Evergreen Cemetery

Comanche Co. Cemeteries of TX

Partial listing at this time

Photos by Lewis Westfall

Location: 1.5 miles east of Gustine on CR 360.

Historical Marker


Historical Marker: The community of Evergreen began to take shape in the late 1860s. A small strip of land was donated for a community cemetery in 1885 when Mrs. W. F. Hampton was the first recorded person to be interred on this site. A post office was established in 1888 with Samuel Gustine as postmaster, and the town name was officially changed to Gustine. The community grew steadily. Those interred here include prominent members of early Evergreen and surrounding communities such as the Boyd family, landowners, farmers and schoolteachers who operated a cotton gin and blacksmith shop. The Bolton family farmed, hauled freight and mail and operated a barber ship for generations. The Couch and Johnston families hailed from Georgia and Mississippi and were farmers and landowners. The Pettit family of Alabama were bankers, farmers and cattlemen. A road between the Comanche and Gentry Mill communities opened in 1895; Gustine businesses moved to be closer to the main path, but the cemetery remained 3/4 mile to the north. A land donation in 1897 and a purchase of additional acreage in 1918 allowed the cemetery to expand to meet the road. In 1999 there were about 630 burials on 3.284 acres in Evergreen Cemetery. These burials included two Confederate army veterans as well as veterans of World War I and World War II. Though all that remained of the old Evergreen community was a hand-dug well on private property south of the cemetery, the burial ground continued to serve the nearby communities of Pettit, Gustine and Energy. (1999)

Additional information and photos by Nancy & Ed Newton   (NEN)

Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments
Bogart Ava Louisa Nov 08 1888 Aug 05 1968 w/o Walter
Boyd L..M. Apr 13 1824 Jun 10 1902 CSA
Bogart Walter Evans Mar 06 1889 Sep 22 1965 h/o Ava
Brooks Sterling H. 1824 1910 Lieut CSA
Caraway Josephine E. Sep 23 1869 Jan 31 1951 (NEN)
Caraway Beverly W, Dec 07 1852 Apr 28 1942 (NEN)
Caraway Mom & Dad Mom Dad assumed to be the parents of BW Caraway(NEN)
Caraway Clements & McCown - - located in Caraway plot(NEN)
Caraway Cordelia Nov 02 1892 Jul 20 1980 w/o George(NEN)
Caraway George F. Nov 19 1887 Mar 13 1976 h/o Cordelia(NEN)
Caraway Vivian B. Aug 19 1919 Nov 11 1988 w/o Wayne  (NEN)
Caraway Wayne B. Nov 03 1915 Dec 22 1980 M: Jul 28 1934  Military(NEN)
Carlisle Amos Reece Jul 05 1889 Apr 12 1965 US Army WWI
Clements Gary Lynn Jun 15 1946 one date  
Cox Amos Ray Oct 19 1925 - -
Cox Lorene Inez Jul 02 1920 Sep 01 2002 -
Cox Tennie Thomas 1903 1970 -
Dohogne Juanita K 1907 1970 -
Floyd Samuel Osborne "Dock" 1847 1918 CSA
Franks Loucrecia 1830 1910 -
Franks Patricia Ann Jan 03 1939 Jan 12 1939 -
Gaines Marie E. 1885 1951 -
Gaines Arthur D.V.M. 1882 1864 -
Garza Antonio, Jr May 18 1888 Oct 13 1966 -
Harkins Eupheus Co. Jul 13 1899 Apr 24 1960 -
Harris Lewis H. Jun 13 1905 Dec 29 1987 h/o Mary Harkins
Harris Mary Harkins Nov 23 1906 Oct 05 1992 w/o Lewis H.
Kelcy Elizabeth R. Feb 15 1852 Mar 19 1937 "Grandmother"
Kelcy Wm E. 1842 1919 Co A Tex. Cav- CSA
Lee Lucille Jan 18 1879 Jul 18 1944 w/o Thomas
Lee Thomas H. Nov 22 1870 Jul 22 1943 h/o Lucille
Mathews Donald R. May 02 1913 Oct 19 1944 Texas PFC 349 WWII
Matthews James C. Jun 13 1913 Feb28 1986 -
Matthews Ennie Z. Apr 18 1918 Jul 12 2002 -
Matthews Georgia Marcel Jun 04 1927 - -
Mathews Marcus Gene Feb 09 1917 Sep 17 1960 -
McCay Arena - - -
McCay William - - CSA
McCown George Malco Jul 12 1900 Mar 02 1984 (NEN)
Montgomery Clara Lorene Apr 11 1922 Dec 17 1957 -
Montgomery James Wesley Jul 23 1943 Jun 19 1999 -
Montgomery John Wesley Jan 22 1963 May 19 1991 -
Montgomery Mark Jul 14 1891 Jun 09 1951 -
Newman Beatrice Sep 20 1892 Jan 02 1989 -
Newman Fred Dec 09 1900 Dec 15 1947 -
Price Fern Cook 1919 1987 -
Price Lawrence W. 1918 1975 US Navy- WWII
Sharp Nomel A. Aug 22 1906 Feb 07 1959 -
Sharp Ouida C. Sep 30 1904 Dec 21 1996 -
Smith Alvin Elmer Mar 05 1912 Feb 21 1990 USArmy
Smith Floyd Henry Feb 08 1889 Apr 16 1957 WWI
Smith Johnnie Lucille Nov 04 1915 Nov 14 1986 -
Stewart Velma  Corinne Jan 09 1920 May 21 1998 w/o Gilliam C. (NEN)
Stewart Gilliam C. Jul 15 1911 Jun 03 1976 h/o Velma (NEN)
Westfall Boyd Lane 1950 2003 -
Westfall Nina Coral oct 31 1962 - -
Westfall Wilmer J., Sr Apr 02 1912 Dec 27 1998 USArmy
Westfall Eva Wenona Feb 07 1915 Dec 19 1982 w/o Wilmer Sr.
Westffall Wilmer"Dub" Jr Sep 22 1935 Dec 27 1998 h/o Dolly
Westfall Dolly Ann Baker Oct 05 1945 - w/o Wilmer Jr
Zarate Eliazar Dec 25 1924 Mar 16 1965 WWII
Zinn Dorothy 1925 1957 -