Tomerlin Cemetery

Devine Medina County Texas

Surveyed June 25 2002 by Julie & Lanie Karm

Devine from 173 to FM 2200 to CR 765 curves after church cemetery about a mile on right inside private property Tomerlin Cemetery sign on left.

The Tomerlin Historic Sign reads:
Tomerlin Cemetery
Washington Allen Tomerlin set aside this burial ground for his family and neighbors in what was at that time an isolated area of Medina County.  The earliest dated gravestone is that of Martha Ivy Essary (1856-1875) But many old stones have initials and no dates.  Among those buried here are veterans of the Civil War World War I World War II and Vietnam as well as three Littleton brothers said to have been Texas Rangers.  The southwest corner of this 1.39 acres hods the Brackens family freed slaves who settled nearby.  This cemetery remains a chronicle of Medina County Pioneers and Their Descendants. 
Historic Texas Cemetery 2000

Photos by Ann Bowman


General Photo             Sign

Transcription and general and sign photos submitted by Julie & Lanie Karm

Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments

Allen

Elsie Lula

1902

1951

Married Jim Ellison Allen

Allen

Jim Ellison

1902

1990

Married Elsie Lula

Avery

Martha Jane

Mar. 26 1878

May. 28 1910

Wife of Sam Avery

Baker

Annie May

Feb. 8 1894

Oct. 29 1929

-

Baker

James David

Feb. 5 1880

Jun. 5 1955

Married Lu Crecy

Baker

Lu Crecy

Mar. 18 1883

Dec. 13 1958

-

Baker

Marion F.

Oct. 16 1905

Jul. 3 1906

-

Baker

Wilborn N.

Jan. 4 1878

Mar. 5 1917

Tho Thou Art Gone Fond Memory Clings To Thee

Banning

Adeline

1860

1905

-

Black

Arnell

Feb. 8 1933

Born and Died

Alseep In Jesus

Booth

Infant

-

-

Infant of C.L. & A.L. Booth

Booth

Infant

-

-

Infant of C.L. & A.L. Booth

Booth

W.M.

Jul.14 1938

Jul. 14 1938

Born & Died

Brackens

Family

-

-

Freed Slaves 14 Rebarb Crosses

Brown

Marlin

Feb. 19 1937

Dec. 14 1941

-

Brown

Oma M.

Mar. 22 1915

Mar. 4 1995

-

Brown

Raymond A.

Mar. 3 1905

Apr. 14 1997

Married Oma M. Sept. 23 1931

Brown Jr.

Raymond Ray

Sept. 8 1935

Feb. 14 1959

TX PFC US Army

Carroll

Mattie Tanksley

Sept. 29 1903

May. 23 1922

-

Cobb

Silas Duran

Dec. 25 1888

Jan. 2 1889

Son of Clark & Ann Cobb

Colosia

Dolly Littleton

1893

1969

-

Colosia

Manuel

1889

1967

-

Colosia

Roy Frank Jr.

1950

1995

My Life Was One Big Party

Conover

Freddie N.

Jan. 21 1869

Jan. 10 1886

Same Stone as Geo. W. Conover and Margaret D. Conover

Conover

Geo. W.

May. 25 1822

May. 6 1891

Married Margaret D.

Conover

Margaret D.

Jun. 12 1825

Jul. 5 1881

Wife of Geo. W. Conover

Conover

William D.

Jun. 22 1864

Jan. 13 1878

Same Stone as Geo. W. Conover and Margaret D. Conover

Covert

Gerald

Mar. 10 1944

Mar. 10 1944

Born & Died

Covert

James Damon Jr.

Jun. 7 1935

Dec. 17 1958

-

Covert

James Damon Sr.

Sept. 3 1903

Jun. 9 1986

-

Covert

Julia Annie

1915

1989

SS Record Birthdate Aug. 1 1915 Death Feb. 7 1989 in Bexar Co. TX

Crutchfield

Lona E.

Oct. 8 1864

Jun. 20 1902

Wife of J.M. Crutchfield

Daniel

Linda S.

Jul. 24 1959

Jan. 1 2001

-

Davis

Amy

1822

1884

-

Dubose

Alice Amanda

Nov. 10 1833

Jan. 12 1892

Wife of J.L. Dubose

Dubose

Allan S.

Oct. 17 1898

Mar. 31 1977

-

Dubose

Alma

Apr. 15 1903

Mar. 7 1945

-

Dubose

B. I.

Nov. 28 1849

Mar. 26 1908

He Died As He Lived Trusting In God

Dubose

Burl

Sept. 20 1877

Sept. 16 1902

Gone But Not Forgotten

Dubose

C. L.

Jun. 30 1837

Dec. 30 1921

Wife of Samuel Dent Dubose

Dubose

Charley B.

Jun. 13 1886

May. 10 1893

Son of B.I. & N.L. Dubose

Dubose

Clem

1910

1920

Son of J.E. & Uvaldie Dubose

Dubose

Cora A.

Jun. 20 1880

Mar. 3 1859

-

Dubose

Elder W. S.

Sept. 3 1839

Nov. 4 1917

Married Nancy C.

Dubose

Elmira

Nov. 19 1852

Oct. 18 1883

-

Dubose

Ernest Dewey

Oct. 12 1899

Feb. 21 1982

Married Sheba Brown

Dubose

Everette F.

Sept. 19 1916

Feb. 5 1918

-

Dubose

Georgia M.

Mar. 2 1900

Jun. 24 1985

In Loving Memory

Dubose

Infant Son

-

-

Infant Son of J.E. Dubose

Dubose

James G.

Oct. 12 1916

Jun. 3 1987

S1 US Navy WW II. Married Mural M. May 30 1939

Dubose

James Monroe

1879

1968

-

Dubose

Jessie Byran

Jan. 28 1901

Mar. 9 1901

Son of W.L. & S.J. Dubose

Dubose

Jessie E.

Jan. 6 1874

May. 1 1942

-

Dubose

John E.

Jun. 6 1852

Mar. 3 1925

-

Dubose

John L.

Sept. 1 1918

Jun. 11 1974

-

Dubose

John Libson

Aug. 5 1859

Mar. 6 1942

-

Dubose

John M.

Mar. 19 1915

Nov. 16 1919

-

Dubose

Lenard Earl

1928

1933

Son of Mr. & Mrs. Codie Dubose

Dubose

Marion George

Feb. 19 1933

May. 20 1983

-

Dubose

Mattie Hilton

1878

1927

-

Dubose

Missouri F. Spraggins

Oct. 31 1854

Dec. 10 1890

Wife of J.E. Dubose

Dubose

Mural M.

Sept. 26 1922

-

Married James G. Dubose May. 30 1939

Dubose

Nancy C.

May. 30 1843

Jun. 8 1918

Married Elder W.S. Dubose

Dubose

Nancy Katherine

Mar. 4 1869

Jan. 8 1914

Her Memory Is Blessed

Dubose

Ollie D.

Jan. 13 1907

Aug. 16 1994

-

Dubose

Presley L.

1903

1922

-

Dubose

Samuel Cody

May. 1 1903

Jun. 10 1961

-

Dubose

Samuel Dent

Jan. 17 1845

Aug. 11 1925

Arkansas PVT 4 REGT Arkansas INF Confederate States Army. Married C.L.

Dubose

Samuel Monroe

1873

1944

Dying Is But Going Home

Dubose

Sheba Brown

Jul. 14 1917

-

Married Ernest Dewey

Dubose

Uvaldie

Nov. 2 1873

Dec. 24 1933

-

Dubose

Velma

Aug. 28 1914

Apr. 24 1917

Daughter of David & Annie Dubose

Dubose

W. H. H.

Dec. 16 1870

Jul. 51965

In Loving Memory

Duncan

Ben

Dec. 10 1838

Nov. 28 1918

Gone But Not Forgotten

Duncan

Francis

Mar. 7 1849

Jun. 16 1884

Wife of Ben Duncan

Essary

John

Jun. 28 1823

Nov. 20 1909

-

Essary

Lawrence

Dec. 31 1907

Feb. 17 1908

-

Essary

S. J. Mrs.

May. 23 1837

Jul. 28 1912

-

Evans

Thomas D.

Apr. 5 1869

Jul. 8 1917

-

Fuller

Evelyn Tomerlin Browne

Dec. 12 1922

Mar. 27 2001

Daug. of Logan & Verdia Tomerlin Mother of Barbara & David Grandmother of Cathy Linda & Virginia. Married Hank Fuller Dec. 15 1973

Fuller

Hank Holman L.

Aug. 4 1916

Apr. 29 1989

Son of Mason & Betty Fuller Father of Nancy Grandfather of Lisa & Leslie

Garrett

Fannie Mrs.

May. 28 1882

Feb. 15 1918

-

Gates

Alfred A.

1881

1952

Married Cora

Gates

Cora

1881

1961

Married Alfred A. Gates

Gates

Marvin

Sept. 16 1903

Apr. 2 1918

-

Graham

Bobby

-

1928

Age 4 Months

Graham

Katie Booth

Mar.11 1910

Aug. 31 1937

-

Graham

Roberth William Jr.

Apr. 10 1927

Apr. 1 1996

"Billy"

Griffin

Hez

Mar. 20 1829

May. 22 1910

-

Hardcastle

Alene I.

Jul. 10 1916

Dec. 23 1999

Married Buford W. Hardcastle Jul. 16 1932. See Alene I. Hardcastle for list of chidren and grandchildren.

Hardcastle

Baby Girl

Dec. 10 1904

Dec. 19 1904

Baby Girl of G. & J.B. Hardcastle

Hardcastle

Buford W.

Oct. 9 1912

May. 8 1987

Married Alene I. Jul. 16 1932. Children Jack & Barbara Buford Jr. & Wanda. Grandchildren Tina Terry Jack Jr & Dana Duke & Diya Amanda Casey Ralph Jenny & Ann Lockhart

Hardcastle

Buford W. Jr.

Sept. 6 1933

-

-

Hardcastle

George W.

Sept. 26 1877

Oct. 19 1956

-

Hardcastle

Infant Son

-

-

Son of G.W. Hardcastle

Hardcastle

Julia B.

Jul. 20 1883

Jan. 21 1919

-

Hardcastle

Wanda June

Apr. 12 1936

Aug. 18 1940

-

Harris

Alfred John

Apr. 16 1902

Dec. 17 1972

-

Harris

Alice L.

Oct. 18 1856

Apr. 20 1944

-

Harris

James W.

Oct. 13 1875

Mar. 29 1960

-

Harris

Mary A.

Dec. 8 1881

Jun. 7 1962

-

Harris

Sims

Jun. 25 1848

Jun. 7 1898

-

Hokit

Richard M. Dr.

Apr. 5 1821

Nov. 1 1891

Married Theresa Meyers

Hokit

Theresa Meyers

Aug. 1828

Nov. 3 1928

Married Dr. Richard M. Hokit

Holleman

Charles Mac

Nov. 26 1897

Dec. 28 1978

Married Jettie McCoy

Holleman

Jettie McCoy

Feb. 17 1901

Aug. 29 1994

Married Charles Mac Holleman

Ivy

Martha

Oct. 22 1856

Nov. 20 1875

-

Jones

Jerry Gray

Mar. 26 1933

-

Married Lou Ann May. 29 1955

Jones

Lou Ann

May. 28 1937

-

Married Jerry Gray Jones May. 29 1955

Jones

Vinnie

1881

1884

-

Kempf

Ervin Edward

Dec. 18 1922

Dec. 15 1946

-

Kempf

Louis J.

Oct. 13 1924

Dec. 27 1971

Texas PFC US ARMY WW II

Littleton

Alice V.

Jul. 4 1879

Oct. 20 1963

Wife of William B. Littleton

Littleton

Ava Mae

1894

1985

Married Logue M. Littleton. Birthdate on SS Record Dec. 16 1895 Death May. 17 1985

Littleton

Daphne Reinhardt

Apr. 17 1928

Nov. 30 1995

Married Sept. 8 1950

Littleton

Helen Hale

Apr. 22 1899

Apr. 11 1972

Gatesville Texas

Littleton

Infant Son

Oct. 1915

Oct. 11 1915

Age 6 Days Infant Son of L.M. & Ava Littleton

Littleton

J. A.

Oct. 30 1862

Oct. 19 1926

-

Littleton

Jane

Sept. 6 1859

Jan. 11 1918

-

Littleton

John A.

Mar. 9 1895

Feb. 22 1946

TX SGT US Marine Corps WWI

Littleton

Johnnie

Oct. 19 1885

May. 2 1917

-

Littleton

Logue M.

1892

1955

Married Ava Mae

Littleton

Martin W.

Mar. 8 1896

Aug. 24 1931

-

Littleton

Mary E.

Nov. 10 1859

Dec. 5 1902

Wife of W.B. Littleton

Littleton

R. B.

Mar. 2 1892

Dec. 8 1895

Son of T.R. & S.E. Littleton

Littleton

Sallie E.

May. 7 1863

Aug. 13 1922

-

Littleton

Tom R.

Aug. 24 1859

Oct. 29 1903

-

Littleton

Tun

Apr. 1 1894

Mar. 3 1917

-

Littleton

Verna

Mar. 5 1894

Nov. 3 1944

-

Littleton

W. B.

Aug. 23 1857

Apr. 6 1915

-

Littleton

W. B.

Dec. 31 1885

May. 13 1909

Husband of Alice V. Littleton

McCain

Boyd Doc

Apr. 2 1895

Sept. 2 1972

-

Miller

Myrtle R. Dubose

Feb. 17 1900

Jan. 19 1989

God Alone Understands

Montgomery

Knox Alex

Nov. 14 1909

May. 22 1986

Married Ollie Estell Jun. 8 1930

Montgomery

Ollie Estell

Sept. 29 1912

Oct. 7 1976

Married Knox A. Montgomery Jun. 8 1930

Montgomery

Willis O.

Jun. 7 1942

Jun. 21 1956

Son

Moss

Albert

Sept. 5 1887

Sept. 12 1887

Son of S.M. & L.A. Moss

Moss

S. M.

-

Jul. 25 1901

Age 45 yrs

Muennink

August

Jan. 9 1905

Mar. 8 1971

-

Muennink

Dale August

Feb. 21 1940

-

-

Muennink

Mattie Mae

Jul. 21 1908

Apr. 24 1985

Married August Muennink

Muennink

Sybil M.

Jul. 30 1932

Jul. 6 2000

"Sandy"

Murphy

Eva Fay

Oct. 17 1926

Dec. 16 1927

Our Beloved Baby

Murphy

General J.

Apr. 4 1894

Mar. 21 1973

Married Hassie A. Murphy

Murphy

Hassie A.

May. 8 1903

Aug. 7 1975

Together Forever

Murphy

John W.

Jan. 1 1860

Aug. 9 1931

Rest In Peace

Murphy

Lester C.

Jan. 16 1934

Oct. 25 1934

Our Beloved At Rest

Nowlin

Johnny

Dec. 25 1900

Dec. 15 1902

-

Nowlin

William Sherrod

Dec. 18 1862

Mar. 14 1907

Husband of Elizabeth Nowlin Duncan

Nowlin-Duncan

Elizabeth

Mar. 18 1867

Sept. 24 1925

-

Peace

W. C.

Jul. 1 1859

Jan. 4 1888

-

Rackard

Daniel Gary

Jan. 1 1950

May. 14 2002

-

Reinhardt

Edith Hill

Dec. 23 1901

Sept. 3 1991

Mother of Daphne Littleton

Rice

S. A. Mrs.

Oct. 22 1872

Aug. 18 1905

-

Rice

Willie Tyler

1869

1932

Mother

Rum

Alma Littleton

Feb. 21891

Sept. 11 1972

-

Rum

Edwin B. Dr.

Sept. 9 1888

Mar. 9 1969

Married Alma Littleton

Sharber

George

Oct. 16 1890

May. 11 1893

Gone To A Better Land

Sharber

J. N.

Aug. 27 1860

Jan. 29 1937

Gone To Meet Her

Sharber

Jimmie

Sept. 151886

Jun. 28 1887

Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.N. Sharber

Sharber

Sarah

Mar. 15 1865

Dec. 13 1927

We Will Meet Again. Wife of J.N. Sharber

Smith

George W.

Sept. 1857

Mar. 1913

-

Spraggins

Emily

-

Sept. 18 1889

Age 82 yrs.

Stewart

Eddie Sue

Born & Died

Apr. 25 1928

A Little Bud Of Love To Bloom With God Above

Thompson

Mary Ann

Mar. 2 1844

May. 18 1911

Wife of S.J. Thompson

Tomerlin

Agnes Nowlin

May. 18 1891

Jun. 20 1965

Married Aug. 6 1911 August D. Tomerlin

Tomerlin

Allen

Aug. 9 1840

Jun. 26 1917

Married Nancy Agnes

Tomerlin

August Duncan

Sept. 28 1890

May. 10 1967

Married Agnes Nowlin

Tomerlin

Eldon Nowlin

Oct. 9 1919

Mar. 8 1970

Married Marjorie Evans

Tomerlin

Elizabeth Sue

Jan. 10 1921

Dec.18 1932

-

Tomerlin

Logan Morgan

Feb. 13 1893

Sept. 15 1972

Married Verdia Nowlin

Tomerlin

Marjorie Evans

Feb. 13 1922

Feb. 9 1991

Married Eldon Nowlin Tomerlin

Tomerlin

Nancy Agnes

Jul. 12 1837

Apr. 14 1912

Married Allen Tomerlin

Tomerlin

Thomas

Aug. 9 1840

Jun. 26 1917

Married Nancy Agnes

Tomerlin

Verdia Nowlin

Sept. 24 1896

Feb. 11 1979

Married Logan Morgan Tomerlin

Waits

James Robert

Jul. 24 1947

Feb. 5 1973

Enfa US Navy Vietnam

Waits

William B.

Jan. 20 1942

Feb. 26 1970

-

Waits

William H.

1910

Dec. 12 1970

Mason Emblem

Wall

Sidney W.

Jul. 14 1913

May. 15 1989

Safe In The Arms Of Jesus

Walwer

Viola J.

1920

1960

Mother

Wiemers

Clarence Ernest

Apr. 1 1919

Jun. 12 1996

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