Gravel Hill, Sabine County, Texas - From the Sabine County Court House in Hemphill, Texas go West on State Hwy 184 (Main Street) for 2.1 miles to the "Y" intersection of Hwy 184 and FM 1592.  Take the Right at the "Y" on FM 1592 and go 7.0 miles to the Cemetery on the Right, just past Anitoch Missionary Baptist Church.  J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book (Abt 1963) lists 38 graves as being unmarked. Additional information added in parenthesis.
     The history of Antioch Church, near Bronson, in Sabine County, begins with the establishment of the Gravelhill Community.  The story goes that sometime in the early 1870's a family coming from Louisiana into Texas stopped to camp for the night on the gravelly hill where the church and cemetery now are.  Around the campfire the older children played while the mother held an infant and watched.  Finally the fire died down and they all turned in for the night.  They awoke to death.  During the night, and for no apparent reason, the baby had died.  The saddened family dug a grave on the fill and laid their little one to rest.  This was the Kirk family, and they decided to remain and make their home near Gravelhill.  The cemetery grew; the Kirks had another child buried here in 1884.  The names are still legible on the identical stone markers in the cemetery.  The Antioch Church was established just a few years after the fateful night which brought these first settlers to Gravelhill.
      A deed to the property where the Church and cemetery are now located was given by Mr. George W. Conn, in August, 1875, but the Sabine County Court House burned in November and all records were destroyed, including the deed to the property.  For some reason the deed was not refiled, but 97 years later, in 1972, a copy was found by a daughter-in-law looking through Mr. Conn's old trunk.  Mrs. Allie Conn promptly filed the old deed.
     The church was organized on January 3, 1876, under the direction of Elders J. S. Lambert and J. J. Roundtree.  Thirteen other men and women went into the organization, including George Conn, John Anderson, J. S. White, Hosie Baldaree, Ann Mason, M. A. Conn, T. D. Burkhalter, John Deweese, L. S. Hoard, Mary E. White, Sophie H. Wallace, Mrs. C. A. Hoard, and C. Baldaree.  In their preamble to organization, signed by each member, the church stated that they had "been regularly baptized on the profession of our faith"..."under the name of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Christ holding to the doctrine contained in the sacred Scriptures to be predicated on republican principles..." On May 18, 1991, the new sanctuary was dedicated.  In July, 1997, the church became incorporated under the name Gravelhill Antioch Missionary Baptist Church to distinguish it from another church in the state with the name Antioch.
Note:  Vermel Brust says this history is correct except that the first burial here was not a Kirk child.  The first child buried here is unknown and is buried to the left of the Kirk children in an unmarked grave.
* GPS Coordinates:  3124249N - 09355730W ;  First Marked Burial - 20 Sept 1877 ;  Last Marked Burial - {29 Aug 2003} .
Indexed 11 July 2002 by Kay P. McCary ;  Updated from Obits 10 Sept 2003 by Kay Parker McCary

Notations/Symbols/Footnotes
# Unmarked grave
@ Seven markers with one large "Anderson" Family Marker
* Information from J. B. Sanders Cemetery Book, but not found in 2002
% Information from Vermel Brust, not found in 2002
? Need to look to see if info was from J. B. Sanders, not found in 2002
^ Info from Social Security Death Index or Texas Death Record
{ } Information from Obituary - SCR - Sabine County Reporter- Hemphill, TX

NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

INFORMATION-COMMENTS

691.

Tackett, Irene Lawson

6 May 1904

2 Apr 1960

Rest in Heavenly peace (Double with Leslie Elmore Tackett)

692.

Tackett, Leslie Elmore

3 July 1903

15 Oct 1952

Rest in Heavenly peace (Double with Irene Lawson Tackett)

693.

Thigpen, Albert W.

25 Mar 1916

31 July 1996

Married 17 Oct 1936 [Military Marker:  Albert Wayne Thigpen - S1 US Navy WWII] (Double with Gladys B. Thigpen)

694.

Thigpen, Gladys B.

12 Dec 1915

20 Jan 1984

Married 17 Oct 1936 [FS:  Mama] (Double with Albert W. Thigpen)

695.

Thurman, Lily Carter

1907

1990

(Starr Funeral Home Marker at foot of Frances V. Merritt)

696.

Tompkins, Martha E.

7 Jan 1906

15 May 1992

697.

Truss, A. E.

11 Feb 1879

9 Sept 1915

698.

Truss, Arthur

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1905

(Death Date only)

699.

Truss, R. E.

11 Apr 1869

23 Feb 1916

(Robert E. Truss)

700.

Tuttle, Mary

2 Oct 1912

23 May 1973

With Jesus

701.

Walker, Hugh R.

30 Nov 1935

4 Feb 1994

Married 27 May 1955 (Son of John B. Walker & Bessie Lee Stringer - Double with Nell H. Walker)

702.

Walker, Nell H.

3 Feb 1937

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Married 27 May 1955 (Nell Huffman - Daughter of Jesse Huffman & Thelma Pate - Double with Hugh R. Walker)

703.

Wall, Betty Jane

28 May 1874

5 Apr 1951

[FS:  B. J. W.] (Double with William Lobel Wall)

704.

Wall, William Lobel

14 Jan 1876

16 July 1945

[FS:  W. L. W.] (Double with Betty Jane Wall)

705.

Walton, Minnie Estelle

20 Aug 1910

26 July 1983

Married 6 Aug 1927 (Double with Thomas Leon Walton)

706.

Walton, Nelda Jean

6 July 1932

6 Oct 1932

In loving memory

707.

Walton, Thomas Leon

18 Nov 1906

22 July 1979

Married 6 Aug 1927 (Double with Minnie Estelle Walton)

708.

Watson, Mary Lee

18 May 1919

8 July 1991

Married 15 Sept 1934 - Together forever [FS:  Grandma]

709.

Watson, O. B.

28 July 1912

19 Jan 1999

Married 15 Sept 1934 - Together forever (Double with Mary Lee Watson)

710.

Weeks, Alton L.

21 Aug 1918

18 June 1990

Mason - In loving memory [Military Marker:  Sgt US Army 1918 - 1990] (Double with Margie E. Weeks)

711.

Weeks, Margie E.

21 July 1923

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In loving memory (Margie Evon Laird - Daughter of William Henry Laird & Letha Bell Conn - Double with Alton L. Weeks)

712.

Weichert, Richard

20 Feb 1915

12 Dec 1970

Stepfather - Once apart now together forever and eternity (Double with Carmon Weichart Boyd)

713.

West, Agnes Pauline

28 July 1931

{22 Aug 2003}

Loving mother and wife - Married 2 Aug 1947(Double with Jesse James West) {Obit 27 August 2003 SCR}

714.

West, Jesse James

20 Feb 1927

23 Jan 2000

Loving father and husband - Married 2 Aug 1947 (Double with Agnes Pauline West)

715.

Westberry, Ethel

(^14 Sept) 1908

 (^16 June) 1997

 (Starr Funeral Home Marker to the right of Mary Peveto)

716.

Westbrook, Etta

20 Sept 1881

Need DD ??

(Etta Fuller - Daughter of John William Fuller & Alice C. Boyett - Double with William P. Westbrook)

717.

Westbrook, William P.

14 Oct 1880

19 Oct 1933

(William Penn Westbrook - Married Etta Fuller 25 Apr 1909 SCT- Double with Etta Westbrook)

718.

White, Beulah A.

26 Mar 1881

18 Sept 1886

Darling we miss thee - Daughter of C. D. & M. S. White (Cade Drew White, Sr. & Mary S. Click)

719.

White, C. D.

3 Jan 1851

26 Dec 1912

Heaven now retains our treasure Earth the lonely casket keeps, And the sunbeams long to linger Where our sainted father sleeps [FS:  C. D. W.] (Cade D. White, Sr. - Son of John Reagan White & Jemima Amazie Vardeman - w Mary S. Click)

720.

White, Delia

(Dec) 1858

1930

(Mary Cordelia "Delia" Buckley - Daughter of William N. Buckley & Ruth Mary Ann Land - h Henry Strickland White, Jr.)

721.

White, Dora E.

7 Feb 1886

11 Sept 1964

Death is but a shadow across the path to Heaven [FS:  Mama] (Dora E. Speights - Daughter ofJohn William Speights & Sallie Wilson - h Drew White)

722.

White, Drew

11 Sept 1883

9 Jan 1913

In Thee oh Lord we place our trust, That someday You will give him back to us [FS:  D. W.] (Cade Drew White, Jr. - Son of Cade Drew White, Sr. & Mary S. Click - w Dora E. Speights)

723.

White, Elbert

23 July 1894

20 Dec 1912

In memory of - A loved one from us has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled (Son of Cade Drew White, Sr. & Mary S. Click)

724.

White, Gail

(16 Nov) 1959

(15 Oct) 1996

(Starr Funeral Home Marker to left of Lamar Cary Buckner - Patricia Gail Breiton - Daughter of Edward Rohif & Pansey Elizabeth Breiton - Married Drew Neal White 3 Nov 1979)

725.

White, Henry S.

15 Apr 1852

2 July 1901

Gone too soon (Henry Strickland White - Son of Henry Strickland White, Sr. & Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman - Married Mary Cordelia "Delia" Buckley 22 Dec 1877 SCT)

726.

% White, James

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(Son of Cade Drew White, Jr. & Mary S. Click)

727.

White, Mary S.

14 Dec 1856

23 Jan 1909

Wife of C. D. White - Dear mother and companion we often think of thee [FS:  M. S. W.] (Mary S. Click - Daughter of William M. Click - h Cade Drew White, Sr.)

728.

White, Ollie L.

19 Mar 1893

2 Jan 1971

[FS:  Mother] (Ollie Lee Conn - Daughter of Henry Patrick "Jiggs" Conn & Frances Mae Barrett -Double with T. Albert White)

729.

White, Nena

1893

1901

730.

White, Price

6 Nov 1885

2 Mar 1901

Gone but still remembered - Son of C. D. & M. S. White [FS:  P. W.] (Son of Cade Drew White, Sr. & Mary S. Click)

731.

White, T. Albert

24 Nov 1891

30 Sept 1980

[FS:  Papa] (Thomas Albert White - Son of Cade Drew White, Sr. & Mary S. Click - Double with Ollie L. White)

732.

Williams, Hattie J.

9 Dec 1930

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Precious Lord hold my hand (Double with Rushing Williams)

733.

Williams, Melvin "Mann"

4 Oct 1931

---

(Double with Patty McCauley)

734.

Williams, Patty

24 Mar 1933

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(Patty Dean McCauley - Daughter of Curtis E. McCauley & Mattie Era McGown - Double with Melvin "Mann" Williams_

735.

Williams, Rushing

14 Apr 1927

16 Dec 1995

Precious Lord hold my hand (Double with Hattie J. Williams)

736.

Willis, Develia A.

9 Feb 1891

12 Oct 1967

Father

737.

Willis, Grace Ella Reasoner

23 Feb 1905

17 Feb 1963

Safe in the arms of Jesus [FS:  G. R. W.]

738.

Wilson, Dora M.

12 Oct 1898

6 Jan 1982

739.

Worrell, Cordelia

3 Dec 1908

18 Nov 1979

(Cordelia Cunningham - Daughter of Benjamin Cunningham & Sarah Telula Hood - Double with J. Lee Worrell)

740.

Worrell, Dorthy

1932

1936

741.

Worrell, Baby

8 Jan 1963

8 Jan 1963

Dau of T. E. & Ruby Worrell (Birth date only)

742.

Worrell, Jeams Isom

10 Oct 1882

5 July 1958

Bosque Co. - Sabine Co. - Married 29 May 1898 Thomas Stephen Worrell)

743.

Worrell, J. Lee

26 July 1903

20 May 1968

(Jesse Lee Worrell - Double with Cordelia Worrell)

744.

{Worrell, Tommy Edgar

27 Nov 1937

19 June 2003

(Son of Jesse Lee Worrell & Cordelia Cunningham - w Carrie ? - Obit 25 June 2003)}

745.

Worthy, Inez Edgar

26 Mar 1906

15 Oct 1993

Absent from the body - Present with the Lord

746.

Wright, Marie

23 Feb 1926

21 Feb 1986

Mother - (Marie Shuler - Daughter of Harry Shuler & Willie Humphreys - Double with Morgan Wright)

747.

Wright, Morgan

6 July 1918

18 July 1998

Dad - (Morgan Tyles Wright - Son of Mack Wright & Mary Lee Chambers - Double with Marie Wright)

748.

Wright, Pamela Joyce

20 Sept 1968

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Our Angel (One date only)

749.

Wright, Phillip Marlow

10 Apr 1974

12 Apr 1974

Our angel

750.

Bottom of marker - Top Gone

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18 Feb 1899

Budded Earth to bloom in Heaven (to right of Mary M. Jones Brown- This marker has same death date as Wm Edgar Isom's marker)

751.

Bottom of marker - Top Gone

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29 May 1900

Resting with Jesus

752.

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Cinder Block Marker with flowers to left of Marie Wright

753.

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Concrete covered grave to left of Buford A. Speights

754.

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Concrete marker to right of Nathan T. Johnson

755.

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Concrete Marker to right of Elizabeth Laurence

756.

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Crumbled marker to left of Acie B. O'Baion, Jr.

757.

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Funeral Home Marker - No information - to right of Ida Lee Freeman

758.

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Petrified wood marker to right of Mattie Henderson Boyett

759.

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Rock Marker to right of Nathan Edward Boyett

760.

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Rock Marker to left of Wyatt Boyett

761.

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Rock Marker to right of Celesta Ann Mason

762.

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Rock Marker at head of Beulah A. White

763.

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Wooden Marker with flowers at foot of Esther Gilchriest

764.

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Wooden Marker 2nd to Right of Belle Harville