Cartwright Edwards (1836-1913), who with his parents John King and Elizabeth
Billings Edwards, moved to Texas from Tennessee about 1850. James acquired
1.6 acres, which included this graveyard, for use as a family cemetery in 1912.
His daughter, Margie, fenced a part of the cemetery in 1956 and set up a trust
fund for its upkeep before her death in 1962.
Andrews, Cynthia
no dates
Barnett, Elsie
Dec 9, 1913 Aug 30, 1948
Billings, Nancy
no dates
(sister of Elizabeth Billings Edwards)
Bullion, Walter A
Apr 30, 1885 Nov 5, 1964
(Double Stone
Bullion, Erin Todd
May 23, 1893
(Double Stone)
Duncan, Ballard Wilson Mar 12, 1918
Oct 28, 1987 Father
Duncan, W P
Apr 17, 1871 Jan 3, 1950
(Double Stone
Duncan, Mary
Jan 11, 1880 Jun 3, 1959
(Double Stone)
Duncan, Randolph H
1911
1967
(Double Stone
Duncan, Frances M
1924
(Double Stone)
Duncan, Roland M
Aug 28, 1846 Jul 8, 1874
Duncan, Elizabeth
Jan 18, 1877
age 28y
Duncan, Mary
Feb 15, 1873 Sep 16, 1876
Duncan, Essie
1895
1958
Edwards, J K
1813
1869
(Double Stone
Edwards, Elizabeth Billings
1812
1899
(Double Stone)
Edwards, John K
1874
1953
Edwards, Marjorie
1855
1962
Edwards, M Ethel
1884
1955
Edwards, James DeSoto Jun 2, 1882
Jun 2, 1903
Edwards, J W C
Aug 29, 1836 Oct 3, 1913
(Double Stone
Edwards, Ellen Morgan Oct 6, 1843
Nov 28, 1920 (Double Stone)
Edwards, George T
1871
1923
Edwards, Travis
1866
1868
Edwards, Paulden H
1841
1862 Soldier
Hancock, Ethel Duncan May 20, 1904
Oct 4, 1980
Hancock, Mark Steven Nov 15, 1960
Nov 26, 1997
Hancock, Joe Neil
Dec 23, 1930 Mar 30, 2000
USAF Korea
Humphrey, Della Edwards
1876
1915
Lawrence, Donald Edwards
Jul 2, 1931
Lawrence, Ina M
Mar 26, 1912 Dec 21, 1989
Rucker, Alta
1868
1871
Rucker, Angelina E
1843
1872
Rucker, Josephine
1854
1855
(according to historical marker, Josephine was the 1st burial)
Rucker, Ellen E
1838
1866
Rucker, Ellen Todd
1851
1874
Talley, O A
Jul 28, 1881 Jul 29, 1928
Talley, Clarence W
Jun 4, 1914
Jul 20, 1990 (Double Stone
Talley, Myrtle Schaffer Sep 6, 1915
(Double Stone) this is a above ground vault
Victory sisters
no names no dates
one stone with inscription , 4 grave markers
Young, Dr
no dates