Big Valley Cemetery

Hardeman County, Cemeteries of Texas

 

Submitted by Jean Hopkins and Leaton Clark Carlton. 

more by Anita Stermer-Ogle

Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

(partial)

All Photos by Gary Webb

 

The Big Valley Cemetery is located about six miles south-west of Chillicothe, Texas, near Medicine Mound. Pictured directly above is a view of the four peaks that make up Medicine Mounds, and the town of Medicine Mound is just this side of these peaks in this picture. The cemetery is located just above the valley to the north, and Big Valley is very beautiful. The picture at left shows just a small portion of it between the trees and bushes on the left and right respectively. If you look close you can see the green grass and the blue lake there. These pictures were taken in December, so much of the green has faded to browns, as grass tends to do, but I can imagine how beautiful this place must be in the Spring and Summer. A very secluded cemetery but well kept.

This building is one of two which were rebuilt after a fire gutted the whole town of Medicine Mound. This building houses a museum open only a few hours during the winter months. 

The Orange looking Cobble Stone was imported from Oklahoma but the owners. 

These stones are very large, and create a rough look to the buildings. The other building has been abandoned.

This cemetery not transcribed at this time, but here are a few names of people that I had taken  pictures 

 

Last Name

First Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Comments

Coats

Albert Earl

Oct 13 1901

Aug 09 1977

-

Coats

Joe C.

Mar 17 1880

Jul 14 1951

-

Coats

Pearl (Stubblefield)

Jan 14 1879

Sep 09 1955

-

Coats

Sarah Linnie

Jul 25 1906

Jul 27 1994

-

Gilliland

John A.

Sep 02 1893

May 29 1956

TX WAGR SUP CO 142 Inf 36 Div WWI

Gilliland

Minerva R.

Mar 05 1895

Jun 28 1985

-

Green

Myrtle Ellen (Lance)

Mar 17 1896

Dec 13 1972

-

Green

William T.

-

-

-

Griffin

B.W.

May 11 1902

Oct 30 1962

H/o Lola Richardson

Griffin

Lola

Dec 28 1907

Feb 05 1972

D/o Jesse & Pearl Richardson

Hardage

Annie Bell

Oct 15 1877

Dec 11 1925

Mother

Hardage

James A.

Aug 24 1874

Jan 06 1940

Father

Hewell

Eula Orlenia (Walser)

Sep 08 1906

Jan 01 1958

-

Hewett

S.L. (Doc)

Aug 09 1900

Mar 30 1975

-

Hopkins

Bernice A.

Dec 21 1907

Oct 19 1978

S/o PT

Hopkins

P.T.

Mar 19 1880

Mar 22 1942

-

Jenkins

H. Clay

Apr 10 1895?

Dec 12 199?

M: Feb 14 1926;“Thy Life was beauty, truth, goodness and love”

Jenkins

Lois G.

Mar 25 1899

Mar 01 1989

M: Feb 14 1926; “Thy Life was beauty, truth, goodness and love”

Jenkins

John

Aug 15 1864

Apr 06 1920

-

Lance

Alford Melvin

Sep 18 1874

Oct 19 1908

-

Lance

Claudis Melvin

Dec 13 1892

Oct 07 1935

-

Lance

John Alexander

Feb 11 1834

Sep 08 1911

-

Lance

Margritte Lavina (Little)

Apr 19 1848

Apr 20 1929

-

Lance

Sarah Lottie (Mulkey, Briscoe)

Mar 02 1896

Oct 31 1967

-

Lance

William Harrison

1845

May 27 1924

-

Neece

Armine Pearl

Nov 11 1888

Mar 13 1920

-

Parker

Aldred E.

1917

1999

-

Parker

Ethel Irene (Wright-Turner)

1908

1998

-

Richardson

Jesse N.

Oct 22 1882

Apr 19 1968

-

Richardson

Pearl U.

Oct 21 1889

Jul 09 1935

-

Rogers

Mose C.

May 03 1867

Aug 21 1947

-

Rogers

Rachel Williamson

Mar 30 1869

Mar 08 1922

-

Smith

S.E. “Bill”

-

1949

-

Smith

Sarah Elenora (Walser)

Jan 12 1912

Jan 06 1996

-

Stermer

John Lowery

Mar 14 1921

Apr 09 1991

S/o John W & Ella; H/o Nola Daphine;  M: 1945

Stermer

John William

Oct 27 1873

Apr 14 1964

H/o Ella

Stermer

Ella Mary

Nov 13 1882

May 04 1967

W/o John William

Stermer

Bernadine Gibson

Jan 16 1920

Jun 08 1968

W/o Raymond;M: May 30 1936

Stermer

James Raymond

Feb 11 1912

Jul 19 1987

H/o Bernadine

Stevens

Claude William

Oct 04 1897

Jan 06 1982

-

Stevens

Ola Mae (Walser)

Nov 08 1900

Aug 26 1987

-

Thomas

Charles

Dec 14 1898

Jun 23 1953

-

Thompson

Lena Alonso (Walser)

May 02 1900

Aug 28 1984

-

Thurman

Adron Vernon

Jan 22 1895

Apr 24 1923

-

Thurman

Etta Mae (Walser)

Sep 08 1898

Jan 16 1995

-

Wall

Carl Edgar

Dec 23 1898

Aug 29 1955

-

Walser

Audrey Rebecca (Chandler)

Sep 21 1913

Dec 25 1992

-

Walser

Beulah Irene (Barnes)

Jul 06 1908

Jul 18 1999

-

Walser

Calvin Samuel

Feb 16 1912

Jul 27 1993

-

Walser

Cephas Alonza

Apr 03 1875

Jun 13 1973

-

Walser

Elizabeth Jane (Lance)

Nov 21 1869

Jul 09 1953

-

Walser

Eva Lena (Allen)

Nov 27 1877

Aug 06 1968

-

Walser

Flora Mae

Jul 12 1915

Dec 28 1918

-

Walser

Gwendolyn Bernice (Sis)

Dec 08 1927

Aug 04 1997

-

Walser

Hoye Lemuel

Nov 27 1909

Sep 03 1993

-

Walser

Irene

Nov 21 1911

Jan 11 1912

-

Walser

James David (Buck)

Feb 28 1872

Feb 26 1951

-

Walser

Jessie Leonia

Jan 15 1911

Apr 09 1912

-

Walser

Jodie Virgil

Sep 96 1904

Feb 06 1973

-

Walser

Lenora Roxann (Holt)

Dec 28 1880

Jun 08 1961

-

Walser

Lillie Lenora

Mar 16 1903

Apr 13 1972

-

Walser

Lula Kathleen (Gibson)

Apr 30 1916

Sep 14 1999

-

Walser

Martha Elizabeth (Philley)

Dec 11 1882

Jul 04 1967

-

Walser

Richard Jonah

Jun 01 1902

Apr 28 1912

-

Walser

Robert Euen

May 03 1894

Jun 22 1955

-

Walser

Thomas Lemuel

Apr 28 1879

Apr 28 1973

-

Walser

Wallace Dwight

Feb 22 1929

Feb 07 1996

-