B - MURPHREE CEMETERY
Murphree Cemetery is about a
mile north of Evant and
fourteen miles south of Hamilton
on the west side of US 281. Murphree Cemetery, the final
earthly resting place for many people, was opened as a public cemetery
about 1878.
PARTIAL
list of those interred therein.
Additions and corrections are welcome and
may be sent
to Elreeta Weathers.
|
NAME |
BORN |
DIED |
OTHER |
|
BAILEY, SAMMY LOUSEAH (SPIERS) (LUSCK) |
06/05/1907, King, TX |
12/08/1991 |
Husband #1: Thomas Jennings
Lusck--Divorced
Married: 1925 In Galveston, Newspaper Obit.,
Hamilton Herald-News
Husband #2: Ira James Bailey (D. 11/23/1960)
Married: 06/19/1934, Newspaper Obit.,
Hamilton
Herald-News
Parents: Artie Ward Spiers & Gertrude
Harris
Obituary |
|
BAKER, JOHN FRANKLIN |
12/14/1896 |
11/12/1981 |
--Single
Parents : Melvin Baker & Mattie Williams |
|
BAKER, ROBERT TOM |
03/08/1898 |
04/28/1977 |
Wife : Annie May (Adams) Baker
Parents : Melvin Baker & Mattie Williams |
|
BATES, ROSE IRENE WALKER |
07/31/1899, Williamson County, TX |
07/10/1985 |
Husband: William Andrew Bates
Parents: Alfanso Walker & Lois Upton |
|
BATES, WALKER ARVEL |
08/16/1916, Nix, Lampasas County, TX |
03/11/1985 |
Wife: Margaret (Townsend)
Bates
Married: 01/14/1939,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 10, p. 237
Parents: William Andrew Bates & Rosie
Irene Walker
Children:
Roy Stanley Bates
William Henry Bates b. 8-21-1941 Hamilton Co, Tx d. 4-9-1997 Rising
Star,
Tx/May, Tx burial May, Tx
Brenda Kay Bates
Linda Ruth Bates
Ethel Mae Townsend |
|
BATES, WILLIAM ANDREW |
08/17/1895 |
02/04/1958 |
Wife: Rose Irene (Walker)
Bates
Parents: W. A. Bates & Elice V. Holder |
|
BEACH, LILLIAM MELISSA BLACKBURN |
09/16/1883 |
08/29/1968 |
Husband : William
"Bill" B. Beach
Married : 12/19/1906, Hamilton County, TX,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 4, p. 411
Parents : William Washington Dulaney
Blackburn & Emma Ellen Puddy |
|
BILBERRY, SR., IRVIN LAVELLE |
07/28/1913, Houston County, TX |
01/21/1987 |
--Divorced
Married : 08/17/1933, Hamilton County, TX,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 9, p. 417
Parents : Jacob* Garrett* "Jake"
Bilberry & Orlena "Lena" Kinchloe |
|
BLACKBURN, CHESTER E. |
Evant, TX |
1974 |
Wife : Ora Lee (Smith)
Blackburn
Married : At Evant In 1928, Newspaper Obit.,
Hamilton
Herald-News
Parents : William Washinton Dulaney Blackburn
& Emma Ellen Puddy |
| BLACKBURN, EMMA ELLEN (PUDDY) |
05/06/1862 Wedmore,
Somerset, England |
10/26/1941 Hamilton,
Hamilton Co. Texas
|
Husband:
William Dulaney Washington Blackburn
Married:
12/18/1880, Hamilton County, TX
Parents: Alfred
& Ellen Puddy
Obituary
Leannell Ingraham |
|
BLACKBURN, KRISTA RENA |
07/06/1973 |
12/08/1973 |
--Baby
Parents: Jackie Blackburn & Jimmie
Coffer |
|
BLACKBURN, ROBERT BURNS "JACK" |
06/14/1899 |
09/30/1960 |
Wife : Vera Mae (Hopson)
Blackburn
Parents : William Washington Dulney Blackburn
& Emma Ellen Puddy |
|
BLACKBURN, VERA MAE HOPSON |
01/17/1919, Ellis County, TX |
06/15/1991 |
Husband: Robert Burns
"Jack" Blackburn
Married: In April, 1932, Newspaper Obit.,
Hamilton
Herald-News
Parents: Earl Hopson & Lanie Loggins |
| BLACKBURN, WILLIAM DULANEY
WASHINGTON |
1856, TN |
12/31/1928 Vista, Hamilton
Co., TX |
Wife:
Emma Ellen (Puddy) Blackburn
Married:
12/18/1880, Hamilton County, TX
Obituary
Leannell Ingraham |
|
BRADEN, ALTON DARRELL |
09/12/1921, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX |
11/23/1993 |
Wife : Ruth Braden
Married : 1969 In Albuquerque, NM
Parents : Minard Braden & Lady Emma
Blackburn |
|
BREWER, SR., SAMUEL ERNEST |
11/21/1912, Liberty, Hamilton County, TX |
12/30/1980 |
Wife : Nannie Lee (Massingill)
Brewer
Married : 05/11/1932, Hamilton County, TX,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 9, p. 343
Parents : Samuel E. "Sam" Brewer
& Eugenia Elizabeth "Jennie" Pierce |
| BROOKS, EVAN |
03/07/1839
Coffee Co., AL |
03/19/1921
Evant, Hamilton Co., TX
|
Wife: Charlotte
(Benson) Brooks
Married: 11/22/1859, Barbour Co., AL
Parents: William Calvin Brooks (1817, Horry
Co., SC -- 02/03/1881 Wilcox Co., AL) & Nancy King (1825--1868,
Wilcox Co., AL)
Yvonne
S. Perkins |
| BROOKS, CHARLOTTE BENSON |
08/04/1844
Barbour Co., AL
|
04/30/1909
Evant, Hamilton Co., TX
|
Husband: Evan Brooks
Married: 11/22/1859, Barbour Co., AL
Parents: George Washington Benson (b. 1805, NC, d. Barbour
Co., AL) & Susannah Harrelson (b. 1806, Horry Co., SC--d. 1877?
Hamilton Co., TX)
Yvonne
S. Perkins |
|
BROOKS, RUTH BAKER |
10/09/1895, Fairview, Hamilton County, TX |
02/18/1984 |
Husband : Evant T.Brooks (D.
5/1970)
Married : 07/08/1917, Hamilton County, TX,
Hamilton County Marriage Record Bk. 7, p. 172
Parents : John Henry Baker & Clara Putnam |
|
BROWN, EVA GERTRUDE MARSHALL |
08/18/1897, Hamilton County, TX |
01/29/1980 |
Husband : Milton Brown
Newspaper Obit., Hamilton Herald News |
|
BROWN, HAROLD MILTON |
11/04/1928, Evant, TX |
04/01/1996 |
Wife : Eva May (Marshall)
Brown
Married : 08/22/1951, Yuma, Ariz., Newspaper
Obit., Hamilton Herald-News
Parents : Milton Brown & Eva Gertrude
Marshall |
| BROWN, RAY VAN |
01/01/1942 |
05/18/2003 |
Parents: Milton Brown & Eva Gertrude
Marshall
Obituary |
|
BUNNELL, HAROLD "RED" |
07/01/1936, Ireland, TX |
08/17/1987 |
Wife : Myrtle "Myrt"
Bunnell
Parents : Boyd & Alice Bunnell |
| BURNETT, YVONNE O. |
ca. 1920 |
12/30/2003 |
Husband:
Travis E. Burnett
Obituary |
|
BURNEY, JULIO MARIE "JACKIE HALL |
06/26/1910, Carbon, Erath County, TX |
09/18/1996 |
Husband : John Waymond
"J. W."Burney, Jr.
Married : Aug., 1941, Newspaper Obit., Hamilton
Herald-News
Parents : William Martin Hall & Brady E.
Evans |
|
BURNEY, JR., JOHN WAYMOND "J. W." |
06/01/1906, Evant, Hamilton County, TX |
10/12/1987 |
Wife : Julio Marie
"Jackie" (Hall) Burney
Married : Aug., 1941, Newspaper Obit., Hamilton
Herald-News
Parents : John Waymond
Burney, Sr. & Agatha Gerald |
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