| St. John's - Tenaha |
Shelby County Texas
Transcribed by John Warner and Ray Jackson June 8, 2000
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Take Highway 96 to Tenaha turn left onto Highway 59, just passed the underpass is MLK Street turn left onto the street to St. John's Baptist Church. The cemetery is located at the rear of the church. The cemetery is in dreadful condition, very much over grown and in need of maintenance. Due to the growth and down trees, obtaining all the information in the cemetery is not possible. There are many more graves in the cemetery, but undergrowth prohibits recording.
| Name | Birthdate | Deathdate | Notes |
| John Henry Adams, Jr. | 11-08-1931 | 08-15-2008 | - |
| Jonah Alexander | 06/04/1912 | 12/15/1945 | Vet World War II |
| H. Sonnie Alexander | 10/25/1873 | 09/23/1941 | Age 68 |
| Sonnie Alexander, Jr. | 1909 | 1965 | - |
| Mattie V. Alexander | 1877 | 1960 | - |
| Renese Evans Bennett | 11/02/1967 | 08/10/2001 | - |
| Joann Bering | 09-18-1934 | 08-22-2004 | - |
| Narisi Brooks | 06/22/1900 | 05/07/1947 | - |
| Lillie Calahan | 1887 | 1949 | - |
| Acie Callaway | 09-28-1924 | 2005 | - |
| Lola Beth Caraway | 07/21/1824 | 09/20/1936 | - |
| Anna Cartwright | 11/14/1904 | 09/26/1926 | - |
| Evelyn Joyce Cartwright | 01/20/1958 | 11/06/2004 | Wife of Charles Cartwright |
| Cleveland Gene Evans | 09/29/1960 | 09/09/2003 | - |
| Mary Louise Harper | 11/02/1929 | 11/29/1929 | - |
| Elbert Ray Harris | 11/18/1928 | 07/17/1941 | - |
| Anna J. Harris | 09/10/1901 | 08/06/1966 | - |
| Evelyn Jone | 11/02/1920 | 06/18/2001 | - |
| Della King | 1873 | 07/19/1938 | - |
| James A. Lloyd | 01/26/1949 | 09/30/2004 | - |
| Oreatha Smith Lloyd | 11-02-1929 | 09-11-2002 | Wife of Jams H. Lloyd |
| Winfred Moore | 09/08/1946 | 01/02/2001 | - |
| Tommie Piplin, Jr | 10/31/1920 | 09/25/1949 | - |
| Murty Ree Reed | 11/27/1942 | 09/20/2004 | - |
| Noah Reed | 02/24/1920 | 01/17/1936 | - |
| Charlie Samuels, III | 05/25/1939 | 12/29/2004 | Husb of Gladies Samuels |
| Gladies Reed Samuels | 07-27-1940 | 02-29-2008 | Wife of Charlie Samuels, III |
| Walter K. Samuels | 10/15/1952 | 10/14/2002 | - |
| Moulia Scott | 1918 | 2003 | - |
| Oliver Smith | 12/24/1921 | 12/05/1945 | Texas Sgt 3775 QM Truck Co. WWII |
| Dorothy Reed Thomas | 10/29/1937 | 12/23/2004 | - |
| Willie James Wilson | 03/02/1931 | 05/27/1951 | California PVT 506 QM Supply Co. Korea |