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This cemetery was associated with the
New Providence Missionary Baptist Church, which was founded
in the 1880s. The first documented burial was of W. E. Newton
in 1896. In 1903 the church was damaged by a windstorm, struck
by lightning and later burned to the ground. Without a church
building, the congregation disbanded. It was briefly reorganized
in 1921 to maintain the cemetery, but broke up again in 1925.
Five of the 58 graves are unmarked. Among those buried here
are veterans of five wars, a former county judge and a former
district judge. --Texas Atlas
This cemetery is located in Longview
at the corner of Judson Road and Hollybrook.(2000 Judson Road)
It sits next to a small shopping center and is enclosed by a
black wrought iron fence. It is very well kept and has a gate
at one end and a gate at the side next to the shopping center.
The plaque at the side gate says New Providence 1892. This cemetery
was read by Sharon Pierce & Elaine Martin 8-2-2000.
NAME
BORN
DIED
REMARKS
TODD, Mary Alice Ray
May 9, 1916 Sep 17, 1969
TODD, Walter Roy
Jun 17, 1900 Mar 27, 1954
GRIFFIN, James Hall Jr. Nov 16,
1919 Jan 12, 2000
For God Loveth A Cheerful Giver
HAYNES, Mary
Feb 12, 1848 Mar 6, 1911
Wife of J.M. Haynes; Enclosed in an iron
fence
RAY, Henry Grady
Apr 17, 1890 Apr 18, 1973
(Double Stone
RAY, Annie Lou Ray Grigsby Nov 24, 1907
Apr 27, 1998 Double Stone)
RAY, L. P.
Jul 17, 1851 Aug 27, 1917
Woodsman of the World Stone
STRONG, Mary Frances
Nov 5, 1850 Sep 27, 1936
Wife of Rev. L.P. Ray
RICHARDS, Mary Ray
Feb 16, 1880 Mar 18, 1929
RICHARDS, Dr. Marion B. Aug 18,
1873 Feb 4, 1935
McHANEY, Dee Graffenreid Mar 10, 1893
Sep 27, 1960
McHANEY, Hellen Ray McGuire May 25, 1896
Jul 10, 1983
BOYD, Robert Bruce
1942
1970
BOYD, Chester A.
Jan 2, 1901 Jun 22, 1991
(Double Stone
BOYD, Emma Ray
Apr 11, 1906 Jul 16, 1991
m. June 13, 1927; Double Stone)
RAY, Infant
May 7, 1901 May 7,
1901 Son of Andrew & Fannie
RAY, Fannie McGrede
Oct 16, 1881 Dec 21, 1916
Wife of Andrew
RAY, William Andrew
Aug 3, 1875 Nov 4,
1957
McBRYDE, Joseph Boone
Sep 13, 1933 Oct 3, 1989
PFC US Army Korea
McBRYDE, Tom J.
Jan 6, 1903 Mar 11, 1974
(Double Stone
McBRYDE, Velma Ray
Jul 12, 1903 Jan 5, 1979
Double Stone)
QUILLIN, Willie A. (Bill) Oct 26, 1902
Jul 1, 1974 (Double Stone
QUILLIN, Gladys Pruitt Jan
1, 1905 Sep 20, 1985
Double Stone)
PRUITT, Katie D.
Jan 2, 1869 Aug 31, 1942
Wife of J.C. Arnold
PRUITT, Elizabeth
Jan 10, 1871 Dec 10, 1950
Wife of J.E. Thomas
RAY, Leonard Franklin
Apr 6, 1914 Jan 10, 1992
RAY, Nora Maclin
Jul 18, 1915
RAY, Jim Perdue Ned
Sep 1, 1909 Nov 9,
1910
RAY, James Markam
Jan 26, 1918 Feb 13, 1922
RAY, James F.
Feb 6, 1882 Jan 5,
1926
RAY, Alice McLendon
Oct 29, 1884 Dec 10, 1980
McKAY, Harry S.
Jul 26, 1881 May 19, 1943
(Double Stone
McKAY, Melba Pruitt
Jul 23, 1907 Oct 18, 1984
Double stone)
LEWIS, Erwin Crawford
Jan 26, 1907 Oct 26, 1974
(Double stone
LEWIS, Annie Laurie
Jun. 5, 1911 Jul 19, 1991
Double stone)
LEWIS, Farrar M.
Oct 14, 1937 Oct 24, 1994
LEWIS, David Winford
Sep 21, 1929 Sep 21, 1929
Sm. stone with Lamb on top
McMAHON, Dick G
Jun 15, 1927 May 24, 2000
McMAHAN, Mary Nell Hammond Jul 21, 1932
LEWIS, Randall Don
Sep 21, 1962 Dec 30, 1995
NEWTON,W.E. (Male)
1902 lived on Yates Place
MORRIS,Edgar
1906
PLATT,Mrs
1901 lived on Thrasher place
DARK, Rebecca Ruth
1958
1972
DARK, Nellie Henderson Sep
1, 1896 Aug 13, 1982
MELTON, Winston, Dwayne Nov 28,
1938 Feb 5, 1995
PRUITT, Thomas Wesley
Dec 27, 1893 Jul 6, 1968
(Double Stone
PRUITT, Gaudia Mae
Sep 23, 1898 Jun 20, 1980
Double Stone)
KOZAREK, Thomas Francis Oct 25,
1951 Apr 23, 1999
beloved son of Myndall Pruitt Koszarek
PRUITT, A Judson
Oct 6, 1839 Nov 30, 1923
(Double Stone; He was with Gen. Lee 1861
to Appamatox 1865; Father
PRUITT, Rebekah Ann
Dec 1842
Mar 30, 1927 Double Stone) wife of Judson
Pruitt
PRUITT, Edward H
Nov 25, 1867 Jan 2, 1920
WOW
PRUITT, Minnie E
Sep 14, 1868 Jun 23, 1928
wife of E H Pruitt
R A P
(only marking on this stone)
Large squared stone with the following on three sides:
PRUITT, Minnie Alma
Nov 3, 1889 Jul 11, 1902
dau of E H & M E Pruitt
PRUITT, baby
Jun 11, 1903 Jun 11, 1903
PRUITT, Roger
Mar 10, 1899 Apr 23, 1899
HAMMOND, H L
Oct 13, 1886 Aug 10, 1926
WOW
HAMMOND, Joseph Henry
1876
1940
HAMMOND, Bertha
1890
1961
MYERS, Leonard P
Dec 30, 1903 Apr 16, 1981
(Double Stone
MYERS, Ruby Hammon
Aug 12, 1915
Double Stone)
BARCLAY, B J
Sep 2, 1926 Sep 8,
1999 (Double Stone
BARCLAY, Nell Grace Ray May 18,
1926 Jan 21, 1999
Double Stone)
FADNER, Sara H
Mar 22, 1933 Sep 4, 1999
(Double Stone
FADNER, Donald R
Feb 22, 1931
Double Stone)
HAMMOND, Howard B
Jun 12, 1913 Aug 18, 1946
(Double Stone; Mason & Houston Police Dept
Badge 824
HAMMOND, Kathleen H
Nov 17, 1914 Oct 17, 1992
Double Stone) Eastern Star