Eagle Creek Cemetery

Many thanks to Kimberly Jones Parks, who graciously provided this information.

Eagle Creek Cemetery is located west of Harleton, Texas on Hwy 154 W.(Approximately 15 miles west of Marshall) It was established in 1852 by Tyre Elias and Vashti Daugherty Gibbs Narramore. They arrived in Texas in 1832 from Georgia and settled in the Smyra community. Vashti, age 21 was single with children of a previous marriage. She was one of the first women in Texas to receive a Land Patent, a 640 acre tract, still called the Vashti Gibbs survey. Vashti and Tyre were married in 1839.


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Name
Birth
Death
Remarks
Landers, William T - Reserved - - Row 22 Sp 16
Landers, William T Sep 22, 1859 Dec 19, 1916 Row 22 Sp 17
Law, Ophelia M Oct 8, 1904 Jul 22, 1993 Row 39 Lot 4 Sp 1 - Grandma
Lee, Jessie - 2003 Row 37 Lot 2 Sp 6
Loader, Elvis Gorden Jan 2, 1912 Mar 29, 1993 Row 42 Lot 16 Sp 5 - "In God We Trust"; m. Jun 24, 1934
Loader, Ophelia "Ophie" Sep 2, 1913 Dec 22, 1985 Row 42 Lot 16 Sp 6 - "In God We Trust"; m. Jun 24, 1934
Loyd, James Thomas Oct 23, 1926 Mar 8, 1989 Row 19 Sp 19 - H/o Oneida Cook
Loyd, Marvin Lane Aug 11, 1949 Apr 28, 1970 Row 19 Sp 18
Loyd, Onieta - Reserved - - Row 19 Sp 20
Loyd, Wayne - Reserved - - Row 19 Sp 17
Lumpkin - Reserved - - Row 15A Sp 7-10
Lumpkin, Comer C 1908 1974 Row 15A Sp 3 - m. Dec 6, 1928; H/o Lois E
Lumpkin, Jennell Oct 15, 1934 Oct 15, 1934 Row 15A Sp 5 - Inf D/o Homer C & Lois E
Lumpkin, Jennie? - - -
Lumpkin, Lois - Reserved - - Row 15A Sp 4
Lumpkins, Bertha M 1886 1959 Row 21 Sp 19 - W/o Henry S
Lumpkins, Earl Mar 13, 1904 Oct 19, 1961 Row 21 Sp 20 - H/o Myrtle Omer
Lumpkins, Henry S 1876 1937 Row 21 Sp 18 - H/o Bertha M
Lumpkins, Myrtle Omer Feb 12, 1910 Nov 27, 1963 Row 21 Sp 21 - W/o Earl
Lundy, Marguerite - Reserved Oct 24, 1929 - Row 42 Lot 25 Sp 2-5
Lundy, Samuel Edwin Jan 27, 1926 May 6, 1994 Row 42 Lot 25 Sp 1 - "Father"; "In Loving Memory"; S1 US Navy WWII
Lusk, Larry - Reserved - - Row 5 Lot 12 Sp 6
Lylor, Marvin Lane Aug 11, 1949 Apr 18, 1970 TX US Air Force Vietnam