Doty Cemetery

Gordon, Palo Pinto County, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by Kay Walker

About the cemetery: At the moment you can only access it from the Interstate 20 end of H-193, as they are rebuilding a bridge from the eastbound end of H-193 in Gordon. From the West bound lane of I-20, take Exit #373 - Highway 193 to Gordon. Follow the two-way frontage road and turn right/north at sign pointing to McQueary Road. Follow McQueary west (road starts out heading north then bends to west) for about .9 mile. You will pass a street on your right that is named Doty Cem Road, but do not turn here, keep going straight. The cemetery is just past this on your left (or south side of road). The sign that used to be hanging by the road is now missing, but there is a cattle gate, with the words "Water for Cemetery" to the left by the water meter. You will need to open the gate, drive through and shut the gate behind you. The cemetery is straight ahead about 100 yards. It is fenced within a chain link enclosure, but there is no archway or formal entrance, just a chain link double gate for the caretakers. There is a water faucet by a tree, just inside about 10 feet from the gate and a picnic table with a garbage drum off to the left hand side of the entrance. It is well-maintained, but not regularly watered and there is a grave as recent as August 2002.

The Doty Cemetery is on McQueary Road outside Gordon, Texas. Exit from Interstate Highway 20 onto Highway 193. Travel about one mile to Doty Cemetery Road next to the power plant. Turn
left and continue to where the road makes a "T" intersection at McQueary Road. Turn right and go about .2 mile to a gate on the left. The cemetery is on private property inside the gate.  It can be seen from the road. Please close the gate when you enter and leave to ensure the landowner's cattle do not escape.

There are 117 graves in the Doty Cemetery. The cemetery first began as the Doty Family cemetery. Laer Tisdel Gilbert Doty donated the land for a public cemetery. The first known burial is Emaline Reasoner Doty, Tisdel's first wife, who died 11 February 1879.
Census updated September 1, 2002.

 Name of Deceased                  Birth          Death            Comments

Abbott      Jake        -          12 Jan 1968      Age 72 yrs. 3 mo. 6 days
Abbott      Mary R.          13 Apr 1858     27 Mar 1943      Double stone with Miles A. Abbott
Abbott      Miles A.         27 Apr 1850     19 Mar 1919      Double stone with Mary R. Abbott
Abbott      Samuel F.        27 Jun 1897     15 Apr 1966      Cpl US Army-WWI
Allen       Thomas James     28 Nov 192      29 Nov 1988      SSGT US Army Air Corps WWII
Archer      Eva M.      1870       1959        -
Archer      George W.        26 Dec 1861     01 Nov 1938      Woodmen of the World memorial
Archer      Leta        30 Mar 1895     30 Aug 1968      -
Ball        Charles E.       6 Sep 1884      31 Dec 1930      -
Ball        Claude Delton    22 Jan 1919     20 Jan 1936      -
Ball        Claude T.        26 Jun 1877     29 Feb 1960      Father; Double stone with Della Oden Ball
Ball        Della Oden       14 Jul 1881     27 Nov 1940      Mother; Double stone with Claude T. Ball
Ball        Dorothy Mozell   21 Jan 1917     02 Feb 1918      -
Ball        Earl E.          31 Mar 1907     29 Oct 1951      -
Ball        Gertie Ophelia   11 Jun 1900     19 Dec 1919      -
Ball        Minnie Reasoner       10 Apr 1884     29 Aug 1960      Mother
Ball        Nannie E.        14 Jul 1857     21 Feb 1934      Mother; Wife of W. M. Ball
Ball        William M.       12 May 1851     06 Jan 1951      Father
Barrett     Bertha Welty Sawyer   19 Mar 1897     16 Apr 1936      -
Barrett     Clem C.          1900       1934        Edwards Funeral Home Marker,
                           almost illegible
Bradshaw    M.          19 Jan 1887     14 Feb 1946      -
Bradshaw    William Calvin Sr.    Jul 1884   01 Jun 1941      -
Brierton    Kelly Lynn       08 Apr 1968     09 Apr 1969      Daughter of Clara & George Brierton
Calvert     Jackson E.       20 Jul 1916     25 Jun 1945      -
Calvert     James Hill       20 Nov 1864     22 Jan 1950      -
Calvert     John W.          1859       1931        -
Calvert     Margaret R.      1876       1951        Double stone with William S. Calvert
Calvert     Mary Jane        1851       1930        -
Calvert     William S.       1871       1944        Double stone with Margaret R. Calvert
Chipman     Caroline Gordon       -          -      -
Chipman     Frankie          -          -      -
Chipman     J. W. (Wade)     9 May 1877      05 Jun 1963      Father: Triple stone with Leslie B. 
                           and Minnie A. Chipman
Chipman     Joe         -          -      -
Chipman     Leslie B.        02 Feb 1915     26 Jan 1941      Son; Triple stone with J. W. (Wade) 
                           and Minnie A. Chipman
Chipman     Minnie A.        14 Oct 1879     09 Aug 1943      Mother; Triple stone with J. W. (Wade) 
                           and Leslie B. Chipman
Clayton     Johnny Ray       27 Aug 1957     04 Sep 1994      MSSR US Navy Vietnam
Collins     John C.          14 Feb 1875     22 Nov 1945      Father
Daniels     Ketural Rae      27 Jan 1988     27 Jan 1988      Four months too soon; Daughter of Kevin 
                           and Raelynn Daniels
Davis       Linnie T.        02 Feb 1905     25 Nov 1971      Mother
Davis       Randall D.       27 May 1952     27 May 1952      Son of J. B. Davis
Dickson     Boyd Homer       11 Nov 1892     02 Feb 1970      Double stone with Edna Lois Wallace 
                           Dickson
Dickson     Edna Lois Wallace     1 Nov 1893      -      Double stone with Boyd Homer Dickson
Dickson     James Lejeune    31 Oct 1920     29 Jul 1983      -
Dickson     James McDuff     5 Aug 1890      03 Jun 1969      Tex Wagoner US Army WWI; Double stone 
                           with Lillie Dulcia Holder Dickson
Dickson     John J.          12 May 1888     10 Mar 1917      -
Dickson     Johnny F.        11 Jun 1917     12 Jun 1917      Son of Mr. & Mrs. B. H. Dickson
Dickson     Julia F.         1 Apr 1869      07 Nov 1947      Mother; Double stone with William T. 
                           Dickson
Dickson     Lillie Dulcia Holder  14 May 1898     17 Jan 1979      Double stone with James McDuff Dickson
Dickson     Mary Ruth (Whatley)   02 Nov 1914     09 Jun 1985      Buried next to James Lejeune Dickson
Dickson     N. T.       30 Mar 1843     06 Oct 1924      Co E 1st Regm Miss. Cav. CSA
Dickson     Norman L.        08 Feb 1942     -      Double stone with Uveila Christian 
                           Dickson
Dickson     Ruby Lee Jones   22 Dec 1932     -      Order of the Eastern Star emblem, 
                           Double stone with Thomas Latamer Dickson
Dickson     Senirah Jane Johnston 9 Jul 1851      05 Mar 1930      -
Dickson     Thomas Latamer   16 Oct 1926     29 Dec 1995      Masonic emblem, PFC US Army WWII; 
                           Double stone with Ruby Lee Jones Dickson
Dickson     Uveila Christian      08 Jun 1940     22 Mar 2001      Double stone with Norman L. Dickson
Dickson     William T. (Tommy)    30 Jan 1870     19 Mar 1896      Father; Double stone with Julia F. Dickson
Doty        Emaline Reasoner      18 Mar 1835     11 Feb 1879      Wife of Tisdel G. Doty; 
                           Barton Creek Pioneer
Doty        Irma        5 Apr 1881      5 Apr 1881       Daughter of T. G. & Isabel Doty
Doty        Isabel      -          11 Sep 1881      Wife of Tisdel Gilbert Doty
Doty        Julia E.         5 Feb 1875      11 Sep 1876      Daughter of R. & T. G. Doty
Doty        Tisdel G.        1831       1908        CPL Co K 1 Regt NY Mtd Rifles Civil War
Dyer        Lester Welty     17 Oct 1893     09 Oct 1990      With glad song in her heart
Dyer        R. L.       17 Sep 1920     17 Sep 1920      -
Earnest     Gervaise         4 Aug 1906      24 Oct 1993      Born at Lipan, TX; Double stone with 
                           Willie Choice Haggerton Earnest; 
                           Married at Roswell, NM, 11 Feb 1930
Earnest     Willie Choice Haggerton  5 Dec 1912   15 Mar 1992      Born at Willis, OK; Double stone with 
                           Gervaise Earnest; Married at Roswell, 
                           NM, 11 Feb 1931
Eastham     Mattie Mae Minnick    1888       1962        Mother
Gibbs       Delia D.         31 Oct 1891     18 Mar 1920      Wife of M. W. Gibbs
Gilchrist   B. F. (Bob)      -          17 Jun 1976      Double stone with Naomi Sawyer Gilchrist
Gilchrist   Naomi Sawyer     -          06 Jun 1985      Double stone with B. F. Gilchrist
Goad        J. T.       1 Sep 1856      26 Sep 1918      -
Goodwin     Frank       -          -      -
Goodwin     Jarvis      4 Mar 1847      14 Jan 1927      -
Goodwin     Walter      22 Feb 1878     29 Mar 1903      Son of J. & S. A. Goodwin
Grisson     Grace       1913       1996        Edwards Funeral Home Marker only
Hall        Alice Reasoner   1865       1937        Double stone with Charles Read Hall
Hall        Charles Read     1864       1905        Double stone with Alice Reasoner Hall
Hall        J. W.       14 Nov 1889     14 Dec 1894      -
Hallmark    Euell Charles    02 Jun 1934     02 Jun 1934      Infant son of Gussie Mayo Hallmark
Havins      Ada Ann          1871       1958        Souble stone with Martin D. Havins
Havins      Ed Holt          22 Jul 1897     08 Jun 1964      -
Havins      Martin D.        1869       1951        Double stone with Ada Ann Havins
Hollingsworth    Emmitt      9 Apr 1894      17 Aug 1986      Cpl US Army-WWI; Double stone with 
                           Ollie Ball Hollingsworth; Married 
                           May 11, 1924
Hollingsworth    Ollie Ball       18 Sep 1896     30 Jun 1973      Double stone with Emmitt Hollingsworth; 
                           Married May 11, 1924
Hook        Virgie T.        1915       1976        -
Jennings    Arnold R.        24 Dec 1933     -      Double stone with Linda (Honea) Jennings; 
                           Married 8 Nov 1963
Jennings    Bettie      19 Mar 1937     19 Mar 1937      Double stone with Bobby Jennings
Jennings    Bobbie      19 Mar 1937     19 Mar 1937      Double stone with Bettie Jennings
Jennings    Emma L.          1879       1969        -
Jennings    Ira L.      15 Sep 1906     17 Jan 1992      Father; Double stone with Jessie Mae 
                           Jennings
Jennings    James B.         25 Sep 1929     -      Double stone with Mary H. Jennings; 
                           Married 23 Oct 1953
Jennings    Jessie Mae       21 Mar 1910     06 Oct 1984      Mother; Double stone with Ira L. Jennings
Jennings    Linda (Honea)    16 Aug 1943     -      Double stone with Arnold R. Jennings; 
                           Married 8 Nov 1963
Jennings    Mary H.          11 Jul 1934     20 Mar 2001      Double stone with James B. Jenings; 
                           Married 23 Oct 1953
Jones       Arthur      12 Mar 1894     08 Aug 1982      PVT US Army WWI; Double stone with 
                           Stella Faye Silas Jones
Jones       Stella Faye Silas     23 Dec 1908     09 Apr 1990      Mother: Double stone with Arthur Jones
Kitchens    Nelma Dickson    18 Nov 1928     -      Double stone with Oscar Elvin Kitchens, 
                           Married 9 Mar 1951
Kitchens    Oscar Elvin      12 Apr 1917     10 Oct 1986      Double stone with Nelma Dickson Kitchens; 
                           Married 9 Mar 1951
Lain        Gary Don         22 Nov 1954     09 Jul 1988      -
Miller      Harriet J.       10 Sep 1848     01 Nov 1927      Wife of N. R. Miller
Miller      Lizzie      23 Jan 1886     23 Jan 1886      -
Miller      Mary Josephine   12 Aug 1881     19 Aug 1881      -
Miller      N. R.       13 Nov 1846     30 May 1934      -
Minnick     Virgie Mae       23 Jul 1897     20 Aug 1963      -
Minnick     Andrew T.        27 Sep 1892     02 Feb 1951      Texas Wagoner 53 Ammo. TN, CAC, WWI
Minnick     Beryl Dean       08 Nov 1918     07 Feb 1973      -
Minnick     Clarence E. Jr.       01 Nov 1917     04 Jan 1954      TEC5 59 Station Hosp., WWII
Minnick     Clarence E. Sr.       29 Jan 1895     11 Jun 1982      Father; Double stone with Virgie Mae 
                           Minnick
Minnick     Elizabeth        9 Feb 1858      17 Jan 1911      Double stone with Thomas Jasper Minnick
Minnick     Gomer Gower      14 Nov 1911     -      -
Minnick     Hazel       13 Sep 1906     31 Jul 1907      -
Minnick     Lois Marie       31 Oct 1920     06 Apr 1928      Dau. Of C. E. and Virgie Minnick
Minnick     Marilyn E.       30 Apr 1924     06 Apr 1928      Dau. Of C. E. and Virgie Minnick
Minnick     R. M.       20 Mar 1929     27 Apr 1993      My beloved husband
Minnick     Thomas Jasper    12 Feb 1854     25 Dec 1916      Double stone with Elizabeth Minnick
Minnick     Virgie Mae       23 Jul 1897     20 Aug 1963      Mother, Double stone with Clarence E. 
                           Minnick, Sr.
Moore       Jessie Audine Barron  15 Apr 1929     06 Apr 1993      Mother
Norris      Dollie      1899       -      Wife; Double stone with W. H. Norris
Norris      Dolly Parsons    3 Sep 1899      21 Jul 1997      Beloved sister
Norris      W. H.       1882       1961        Double stone with Dollie Norris
Oden        Earl        5 Feb 1893      22 Oct 1918      -
Oden        Nettie Mae       1896       1986        Edwards Funeral Home Marker only
Onstott     George      1912       1912        Edwards Funeral Home Marker, set in 
                           concrete
Puckett     Thomas Jefferson (Duggan)  26 Jan 1862     2 Feb 1879       Son of Emaline R. & Jefferson Davis 
                           Puckett
Reasoner    Estel       23 Mar 1906     21 Oct 1909      Double stone with Infant Son Reasoner
Reasoner    Huldah Lemley    1840       1934        Wife of Jesse Reasoner; Captured by 
                           Indians and later released
Reasoner    Infant Son       07 Oct 1909     07 Oct 1909      Son of C. B. Reasoner; Double stone 
                           with Estel Reasoner
Reasoner    J. F.       8 Mar 1858      19 May 1892      -
Reasoner    Jeffie      15 Sep 1887     13 Nov 1889      Dau. Of J. F. & V. S. Reasoner
Reasoner    Jesse       18 Jan 1838     24 Apr 1905      -
Reasoner    Jesse Lrtoy      4 May 1923      18 Aug 1980      Masonic emblem, Footstone says 
                           PFC US Army WWII
Reasoner    Mary Jane Dickson     11 Mar 1897     29 Dec 1983      Double stone with Orbie Lee Reasoner
Reasoner    Orbie Lee        29 Jun 1897     23 Jun 1961      Double stone with Mary Jane 
                           Dickson Reasoner
Reasoner    Sam J.      4 Jul 1863      24 Nov 1899      -
Reasoner    Vietta Jane      10 Apr 1861     10 Jan 1945      -
Roza        Carol Ann        03 Dec 1951     03 Mar 1952      Daughter of George & Betty Roza
Sawyer      Thomas L.        13 Jul 1896     01 Mar 1934      Texas PVT 315 Engrs. 90 Div.
Silcox      Laura V.         30 Nov 1881     27 Nov 1892      Dau. Of R. & M. A. Silcox
Silcox      Mary J.          14 Jun 1840     31 Jul 1918      Mother, Wife of R. Silcox
Silcox      Riley       1 Jun 1826      1 Jan 1897       -
Sylcox      Joel H.          3 Jan 1867      19 Jan 1885      -
Tate        Grady Allison    28 Aug 1919     29 Jun 1920      -
Thomas      L. B.       21 Mar 1921     29 May 1985      SGT US Army WWII
Thompson    Eliza       9 Feb 1875      31 Jan 1952      Footstone Mother
Thompson    Lewis Franklin   07 Mar 1910     3 May 1954       Footstone Brother
Trayler     Mack        1882       1969        Our beloved uncle
Walker      Pearly Lee       18 Feb 1903     18 Jun 1905      -
Weldon      Lela Beth Barron      13 Sep 1925     05 Aug 2002      Possibly cremated and buried the urn 
                           (the overturned ground was not 
                           large enough for a casket)
Weldon      Roy W.      27 May 1920     06 Dec 1981      TEC5 US Army WWII
Welty       Albert      -          -      -
Welty       Cordia      -          -      -
Welty       Gilbert M.       1886       1927        Father
Welty       Henry       19 Apr 1851     21 May 1899      Double stone with M. Jane Welty
Welty       Iana May         15 Oct 1899     01 Feb 1921      Mother
Welty       Jim         -          -      -
Welty       John L.          5 Apr 1876      3 Nov 1884       Son of H. & M. J. Welty
Welty       Lula        -          -      -
Welty       M. Jane          3 Feb 1857      28 Dec 1937      -
Welty       Melvie      -          -      -
Welty       Odie        -          -      -
Welty       Ophelia Lee      07 Oct 1909     02 Jan 2001      -
Welty       Tish        -          -      -
Welty       Willie E.        8 Dec 1888      03 Sep 1966      Mother
Whitenton   James Hurley     22 Feb 1924     20 Apr 1984      Double stone with Mamie Lee Cole Whitenton
Whitenton   Mamie Lee Cole   28 Sep 1926     -      Double stone with James Hurley Whitenton
Whitenton   Ollie E.         9 Oct 1895      10 Sep 1972      -
Wylie       Evelyn Kaye      13 Sep 1944     -      Mom; Double stone with Harold Dwayne 
                           Wylie; Married 22 May 1977
Wylie       Harold Dwayne    12 Jun 1948     17 Sep 1995      Buck; Dad; Double stone with Evelyn 
                           Kaye Wylie; Married 22 May 1977