Wheatville Cemetery
Naples, TexasLocation: West of Naples 1 mile on Hwy. 77. Right on CR 4315 for 1 mile to CR 4316. Left here. Cemetery is .2 mile at the end of this road. This cemetery is adjoined with Vissering Cemetery on the left with a fence around it and is known to be predominantly white.
A marker reads: Birthplace of Morris SHEPPARD, May 28, 1875-April 9, 1941; US House of Representatives November 15, 1902-February 3, 1913; US Senate February 3, 1913-April 9, 1941
Information taken from the March 1, 1982 reading by Jim and Maydell Talley and the October 6, 1998 reading from north to south by Charles Steger, Melba Tims, Connie Draper and Irene Powell.
"The two Wrights and the three Branch babies are covered with thin boxes made of concrete with the inscriptions very crudely made. The weather over the years has almost wiped the writing out and the concrete is badly broken from age. In a few years, the lettering will be completely unreadable." -Noted Jim and Maydell Talley March 1, 1981
* The oldest known marked grave: Row 4 BETTS, I.H. only date is February 16, 1872
This information was copied from the MORRIS COUNTY CEMETERY BOOK - NORTHERN SECTION of 1999 which was Compiled by the Cass County Genealogical Society in cooperation with the Morris County Historical Commission. Janette Tigert Cook, janettetigertomaha@yahoo.com
s/o = Son of
h/o = Husband of
d/o = Daughter of
w/o = Wife of
fhm = funeral home marker
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN | Row 2; FHM Unreadable | ||
| UNKNOWN | Rock marked grave | Row 5 | |
| UNKNOWN | Iron ore rock | marked grave | Row 7 |
| UNKNOWN | July 10 (Mostly unreadable) | Row 10; FHM unreadable; | |
| BEDFORD, Mrs A C | June 2, 1833 | June 19, 1886 | Row 5; Mother |
| BETTS, I H | Only Date | February 16, 1872 | Row 4; Died age 57 yrs; Masonic Emblem * |
| BOLIN, F W | 1847 | 1928 | Row 2; H/o Lucye |
| BOLIN, H F | 1883 | 1883 | Row 3; Age 7 days |
| BOLIN, Lelia Kate | December 19, 1890 | August 7, 1897 | Row 3; Dau/o F W & L E Bolin |
| BOLIN, Lucy E | 1846 | 1929 | Row 2; W/o F W |
| BOLIN, Malcolm M | January 1, 1889 | June 20, 1889 | Row 2; S/o P M & Mittie W; twin to Mittie W |
| BOLIN, Mary | 1886 | 1886 | Row 3; Age 21 days |
| BOLIN, Mittie | January 1, 1889 | January 15, 1889 | Row 2; D/o P M & Mittie W; twin to Malcolm M |
| BOLIN, Mittie W. | July 10, 1869 | January 4, 1889 | Row 2; W/o P M |
| BOND, John Marshall | February 27, 1876 | May 20, 1949 | Row 3; H/o Margie MATHEWS |
| BOND, Margie MATHEWS | January 28, 1875 | September 13, 1929 | Row 3; W/o John Marshall |
| BRANCH, Bessie Marie | July 23, 1876 | August 24, 1878 | Row 12; D/o L C & F B |
| BRANCH, ???? | ? 19, 1877 | August 29, 1879 | Row 12; Can’t read anything on third grave… there are 3 babies. |
| CALLAWAY, Elizabeth POPE | 1862 | 1883 | Row 4 |
| CALLAWAY, F G, Rev | July 13, 1858 | December 29, 1939 | Row 5 |
| CALLAWAY, Jennie V POPE | 1867 | 1924 | Row 5 |
| CHRISTMAN, John C | 1887 | 1887 | Row 3; Age 1 day |
| CHRISTMAN, Minnie M | 1886 | Only Date | Row 3; Age 7 mos 7 days |
| CLUBB, Kenneth Wayne | July 24, 1939 | Row 1; H/o Ora Elexa | |
| CLUBB, Ora Elexa WHITECOTTON | June 26, 1943 | Row 1; M October 23, 1959; W/o Kenneth Wayne | |
| COODE, Allie Mae | August 14, 1902 | April 1, 1928 | Row 1 |
| COODE, Betty Jo | July 3, 1926 | May 2, 1929 | Row 1 |
| CURREY, William Carlton | July 21, 1936 | April 6, 1993 | Row 6 |
| EDDINS, Margaretta A | October 5, 1875 | November 24, 1877 | Row 3; D/o W S & Margret L |
| GILSTRAP, Ralph | August 8, 1884 | November 6, 1930 | Row 8 |
| HARWELL, John W | March 23, 1892 | October 26, 1902 | Row 5; S/o S A & Mary C |
| HARWELL, Mary C | Only Date | March 31, 1892 | Row 5; W/o S A; Age 27 yrs |
| HEARD, Baby | 1881 | 1881 | Row 9; Age 1 mo |
| HEARD, Beryl | May 14, 1918 | Row 5; W/o C W | |
| HEARD, C W | September 29, 1916 | September 20, 1985 | Row 5; H/o Beryl |
| HEARD, Emma C | June 30, 1876 | Only Date | Row 9; Age 8 yrs |
| HEARD, James | April 11, 1867 | Only Date | Row 8; Died age 12 yrs |
| HEARD, Nfn | June 26, 1879 | Only Date | Row 9; Age 3 yrs; name unreadable |
| HEARD, T C H | Row 9; No headstone; initials shown on footstone (1998 listing --? Could be same as Thomas Guy?) | ||
| HEARD, Thomas Guy | June 26, 1870 | Row 9; Aged 3 years (1981 listing) | |
| HUTCHISON, M T | November 2 or 21?, 1850 | April 15, 1882 | Row 3; W/o S A Harwell |
| MATHEWS, Anna | April 27, 1848 | September 16, 1897 | Row 4; W/o J H |
| MATHEWS, C O, Dr. “Mizpah” | April 25, 1860 | December 14, 1899 | Row 4; WOW; Masonic Emblem |
| MATHEWS, Charlie | April 27, 1879 | May 1, 1881 | Row 4; S/o J H & Anna |
| MATHEWS, Eugie | April 5, 1875 | April 6, 1884 | Row 4; D/o J H & Anna |
| MATHEWS, Gussie | July 8, 1878 | July 4, 1881 | Row 4; D/o H F & J A |
| MATHEWS, J H | February 13, 1848 | March 6, 1923 | Row 4; H/o Anna |
| MATHEWS, Oliver A | October 31, 1831 | December 15, 1878 | Row 4 |
| MATHEWS, Willie | August 23, 1876 | April 14, 1881 | Row 4 |
| MOSS, Annie | No Dates | Row 11 | |
| MOSS, Della | No Dates | Row 11 | |
| MOSS, Ida | No Dates | Row 11 | |
| MOSS, Lee & Infant Sons | No Dates | Row 11 | |
| MURPHY, James H | January 13, 1840 | December 9, 1876 | Row 8 |
| PARHAM, Thomas J | No Dates | Row 5; Age 62 yrs; very old grave | |
| POPE, J E | September 22, 1856 | April 15, 1882 | Row 4; Age 25 yrs 6 mos 23 days |
| POPE, Mary F | December 13, 1824 | May 24, 1899 | Row 5; Aged 74 years 5 months 11 days |
| POPE, Norris | January 12, 1817 | February 16, 1881 | Row 5; Aged 64 years 1 month 4 days |
| POPE, Wm F | May 7, 1849 | August 28, 1881 | Row 5; Aged 32 years 3 months 21 days |
| POUNDERS, Amey Eliza | September 5, 1849 | March 8, 1939 | Row 6 |
| POUNDERS, John | February 18, 1818 | September 1, 1880 | Row 5 |
| POUNDERS, W M | September 16, 1848 | July 29, 1890 | Row 6 |
| SELLERS, Bertha | No Dates | Row 6 | |
| SELLERS, Ernest Leroy | July 5, 1910 | July 10, 1973 | UNKNOWN LOCATION; S/o Henry & Bonnie HUNTER; b/o Arlon, Ruby Willeford & Bertha Gramthum |
| SELLERS, Henry | No Dates | Row 6 | |
| SELLERS, Infant Daughter | No Dates | Row 6 | |
| SHEPPARD, John Samuel | April 13, 1858 | August 13, 1863 | Row 8; S/o W B & M E |
| SMITH, Lonie E | No Dates | Row 7; In memory of our darling daughter Lonie E Smith | |
| SWAN, Laura | Dates unreadable | Row 12; D/o R F & A N | |
| SWAN, Nfn – unreadable | March 12, 1877 | August 12, 1877 | Row 12; S/o R F & A N |
| WHITECOTTON, J W | October 22, 1869 | April 26, 1886 | Row 3; S/o T B & N E |
| WHITECOTTON, Addie Mae | September 13, 1900 | January 8, 1992 | Row 1; W/o Willie Clyde; kn/ch Betty Sue, Anna L & Ora Lee |
| WHITECOTTON, Aunt Sue | 1834 | 1923 | Row 1 |
| WHITECOTTON, Hugh B | July 18, 1905 | June 21, 1981 | Row 2; S/o T B, Jr & Ora; b/o Elizabeth, Clyde & Dick |
| WHITECOTTON, Infant | 1915 | 1915 | Row 3; Inf/o Tim & Ora |
| WHITECOTTON, Nancy CLARK | 1839 | 1928 | Row 3 |
| WHITECOTTON, Ora Lee | 1878 | 1943 | Row 2; W/o T B, Jr. |
| WHITECOTTON, T B | No Dates | Row 3; Co D 23rd TX Calvary CSA | |
| WHITECOTTON, T B, Jr | 1872 | 1938 | Row 2; H/o Ora |
| WHITECOTTON, Tim, Jr III | 1916 | 1921 | Row 3; S/o Tim & Ora |
| WHITECOTTON, Willie Clyde | September 29, 1900 | October 20, 1985 | Row 1; M June 30, 1928; b/o Dick & Elizabeth |
| WILLEFORD, Henry “Buteh” | May 11, 1942 | June 23, 1997 | Row 6; S/o Ruby; kn/ch Tony Benton; b/o Thomas, Danny, Norma, Melba, Dorothy, Margaret & Rose |
| WRIGHT, Daniel | About 1790 | 1872 or 1878 ? | Row 7; Consort of Lucy |
| WRIGHT, Lucy CHEWNING | About yr 1795 or 1800 ? | March 24, 1877 | Row 7; Consort of Daniel Wright |
| WRIGHT, Nellie | 1859 | 1886 | Row 6; Mother |
| WRIGHT, William B | August 5, 1824 | March 22, 1879 | Row 7; Masonic Emblem |