Gray Cemetery, San Saba Co. Cemeteries of Tx Gloria B. Mayfield

Gray Cemetery 

Cherokee, San Saba Co., Cemeteries of Texas

Photographed and Compiled by James Robert White

Sep   16, 2003

The Gray Cemetery is located about two and one-half miles west of Cherokee on the left side of FM 501. The location of this cemetery was chosen by George Gray, Sr. (More information in the Gray Cemetery can be found in “Cherokee Creek Country” by Goldie Smith Conley.

 At the west entrance to the Gray Cemetery, the following poem by Mattie Gray Ashley is engraved on a large granite marker:

               “ In a valley by the hill, where the skies are always blue,

                There lie the ones we love so well, the ones so good and true.

                The wise are there, the brave ones too,

                For many dreamed dreams, which never cane true.

                But forever and always may angels keep

                Their loving vigil o’er all who sleep

                In the lovely valley so tranquil and still,

                In the sacred valley beside the hill.”

 Headstones were recorded beginning at West entrance to cemetery and working right to left to the end of the first row and left to right alternating direction until my work was completed.

 I apologize for any errors found in this effort. Difficulty in reading some headstones and my typing skills assure that some errors are included. Please notify me and I will revise entries for future publications.

 Results are as follows: 

Last Name

First Name

Birth

Death

Comments

ASHLEY

CARLOS CARROLL

Oct 20 1932

LIVING

Married Feb  25 1984 to

ASHLEY

CARLOS CLINTON

May 15 1904

Feb 10 1993

-

ASHLEY

CELIA JOHNSON

Oct 16 1935

Oct 15 1980

-

ASHLEY

CHRISTINE

Jun 3 1894

Dec 14 1899

daughter of W. A. and Mattie Ashley

ASHLEY

CONNELL DEWITT

Oct 28 1927

Sep  5 1999

-

ASHLEY

CYNTHIA JOHNSON

Feb  26 1909

Sep  27 1985

-

ASHLEY

JAMYE CAMPBELL

Apr  12 1902

Jun 19 1959

-

ASHLEY

JANET REEVES

Sep  4 1936

Mar 14 1989

-

ASHLEY

JENEANE KAY RAESENER

Jul  3 1947

Nov  28 1995

-

ASHLEY

MARTHA C. GRAY

Feb  8 1910

Aug 21 1975

-

ASHLEY

MATTIE GRAY

Feb 14 1905

May 09 1905

-

ASHLEY

REUBEN DEWITT

Apr  20 1901

Dec 24 1976

-

ASHLEY

WILLIAM AUPHEUS JR

Apr  15 1899

May 30 1900

son of W. A. and Mattie Ashley

ASHLEY

WILLIAM AUPHEUS SR

Feb 11 1905

Apr 18 1905

-

ASHLEY

WINNIE

May 51897

Jul  18 1898

daughter of W. A. and Mattie Ashley

BENEDICT

MARTHA GRAY

Apr  17 1942

Jun 1 1996

-

BENEDICT

MICHAEL J.

Sep  13 1941

LIVING

-

BESSERER

ED

Aug 4 1878

Nov  4 1951

-

BESSERER

FLORA GRAY

Jun 6 1884

Jun 26 1963

-

BOONE

MARK A.

Aug 30 1879

Jan  10 1945

-

BOONE

MINNIE L.

Jan  6 1881

Aug 7 1970

-

BROWN

FRANKLIN

Mar 04 1905

May 09 1905

-

BROWN

OSCAR FOWLER

Nov  23 1898

Mar 30 1970

-

DAVENPORT

INFANT SON

 Jan  6 1922

Jan  6 1922

of Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Davenport

DAVENPORT

SUE BETTYE GRAY

 Sep  10 1899

Sep  30 1995

-

FOSTER

FLORA LEE

Jul  13 1907

Jan  19 1998

-

FRIEDLANDER

ANNA SHERLEY BROWN

 1924

Jun 10 1905

-

GAINES

PINCKNEY JOSEPHINE

Apr  18 1899

Feb  11 1891

-

GAINES

THOMAS EDMOND

 Aug 15 1886

Mar 8 1963

-

GALLMAN

ALICE S.

May 15 1858

Feb  1 1954

wife of W. J. Gallman

GORDON

JOHNNIE LEE

Oct 25 1911

Jul  2 1954

-

GRAY

ADALEE GALLMAN

Jul  17 1889

Sep  17 1968

-

GRAY

ALBERT

May 5 1867

Dec 20 1936

-

GRAY

ALVA PORTER

 Jan  6 1883

Jan  3 1949

-

GRAY

AMANDA FRANCIS

Sep  21 1864

May 29 1949

-

GRAY

BETTY

Mar 271873

Dec 11 1947

-

GRAY

BILLIE DON

Apr 08 1905

-

No other information given.)

GRAY

CATHRYN L.

Oct 14 1910

Dec XX 2003

-

GRAY

CHARLES F.

Mar 19 1905

Apr 18 1905

-

GRAY

CHARLES R.

Apr 09 1905

Jun 25 1905

-

GRAY

CHARLEY

Oct 5 1868

Jan  27 1932

-

GRAY

CHESTER

Dec 18 1884

Dec 24 1884

-

GRAY

CORINNE

Sep  171900

No date of death

-

GRAY

DON F.

Mar 06 1905

Apr 13 1905

-

GRAY

DORIS LEE MCLERRAN PORTER

Apr 16 1905

May 22 1905

-

GRAY

FRANCES A.

Dec 23 1877

Sep  5 1974

-

GRAY

FRANK RAYMOND

Jan  9 1891

Aug 3 1973

-

GRAY

FRANK S.

Jan  5 1861

Oct 3 1960

-

GRAY

GEORGE

Jun 15 1801

May 28 1877

-

GRAY

GEORGE HOWELL

 Apr  23 1909

Oct XX 1995

Married Jul  19 1932

GRAY

GEORGE J.

May 31 1839

Jan  8 1938

-

GRAY

GEORGE J. III

Jul  7 1900

Nov  15 1989

-

GRAY

GEORGE LESTER

Sep  11 1882

Jul  3 1971

MD

GRAY

GEORGE SKELTON "BUCK"

Jan  12 1857

Apr  24 1940

-

GRAY

GEORGE W.

Mar 13 1905

Jun 10 1905

-

GRAY

GEORGE W. III

Apr 11 1905

Jun 22 1905

-

GRAY

GERTRUDE FOSTER

Feb  10 1908

Oct 3 1987

-

GRAY

GORDON DON

Feb  11 1904

Jan  7 1981

-

GRAY

HELEN JO WICKER

Mar 17 1905

Jun 09 1905

-

GRAY

HENRY L

Feb  26 1874

Feb  1 1955

-

GRAY

HESTER

Jun 1892

Aug of 1904

(This headstone was very difficult to read. There was other inscription that I was unable to read.)

GRAY

INFANT HEADSTONE

Feb  26 1901

Feb  271901

twins-son

GRAY

INFANT HEADSTONE

Feb  26 190

Feb  26 1901

twin-daughter

GRAY

INFANT HEADSTONE

Dec 13 1892

Dec 14 1892

Son

GRAY

INFANT SON

Feb  15 1895

Feb  18 1895

of F. S. and Nina L. Gray

GRAY

JAMES FRANKLIN

Jun 22 1903

Jan  1 1975

-

GRAY

JAMES T.

Mar 20 1905

May 16 1905

-

GRAY

JOHN F.

Jun 5 1861

Sep  5 1886

-

GRAY

JOHNNIE M

Feb  8 1901

Jul  15 1982

-

GRAY

JOSEPH WICKER MD

Apr 18 1905

LIVING

-

GRAY

LAURA

Apr  7 1862

Oct 2 1879

daughter of B. W. and S. Gray

GRAY

LETA ALYCE CROSS

Dec 2 1910

Nov  26 1990

-

GRAY

LLOYSE MCLEOD

Feb  26 1908 

LIVING

-

GRAY

LOVELL CURTIS

Nov  24 1895

Jun 27 1902

-

GRAY

LULA L

Jan  151846

Jun 10 1889

-

GRAY

MARGARET FOWLER

Aug 31805

Feb  18 1894

-

GRAY

MARY ARMOUR

Mar 31 1865

Nov  23 1954

-

GRAY

MARY MCLERRAN

Nov  XX 1894

Jan  XX 1899

child of OL and B Gray

GRAY

NINA LAURA

Jul  10 1871

Apr  7 1943

-

GRAY

NORA

 Apr  15 1884

Dec 10 1973

-

GRAY

OSCAR LEE

Apr  7 1871

Jul  4 1948

-

GRAY

OUIDA M

Mar 21 1905

May 29 1905

GRAY

R. W.

Jun 1 1829

Feb  12 1925

-

GRAY

REUBEN ELMER

Feb  10 1895

Jul  5 1962

-

GRAY

REUBEN PORTER

Dec 28 1864

Jun 8 1924

-

GRAY

REUBEN W.

Mar 11 1905

May 09 1905

-

GRAY

SUSAN

May 2 1831

Dec 29 1915

-

GRAY

TELITHA C.

Feb  11 1849

Dec 11 1926

-

GRAY

THOMAS U.

Dec 21 1902

Jun 21 1992

-

GRAY

TWO INFANT SONS

(No dates given)

-

Don Gray

GRAY

VIRGINIA KATHERINE HARRISON

Oct 28 1906

Jan  29 1974

-

GRAY

W. F.

Jan  28 1842

Apr  8 1925

born 1933

GRAY

WAYNE S

May 27 1893

Aug 10 1955

GRAY

.

.

.

Original headstones for Margaret Fowler Gray and George Gray.

GREEN

HAZEL O

Mar 17 1905

Jun 01 1905

.

GREEN

MAY GRAY

Jul  8 1869

Feb  4 1957

-

GREEN

ROSS O.

Mar 11 1905

May 30 1905

-

GREEN

WILLIAM CLINTON

Jul  18 1864

Mar 7 1937

-

GREEN

WILLIE MAY

Aug 15 1904

Nov  30 1918

-

HART

EDWARD

1907 

LIVING

-

HART

GERALD LEE

Mar 08 1905

May 24 1905

-

HART

IDA M.

Jul  29 1870

Jan  20 1858

-

HART

JAMES RAYMOND

 Oct 27 1901

May 3 1920

-

HART

W. B.

Mar 25 1866

Nov  21 1949

-

HOUSTON

EULA GRAY

Mar 17 1905

Jun 09 1905

-

KUYKENDALL

ALBERT RICHARD

Jul  1 1923

LIVING

-

KUYKENDALL

BILLIE GENE

Jul  8 1929

Apr  22 2002

-

KUYKENDALL

EULA G.

Feb  24 1888

Jun 2 1958

-

KUYKENDALL

KATHRYN

Mar 28 1905

Apr 21 1905

-

KUYKENDALL

KATHRYN M.

Jul  19 1945

Feb  1 1993

-

KUYKENDALL

WARREN U.

Feb  1 1894

May 17 1966

Married Nov  20 1912

LASSETTER

BURL GRADY

Feb  5 1906

Oct 15 1989

-

LASSETTER

ELOISE GRAY

Jul  23 1911

May 25 1988

-

LUTES

CHARLES WEIL JR

Nov  21 1938

Mar 29 1985

-

LUTES

HAZEL GREEN

Dec 12 1931

LIVING

-

MCDONIEL

JAMES RAYMOND "JIM"

Oct 31 1960

Dec 20 2001

-

MELTON

FRANCES CAMILLE

Jan  12 1911

Nov  19 1972

-

MYERS

FRANCIS LORA

Mar 10 1905

Jun 03 1905

-

PRINCE

BILLIE E.

Jan26 1913

Nov  25 1986

-

SCOTT

A. K.

Sep  26 1919

May 15 2001

Married Jul  22 1950

SCOTT

TALITHA CAMILLE

Feb  17 1919

LIVING

-

SIFFORD

BESSE GRAY

Jan 9 1905

Jul  6 1986

-

SLOAN

GERALD CARTER

Apr  24 1928

LIVING

Married Jun 20 1954 to

SLOAN

SHANNON GREGG

May 28 1931

Apr  9 1995

-

THAXTON

CLARA LOU

May 3 1886

Dec 4 1969

-

THAXTON

FRANCES HURST

Feb  17 1923

LIVING

-

THAXTON

GEORGE H.

Aug 22 1915

Sep  15 1975

-

THAXTON

TOM

Aug 7 1918

Jul  12 1985

-

THAXTON

TOM G.

Aug 6 1890

Jul  19 1953

-

UPCHURCH

ALICE B. GRAY

Feb 1 1899

Sep  19 1984

b:n San Saba d:in Marble Falls

UPCHURCH

MAJOR FREDRICK

Jul  16 1895

Mar 27 1974

b: in Navarro County d: in Dallas

WELCH

ARMOUR GRAY

Aug 19 1935

LIVING

-

WELCH

JOSEPH ALFRED III

Dec 8 1938

Nov  7 1999

-

WHITE

GEORGE W.

Apr  11 1860

Nov  20 1953

-

WILSON

JESSE JEANNE GRAY

Dec 9 1930

Jun 24 1993

-

WORLEY

DAWN O'DELL FOSTER

Sep  12 1958

Dec 22 1999

-