| Powdrill Cemetery |
Shelby County, Texas
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Transcribed by Leonard Irish & Ray Jackson, May 23, 1999.
Take F. M. Road 138 toward Arcadia, go about 10 to 12 miles. The cemetery is on right hand side of road, across the road from Arcadia Church of Christ.
| Flocy ? | 1931 | 1931 | |
| Robert L. Adkinson | 1894 | 1986 | |
| Thelma Adkinson | 1900 | 1995 | |
| Ada Leona Adkison | 08-01-1896 | 1902 | |
| Ezie Adkison | 09-10-1911 | 10-01-1911 | |
| Lillie Adkison | 11-21-1905 | 11-21-1905 | |
| Norah Adkison | 01-16-1876 | 02-14-1917 | |
| Syble Adkison | 02-06-1917 | 1918 | |
| W. F. Adkison | 04-08-1872 | 10-19-1953 | |
| Walter Adkison | 1910 | 1910 | |
| Darrell Waylon Bailey | 02-02-1942 | 03-11-2005 | Husb of Jean Bailey |
| Nancy A. Beasley | 07-30-1858 | 03-11-1940 | Dau. of M.B. & E.V. Echols |
| Sallie Ann Brown | 1866 | 1933 | |
| Botha Burgay | 06-11-1900 | 03-20-1972 | |
| Fannie Burgay | 07-24-1885 | 06-01-1966 | |
| Jeff Burgay | 02-24-1877 | 02-24-1951 | |
| Travis Burgay | 11-01-1907 | 12-03-1937 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Burgay |
| Willie M. Burgay | 10-11-1903 | 09-02-1974 | |
| Rube Bush | 04-04-1874 | 07-16-1959 | |
| Sallie Bush | 10-15-1876 | 05-12-1934 | |
| Vada Bush | 09-22-1896 | 06-14-1901 | Dau. of J.R. & S. Bush |
| R. T. Carlton | 03-05-1872 | 02-07-1910 | |
| Joe H. Chandler | 03-27-1924 | 11-21-2004 | - |
| Kenneth Joe Chandler | 02-11-1957 | 06-22-2001 | Son of Joe and Ruby Chandler |
| Ruby V. Chandler | 10-13-1927 | 04-15-1994 | |
| W. A. Chapman | 04-20-1871 | 05-26-1903 | |
| Allie Jane Childs | 02-14-1897 | 10-06-1923 | Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. H. Childs, Wife of Jim Ellison |
| Annie E. Childs | 11-23-1895 | 03-24-1896 | Dau. of G. & M.J. Childs |
| Cassie Childs | 10-19-1902 | 03-24-1970 | |
| Doyce Childs | 1931 | 2004 | - |
| F. H. Childs | 06-13-1925 | 11-23-1982 | |
| Fred H. Childs | 01-27-1886 | 06-04-1949 | |
| Harrison Childs | 10-13-1846 | 09-11-1938 | Confederate Soldier |
| Hazel Childs | 04-17-1919 | 01-06-2010 | Wife of L. L. Childs |
| James H. "Bill" Childs | 11-23-1936 | - | |
| Jeff Edward Childs | 08-02-1962 | 08-06-1999 | Husb of Elizabeth Childs |
| John Henry Childs | 02-03-1884 | 08-05-1967 | |
| Juanita M. Childs | 02-17-1937 | 01-05-1992 | |
| Larry Louis Childs | 06-23-1891 | 04-21-1986 | |
| Mack Guy Childs | 10-06-1935 | 11-15-1982 | |
| Mary J. Childs | 02-11-1860 | 06-27-1900 | Wife of H. Childs |
| Virginia B. Childs | 10-10-1881 | 01-05-1919 | Dau. of H. & M.J. Childs |
| W. F. Childs | 05-21-1878 | 09-06-1934 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. Childs |
| Bill Cooper | 10-22-1936 | 04-22-1993 | |
| Jane Cooper | 11-18-1940 | - | |
| Cora Cox | 08-26-1887 | 04-23-1904 | |
| Emma A. Cox | 12-16-1867 | 06-12-1910 | Wife of O.S. Cox |
| Infant Cox | 09-1886 | 09-1886 | Child of O.S. & E.A. Cox |
| Infant Cox | 01-1891 | 01-1891 | Child of O.S. & E.A. Cox |
| Infant Cox | 09-1896 | 09-1896 | Child of O.S. & E.A. Cox |
| Jewel Cox | 02-01-1903 | 05-28-1904 | Inf. Dau. of O.S. & Emma Cox |
| O. S. Cox | 10-12-1855 | 03-20-1914 | |
| Dax Earl Crawford | 1974 | 2003 | - |
| Earl Henry Crawford | 07-11-1939 | 09-05-1994 | |
| Earline Crawford | 09-12-1916 | - | |
| Gladys Crawford | 06-14-1901 | 12-06-1978 | |
| Henry Ernest Crawford | 03-19-1913 | 12-30-1982 | |
| James Crawford | 01-19-1885 | 11-26-1966 | |
| James Reginald Crawford | 01-16-1938 | 09-23-2004 | - |
| Lana Laitlyn Crawford | 09-29-1996 | 10-09-1996 | - |
| Lance Roy Crawford | 07-02-1935 | 07-06-1935 | - |
| Sharon Emanis Crawford | 11-27-1948 | 08-15-2009 | Wife of Gary "Possum" Crawford |
| Sylvia Dianne Crawford | 06-22-1944 | - | - |
| Jack Crippen | 1929 | 2003 | -- |
| Minnie Crocker | 1881 | 1964 | - |
| Donnie Echols | 1884 | 1895 | - |
| Elizabeth V. Echols | 07-01-1832 | 11-09-1917 | Wife of Martin E. Echols |
| John H. Echols | 02-10-1872 | 12-30-1947 | Son of M.B. & E.V. Echols |
| Rhodie Jean Richards Echols | 02-18-1942 | 08-16-2002 | - |
| Robert Martin Echols | 12-11-1927 | 03-14-1993 | Pvt, U.S. Army, WW II |
| Lillie Elliott | 1888 | 1918 | |
| Bessie Ellison | 06-01-1900 | 06-10-1900 | |
| Edna P. Ellison | 11-22-1904 | 08-21-1970 | |
| Fay Ellison | 12-14-1927 | 06-05-1972 | |
| Gary Ellison | 11-18-1949 | 02-05-2002 | Husb of Vicky Ellison |
| Grady Ellison | 1923 | 1977 | Pft., U.S. Army, WW II |
| Grover C. Ellison | 08-16-1903 | 06-18-1950 | |
| James H. Ellison | 11-1818 | 03-11-1871 | |
| Jerry Lynn Ellison | 1952 | 12-01-1988 | |
| Louis Ray Ellison | 09-24-1923 | 02-09-1967 | Texas Pvt. Army Air Forces, WW II |
| Mary Catherine Ellison | 1857 | 1939 | |
| Richard A. Ellison | 09-21-1861 | 05-30-1906 | |
| Sarah A. Ellison | 10-26-1829 | 05-16-1898 | |
| Tibithia Ellison | 08-01-1897 | 08-20-1903 | |
| F. A. Emanis | 12-03-1917 | 12-14-1996 | |
| Wanda Mae Emanis | 02-19-1925 | 02-06-1987 | |
| Albert Fults | - | 1986 | |
| Eli Fults | - | 1961 | |
| Frances L. Fults | 10-30-1946 | - | |
| John H. Fults | 03-10-1913 | 06-29-1956 | |
| Modena Byrd Fults | 06-18-1906 | 06-21-1976 | |
| Noah Fults | 12-01-1907 | 09-30-1975 | |
| Roy Travis Fults | 05-02-1937 | 05-31-1991 | |
| Sally Marrilla McKerson Fults | 1908 | 1974 | |
| Alvin Gillespie | 04-16-1888 | 11-11-1936 | |
| Augusta Gillespie | 01-18-1891 | 04-24-1970 | |
| F. A. Gillespie | 05-01-1855 | 05-30-1901 | |
| Della May Grant | 11-25-1882 | 12-22-1953 | |
| Inf. of Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Grant | 10-22-1906 | 10-22-1906 | |
| Henry J. Grant | 02-07-1873 | 06-12-1957 | |
| Hilda Grant | 06-16-1909 | 09-27-1925 | |
| Hoya Doice Grant | 09-18-1912 | 02-03-1956 | |
| Lou Ella Grant | 12-14-1943 | 01-28-1944 | |
| R. J. Grant | 09-18-1911 | 11-15-1911 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Grant |
| Ruth Grant | - | - | |
| Shawn J. Grant | 1966 | 09-09-1989 | |
| Robert Locket Haliburton | 06-02-1895 | 12-13-1895 | Son of S.P. & Jennie Haliburton |
| Era Beck Harris | 11-28-1897 | 10-08-1971 | |
| Hershal R. Harris | 11-21-1895 | 06-20-1897 | Son of J.T. & M.E. Harris |
| Willie Ellis Harris | 02-22-1905 | 08-26-1976 | |
| Adam Heady | 04-11-1987 | 04-01-2008 | - |
| Eva Dell Jacobs | 05-17-1938 | 12-27-2009 | Wife of James Jacobs |
| J. Huey Jones | 02-20-1909 | 06-28-1978 | |
| Lillian Jones | 12-26-1911 | 09-28-1990 | |
| Thelma Jones | 03-14-1918 | - | |
| Walter S. Jones | 03-20-1899 | 09-19-1987 | |
| Baby Keene | 03-29-1992 | 03-29-1992 | |
| Mary Burgay Kirk | 01-25-1910 | 01-09-1999 | Wife of Travis Burgay |
| Cleo Ellison Drozd Kulbeth | 01-15-1925 | 07-07-1991 | |
| Ellis C. Kulbeth | 02-13-1919 | 07-15-1971 | |
| Tressie Komeski | 09-11-1904 | 07-24-1995 | |
| Earby B. LeGrone | 02-14-1910 | 05-02-1976 | |
| Frances P. LeGrone | 07-29-1920 | 11-06-1995 | |
| Ernest Lilly | 08-31-1899 | 06-28-1979 | Son of Martha C. Lilly, Husband of Myrtis Lilly |
| J. R. Lilly | 09-28-1927 | 12-09-1991 | Son of Ernest & Myrtis Lilly |
| Myrtis Lilly | 09-29-1896 | 01-21-1978 | Wife of Ernest Lilly |
| Dorris Patterson Linscomb | 10-02-1912 | 05-13-2002 | - |
| Martin Loreace | 03-24-1920 | 05-12-1946 | |
| Baby Son Mahan | 02-11-1918 | 02-11-1918 | |
| Sarah E. Mahan | 08-19-1893 | 03-03-1974 | |
| Thomas J. Mahan | 10-17-1888 | 01-04-1963 | |
| Bessie Mask | - | - | |
| Carylon Sue Mask | 10-06-1951 | 10-12-1951 | |
| Nina Blanche McElhany | 08-03-1886 | 10-09-1898 | |
| Carrie I. McWilliams | 04-12-1900 | 05-03-1900 | |
| Infant McWilliams | - | - | Son of L.D. (Monk) & Alice McWilliams |
| Ruth Mena | 11-28-1914 | 09-02-2008 | Wife of Andrew Mena |
| James "Buddy" Metcalf | 07-09-1950 | 09-26-2001 | Husb of Rita Metcalf |
| Napoleon Nix | 04-06-1828 | 05-05-1904 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| Willaim L. Nix | 04-06-1828 | 05-05-1894 | Pvt, Co C, 19 Regt., Texas Inf., C.S.A. |
| L. B. Nobles | 02-06-1920 | - | |
| Margie Nobles | 05-05-1932 | 12-20-1990 | |
| Jean Edwin Null | 11-13-1928 | 10-15-2009 | Hus. of Merlene Fults Null |
| Merlene Fults Null | 12-10-1933 | 04-24-1987 | Wife of Jean Edwin Null, Served Christ Canada-Guatamala |
| A. J. Oliver | 09-09-1914 | 05-06-1976 | |
| A. M. Oliver | 05-25-1858 | 03-20-1904 | |
| Albert Oliver | 12-07-1899 | 03-18-1910 | |
| Arlie J. Oliver | 02-24-1909 | 10-22-1914 | Son of J.J. & J.A. Oliver |
| Charley Oliver | 10-05-1913 | 03-22-1985 | |
| Della M. Oliver | 05-12-1902 | 09-18-1905 | Dau. of W.T. & S.F. Oliver |
| Diana Oliver | 09-04-1888 | 01-14-1936 | |
| Elzie J. Oliver | 01-24-1901 | 06-02-1976 | |
| Emil Oliver | 12-31-1906 | 07-14-1908 | Son of W.T. & S.F. Oliver |
| Ernest Oliver | 12-01-1899 | 09-03-1900 | Son of J.J. & J.A. Oliver |
| Jennie Oliver | 07-16-1880 | 10-21-1972 | |
| Joy Marie Oliver | 09-14-1925 | 04-08-1985 | |
| L. Oliver | 10-04-1896 | 08-29-1961 | |
| Lena Oliver | 02-10-1892 | 02-27-1904 | |
| Margie Oliver | 10-04-1896 | 09-28-1957 | |
| Melvin C. Oliver | 03-17-1921 | 11-23-1991 | T.Sgt. U.S. Army, WW II |
| Olen Benard Oliver | 08-10-1917 | - | |
| Sarah Frances Oliver | 1878 | 1947 | |
| Sarah S. Oliver | 01-12-1859 | 02-16-1901 | |
| Anna Patterson | 02-01-1905 | 01-21-1987 | |
| Arlie Patterson | 12-20-1919 | 09-20-1926 | |
| Bettie Patterson | 1894 | 1972 | |
| Drue Patterson | 03-08-1916 | 10-10-1993 | |
| Ella Patterson | 10-12-1875 | 03-02-1935 | Wife O M. H. Patterson |
| Emma Patterson | 08-30-1888 | 01-28-1978 | |
| Eugene Patterson | 10-22-1885 | 12-22-1963 | |
| Floyd Patterson | 08-10-1886 | 11-29-1942 | |
| Hoyt Patterson | 10-24-1918 | 02-09-2008 | Husb of Elaine Patterson |
| Kenneth Patterson | 12-09-1919 | 12-09-1919 | |
| Lee Patterson | 10-23-1893 | 10-18-1977 | |
| Millard H. Patterson | 08-11-1857 | 01-29-1929 | |
| Mirt Patterson | 1889 | 1973 | |
| Sada V. Patterson | 06-29-1892 | 08-05-1892 | Dau. of M.H. & S.A. Patterson |
| Sarah A. Patterson | 09-04-1853 | 07-07-1892 | Dau. of M.H. & S.A. Patterson |
| Thelma L. Patterson | 12-28-1903 | 11-10-1999 | - |
| Vena Patterson | 08-31-1896 | 07-12-1976 | |
| Virgil B. Patterson | 06-29-1892 | 08-12-1892 | |
| Walter H. Patterson | 12-07-1896 | 02-02-1897 | |
| Zelda Patterson | 11-26-1916 | - | |
| Booth Peace | 1900 | 1979 | |
| Mae Peace | 1903 | 1972 | |
| Carrie Powdrill | 09-25-1899 | 10-18-1899 | Dau. of W.F. & S.L. Powdrill |
| Cordelia Powdrill | 05-06-1894 | 01-30-1963 | |
| Howell Lee Powdrill | 3-12-1937 | 08-07-2005 | Husb. of Gerry Powdrill, Son of Howell B. Powdrill and Lois Allison Renfro |
| Howell B. Powdrill | 06-22-1916 | 02-04-1991 | |
| Infant Powdrill | - | - | Son of E.D. & J.C. Powdrill |
| J. D. Powdrill | 07-26-1891 | 02-22-1902 | Son of J.D. & J.T. Powdrill |
| Jeff. D. Powdrill | 09-29-1862 | 09-09-1905 | |
| John R. Powdrill | 01-25-1894 | 06-03-1949 | |
| John W. Powdrill | 12-12-1825 | 06-19-1901 | |
| Juana Powdrill | 02-23-1923 | 09-03-1976 | |
| Laura B. Powdrill | 10-28-1899 | 08-07-1979 | |
| Lela Powdrill | 02-12-1896 | 07-20-1906 | |
| Lillie Powdrill | 09-06-1901 | 08-05-1902 | Dau. of J.O. & A.D. Powdrill |
| M. J. E. Powdrill | 02-12-1850 | 09-02-1852 | |
| Magie Annie Powdrill | 07-12-1889 | 12-01-1889 | |
| Margaret M. Powdrill | 03-14-1828 | 10-13-1896 | |
| Mary L. Powdrill | 03-23-1856 | 03-21-1935 | |
| Mrs. D. A. Powdrill | 09-12-1860 | 01-19-1933 | |
| Odessa Powdrill | 08-21-1921 | - | |
| Oscar Powdrill | 02-02-1884 | 06-23-1910 | |
| R. H. Powdrill | 11-18-1854 | 07-01-1915 | |
| R. J. Powdrill | 08-03-1920 | 06-04-1978 | |
| Richard H. Powdrill | 09-01-1901 | 09-07-1902 | Son of E.D. & J.C. Powdrill |
| Robert H. Powdrill | 12-22-1937 | 10-07-2005 | - |
| Robert J. Powdrill | 11-29-1889 | 08-24-1960 | |
| Sadie Powdrill | 02-06-1898 | 09-29-1898 | Dau. of J.O. & A.D. Powdrill |
| Arrie E. Roach | 1865 | 1942 | |
| Jossie Adkison Samford | 06-30-1892 | 12-31-1916 | |
| Reggie Samford | 1913 | 1914 | |
| Lois Jean Sanders | 08-16-1929 | - | |
| Paul Sanders | 03-03-1923 | 08-10-1986 | Sgt. U.S. Army, WW II |
| Ivory Scarbrough | 04-03-1911 | 11-07-1989 | |
| Earl David Seaton | 10-12-1921 | 05-26-2002 | Hus of Lou Ella Seaton |
| Lou Ella Seaton | 12-25-1918 | 04-05-1996 | |
| Ruth Ann Seaton | 10-20-1942 | - | Dau. of Earl & Lou Seaton |
| Maria Elena Simmons | 09-08-1956 | 02-20-2005 | - |
| Audrey Marie Smith | 04-07-1919 | 10-10-1991 | |
| Eugene "Gene" Smith | 12-11-1899 | 11-22-1977 | |
| Herlinda Soto | 09-30-1963 | 06-19-1999 | |
| Rafel S. Soto | 01-30-1911 | 12-24-1981 | |
| Ramon Lay Soto | 03-26-1986 | 04-01-2008 | Husb of Elizabeth Soto - Buried with son Ramon Soto, III |
| Ramon Soto, III | 05-09-2005 | 04-01-2008 | Son of Ramon Lay and Elizabeth Soto - Buried in same grave as Ramon Lay Soto |
| Raquel "Rachel" Spruiell | 05-10-1943 | 01-01-2004 | Wife of Bob Spruiell |
| Buster Spurlock | 02-10-1892 | 08-08-1939 | |
| Willie Spurlock | 02-27-1863 | 02-01-1939 | |
| Edward Charles Squires | 10-05-1938 | 10-28-2002 | - |
| Cecil Taylor | 10-14-1907 | 09-15-2003 | Wife of Sam Taylor |
| Robert O. Taylor | 10-25-1913 | 11-08-1981 | |
| Sam Taylor | 11-06-1906 | 01-07-1976 | Husb of Cecil Taylor |
| Inf. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Taylor | 05-28-1934 | 05-28-1934 | |
| Inf. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Taylor | 04-19-1931 | 04-19-1931 | |
| Martha Teleford | - | 1845 | |
| Samuel J. Thomas | 08-??-1845 | 09-03-1929 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| Atha Mae "Billie" Tillotson | 09-29-1917 | 02-29-1992 | |
| James H. Walker | 1790 | 1845 | |
| L. B. Walker | 09-28-1881 | 02-07-1885 | Dau. of J.M. & M.A. Walker |
| Lucinda Walker | 1831 | 1862 | Wife of James Merrill Walker in m.1845 |
| Martha Walker | - | - | |
| Mary E. Walker | - | - | |
| S. H. Walker | 03-03-1883 | 11-30-1883 | Dau. of J.M. & M.A. Walker |
| Sarah Walker | - | - | |
| Jack Edwin Weeks | 1929 | 1982 | Pfc., U.S. Army, WW II |
| Johnnie Fay Weeks | 1925 | 10-26-1998 | - |
| Cleteo Wheeler | 07-14-1904 | 04-03-1990 | - |
| Edwin Wheeler | 03-30-1900 | 12-02-1966 | - |
| Lou Wheeler | 12-29-1869 | 06-08-1965 | - |
| Ariel Marie Williams | 08-01-2010 | 08-01-2010 | - |
| Skylar Shea Williams | 2006 | 2006 | Dau of Stephen & Tanya Williams |
| Gene Lee Wright | 03-30-1925 | 09-15-2004 | - |
| Tommy T. Wright, Sr. | 09-24-1926 | 06-04-1999 | husband of Jean L. Wright |