Edwards Cemetery

Upshur County, Cemeteries of TX

Submitted  by Maribeth Buce


This cemetery surrounded by a chain link fence, is located just north of White Oak, TX just across the Gregg County line.  Very neat, but no shrubs or trees inside the cemetery.  It is very well maintained, and is still in use. Read by Elaine Martin and Sharon Pierce August 2, 2000. The Texas historical marker reads: This site was used as a graveyard for settlers of this area as early as the mid-1850's. The earliest RECORDED burial here was that of the infant Josephine Rucker in 1855. The cemetery is named for James William Cartwright Edwards (1836-1913), who with his parents John King and Elizabeth Billings Edwards, moved to Texas from Tennessee about 1850.  James acquired 1.6 acres, which included this graveyard, for use as a family cemetery in 1912. His daughter, Margie, fenced a part of the cemetery in 1956 and set up a trust fund for its upkeep before her death in 1962.

 


Andrews, Cynthia                                        no dates

Barnett, Elsie                      Dec  9, 1913    Aug 30, 1948
Billings, Nancy                                                     no dates          (sister of Elizabeth Billings Edwards)
Bullion, Walter A                Apr 30,  1885    Nov  5, 1964          (Double Stone
Bullion, Erin Todd             May 23, 1893                                     (Double Stone)

Duncan, Ballard Wilson   Mar 12, 1918    Oct 28, 1987           Father
Duncan, W P                       Apr 17, 1871     Jan  3, 1950           (Double Stone
Duncan, Mary                     Jan 11, 1880     Jun  3, 1959           (Double Stone)
Duncan, Randolph H                      1911                   1967   
      (Double Stone
Duncan, Frances M                         1924                                      (Double Stone)
Duncan, Roland M             Aug 28, 1846      Jul  8, 1874
Duncan, Elizabeth             Jan 18, 1877                                      age 28y
Duncan, Mary                      Feb 15, 1873    Sep 16, 1876
Duncan, Essie                                   1895                    1958

Edwards, J K                                     1813                     1869       (Double Stone
Edwards, Elizabeth Billings          1812                 
   1899       (Double Stone)
Edwards, John K                             1874                     1953
Edwards, Marjorie                            1855                     1962
Edwards, M Ethel                             1884          
           1955

Edwards, James DeSoto  Jun  2, 1882        Jun  2, 1903
Edwards, J W C                  Aug 29, 1836        Oct  3, 1913       (Double Stone
Edwards, Ellen Morgan      Oct  6, 1843      Nov 28, 1920       (Double Stone)
Edwards, George T                    
     1871                     1923
Edwards, Travis                                1866                     1868
Edwards, Paulden H                   
    1841                     1862        Soldier

Hancock, Ethel Duncan   May 20, 1904         Oct  4, 1980
Hancock, Mark Steven     Nov 15, 1960       Nov 26, 1997
Hancock, Joe Neil             Dec 23, 1930        Mar 30, 2000       USAF Korea
Humphrey, Della Edwards             1876                      1915

Lawrence, Donald Edwards                             Jul  2, 1931
Lawrence, Ina M                 Mar 26, 1912       Dec 21, 1989

Rucker, Alta                                       1868                      1871
Rucker, Angelina E                          1843                      1872
Rucker, Josephine                    
     1854                      1855     (according to historical marker, Josephine was the 1st burial)
Rucker, Ellen E                                1838                       1866
Rucker, Ellen Todd                         1851                       1874

Talley, O A                            Jul 28, 1881          Jul 29, 1928
Talley, Clarence W            Jun  4, 1914           Jul 20, 1990   (Double Stone
Talley, Myrtle Schaffer       Sep  6, 1915   
                              (Double Stone)  this is a above ground vault
Victory sisters                         no names         no dates         one stone with inscription , 4 grave markers
                             
Young, Dr                                   no dates