Riverdale Cemetery

Kent Co. Cemeteries of Texas 

Recorded January 11, 2004 by Sonya and Ed Vinson of Snyder, Texas

The Cemetery is at the intersection of County Roads 413 and 440 – 14.3 miles east from TX 208 on CR 413, or 7.7 miles west from TX 70 on CR 440. Both roads are graded dirt, well-maintained. Latitude 32 degrees 59’32” north, longitude 100 degrees 39’ 41” west.

Abercrombie  Carrie Jan 31 1903  May 6 1981  The Lord is my Refuge 

Baker-Shipp  Mary Dailee   Dec 9 1949  July 28 2002 

Bohanan  Marion “Acorn”   Oct 18 1916  (death date blank)       married Jan 29 1949 

Bohanan  Myrtle Ratliff   May 17 1930   (death date blank)      married Jan 29 1949 

Jones  Ella Bee Shipp  Aug 9 1898  Mar 7 1958   Our Darling Sister 

Jones  James H., October 3 1894  February 8 1967   Texas Pvt U S Army World War I 

Latham  Ada Alice   Mar 13 1910   Mar 4 2000  Mom 

Latham  George Thomas   Sept 25 1893   Nov 8 1982 

Latham  Minnie May   Mar 29 1897   Nov 30 1987 

Livesay  Harriet Josephine   Aug 21 1907   Apr 12 1999 

Lowry  Jessie    May 9 1899   Age 4 years 

Lowry  John   Sept 8 1845   Nov 13 1920 

Lowry  Maudie Lee    Feb 26  Age 16 years 

Ratliff  C.D.  Jan 30 1932   May 3 1987 

Ratliff  Joe Marlen    Apr 10 1934   May 3 1987 

Shipp  Alex   July 15 1865  Dec 13 1933   In Loving Memory 

Shipp  Andy  Mar 18 1946 

Shipp  Beatrice  Jan 7 1932  (death date blank) Wed Mar 23 1955 Mama  The Homemaker(on one stone with):

Shipp  Harold Leroy  Nov 10 1930  Oct 8 1999  SN US Navy Korea   Wed Mar 23 1955   Daddy  The Farmer h/o Beatrice

Shipp  Callie Agnes  Dec 25 1914  Aug 19 1994 Wed July 27 1930  In Loving Memory on one stone with):

Shipp  Earnest M  Oct 13 1900  July 23 1963  Wed July 27 1930  In Loving Memory h/o Callie

Shipp  Charles A  PFC US Army WW II  Sept 11 1927  Mar 11 2002 

Shipp Fern   Feb 5 1913  (death date blank) Wed July 23 1929  The Homemaker  Mom (on one stone with):

Shipp  Ollie  June 3 1906  May 22 1973  Wed July 23 1929  The Cowboy  Dad h/o Fern 

Shipp  Harage Mar 14 1887  June 6 1936   The Flower of our Home 

Shipp  Julia  Mar 25 1866  Oct 23 1918   Beloved One, Farewell 

Shipp  Murrel   Nov 3 1936   Budded on Earth To Bloom in Heaven 

Shipp  Sarah J.  July 5 1910  Mar 3 2000   Wed June 20 1926 (on one stone with):

Shipp  Vollie  May 9 1909  Aug 31 1977    Wed June 20 1926 h/o Vollie

Storie  Georgia Nell “Ratliff”   June 25 1926   March 25 2003   wife of Edward L. Storie 

Underwood  Little Sister  Mar 20, 1911   Apr 2, 1911 

Underwood  Little Sweetman   Feb 2, 1908   Mar 2, 1909 

Latham Baby

  The cemetery also has five crosses made of rebar painted white, two with stones, but otherwise unmarked.