Woosley Cemetery West

Rains County, Cemeteries of Texas

 Contributed by Nita Woodson    August 2003

Cemeteries of TX Claudia Schuster

 East Section ***  Newest West Section 

Burials documented with obituaries, death certificates, Hood Funeral Home records, and family information.

Name Birth Death Comments
Adam, Obie L. 05 July 1916 25 June 2000 Obit:
sisters – Jewell Williamson & Ruby Golden
Box, Bobby G., Sr. 30 Nov 1935 30 Oct 1996 Obit:
parents – John & Ida Smith Box
Wife- Hazel Box
Sons – Bobby Gene Box, Jr. & Michael Box
Demers, Raymond Earl 11 Jan 1945 27 Jan1999 Obit:
parents – Charles & Ruth Demers
Daughter – Shaun Leigh Demers
Brothers – Albert William & Norman Francis
Dyer, Mrs Dump - - died "Saturday" --- Rains County Leader, July 19, 1912  Unmarked
Erwin, Lynda Shirline (Jacks) 03 Oct 1949 27 Jan 2002 Obit:
parents – L.B. Box & Violet Huddleston Box
Son: Scotty Jacks Daughters: Cindy Slay & Karen Mandrell
Fain, Peggy 31 Jan 1935 29 June1998 Obit:
parents – James Earl & Ethel Thornton Crawford
Husband: John T. Fain
Sons: John Stephen Fain & Ricky Charles Fain
Daughters: Linda Schmitt, Peggy Sikes, Betty Hurst
Francis, William Jennings Bryan 11 Oct 1907 12 Sept 1985 -
Garner, Horace 08 Dec 1915 14 April 1997 Obit:
Parents –Henry & Ida Garner
Wife – Lou Eleanor Stallings, married 26 Feb 1937
Son– John Nance Garner
Daughter – Louise Gene Roberts
Garner, Lou Eleanor 19 Oct 1916 04 Sept 1994 Obit:
parents – Homer A. & Lois Stalling
Husband – Horace Garner, married 26 Feb 1937
Son – John Nance Garner
Daughter– Louise Gene Roberts
Grizzle, Nora 10 Dec 1910 19 Sept 1996 -
Holden, Feliz 3 June 1965 6 May 2003 Obit:
parents – Miles & Edna Holden
Sons – Steven Patrick Holden, Evin Samuel Kennedy
McGuffin, John - - brother-in-law of Billie Wilson : "Smyrna & New Holmes News", Rains County Leader, March 9, 1917   Unmarked
Pettis, Jimmie E. 27 Feb 1942 18 April 2003 Obit:
parents – Jim & Janie Allen Pettis
Wife – Betty Caughey Pettis, married 28 Jan 1967, Durant, OK
Sons – Danny Lee Pettis, James Elvin Pettis
Daughter – Terese Badilla
Shelton, Jannie 23 Aug 1919 28 March 2002 Obit:
parents – James Frank & Marena Pearl Prince Fenter
Husband – Leon Allen Shelton, married 30 July 1943
Son – Frank Shelton Daughters – Brenda Hooten, Linda Sikes, Kay Chastain
Stakes, Keith     (vacant)
Stakes, Thomas Leland 07 June 1920 27 July1997 Obit :
parents – Ray & Edna Crane Stakes
Wife: Keith Stakes, married 26 July 1968 Daughters – Lynn Shasser, Carol Lawrence, Francene Shapman, Cinda Warren
Tatum, Cecil 23 Jan 1917 13 Jan1998 Veteran of US Army Obit: Parents –Bonny Tatum & Nora Ellen Criswell
Wife – Francis L. Ross Tatum
Turner, Douglas 11 July 1928 14 March1993 Obit:
wife – Joyce Fenter Turner Daughters – Kathy Ainsworth, Charlotte Stevens
Turner, James H. 15 Aug 1949 27 Jan 2002 Obit:
Parents: Douglas Ray Turner & Joyce Fenter Turner
Wife – Debra Turner Son – James Douglas Turner
Turner, Joyce 28 Feb 1933 22 May 2002 Obit:
Parents – James Frank Fenter & Marena Prince Fenter
Husband – Douglas Turner
Husband – James Mann
Sons – James Henry Turner, Eddy Turner
Daughters – Kathy Ainsworth, Charlotte Stevens