Cherokee County, Texas

 LOONEY CEMETERY    

Located 406 CR 1209, Rusk, TX 75785 owned by James E. Swink, Jr., 17823 Forest Glen Circle, Flint TX 75762, 903-894-7637 on the old Looney farm, on the west side of the Angelina River in Woodville Community.  Information updated May 7, 2018 by Romonda Wade, 8661 FM 343 E, Rusk, TX 75785, 903-683-2141.

December 2023 Contact Information Update:    Jed Swink, 17823 Forest Glen Circle, Flint, TX 75762, 903-530-4283.

Photos by and used by permission of David and Janna Trotter

NAMES ON SOUTH SIDE OF STONE

Cannon, Ida Looney  1865-1885    Foot marker reads ILC.

Looney, Fanny            1869-1881    Foot marker reads FL.

Looney, Earnest          11 Sep 1874 - 2 Feb 1900    Foot marker reads EL.

    Inscription:  Twas hard to give thee up But Thy Will O God be done.

NAMES ON EAST SIDE OF STONE

Looney, Q. C.,            5 Jun 1836 - 18 Oct 1913    Foot marker reads OCL. PVT Co C 18 Texas Infantry. Confederate States Army

Looney, Susan            1840 - Oct 1879, wife of Q. C. Foot marker reads SL

    Inscription: Here lies two who in this life were kind Father and Mother.  They were by many virtues blest and piety among the best.

Information from Cemeteries of Southern Cherokee County, TX, 2006

Updated December 29, 2023 by Gordon Bennett