Cherokee County, Texas

  RUDE CEMETERY  

AKA Ross-Rude

AKA Clark

AKA Clark-Ross-Rude

AKA Rude-Clark  

Photo by and used with the permission of David Trotter

Rude is located in the Craft Community. To get there you take Hwy. 69 S out of Jacksonville. Turn rt. on FM 1616 and go .2 mi. At the T in the road turn lt. Go about .7 mile. Across from 1404 CR 1616, Jacksonville, TX 75766, the cemetery is on the left enclosed in a chain link fence.  It is surrounded by pasture and woods but is easily accessed.  Full of weeds but appears to have been mowed occasionally.  The oldest marked burial is that of E.D. Ross, wife of G.W. Ross Jul-14-1867.

CONTACT:    David M. Warren, 107 CR 1616, Jacksonville, TX 75766, 903-530-3030, OR Aaron Warren.

This survey was done Oct-1996 by Ira Gaylon White and updated March 23, 2017 by Gordon Bennett.

Benge, Annie "Crow" ..........Rud D Sep-13-1906  May-12-1986 PRIVATE

Clark, Anna ................. Rud B ...-..-1871  ...-..-1934 With J.F.

Clark, Baby Boy ..............Rud B Feb-04-1897  Feb-04-1897 Beside Lena

Clark, J. F. .................Rud B ...-..-1869  ...-..-1933 With Anna

Clark, John ................. Rud E Jun-..-1816  ...-..-1872 "To the memory of" Sandstone block, partly illegible

Clark, Lena ................. Rud B Feb-04-1896  Feb-04-1896 With Lester

Clark, Lester ............... Rud B Feb-04-1896  Feb-04-1896 With Lena

Clark, Lillian .............. Rud B ...-..-1903  ...-..-1905 Beside J.F.

Clark, Marcia A. .............Rud B Jul-04-1922  Jun-14-1923 "Dau of Mr & Mrs AL Clark"

Condray, Jimmy .............. Rud F ...-..-1898  ...-..-1898 With Robert L.

Condray, Robert L. ...........Rud F ...-..-1858  ...-..-1899 With Jimmy

Crow, L. M. ..................Rud D ...-..-1870  ...-..-1925 With Lottie

Crow, Lottie ................ Rud D ...-..-1874  ...-..-1953 With L. M.

Crow, William H. .............Rud E ...-..-1903  ...-..-1940 PCT vandalized; "Loves remembrance lasts forever"

Davis, G. S. .................Rud C ...-..-....  ...-..-1907 With Mary,

Davis, Mary ................. Rud C ...-..-1870  ...-..-1940 With G.S.

Evans, Albert Hatley .........Rud A Aug-19-1901  Nov-06-1992 TMP also; "Age 91 years"

Evans, Anna Grace ............Rud A ...-..-1906  ...-..-1971 With Albert Hatley

Evans, Betty Helen ...........Rud A ...-..-1934  ...-..-1946 PCT; picture has been vandalized

Evans, J. B. .................Rud A Feb-..-1930  Feb-..-1930 Beside Betty Helen

Hudson, Bud ................. Rud C ...-..-1862  ...-..-1905 Beside Louisa C.

Hudson, Louisa C. ............Rud C ...-..-1822  ...-..-1888 Beside Bud

Isaacs, Sarah ............... Rud F Aug-13-1805  Jan-18-1883

Jackson, Dortha Fay.......... Rud   Jul-18-1931  Dec-17-2012

Kelly, Martha C. .............Rud C ...-..-1881  ...-..-1937 "Mother"

Klement, Elouise ............ Rud D Mar-21-1930  Jul-23-1986 With Louis; dau of Willie & Mollissa Orme Sanders

Klement, Feliax J. ...........Rud A ...-..-....  Dec-11-1924 Beside Joseph

Klement, Frank J. ............Rud A ...-..-1877  ...-..-1960 "Mar Leona C. Jan-03-1923"

Klement, Joseph ............. Rud A Jul-..-1938  Sep-..-1938 Beside Frank J.

Klement, Leona C. ............Rud A ...-..-1898  ...-..-1977 With Frank J.

Klement, Louis .............. Rud D Jan-24-1927  Jun-20-2011 With Elouise

Little, Robert Frank .........Rud A ...-..-....  Dec-22-1942

May, Leora F. ................Rud E May-13-1909  May-19-1983

McCafferty, Earl ............ Rud A ...-..-....  ...-..-.... Beside Wilson Mitchell, no dates

McKee, Gertrude J. ...........Rud C Jun-04-1903  Mar-21-1975 "Mother"

Mitchell, Florence M. ........Rud B ...-..-1876  Jan-26-1891 Header & footer made of steel

Mitchell, H. W. ..............Rud B May-18-1842  Oct-11-1912 Beside Palmyra J. "On that bright immortal shore.."

Mitchell, Leonard Henry ......Rud A ...-..-1894  ...-..-1977 "Pvt US Army WWI"

Mitchell, Palmyra J. .........Rud B ...-..-1842  ...-..-1923 Beside Florence M.

Mitchell, Willis "Red" .......Rud A May-12-1905  Nov-10-1972 Beside Leonard Henry

Mitchell, Wilson ............ Rud A ...-..-1866  ...-..-1932 Beside Willis "Red"

Novak, John ................. Rud D Jan-10-1892  ...-..-.... With Rebecca

Novak, Rebecca .............. Rud D May-21-1898  Jan-03-1936 With John

Ross, A. A. ..................Rud F Oct-04-1848  Mar-20-1885 "Wife of GW Ross; Her end was peace'

Ross, E. D. ..................Rud F Jan-07-1845  Jul-14-1867 "Wife of GW Ross; Weep not for me"

Ross, George W. ..............Rud F Jul-16-1846  Dec-13-1901 "You are not dead to us, but a bright star unseen.."

Ross, Mattie C. ..............Rud F Nov-10-1871  Oct-27-1872 "Dau of GW & AA Ross"

Rude, C. .................... Rud F Jul-12-1823  Jan-17-1891 "We loved her"

Sharp, L. LaVerne ............Rud A May-19-1931  Jan-06-2015 With Melton D.

Sharp, Melton D. .............Rud A Jun-17-1924  Mar-14-1983 "Sfc US Army WWII - Korea" With L. LaVerne

Strait, Arlene .............. Rud A ...-..-....  ...-..-1928

Walton, Evie ................ Rud C ...-..-1895  ...-..-1927

Warren Dewey Maurice......... Rud   Aug-18-1924  Apr-16-2007 TEC 5 U.S. ARMY, World War II, With Evelyn

Warren, Evelyn Davis......... Rud   Jan-28-1950  Apr-08-2007  With Dewey

Watson, Cara ................ Rud A ...-..-1909  ...-..-1954

For more information go to Find A Grave.

Revised November 26, 2024 by Gordon Bennett

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