Heaven's Acre Cemetery
This is a black cemetery located inside Eternal Rest Cemetery, at the far Southeast (left) corner. It was originally started at the far Northeast (right) corner of the cemetery, but when State Hwy 77 was built, the graves were relocated. There are still some markers at the NE corner, and these few are noted as being near the cemetery entrance, meaning the entrance to Eternal Rest Cemetery. This transcription was done February 14, 2007. Special thanks to Mr. James Curtis, retired U.S. Army, World War II, who was visiting his wife's grave, and decided to help me by removing dried mud away from many of the headstones. We braved the fire ants together, and his company was most enjoyable.
My transcription with photos of headstones can be found at Find A Grave
Plans are to meet with the cemetery's chairman of the board to determine who is buried in the locations with marked graves but no names, and to further assure that any other military personnel resting here receive their proper headstones. When more data is collected, this will be updated. Of the 120 photographed graves, 21 are occupied by veterans of World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Transcription in text format.
Contributed by
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Charles Emit | 11/01/1946 | 05/08/1971 | Texas SP4 US Army, Vietnam |
| BINGHAM, Charlie | 03/21/1905 | 05/24/1905 | The Lord is my shepherd |
| BINGHAM, Minnie | None | 04/09/1966 | Age 82 |
| BINGHAM, Sametta | 03/27/1905 | 06/16/1905 | The Lord is my shepherd |
| BROWN, Christina | 12/08/1932 | 08/17/1991 | Mother, in God's care |
| BROWN, Ed, Jr. | 02/10/1925 | 08/07/1977 | S1 US Navy, World War II |
| BROWN, Kaylin Jordan | 06/12/1905 | 06/12/1905 | |
| BROWN, Pete, Jr. | 03/11/1905 | 05/18/1905 | |
| BUSBY, Wanda Faye | 04/19/1905 | 06/19/1905 | |
| CAMPBELL, Emma M. | 03/18/1905 | 05/29/1905 | Our beloved sister |
| CLIPPS, Ida Mae | 12/04/1918 | 11/18/1978 | |
| CURTIS, Ida Mae | 08/07/1925 | 02/25/2005 | Wife of James Curtis |
| DAVIS, Clara B. | 03/09/1897 | 11/18/1988 | S/S Ed E. Davis |
| DAVIS, Ed E. | 11/25/1899 | 03/13/1981 | S/S Clara B. Davis |
| DAVIS, Faith C. "Faye" | 08/04/1922 | None | S/S Willie Roy "Sunny" Davis; Love never dies |
| DAVIS, John | 04/15/1926 | 03/22/1986 | STM3 US Navy, World War II |
| DAVIS, Lillian | 05/13/1923 | 12/11/1999 | |
| DAVIS, Willie Roy "Sunny" | 08/27/1923 | 12/24/1998 | S/S Faith C. "Faye" Davis; Love never dies |
| DICKEY, Lula | None | 11/04/1937 | They who knew her best will bless her name. Near cemetery entrance |
| DILLON, James | 10/15/1878 | 05/27/1925 | In memory of our dear father. Near cemetery entrance |
| DUHART, Dennis, Sr. | 07/22/1924 | 11/05/1989 | PVT US Army, World War II |
| DUHART, John W. | 05/12/1905 | 06/24/1905 | |
| DUHART, Unknown | Unknown | 06/06/1905 | Funeral home marker next to Dennis Duhart, Sr. |
| FOSTER, Edward | 04/05/1905 | 06/13/1905 | Funeral home marker |
| FOSTER, Margaret L. | 06/22/1925 | 04/12/1996 | Life is not forever, love is |
| FRAZIER, Cora | 02/12/1907 | 11/04/1995 | Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt 5:4 |
| GRAY, Robert C., Sr. | 04/14/1892 | 02/17/1952 | |
| GREENWOOD, Dan L., Jr. | 10/13/1918 | 08/19/1983 | CPL US Army, World War II |
| GREENWOOD, Harold | 03/08/1921 | 07/21/1989 | PFC US Army, World War II |
| GRIFFIN, Dewey | 03/17/1900 | 12/20/1976 | |
| GRIFFIN, Jim | 03/08/1895 | 12/12/1985 | PVT US Army, World War I |
| GRIFFIN, Viola | 04/08/1889 | 08/10/1942 | Gone but not forgotten. Near cemetery entrance |
| HANEY, Wesley Ernest | 02/22/1905 | 05/02/1905 | Gone but not forgotten |
| HARRIS, Selena | 06/28/1901 | 01/16/1985 | |
| HICKEY, Ella B. | 03/04/1905 | 06/06/1905 | |
| HUFF, Melinda | 09/22/1937 | None | S/S Phillip Huff |
| HUFF, Phillip | 08/13/1932 | 01/01/1997 | S/S Melinda Huff; Military stone SSG US Army, Vietnam |
| HUFF, William Howard "Willie" | 06/25/1960 | 12/12/1999 | Beloved son |
| HUNT, Leslie Ray | 09/25/1939 | 08/16/1983 | |
| HUNTER, Helen G. | 06/04/1917 | 10/26/1981 | Mother, In God's care |
| JOHNSON, Alfred | 07/27/1922 | 06/12/1976 | PFC US Army, World War II |
| JOHNSON, Angie Lee | 04/30/1905 | 06/05/1905 | Funeral home marker at Rosa Mae Jones' headstone |
| JOHNSON, Josephine | 03/04/1905 | 05/09/1905 | |
| JOHNSON, Shirley Ann | 04/20/1905 | 05/30/1905 | In loving memory, Missionary |
| JOHNSON, William | 07/21/1896 | 07/21/1967 | |
| JOHNSON, Willie | 12/31/1920 | 07/18/1985 | |
| JONES, Rosa Mae | 06/01/1916 | 05/27/1967 | |
| JONES, Willie Lee, Jr. | 05/06/1905 | 06/21/1905 | |
| KING, Georgia | 08/22/1905 | 01/13/1970 | |
| KING, Marguerite | 03/23/1905 | 06/24/1905 | |
| MARKED GRAVE | Near cemetery entrance | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Between Charles Emit Adams & Luther Wright, Sr | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Between Ed Brown, Jr. & Billy Joe Porter | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Illegible funeral home marker; between Jim Griffin & Marvin Lewis Pleasant |
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| MARKED GRAVE | Located between Joseph F. Williams & A.B. Williams, Sr | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | One of 2 markers between Joshua Salone & Charles Emit Adams | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | One of 2 markers between Joshua Salone & Charles Emit Adams | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | One of 4 markers between Ella B. Hickey & Cora Porter | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | One of 4 markers between Ella B. Hickey & Cora Porter | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | One of 4 markers between Ella B. Hickey & Cora Porter | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | One of 4 markers between Ella B. Hickey & Cora Porter | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Broken funeral home marker; between John Davis & Monroe Nichols | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Broken funeral home marker; between Monroe Nichols & Cora Frazier | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Illegible funeral home marker, possibly SALONE; between J.C. Salone & Ida Mae Clipps | ||
| MARKED GRAVE | Illegible funeral home marker; located between Willie Mae Trigg & Margaret L. Foster |
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| MAYS, Ernest Earl | 07/29/1908 | 06/01/1997 | A loving husband |
| MAYS, Louise Ray | 06/27/1919 | 02/11/2004 | A loving wife |
| MAZE, Gladys E. | 04/01/1905 | 05/15/1905 | |
| MAZE, William | 03/28/1905 | 06/03/1905 | |
| MOSLEY, Mary | 12/02/1910 | 10/30/1983 | In loving memory |
| MOSLEY, Ralph | 07/23/1909 | 05/02/1978 | In loving memory |
| MURPHY, Primus, Sr. | 04/10/1905 | 06/22/1905 | |
| McKINNEY, Rosie L. | 02/15/1909 | 05/19/1986 | |
| NICHOLS, Monroe | 03/28/1905 | 06/10/1905 | |
| PLEASANT, Henrietta | 10/22/1887 | 01/20/1945 | Near cemetery entrance |
| PLEASANT, Marvin Lewis | 05/07/1968 | 10/08/1998 | SPC US Army |
| POLLARD, Jim | 09/14/1902 | 01/13/1985 | PVT US Army, World War II |
| PORTER, Billy Joe | 02/05/1934 | 07/16/1978 | PVT US Marine Corps, Korea |
| PORTER, Cora | 12/11/1887 | 07/19/1962 | In loving memory |
| PORTER, Pecolia "Beadie" | 05/03/1936 | 05/05/2003 | Devoted mother, sister & aunt |
| PORTER, Woody E. | 11/16/1930 | 11/08/1990 | S SGT US Army, Vietnam |
| RIN, Edward | None | 11/16/1938 | Texas PVT 20 ENGRS. Near cemetery entrance. |
| SALONE, J.C. | 05/09/1905 | 06/24/1905 | |
| SALONE, Joshua | 06/04/1905 | 06/04/1905 | |
| SALONE, Mary Lee | 04/15/1905 | 06/22/1905 | |
| SALONE, Velma Lee | 05/11/1905 | 06/16/1905 | |
| SALONE, Wilford Lee, Jr. "Blue" | 10/31/1957 | 05/06/1996 | In loving memory of husband and father, until we
meet again. The name "Shawn" is on the upper right side of headstone |
| SMITH, James | 07/06/1909 | 02/27/1971 | Texas PVT US Army, World War II |
| STEWART, Marjory B. | 11/20/1926 | 02/21/1991 | Mother, forever in our hearts |
| STEWART, Milton Lee, III | 09/07/1969 | 06/06/1990 | PFC US Army |
| STEWART, Milton Lee, Sr. | 12/12/1924 | 12/03/1987 | PVT US Army, World War II |
| TAYLOR, Alveria | 10/01/1915 | 02/01/1991 | S/S Verna Mae Taylor; In loving memory |
| TAYLOR, Verna Mae | 09/16/1944 | 02/02/1991 | S/S Alveria Taylor; In loving memory |
| THORNTON, Ethel Elizabeth | 01/14/1921 | 05/16/1970 | |
| TONES, A.C. | 06/05/1938 | None | S/S Henry Mae Tones |
| TONES, Henry Mae | 04/26/1925 | 08/17/2004 | S/S A.C. Tones |
| TRIGGS, Willie Mae | 06/09/1902 | 03/15/1974 | |
| UNKNOWN, Michael | 05/18/1905 | Unknown | Broken funeral home marker; between Willie Johnson & Wanda Faye Busby |
| WELLS, Georgia Ann | 03/10/1905 | 05/19/1905 | The Lord is my shepherd |
| WHITE, Alma Tennessee | 08/02/1927 | 02/07/1997 | The Lord is my shepherd |
| WHITE, Bennie, Jr. | 06/19/1954 | 09/06/1980 | |
| WHITE, Bennie, Sr. | 10/17/1935 | 10/10/1979 | |
| WHITE, Clemon | 06/28/1913 | 05/08/1992 | The Lord is my shepherd |
| WHITE, Lewis Lee | 02/21/1897 | 12/19/1974 | PVT US Army, World War I |
| WHITE, Lewis, Jr. | 05/05/1929 | 02/08/1985 | CPL US Army, Korea |
| WILLIAMS, A.B., Sr. | 06/18/1908 | 09/26/1982 | PFC US Army, World War II |
| WILLIAMS, Charles | 05/18/1905 | 06/24/1905 | |
| WILLIAMS, Dorothy | 04/12/1905 | 06/26/1905 | |
| WILLIAMS, Helen | 06/26/1908 | 10/25/1978 | |
| WILLIAMS, Irene B. | 06/05/1922 | 05/30/1980 | In loving memory |
| WILLIAMS, Joseph F. | 03/13/1934 | 06/26/1995 | A3C US Air Force, Korea |
| WILLIAMS, Robert | 08/29/1936 | 02/12/1970 | Texas PFC US Army |
| WILLIAMS, Robert, Jr. | 05/02/1905 | 06/06/1905 | Son |
| WILSON, De Fate | 07/27/1931 | 08/20/1976 | |
| WRIGHT, Laura | 03/14/1905 | 05/17/1905 | Beloved mother, in God's care (2 headstones) |
| WRIGHT, Luther, Sr. | 02/09/1894 | 01/10/1978 | Beloved father, in God's care |
| YOAKUM, Bessie A. | 09/25/1898 | 02/04/1997 | S/S Houston B. Yoakum, Sr |
| YOAKUM, Clifton R. | 06/03/1927 | 02/24/1999 | The Lord is my shepherd |
| YOAKUM, Gloria C. | 09/20/1928 | None | The Lord is my shepherd |
| YOAKUM, Houston B., Sr. | 03/13/1893 | 12/21/1983 | S/S Bessie A. Yoakum |
