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Midway Cemetery

Hancock Cemetery, Dawson County, Texas Midway, Texas

GPS Coords: 32.6825648, -101.8031855
From Lamesa, take US 87 southeast about 2 miles. Turn east on US 180 for 7 miles and turn south onto FM 178. Go 3 miles to County Road 24. Turn WEST for one mile on dirt road. Cemetery is on the northeast side of intersection.

provided by Danny Gillespie, Aug. 2005

This is a sandy area and most of the stones are sinking.
Name Birth Death Info/Inscriptions
Row 1 going north
McEachern, Katy Madge 05-Nov-1909 10-Aug-1923
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.M. McEachern
Groves, Fred A Jr 30-Sep-1924 death date buried
Lee, G L
son of Mr. & Mrs. George W. Lee; remainder of stone covered in sand
Row 2 going south
Nowell, Rose Evelyn
remainder of stone covered in sand
metal funeral home marker no information
White, George Thomas 23-Jan-1913 death date covered by sand
White, Lottie A 1885 1959 double stone
White, Thomas G 1877 1934 double stone
Gillit, Robert 7-Sep-1908 21-Jul-1926
Gillit, Ida E 1876 1934
Gillit, E. B. 1872 1946
Smith, Geraldine
only the first name is still above ground
Row 3 going north
2 metal funeral home markers No information
Callaway, Rodger 12-Mar-1917 23-Oct-1932
Row 4 going south
Fambro, Joe D 2-Aug-1866 19-Jan-1946
Davis, Frances Ione 10-Apr-1917 23-Mar-1944 Double stone - one grave
Brown, Mary E 16-Jul-1884 26-Jan-1960
Shick, Monroe H 29-Dec-1932 5-Jan-1933
Row 5 going north
Love, Annie Margaret 6-Nov-1872 14-Oct-1955 Double Stone
Love, William Volney 3-Feb-1868 9-Jul-1946
The Lord is my Shepherd, I Shall Not Want
Robison, Kerry Juanell 28-Jul-1943 19-Nov-1944
Cox, Minnie D 11-Mar-1877 15-Jan-1956
Cox, C. A. 19-Feb-1866 11-Oct-1935
Row 7
Newsome, Callie Thorp
remainder of stone covered with sand
Row 8 going north
Morgan, Ezra Hiram 21-Feb-1891 3-Aug-1936
Loving Son of William Hiram & James Elsie Morgan, TN
Rushin, Mary Jane 5-Feb-1862 15-Feb-1946 Double Stone; Mother
Rushin, Phillip S 10-Aug-1854 24-Oct-1937 Double Stone; Father
Additions To Original survey
Kidd, Dorothy Jean Mar 14, 1928 Aug 8, 1947
Faithful to her Trust, Even unto Death
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