Dermott Cemetery

Scurry County, Cemeteries of TX

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Photos and Inscriptions by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp

Dermott, on U.S. Highway 84 in northwestern Scurry County, was named for Pete McDermott, who donated the land for the town and established a store there in the 1890s. A post office was granted in 1902 with William H. Smith as postmaster. Like many small Texas towns, Dermott literally followed the railroads. The town moved first to be near the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific tracks; subsequently, although Dermott had no depot, the trains stopped to load cattle and cotton. Sometime before 1915 the town was moved to the Santa Fe tracks, where cattle-loading pens were built. With the Scurry County oil boom of 1949 the town's fortunes rose, but they fell with the bust in 1951. In 1990 Dermott still maintained a post office, though the population had fallen to five.

Location: From Hwy 84 heading west, turn right on CR 2127 (This is just past the Dermott Town sign). Turn left on CR 2136, will be on the left about 1 mile up. This is located between fields, so when the crops are high, it might be hard to spot.

RICHARD LEE DURDEN 1867-1934

LEE ANNA DURDEN 1875-1972

EMMA M. CROCKETT 12-12-1904 --5-14-1986

D. ARTHUR CROCKETT 1-6-1902 --11-9-1983

BONNIE JOE PIERCE 8-14-1934 --8-14-1934

JOHN GREEN GRIFFIN 2-4-1928 --5-28-1928

JOHN S. DAVIS 1879-1949

MARY E. DAVIS 1887-1970

J. S. SON OF J.S. & M.E. DAVIS 9-23-18?? --6-16-18??

CYRIL JAMES SCRIVNER 2-24-1911 --2-15-1993

US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II

FATHER OF SARAH E. RILEY & JIM V. RILEY

LUCILLE CHANCEY 6-22-1922 --11-21-1977

SAND STONE MARKER

E.D. PARKER 6-23-1820--12-23-1893

CHARLIE H. MANTZ 10-13-1894 --11-6-1962

OLLIE KEESEE 3-24-1882--1-2-1898 DAU. OF P. &S.E. KEESEE

ORESTER C. JAMES 12-7-1845 --2-4-1895

MARIE SCRIVNER 9-11-1908 ---

THERON SCRIVNER 10-8-1905 --5-9-1992

DORA D. SCRIVNER 5-12-1878 --3-6-1916

JAMES EDGAR SCRIVNER 7-14-1879 --3-31-1943

M.W. SCRIVNER 12-3-1857 --3-1-1922

MARY F. SCRIVNER 5-1-1859 --8-13-1948

W.A. (BUD) GRIFFIN 1905-1925

JAMES E. LOCK 1892-1956

PEARLEY T. LOCK 1904-1974

T.K. McKAY 1862-1930

NORA LOCK 1930-1930

JAMES LOCK 1933-1934

STELLA KEATHLEY

HARVE SMOOT

HARVEY O. GREENFIELD 1903-1992

MARY ANN GREENFIELD 1905-1974

BILLY LEE GREENFIELD 1927-1930

SARAH ELLEN GREENFIELD 12-2-1857--7-25-1933

HENRY C. GREENFIELD 7-11-1854 --10-14-1925

DAUGHTER OF J.M. & RUTH GREENFIELD 4-11-1939-4-12-1939

CORA ELLEN GREENFIELD 3-31-1887 --6-19-1977

HENRY ELVIE GREENFIELD 2-24-1887--2-24-1942

ALTON C. GREENFIELD 3-20-1913--1-1-1988

AVIS MAE GREENFIELD 8-27-1905 --11-24-1972

WILLIAM McDERMOTT THORNHILL 1938-1999

VELMA LEE EDMONSON 3-14-1918 --12-1-1991

MYRTIE WILLIAMS EDMONSON 6-26-1898--12-02-1981

Edmonson Myrtie Williams 12-02-1981 SCURRY F

AUBRY NOEL EDMONSON 6-22-1893 --2-26-1968

MARY MOBENA WILLIAMS 1867-1944

LEE ANDREW WILLIAMS 1871-1952

FRED WILLIAMS 10-2-1896--1-20-1958

TEXAS PVT. US ARMY WORLD WAR I

DORA SIMS 1856-1920

W. E. BOSS 12-16-1872 --3-25-1953

MRS. W.E. BOSS 4-12-1878 --7-6-1949

WILLIE W. BOSS 12-25-1903 --3-20-1926 SON OF MR. & MRS W.E. BOSS

GEORGE W. ODOM 1877-1930

ANNIE L. ODOM 1875-1936

MARY HORN 1935 --1997

NOAH SMITH 10-30-1902 --1-26-1939

E.H. GOSWICK 1959-1960

THAMA GOSWICK 1945

ROY GOSWICK 1934-1935

MAY ALLIEN NELSON 1929--1954

ROBERT "BOB" GOSWICK 1935-1974

ELMINIA GOSWICK 3-17-1864 --9-21-1938

JOHN H. GOSWICK 11-25-1856--10-15-1942

HIRAM JACK GOSWICK II 11-3-1926 --4-17-1985

ETA GOSWICK 4-7-1956 --6-5-1993

MARY J. HORN 1-16-1935--5-14-1997

JERRY L. HORN 6-27-1940 ---

NETTIE MARTIN TURNER 6-24-1890 --10-23-1918

JOHN BROWNING 1871-1944

JESSIE BROWNING 1887-1918

M.T. BROWNING 10-2-1916 --4-3-1921

W. TILDEN VICK. 7-25-1884--6-17-1935

LIDA A. VICK 11-27-1882--8-31-1966

W.G. VICK 12-29-1841 -5-20-1910

IDA MAY VICK 5-6-1857 --2-25-1940

??? RANKIN 5-18-1915 --5-5-1918

BETTY RANKIN LINDLEY 5-10-1928 --12-30-1988

J.M. KILLOUGH

BESSIE MAY WILSON 6-27-1900 --2-27-1943

W.I. "BILL" WILSON 5-3-1889--12-13-1948

R. LAWRENCE 4-6-1885 --6-24-1918 ???

W.D. VEACH 8-31-1910--3-26-1912

SON OF C.F. & M.D. VEACH

J.C. McNEILL 11-23-1850 --6-25-1910

AMBROSE HILL GRIGGS 4-22-1849 --5-19-1934

MARY JANE GRIGGS 8-31-1849--12-6-1930

ROYCE WELCH SCRIVNER 3-2-1939 --12-2-1997

A.W. SCRIVNER 10-10-1910 --12-11-1994

ANNIE MAE SCRIVNER 1-2-1906 --12-20-1964

JO LATRELL SCRIVNER 11-25-1934 --1-21-1935

DAU. OF MR. & MRS A.W. SCRIVNER

CLARENCE PAULINE SCRIVNER 2-19-1913 --5-15-1991

CLAUD WILSON 2-3-1896--9-7-1952

FLORA E. WILSON 6-25-1897 --5-19-1936

AGNES A. WILSON 1-30-1881--12-30-1966

JESSE F. WILSON 1-20-1883--7-15-1963

BRUCE GARRETT 1902-1907

RUTH MAE RANKIN 5-9-1898 --3-24-1989

HERMAN RANKIN 6-23-1897 --11-16-1960

WILLIE T. RANKIN 4-20-1857 --5-13-1958

MARIE L. RANKIN 5-29-1861 --6-20-1917 WIFE OF W.T. RANKIN

PRATHER RANKIN 7-20-1890--6-13-1910

JOSIAH JEMISON (??ASLER) 12-18-1813 --2-5-1905

JIM T. STEEL 8-12-1882 --2-20-1928

LUTHER EDMONSON 11-29-1885 --12-29-1954

C. LOY EDMONSON 1888-1954

W. H.H. SMITH 6-24-1840 --11-11-1911

SALLIE SMITH 11-14-1840 --12-03-1903

PETE S. McDERMOTT 3-17-1848 --12-14-1915

IRENE HADDOW 11-12-1919 --9-26-1920 DAU. OF R.W. & MATTIE HADDOW GRANDNEICE OF P.S. McDERMOTT

NELLIE EDMONSON 1876-1938

ETHEL EDMONSON 11-19-1890--4-18-1908 DAU. OF G.W. & F.A. EDMONSON

F.A. EDMONSON 8-30-1862--8-6-1917

GEORGE W. WDMONSON 1861-1948

J.A. McKNIGHT 2-23-1893 --12-5-1908

MARY DITMORE 12-17-1888 --12-15-1900???

JOHN DITMORE 2-14-1829--5-17??-1907??

J.F. WILSON 9-30-1856 --12-26-1926

NANCY F. WILSON 1859-1950

MARY C. SCRIVNER WIFE OF W.C. SCRIVNER 2-25-1889 --12-20-1908

FLOYD R. SCRIVNER 10-6-1908 --6-20-1909 SON OF M.C. & W.C. SCRIVNER

FLOYD EARL SCRIVNER 10-11-1908--7-14-1910 BABY OF LEE & HATIE?? SCRIVNER

JASPER WAYNE SCRIVNER 4-13-1910 --4-13-1910 BABY OF LEE & HATTIE SCRIVNER

J.B. SON OF W.T. & LILLIE SCRIVNER 12-17-1909 -- 12-26-1910

MELISSA J. ARNETT 12-24-1843 --9-17-1913

MISS M.E. SCRIVNER 6-4-1839 --7-7-1904

ELIZA J. ARNETT 4-6-1821 --12-17-1900 ??

J.A. (BOSE) SCRIVNER 9-21-1861 --2-16-1940

SALLIE E. SCRIVNER 8-27-1870 --2-11-1958

LUEZER DITMORE 4-17-1842 --4-21-1904

DELLA EDMONSON 1891-1981

LOY EDMONSON 1888-1954