Edgin Cemetery
aka Goodnight or Grey Mule
GPS: 34.281609, -101.097686
The cemetery with many names, Edgin, Goodnight, Grey Mule, tale your pick. Gray Mule was the name used by the locals for the community, but the railroaders called it Edgin some have also called it the Goodnight Cemetery. Charles Goodnight travelled thru this area a lot and the cemetery is named after him. There are two unknown cowboys buried there. One was too slow on the draw. And the other took his saddle off to use as a head rest and, after taking a cool drink of water, he layed in the shade of a big cottonwood and died. The cemetery is right out of a western movie. It's situated on a high bank north of, and looking down on, Quitaque Creek. The cemetery is well maintained by the families, the first grave was about 1890. There is a concrete slab on one of the unknown cowboys. Edgin was once a booming town and had a grocery store and gravel pit. Now you cannot tell there was ever a town there.
The location is in the extreme NE corner of the county. If approaching from the north, all but the last 1.5 miles is on paved road. If you are using an automobile GPS to get to the site, you may be directed to take the Caprock Canyons Trail - DO NOT do it. Take County Road 293 (there is a cemetery sign) and drive to the cemetery gate (following another sign), if the dirt road is passable. The sign off County Road 293 says Grey [sic] Mule whereas the name on the graveyard gate says Edgin (see photos, Feb 2015). Some have also called it the Goodnight Cemetery.
photos by Tony Mollhagen
- Name
- Birth
- Death
- Inscription / Remarks
- More
- Baker, Harry E.
- 1891
- 1965
- Baker, Lilly
- 1898
- 1983
- Barton, Mollie
- Apr. 27, 1896
- Sep. 10, 1896
- Barton, Mollie E. Sams
- Feb. 11, 1873
- Jan. 28, 1902
- Bowman, Thomas Edwin
- Feb. 11, 1936
- Apr. 17, 2003
- Conner, Cynthia
- Sep. 7, 1814
- Oct. 8, 1896
- Cowboy, Unknown
- unknown
- 1890
- Craig, Maggie Kinsey
- Jul. 19, 1882
- May 25 1913
- Elliott, Annie Maerine
- Apr. 3, 1918
- Jun. 17, 1918
- Gilbert, Artie Bearl
- Dec. 31, 1939
- Jun. 29, 1999
- Gilbert, Artie Mae Baker
- Sep. 18, 1917
- May 9 1905
- Gilbert, Corp L.
- Jun. 17, 1920
- Oct. 28, 2000
- Gilbert, Lossie Dewane
- May 17 1920
- Oct. 28, 2000
- Gilbert, Scotty Joe
- unknown
- Mar. 18, 2012
- Hawkins, Goldie
- Aug. 10, 1895
- Sep. 10, 1901
- Hawkins, Ray
- Jun. 23, 1904
- Feb. 8, 1915
- Hilf, B. F.
- Jul. 23, 1863
- Jun. 25, 1950
- Hill, Marka Ruth
- Jul. 31, 1974
- Jun. 27, 2010
- Hodges, Clota Wilma
- Jul. 9, 1917
- Sep. 24, 1996
- Hodges, O Vollie
- Jul. 1, 1911
- Sep. 12, 1985
- Kell, John
- Feb. 25, 1904
- Feb. 25, 1904
- Kimbell, Mary Merrell
- Sep. 27, 1914
- May 7 1908
- Martin, Alexander
- Apr. 10, 1908
- Apr. 15, 1908
- Martin, Alvin
- Nov. 27, 1910
- Dec. 1, 1910
- Merrell, Alex David
- Jul. 9, 1842
- Mar. 31, 1910
- Merrell, Alvin
- Sep. 1, 1898
- Sep. 3, 1898
- Merrell, B. P.
- Sep. 2, 1886
- Jun. 1, 1906
- Merrell, Dexter Lee "Jake"
- Jan. 14, 1922
- Apr. 3, 2010
- Merrell, Earnest Alexander
- Oct. 19, 1886
- Dec. 3, 1912
- Merrell, Evelyn Leona Martin
- Sep. 7, 1926
- Apr. 8, 1984
- Merrell, Ila Bell
- Jun. 20, 1907
- Aug. 7, 1907
- Merrell, Infant Daughter
- Apr. 12, 1912
- unknown
- Merrell, Jo Mae Smith
- Mar. 15, 1919
- Feb. 9, 2008
- Merrell, Jonnie Virginia McGowen
- Jun. 23, 1897
- Apr. 5, 1971
- Merrell, Levi Alfred
- Dec. 3, 1891
- Oct. 14, 1937
- Merrell, Levi Earnest
- Sep. 15, 1910
- Dec. 15, 1911
- Merrell, Mary Francis Edward
- Jul. 19, 1854
- Dec. 16, 1933
- Merrell, Melba Jo
- Oct. 1, 1931
- Feb. 19, 1992
- Merrell, Richard Truman
- May 13 1929
- Nov. 1, 2003
- Merrell, Richard Truman Tubbs
- May 13 1929
- Nov. 1, 2003
- Merrell, Robert Alexander
- May 20 1926
- Apr. 6, 1976
- Merrell, Rosa Lee
- Oct. 2, 1894
- Jan. 29, 1974
- Merrell, Warren Franklin
- Nov. 5, 1916
- Dec. 20, 1933
- Merrell, Warren Wade
- Jan. 3, 1894
- Nov. 13, 1973
- Merrell, William J.P.
- Jan. 8, 1924
- Jul. 10, 1940
- Perry, Audie T.
- 1909
- 1918
- Pierce, Dale Pennington
- Sep. 22, 1948
- Mar. 20, 2011
- Pigg, Cora Glaw Estes
- Feb. 3, 1896
- Jun. 13, 1959
- Pigg, Franklin Wayne
- Oct. 13, 1915
- Dec. 26, 1969
- Pigg, George Harrison
- Apr. 14, 1894
- Feb. 17, 1973
- Pigg, Jack
- Jul. 25, 1927
- Mar. 12, 2004
- Pigg, John B.
- Oct. 9, 1919
- Oct. 15, 2002
- Pigg, John David
- Nov. 2, 1947
- Jan. 19, 2004
- Pigg, Lola Jane Merrell
- Feb. 12, 1920
- May 11 1913
- Pigg, Merrell Wayne
- Oct. 14, 1944
- unknown
- Pigg, Roye Dale
- Nov. 16, 1949
- Jun. 4, 1998
- Pipe, Avon
- unknown
- unknown
- Poe, Fanny G Jones
- Apr. 20, 1829
- Jul. 31, 1896
- Poe, Jessie M
- Jan. 10, 1824
- Sep. 18, 1910
- Poe, Julia Hattie Welch
- Dec. 17, 1872
- Mar. 10, 1901
- Poe, Lula M
- May 19 1900
- Jun. 7, 1900
- Potter, Henry R
- Nov. 9, 1894
- Jul. 13, 1897
- Purcell, Cecil
- Mar. 15, 1906
- Oct. 11, 1990
- Purcell, Infant Daughter
- Jan. 25, 1923
- Jan. 25, 1923
- Purcell, Marie Golden
- Nov. 12, 1927
- Aug. 24, 2001
- Purcell, Minnie Ada Burton
- Feb. 5, 1881
- Nov. 27, 1966
- Purcell, Otis Dean
- Aug. 27, 1930
- May 14 1905
- Purcell, Ulysses G "Dude"
- Mar. 31, 1904
- Mar. 20, 1969
- Purcell, Urda Culberson
- Apr. 13, 1877
- May 13 1939
- Reynolds, Lennie Marie
- May 27 1958
- Dec. 21, 2013
- Roberson, S. Spike R.
- unknown
- unknown
- Saul, W. Bill F.
- Mar. 27, 1897
- Jun. 6, 1993
- Sauls, Bessie Ellen Yeary
- Jan. 4, 1908
- Oct. 1, 1997
- Schrandt, Alton O Al
- Jul. 10, 1917
- Nov. 23, 1987
- Schrandt, Mary A. Honey Pigg
- Jan. 18, 1924
- Oct. 10, 1991
- Schrandt, Wayne A
- Aug. 26, 1948
- Oct. 5, 1995
- Taylor, Betty Coleen
- Jan. 7, 1928
- Feb. 25, 2008
- Taylor, Carl O. Jinks
- Aug. 29, 1910
- Dec. 6, 1995
- Taylor, Coleen Rogers
- Jan. 5, 1928
- Feb. 25, 2008
- Taylor, Coleen Rogers
- Jan. 7, 1928
- Feb. 25, 2008
- Taylor, Edna Mae
- May 11 1906
- Jan. 9, 1987
- Taylor, Fay T Oliver
- Mar. 2, 1882
- Jul. 12, 1963
- Taylor, Garnie Mae Jacobs
- Sep. 5, 1913
- Nov. 22, 2003
- Taylor, J. P.
- Feb. 23, 1913
- Apr. 3, 1989
- Taylor, James Walter
- Sep. 12, 1879
- Oct. 14, 1940
- Taylor, Jerry Walter
- Feb. 5, 1941
- May 30 1995
- Taylor, Juanita Sissy
- May 24 1962
- Feb. 11, 2002
- Taylor, S. J.
- Oct. 9, 1878
- Aug. 10, 1911
- Taylor, Troy Jones Williard
- Aug. 26, 1912
- Mar. 1, 1995
- Taylor, Trudie F. Merrell
- Jan. 18, 1915
- Jan. 1, 1982
- Taylor, Ursel Booger
- Feb. 10, 1915
- Apr. 8, 2007
- Taylor, Vernie Lou Hefner
- Sep. 30, 1916
- Jan. 12, 1996
- Taylor, Walter
- Nov. 28, 1919
- Sep. 24, 2001
- Taylor, Webb Allen
- Aug. 21, 1906
- Jun. 7, 1972
- Wadlow, Connor Dalton
- unknown
- Jun. 19, 2003
- Wood
- unknown
- unknown
- Yeary, Marion Franklin
- 1909
- 1997
- Yeary, Nora Lee
- 1905
- 1991
- Young, M Y.B.
- unknown
- unknown