Old Prospect Cemetery
Panola Co. Cemeteries of TX
October 25, 1995
Submitted by Norm Mayfield
Updated November 2004
Researched & Compiled by various Panola County residents.
Added information is from family members, obituaries and History of Panola County, Texas.
Mrs. Marie Ivey is the secretary for the cemetery.
Located on FM 31 between Deadwood and Galloway the cemetery is a peaceful setting. Well kept and fenced, the cemetery is situated on gently sloping ground next to the road and is surrounded by trees on three sides. There is a covered area for meetings. Annual Day is the third Saturday in April.
It is believed that there are unmarked slave burials outside the back fence and there is evidence of other unmarked graves in the cemetery.
|
Last Name |
First Name |
Birth |
Death |
Notes |
| Bailey | Mattye Barnett | Oct 31 1908 | Aug 16 1987 | Daughter of Henry Pinkston & Alta L. Barnett |
| Baker | Julia Frances Lumley | Sep 08 1955 | Aug 16 1931 | Grandmother of Opal Broadaway Hutchens (her mother’s mother Adams Cemetery) |
| Baker | Monroe | 1857 | Mar 02 1938 | Grandfather of Opal Broadaway Hutchens |
| Barnett | Allen Lane (Scooter) | Sep 29 1910 | Feb 26 1984 | Son of Henry Pinkston & Alta L. |
| Barnett | Alta L. Barnett | Feb 03 1884 | Jan 26 1951 | Wife of Henry Pinkston Barnett |
| Barnett | Casandra Sinclare | Apr 14 1849 | Aug 10 1925 | Wife of John Crawford, married 17 Jan 1867, daughter of John B & Sarah/Sharon ? McNeese Sinclair |
| Barnett | Florence Etta Adams | Sep 02 1886 | Dec 01 1968 | Wife of John Maxie Barnett |
| Barnett | Henry Pinkston | Jul 09 1880 | Aug 01 1973 | Husband of Alta L.; Son of John Crawford & Deborah Ann Shaw Barnett |
| Barnett | Henry Phillip | Dec 26 1923 | Jan 23 1928 | Son of Henry Pinkston & Alta L.; age 4 years, 28 days |
| Barnett | Hewie Easton | Jul 30 1927 | Jan 05 1929 | Son of John Maxie & Florence Etta Adams Barnett |
| Barnett | John B. | Co. D., 34 TEX CAV, CSA | ||
| Barnett | John Crawford | Nov 24 1846 | Son of William Hiram & Deborah Ann Shaw Barnett; Husband of Casandra Sinclair Barnett; married 17 Jan 1867 | |
| Barnett | John Maxie | Oct 08 1875 | Aug 30 1940 | Husband of Florence Etta Adams Barnett; son of John Crawford & Casandra Sinclair Barnett |
| Barnett | Mamie | 1886 | 1980 | Sister of Henry Barnett |
| Barnett | Randolf | Feb 09 1916 | Feb 12 1916 | Son of John Maxie & Florence Etta Adams Barnett |
| Barnett | Sybil E. Spradley | Jan 12 1919 | Mar 23 1995 | Wife of Allen Lane Barnett; married 1941; daughter of William Horace & Edna Alice Farmer Spradley |
| Barnett | Vester | 1908 | 1936 | Son of Maxie & Florence ? |
| Broadaway | William B. (Burl), Jr. | Oct 11 1927 | May 20 2002 | Son of William Burl Sr. & Celia Mae Neighbors |
| Broadaway | Annie Lizzie Powell | Apr 23 1934 | Aug 06 1997 | Wife of William B.; daughter of James Elbert Sr. & Mamie Hicks Powell |
| Davis | Adline R. | Mar 17 1856 | Sep 20 1929 | Wife of Johnathan W. Davis |
| Davis | Johnathan W. | May 02 1854 | Apr 28 1946 | Husband of Adline R. Davis |
| Duke | Ida Pitts | Feb 28 1870 | Sep 07 1942 | Wife of James Joel Duke; married 02 Sep 1888; daughter of Joseph Hardy & Priscilla Fort Pitts |
| Duke | J. J. (James Joel) | Mar 19 1859 | Feb 13 1920 | Husband of Ida Pitts Duke; married 02 Sep 1888; son of William Joel & Susan J. Duke |
| Elliott | Ira Evelyn | Apr 27 1939 | Daughter of Horace David & Ira Duke Elliott (Horace 1859 – 1951 & Ira 1902 – 1939; Reeves Cemetery Panola Co., TX) | |
| Elliott | James D. | 1926 | Dec 31 2003 | |
| Elliott | Floreard | 1928 | Wife of James D. | |
| Fannin | Lacy Barnett | Jul 08 1907 | 02 Jul 1986 | Daughter of Henry Pinkston & Alta L Barnett |
| Hicks | Willie Mae | Nov 24 1921 | Sept 08 1991 | Daughter of Will & Mary Elizabeth Harvey Hicks; sister of A. J. Hicks |
| Hicks | A.J. | Jul 23 1925 | Dec 27 1998 | SC2 US Navy, WWII |
| Hooper | John B. | Mar 29 1879 | Jun 07 1908 | |
| Hooper | William (Billie) | Erected by his son, Rev. R. L. Hooper | ||
| Jeffress | Mary Elizabeth Maybery | May 17 1927 | Jul 25 1994 | |
| Johnson | C. C. | 1878 | 1946 | Son of Columbus (Reeves Cemetery) |
| Johnson | Omalee Barnett | Jun 13 1917 | Jan 15 1989 | Daughter of Mamie Barnett; Wife of Thomas Julius Johnson |
| Johnson | Thomas Julius | Jun 20 1917 | Aug 31 1989 | Husband of Omalee Barnett |
| Jones | Arlie B. (Bozeman) | Sep 15 1928 | Wife of Leonard L. Jones; married Jun 22 1941 | |
| Jones | Eula A. (Powell) | May 05 1891 | Oct 23 1970 | Wife of Roy P. Jones; married Dec 28 1813; sister of Ross Powell |
| Jones | Infant (girl) | Sep 06 1920 | Daughter of Roy P. & Eula Alva Jones | |
| Jones | Infant (girl) | Aug 31 1935 | Daughter of Roy P. & Eula Alva Jones | |
| Jones | John Neal | Sep 01 1929 | Jul 12 1942 | Son of Roy P. & Eula Alva Jones |
| Jones | Leonard L. | Feb 22 1916 | Jun 19 2004 | Husband of Arlie B. Jones; married June 22 1941; son of Roy P. & Eula Alva Jones |
| Jones | Roy P. (Preston) | Mar 05 1893 | Jul 31 1983 | Husband of Eula A. Jones; married Dec 28, 1913 |
| Jones | Troy B. | Mar 19 1946 | Aug 12 1984 | Army marker at foot; Son of Leonard & Arlie |
| Jones | Vaulter Bryant | Jan 10 1919 | Mar 23 1936 | Son of Roy & Eula (pneumonia) |
| Jones | Bernard Preston | Oct 12 1914 | Sep 23 2001 | Married Aug 31 1935 |
| Jones | Elva Loree Anderson | Feb 24 1915 | Aug 10 2001 | - |
| Luman | John Matherson | May 10 1937 | Married Addie Ruth Mills May 12 1955 | |
| Luman | Addie Ruth Mills | Dec 10 1937 | ||
| Pope | Myna Agnes Jones. | Dec 18 1923 | Jul 31 2002 | Wife of James E. Pope; married Sep 05 1943; daughter of Roy & Eula (Powell) Jones |
| Pope | James Evans, Jr. | Nov 13 1918 | Mar 01 1979 | Husband of Myna Pope; military marker at foot, Pvt. US Army, WWII |
| Powell | Annie Duke | Sep 09 1893 | Feb 28 1987 | Wife of Ross Elbert Powell; married Sep 25 1910; Daughter of James Joel & Ida Pitts Duke |
| Powell | Melvin | Apr 15 1925 | one date | Infant son of J. B. & Mary Boyd Powell |
| Powell | Noble Wayne | Feb 01 1941 | Apr 02 1984 | Grandson of Ross & Annie; SSGT US Marine Corp., Vietnam |
| Powell | James Elbert, Sr. | Sep 01 1911 | Jul 08 1973 | Husband of Mamie Hicks Powell; married Jun 17; 1933 son of Ross Elbert & Annie Duke Powell |
| Powell | James Elbert, Jr. | Jul 02 1938 | Aug 16 1990 | Husband of Patricia Fox; married Aug 04 1962; son of James Elbert & Mamie Hicks Powell |
| Powell | Mamie Hicks | May 09 1909 | May 23 1977 | Wife of James Elbert Powell, Sr.; daughter of Will & Mary Elizabeth Harvey Hicks |
| Powell | Patricia (Pat) Ann Fox | Jan 05 1942 | May 09 2001 | Wife of James Elbert Powell, Jr.; married Aug 04 1962; daughter of Blanche Britt Fox |
| Powell | Ross Elbert | May 08 1887 | June 04 1951 | Husband of Annie Duke Powell; married Sep 25 1910; son of Elbert G & Theodora Agnes Scot Powell |
| Powell | Benny L. | May 24 1943 | Mar 27 2000 | SP4 US Army |
| Powell | Walter Wallace | Apr 21 1946 | May 18 1989 | Husband of June Ellen Welch Powell; married Aug 04 1966; son of James Elbert & Mamie Hicks Powell, Sr. |
| Sinclair | Izetta | Dec 06 1906 | Apr 14 1927 | Mother of Katheryn Dickerson; daughter of Lum & Ora Davis Reeves (Reeves Cemetery) |
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| Johnson | Marie ? | - | - | - |
| Johnson | Perc (C. C.) | - | - | Parents buried at Reeves Cemetery; son of Columbus, 1850 – 1916 & Julia, 1856 – 1935 |
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