TWI-LIGHT CEMETERY

La Porte,   Harris Co. Cemeteries of TX


By George E. Wolf Jr./2000

This cemetery is located at 11th and at the dead end of Adams, on the left side across from a large warehouse.
There is large sign at the entrance of the cemetery, TWI-LIGHT CEMETERY. The cemetery is kept up real nice and is in great shape.
This cemetery is used by the black community of La Porte,Texas.
It seems to have been stated around the 1920's or 1930's? But the oldest grave date found is 1947.
Recorded Feb. 16,2000
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There is a large red-tailed hawk that watches over this cemetery. A spirit bird.....
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There are 37 or more unknown graves in this cemetery. Missing paper labels, blank cement stones, sunken graves.

Lelius Scott
Born Mar. 9,1877
Died May 13,1952

Addie Scott
Born Feb. 12,1880
Died May 28,1956

Thomas R. Frazier
Born Jan. 5,1898
Died Aug. 16,1972

Rose E. Frazier
Born July 30,1900
Died Sept. 7,1975

Emma Sowell
Born May 30,1870
Died Apr. 23,1952

Blanche M. Sowell
Born Jan. 10,1907
Died June 23,1982

Dock Wade
Miss. PFC US ARMY WW1
Born Apr. 10,1874
Died Aug. 4,1973

Jessie P. Sims
Born Sept. 2,1894
Died Apr. 20,1980

Johnnie Mae Walker
Born 6-23-1931 Died 11-05-1998

John L. Smith
Born Nov. 11,1907
Died Jan. 26,1955

Willie White
Born Dec. 25,1905
Died Oct. 13,1901

Maggie Hughes
Born July 7,1900
Died Aug. 30,1965

Roberta Brandon
Born Nov. 28,1903
Died Mar. 21,1963

Willie Mae Wilson
Born Mar. 30,1906
Died Apr. 26,1962

Joseph Louis Price
Texas Cook 65 Pionti R Inf.
Born May 15,1888
Died Oct. 21,1947

Albert Bell Jr.
5-?-1932 5-9-1978

Lillie B. Montgomery
Born Dec. 5,1917
Died Mar.10,1993

Johnnie I. Moore
8-13-1949 5-18-1973

Mrs. Essie M. Furrell
9-13-1909 6-20-1999

Samuel Ferrell
Born Apr. 2,1937
Died May 5,1982

Anderson J. Scott
Tx. PFC 473 Aviation Sq. AAF
Born Apr. 22,1911 Died Oct. 28,1969

Artenes Sykes Jr.
AB US AIR FORCE
Born May 6,1937 June 6,1974

Mrs. Oscar Oliver Sowell
4-28-1900 10-30-1999

Charles E. Walker
Born Jan. 30,1935 Died May 2,1990

Morris J. Davis
PFC US ARMY WWII
Born May 31,1927 Died Apr. 23,1992

Arthur Walker Sr.
Born Jan. 10,1902 Died Jan. 30,1971

Minnie Ola Walker
Born July 11,1903 Died Jan. 12,1958

Trudy B. Walley
8-17-1937 8-21-1994

Ruby M. Walker
12-5-1929 9-9-1997

Frank Patterson
Born Mar. 16,1900 Died June 21,1959

Gene Earl Brown
SP5 US ARMY VIETNAM
11-25-1945 11-7-1989

Kimberly Cherrie Brown
Born Aug. 6,1970 Died Dec. 12,1991

There is a old iron fence, with two trees growing out of it. Unknown? May be from the 1920's or 1930's. Next to the Brown plots.

Alex Brown
Born May 28,1897 Died Aug. 12,1960

Dillard Brown
7-31-1924 9-2-1982 58 yr.

Frank Jones
LA PVT 52 DEPOT BRIGADE WWI
Born July 4,1896 Died unreadable?

Gussie Sykes 1904-1976

Melvin Gay
Born Mar. 29,1930 Died Jan. 13,1984

Ethel Gay
Born Feb. 11,1895 Died Sept. 16,1981

"Guloo" Ivory Collins Jr.
Born Feb. 3,1958 Died Mar. 17,1980

Laura Etta Durden
Born Mar. 11,1911 Died Feb. 21,1980

George Raney 1898-1980

Ernest Curtis
Born Oct. 28,1926 Died Aug. 11,1998

Josephine Curtis
Born Aug. 6,1897 Died Feb. 2,1982

Claude A. Williams
7-7-1982 11-7-1982 4 months

McKinley Thomas
Born Jan. 12,1898 Died Jan. 4,1982

Lela Thomas
4-16-1905 9-9-199 age 94

Ada Mae Doughty 1952-1982

Nettie Mae Harris
Born Sept. 18,1904 Died June 12,1983

Martha Wooley
Born Bryan,Tx. May 17,1926 Died May 25,1982

Fra John Woodard Died 1982

Naujae Lafaye Cowins 9-16-1994 9-16-1994

Edward Wooley, Sr.
b May 15,1922 d Sept. 24,1993

Mrs. Richard Brandon 1909 1-2-1984

Helen Mitchel 5-7-1911 5-9-1986 75 yrs.

Dorothy Mae Brown 8-10-1931 8-19-1998

Mary Louis Johnson 10-9-1955 2-29-1996

Tamara Fisher
b Aug. 1,1980 d Feb. 3,1996

Ethel Bibbs 5-13-1923 7-28-1998 75 yrs.

Lynette Bibbs 7-8-1981 2-3-1996

Nelson Semiem 4-19-1935 1-10-1998 62 yrs.

Charles Renna McKenzie
2-22-1957 12-10-1997 40 yrs.

Diane Brown
b Mar. 9,1954 d Oct. 6,1957

Tiffany M. Allen
b June 8,1971 d Dec. 12,1995

Jessie James Hatter 6-14-1954 1-18-1997

Mary L. Davis
b Apr. 5,1912 d Apr. 7,1914?

Mary Levallias 6-18-1941 1-20-1998 56 yrs.

Ruth Lewis
b Oct. 21,1905 d May 6,1978

Celton Lewis
b Jan. 17,1936 d May 14,1977

Addie L. Manuel 8-23-1922 6-24-1997

Eunice Kuykendall
b Feb. 8,1912 d Apr. 7,1997

Louis Henry Leny 1-15-1917 6-8-1990 76 yrs.

Renee M. Underwood 1963-1989

Coring Colman

David Richerson 8-11-1935 10-10-1996 61

Jiroy Freeman 12-22-1935 8-18-1994 58

Eileen M. Figaro
b Aug. 8,1948 d June 26,1996

Alberta Washington
b Apr. 30,1917 d Feb. 14,1999

Mattie F. Palmer 5-28-1930 2-3-1992

Rev. Steve Gross
b June 14,1938 d June 7,1996

Leroy Thomas 12-9-1927 3-30-1994

Pauline Williams
b July 3,1942 d Nov. 17,1996

Virgil Washington 6-16-1956 5-22-1994

Laurita W. James 6-25-1925 9-19-1998

Bennie L. King 9-25-1918 7-30-1999

Willie O'Breen Riley 4-24-1992 4-24-1992

Josephine Young
b June 26,1947 d May 26,1992

Relena Suf Barnes 11-2-1950 1-14-1999

Stella Mae Braimer
b Dec. 28,1923 d Mar. 22,1992

Clayton Hall
b Mar. 2,1932 d Arp. 15,1992

Martha Warren 12-6-1936 10-24-1992

Pauline Williams
b July 3,1942 d Nov. 17,1996

Michael Shane Warren 11-11-1960 4-16-1989

Joe Allen Ware 1936-1988

George E. Walley 1942-1988

Verlina Bibbs 8-23-1962 12-10-1986

Elton Carbin
b Mar. 20,1925 d Sept. 18,1987

Rogers Lee Hearon
b Aug. 2,1932 d Sept. 30,1987

Julia Ann Hearon
b Nov. 15,1932 d Oct. 20,1993

Craig S. Monroe
b Oct. 10,1961 d Feb. 10,1986

Vera A. Ellis
b July 5,1936 d July 8,1994

Nancy Thompson Woodard
b Sept. 9,1898 d Feb. 20,1974

George Scott, Sr.
b Jan. 8,1923 d July 28,1985

Clandell Everett
b Jan. 20,1913 d Jan. 4,1986

Lois Ford
b Jan. 10,1922 d Aug. 3,1983

Carrie Ruth Lewis b & d Nov. 10,1983

Elmer R. Coleman
b Nov. 28,1917? d Sept. 22,1983

Arthur Thomas
b May 13,1891 d Apr. 20,1978

Gwenington Marie McKenzie
b May 27,1962 d Oct. 31,1984

Larry Donnell McKenzie
b March 18,1956 d Apr. 11,1989

Amber Lynelle Willis
b July 15,1991 d Aug. 15,1991

Ronaterri Robinson Hagan 1-16-1978 1-7-2000

Mary E. Board 1926-1973

Joseph Sinegal 1895-1958

Dora E. Sinegal 1900-1989

Listing completed, GEW JR........