Pilgrim Rest Cemetery #1

East       West

 

From Emory take 69 SE for .9 mi., left on FM 2795 for approx 2.6 mi. take a left on FM 2946, cemetery is about 1.25 miles on your right.

 

From Tyler/Mineola take 69 NW to Rains Co. line. Proceed 1.6 mi. and take a right on FM 2795. Proceed 3.5 mi. to 2946 and take a right. Cemetery is about 1.25 miles on the right.

 

Submission and Photos by Elaine Nall Bay and Patricia Nall
transcribed Spring 2003

East Section

Row 1-4   Row 5-9   Row 10-12    Row 13-16    Row 17-21    

Row 22-26     Row 27-29

Obits.......Known to be buried

 

Row 13 
Vacant 9 spaces
Miller, Carlton Jly 10, 1917 Aug 31, 1917 s/o O.T. & Willie Miller Photo
Vacant four spaces
Cement block   Female adult
Vacant four spaces
McKay, Julie 1873 1904 FHM
Vacant   10 spaces
Roach, Leon Aug 15, 1897 Sept 2, 1899 s/o S.A. & E.C. Roach
Vacant   9 spaces
Grifin, John D. Mar 19, 1889
Vacant   9 spaces
Taylor, William J. 1840 Nov 22, 1889
Cement block Male child & female toddler
Taylor, Mary Jane Nov 11, 1834 Nov 9, 1912   Age 78  
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Ray, Margarett Feb 1, 1885 Age 77 years
Vacant   6 spaces
Stone    Male child & male toddler
Vacant
Dotson, Robert L. Apr 5, 1919 Dec 4, 1989 US Navy WWII
Dotson, Alene Jan 17, 1927 ----
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant Begin Ashworth plot
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant End Ashworth plot
Richardson, James G. Dec 15, 1888 Jan 2, 197? Pvt US Navy WWI
Richardson, Eva Mae Jly 3, 1905 Mar 15, 1990
Spence, Raymond E. Aug 10, 1916 Aug 28, 1994 married Jun 20, 1936
Spence, Verba M. Dec 23, 1921 ----
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
fence

Row 14

Fence
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
McCollum, Mary ---- ---- In Memory of Mother
Vacant
McCollum, Mary E. 1861 1948 FS
McCollum, George W. 1846 1935
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Bois darc stump -  Female adult & female infant
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Johnson, C.M. Feb 7, 1867 May 20, 1917
Vacant    6 spaces
Holmes, Guy 1908 1910 Obit
Vacant
Holmes Female adult
Vacant
Holmes Male adult
Vacant   7 spaces
Mahan    Female adult
Vacant
Mahan, J. Apr 22, 1805 Dec 31, 1889
Mahan, A.F. Nov 19, 1872 Aug 28, 1952
Vacant
J. T.
Vacant
W.T.
Vacant
Taylor, L.C. 1831 1887
Taylor, Elizabeth E. 1849 1916
Vacant
Taylor, Claire
Rock  -  Female infant
Taylor -  Male tall adult
Rock  -   Female adult & female infant
Vacant
Childers - Female adult & female infant
Childers, Jessie C. 1905 1984 Pvt. US Army WWII
Childers, Jessie L. Jly 14, 1875 Aug 3, 1947
Childers, Inez Jly 9, 1888 Mar 13, 1972
Vacant
Morrow, Viola Belle Aug 22, 1909 Feb 22, 1990 married Sept 12, 1925
Morrow, John William Oct 8, 1907 May 16, 1988
Sisk, Kenneth Lynn Dec 23, 1944 Dec 6, 2001
Vacant ten spaces
fence

Row 15

Fence
Vacant seven spaces
Block -  Female adult & female infant
Vacant 13 spaces
Yandel, Bessie Aug 15, 1887 Aug 15, 1888
Vacant
Vacant
Broken tombstone      Male adult
Yandell, Dollie Dec 18, 1877 Jan 5, 1956
Yandell, Jane E. 1851 1916 wife of D.A.W. Yandell 
Yandell, D.A.W. Oct 6, 1842 Jun 22, 1925  (See Obits)
Vacant
Eades, Edith Oct 9, 1910 Oct 28, 1910
Vacant

Row 16
Fence
Vacant six spaces
Vacant eight spaces
Brannon, Winnis Mar 21, 1920 Feb 2, 1933
Brannon, Herman T.C. Jun 3, 1918 Jun 16, 1920
Vacant
Vacant
Allen, Willie May 23, 1870 Jun 4, 1945
Vacant
Allen, D.E. Feb 27, 1865 Dec 30, 1920
Vacant
Vacant
Allen, Lazzett Dec 8, 1897 Apr 20, 1900
Vacant fifteen spaces
Vacant Begin Williams plot
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Begin Williams plot
Williams, Syble R. Feb 19, 1931 ---- w/o Henry A.
Williams, Henry A., Jr. Mar 20, 1926 Nov 7, 1996  US Navy WWII

Williams, Henry A. 1889 1951
Williams, Effie L. 1889 1973
End Williams plot
Sisk, Betty Louise    Jly 11, 1959
Sisk, Betty Jane 1927 1959
Williams, Jack Weldon Dec 9, 1921 Aug 3, 1988 
Williams, Rocena I. Jly 12, 1913 Sept 1, 1982 MSgt US Army WWII
Norris, Homer L. Feb 10, 1916 Aug 18, 1976 MM2 US Navy WWII
Vacant
Vacant
Norris, Lester T. Apr 3, 1918 Feb 19, 1976
Norris, Daisy M. Aug 19, 1921 ----
Vacant
Norris, David Neil Feb 23, 1957 Jun 19, 1977
Deans, Ricky Doyle Feb 26, 1964 Jly 1, 1983
Deans, May Vonne Nov 30, 1941 Jly 18, 1885
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
fence

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