Grimes Cemetery
Cherokee County, Texas
From the Pages originally hosted By Larry Cribbs at Cribbs 101
New format by Brenda and David Wooddell, Sr.
Grimes Cemetery is located about two miles north of Jacksonville, Texas, out Elberta Street. It is south of the Gossett Chapel Church. The oldest grave is that of B.F. Grimes. Catalogued February 27, 1972 by Mr. & Mrs. M.J. (Helen Francis Wooddell) Crawford.
Alexander, James H. 7-20-1895 d. 2-22-1962 (Tex-Pvt-US Army-WW I)
Alexander, Emma O. 9-6-1876 d. 12-11-1949
Alexander, James L. 3-20-1857 d. 7-14-1928
Bozeman, infant birth & death 3-8-1934
Bradley, Guy F. 3-28-1917 d. 10-23-1951 (Tex-Tec. 4-100 Sta. Hosp. WW II)
Ellis, William Roy 5-26-1914 d. 6-24-1961 (Daddy)
Ellis, Laura Ethel 10-22-1916 d.________ (Mother) (wife of William Roy)
Gregory, Jim Arnold 9-14-1954 d. 3-11-1958
Gregory, Deloris Grimes 7-5-1932 d. 3-20-1958
Gregory, Glenn James 12-12-1920 d. 1-3-1969 (Tex-AMMI-US Navy-WW II)
Grimes, Henry Stephen 2-4-1878 d. 2-4-1959 (Brother)
Grimes, Martha Samantha 10-6-1873 d. 2-12-1947 (Sister)
Grimes, Mary Jane 1-29-1842 d. 3-2-1921 (Mother) (wife of B.F.)
Grimes, B.F. 3-29-1839 d. 2-19-1890 (Oldest grave)
Grimes, Mollie E. 2-10-1876 d. 7-21-1910 (wife of R.F.)
Grimes, Larra Ann 3-9-1904 d. 2-4-1913 (daughter of R.F. & M.E.)
Grimes, Robert Franklin 1874-1945
Grimes, Minnie Ella Sledge d. 4-6-1960 (72 years) (TM)
Grimes, Mary Verree 1873-1910
Grimes, Rufus A. (Bud) 7-16-1879 d. 4-6-1960
Grimes, Mary A. (Mollie) 12-6-1877 d. 11-11-1955 (wife of Rufus A.)
Grimes, infant son (no dates)
Grimes, infant birth & death 10-28-1915 (daughter of X X Frank)
Grimes, Fred S. 10-9-1897 d. 4-4-1970 (Daddy)
Grogan, Benjamin Franklin 1901-1970
Henson, Charles N. 2-3-1907 d. 7-7-1931
Horton, Leatha Fay 9-19-1915 d. 10-13-1916
Horton, Connie D. 2-22-1920 d. 7-29-1927
Horton, James Burton 10-4-1891 d.______
Horton, Helen Grimes 7-29-1893 d. 11-28-1969 (wife of James Burton)
Jolly, John M. 1896-1963 (Father)
Jolly, Orene E. 1905-1948 (Mother)
Leonard, S.R. 6-8-1840 d. 1-12-1919 (marker by Camp #1555 U.C.A.) (CSA)
Lindsey, Floyd 10-27-1913 d. 10-22-1969 (Daddy)
Lindsey, Lucy 2-21-1911 d.______ (married Floyd 6-24-1933) (Mother)
McElyea, Jas. P. 6-2-1848 d. 3-5-1902
McElyea, Sarah 3-29-1863 d. 9-14-1945
Moler, I.J. 12-13-1878 d. 11-25-1959 (Brother)
Moler, J.T. (Jim) 3-21-1883 d. 4-30-1971
Moler, W.M.(Minnie) 4-10-1887 d. 10-13-1954
Moler, James Preston 9-6-1913 d. 11-29-1936
Murphy, Elwood L. 1918-1969
Rowland, Wilburn B. 2-26-1921 d. 6-15-1949 (Ark-Pfc-1220 Serv. Comm. Unit)
Self, David F. 8-17-1891 d. 5-8-1960 (Pfc-Btry. E-45 Arty. CAC)
Smith, Fred D. 8-23-1896 d. 12-3-1963 (Father)
Smith, Willie M. 6-28-1901 d. 10-12-1959 (Mother) (wife of Fred D.)
Smith, B.N. (Dock) 2-29-1880 d. 8-12-1938
Smith, Necie I. 4-11-1882 d. 8-19-1971 (Isabelle) (wife of of B.N.)
Smith, Vernon Ray 7-19-1925 d. 9-15-1925
Smith, Alvin Horton 12-13-1903 d. 12-24-1962 (Tex-Pvt-Co. C-11 Med. TNG Regt.)
Smith, Tom Henry 5-11-1902 d. 1-8-1969
Smith, Maggie Bell 4-25-1905 d._______ (wife of Tom Henry)
Thurman, Gerald E. 7-10-1921 d. 5-23-1953 (Sgt.-536 Serv. Serv. Sqdn-AAF)
Thurman, George E. 1-28-1891 d. 4-24-1967 (Tex-Pvt.-32 Co-165 Depot Brig.)