DICKEY CEMETERY - Sabine Co., Texas

DICKEY CEMETERY
(Dickey, Clark & Smith)

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Spencer Ashmore

Rosetta Smith	Mahala Graham Clark	Margaret Clark Dickey	Elizabeth Clark Ashmore
Joseph C. Smith	Joella Dickey Smith	Obediah Jackson Smith	(In Smith Cemetery)

Clark-Dickey and Smith Cemetery Association
P.O. Box 1646
Hemphill, Texas 75948
(409) 787-3204

The Dedication Ceremonies for the Texas Historical Marker for the Clark-Dickey and Smith Cemeteries was held on October 11, 1997 at 1:00p.m.

Order of Ceremony
Call to Order:	Dixie Hargis Master of Ceremonies
Invocation:	Lynn Smith
Pledge to Flag:	Dixie Hargis
Song:	Angela King
Welcome:	Dixie Hargis
History of Cemetery:	Blanche Toole Clark - Blanche Toole Smith - Lynn Smith Dickey - Gaynell Arney Parker - Ona Jones Ashmore - Ed Farrell
Dedication:	Lynn Smith
Acceptance of Marker:	Judge Leath
Song:	Angela King
Dismissal Prayer:	Lynn Smith

MARKER INSCRIPTION

WILLIAM AND MAHALA GRAHAM CLARK
SETTLED IN THE BIG SANDY CREEK AREA
BEFORE 1837 * WILLIAM DIED IN 1856 AND
HIS IS THE OLDEST MARKED GRAVE IN THE
CLARK - DICKEY CEMETERY * IT IS BELIEVED
THAT EARLIER PIONEERS CAMPED NEAR
HERE AND BURIED THEIR DEAD IN UNMARKED
GRAVES * IN 1850 OBEDIAH JACKSON SMITH
AND ELIZABETH CHAPMAN BOUGHT LAND
FROM WILLIAM F. CLARK * OBEDIAH DIED IN
1868; HIS IS THE ONLY MARKED GRAVE IN THE
SMITH CEMETERY * IT IS LIKELY THAT FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE ALSO BURIED NEARBY * THESE
TWO CEMETERIES ARE THE LAST PHYSICAL
REMAINS OF THE BIG SANDY CREEK COMMUNITY.

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