Cooper-Harris Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas - From the Sabine County Court House in Hemphill, Texas take FM 83 East 1 block to State Hwy 87.  Go North or Left 7 miles to Milam.  At the intersection of Hwy 87 and Hwy 21 in Milam turn West or Left on Hwy 21 for 3.6 miles to Lickskillet Road.  Turn North or Right onto Lickskillet Road and go 3.1 miles to the cemetery on the Right.  This cemetery has a cyclone fence and is well kept.  Additional information added in parenthesis.
GPS Coordinates:  312812N - 0935211W ;  First Marked Burial - 1 Nov 1869 ;  Last Marked Burial - (25 Apr 2001).
Indexed 10 June 2001 by Mackie & Kay Parker McCary and Billy Neal Fussell.  For questions contact Kay Parker McCary.

NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

INFORMATION-COMMENTS

1.

Cooper, Alexander Randle

12 June 1868

3 Oct 1947

(Son of William H. Cooper & Arletha L. Harris - Triple with 2nd w Lula Elizabeth Cooper & 3rd w Lita Irvine Cooper)

2.

Cooper, Arletha H.

23 Apr 1837

2 Jan 1904

Wed 17 Jan 1867 (Arletha L. Harris - 1st h W. Britton Alford; 2nd h W. H. Cooper)

3.

Cooper, James Alex

7 July 1898

25 Apr 1983

Precious memories Oh how sweet - Together with Christ (Son of Alexander Randle Cooper & Lula Elizabeth Fullen - w Rosalie ?)

4.

Cooper, Lita Irvine

27 July 1867

30 June 1955

Wife (3rd w Talitha Irvine Halbert - Daughter of James Halbert & Phoebe Eliza Irvine - Triple with Alexander Randle Cooper & Lula Elizabeth Cooper)

5.

Cooper, Lula Elizabeth

25 Dec 1870

30 Apr 1902

Wife - Thy trials ended thy rest is won (2nd w Lula Elizabeth Fullen -- Daughter of John W. Fullen & Jane C. Allen - Triple with Alexander Randle Cooper & Lita Irvine Cooper)

6.

Cooper, Mary Elizabeth

26 Aug 1889

4 Mar 1906

Daughter (Daughter of Alexander Randle Cooper & Lora Halbert)

7.

Cooper, W. H. Sgt.

(1841) 1840

1920

[Military Marker:  Co F 11 Regt Texas Inf CSA] (William H. Cooper - w Arletha Harris)

8.

Harris, Henry Leo

1 June 1890

14 Aug 1891

(Double with Judge Leon Harris)

9.

Harris, Infant Daughter

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Mar 1892

(One Date Only)

10.

Harris, Judge

(18 Nov 1839)

14 Nov 1902

Aged 62 ys 11 ms 26 ds - Here lay my burden down Change the grass into the green. (Joseph Judge Harris - Son of Theophilis Alexander Harris & Elizabeth Reeves - w Syrentha Collier Harris)

11.

Harris, Judge Leon

1 June 1890

21 Aug 1891

(Double with Henry Leo Harris)

12.

Harris, Julya Lou

16 Feb 1887

8 Oct 1898

13.

Harris, Lena

28 Oct 1904

19 June 1906

At Rest (Double with Opal Harris)

14.

Harris, Mary E.

10 Apr 1869

1 Nov 1869

15.

Harris, Opal

18 July 1910

11 Oct 1911

(Double with Lena Harris)

16.

Harris, Syrentha Collier

1 Sept 1848

19 Jan 1914

Mother - Gone but not forgotten (Daughter of George Washington Collier & Sarah Elizabeth Tatum - h Judge Harris)

17.

Harvey, Abbie

2 Sept 1914

12 Mar 1995

In Loving Memory (Abbie Tompkins - Double with Martin D. Harvey)

18.

Harvey, Martin D.

24 Aug 1917

(25 Apr 2001)

(Martin Dies Harvey - Son of Ebb Harvey)

19.

Harvill, A. L.

23 Dec 1890

21 June 1973

At Rest in Jesus For in God we Trust (Triple with Lorena Harvill & Lula A. Harvill)

20.

Harvill, Alfred A.

19 Dec 1911

12 Feb 1984

(Son of A. L. Harvill & Lorena Cooper)

21.

Harvill, Lorena

4 Oct 1894

1 Nov 1965

(Lorena Cooper - Daughter of Alexander Randle Cooper & Lula Elizabeth Fullen - Triple with A. L. Harvill & Lula A. Harvill)

22.

Harvill, Lula A.

27 June 1912

30 Sept 1912

(Triple with A. L. Harvill & Lorena Harvill)

23.

James, Arlie J.

23 Aug 1901

26 Oct 1992

Mama's Love (Arletha J. Cooper - Daughter of Alexander Randle Cooper & Lula Elizabeth Fullen - h Jesse H. James)

24.

James, Cole Harrold

15 Nov 1929

24 Sept 1936

Son of Jesse H. & Arletha James - Little Ones to Him Belong - Brother of Dorothy, Bennie, Betty and Linda

25.

James, Jesse H.

2 Apr 1897

18 Dec 1984

Daddy's Hands (w Arlie J. James)

26.

Polley, Edna Earl

5 Nov 1872

23 Mar 1899

Wife of Dr. R. A. Polley Too good for earth God called her home (Edna Earl Harris - h Dr. Ralph A. Polley buried in Polley Cemetery, SCT - Double with baby son Sydney A. Polley)

27.

Polley, Sydney A.

5 Mar 1899

26 Aug 1899

Son of Dr. R. A. & E. E. Polley - Budded on earth to Bloom in Heaven (Son of Dr. Ralph A. Polley & Edna Earl Harris - Double with his mother Edna Earl Polley)

28.

Pratt, Howard L.

14 Aug 1900

16 Oct 1905

(Double with William H. Pratt)

29.

Pratt, William H.

14 Aug 1904

16 Apr 1907

(Double with Howard L. Pratt)

30.

Smith, Lemuel Jerome

(Sept) 1874

1954

(Son of Lemuel Jasper Smith & Mary J. ? - Double with Nancy Emma Smith)

31.

Smith, Nancy Emma

(Jan 1877) 1876

  1953

(Nancy Emma Cooper - Daughter of William H. Cooper & Arletha L. Harris - Double with Lemuel Jerome Smith)

32.

Tompkins, Bennie H.

1910

1962

Gone but not forgotten

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There is also a marker that says:  Family of A. R. Cooper (Mary Elizabeth, James Alex, Lula Elizabeth, Alexander Randle, & Lita Irvine)