Winterfield Cemetery - Longview, Gregg Co., TX

Winterfield Cemetery

This cemetery began on the farm purchased in 1879 by July G. and Martha Howard Garner. Land was set aside for a family cemetery upon the deaths of the Garners' nephew Joel S. Bright, and niece, Jessie L. Webb in November 1887. This family cemetery eventually became a community graveyard with more than 500 graves. Among those buried here were farmers, city & county officials, and church leaders. Site maintenance completed in the early 1900s by family members, was succeeded in 1971 by the Winterfield Cemetery Association. The site continues to serve the community. (1996)

Willie Reel (daughter of William and Susan Reel) 1 Nov 1869 - 24 Oct 1945 Wife of J. E. Garner

Married to Susan LAGRONE 29 Jan 1869 "An honest man's the noblest work of God"

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference"

RICHARDSON, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Richardson 4 Jan 1930 - 5 Jan 1930

Note: next headstone is placed on top of the graves of George and Nellie Swetman

Son of J. M. and Lucy McFarland "his toils are past, his job is done, he fought the fight, the victory won.

SMITH, Mary E. (daughter of G. R. E. and Annie Smith) 10 May 1923 - 1 Aug 1933

William Sam (son of Jacob A. "Jake" and Sudie Frances Leath Smelley) 31 Dec 1906 - 16 May 1975

Ollie Mae (daughter of Gregg Robert Edward and Annie Davis Smith) 15 Jan 1910 - 21 Feb 1989

SMELLEY, Sudie (Sudie Frances Leath) 11 Aug 1885 - 3 Jan 1920 Wife of J. A. Smelley

BUSTIN, Annie Lou Smelley (Dau of W.H. & T.L. Smelley) 3 Mar 1911 - 24 May 1955

SMELLEY, John Howard (Son of W.H. & T.L. Smelley) 28 July 1912 - 26 Feb 1937

Francis Virginia (Dau. Of Henry and Mary B. Taylor Tencher) 6 Mar 1850 - 17 Jan 1911

Douchie L. (Dau. Of J. T. and R. J. Snyder Troublefield) 12 Aug 1876 - 21 April 1955

Gladys Irene (Dau. Of G. W. and M. A. Davis Richardson) 30 Nov 1906 - 12 Feb 1995

BLALOCK, George Wesley son of J. E. & R. E. Blalock 27 Aug 1920 - 25 April 1921

George W. (son of G. B. and F. V. Tincher Richardson) 24 March 1876 - 2 Nov 1949

RICHARDSON, Chester Harrison 13 July 1909 - 7 March 1927 son of G. W. and Ada Richardson

RICHARDSON, Dee R. (son of G. B. and F. V. Tincher Richardson) 20 Nov 1890 - 11 June 1938

DAVIS, Jimmie Dee (Texas Gunner's Mate 3CL U. S. N. P) 25 Jan 1927 - 24 April 1946

This plot looks to take up two rows (row 6 and row 7) and is the primary headstone for Annie G. Richardson, Dee R. Richardson & Herschel W. Garner

CORLEY, Katie Lee (Dau. Of W. H. and A. E. Reese Davis) 3 Sep 1893 - 5 Apr 1925

CRAWFORD, Corrinna Maud (wife of James Reese Davis) 25 Jan 1884 - 4 May 1937

DAVIS, Henry L. (son of W. H. and J. V. McCann Davis) 26 Mar 1915 - 4 Sep 1951

"A Precious One From Us Has Gone, A Love We Loved Is Still, A Place Is Vacant In Our Home, Which Never Can Be Filled"

McFARLAND, J. E. infant son of J. E. & A. L. Mcfarland 6 July 1912 - 4 Feb 1913

REEL, Ben G. (son of W. H. and S. M. Lagrone Reel) 24 Dec 1877 - 17 Aug 1954

Johnnie L. Richardson, Jr. US Army Air Corps World War II 2 Sept 1924 - 1 April 1994

NOTE: Sallie E. and Infant son are identical stones that contained no last name.

Jefferson S. Richardson (PFC CO E 409 Telegraph BN World War I) 30 July 1892 - 8 Aug 1954

Note: The military headstone does have a different date than the civilian headstone

"Have Faith In God" "Thy Word Is A Lamp Unto My Feet And A Light Unto My Path Psalms 119:105"

SMELLEY, William Henry "Willie" (Son of W.H. & T.L. Smelley) 5 Apr 1909 - 21 Jun 1993

(Claudia Nellwyn Bradshaw; dau. Of Bernard Bradshaw & Clifford Arnettie Smelley)

RICHARDSON, G. Edward (son of G. W. and M. A. Richardson) 28 Jul 1912 - 23 Dec 1981

Annie D. "Granny" (Dau. Of G. R. E. and A. M. Davis Smithe) 24 Aug 1913 - 10 Jan 1977

Winterfield Methodist Church

This Church traces its origin to Methodist Camp Meetings held here in the farm community of Winterfield as early as
the 1870s. The site of the camp meetings, which drew settlers from Gregg, Upshur, and Harrison Counties, was set
aside in the early 1880s for worship purposes. Two small 1880s church buildings, sanctuaries erected here in 1929
and 1957, and other facilities including an education building have served the church. The congregation sponsors a
number of outreach programs and activities and continues to provide civic and religious leadership for the community.
Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845 - 1995

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