Pilgrim Rest Cemetery (East section)

Rains County, Cemeteries of Texas

Photos & Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay  & Patricia Nall

transcribed Spring 2003

West Section 

East Section  (Below)

Row 1-4   Row 5-9, Row 10-12, Row 13-16, Row 17-21, Row 22-26,   Row 27-29

Obits.......Known to be buried.........Courthouse Records

Row 13 Birth Death Comments
Vacant  9 spaces    
Miller, Carlton Jly 10, 1917 Aug 31, 1917 s/o O.T. & Willie Miller
Vacant  four spaces    
13Cement block1     Female adult
Vacant  four spaces    
McKay, Julie 1873 1904  FHM
Vacant      
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Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Roach, Leon Aug 15, 1897 Sept 2, 1899 s/o S.A. & E.C. Roach
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Grifin, John D.   Mar 19, 1889  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Taylor, William J. 1840 Nov 22, 1889  
Cement block     Male child & female toddler
Taylor, Mary Jane Nov 11, 1834 Nov ---- Obit
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Ray, Margarett   Feb 1, 1885 Age 77 years
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Stone     Male child & male toddler
Vacant      
Dotson, Robert L. Apr 5, 1919 Dec 4, 1989 US Navy   WWII
Dotson, Alene Jan 17, 1927 ----  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant     Begin Ashworth plot
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant     End Ashworth plot
Richardson, James G. Dec 15, 1888 Jan 2, 197? Pvt US Navy WWI
Richardson, Eva Mae Jly 3, 1905 Mar 15, 1990  
Spence, Raymond E. Aug 10, 1916 Aug 28, 1994 married Jun 20, 1936
Spence, Verba M. Dec 23, 1921 ----  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
fence      
Row 14      
Fence      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
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McCollum, Mary ---- ---- “In Memory of Mother”
Vacant      
McCollum, Mary E. 1861 1948   FS
McCollum, George W. 1846 1935  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Bois d’arc stump     Female adult & female infant
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Johnson, C.M. Feb 7, 1867 May 20, 1917  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Holmes, Guy 1908 1910 Obit
Vacant      
Holmes     Female adult
Vacant      
Holmes     Male adult
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Mahan     Female adult
Vacant      
Mahan, J. Apr 22, 1805 Dec 31, 1889  
Mahan, A.F. Nov 19, 1872 Aug 28, 1952  
Vacant      
J. T.      
Vacant      
W.T.      
Vacant      
Taylor, L.C. 1831 1887  
Taylor, Elizabeth E. 1849 1916  
Vacant      
Taylor, Claire      
Rock     Female infant
Taylor     Male tall adult
Rock     Female adult & female infant
Vacant      
Childers     Female adult & female infant
Childers, Jessie C. 1905 1984 Pvt. US Army  WWII
Childers, Jessie L. Jly 14, 1875 Aug 3, 1947  
Childers, Inez Jly 9, 1888 Mar 13, 1972  
Vacant      
Morrow, Viola Belle Aug 22, 1909 Feb 22, 1990 married Sept 12, 1925
Morrow, John William Oct 8, 1907 May 16, 1988  
Sisk, Kenneth Lynn Dec 23, 1944 Dec 6, 2001  
Vacant ten spaces    
fence      
Row 15      
Fence      
Vacant  seven    spaces  
Block     Female adult & female infant
Vacant  13 spaces    
Yandel, Bessie Aug 15, 1887 Aug 15, 1888  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Broken tombstone     Male adult
Yandell, Dollie Dec 18, 1877 Jan 5, 1956  
Yandell, Jane E. 1851 1916 wife of D.A.W. Yandell  Obit
Yandell, D.A.W. Oct 6, 1842 Jun 22, 1925 Obit
Vacant      
Eades, Edith Oct 9, 1910 Oct 28, 1910  
Vacant      
Row 16      
Fence      
Vacant  six spaces    
Vacant  eight   spaces  
Brannon, Winnis Mar 21, 1920 Feb 2, 1933  
Brannon, Herman T.C. Jun 3, 1918 Jun 16, 1920  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Allen, Willie May 23, 1870 Jun 4, 1945  
Vacant      
Allen, D.E. Feb 27, 1865 Dec 30, 1920  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Allen, Lazzett Dec 8, 1897 Apr 20, 1900  
Vacant fifteen spaces    
Vacant     Begin Williams plot
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
Williams, Syble R. Feb 19, 1931 ---- w/o Henry A. 
Williams, Henry A., Jr. Mar 20, 1926 Nov 7, 1996 US Navy WWII   End Williams plot
Williams, Henry A. 1889 1951 Begin Williams plot
Williams, Effie L. 1889 1973  
Sisk, Betty Louise   Jly 11, 1959  
Sisk, Betty Jane 1927 1959  
Williams, Jack Weldon Dec 9, 1921 Aug 3, 1988 End Williams plot
Williams, Rocena I. Jly 12, 1913 Sept 1, 1982 MSgt US Army WWII
Norris, Homer L. Feb 10, 1916 Aug 18, 1976 MM2 US Navy WWII
Vacant      
Vacant      
Norris, Lester T. Apr 3, 1918 Feb 19, 1976  
Norris, Daisy M. Aug 19, 1921 ----  
Vacant      
Norris, David Neil Feb 23, 1957 Jun 19, 1977  
Deans, Ricky Doyle Feb 26, 1964 Jly 1, 1983  
Deans, May Vonne Nov 30, 1941 Jly 18, 1885  
Vacant      
Vacant      
Vacant      
fence