Hemphill City Cemetery (Includes 4 Reinterred graves from Gomer Cemetery #1; & 2 Reinterred graves from Gomer Cemetery #2), Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas - From the Sabine County Court House in Hemphill, Texas, go South on either Texas Street or Oak Street 0.1 mile to cemetery.  The cemetery has a chain link fence and is well kept.  There is a Historical Marker.  J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book (Abt 1963) lists 26 graves as being unmarked. Additional information added in parenthesis.

GPS Coordinates:  3120317N - 09350989W ;  First Marked Burial - 1861 ;  Last Marked Burial - {7 Sept 2003} ; 
Indexed 23 June 2002 by Kay Parker McCary ;  Updated from Obits 10 Sept 2003 by Kay Parker McCary .

Notations/Symbols/Footnotes
%  Reinterred grave from Gomer Cemetery #1
+  Reinterred grave from Gomer Cemetery #2
#  Unmarked grave - Information from Death Records, Sabine Co., Texas
@ Unmarked grave - Information from family member
^  Information from Social Security Death Index or Texas Death Record
{  }  Information from Obituary - Sabine County Reporter - Hemphill, TX

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NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

INFORMATION-COMMENTS

1426.

Taylor, Grace Claire

5 Jan 1898

19 May 1984

[FS:  G. C. T]

1427.

Teal, Ima Letris Lynch

22 Feb 1921

18 Aug 1991

Mother - A faithful mother & father at rest (Double with James Monroe Teal)

1428.

Teal, James Monroe

6 May 1912

1 Sept 1998

Father - USNR - A faithful mother & father at rest (Double with Ima Letris Lynch Teal)

1429.

Temple, Orabell

21 July 1924

15 Aug 1993

(Double with Russel E. Temple)

1430.

Temple, Russel E.

26 Dec 1911

28 May 1999

(Double with Orabell Temple)

1431.

# Thedford, A. J.

24 Aug 1863

10 May 1921

(Andrew J. Thedford - w Parilee ?)

1432.

Thedford, Fred W.

26 Mar 1892

29 July 1976

Book of Life - Memory Lane [FS:  F. W. T] (Double with Verna G. Thedford)

1433.

Thedford, Verna G.

22 Nov 1905

26 June 2001

Book of Life - Memory Lane [FS:  V. G. T.] (Double with Fred W. Thedford)

1434.

Thomas, Betty Carolyn

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(Triple with Dr. Lamar Alfred Thomas & Myrline Arnold Thomas)

1435.

Thomas, Dr. Lamar Alfred

6 Jan 1917

8 May 1994

Health Chiropractic (Triple with Betty Carolyn Thomas & Myrline Arnold Thomas)

1436.

Thomas, Myrline Arnold

---

---

(Triple with Betty Carolyn Thomas & Dr. Lamar Alfred Thomas)

1437.

Tinsley, Amanda

1876

(13 June) 1964

(Winnie Amanda Edgar - Daughter of Daniel Divinity Edgar & Ellen Lavinia McDaniel - Double with Stephen H. Tinsley)

1438.

Tinsley, Stephen H.

1868

1942

(Stephen Henry Tinsley - Double with Amanda Tinsley)

1439.

Todd, Chris Onetta

25 June 1938

16 July 1980

Beloved wife (h T. V. Todd)

1440.

Toole, Adrian R.

1886

1941

Gone but not forgotten (Adrian Reese Toole - Son of James Oswell Toole & Emily Elizabeth Pratt - w Anna W. Toole)

1441.

Toole, Anna W.

(17 Apr) 1887

(26 Aug) 1969

Gone but not forgotten (Anna Mariah Whitehead - Daughter of Owen Fort Whitehead & Mary Adeline Youngblood - h Adrian R. Toole)

1442.

Toole, Ava Woods

9 Nov 1914

8 Dec 2001

DRT (Lora Ava Woods - Daughter of Cavie O. Woods & Odie Pamela Burkhalter - Triple with James Oswell Toole & Keith Adrian Toole)

1443.

Toole, Claude Pratt

1 Sept 1886

6 Sept 1945

Mason (Son of James Oswell Toole & Emily Elizabeth Pratt - w Genevieve Chapman)

1444.

{Toole, Dorothy Bloodsworth

2227 Nov 1937  

23 Jan 2003}

(Dorothy "Dot" Bloodsworth - Daughter of Walter Homer Bloodsworth & Bernice Worthy) {h Paul Edwin "Eddie" Toole, Jr. - Obit 29 Jan 2003 SCR}

1445.

Toole, Emily E.

1864

1954

(Emily Elizabeth Pratt - Daughter of Hampton Pratt & Mary Lucinda Potts - Double with James O. Toole - h James Oswell Toole)

1446.

Toole, Inez C.

11 Mar 1914

13 Apr 2000

(Inez Cook - Daughter of George W. Cook & Rachel Williamson - Double with Paul E. Toole, Sr.)

1447.

Toole, Ira F.

1 Dec 1891

24 Nov 1923

Out of the shadow of night, the world moved into light, It is daybreak every where (Son of James Oswell Toole & Emily Elizabeth Pratt - w Theodosia Pauline Easley Mason buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, SCT)

1448.

Toole, J. Hampton

9 Oct 1883

19 Sept 1884

Son of J. O. & E. E. Toole - And Jesus said, Verily, I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter unto the kingdom of Heaven.  - J. H. Moser Galy (John Hampton Toole - Son of James Oswell Toole & Emily Elizabeth Pratt)

1449.

Toole, James O.

1858

1940

(James Oswell Toole - Son of John Maren Toole & Indiana Virginia Reese - Double with Emily E. Toole)

1450.

Toole, James Oswell

9 Apr 1914

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(Son of Adrian Reese Toole & Anna Mariah Whitehead - Triple with Ava Woods Toole & Keith Adrian Toole)

1451.

Toole, James Perkins

11 July 1888

15 May 1899

Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore [FS:  J. P. T.] (Son of James Oswell Toole & Emily Elizabeth Pratt)

1452.

Toole, Jennie Lena

3 Mar 1890

2 Apr 1974

(Jennie Lena Whitehead - Daughter of Owen Fort Whitehead & Mary Adeline Youngblood - h Theodore E. Toole)

1453.

Toole, Keith Adrian

7 Aug 1953

8 Sept 1972

Kappa Alpha Fraternity Emblem (Son of James Oswell Toole & Lora Ava Woods - Triple with James Oswell Toole & Ava Woods Toole)

1454.

Toole, Paul E., Sr.,

10 Oct 1911

9 Apr 1983

(Paul Edwin Toole, Sr. - Son of Theodore E. Toole & Jennie Lena Whitehead - Double with Inez C. Toole)

1455.

Travis, Amanda Ida

1870

1952

[FS:  A. I. T.] (Daughter of Simpson Travis & Sarah Jane Harvey - h Richardson Jefferson Travis)

1456.

Travis, Adrian

(7 Dec) 1910

(29 June) 1995

[FS:  A. T.] (Son of Henry Lee Travis & Bessie Safronia Travis - Double with Janie Travis)

1457.

Travis, Bernice J.

23 Jan 1904

4 June 1991

[FS:  B. J. T.]

1458.

Travis, Bertie L.

(28 Dec) 1907

(23 Aug) 1976

[FS:  Mother] (Double with Jimmie C. Travis)

1459.

Travis, Bessie S.

1877

1960

Mother [FS:  Mother] (Bessie Safronia Travis - Daughter of William Hardy Travis & Grave Ener - h Henry Lee Travis)

1460.

Travis, Blanch Fullen

27 Nov 1899

18 Mar 1923

Asleep in Jesus (Carrie Blanch Fullen - Daughter of Lawrence Allen Fullen & Margarete Elvina McNaughten - 1st w of James C. "Jimmie" Travis)

1461.

Travis, Cannon

(1825)

(18 Apr 1897)

[Military Marker Only:  Co D 1st Texas HV ARTY CSA] (James Cannon Travis - Son of William Travis & Nancy B. Hurst - w Saphrona Travis)

1462.

Travis, Della B.

3 Apr 1878

11 Dec 1973

[FS:  Mama] (Abbie Della Bennett - Daughter of Adam Jackson Bennett, Jr. & Nancy Elizabeth Jones - Double with John A. Travis)

1463.

Travis, Ella Green

10 Dec 1861

2 Aug 1941

(Ella Green Rice - Daughter of Matthias Rice & Milberry Cook - Double with James Cannon Travis)

1464.

Travis, Grace

29 Sept 1856

12 Jan 1930

Mother - She was a kind and affectionate mother and a friend to all [FS:  G. T] (Grace Ener - Daughter of James T. Ener & Mary Ann Gomer - Double with W. H. Travis)

1465.

Travis, Grace

21 Sept 1886

20 Apr 1887

(Daughter of William Hardy Travis & Grace Ener)

1466.

Travis, Green

1882

1944

(W. Green Travis - Son of James Cannon Travis & Ella Green Rice - Double with Pearl Travis)

1467.

Travis, Hardy

4 Aug 1882

18 Oct 1883

(Son of William Hardy Travis & Grace Ener)

1468.

Travis, Henry Lee

(16 June) 1873

1943

Father [FS:  H. L. T.] (Son of Simpson Travis & Jane Harvey - w Bessie Safronia Travis)

1469.

Travis, Ivey

(9 Aug) 1909

(Dec) 1968

(Son of Zack T. Travis & Sudie E. Smith - Quint with Rufus Travis, Zack Travis, Sudie Travis, & Ruby Taylor Travis)

1470.

Travis, J. H.

17 June 1850

7 Nov 1928

Come unto me - Resting until the resurrection morn (John Henry Travis - Son of Richard Henry Travis & Ruth C. White - w Mary Elizabeth Pickard buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, SCT)

1471.

Travis, J. M.

18 Oct 1880

31 May 1915

Son of Simpson & Jane Travis - Gone but not forgotten (James M. Travis - Son of Simpson Travis & Sarah Jane Harvey)

1472.

Travis, James Cannon

9 Feb 1858

17 Feb 1897

(Son of Cannon Travis & Saphronia P. White - Double with Ella Green Travis)

1473.

Travis, Janie

(11 Sept) 1898

(15 May) 1970

[FS:  J. T.] (Double with Adrian Travis)

1474.

Travis, Jessie M., Sr.

8 Aug 1891

25 July 1980

Son (Son of James Cannon Travis & Ella Green Rice - w Lillian P. "Lillie" Seales buried Yellowpine Cemetery, SCT)

1475.

Travis, Jimmie C.

(20 Oct) 1895

(July) 1955

(James Cannon "Jimmie" Travis - Son of James Cannon Travis & Ella Green Rice - Double with 2nd w Bertie L. Travis, 1st w Blanche Fullen)

1476.

* Travis, Jimmie F.

1895

1957

(Is this same as Jimmie C. Travis?)

1477.

Travis, John A.

9 Jan 1872

2 Aug 1959

[FS:  Papa] (John Amos Travis - Son of Amos Travis & Mary Josephine Davidson - Double with Della B. Travis)

1478.

Travis, Lula

9 July 1899

6 Feb 1900

1479.

Travis, Pearl

(10 Mar) 1890

(June) 1982

(Pearl M. Ener - Daughter of Louis A. Ener & Teba Hyden - Double with Green Travis)

1480.

Travis, Ruby Taylor

(26 Feb) 1916

(25 Mar) 1989

(Ruby E. Taylor - Quint with Rufus Travis, Zack Travis, Sudie Travis, & Ivey Travis)

1481.

Travis, Rufus

1913

1937

(Son of Zack T. Travis & Sudie E. Smith - Quint with Zack Travis, Sudie Travis, Ivey Travis, & Ruby Taylor Travis)

1482.

Travis, Saphrona

1831

(12 June) 1915

In memory of - Gone but not forgotten (Sophronia Pauline White - Daughter of Edward W. White & Elizabeth P. Strickland - h Cannon Travis)

1483.

Travis, Sarah Jane Harvey

1845

1916

(Daughter of Kindred Jeremiah Harvey & Amanda Jane Mobbley - h Simpson Travis)

1484.

Travis, Simpson

30 Aug 1830

24 Nov 1905

Not lost but gone before [FS:  S. T.] (Son of John D. Travis, III & Mary "Polly" Rabon - w Sarah Jane Harvey Travis)

1485.

Travis, Sudie

(5 Aug) 1888

(5 Sept) 1968

(Sudie E. Smith - Daughter of Joseph Cornelius Smith & Joella Dickey - h Zack Travis - Quint with Rufus Travis, Zack Travis, Ivey Travis & Ruby Taylor Travis)

1486.

Travis, Tommy Ray

15 Feb 1928

15 May 1985

Shriner - Help me to create more laughter than tears (Son of Jesse Marion Travis, Sr. & Lillian P. "Lillie" Seales)

1487.

Travis, Tony Coke, Sr.

13 Oct 1910

25 Sept 1979

In loving memory [FS:  Daddy] (Son of John Amos Travis & Abbie Della Bennett)

1488.

Travis W. H.

30 May 1855

8 Oct 1931

Father - He was a kind and affectionate father, a fond husband and a friend to all [FS:  W. H. T.] (William Hardy Travis - Son of Cannon Travis & Sophronia P. White - Double with Grace Travis)

1489.

Travis, William L.

4 Aug 1902

20 Mar 1904

[FS:  W. L. T.] (Son of Henry Lee Travis & Bessie Safronia Travis)

1490.

Travis, Zack

(25 Feb) 1888

1937

(Jack T. "Zack" Travis - Son of William Hardy Travis & Grace Ener - w Sudie Travis - Quint with Rufus Travis, Sudie Travis, Ivey Travis, & Ruby Taylor Travis)

1491.

Trussell, Timmie

15 May 1952

25 July 1982

(Daughter of Ralph Trussell & Ora M. ?)

1492.

Tucker, Flora J.

15 May 1912

20 Mar 2001

And husband Frank - In loving memory

1493.

Turner, Fay Watson

22 May 1913

10 Oct 1996

In loving memory [FS:  Fay] (Laura Fay Watson - Daughter of Clifford Joshua Watson & Minnie Ola Bragg - Double with William C. Turner)

1494.

Turner, William C.

23 Dec 1907

17 Apr 1990

In loving memory [FS:  Clyde] (William Clyde Turner - Double with Fay Watson Turner)

1495.

Unknown

---

31 Aug 1969

(Starr Funeral Home Marker to the right of Margaret Low Gomer)

1496.

+ Unknown # 571

---

---

(Unmarked)

1497.

+ Unknown # 572

---

---

(Unmarked)

1498.

Valentine, Rev. Arvel T.

8 May 1911

23 June 1999

 [Military Marker:  Arvel Travis Valentine - F1 US Navy WW II] [FS:  Daddy] (Double with Cecil Lee Valentine)

1499.

Valentine, Cecil Lee

9 Feb 1911

9 May 1984

She led the way that others may follow [FS:  Mother] (Double with Rev. Arvel Travis Valentine)

1500.

Valentine, Grace L.

7 Aug 1917

28 Feb 2002

Married 16 Nov 1955 (Double with John R. Valentine) {Daughter of Bert Jones & Martha Daniels - Obit 6 March 2002 SCR}

1501.

Valentine, John R.

2 Sept 1928

---

Married 16 Nov 1955 - [Military Marker:  CPO USN Ret] (Double with Grace L. Valentine)

1502.

Van Devender, Adrain L.

30 May 1922

---

Mason - Father (Double with Willa M. Van Devender)

1503.

Van Devender, Willa M.

21 Feb 1922

---

Mother (Double with Adrain L. Van Devender)

1504.

Vick, Effie Beckcom

1902

(19 Oct) 1993

(Effie Louise Beckcom - Daughter of Paul P. Beckcom & Ida L. Skillern - Double with Walter Price Vick)

1505.

Vick, Walter Price

(31 Mar) 1913

(8 Oct) 1986

(Double with Effie Beckcom Vick)

1506.

Vickers, Nora Blanche

28 Sept 1877

13 Oct 1907

Wife of Judge V. H. Vickers - Sheltered and safe from sorrow (Nora Blanche Williams - Daughter of Lewis Sullivan Williams, Sr. & Frances Williams - h Volney Harris Vickers)