COMPERE CEMETERY
Jones Co. Cemeteries of TX
Submitted by Cassie Jarrett
Located on Jones County Road 447. From I-20 at FM 707 go north 8.6 miles,
there is a sign for the Compere Cemetery, turn left (west) onto CR 454, go 3.8
miles (at 1.8 miles you cross over CR 455 do not turn), turn left (south) onto
CR 447, go .2 miles. The cemetery is on the left side of the road (east).
Texas Historical Marker: This burial ground is all that remains of the farming community of Compere, established in 1880's on ranch land sold by the Compere brothers. In 1900, Daniel and Callie Palmer settled in the area along with their children: Henry, Wilder, William, Roman, Vernon, Ford and Norbin. The Palmers deeded two acres of land for a community cemetery in 1904. The first known burial, that of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Ashby, took place the same year. Gravestones yield information on former residents, including Carrie Shannon Palmer, who died in the 1918 influenza epidemic, community leaders, and veterans of military conflicts. (2001)
In this cemetery there are 21 large white crosses marking graves, these crosses have no writing on them. There are also 9 cinder blocks set up to mark graves with no writing on them, although several have flowers planted.
Ashby, Infant daughter of Mr & Mrs OH Ashby Apr 20,1904 Apr 22,1904 Adkins, Martha E wife of JH Williams Sep 22,1892 Aug 2,1944 Adkins, James W (Son) 1873 1943 Adkins, Mary C (Mother) 1852 1920 Allred, William S (Papa) Feb 5,1877 May 29,1970 Allred, Lula (Mama) Nov 30,1880 Oct 7,1964 Allred, Ray H son of WS & LS Allred Aug 4,1905 Oct 16,1920 Allred, Clyde S Married Jan 3,1932 Apr 1,1909 Jul 22,1994 Allred, Fannie M Oct 5,1911 Jul 22,1996 Allred, Lorene Stout Feb 23,1910 Nov 11,1970 Allred, Charlie Grafton Dec 19,1902 Aug 30,1954 Allred, Myrna May May 20,1938 Married Apr 20 1957 Allred, James Royce Feb 16,1938 Feb 25,1999 Allred, Pearl M Oct 6,1907 Jan 7,1975 Allred, Harvey N May 16,1900 Aug 9,1984 Ashford, Otis R Nov 21,1896 Jan 21,1971 Ashford, Floye M Jun 3,1910 Apr 10,1983
Blankenship, Buna M daughter of TJ & ME Blankenship Mar 22,1906 Oct 15,1906 Bowlin, Velma Lee Dec 24 1929 Dec 13,1991 married May 26,1946 Bowlin, Robert Wade Feb 6,1921 Dec 1,2002 2 graves with tin markers that are unreadable in the Baxter plot Baxter, Sarah E (Mother) Dec 10,1873 Oct 5,1963 Baxter, R O Oct 17,1871 Sep 12,1928 Breeden, Henry C 1855 1941 Breeden, Rosa wife of HC Breeden 1858 1936 Breeden, Charlie May 21,1891 Apr 20,1939
Caffey, J T Jr 1920 1937 Caffey, John T TEXAS PVT 142 INFANRTY 36 DIVISION WW I Feb 7,1899 Mar 8,1951 Caffey, Mrs John T 1898 1936 Cardwell, Jerald Wade Dec 8,1942 Dec 9,1942 Carr, Cordia wife of JD Carr Mar 18,1871 Sep 9,1911
Davis, Sara Lee daughter of Abner & Sara Jul 2,1909 Jul 5,1909 Dean, Jessie son of HR & LD Jul 22,1906 Feb 2,1907
Goree, Laverne Milliken Aug 1923 Jun 1994 Graves, David R Mar 21,1905 Mar 30,1905
Hatfield, Rickey Lulan Dec 20,1967 Dec 27,1968 Hays, Bernice May 27,1904 Sep 12,2001 Hestand plot, no graves visible Holley, Hubert Hugh May 4,1920 Apr 7,1999 Holley, Jewell Keener May 25,1926 Apr 18,1975 Howerton, Doil PFC US ARMY WWII Oct 6,1917 Jan 3,2001 Howerton, Steven Duane Jul 23 1976 Sep 27 2002 Hudson, John R Jan 18,1860 Mar 5,1956 Hudson, George Y Mar 31,1881 Aug 17,1957 Hudson, Annie L Jun 26,1884 Jul 14,1962 Hudson, Baby no dates Hudson, Lynn Rippley TSGT US AIR FORCE WWII KOREA Sep 21,1921 ! ; Jul 11,2002 Hudson, Dub Davis PFC US ARMY KOREA May 4,1930 Oct 13,1996
Johnson, James T Mar 13,1918 Oct 14,1988 Johnson, Consuelo M Jan 3,1937 Jones, Billy Ray Mar 1,1944 Jul 1,1944
Keener, Jo 1910 1936 Keener, William TEXAS PFC INFANTRY WWII SS BSM PH & OLC Jan 28,1917 Jan 18,1945 Keener, Clara B May 27,1915 Mar 27,1915 Keener, Mary Stout 1882 1963 Keener, Filander L 1873 1956 Keener, Woodrow PVT US ARMY May 14,1919 Dec 21,1974 Keener, Roy Aug 18,1900 Aug 22,1979 Loven, Lonnie H (Father) 1888 1941 2 graves inside the Loven plot marked only with cinder blocks Lucas, Alton Deverl 1930 1930 Lucas, Hulan Dee 1922 1923 Lucas, Milton D 1872 1946 Lucas, Ida H 1879 1947 Lucas, Winnie Fay daughter of MD & Ida Lucas Jun 16,1913 Jan 8,1929 Lucas, Odessa Ella daughter of MD & Ida Lucas Dec 24,1907 Jul 9,1926 Lucas, Lydia Aldean 1921 1921 Lucas, Mary Lou May 14,1914 Jun 14,1914 Lucas, Vennie O (Brother) 1909 1959 Lucas, Wilmur A son of MD & HI Lucas Apr 22,1906 Dec 9,1906 Lucas, Chester, B (Father) 1901 1958 Lucas, Zenobia L (Mother) 1909 1976 Lucas, Gearl Dene daughter of CB & ZL Lucas Jan 17,1928 Jan 17,1928 McKinney, J W Aug 2,1878 Oct 12,1922 McKinney, Sarah T Feb 9,1884 Aug 30,1968 McKinney, John W Texas CPL 1909 SVC COMD UNIT WWII Oct 10,1921 Nov 27,1967 McKinney, William T Texas PVT ARMY AIR FORCES WWII Jun 7,1906 Dec 29,1963 Marshall family plot 3 graves marked with cinder blocks inside the Marshall plot
Merritt, J F 1863 1936 Merritt, Frances E (Mother) Oct 31,1877 Jan 10,1965 Merritt, Ross Jan 23,1906 Mar 10,1996 Moore, Eunice E daughter of JH & FB Feb 16,1905 Apr 19,1908 Moore, Louise Tomlinson May 21,1856 Jan 18,1917 Moore, W N Jul 3,1851 Mar 9,1916 Naron, Alma Inez daughter of JH & JE Naron Nov 27,1923 Dec 11,1923 Naron, M A wife of MF Naron Nov 5,1871 Apr 5,1924 Osborne, Charles T Jun 25,1898 Jul 22,1962 Osborne, Alice R Jun 11,1907(new grave) 2003 Osborne, Eva Lou Mar 26,1911 Nov 30,1945 Palmer, Dan Z 1850 1914 Palmer, Frankie 1923 1923 Palmer, Callie 1861 1939 Palmer, Roman S Nov 22,1888 Apr 24,1972 Palmer, Vin! a J Jan 25,1898 Aug 13,1964 Palmer, Henry C Dec 17,1879 May 5,1967 Palmer, Addie Mae Apr 14,1899 Aug 30,1980 Palmer, Norbin Clyde Feb 1,1899 Jul 28,1970 Pannell, Nettie Ruth Apr 20,1916 Apr 20,1916 Powell, Infant son of JC & WI Apr 10,1909 May 18,1909 Rains, Albert C Feb 4,1895 Mar 17,1947 Rains, Martha A Murphree Jun 20,1858 Aug 20,1940 Rains, Roland May 21,1857 Mar 30,1915 Ramsey, Eld Wm P Dewey (Pop) a minister for 48 years Jul 7,1898 Aug 1,1982 united on Earth only for 61 years Ramsey, Fannie D Childers (Mom) companion of Dewey Oct 1,1901 May 2,1992 Register, David Charles Nov 7,1938 Oct 24,1985 Register, Julia Louise Oct 17,1943 Nov 14,1997 Shannon, Della Married to EC Shannon Dec 24,1904 Aug 24,1888 Oct 6,1916 Shannon, Carrie wife of RS Palmer Feb 24,1890 Oct 16,1918 Shannon, Infant son of EC & Della Shannon Mar 27,1908 Mar 27,1908 Shannon, W Cecil son of ES & Della Shannon Oct 27,1900 May 19,1910 Shannon, M Elen 1857 1915 Shannon, William J 1855 1946 Smith, Nancy Catherine 1870 1936 Spurgin, Walter Jr son of Walter & Mattie Apr 12,1913 Apr 12,1913 Spurgin, N E (Mother) 1862 1934 Spurgin, R R (Father) 1850 1917 Stewart, Gene son of Mr & Mrs Jim Stewart Dec 9,1923 Dec 10,1923 Stout, Charles Ray Jun 1936 Feb 1941 Tarpley, William H (Father) Jun 16,1849 Oct 19,1931 Tarpley, Sarah E. (Mother) Nov 3,1852 Feb 27,1939 Tarpley, W Boyd Mar 22,1893 Dec 23,1950 Tarpley, Octava Apr 26,1891 Mar 15,1969 Tarpley, G plot, no graves visible Tarpley, Bobbye Ferne (Foster) Mar 5,1933 Tarpley, Billy Boyd Dec 30,1931 Feb 19,2003 Tarpley, Harold D son of Reb & Ollie Jul 2,1928 Jul 2,1928 Tarvin, Charlene 1925 1927 Tarvin, Melba 1927 1932 Tarvin, Howard Leslie 1899 1980 Tarvin, E Clint May 10,1868 Sep 11,1954 Tarvin, S Eugene Feb 20,1869 May 14,1956 Tarvin, Charles W Mar 19,1925 Nov 18,1993 Tarvin, Jean M Sep 14,1927 Apr 9,1988 Taylor, Hugh H May 6,1905 Nov 17,1991 Married Nov 4, 1927 Taylor, Annie V Sep 21,1911 Feb 1,1991 Terry, Ida M (Mother & Baby) Oct 23,1893 Aug 4,1928 Terry, A F Frank Nov 11,1877 Jul 29,1939 Thorn, M J Jan 27,1932 Jun 23,1939 Thorn, Mother 1850 1931 Turner, Alice Nov 7,1881 Feb 2,1908 Turner, Henry Woodsman of the World marker Aug 17,1873 Oct 22,1907
Whitaker, Mary (Mother) 1861 1951 Whitaker, R T Jun 25,1849 Jun 13,1926 Wilburn, Emory H Jul 16,1889 Oct 8,1979 Wilburn, Foy Jan 23,1913 Jun 19,1932 Williams, J L Jan 11,1849 Dec 4,1924
