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Hancock Cemetery

Hancock Cemetery, Dawson County, Texas Arvana, Texas

GPS Coords: 32.81900201, -101.8637578
FM 178, 4 miles south of Hwy 87

Cemetery photo furnished by David Sifford
Some information furnished by Louise G. Stratton, April 2007, some from Texas Death Certificates, furnished by Peggy Allen, June 2009.
Name Birth Death Photos Info/Inscriptions
Ansley, Edna Eugenia Sep. 11, 1892 Sep. 3, 1979
Ansley, Mary Margaret Apr. 15, 1867 Dec. 2, 1940
Ansley, Sammie E. Dec. 24, 1922 Dec. 12, 1945
Ansley, Samuel Nixon May 1, 1889 Dec. 6, 1957
Bell, Celia Anne Aug. 23, 1935
Bell, Fred Wayne Mar. 3, 1934 Nov. 26, 2005
Best, Andrew M. Jun 29, 1860 Sep. 27, 1939
Best, B.O. Jul 1, 1903 May 24, 1933
Best, Charles Raymond Aug. 3, 1931 Jan. 15, 1959
Boggan, Bertha Mae Dec. 7, 1934 Jun 21, 2004
Boggan, Paul Wayne Sep. 24, 1934
Bolch, Norene Weaver Jones Apr. 20, 1916 May 6, 1996
Brownrigg, Earl Dec. 29, 1900 Aug. 11, 1981
Brownrigg, Lavada Edwards Jul 31, 1903 Jul 8, 1981
Butchee, Bobby F. Oct. 25, 1928 May 28, 1988
Buttrill, Amanda E. Jul 28, 1872 Nov. 18, 1945
Buttrill, Tapley Eugene Apr. 12, 1861 Dec. 31, 1960
Buttrill, W.C. Apr. 23, 1862 Feb. 11, 1939
Cook, Benjamin Grey Jan. 28, 1911 Mar. 22, 1995
Cook, Ioma Hankins Nov. 20, 1911 Jan. 16, 1992
Curbow, Audie Movelda Feb. 15, 1921 Aug. 28, 1886
Dopson, Ben Mack Feb. 26, 1932 Oct. 17, 1988
Duncan, Billie C. May 30, 1936 May 30, 1936
Duncan, Floyd P. Dec. 16, 1895 Mar. 26, 1959
Duncan, Jimmie D. May 6, 1937 Jun 8, 1937
Duncan, Joe C. 1867 1933
Duncan, Minnie B. 1871 1946
Duncan, Rosie M. May 5, 1899 Apr. 5, 1972
Edgmon, Annie B. Jul 30, 1925 Sep. 5, 1990
Edgmon, J. Melvin Mar. 15, 1896 Jan. 22, 1930
Edgmon, John Paul Apr. 5, 1924 Nov. 21, 1985
Edgmon, Lou Hancock Aug. 25, 1885 Aug. 25, 1978
Edgmon, Mary Afton Aug. 16, 1926 Apr. 5, 1929
Edgmon, William Anderson Feb. 14, 1881 Dec. 18, 1961
Edwards, Mary J. Hancock Jul 3, 1880 Apr. 10, 1967
Edwards, Thomas A. Jun 20, 1905 Aug. 31, 1928
Edwards, Thomas O. May 20, 1872 Feb. 29, 1928
Elmore, Lura E. Aug. 17, 1916 Mar. 1, 2006
Emfinger, Iris Norwetta Jan. 5, 1921
Emfinger, L. Wesley Feb. 4, 1919
Emfinger, Neil Jan. 28, 1944
Emfinger, Sue May 21, 1945
Foreman, Jacob Roy Aug. 29, 1897 Jul 10, 1995
Foreman, Minta May Apr. 6, 1898 Mar. 22, 1969
Foreman, W.B. Dec. 18, 1868 Mar. 8, 1925
Hancock, Alice Mymalyn Jul 18, 1938 Aug. 26, 1938
Hancock Jr., Elbert W. May 15, 1908 Nov. 28, 1993
Hancock, J.A. 1848 1926
Hancock, Lois Adamo 1910 1987
Hancock, Mac W. Jan. 8, 1888 May 3, 1948
Hancock, Mac Wesley Mar. 8, 1925 Jan. 21, 2006
Hancock, Mallie E. Apr. 30, 1893 Mar. 24, 1982
Hancock, Nancy Catherine Nov. 19, 1854 Mar. 9, 1936
Hancock, Vernon J. 1910 1933
Hancock, W.L. May 7, 1871 Oct. 4, 1930
Holladay, Gilbert Nov. 3, 1915 Apr. 17, 2005
Holladay, Orene Hancock Sep. 29, 1914
Houston, Dottie Clarissa Aug. 8, 1904 Jul 31, 1996
Houston, Hubert Earl Oct. 5, 1901 Jul 27, 1955
Houston, Julia J. Oct. 17, 1882 Aug. 10, 1971
Houston, Lawrence Everett Jan. 28, 1880 Aug. 26, 1963 S/O J.M. Houston & Amanda Munn
Houston, Norman Kenneth Dec. 2, 1928 Sep. 25, 1963 S/O L.E. Houston & Medley
Hughes, Jewel Hancock Edgmon Mar. 22, 1896 Jun 13, 1968
Jeter, Evelyn V. Dec. 31, 1932 May 30, 2003
Jeter, Henry Redell Sep. 9, 1928
Jones, Alva W. Mar. 22, 1919 Mar. 1, 1984
Jones, Esther Stella Nov. 9, 1904 Jun 4, 1972
Jones, G.M. Jan. 26, 1860 Jan. 2, 1943
Jones, Hattie Mae Jul 19, 1926 Jan. 12, 1991
Jones, Hershel Oct. 2, 1883 Nov. 20, 1951
Jones, Jo Ann Aug. 17, 1943 Apr. 16, 1978
Jones, Mollie Jan. 10, 1869 Sep. 3, 1944
Killinger, George Jul 5, 1893 Jun 27, 1972
Killinger, Myrtle Dec. 11, 1896 Jul 3, 1980
Laird, Lona T. May 1869 Oct. 22, 1953
Ledbetter, Billie Frances Nov. 18, 1934
Ledbetter, William Robert "Bill" Jul 8, 1928 Jun 26, 1995
Lisenbee, Hardeen Jul 2, 1931 Jul 2, 1931
Lisenbee, Joe K. Oct. 10, 1938 Oct. 10, 1938
McCoy, Ernest Newman Sep. 27, 1908 Feb. 24, 1988
McCoy, Margaret Edwards Dec. 8, 1913 Jun 29, 1990
Meldey, Mary Niles Davidson Jan. 10, 1844 Mar. 13, 1934 Mother
Miller, B.F. Jan. 18, 1845 Jul 11, 1931
Miller, J.T. "Tom" Jul 27, 1881 Nov. 29, 1978
Miller, Zula Barrett Sep. 18, 1866 Apr. 6, 1966
Osorio, Irene 1947 2006
Rickner, Buna Edwards Oct. 20, 1916
Rickner, Eric Ethan Sep. 29, 1943 Aug. 8, 2000
Rushing, Bernice Inez Mar. 17, 1921 Mar. 17, 1945
Simpson, Julia "Jo" Josephine Houston Jan. 27, 1920
Simpsom, Marion Adrian Dec. 8, 1912 Nov. 10, 1982
Smith, Bunk May 31, 1919
Smith, Geneva Mar. 8, 1923
Taylor, Betty Waldrip Jan. 5, 1873 Oct. 24, 1948
Todd, Billy D. Jun 21, 1929 Oct. 11, 2003
Todd, Billy Ray
Todd, Georgie Mae Mar. 8, 1941
Todd, James W. Aug. 27, 1924 Sep. 28, 1989
Todd, John Marion Mar. 28, 1939 May 1, 2008
Todd, Leonard Andrew Oct. 3, 1933 Dec. 21, 1999
Todd, Sue E. Aug. 29, 1931
Towns, Scharlane Jun 22, 1937 Jun 23, 1937
Waldrop, Brant 1955 1998
Warren, Ivy Ellen Jul 2, 1892 Dec. 16, 1936
Weaver, Cynthia Steelman Apr. 21, 1877 Jan. 3, 1968
Weaver, Elvor Sep. 24, 1904 Jun 17, 1976
Weaver, Minnie G. May 5, 1917 Jan. 27, 2008
Weaver, Wilbur Webb Apr. 18, 1907 Aug. 12, 1995
Weaver, William Nov. 8, 1909 Feb. 4, 1972
Whitley, Carolyn Ann 1944 2007
Wilcher, Frances Katherine Oct. 31, 1915 Feb. 13, 2004
Wilcher, John Luther Sep. 3, 1912 Nov. 15, 1976
Wilcher, Johnnie Lucille Jul 21, 1938 Jul 22, 1938
Wilcher, Joyce Thomas Mar. 1, 1953 Jun 30, 2006
Wilcher, LaQuita Marian Feb. 11, 1959 Feb. 11, 1959
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