NEW PROSPECT CEMETERY

Panola Co  Cemeteries of TXJ

anuary 1999

Transcribed and Submitted by

Gloria B. Mayfield, Panola Co. Coordinator

This cemetery is located beside the New Prospect Church, located off Hiway 124 about 3 miles east of Beckville. Turn left on CR 212 approximately .4 of a mile. The Old Shreveport-Douglasville road runs beside the cemetery. It is well-fenced, with cyclone fence, and very well kept. There are a good many unnamed graves, but small metal crosses mark the sites. An Old Building directly across the road from the cemetery is the Old Stagge Coach Inn.

There is a shaded area with tables and in the front of the Church is a brick planter that forms an arch way that says New Prospect Chuyrch, There is a plaque" In loving memory of Billy Charles Dailey Sr. and James Connelly "Doll" Dailey. A Son and Father who were longtime members.

At the entrance to the cemetery there is four crepe myrtle trees with 4 markers that states: Given on behalf of 1. Scarlett Gray  2. Joey Gray 3. Tara Gray 4 Belinda Gray. by DAD.

There is a Texas Historical Marker that Reads: This cemetery began in 1870 in the rural community once known as Scruggs. The oldest grave is that of Elizabeth Scruggs 1820-1870. Robert Alexander Craig and his wife Martha Jane Freeland Craig donated the land. This cemetery contains more than 100 unmarked graves and contains many veterans of the civil was, WWI, WWII, and the Korea War. The cemetery continues to serve the nearby community (1966 marker) There are 80 + iron crosses marking unknown graves.

LAST NAME FIRST NAME BIRTH DEATH COMMENTS
- - - - Known only to God
- - - - Known only to God
Allen J.C. 6-25-1911 3-11-1954 -
Barber D. Anne Taylor - 1905 -
Barron Calvin A. 5-22-1874 12-28-1934 W: Julia H.
Barron Clyde Houston 1892 1894  
Barron Ebb H. 1860 1936 -
Barron Eva Estelle 10-7-1907 3-6-1986 -
Barron Inf 5-15-1895   D/o G.A. & Julia
Barron Inf twins 10-7-1907 10-7-1907 D/o G.A. & Julia
Barron John A. 1829 1901 -
Barron John Fredrick 7-15-1898 8-14-1964 -
Barron Julia Hill 7-10-1876 1-18-1956 -
Barron Mary Jane 1828 1919 -
Beaty Thelma Aline Hammons 1-31-1910 5-19-1989 -
Bell Claude 1900 1922 -
Bell John M. 1863 1941 -
Bell Margaret Owens 1862 1902 -
Black Lulu 5-11-1876 4-1-1907 W/o Dr. G.H.
Black Ruth Ann 3-1-1893 9-10-1905 D/o G.H.& Lulu M.
Blackmon Addie Hatty (S.A.) 1852 1906 -
Blackmon Clara S. 8-8-1857 10-10-1917 W/o Gideon
Blackmon Curtis P. 10-5-1922 1996 -
Blackmon Delbert 1-29-1917 3-12-1918 -
Blackmon Della M. 6-24-1881 3-27-1973 -
Blackmon Edward 3-24-1884 9-7-1903 S/o C & G
Blackmon Elzia A. 6-4-1888 6-23-1890 W/o T.B.& S. A.
Blackmon Eva May 11-24-1903 6-20-1905 D/o Ed
Blackmon Gideon 3-8-1859 1-8-1905 -
Blackmon Hollis T. 1894 1895 S/o T. B. & S. A.
Blackmon John William 7-10-1881 8-8-1888 S/o T. B. & S. A.
Blackmon Jossie 11-3-1903 3-30-1981 -
Blackmon L.Louise Curtice 11-8-1933   W/o Curtis P.
Blackmon Lee B. 9-28-1870 3-27-1890 -
Blackmon Lennie 10-17-1907 9-23-1928 -
Blackmon Leon 12-8-1905 5-14-1926 -
Blackmon Mammie Wynne 1903 1923 D/o O.
Blackmon Melvin 8-3-1901 2-4-1977 W: Jossie
Blackmon Oscar B. 11-3-1879 5-21-1966 W: Della
Blackmon Rita 1907   -
Blackmon Sarah E. 2-16-1838 7-31-1898 W/o B.
Blackmon Tobias B. 1847 1927 -
Blackmon Wallace T. 5-8-1894 1-4-1895 S/o T.B.
Brand Dema Eula 5-15-1876 9-30-1898 -
Brown Laura L. 2-19-1879 12-29-1900 W/o George
Brown Lula C. 7-17-1882 2-18-1917 W/o George
Chapman Edgar Clinton 1908 1975 M: 4-13-1947
Chapman Lucille Agnes 1909 1989 W/o Edgar
Craig Artimeaci D. 10-5-1928   -
Craig Bob 2-14-1877 9-23-1934 W: Minnow
Craig Catherine M. 9-7-1848 11-29-1915 -
Craig Dena 3-5-1900 9-24-1908 D/o Emmette & Emma
Craig Emma 10-16-1876 9-23-1943 w/o Emmette
Craig Emma Stephen 2-27-1886 10-19-1908 D/o W.W. & C.M.
Craig Emmette 2-23-1875 9-23-1954 W:Emma
Craig Jim 9-28-1872 2-14-1966 W: Lillah
Craig Josephine M. 1848 1915 -
Craig Lillah 7-4-1878 5-5-1968 -
Craig Loula M. 7-31-1891 12-2-1981 -
Craig Martha J. 2-28-1825 1-15-1913 W/o R.A.
Craig Minnow Garner 11-26-1891 12-23-1938 -
Craig R.A. 12-16-1825 4-8-1881 Mason
Craig W. Grover 12-10-1889 8-14-1935 W:Loula M.
Craig W.W. 7-9-1852 5-4-1924 -
Craig William Wallace 4-24-1924   W:Artimeaci D.
Crawford Mattie Craig 12-10-1889 12-3-1966 -
Dagnell E.N. 1888 1905 -
Dagnell Jasper N. 1876 1956 W:Susie
Dagnell Leslie 3-28-1904 4-18-1905 S/o Jasper & Susie
Dagnell Lloyd 3-28-1904 9-12-1905 S/o Jasper & Susie
Dagnell Susie 1872 1957 -
Dagnell Vida 1-3-1907 6-27-1910 D/o Jasper & Susie
Davidson Ada Jarvis 1882 1958 -
Davis Jay Fay   9-5-1971 Age 36 years
Davis Joy Faye Pierce 6-19-1935 9-5-1971 -
Davis Robert Tyler, Sr. 2-21-1929 2-26-1984 US Army WWII
Dial James Asa 8-20-1884 5-5-1900 -
Duckett Bryan 12-23-1886 3-1-1940 W: Maude A.
Duckett Maude A. 11-3-1898 7-16-1976 -
Dunn Ethel 6-28-1902 7-5-1953 -
Ellis Edward Clay 4-4-1893 7-7-1932 TX 56th Inf
Ellis Gemmie E. 6-18-1908 3-30-1994 -
Ellis Gerald Floyd 11-20-1938 11-20-1938 -
Ellis John F. 3-23-1900 8-15-1936 -
Ellis Murry A.(Pete) 9-20-1905 5-17-1973 W Gemmie E.
Farrow Judith 12-17-1805 2-11-1873 W/o Thomas
Farrow Thomas 12-11-1804 4-21-1874 -
Farrow Thomas J. 7-3-1835 8-29-1905 -
Fletcher Miona 1894 1973 -
Garner Sarah McCaskill 7-4-1846 2-3-1921 -
Grantham Elizabeth F. 8-2-1854 10-6-1914 -
Grantham Jefferson 8-21-1856 4-21-1905 W:Elizabeth F>
Gray Berta 6-9-1890 6-10-1890 -
Gray Bonnie Dee Jones 5-5-1912 12-18-1973 W/o Lewis m/o James, Moe , Charles
Gray Bytha Orlene  Rhiddlehoover 10-2-1882 3-11-1923 w/o J.W. d/o J.C. Rhiddlehoover, children: Willard, Lewis, Pauline, Philip, Hazel, Moszell , Jessie.
Gray Fred J. 7-9-1942 3-1-1993 Dad who donated marker at front
Gray James W. 1-24-1879 2-29-1944 W:Bytha R., s/o Buck Gray
Gray Lewis E. 7-20-1906 7-23-1987 M: 12-23-1928,  s/o J.W. & Bytha, h/o Bonnie D.
Gray Major 3-22-1882 10-23-1886 -
Gray Mary E. 10-10-1856 10-4-1914 -
Gray Mattie 8-25-1877 12-13-1889 -
Gray Minnie Faye 5-23-1916 9-22-1997 M: 10-7-1932
Gray Phillip Ray 2-18-1911 8-1-1976 W: Minnie Faye, s/o J.W. & Bytha
Gray Robert 12-13-1880 11-5-1898 -
Gray William W. 5-23-1849 12-29-1925 W: Mary E.
Hammons Alice 6-19-1886 5-4-1976 -
Hammons Arnold G. 9-8-1913 1-2-1981 -
Hammons Emma Lee 6-13-1908 1-9-1987 W/o Walter
Hammons Infant   Jan 1935 -
Hammons Ollie Bee 1894 1983 -
Hammons Robert Lee 3-12-1883 10-14-1937 W: Alice
Hammons Robert Neal 1889 1959 W: Ollie
Hammons Walter Grady 7-1-1895 4-23-1969 W: Emma Lee
Harris Annie Browning   1-6-1918 -
Harris Buford 10-2-1906 10-9-1984 WL Myrtle
Harris Clifford V. 10-2-1906 10-9-1984 -
Harris John 3-16-1877 1-287-1936 -
Harris Myrtle Smith 11-22-1909 3-11-1979 W/o Clifford
Harris Nina Cranford 1-23-1888 11-22-1981 W/o John
Hayes Anna Hill 5-11-1885 5-13-1905 -
Hill Addie Irene 12-14-1897 3-20-1976 Mother
Hill Alford 9-18-1873 6-10-1874 -
Hill Cynthia 12-28-1870 10-10-1895 -
Hill Inf     4 graves
Hill L.B. 5-21-1916 2-5-1990 Brother
Hill Marshal Calvin 12-5-1923 12-11-1986 SSG US Army
Hill Martha F. Jan 1851 6-24-1931 -
Hill W.T. 8-14-1849 7-19-1921 -
Hill Williard Mrs. 5-8-1898 2-6-1918 -
Hill Willie Mae   2-2-1915 Our Little sister
Holtzclaw Louisa Craig 11-8-1916   -
Holtzclaw Robert Hamill 11-1-1912 5-22-1983 W:Louisa
House Erma House 11-13-1895 11-28-1986 -
House Frank W. 9-6-1869 2-21-1953 -
House Infant 4-23-1923 4-23-1923 S/o J.O.House
House James Otto 12-29-1893 3-1-1972 W: Erma
House Mollie E. 1-21-1873 12-21-1936 W/o Frank
House Nancy E. 4-26-1840 9-8-1909 W.o N.D.
House Nathaniel D. 3-2-1835 11-5-1878 -
House Valetta 4-2-1916 12-26-1977 -
House W.H. (Herb) 7-22-1918 3-6-1985 W: Valetta
Hunter Minnie Grantham 9-13-1889 1-30-1920 -
Jackson Charles W. 3-30-1916 12-24-1990 WWII
Jones Laura 3-1-1881 9-21-1977 W/o Weldon L.
Jones Weldon L. 7-10-1875 12-14-1959 W: Laura
Kelley Delia L. 5-7-1910 11-11-1988 -
Kirkley Bettie 4-3-1842 9-7-1901 -
Kirkley Dr. J.E. 11-29-1835 8-15-1903 -
Kirkley Elizabeth Massey 1815 1873 Moved from Mobile AL to San Augustine TX 1853
Kirkley Major Reagan 1-8-1879 2-11-1933 -
Kissick Francis F. 4-16-1896 8-13-1969 -
Kissick Roy E. 10-6-1889 6-30-1957 W: Francis F.
Knight Dewey G. 10-7-1905 8-8-1973 W: Lena Ann
Knight Lena Ann 8-29-1896 3-12-1975 -
Leach N.G. 5-25-1857 Aug 1878 W/o Penn
Lee Annie Jo 1886 1962 -
Lee Ellen 1847 1922 -
Lee I.N. 1869 1935 -
Lee Joe Woodrow 1914 1978 WWII
Lee John W. 4-23-1865 6-19-1918 -
Lee Otis     TX stone is buried
Lee R.H. 1866 1896 -
Lee R.M. 1884 1905 -
Lee William N. 2-24-1837 1-5-1906 Co

D Wells TX CAV CSA

Lee Willie T. 1879 1939 -
Long Addie Brand 11-26-1892 7-9-1985 -
Longshore Billy Nathan 6-19-1935 1-23-1938 S/o L.C. * M.M.
Longshore Ethel Mae 9-1-1891 2-14-1959 W/o Miles
Longshore Lester C. 11-27-1910 3-16-1956 -
Longshore Mattie May 9-1-1915 12-1-1995 -
Longshore Miles J. 10-12-1883 5-25-1959 WOW w: Ethel
Marrs Lester Lee 6-6-1930 10-27-1996 M; 12-27-1960
Marrs Melissa Gaye 8-23-1963 5-5-19 -
Marrs Patsy Holtzclaw 2-3-1940   W/o Lester Lee
McCaskill Charlie F. No dates   Co F 10th TX CAV CSA
McCaskill Joe R. 9-19-1879 8-8-1981 -
McCaskill Sarah Francis 11-27-1871 7-16-1873 -
McDaniels Inf Devc 1936 Dec 1936 Inf/o Lavern Wilson
Metcalf Homer 12-20-1885 1-3-*1971 W:Ida
Metcalf Ida 4-2-1888 12-28-1966 -
Metcalf Mary Lynne Coleman 3-26-1952 1-19-1971 -
Metcalf Ray 8-28-1921 4-21-1968 -
Metcalf Reagan 2-17-1919 3-2-1958 -
Metcalf S.J. 12-19-1806 5-18-1890 -
Metcalf Sarah C,. 2-21-1812 11-26-1880 -
Mills Clara M. 5-23-1926   -
Mills Clyde H. 3-11-1919 1-23-1989 -
Moon Mozelle Gray 6-10-1917 5-15-1963 s/o J.W. & Bytha
Neal Harvey Franklin 7-3-1922 7-24-1987 -
Ober Clara     -
Owens Virgil Frankie 8-1-1904 6-23-1909 -
Patty Margaret E. 1867 1936 -
Patty R.T. 1859 1929 -
Pierce       Iron Cross
Pierce Addie Lee 1872 1954 -
Pierce Clifford 3-21-1937 3-21-1937 -
Pierce Clyde 3-21-1937 3-21-1937 -
Pierce David 6-19-1935 9-5-1971 -
Pierce Henry James 5-30-1944 6-3-1944 -
Pierce Henry June 7-28-1906 8-17-1954 -
Pierce I.V. Austin, Mrs 5-30-1909 2-23-1994 -
Pierce J.D. 9-26-1927 1-10-1993 -
Pierce Janette Hill 7-7-1928   -
Pierce Lila Sue 12-26-1947   -
Pierce Martha Cockrell 10-9-1943 5-5-1991 -
Pierce Mary Evelyn 10-7-1925 1-2-1927 -
Pierce Mollie F. 11-17-1899 12-8-1974 -
Pierce Sam E. 1875 1939 -
Pierce Sandy Wall 8-7-1897 8-5-1900 -
Pierce Will 8-7-1897 8-5-1900 -
Pierce William J. 1-7-1929 3-25-1976 -
Pitts Ima Williams 9-14-1916   -
Pitts Inf son 1940 1940 -
Pitts Jim Ras 5-22-1917 2-12-1992 -
Pitts Jimmie Gayle 1944 1944 -
Pitts Jimmy L. 1948 1967 -
Plunkett J.A. 12-29-1860 4-28-1924 -
Plunkett Lillian Aldorah 5-15-1861 2-20-1941 -
Reed Ruth House 9-16-1896 2-18-1932 -
Scruggs Charles S. 4-11-1815 1-13-1887 -
Scruggs Elizabeth 10-29-1820 8-7-1870 -
Sharp A.R.     -
Sharp Bettie K. 12-1-1982 8-12-1968 -
Sharp Lawrence Temple 11-10-1911 8-27-1912 -
Sharp Rufus F. 3-3-1889 2-9-1970 -
Shivers Connie Evans 11-12-1926   -
Shivers Emma 8-31-1901 10-2-1930 -
Shivers Otis Edward 9-7-1919 5-19-1985 -
Sipes       Funeral home marker
Sipes Alma Lucille 6-16-1914 11-24-1995 -
Sipes Elbert E. 10-15-1910 2-21-1996 M: 10-21-1933
Sipes Francis Jean 1939 1942 -
Smith Wayne 1955 1982 -
Soape Fredrick Irving 10-8-1915 4-29-1988 W: Helen
Soape Helen Maurine Williams 12-25-1921 1-6-1977 W/o Fredrick
Taylor James   1905 -
Timmons Robert 1-29-1927   W:Ruby
Timmons Robert Earl 10-27-1945 8-26-1995 SF3 US Navy Viet Nam
Timmons Ruby M. 4-11-1928   M: 1-24-1944
Watts General L. 1887 1961 -
Watts Nellie M. 1901 1940 -
Weir Mary Almeda 5-24-1906 8-9-1988 -
White Ardean William 10-30-1932 7-13-1997 PFT US Army Korea
White Lena 1876 1958 -
White Walter 1868 1960 -
Whiteside John A. 7-20-1847 4-14-1888 -
Whiteside Maggie D. 8-15-1880 7-2-1887 -
Wilkerson Beulah 11-5-1879 2-12-1940 -
Wilkerson Bradford     -
Wilkerson Comer 12-29-1901 3-29-1944 -
Wilkerson Maggie     -
Wilkerson Mary     -
Wilkerson Walter 9-3-1873 9-27-1953 -
Williams A.A. 12-22-1869 9-7-1911 -
Williams Albert F. 7-8-1918 8-7-1983 M: 8-30-1952
Williams Charlie E. 11-11-1906 1-26-1957 W:Monnie
Williams Clarence V. 1892 1956 -
Williams Emma 4-21-1875 10-8-1910 W/o Albert A.
Williams Emma Fay 10-1-1910 9-11-1915 -
Williams Frankie Nell 7-30-1934   -
Williams Howell F. 1881 1973 W; L. Pearl
Williams John H. 11-15-1828 12-29-1893 -
Williams L. Pearl 1893 1988 -
Williams Lillian (Susie) 11-9-1896 9-3-1972 W/o Major
Williams Mae Colburn 2-6-1930   -
Williams Major House 3-28-1897 9-16-1969 M: 3-21-1920
Williams Monnie E. 2-12-1908 12-21-1981 -
Williams Noble Wayne 4-6-1931 3-22-1990 W: Frankie
Williams Pauline 1906 1978 W/o Clarence
Williams Zoda 1874 1942 -
Wilson Lavern Hammons 11-24-1918 5-26-1985 -
Wilson Robert Howe 1-13-1918 7-21-1980 M:6-20-1941
Wood John Henry 6-25-1909 12-9-1971 TX GMC US Navy WWII
Wood Ruby R. 1925   W/o John H.
Wroten Baby 10-21-1898 10-21-1898 -
Wroten Linnie 10-28-1881 8-12-1886 -
Wyatt Nannie A. 3-28-1871 4-28-1895 W/o F.M.Wyatt
Young Mamie 1903 1923 And Baby
Young A.D. 9-17-1881 6-20-1888 S/o D.C. & C. E. Young
Young Caroline E. 10-19-1849 12-5-1898 W/o D.C.
Young D.C. 1-5-1859 3-12-1918 -
Young Edna I. 8-5-1900 5-5-1903 -
Young Fred N. 2-20-1911 7-29-1911 -
Young J.R.D. 8-6-1885 10-12-1886 W/o D.C. & C. E.
Young Julia 3-30-1877 2-5-1965 -
Young R. D. 1881 1883 S/o D. C. & C. E.
Zorn Inf 2-26-1928 2-26-1928 D/o I.M. & M.L.
Zorn Inf 4-25-1940 4-25-1940 D/o I.M. & M.L.
Zorn Isaac M. 1-13-1901 5-23-1960 W: Mollie Lee
Zorn Melba Ruth 9-27-1930 12-30-1930 -
Zorn Mollie Lee 12-16-1902 6-26-1970 -