This black cemetery is situated in the front and on both sides of a little country church, that since the last time I was there, looks like it is being refurbished.  There are Pine and  Hickory nut trees in the front.  It is not overgrown, but there are a lot of rusty, unreadable funeral home markers, and some unmarked graves. 

Read March 6, 2002 by Sharon Pierce and Judy Greenway.

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.

These graves are on the west side of the church:

Tommy Paul Hart           Turner Bros. Mortuary FHM
1946             2000 

Serlene Mitchell              McCauley & Son FHM
1923             2000 

unreadable Dearion & Davis FHM

Addie Tennison              Dearion & Davis FHM
April 24, 1904             Nov 25, 1999 

Unmarked

Rhonda Joyce Hart            Turner Bros. FHM
1966              1999 

Zacharia Douglas           Turner Bros FHM
1994                1999 

Dovelinn Douglas              Turner Bros FHM
1978                 1999 

Addie Lockett    (no dates)           Dearion & Davis FHM

Billy Gene Clayton 
Apr 11, 1934              Oct 22, 1998

Melvin Peterson 
Jan 8, 1917                Sep 10, 1997

Alice Starr               "Beloved Mother"
Apr 30, 1903          Mar 1, 1996 

Irene Peterson 
Mar 20, 1920          Jan 8, 1996

Ruby Johnson Webb           fairly new concrete slab/angel; Turner Bros FHM
1953            1994 

Cassius Elder            Turner Bros FHM
1962             1996 

Alvin Moore 
May 4, 1926             Jul 20, 1998

Howard Finch 
Nov 20, 1934               Dec 15, 1996

Allen Bailey             concrete slab; Turner Bros FHM
1904            1999 

Miles D King               STM3 US Navy WW II; Obit
Feb 15, 1925           Aug 8, 1999 

O C Tennison                nice beveled concrete slab - dates on Turner Bros FHM
Jan 30, 1932           Jul 11, 2000

Mrs Dorothy Wilson             Turner Bros FHM
1944             2001 

Sarah Hamilton McFarland 
1932               2001

Randolph Elder               Turner Bros FHM
Dec 30, 1927             Sep 15, 2001 

Unmarked

Howard Cain              "Father"
Nov 16, 1934            Jan 10, 2001 

Unmarked

Mr Bradford Elder         (note: name may be Elder Bradford)
1912            2001 

These graves are in the front of the church:

Note:  There are quite a few rusted funeral home markers that weren't readable,
and some upright rocks that had no markings on them.

Bertia Camp 
1886           1928

Dewey Camp              PFC U S Army WW II
1916           1976 

(Jim Price Reed 
1886           1937
(Le Gracie Reed 
1895            1918

Lee Young 
1886            1935

Fannie Young 
Jul 10, 1886           Apr 5, 1962

Odessa Elder 
Nov 29, 1909            Mar 7, 1979

3 broken stones----smooth unreadable

concrete block w/slab-no writing

concrete rock

Mo Bradford              Nash Funeral Home Dallas Tx; marker/concrete slab
Feb 29, 1897            May 20, 1988

Barabra Bradford                Turner Bros FHM/concrete sla
1902           1987 

(Mat Bradford 
------            1927
(Ann Bradford 
 ------           1955

Unreadable stone---smooth with a star at the top

Eugine Elder 
Oct 19, 1902            Aug 4, 1917

Jessey                  d/o Joe and Annie Claborn
Jun 1, 1890            Feb 10, 1900 

Unreadable stone, broken in half

Ruth A Young 
Aug 14, 1902           Apr 10, 1990

Infant             Babe of E L & B E Hollins
b&d  Jan 1, 1912 

Millie Finch 
Jul 1887          May 1962

Pearl Lewis 
1910            1936

Frank D Finch 
Jan 17, 1931            Dec 9, 1934

On the east side of the church:

(Elex Bradford 
Sep 3, 1892            Mar 23, 1969
(Bessie Bradford 
Aug 22, 1891          Feb 27, 1967

Milton Bradford 
1917           1969

Corine Malone        (no dates)

Tim Beasley Jr              Pvt 242 Ord Ammo Co  WW II
Jun 22, 1927            Dec 9, 1956 

Unknown 
1869            1950

Samuel Whitlock        (no dates)

Corine Roberson 
1909           1981

David Creag 
Apr 25, 1887            Apr 5, 1970

Mae Bell Green 
Jul 11, 1926             Jun 9, 1991

LeVesta "Punkin" Finch 
Oct 18, 1920            Apr 17, 1992

L J Finch 
Jun 24, 1917            Jan 12, 1990

Carrie Williams 
1906            1968

Darrell Lynn Lewis 
Sep 20, 1958           Mar 27, 1981

unmarked

James Edward Howard 
Aug 13, 1959           Jun 11, 1988

Dink Finch 
1879             1979

Dessle Owens 
Nov 22, 1900            Dec 21, 1978

Unmarked

Bernice R Young             Pvt US Army WW II
Sep 22, 1900             Feb 28, 1976 

Roy B Young 
Aug 30, 190?             Feb 9, 1984

Willie R Bradford 
1888            1980

Debra L Woodson 
Oct 31, 1956            Oct 26, 1985

Unmarked

Velma Finch 
Jun 14, 1914            Dec 17, 1978

Katiki Fields 
1980             1980

Paul Vallien                 CK1 US Navy WW II
Dec 12, 1913            Feb 2, 1981 

Tessie Mae Vallien 
Dec 12, 1913             Oct 18, 1973

Jerlean Finch 
Dec 27, 1927            Aug 18, 1967

Unknown 
1911      only date

Thomas C Cregler 
1889             1956

Harold Leon Maiden              A1C US Air Force Vietnam
1947            1986 

Unmarked

Milton Holland              M/Sgt 45 Engineer GS Regt  WW II
Jan 22, 1908          Mar 3, 1960 

J Scott 
1906             1954

Mrs Beulah Montgomery 
1933              1983

Verester Elder 
1899             1977

Vance Elder             WW II
Apr 22, 1896             Aug 17, 19?? 

Unmarked

Millie Elder 
Mar 19, 1881           Dec 3, 1947

Unmarked

Steve Elder                Tx Pvt 331 SV BN QMC WW I
Jul 27, 1895           Aug 13, 1948 

Oscar Turner             Tx Pvt 322 Serv EN QMC
---------           Feb 9, 1940 

David A Young 
Oct 10, 1898           Aug 6, 1980

Willie Mae Young 
Dec 2, 1901            Jan 18, 1944

Ethel Luster 
Jun 10, 1891             Jan 10, 1948

Unmarked

(Ilene Hart 
 Jun 19, 1928             Apr 8, 1981
(Buford Hart 
Jul 22, 1918             Dec 13, 1993

Lucindy Richardson 
1899              1960

Unmarked

Emira Pettis 
Jan 7, 1903            Apr 21, 1976

LeeRoy Hays                Tx PFC US Army WW II
Mar 13, 1922          Sep 3, 1960 

Gladys "Sis" Turner 
Nov 3, 1917           Jun 22, 1993

Ben Luster 
Jun 27, 1872          Feb 2, 1949

Areveal L Griffin 
Dec 29, 1932          Apr 21, 1985

Monroe Elder 
Nov 9, 1875           Jan 4, 1959

Unmarked

(Emma Petty Yates 
Apr 27, 1885          Apr 7, 1957
(Morris N Yates 
Feb 7, 1875          Nov 11, 1938

Vinnie M Elder 
1910            1946

Unmarked

Elma Jean Grandison 
1931             1972

Laurie Elder        (no dates)

Unmarked

Harmon Elder                 Tx STM1 US Navy Reserve WW II
Apr 17, 1907        Mar 11, 1955 

Jimmie L Reed              Tx PFC 1505 Base Unit Army Air Force  WW II
Sep 30, 1906          May 9, 1971

Gallar R Hart 
Jul 26, 1924           Oct 4, 1950

Gertrude Ford 
Sep 30, 1889           Dec 7, 1975

Joe Ford 
1876             1959

T D Turner 
Apr 15, 1896           Mar 25, 1953

Emma Louise Turner 
Mar 15, 1888            Sep 10, 1974

Unmarked

Rev Grady L Tennison 
Dec 1, 1936             Jun 21, 1993

Joe Darden 
Jul 15, 1887            Sep 8, 1952

Clifton Darden            Tx PFC 870 Port Co TC WW II
Jul 29, 1911          May 6, 1967 

Mildred D Derrick 
Apr 19, 1916            Mar 14, 1983

Theodore R Derrick               Ca TEC 3740 QM Truck Co  WW II
Feb 18, 1907          Aug 3, 1965 

Unmarked

Unmarked

Lonnie Camp         (no dates)

Carl Turner              Tx Pvt 1878 SVC Comd Unit  WW I
Dec 22, 1900         Jun 8, 1953 

James M Young              Tx Pvt 165 Depot Brig  WW I
Sep 18, 1897          Jan 7, 1950 

Unmarked

Ples Camp 
Sep 23, 1908         May 30, 1960

Unmarked

Oracious Johnson 
1950          1966

Hannah Bailey 
1882          1978

Webb Daniels               Tx Pvt MG Co 24 Inf WW I
Mar 14, 1888           Apr 18, 1965 

Ardellia Steed 
Jun 19, 1935            Dec 17, 1981

Mary Joe Tennison 
Mar 3, 1912          Sep 20, 1977

Hazil M Tennison 
Dec 15, 1942           Jan 17, 1956

(Johnie B Tennison 
Jul 29, 1904          Mar 10, 1967
(Ophelia Tennison 
Mar 6, 1914           Jan 5, 1991

Galler L Reed 
1904            1979

(Talton Lewis 
Nov 24, 1911              -------
(Tessie Mae Lewis 
Dec 1, 1913              -------

Unknown 
1882           1987

May Ella Tennison 
Nov 18, 1891           Sep 13, 1951

Obe Thompson       (no dates)

Dora Jordan        (no dates)

Essie Hall 
Feb 22, 1912          Jun 2, 1959

Cora Cain        (no dates)

Mr Lee Cain        (no dates)

Elief L Bailey Jr 
Aug 3, 1912          Sep 1, 1993

Unmarked

Aslea Tennison 
Dec 25, 1896           1980

Mrs Maurine Mitchell            Turner Bros FHM
1911            1989 

Homer Lee Mitchell            Pvt US Army WW II
1911           1989 

Unreadable FHM

Unmarked

Vernon H Turner             US Army WW II
1925         1985 

Mrs Johnnie M Jennings              Stanmore FHM
1921            1989 

(Novella Elder 
1931         1978
(Clovis W Elder             military marker say Clouis Woodfin Elder; PFC US Army  Korea
1928           1979

Unreadable FHM

Lonnie R Venters             FHM
1957          1977 

Theressa Elder               Turner Bros FHM
1960          1975 

Concrete block

unreadable funeral home marker

concrete block

(Dave Mitchell 
1898           1977
(Minerva Mitchell 
1892            -----

James O Thompson             age 51yrs 27 mo 8 dy;  Jamison & Son FHM Lubbock, TX
----        Feb 9, 1978

J T Thompson 
1925           1972

(Randolph Elder 
Mar 6, 1900             Oct 16, 1970
(Corine Elder 
Oct 21, 1902           Nov 20, 1997

Archie Washington       (no dates)         McCauley & Son FHM

unreadable FHM

James Montgomery 
Jan 2, 1951          Jan 3, 1987

(James Montgomery 
Oct 5, 1929           Jul 15, 1972
(Sandra Kay Montgomery 
Feb 18, 1964          Apr 26, 1968

unreadable FHM

unreadable FHM

Daisy L Perry    1886   1968

unreadable FHM w/concrete slab

unreadable FHM (may be Tennison)

Houston W White             Tx PFC US Army WW II
Jul 3, 1908        Sep 1, 1971 

Michael D Andrews            Turner Bro FHM
1974         1974 

unreadable FHM  Dearion & Davis Funeral Home

Matthew Venters            Turner Bro FHM
1913            1992 

(Hattie Camp 
Oct 15, 1912            ------
(Luberta Camp 
Dec 25, 1941          Mar 1, 1978

Hattie Newsome             Turner Bro FHM
1923           1980 

Unmarked

Mr Price Tennison Jr 
Jan 28, 1885           May 26, 1971

Willie Marie Camp 
Oct 3, 1933           Jul 26, 1973

Loma Turner             "Beloved Mother"
Mar 15, 1904           Feb 21, 1969 

Willie Jones Jr              "Husband"
Jul 3, 1939           May 27, 1967 

Unmarked concrete slab

R P Tennison             Tx AS US Naval Reserve WW II
Jan 7, 1922           Jul 8, 1966 

Walter D Wilhi (te ?)           McCauley & Son FHM
------          197? 

Mr Giles Davis             McCauley & Son FHM
1891          1983 

Bernice R Johnson              Tx Pvt Army Air Force WW II
Oct 17, 1915          Feb 23,1963 

Dave Jennings Jr              US Air Force  WW II
Feb 12, 1925         Jan 11, 1979 

concrete block

Audrey Nell Hart                   FHM; "daughter"
---------         Apr 18, 1955 

Oliver Johnson           Tx PFC Co H 827 TD Bn WW II
Aug 12, 1914          Jun 8, 1963 

Benjamin F Johnson            Tx Sgt 610 Base Unit AAF  WW II
Feb 15, 1915        Oct 3, 1969 

Elnora Brown 
Dec 15, 1909         Jul 27, 1993

Ralphell Davis            Tx PFC US Army
Mar 22, 1928          Oct 31, 1958 

Johnnie Finch 
d. Jul 2002

Updates:

Palmer, Edwina             Age 70; Taken from obit
b. May 18, 1935 Gilmer, Tx        d. July 22, 2005  Upshur County

Murphy, La'Kerra           Age 9 days; D/o Melvin Murphy Jr & Kimmly Godlock; taken from obit
b. Jul 20, 2005 Longview, Tx           d. Jul 29, 2005 Dallas, Tx

Williams, Pamela S.            Age 45; W/o Joseph Williams; taken from obit
b. Gilmer, Tx            d. Sep 12, 2005

Elder, Pauline           obit; age 83
b. Aug 24, 1922 Upshur Co., Tx           d. Apr 25, 2006 Longview, Tx

Finch, Gracie Lee Beasley          obit; age 93; w/o Faddis
d. May 2, 2006 Gilmer, Tx

Crayton, Aubrey Jr "Bubbie"            obit
d. Sep 2007

 

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