Beth Haven Cemetery,

Bays, Erath County, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by - Elayne Pair Gibbons (her notes), Compiled by - Marshall Reeves (his notes).


History: Established in 1887, the Beth Haven Cemetery has been maintained by concerned and faithful volunteers who take time out from their busy schedules to keep the grounds and make the needed repairs that we might have a place to be proud of and to honor our loved ones who have gone on to be with our Lord and Savior. But one couple stands out above all the rest - Burnice (Dick) and Wilma Jones. Their countless years of work and leadership has resulted in an endowed-perpetual care operation with elected officials who operate and oversee the cemetery. The land for the cemetery was donated by Dickís grandfather, Mr. M. G. Jones. With the help of his aging mother, Dick identified graves and erected markers where only rocks had been placed. These records would have been forever lost had it not been for this family. So, while there is yet time, let us not fail to express our love and appreciation to Dick and Wilma who have done so much for so many.

Location: Beth Haven Cemetery is located in the southwest part of Erath County, Texas, in the Bays community, about five miles north of Round Grove.

Abbreviations: f/o - father of b.   born,,   w/o - wife of, d. - died,    s/o - son of ,    d/o - daughter of , c/o - child of


Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments
Bays [b. 1906 c/o James A. Bays & Mary Irene Jones]
Bays [b.&d. 3-7-1907 d/o James A. Bays & Mary Irene Jones]
Bays [b. 1908 c/o James A. Bays & Mary Irene Jones]
Blevens
Bolin, Novela (Brown Fincannon) 12-7-1901--2-12-1942 [Novella Gertrude d/o James Monroe Brown & Mary Caroline Tongue]
Briggs, Thelma (Reeves, Harrison) 2-23-1902--10-18-1991 [w/o Thomas Briggs d/o James Mack Reeves & Cora Mary Jane Brown]
Briggs, Thomas 9-8-1892--7-12-1970
Brown, Bertie 12-10-1895--9-13-1896 (s/o W. M. & S. F.)
Brown, Dezzie M. 8-18-1887--4-18-1915 [Dezzie Morgan w/o J. T. Walker Brown]
Brown, F. M. 4-13-1900--4-18-1901 [Mary d/o William Monroe Brown & Ruth Meda Deatheridge]
Brown, J. T. Walker 3-15-1886--12-29-1971 [John Thomas s/o James Monroe Brown & Mary Caroline Tongue]
Brown, James M. 10-4-1855--10-6-1914 (f/o Cora Reeves) [James Monroe s/o William R. Brown & Elizabeth Catherine Horton]
Brown, L. L. 7-24-1906--7-26-1906 [d/o William Monroe Brown & Ruth Meda Deatheridge]
Brown, Mary C. 2-9-1861--11-1-1937 (w/o James M.) [Mary Caroline d/o William W. Tongue & Permelia P. Brown]
Brown, Willie E. 1-11-1896--2-24-1896 (s/o G. R.)
Burnett (c/o Bob & Ella) [b. abt 1896]
Burnett (c/o Bob & Ella) [b. abt 1897]
Burnett (c/o Bob & Ella) [twin b. 1904]
Burnett, Ella Nora 4-15-1875--12-6-1867 [w/o Robert Lee Burnett d/o Mason Grigsby Jones & Mary Henrietta Crowder]
Burnett, J. Curtis 6-29-1904--10-11-1919 [twin s/o Robert Lee Burnett & Ella Nora Jones]
Dover, J. [c/o Joseph Dotson Dover & Geneva Belle Sechrist]
Dover, Lular A. 11-5-1892--12-3-1892 [Lula Belle d/o Joseph Dotson Dover & Geneva Belle Sechrist]
Ely, Dalton 1915--1915 (s/o L. H. & Alce)
Ely, Emma Estelle 5-5-1911--3-21-1983 [w/o James Thomas Ely]
Ely, James Thomas 5-26-1913--3-20-1980
Ely, Lockhart H. 12-23-1890--8-25-1939
Eoff, Oota 10-24-1892--9-18-1913 (w/o D. D. Eoff)
Fincannon
Fincannon
Fincannon, Ada [Oct] 1869--1956 [w/o Peter Monroe Fincannon d/o Dud Rife]
Fincannon, Ara May 8-2-1911--2-19-1982 [w/o Dudley M. Fincannon]
Fincannon Baby 9-7-1928
Fincannon, Charles 4-6-1902--3-14-1943 [s/o Peter Monroe Fincannon & Ada Rife]
Fincannon, Charles L.1-14-1943--6-2-1944
Fincannon, Dudley M. 4-29-1910--2-26-1987
Fincannon, Earl 1-8-1914--6-20-1970
Fincannon, Hattie (Morrison) 8-5-1899--5-10-1981 [w/o Charles Fincannon]
Fincannon, Jessie 1897--1899 [s/o Peter Monroe Fincannon & Ada Rife]
Fincannon, John F. 1-23-1945 (infant)
Fincannon, Munroe [Oct] 1863--1940 [this is Peter Monroe Fincannon]
Gartman (all 3 children died in the same year)
Gartman ( "" )
Gartman ( "" )
Goodson (s/o L. D. Goodson)
Goodson 4-3-1922--5-6-1922 (d/o G. W. Goodson)
Goodson, Georgia 3-14-1891--8-28-1964 [w/o Watt Goodson]
Goodson, Jacob V. 5-6-1866--1-26-1955
Goodson, Johnnie M. 2-28-1891--1-24-1893 (s/o J. V. & M. E.)
Goodson, Martha E. 7-8-1865--9-18-1949 (w/o Jacob V.)
Goodson, Paul A. 11-17-1910--1-4-1916 (s/o G. W.)
Goodson, Watt 11-6-1887--1-27-1969
Goodson, Willie 11-19-1886--7-17-1925 (w/o W. W.)
Hamilton Baby [b.&d. 7-9-1897 s/o Woodley Porter Hamilton & Martha Elizabeth Sechrist]
Haney
Haney
Harrison Baby (c/o Henry Harrison)
Harrison Baby (c/o Henry Harrison)
Hatley
Hendon, Lela 1884--1940 [w/o G. A. Hendon]
Hendon, Rev. G. A. 1865--1931
Hoover (child fell in well)
Hutchins twins (twins of Bettie & J. C.)
Hutchins, Bettie 3-15-1845--3-8-1915 (w/o James C.)
Hutchins, James C. 2-13-1847--4-21-1918
Jones, Amanda S. 4-3-1892--9-18-1980 [Amanda Sophrona w/o Henry Vincent Jones d/o Peter Monroe Fincannon & Ada Rife]
Jones, B. (s/o Mody [who was] brother of Street) [b. abt 1900, s/o Moses Alford Jones & Rebecca P. Smith]
Jones Baby (d/o Walter)
Jones, Cornice [b. abt 1922, d/o Warren Grigsby Jones & Dora Bell Jones]
Jones, Dora Bell 4-14-1900--2-10-1970 [w/o Warren G. Jones]
Jones, Doralene [b. abt 1928, d/o Warren Grigsby Jones & Dora Bell Jones]
Jones, Henritta V. 1866--1948 [Henrietta Virginia w/o James M. d/o Mason Grigsby Jones & Mary Henrietta Crowder]
Jones, Henry 5-16-1891--12-8-1955 [Henry Vincent s/o Mason Overstreet Jones & Mary Melvina Jane Sechrist]
Jones, James M. 1859--1939 [James Madison s/o Franklin Jones & Elizabeth Coffey]
Jones, M. G. 9-1-1835--9-8-1911 (donated land for cemetery) [Mason Grigsby Jones, s/o Moses Jones & Martha Mathews]
Jones, Mary 8-24-1846--8-18-1920 [Mary Henrietta, w/o M. G. Jones, d/o Overstreet W. Crowder & Rachel Bird]
Jones, Mary Jane 6-1-1872--2-12-1976 [Mary Melvina Jane w/o Mason Overstreet Jones d/o JuliusLindsey Sechrist & Rhoda Anne Beavers]
Jones, Mason Overstreet 1-14-1871--11-9-1963 [s/o Mason Grigsby Jones & Mary Henrietta Crowder]
Jones, Othilla M. 2-16-1883--7-14-1905 (w/o Walter Jones) [Othellia Minia, d/o Mason Grigsby Jones & Mary Henrietta Crowder]
Jones, twins [boy & girl, b. & d. 23 May 1914, c/o Warren Grigsby Jones & Dora Bell Jones]
Jones, Warren G. 2-23-1881--1-27-1963 [Warren Grigsby, s/o Mason Grigsby Jones & Mary Henrietta Crowder]
Jones, Willis [b. abt 1926, d/o Warren Grigsby Jones & Dora Bell Jones]
McGriff [Juanita DeAlva 1-27-1915--11-14-1915 d/o Claude Linley McGriff & Virginia Gertrude Dover]
McGriff [Boyd Wilson 2-10-1918--6-16-1919 s/o Claude Linley McGriff & Virginia Gertrude Dover]
McGriff, Elizabeth 9-5-1843--5-20-1919 [Elizabeth Ann Brewster w/o Morton Linley McGriff]
McGriff, M. L. 10-14-1838--4-29-1919 [Morton Linley s/o Richard McGriff & Hannah Janney]
Morrow, Earl 7-8-1908--8-20-1990
Morrow, Grace 9-12-1914--3-22-1975 [w/o Earl Morrow]
Newberry
Reeves, Cora Mary 7-23-1883--1-18-1924 [Cora Mary Jane w/o James Mack Reeves d/o James Monroe Brown & Mary Caroline Tongue]
Reeves, James Mack 7-30-1875--4-26-1940
Reeves, Joel Mack 7-31-1954--10-25-1966 (s/o J. M.)
Reeves, Nellie A. 12-9-1911--9-20-1982 (w/o J. B.)
Rife, Dud 1829--1897 (Mrs. Munís father) [Mrs. Monroe Fincannonís father?]
Sechrist, Dave (h/o Caroline) [David Hyatt 12-27-1853--5-14-1893 s/o Andrew Sechrist & Mary Magdalene Hepler]
Sechrist, E. [b. abt 1881 d/o David Hyatt Sechrist & Caroline Elizabeth Brown]
Sechrist, Julius L. [2-11] 1849--[10-15] 1903 [Julius Lindsey s/o Andrew Sechrist & Mary Magdalene Hepler]
Sechrist, Linsey [Thomas Lindsey b. Aug 1892 s/o David Hyatt Sechrist & Caroline Elizabeth Brown]
Sechrist, Rhoda A. [9-9] 1851--[10-23] 1943 [Rhoda Anne w/o Julius Lindsey Sechrist d/o Bradley G. Beavers & Melvina M. Kelton]
Sechrist, Rosetta L. 1878--1887 (first to be buried in cemetery) [Rosetta Louisa Caroline d/o Julius Lindsey Sechrist & Rhoda Anne Beavers]
Sedden
Shippman, Lucinda F. 9-12-1843--7-27-1905 (w/o W. M.) [Lucinda Frances d/o Martha Brown]
Shippman
Shippman, Clenton 7-27-1893--6-15-1894 (s/o S. L. & R. M.)
Shippman, Rachell M. 2-22-1873--4-9-1914 [Rachel Martha w/o Samuel Levi d/o Mason Grigsby Jones & Mary Henrietta Crowder]
Shippman, Sam [Samuel Levi 6-22-1868--7-15-1930 s/o William M. Shipman & Lucinda Frances Brown]
Shippman, W. M. [William b. 11-25-1842 ]
Sloan, Nita (Tarver) 10-1-1939--10-2-1990
Stines
Tarver, Herschel J. 2-22-1920--12-29-1971
Tarver, James William 12-22-1923--6-14-1985
Thiebaud, Minnie B. 8-30-1878--9-2-1962 [Minnie Blanche w/o Willis Franklin Thiebaud d/o William Garrett Crowder & Louisa Sparks]
Thiebaud, Willis E. 5-8-1903--6-7-1904 [s/o Willis Franklin Thiebaud & Minnie Blanche Crowder]
Thiebaud, Willis F. 1-29-1876--5-2-1955 [Willis Franklin Thiebaud]
Upshaw, Mary A. 3-27-1815--4-6-1889 (w/o G. A.)
Watters (related to Walter)
Watters (related to Walter)
Wyche