SimmonsCem

Simmons Cemetery
Located 2.2 miles west on Camp Seale Rd. off FM 1276 to
Simmons Cemetery Rd.,  which dead ends into the cemetery.
Transcribed on March 25, 2000
by Joyce McNiel Munson & Beverly Munson Tucker Evins


            Name                    Birthdate     Deathdate   Inscription/Comments


 Row # 1
OVERSTREET, Delbert C.   July 18, 1916        July 5, 1982    F.S.-"D.C.O."
OVERSTREET, Bessie Mae         1906                1907
OVERSTREET, Vernie C.             1908                1910
OVERSTREET, Robert Coleman  1881                1949
OVERSTREET, Maggie Ethel Reese
                                                  Dec. 2, 1887        Mar. 17, 1967
"Mr. DAVIS"                                  No    Dates                      Cochran FHM Only
DAVIS, Dollie?                                No    Dates                      Cochran FHM Only

Row # 2
WILLIFORD, Elmer            Dec. 12, 1920        March 21, 1972  Military Marker:
            "Texas   PFC Co K.    112 Infantry    World War II"
WILLIFORD, Chester M.   Aug. 12, 1912        Sept. 17, 1939    F.S.-"C.M.W."
WILLIFORD, Vivian Ann    Feb. 18, 1949        May 22, 1949     F.S.-"Baby"
WILLIFORD-Double Headstone
    Thomas                              March 23, 1877    March 18, 1943  F.S.-"T.W."
    Nancy  June                       June 15, 1876       July 3, 1923        F.S.-"N.J.W."
WILLIFORD, George                    1906                    1923            FHM-Only
WILLIFORD, Twins                         No Dates                              FHM-Only
WILLIFORD, Bessie M.               1904                    1907            FHM-Only
SIMMONS, Boy                               No Dates                              FHM-Only
SIMMONS, Boy                               No Dates                              FHM-Only
SIMMONS, Boy                               No Dates                              FHM-Only
SIMMONS, Girl                               No Dates                              FHM-Only

Row # 3
RICHARDSON, Janie        April     1883           Jan. 23, 1924    "Rest Mother rest in
                    quiet sleep, while friends in sorrow o'er you weep"
WILLIFORD, Sinie E.        Aug. 23, 1880          Jan. 22, 1913   "At Rest/Asleep in Jesus"
WILLIFORD, J. I.                            1844                         1905    F.S.-"J.I.W."
WILLIFORD, Mary E.      Jan. 13, 1853           Sept. 29, 1930  "God gave, He took, he
                    will restore, He doeth all things well."  "Mother"
TEAL, Infant                                      No Dates                            FHM-Only
WILLIFORD, Wiley           June 30, 1870           June 11, 1881  "Our dear children are
                    born to die, we will meet them in the sky."
WILLIFORD, Infant                         No Dates                            FHM-Only
WILLIFORD, Wade           June 30, 1870            July 16, 1904   "To forget is vain,
                    endeavor loves rememberance lost forever."
WILLIFORD, Forrest        July 23, 1900            Jan. 19, 1917    "Brother"
REDDING, Martha Jane  Oct. 21, 1874            Feb. 24, 1939    "Mother"

Row # 4
***Inside First wrought iron fence***
SIMMONS, Catherine        Nov. 10, 1836        June 16, 1911    "A loved one from our circle
                    on earth --we shall meet her no more: She has gone to her home in heaven, and
                    all her afflictions are o'er."
SIMMONS, Sid                    Nov. 27, 1871        Sept. 12, 1904    "O weep not for the loved
                    one, so rudely from thee driven.  Twas but a flower to good for earth, trans-
                    planted in Heaven."

***Inside Second wrought iron fence***
SIMMONS, Jacky               March 26, 1894    Oct. 31, 1895
SIMMONS, Thomas Solman?  Jan. 16, 1889   Nov. 3, 1901    "In Memory Of.." "At Rest"
                This headstone is broken across the center of the middle name, both pieces there.
SIMMONS, John                 Aug. 6, 1864          June 10, 1908
                Approx 6 foot tall "tree trunk shaped" headstone from Woodsmen of the World.

Row # 5
BRINKLEY, William                                     Died 1911                FHM-Only

Row # 6
INFANT                                                 No Dates                         FHM-Only
DOLLARD, Ella                                            Died 1895                FHM-Only

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