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Fairview Cemetery

Welch, Texas

GPS Coords: 32.8741219, -102.0841037
Located just off the LaMesa-Welch Highway about .4 mile west on FM 1066, to the left of the road. It has no fence or gate, just two metal posts that, at one time, was the entrance.

I would like to thank David Sifford dc_sifford@yahoo.com for the list for this cemetery and Hughes Shawn westtexasman2000@yahoo.com for the photographs. Their hard work is appreciated.

There are about 40 burials in this cemetery and 31 are listed here.
Fairview Cemetery, Dawson County, Texas Fairview Cemetery, Dawson County, Texas
Name Birth Death Photos Info/Inscriptions
Barrett, David Earnest Oct. 26, 1929 July 1, 1931
Barrett, Mary Ruth Sep. 25, 1923 May 9, 1929
Barton, Jessie D. 1871 1946
Bingham Sr., George R. June 28, 1850 May 3, 1936 Ye Must Be Born Again
Corbitt, Betty Jo Mar. 31, 1933 Apr. 15, 1933
Garcia, Estora 1950 Aug. 6, 1950 S/O Paul Garcia & Victoria Hernandez
Hernandez, Dianna Apr. 12, 1963 Apr. 19, 1963 D/O Pedro Hernandez & Hortensia Flores
Holden, Jimmie Maxine Dec. 9, 1927 July 17, 1937
Leatherwood, Hazel Ailene Jan. 18, 1892 Apr. 23, 1963 W/O N.B. Leatherwood
D/O Charles E. Bush & Fannie Reed
Leatherwood, N.B. 1888 1939
Martinez, Chona May 26, 1930 Oct. 18, 1950 S/O E.F. Martinez & Anita Hinojosa
Mercer, Homer Ray Feb. 24, 1934 Feb. 24, 1934
Mercer, Jimmy Faye Feb. 24, 1934 Feb. 24, 1934
Mercer, Samuel C. Mar. 19, 1885 Mar. 24, 1945
Mercer, Veleria B. Dec. 11, 1896 Feb. 28, 1969
Procter, Z.T. Jan. 26, 1847 Oct. 9, 1929
Roberson, Joseph Martin Feb. 12, 1879 June 21, 1936 S/O William Jefferson & Leah Ann Hooks, H/O Mary Louisa Warren
Roberts, Helen 1869 1955
Roberts, William 1859 1932
Sawyer, Linzie Brown Aug. 5, 1883 Oct. 11, 1955 S/O Coston G. Sawyer & Sarah Shephard
Slaughter, Mabel F. 1931 1933
Smith, Carrie Pearl Mar. 2, 1906 Apr. 3, 1939 Mother
Smith, J.A. July 29, 1904 May 23, 1931 Weep Not Mother and Father For (rest is gone)
Teague, Wanda June Aug. 9, 1932 Aug. 20, 1945 In Loving Memory Of
Thomas, Dewey 1903 1941
Thomas, Mattie 1883 1966 Gone but not forgotten
Thomas, Walter 1880 1941 Gone but not forgotten
Todd, Doxie Aug. 5, 1875 Feb. 21, 1964
Todd, Melvin L. Sep. 17, 1873 Nov. 18, 1947
Young, James W. Aug. 12, 1868 Nov. 14, 1933
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