Pilgrim Rest Cemetery (East section)

Rains Co. Cemeteries of TX

Photos & Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay  & Patricia Nall

transcribed Sept 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 # 5 Birth Death Comments

Fence

 

July 27, 1986

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Mahan, Mamie L.

Feb 24, 1886

May 5, 1966

w/o T.W. Mahan Begin McMahan plot

Mahan, Henry E.

Feb 9, 1912

Dec 6, 1960

married Jun 19, 1949

Mahan, Marvis M.

Oct 27, 1912

Dec 8, 1994

McAlister, Anna Lee

July 3, 1901

Oct 28, 1901

 

Vacant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Rock

 

 

Male adult

Vacant

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

Terry, Fannie B.

Jun 29, 1853

Jan 10, 1915

wife of J.N. Terry

Vacant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Concrete block2

 

 

Male toddler & male infant

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in">

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Yandel, Willie & Winnie

Apr 25, 1903

Rock

 

 

Female adult & male infant

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

Female adult & male infant

 

 

Morrow, Bessie

Dec 6, 1885

Apr 24, 1902

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Morrow, Hugh C.

May 30, 1878

Oct 8, 1904

s/o Alexander & Nancy E. Morrow

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Morrow, Nancy E.

1850

1921

wife of A. Morrow

 

 

 

Wallace, Eva

1891

1970

 

Wallace, Sam P.

1874

1947

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Lindsey, W.L.

1866

1952

 

Lindsey, Mary E.

1871

1921

 

Forman

 

 

Male tall adult

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Swindell, Pink H.

1893

1958

 

Swindell, Jewell L.

1905

1978

 

5Small stone1

 

 

Male adult

“Texas” brick

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Fence

 

 

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Williams, W.A.

Mar 2, 1852

May 5, 1902

husb/o M.F. Williams

Vacant

 

 

 

 

 

 

McCurdy, J.M.

Mar 5, 1849

Mar 18, 1907

 

Vacant

  seven spaces

 

 

Gillespie

Apr 11, 1908

Sep 8, 1912

s/o S.W. & Ona Gillespie

Vacant

 

 

 

Gillespie, Ona P.

Oct 6, 1887

Oct 19, 1920

 

Gillespie, Sam W.

Jan 4, 1876

Jun 14, 1965

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Melton, George W.

1852

1928

 

Melton, Ida Lee

1867

1900

wife of G.W. Melton

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Melton, Orah Lee

Oct 1, 1891

Oct 17, 1901

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Shipley, Idella

 

aged 10 mo

d/o John & Nannie Shipley

Vacant

 

 

 

Eaton, Winnie M.

May 15, 1887

Feb 18, 1891

d/o A.E. & Jo Eaton

H.?. Eaton

Feb 26, 1883

Mar 26, 1883

?/o --- & Jo Eaton

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Melton, Elizabeth L.

Apr 28, 1833

Jan 29, 1895

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Jones, Ida

July 2, 1866

Jan 5, 1896

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Jones, Willie

July 28, 1885

Apr 16, 1887

 

Jones, Lillie

 

 

Cornelius, Julia A.

  aged 52 years

May 18, 1886

wife of J.R. Cornelius

Vacant

 

 

d/o J.N. & F.B.

Vacant

 

 

 

Vanderpool, Mise M.

Jan 3, 1872

Aug 12, 1899

“Terry” on stone base

Vacant

 

 

 

Large rock

 

 

Male adult 

Vacant

Oct 8, 1902

t: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext t face="Arial" size="2"> 

 

 

McKay, Cather

Oct 18, 1886

Nov 16, ----

Carved into rock

Vacant

 

 

McKay

Jun 12, ----

----

Female adult

Vacant

 

 

 

McKay, Joseph E.

 

 

Co. F 33 MS Inf. CSA

Vacant

 

 

 

Sep 15, 1878

Dec 27, 1950

 

Vacant

  seven spaces

 

 

Waldon, James

----

----

“Uncle Jim”

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Pitner, Sue

Nov 25, 1861

Mar 20, 1945

 

Vacant

  six spaces

 

 

Fence

 

 

 

Row 7      

fence

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

7Brick1

 

 

Male child & male infant

7Brick2

 

 

Williams W.A.

1852

1902

Headstone at foot of grave

Williams, Mollie

1866

1933

Headstone at foot of grave

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Bradley, Eulilee

Mar 18, 1869

Feb 25, 1905

Wife of W.M. Bradley
(Headstone at foot of grave)

Davis, Matilda

Jan 20, 1877

Jan 30, 1960

(Headstone at foot of grave

Vacant

 fourteen spaces

 

 

Harrison, Attie G.

1868

May --, 189?

wife of W.L. Harrison

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

Arlington, Charles Eavert

Sept 14, 1894

May 25, 1898

 

Vacant

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

McKay, Girtrude

Feb 14, 1893

Aug 20, 1896

Headstone at foot of grave

Vacant

 

 

McKay, Thomas W.

Oct 21, 1919

Nov 21, 1921

 

Vacant

  fifteen spaces

 

 

fence

 

 

 

Row 8    

 

 

Marked with rock  Male adult

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Browning, Robert S.

Sep 23, 1856

May 22, 1888

“Tho Lost to Sight to Memory Dear”

Vacant

  seventeen spaces

 

 

Rock

 

 

Female adult

Anderson, Telitha L.

Nov 27, 1872

Oct 9, 1908

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Cement block  

  with 2

  metal rods

Female adult 

Rock

 

 

Male adult

Vacant

 

 

 

Cooke, Irvin A.

Jun 19, 1885

Jun 27, 1964

 

Cooke, Lavana

Oct 18, 1886

Apr 22, 1944

Wife of I.A. Cooke  

Smith, Joe H.

Jly 27, 1915

Jly 17, 1971

 

Smith, Thelma B.

Feb 22, 1916

Jun 21, 1999

 

Franklin, Jimmy Lee

Sep 1, 1933

Sep 10, 1977

married Feb 14, 1958

Franklin, Jo Ann

Jun 9, 1939

----

 

Cement block

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Lewers, Edward A.

1873

1953

 

Lewers, Ruby L.

Mar 28, 1912

----

 

Vacant

 

 

 

fence

Vacant

 

 

 

Williams, Maxie R.

Aug 19, 1923

----

Begin Williams plot

Williams, W.G. “Cotton”

Apr 18, 1915

Dec 22, 1989

married Jly 9, 1938

Bone, Loretta Carol

Mar 19, 1970

Aug 4, 1971

 

Vacant

 

 

 

Williams, Ronnie G.

Jun 22, 1946

Jun 23, 1946

End Williams plot

Vacant

 

 

 

Block

 

 

Female adult & male infant

Vacant

 

 

 

Matthews, Elviry

1889

1901

Female adult & female infant

Block

 

 

Male adult