Cherokee County, Texas

PROVIDENCE CEMETERY Section A

Providence Cemetery is located about 5 miles south of Jacksonville, Texas, on FM 347 just out of Dialville.

I am in the process of surveying and taking pictures of each headstone. I will add to this page often. There are many stones that need to be cleaned. If you see a picture of a stone that you would like cleaned or photographed again please let me know. September 2007, Kaye Slover.

There has been a book done for the Cemetery in 2004. It is very good. It list those buried in the cemetery and those thought to be buried there. They have also added full names whenever possible. I would highly recommend this book. Special thanks to Sylvia Acker for allowing me to add the names of those whose stones or unreadable or are missing from her survey done in 2004.

Section A- Area south of the center driveway.

Row 1

McLain, Ronald E. Jun 5, 1910 – May 29, 1967  Texas S2  World War II

McLain, Pauline L. Nov 15, 1908 – Dec 14, 1987

Odom, Carl W.  Oct 13, 1886 – October 20, 1928

Odom, Olivia I.  Dec 12, 1867 – Nov 11, 1952

Odom, William H. Sep 11, 1862 – Jan 27, 1949

Murry, Frank  1897 – 1955

Murry, Ottis O.  1898 – 1986

Odom, Oma Clifton  May 27, 1892 – Aug 22, 1968 Texas Sgt Co C MG BN World War I

Dyess, John David  Dec 31, 1946 – Oct 4, 1964

Row 2

Deason, Curtis Apr 25, 1896 – Mar 7, 1970 Texas CPL US Army WWI

Cain, Robert Harper  Mar 18, 1915 – Oct 25, 1974  Married Jan 20, 1946

Cain, Helen Cotton  Oct 19, 1912 – Mar 17, 1999 FHM

Cotton, Jesse Claude May 22, 1886 – Feb 9, 1976

Cotton, Myram Aston Sep 8, 1894  - Oct 24, 1970

Hogan, Billie Deason 1910 – 1966

Deason, Arkanna  Aug 8, 1875 – Jan 23, 1934

Deason, W. P. 1871 – 1922

Deason, Roscoe H. Feb 2, 1884 – Jun 4, 1972  Married Jul 28, 1906

Deason, Gertrude C. May 22, 1888 – Jul 3, 1969

Deason, Little J. W.  Oct 19, 1926 – Dec 28, 1928 Son of R. H. & Gertie Isaacs Deason

Deason, William Bryan May 10, 1915 – May 8, 1955 TEXAS S SGT 45 CAV RECON TRP WWII

One grave marked by stone, no name

Row 3

Newton, George T.  Feb 7, 1905 – Jun 3, 1934

Braly, Grace Booth Mar 13, 1906 – Jun 27, 1997

Braly, Francis B. Feb 7, 1912 – Nov 23, 1976

Booth, Thomas Trusvan  Jul 28, 1876 -  Aug 14, 1944

Booth, Allie May  Sep 3, 1880 – Mar 28, 1952

Williams, Nora Lee Aug 26, 1883 – Sep 28, 1979

Williams, Mattie A.  Jan 5, 1855 – Apr 7, 1922

Morrison, Ruth 1900 - 1904

Morrison, Grace 1905 – 1908

Smith, Edd D.  Jan 10, 1873 – Mar 1, 1941

Buchanan, Jeff Hazel Jul 18, 1905 – Dec 25, 1999

Buchanan, Juelle Mar 18, 1891 – Jun 21, 1978

Buchanan, Maud Jul 22, 1886 – Apr 4, 1968

Buchanan, J. F. Jul 1, 1861 – Aug 2, 1941

Buchanan, Lou Nov 25, 1861 – Dec 30, 1934

6 graves marked by stones no names

Harrison, Theodocia  May 15, 1856 – Mar 10, 1953

Harrison, Campbell M.  May 15, 1857- Jan 20, 1925

(Row 3 has two parts – from about the center of the row there are two rows of graves)

Dover, Infant daughter of E. W. & Minnie 1901 – 1901

Dover, Gussie 1905 – 1906 Infant daughter of E. W. & Minnie

Dover, Earl Watson  Jun 27, 1874 – Mar 25, 1942

Dover, Ollie P. 1895 – 1960

White, James Marlin May 25, 1879 – Jun 27, 1942

White, Amelia H. Mar 12, 1853 – Sep 18, 1939

White, H. C.  Oct 12, 1853 – Jun 11, 1922

Lightsey, Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dan W. Lightsey

Lightsey, Dan W. 1889 – 1952

Lightsey, Myrtle E. 1893 – 1962

Minyard, Jettie 1895 -1989

Minyard, James  1893 – 1951

Minyard, Emmiral Paul  Sep 8, 1919

Minyard, Dorothy B.  May 11, 1917 – Jun 16, 1924

McKnight, Durbie G. 1932 – 1935

Minyard, Thomas “S. T.” May 14, 1894 – Jul 12, 1952

Minyard, Thomas Leon Aug 6, 1925 –Aug 6, 1984 PVT US Army WWII

McKnight, Ernest Calvin 1926 -1926

McKnight, George Effie 1924 – 1924 infant

Dickson, Edna Jan 5, 1931 – Nov 20, 1934

Brewer, Eloise Sep 10, 1922 – Jul 31, 1942

Row 4

Booth, Cyril T.  1901 - 1961

Booth, Lela D. 1908 - 1989

Booth, Oran Chester Sep 4, 1911 – Jan 6, 1981 Married October 6, 1937

Booth, M. Ruth Baker Oct 6, 1919 – Jul 7, 1999

Booth, Archie W. Jul 13, 1915 – Jun 24, 1981 Married May 19, 1944

Booth, Elba A. Apr 1, 1918 –

Ault, Dan W. 1900 – 1974 Married Feb 1, 1924

Ault, Launa M. 1903 - 2000

Ault, Enoch Carol Jun 20, 1931 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Dan Ault

Ault, William S.  1859 - 1952

Ault, Leone 1871 - 1948

2 graves marked by stone, no names

Concrete base where a tombstone has apparently been moved.

1 grave marked by stone, no name

Howard, Ollie Presley  (born Jan 9, 1896) died Oct 28, 1964

Moore, Thomas J.  Jun 6, 1861 – Nov 9, 1925

Moore, Margaret C. 1860 – 1956

Teer, Corine Myrtle  Jun 11, 1889 – Nov 17, 1974

Teer, Arthur C. Aug 27, 1915 – Apr 7, 1989 S. Sgt. US Army WWII

Teer, Mildred Grace Feb 25, 1914 – Mar 6, 2001

Edwards, Edgar O. Mar 24, 1900 – Aug 12, 1982

Edwards, Mina E. Nov 19, 1903 – Apr 29, 1990

Lightsey, D. W. Feb 6, 1858 – Jul 20, 1921

Lightsey, Maggie E. Roberts Apr 12, 1860 –Jan 31, 1910 Wife of D. W. Lightsey Born in Walker County, TX

Lightsey, Seth 1898 – 1961 Mason

Lightsey, Mary 1896 - 1985

White, Lena Lightsey Jul 9, 1887 – Jan 15, 1969

Phillips, Effie  1918 - 2006 (daughter)

Simmons, Vicie V.  1891 – 1969 (mother)

Sanders, Gorie Gertrue  1913 - 1929

Sanders, Willie Esley 1929 - 1929

1 grave marked by stone, no name. A member of the family states this is the infant of Alvin & Reba Swinney: Infant Alvin  1929

Swinney, Alvin A. Mar 16, 1903 – Mar 9, 1970

Swinney, Reba Apr 20, 1906 – Feb 21, 1975

Ledger, Elisha B. 1880 - 1962

Ledger, Mattie B. 1885 - 1967

Ledger, Newt May 2, 1903 – Jun 18, 1929 son of Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Ledger

 Row 5

Ault, Grady Wesley Dec 20, 1943 – Dec 4, 2002 Cpl US Marine Corps, Vietnam

Alexander, Peyton Wesley Jan 12,  1999 – Mar 18, 1999

Jackson, Beth Ann Ault Jan 22, 1936 – Jan 22, 1984

Ault, Rhea Jan 28, 1906 – Mar 30, 1980  Married Mar 30, 1935

Ault, Ruth Apr 17, 1916 – Jan 14, 1997

Ault, Charles Wesley  1861 - 1949

Ault, Annie Ella  1880 - 1935

Ault, Grady W. 1902 - 1932

Ault, Infant Son Jun 19, 1916

Ault, Infant Son  Jun 19, 1916

Ault, Noel O. Jun 19, 1904 – Jan 3, 1909  Son of C. W. & A. E. Ault

3 graves marked by stones, no names

Howard, Richmond 1849 – 1898

McCallum, Sophie J.  1870 - 1920

McCallum, Aaron L.  1855 – 1949

Moore, Gertrude Oct 15, 1884 – Aug 9, 1897 daughter of J. I. & M. C. Moore

Moore, Lucy May   May 19, 1897 – Jul 15, 1900  daughter of J. I. & M. C. Moore

Moore, Jesse Mar 25, 1895 – Jul 15, 1900 son of J. I. & M. C. Moore

2 graves marked by stones, no names

Moses, Johnnie A. Shipper Feb 20, 1916 – May 7, 1999

Shipper, John Henry  Oct 18, 1880 – Jul 5, 1915

Shipper, Evelyn 1887 – 1961

Cook, George F. Apr 23, 1920 – Jun 13, 1984 CPL US Army WWII  Married Apr 5, 1941

Cook, Frances E. May 21, 1920 –

McVey, Joseph R.  1870 - 1918

McVey, Ida May 1876 – 1979

Dover, Almeda C. Aug 24, 1889 – Nov 28, 1979 Married Aug 15, 1908

Dover, Felix N. Oct 12, 1879 – Jan 21, 1926

Payne, Opie  Nov 26, 1897 – Jun 19, 1923

Payne, Robert M. 1891 - 1959

Payne, Mamie Ruth 1899 - 1964

Payne, W. M. Apr 15, 1863 – Jan 30, 1934

Payne, Maud (Dial) Jan 11, 1869 – Aug 13, 1971

Travis, Myrtle Payne Jan 14, 1889 – Nov 21, 1978

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