Read by Bill Starnes, November 20, 1999.
Submitted by the Upshur County Historical Commission.

Thanks to Jane Eubanks for submitting her photos!

Bill says, that this at one time was obviously a much larger cemetery....and there are many unmarked graves around the perimeter covered with brush.

UPDATE 2005:  Jane Eubanks took pictures at Lawton Cemetery and had this to say:  It was quite a hike through the woods to reach it. I only got 5 grave shots. I saw about 7 or 8 other graves with only funeral home markers that were totally unreadable. There was one fairly new grave (probably in the last 10 years) with no marker at all.

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 here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.
 

Lawton, Preston             TX Tec 5 US Army  WW II
Feb 10, 1906          Feb 9, 1974

Ross, Rheubin
------           Jan 4, 1933

Lawton, Colquit          PFC US Army WW II
1909           1981

Lawton, Corene
Oct 9, 1911          Jun 18, 1981

Lawton, L D Sr
Jul 29, 1914           Nov 8, 1990

Lawton, Della Mae
May 25, 1915          Nov 11, 1999

Bennett, Leadice            age 60 years
-----            Apr 2, 1965

Butchermilk, Lucille
Feb 1, 1921          May 17, 1982

Johnson, ______              painted on a rock
(no dates)

Lawton, Joe
1887           1942

Lawton, Hershell              TX Pvt  23 Engineers   WW I
1896          1970

Nolen, Luella
1918          1970
 

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