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the countryside and taking the cemetery pictures for us.
Take Hwy 155 north from Big Sandy. Turn left on FM 1002, the cemetery is about a mile or so down the road... On the right you will see the arched gate, and there is a road that is right after that goes up to the cemetery. This is a very well kept cemetery.....there are lots of upright native stones marking graves, with no inscriptions. Thanks go to Jane Horn for the headstone pictures. They are not her family, just pictures she had access to. As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes
when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants,
or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground.
Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even
many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed
by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read
the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you
did not find your relative which was buried Thanks to Eunice Hoover Mitchell for the following story about how Hoover Cemetery came to be! My family (Hoover) lived in Upshur Co. from around 1846 until late 1800s. My Dads family - Hoovers and Osborns moved to Hopkins County around 1898. The Hoover cemetery in Upshur County was named for our family. I believe the community is called Pleasant Grove and earlier was called Nubbin Ridge. It is near Big Sandy. I believe the cemetery was on my G G grandfather, Abraham Hoovers land. The story is that when they had just come to Texas from Indiana, a daughter died and the creek was flooded so that they couldn't get across so they buried her there and thus the cemetery was started. I don't have any proof of that but looking at his property on the map it appears that the cemetery is on what was his property. Read July 28, 2001 by Sharon Pierce ( denotes same headstone Erin Lee
(Parish) Townlin (Hobbs,
Ima Ruth (Robertson,
James Q
m. Sep 25, 1940 Ballance,
Lessie Joe (Jackson,
James F (?)
USMC WWII Korea Kraft,
Logan
s/o Stephen & Mary Cole, John Alford
PFC US Army Shuster, Joseph W
PFC US Army WWII Shuster, Lola Jean
taken from obit;
age 83 (Calloway, Duke Hick, Laura Bell Blackstone, Bobby Hugh
Sgt U S Army (Blackstone, Marion H
m. Nov 11, 1922 Miley, Ben R unmarked Harrell, George A
Sp4 US Army Master, Elva Carmen (Dickinson, We'zhena Edwina M Dean, Haskel J (Marsh, Wilburn K McGee, Ferrell W
Cpl US Army WWII (Warren, Kenneth H Henley, Angela L
Grubbs Lloyd FHM Hudspeth, Kathleen West Rush, Mildred
Croley FHM (Smith, Edmund C unmarked Marsh, J'Sean David Shofner, Avis I Shofner, James Pittman
AB US Air Force (Shofner, Owen W
m. Aug 3, 1946 Rodebush, Otto Arnold
MOMM 1 US Coast Guard WWII Rodebush, Elsie S Mauldin, Alvin Donton (Don)
A1C US Air Force Korea Vehorn, Mark Daniel unmarked (Marsh, Lonnie Mike Sanchez, Jose Zavala Jarvis, Norman Bobby
Cottle of Overton FHM (Fry, Nathaniel
m. Aug 5, 1949 Barge, John J
Tx Pvt US Army WWI unmarked (Whitfield, Howard Leo (Beloney, David Walter
m. Oct 15, 1952 (Lucas, Thomas L (Lucas, William C
24th Inf Div 11th Field Art Bat Bunn, William Anthony "Tony" (Carter, John A
PFC US Army WWII; m. Sep 26, 1926 (Vaughn, William E (Gidden, Donnie Clem
CPL US Marine Corp WWII; m. Apr 15, 1950 (Stegall, Charlie
m. Nov 14, 1956 (Willoughby, Floyd F (Howard, T C (Dick) (Maynard, Rudolph V
m. Nov 24, 1945 (Fuller, William J (Turner, Rosbert K (Davis, W T (Tom) (Davis, Winston Weldon
m. Dec 9, 1933 (Marsh, Cleo C (Mullins, Pernie Fitzgerald, Johnnie Robert (Fitzgerald, George R
m. May 16, 1942; Cpl US Army WWII (Adams,
Joseph Preston
Croley FHM Cpl
US Army Armstrong, Chris J (Armstrong, Ruth E Fain, Mary McCord Fain, William David unmarked Thompson, Julia Martin 3 concrete blocks no writing (Adams,
Carlton (Adams,
James C (Smith, Collena Love Marsh, Jimmy Dewayne (Marsh, E V
S1 US Navy WWII Stegall, Infant
s/o Ladell & Janet Stegall (Gage,
Jennieve W
m. Jul 25, 1942 (Green, Nelson Ronald Sr (Crow, James A (Johnson, Lester A (Green, Barney L "Pete"
m. Apr 26, 1942 Parsons, Morris E "Buddy" Parsons, Shirley Jean
d/o Morris (Buddy) & Mary Ann Parsons Heller, W V cement block PAT (Morrison, Tom (no dates)
Lafoon, Mary Jo (Davis, J Press cement block unmarked cement block FRY Marsh, James W (Dacus, Roy Leon
m. Apr 8, 1950 (Marsh, Virdie (Rogers, Presley R
m. 27 years (Marsh, Sallie (Marsh, W R Bryan (Marsh, Ioma (Marsh, Mary F (Donie) Marsh, James David Rogers, Teri Lynn (Green, James C
Cpl US Air Force 3 cement blocks unmarked (Howard, DeNarl
Sgt US Army WWII; m. Nov 12, 1939 (Howard, Ora Lee The following markers are all metal with the names welded on, no dates.
Phillips, Helen Joil Johnson, Billy Gene Johnson, Joe John Johnson, Miles A Johnson, Nettie E (Green, Frank
m. 49 years Green, Lemuel J (Judge) (Gage,
Alfred & #2
(Johnson, Metta Doris Roberson, Ruth C Roberson, Ernest H
Pvt US Army WWII (Wilson, Grafton L
m. Feb 23, 1962 (Stegall, Douglas (Cordell, David Allen
Mason (Wolfe, Bertha E
1905
1960 Wolfe, Henry A Wolfe, Annie J Wolfe, Baby Carr, Ann Willingham, Tom T Willingham, Laurie Willingham, George (Howard, Sally M (Fry, William H Hoover, Graham J
Tx MOMM1 US Navy Reserve WWII (Willoughby, Grace unmarked Johnston, Henry
Pvt US Army WWII (Willoughby, Alice upright rock upright rock (Gage, Tom J Gage, Joyce Gage, Louis Hardy Fitzgerald, Inez Fleet, Oscar D
S/o J. W. & Georgina Ann Hoover Fleet; submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Fleet, Jefferson Walter
S\o J W & Georgia Fleet; WOW headstone; submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell (Fleet, James W
H/o Georgina Ann Hoover Fleet; submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Fleet, William A
Pvt US Army WWI; S/o J. W. & Georgina Ann Hoover Fleet;
submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Harper, Nancy Ann Decker Hoover
1st W/o Abraham Hoover, Jr; W/o David Harry Harper; D/o John
Decker; submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Upright rock Upright rock unreadable Sanders, Sally Wolfe, George R
WOW marker (Wolfe, Hattie G
m. 52 years Green, Barnie M Dow, Rena Irene Marsh
W/o James Elias" Jim" Dow; submitted
by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Upright stone nothing written Dow, Guy L
2nd Lt 188 Prcht Inf 11 ABN Div WWII; Was buried on Mar 24,
1949 when body was returned from Okinawa, was killed in Japan hit by
a Sniper in WWII; S/o James Elias "Jim" & Rene Irene Marsh
Dow; submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Dow, James Elias "Jim"
Croley FHM has Mason emblem-not on headstone; H/o Rene Irene
Marsh Dow; S/o Elias Lorenzo & Anna Mary Showers Dow; B/o Albert
Wilson "Bert" Dow & Frances Benjamin Frank Dow;
submitted by Edwinna
Davidson Fennell Sanders, Louis Ward Sanders, Alice Hall
W/o Calvin Lafayette Sanders; D/o John & Odelia Hall; Submitted
by Sarrah
Amos Sanders, Calvin L S/o
Richard H & Sarah Ann Ryan Sanders; Submitted by Sarrah
Amos (Stegall, W H
m. Jul 11, 1942 (Lee, Ray Edward Ervin, Annette Stegall Henley, Jerry Clyde (Henley, Dewey G Copyright © 2007 - 2008 by Elaine Martin & Etta Withers |
