BLUE RIDGE CEMETERY  NW

Blue Ridge, Collin Co, Cemeteries of TX
 

Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay and Patricia Nall

Surveyed & Photographed August 2009

Available  Obits   Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay and Patricia Nall


DIRECTIONS:  At the intersection of Hwy 78 and FM 981, turn West onto FM 981.  The cemetery is approximately 0.1 mile on the right side of FM 981.  33.307 N    96.399 W

Blue Ridge Cemetery is divided into large sections by paved roads and gravel roads.  In the center of the cemetery is a covered platform which is used for family services.  Each large section is divided into lots with a round, black marker that is numbered.  The transcription has been done within the four large sections and includes the lot number range.

NE    NW    SE     SW    

HISTORICAL MARKER        MAP

Row 1-25     Row 26-51

Name

Birth

Death

Comments

Row 1

 

 

 

Cochran, Jim C.

1885

1962

Begin row 1 Short plot
FHM

Cochran, Tine

1873

1940

FHM

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Short, James L.

1882

1956

 

Short, Synthia M.

1887

1938

“Mother”
End row 1 Short plot

Short, Fred J.

1878

1942

 

Short, Nora B.

1885

1968

 

Barker, Bessie M.

1903

1982

 

Short, Lee Roy

1915

1988

 

Vacant space

 

 

 

Short, Charlie Lee

May 6 1941

May 4 2005

“Father”

Short, Carol McCarley

Sept 3 1943

-----

“Mother”
photo

Bowers, James R.

June 12 1887

July 29 1950

Begin Bowers plot

Bowers, Delia

1894

1967

“Mother”

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Bowers, Walter R.

1913

1962

 

Vacant space

 

 

End Bowers plot

Jordan, Ollie

Feb 21 1898

May 9 1968

 

Jordan, Clara

Oct 26 1908

May 14 1973

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Gilbert, Willie Lee

1898

1974

“Daddy”

Gilbert, Nellie Lee

1911

1978

“Mama”

Akin, Wanda Gean

1936

1979

“Mother”

Vacant space

 

 

 

Butler, Bobby D.

Feb 10 1939

July 5 1994

SP4 US Army

Butler, Linda L.

1942

-----

 

Row 2

 

 

 

Braswell, Marvin Eugene

Oct 16 1918

Nov 8 1990

Begin row 2 Short plot
PFC US Army

Braswell, Leathia L.

June 23 1920

Apr 20 1990

Married Dec 24 1947

Myrick, Gloy R.

July 3 1916

July 17 1993

Married Sept 10 1938

Myrick, Lena A.

Sept 9 1913

June 30 2004

 

Short, Richard S.

1891

1962

 

Short, Ettie L.

1894

1976

End row 2 Short plot

Short, Audie Ray

Nov 22 1923

Mar 11 1986

Married Oct 2 1966

Short, Louise L.

Mar 10 1933

June 18 2006

photo

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

VanBevers, G.W. (Joe)

Nov 2 1922

Feb 3 1991

Married July 6 1946
PFC US Army

VanBevers, Dortha

June 25 1924

-----

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

George, Joseph L.

1883

1954

 

George, Myra A.

1889

1979

 

4 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Cantrell, Jerry W.

Feb 3 1890

Feb 28 1973

 

Cantrell, Maude A.

Jan 15 1892

Jan 14 1980

 

Pritchard, Fulman (Doc)

May 27 1909

Mar 7 1988

 

Pritchard, Pauline M.

Aug 28 1910

Mar 16 1998

 

4 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 3

 

 

 

Branch, Larry & Gary

------

July 30 1938

 

Higdon, Sandra Branch

May 9 1952

Sept 7 1992

 

Branch, Alta Mae

1913

1987

Married Jan 12 1933

Branch, Delma Lee

1908

1989

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Rogers, Selvia D.

Oct 23 1939

Apr 12 1940

 

Myrick, Annie T.

1874

1963

Begin 1st row Myrick plot

Myrick, Lula E.

1876

1944

 

Myrick, Velmer O.

July 24 1900

July 23 1986

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

End 1st row Myrick plot

3 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Sagely, Lou Ann

Oct 25 1937

Dec 12 1999

 

Vacant space

 

 

 

Howell, Esco S.

Jan 7 1912

Jan 4 1991

“Daddy”

Howell, Rosie V.

Mar 7 1914

Nov 4 1990

“Mother”

Howell, Talmage E.

May 30 1935

Jan 14 1972

SP4 US Army

Howell, Bobby Jo

1932

-----

 

5 vacant spaces

 

 

 

row 4

 

 

 

Branch, Walter

1874

1950

 

Branch, Georgia Lou

1882

1968

 

Branch, J.Z.

Feb 5 1905

Mar 11 1985

 

Branch, Bernice E.

Aug 14 1912

Jan 18 1999

 

Gay, Johnnie E.

Nov 5 1906

Nov 29 1990

 

Gay, Jaquita L.

June 13 1919

July 22 2007

 

3 vacant spaces

 

 

Begin 2nd row Myrick plot

Myrick, Pink A.

1898

1966

 

Myrick, Annie L.

1902

1984

End 2nd row Myrick plot

O’Neal, Elmer Loyd

1906

1983

 

O’Neal, Gladys Welborne

1898

1983

 

Vacant space

 

 

 

Parker, John Fleming

1869

1955

 

Parker, Beatrice Carlton

1880

1973

 

Parker, Ray E.

Dec 4 1923

Sept 22 1993

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Rodgers, O.J.

Oct 6 1903

Mar 30 1973

photo

Rodgers, Cloda

July 11 1908

July 5 1972

photo

Edwards, William A.

May 24 1911

Dec 2 1987

 

Edwards, Florence

May 11 1913

Aug 14 1999

 

Edwards, Huey A.

Feb 8 1955

Sept 4 1979

“Son”

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 5

 

 

 

McCarley, Eugent

Feb 28 1900

Aug 9 1999

Married Sept 7 1918

McCarley, Lona L.

July 2 1902

Jan 31 1993

Children: son Howell Day & wife Peggy
grandchildren: Vickie, Ken, Charles, Dean
great-grandchildren: Jay, Marc

McCarley, Neal Anthony

Oct 28 1988

May 25 1999

photo

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Terry, Vernon Miller

May 16 1915

Sept 17 2005

US Army Air Forces WWII

Terry, Thomas A.

1878

1965

“Father”

Terry, Ollie

1880

1945

“Mother”

Terry, Wirt B.

July 12 1908

Aug 10 1943

Texas PFC 3rd Inf Div WWII

Terry, Bernice L.

1906

1991

 

Terry, Zada L.

1905

2002

 

3 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Bratcher, John

1875

1955

 

Bratcher, Liddie

1884

1972

 

Bratcher, William Clarence

Jan 30 1906

May 22 1985

 

Bratcher, Annie Modene

June 17 1916

Jan 29 2007

 

Bratcher, Claude

1909

1995

Married Feb 17 1933

Bratcher, Bessie Mae

1910

1989

 

Bratcher, John Ray

Apr 9 1922

Jan 30 1999

Married Dec 24 1947

Bratcher, Patsy R.

June 28 1925

----

 

5 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 6

 

 

 

McCarley, Howell Day

Mar 1 1929

-----

Married Dec 31 1953

McCarley, Peggy Compton

Oct 11 1933

------

Our Children: Vickie, Ken, Chuck, Dean

Musser, Vickie L. McCarley

Dec 27 1954

May 8 2005

Mother of Jay, Mark & Blake

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Lewis, Mildred Juanita

Dec 26 1924

Sept 3 2007

“Daughter”

Lewis, Baylous Earl

May 17 1898

Dec 3 1964

 

Lewis, Susie M.

Nov 24 1898

Dec 12 1945

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

McCraw, Frank H.

Apr 26 1927

Jan 15 1990

PFC US Marine Corps WWII

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Edwards, Flino

Feb 18 1890

Mar 12 1956

 

Edwards, Janie

Oct 9 1892

Dec 27 1962

 

Edwards, Will C.

Oct 8 1885

July 17 1957

 

Edwards, Henrietta

Mar 15 1895

Dec 12 1964

 

Fallen headstone

 

 

 

Horton, J.D. (Joe)

Aug 17 1916

Nov 16 2004

Married May 30 1936
Pvt US Army WWII

Horton, Addie Lee

Jan 2 1914

------

Children: Linda, Wayne, Mike, Marilyn

Horton, Kenneth M.

-----

1975

“Son”

3 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Crum, Ernest Calvin, Jr.

Dec 14 1929

July 29 1992

SFC US Army
WWII, Korea, Vietnam

C----- ---ma Dean

------

-------

FHM

Row 7

 

 

 

Vacant space

 

 

Begin 1st row McDonald plot

McDonald, Anne Elizabeth

Sept 4 1915

Mar 4 1998

 

McDonald, Cleo L.

Aug 7 1922

July 22 1987

Pvt US Army

McDonald, W.F.

Feb 13 1874

Jan 1 1956

 

McDonald, Deborah A.

Nov 15 1879

Mar 28 1947

 

Childress, Nellie L.

Oct 6 1902

July 31 1984

 

Childress, Cecil C.

Aug 2 1903

July 2 1993

End 1st row McDonald plot

Walker, Earl Grady

June 17 1921

Aug 13 1995

Begin 1st row Walker plot

Walker, Elsie Alice

Mar 19 1924

Sept 14 2004

 

Walker, James Minett

1897

1975

 

Walker, Lenorah Jane

1901

1993

 

Walker, James W.

1926

1947

 

Walker, Hellon M.

1924

1947

End 1st row Walker plot

McDonald, Horace H.

Sept 7 1906

Oct 31 1987

 

McDonald, Cora M.

Dec 2 1913

Sept 26 1988

 

Bailey, William Ludd

Apr 7 1887

Jan 22 1963

Texas Pvt Co C 356 Inf 89 Div WWI

Bailey, Gertie Asalee

Dec 29 1892

Jan 22 1984

 

Sellers, Celeste Bailey

July 25 1920

Mar 14 1992

Married Feb 22 1940

Sellers, Eldon Lee

Aug 18 1915

-----

 

Vacant space

 

 

 

Bain, John W.

1921

1992

 

Barnett, Katherine

Apr 14 1914

Mar 14 1978

 

Edwards, Ray M.

Jan 23 1916

May 6 1980

Married Aug 5 1944

Edwards, Wanda L.

May 20 1923

Apr 7 1995

 

Halter, Jake

1899

1983

 

Halter, Mayme

1909

1996

 

Halter, Billy J.

Mar 30 1940

May 15 2006

Married Oct 1 1960

Halter, Mary

Mar 18 1941

-----

 

Row 8

 

 

 

Noles, Buerl

Apr 20 1905

June 26 1974

Begin 2nd row McDonald plot
PVT US Army WWII

Noles, Willie

Oct 22 1907

Feb 17 1996

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Childress, Jimmy D.

June 3 1928

Feb 16 1997

 

Childress, Marguita L.

July 7 1929

Mar 12 1987

End 2nd row McDonald plot

4 vacant spaces

 

 

Begin 2nd row Walker plot

Mills, Robert Edwin

Sept 19 1926

------

Married Nov 23 1946

Mills, Margie Ruth

Nov 25 1928

-----

End 2nd row Walker plot

Mills, Barbara Ann

-----

Jan 2 1949

 

Douglas, Barry B.

May 30 1964

Nov 11 1993

 

Douglas, Benny

May 7 1943

July 26 1991

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

Begin Douglas plot

Douglas, Hugh C.

1941

1958

photo

Douglas, Calvin C.

Feb 22 1921

Aug 22 1984

 

Douglas, Lorene

July 25 1921

----

End Douglas plot

Love, Tracy Ranay Dickson

July 24 1962

May 13 2004

 

6 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 9

 

 

 

White, Orvel Edward

Oct 6 1907

Jan 5 1994

Married Oct 5 1929
CM3 US Navy WWII

White, Lillian Elsie

Sept 9 1911

July 10 2006

 

White, Thomas O.

1884

1947

 

White, Effie B.

1886

1968

 

Morris, Versie Mae

July 19 1912

Feb 5 1979

“Mother”

Morris, Alma Lee

Dec 14 1929

-----

“Daughter”

Byars, Janie E.

1905

1999

 

Byars, Thomas S.

1868

1947

 

Byars, Sallie C.

1872

1961

 

Byars, Joe Frank

1933

1960

 

Byars, Frank F.

1899

1984

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Smith, Elder L.L.

1904

1959

Begin Smith plot

Smith, Mrs. Velma

1907

1981

 

3 vacant spaces

 

 

End Smith plot

Dickson, Dwike

Feb 27 1904

Feb 2 1987

 

Dickson, Roxie

Oct 19 1909

Jan 13 1995

 

Dickson, Jimmy Ray

Dec 3 1936

May 11 2002

 

Dickson, Delphine Webb

Dec 15 1952

-----

 

Earwood, Gary Paul

Feb 5 1950

Feb 10 1993

 

Row 10

 

 

 

White, Arba Elmo

Jan 5 1909

Mar 18 1977

 

White, Eula Grace

July 20 1913

Oct 18 1954

 

White, Jirl T.

Jan 19 1914

Dec 19 1999

 

White, Maggie (Penny)

Aug 3 1923

May 17 2009

 

White, Willie E.

Apr 22 1918

Nov 18 1991

TEC 5 US Army WWII

Bowers, PFC Nolan B.

1924

1944

Begin Bowers plot
Co B 358th Inf 90th Div

Bowers, Ruby A.

1905

2000

Married June 4 1923

Bowers, Burl B.

1895

1993

 

Moody, William C.

Sept 12 1899

Feb 17 1981

 

Moody, Lillian B.

July 21 1900

July 21 1981

End Bowers plot

2 vacant spaces

 

 

Begin Mahan plot

Mahan, B.J.

Sept 21 1913

Nov 18 1959

 

Mahan, Chloa E.

Mar 26 1914

Oct 15 2003

 

3 vacant spaces

 

 

End Mahan plot

Todd, John A.

1906

1980

Begin Todd plot

Todd, Annie

1909

2006

 

3 vacant spaces

 

 

End Todd plot

Row 11

 

 

 

Vacant space

 

 

Begin Mize plot

Mize, Nancy E.

1886

1949

“Mother”

Mize, Henry B.

1882

1947

“Father”

St. Clair, Opal

Oct 4 1909

Nov 1 2000

 

Baker, Faye Marie

July 17 1912

May 24 1990

 

Baker, Barton Joseph

May 19 1911

Sept 12 1977

End Mize plot

O’Reilly, Elizabeth Ann

1927

1976

 

Flanigin, Sam

1872

1947

 

Flanigin, Virginia

1878

1962

 

Flanigin, Willard W.

1916

1978

 

Flanigin, Aleta H.

1917

1991

 

Bushey, Earl A.

1898

1985

 

Bushey, W. Ruth

1901

1993

 

DeVito, Billye Ruth

1926

1998

 

Terry, Willard W.

Oct 10 1910

Dec 10 1982

 

Terry, Hattie

Apr 15 1909

Mar 19 2008

 

3 vacant spaces

 

 

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

Begin 2nd row Todd plot

Todd marker

 

 

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

End 2nd row Todd plot

Row 12

 

 

 

Hearn, John P.

Nov 20 1911

May 29 1999

Begin Hearn plot

Hearn, Alma G.

Jan 29 1915

Mar 31 2000

 

White, Shirley F.

Mar 27 1936

Mar 29 1996

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

End Hearn plot

Vacant space

 

 

 

Harris, Elsie Bell

Oct 18 1876

Oct 23 1963

“Mother”

Jenkins, Patricia J.

1915

1975

Married June 15 1941

Jenkins, Roy Lee

1911

1975

 

Jenkins, John

July 13 1877

Apr 12 1955

“Father”

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Dixon, Kenneth A.

Feb 19 1932

July 12 1976

GMSN US Navy Korea

3 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Branch, Robert Alan

Apr 2 1970

Mar 6 2002

 

5 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 13

 

 

 

Sims, Ishamel Edward

Aug 12 1924

May 20 1945

Texas PFC Marines 6 Marine Div. WWII

Sims, Earnest H. (Dude)

Mar 27 1898

June 2 1975

“Daddy”

Sims, Martha Irene

Sept 9 1896

Feb 13 1969

“Mother”

Stanford, Harold Eugene

Feb 5 1955

Nov 26 1970

“Son”

Vacant space

 

 

 

Timberlake, Jackie G.

Sept 28 1942

Dec 29 2001

FN US Navy

Pate, Chester G.

June 9 1897

Feb 5 1982

 

Pate, Ora N.

Mar 11 1900

Aug 25 1970

 

Pate, Clifton

Nov 17 1918

Oct 20 1993

 

Pate, Lucille

Mar 2 1913

Nov 25 1974

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Stapleton, Brandon Wayne

Feb 11 1980

Dec 23 2005

 

Stapleton, Rodney Dale

Dec 13 1965

Aug 6 1978

 

Samples, William Virgil

Jan 9 1906

July 9 1976

Begin Samples plot
Lt (JG) US Navy WWII

Samples, Shellie D.

1957

1961

photo

3 vacant spaces

 

 

End Samples plot

Hooks, Larry Selwyn

June 28 1955

June 16 1996

Married Sept 20 1985
US Army Vietnam

Hooks, Shirley D.

Oct 20 1955

Apr 13 2007

photo

6 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 14

 

 

 

Sims, Clarence M.

1900

1955

Married Dec 29 1923
2nd marker

Sims, Dorothy D.

1909

1995

 

Sims, Gillie

Nov 28 1880

Dec 17 1957

 

Sims, George Price “Stud”

Apr 14 1932

Jan 31 1988

 

5 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Jenkins, J.T.

Jan 9 1921

Sept 21 1986

Married Dec 6 1941

Jenkins, Wilma Bunch

Feb 3 1925

-----

 

Pryor, Tollie O.

Dec 12 1880

Aug 30 1961

Begin Pryor plot

Pryor, Jessie I.

Mar 29 1879

Jan 10 1972

 

Pryor, Roland A.

June 6 1906

Apr 7 1990

Married Oct 9 1926

Pryor, Bertha E.

July 5 1900

Dec 17 1987

 

Pryor, Willie E.

1904

1978

 

Pryor, Wetah B.

1902

2001

End Pryor plot

Lambden, Claude G.

July 14 1910

Feb 25 1984

Married July 10 1927

Lambden, Lena Mae

July 31 1910

July 29 1981

 

Lokey, Mary Lue

Apr 18 1929

-----

Married Sept 17 1948

Lokey, Vernon L.

Aug 21 1927

Apr 20 2003

CPL US Army WWII

Perkins, Jessie Dee, Sr.

June 27 1930

Jan 10 1982

 

Smith, Louis Lee

Nov 13 1910

Mar 21 1987

 

Smith, Jessie Mulder

Feb 22 1923

Jan 26 2008

 

2 vacant spaces

 

 

 

Row 15

 

 

 

Hudson, Emma K.

-------

May 28 1948

 

Sagely, Oneta

Oct 6 1910

Aug 14 1984

 

Sagely, Loyd (Seb)

Jan 5 1911

Mar 18 1995

 

Sagely, Doyle