Handley Cemetery

Mitchell Co. Cemeteries of TX

  

  
Photos by Bruce Carter

Location: From Colorado City take SH 377 about 3 miles west to FM 1229. Take FM 1229 about 6 miles north to cemetery.

Historical Marker: Site given by John J. Handley (1842-1935), Confederate veteran who settled here in 1892, after living earlier in Georgia and in Smith and Comanche Counties, Texas. A farmer, he lived to see agriculture rival ranching. Teville (named for "T" Junction in road) post office was opened here in 1906; closed 1910. W.B. Berry, with W.H. Badgett, surveyed 4-acre cemetery, 1914. Graves were moved from across road into this ground. In 1945 Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Strain gave one acre to enlarge the cemetery. Four generations of Handley's family and neighbors rest here. (1970)

Inscriptions by Pat Hudgins and Pearl Smith

Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments
ADAMS, George F., September 30, 1860, September 16, 1931; Mary E., December 5, 1864, June 21, 1938

ADAMS, Gerome Francis, July 28, 1892, March 13, 1955

ADAMS, Homer Lee, January 16, 1932, March 7, 1932; Son of Pat & Ruth Adams

ADAMS, Patrick "Pat" H., April 27, 1903, January 20, 1970; Ruth J., June 7, 1910, November 4, 2001

BADGETT, J. E. "Jim", February 3, 1889, November 18, 1956

BADGETT, J. T., January 16, 1864, November 29, 1927

BADGETT, Mary S. E., April 2, 1856, June 13, 1925; Wife of W. H. Badgett

BADGETT, Nancy Elner, December 12, 1862, June 4, 1939

BADGETT, W. H., November 27, 1856, May 3, 1947

BERRY, Chester C., August 24, 1886, June 27, 1968
BERRY, Cora W., August 25, 1886, February 28, 1977

BERRY, Lucille. July 22, 1903, February 20, 1995

BERRY, Louise, August 19, 1913, April 17, 1927; Daughter of C.C. & Cora Berry

BERRY, Will C., June 20, 1882, September 20, 1977
BERRY, Lucy H., March 18, 1883, December 22, 1971

BERRY, William E., November 27, 1844, August 28, 1914
BERRY, Mary E., March 14, 1863- February 16, 1947

BOYD, Howard L."Dee" , February 1, 1925, Aug 13 2003
BOYD, Minnie Lee Strain, October 9, 1922, September 19, 1990

BYNUM, Kazar, January 8, 1849, August 15, 1933
BYNUM, Asa, February 12, 1850, July 15, 1927

CAWTHRON, Drue Weldon, March 27, 1910, September 20, 1992

CAWTHRON, Jessie J., May 20, 1913, April 25, 1961

CAWTHRON, Elneta, November 26, 1934, February 22, 1936

CURRY, John L., 1891, 1942

CROW, William D., October 22, 1883, September 17, 1935

DAVIS, Delbert H., March 2, 1921, November 18, 1921

ERWIN, Emmett E., July 3, 1884, January 6, 1972
ERWIN, Celia B., January 31, 1888, January 7, 1989

ESTES, Ruth May , 1917, 1997

GRAY, Gracie, 1905, 1915

GRAY, Y. E., 1884, 1964; Lula, 1889, 1952

GROVES, Mabel L., September 14, 1888, April 22, 1973

GROVES, Ora Smith, May 11, 1904, November 25, 1951

GROSS, Cynthia Ann Hawkins, December 23, 1956, August 7, 1990

GUTHRIE, Martha Ellen, May 25, 1860, February 11, 1941

HANDLEY, Edwin, February 20, 1876, February 8, 1928

HANDLEY, Infant, August 7, 1910; Infant of D & L Handley

HANDLEY, John James, April 9, 1842, September 6, 1935
HANDLEY, Rhoda Emily, April 29, 1844, December 27, 1933 , Confiderate States Army

HARPER, Venita L. McGuire, October 31, 1916, September 14, 1982

HEARN, Luther M., March 28, 1877, April 2, 1943

HELTON , James M., September 19, 1869, February 4, 1922
HELTON, Lillie Mae, February 16, 1875, May 10, 1918

JACKSON, D. L., December 31, 1915, October 14, 1946

JOINER, Edna Pearl McMillan, May 11, 1937, February 16, 1997

JOHNSON, James Madison, July 31 1837, Sep 29 1932

JOHNSON, Ann Wade Northcutt, Jun 11 1848, Jun 01 1936

KELLY, Janey, 1868, 1933

KINNEY, Mary Catherine, May 4, 1865, November 7, 1954

LANE, Della, March 2, 1871, January 30, 1912
LANE, C. A.,February 9, 1864, March 11, 1946

MADISON, George W., January 15, 1875, June 26, 1942
MADISON, Rosa B., July 26, 1878, May 1, 1967

McGUIRE, John W., May 17, 1890, December 12, 1955
McGUIRE, Addie S., November 29, 1893, July 15, 1965

McGUIRE, Lee, October 14, 1892, December 16, 1967
McGUIRE, Annie A., March 1, 1892, November 14, 1939

McGUIRE, William Thomas, February 27, 1858, March 10, 1899
McGUIRE, Rosa Lee, January 22, 1866, December 30, 1914

McMEEKIN, Joyce D., 1931, 1931; Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. T. McMeekin

MORROW, Infant, March 27, 1906, April 9, 1906
MORROW, Infant of J.A. & Stella Morrow

MORRIS, Albert Preston, June 14, 1925, March 2, 1998 WW II
MORRIS, Joy Fern, September 10, 1932, March 30, 1976

MORRIS, Ellen May, May 29, 1914, February 15, 1952

MURRAY, Buena Brasell, July 18, 1909, August 22, 1970
MURRAY, Archer Dee, November 22, 1899, October 11, 1957

MURRAY, R. F., November 9, 1856, November 7, 1924
MURRAY, Nancy Louisa, December 4, 1862, August 27, 1959

MURRAY, Minnie, November 2, 1888, March 29, 1971

MURRAY, Roy Frank, March 5, 1895, December 26, 1971, WW I

PACE, Henry M., November 15, 1902, February 1,. 1933

PACE, David H., April 20, 1878, October 12, 19498

PACE, Infant Son, Born &Died, March 18, 1918; Son of D.H. & Nettie Pace

PACE, Nettie E., "Nee" Badgett, May 8, 1882, March 19, 1918; wife of D.H. Pace

PAYNE, Lolita, August 14, 1923, December 18, 1931

PAYNE, Phyllis Nell, January 2, 1933, March 9, 1933

PETERS, Betty E., 1857, 1916

POGAN, Maude F., October 5, 1890, January 8, 1972

POWELL, Thelma E., November 25, 1908, October 22, 1919; Daughter of T. J. & M. C. Powell

PRESTON, Baby Girl, Born & Died, January 13, 1958

RAIBORN, Evelyn Smith Stokes Ingram, July 31, 1928, September 2, 1989

ROBERTS, Henry E., 1869, 1935; Ella, 1874, 1959

ROBERTSON, Jewell, July 14, 1923, March 19, 1942

ROBERTSON, James M., June 25, 1874, December 17, 1946
ROBERTSON, Stella, 1880, 1971

ROBERTSON, Luther D., July 12, 1891, April 26, 1961
ROBERTSON, Bonnie May, May 22, 1891, April 15, 1968

SANDERS, Marion Houston, September 15, 1884, March 10, 1950
SANDERS, Rebeca, February 19, 1885, January 30, 1972

SMITH, Daniel M., July 25, 1896, August 8, 1934, WW I

SMITH, Frances Walker, 1929, 1952

SMITH, Ralph Mack, May 31, 1948, October 27, 1969 Vietnam  photo by Bill Brown

SMITH, Colyn Campbell, August 26, 1898, January 24, 1978

SMITH, Lois Morrow, April 1, 1907, December 18, 1972

SNOWDEN, Claude W., June 26, 1881, August 4, 1966
SNOWDEN, Rhoda E., December 17, 1890, May 2, 1966

STANDEFER,3 Brothers, No Names, No Dates

STOKES, Max Howell, December 12, 1921, November 5, 1973; Texas Army Air Forces, WW II

STRAIN, Alonza Albert, September 24, 1888, December 22, 1958, WW I'
STRAIN, Bertie May, March 27 1903- November 24, 1925

STRAIN, Edd Thomas, September 12, 1896, October 1, 1970, WW I
STRAIN, Susa Hardee, June 28, 1902, March 2, 1988

STRAIN, Edd "Pete" Garland, April 27, 1927, January 14, 1945

STRAIN, J. M., May 16, 1857, August 30, 1928
STRAIN, Arrie A. April 21, 1876, June 6, 1959

STRAIN, John Lee, December 18, 1890, November 28, 1966; WWI
STRAIN, Minnie Bell, October 1, 1893, July 19, 1980

STRAIN, Lou Albert, Jr., December 10, 1925, April 6, 1987, US Navy WWII

STRAIN, James Woodrow, August 4, 1918, April 4, 1992

STRAIN, Thomas "Bill", April 30, 1916, June 12, 1998

STRAIN, Charles Ross, July 7, 1927, June 6, 1997, U.S.Navy, WWII

STRAIN, Jerry, March 28,1928

STRAIN, Waddell, November 29, 1924

STRAIN, Leon, 1917, 1919

THOMPSON, Preston "Dick", June 5, 1903, September 22, 1978
THOMPSON, Ethel E., March 15, 1910, August 15, 1996, Married July 4, 1928

WALLACE, M. M., 1864, 1917

WALLACE, A. W., June 11, 1848, June 1, 1936

WALLACE, J. M. Johnson, February 4, 1847, September 25, 1932

WELCH, Sarah Margaret, February 16, 1925, October 21, 1928; Daughter of D. L. & L. M. Welch

WOMACK, John C., July 19, 1888, January 21, 1973
WOMACK, Mary R., March 3, 1906, May 5, 1996

WOMACK, Nathan T., June 1, 1859, November 11, 1940
WOMACK, Ellen E., April 19, 1862, November 4, 1940

WOMACK, William Eugene, September 15, 1891, March 20, 1980, WWI Army
WOMACK, Willie Mae, February 28, 1899, January 17, 1996

WOMACK, Kenneth Doyle, September 11, 1929, February 25, 1989, U.S. Army, Korea

WOMACK, Bobbie Lynn      August 29, 1926  -  July 24, 2008 

UNMARKED, 20