Lowe's Chapel Cemetery

Lowe's Chapel Cemetery
Cherokee County, Texas


From the Pages originally hosted By Larry Cribbs at Cribbs 101
New format by Brenda and David Wooddell, Sr.



Front Gate

Lowes Chapel Church

Lowe's Chapel Cemetery is located about 4 miles northeast of Rusk, Texas. From Hwy 110 turn East on CR 1301 the cemetery is on 1301 on the right. This cemetery was catalogued in 1970 and updated Oct. 16, 2004 by Brenda and David Wooddell Sr. The annual meeting of the Lowe's Chapel Cemetery Association is the 4th Sunday in Sept.

Andress, J.W. 4-27-1858 d. 12-20-1920
Andress, Cavanaw L. 10-4-1912 d. 10-6-1912
Andress, James R. 1-2-1918 d. 10-20-1918
Andress, Nettie B. 1-5-1924 d. April 1924
Andress, J. Wesley 12-22-1924 (child)
Andress, Fred L. 7-1-1891 d. 2-21-1958 (Dad) &
Andress, Mary E. 3-17-1891 d. 5-27-1964 (Mama)
Andress, Paralee 6-14-1860 d. 2-20-1912
Andress, Finas E. 3-20-1885 d. 10-5-1900
**stone next to Finas Andress**
b. 1898 d. 2-17-1899 (Gone But Not Forgotten)(broken)
Andress, W.W. 10-20-1881 d. 3-26-1889 (broken marker)
Andress, Juel A. 1-26-1898 d. 2-17-1898 (broken marker)
Bagley, Addie G. 9-23-1883 d. 1-18-1959
Bailey, Caldonie Jane d. 5-16-1957 (76 years)
Bailey, Amos Alexander d. 10-8-1952 (72 years)
Baxter, A.C. 4-3-1882 d. 11-13-1957
Baxter, Maybelle M. 1-19-1887 d. 2-12-1957
Baxter, G.L. 8-27-1912 d. 2-9-1947
Baxter, Joseph R. 1872-1914 &
Baxter, Lucy 1876-1913
Baxter, Alex C. 2-9-1920 d. 1-15-1977
Blankinship, B.F. 4-16-1819 d. 2-4-1881
Blankinship, Elizabeth 7-22-1825 d. 2-5-1897
Blankinship, W.R. 4-1-1847 d. 10-11-1926 (son of B.F. & Bettie Lowe)
Blankinship, Sarah J. 5-8-1849 d. 10-17-1855 (Tho Lost To Sight To Memory Dear)
Blankinship, Selah F. 11-16-1853 d. 12-6-1876
Blankinship, Jerome 5-28-1872 d. 10-7-1877
Blankinship, Frances 10-29-1876 d. 1-1-1877
Blankinship, Kittie B. 3-30-1870 d. 8-20-1877
Blankinship, Milton W. 2-21-1867 d. 8-1-1875
Blankinship, John K. 5-1-1864 d. 8-28-1904
Blankinship, J.L. 2-9-1862 d. 4-21-1936 &
Blankinship, Ola T. 7-10-1871 d. 12-8-1914
Blankinship, Horace Clinton 7-13-1900 d. 12-1-1963 (Mason) (Tex-HQ Co.-2 Inf)
Blankinship, little Finn birth & death 1-25-1899
Blankinship, Charlie W. 7-19-1845 d. 2-15-1864 (Co. F 35th TX Cav. CSA)
Blankinship, James M. "Jim" 8-11-1909 d. 1-26-1989 & (US Army WWII)
Blankinship, Mary Ilene Thomason 8-13-1920 d. 7-10-2000 (married 7-22-1943)
Blankinship, Robert Cletus 1-3-1912 d. 1-20-1974 & (SSgt. USAAF WWII)
Blankinship, Wileta Shaw 9-9-1916 d.________
Blankinship, Frances Michelle 6-28-1979 d. 3-17-2002 & (mother)
Blankinship, Kimberly Mariah 3-17-1997 d. 3-17-2002 (Daughter) (both died in car accident)
Brown, Susan K. 5-11-1862 d. 8-19-1909 (wife of Marion)
Bynum, Kenneth Wayne 11-11-1934 d. 9-6-1939 (son of X X H.C.)
Cannon, John W. 12-3-1860 d. 5-26-1862 (son of C. & M.A.)
Cannon, Orville W. 11-14-1872 11-21-1897 (son of C. & M.A.)
Cannon, Fannie A. 12-12-1854 d. 7-4-1938
Cannon, Alice 12-30-1880 d. 1-15-1970
Cannon, Dr. Charles 12-12-1825 d. 8-20-1925 ( born at Cadiz, Kentucky)****
**********(died at Sycamore Grove) (Mason) (Co.B-Tex Cav CSA)
Cawthon, Emma 1806-1910
Cawthon, Thomas J. d. 12-25-1925 (1Sgt-15 Ga-Inf CSA)
Cawthon, ___?___ d. 1939 (crumbling stone)
Cawthon, E. d. 1944
Cawthon, Susan 1840-1918
Cawthon, John Orville 4-21-1841 d. 8-17-1909
Cawthon, Charles 1872-1941
Cawthon, Lois 1874-1950
Christopher, Luther 1897-1953 (Father) &
Christopher, Lee Ammar 1898-____ (Mother)
Christopher, Robert Lee 1880-1933
Christopher, C.C. 12-17-1872 d. 3-26-1912
Christopher, S.A. 3-16-1875 d. 11-16-1906 (wife of C.C.)
Christopher, Roy 7-26-1895 d. 6-16-1900
Christopher, Dorothy Beatrice 10-24-1919 d. 7-21-1921 (daughter of X X L.)
Christopher, Alfred Leon 8-21-1922 d. 12-3-1923 (son of X X L.)
Christopher, Charley C. 5-29-1921 d. 3-27-2004 &
Christopher, Nora E. 5-2-1923 d._____
Conway, Mary Alice 9-24-1937 11-5-1939 (age 2 yrs. 1 mo. 11 days)
Cook, Carl Washington 3-5-1893 d. 1-24-1972
Copeland, Pauline Egbert 4-20-1876 d. 2-11-1895 (wife of Joe B.)
Copeland, George W. 9-8-1808 d. 4-18-1877 (Father) (Mason)
Copeland, Martha J. 11-15-1843 d. 11-28-1923 (Mother)
Copeland, James A. 5-22-1862 d. 4-10-1863 (son of G.W. & M.J.)
Cox, Alice Gertrude 12-30-1881 d. 1-16-1970
Crawford, Alma Irwin 1-11-1911 d. 2-14-1982
Crouch, Lewis J. 4-20-1888 d. 1-7-1900 (son of W.A. & M.J.)
Cummings, Alice 3-8-1889 d. 3-10-1912
Davis, H.T. 9-30-1910 d. 9-12-1957 &
Davis, Lottie M. 4-16-1909 d.______
Dover, M. David 3-19-1937 d. 11-15-2002 & (Father)
Dover, Nita J. 9-2-1940 d._____ (Mother)(married 10-6-1958)
Edwards, Mark Floyd 12-21-1910 d. 5-4-1989
Edwards, Vera M. 4-26-1918 d.______
Egbert, Dan 1869-1909
Fields, James Albert 1866-1935 &
Fields, Corrie Stafford 1865-1940
Fields, Roswal Samuel 3-6-1897 d. 5-13-1980 (CM1 US Navy WWI & WWII)
Gifford, Robert 1879-1885
Gifford, Anna 1886-1886
Gifford, Eddie 1890-1890
Gifford, Caroline 1876-1890
Gifford, Hugh 1888-1888
Gifford, Mary 1861-1905 (Mother)
Gifford, George (drowned at age 12)
Grammer, Hattie birth & death 1893
Grammer, William 1975-1957 &
Grammer, Mollie 1894-1956
Grammer, Peterson 1-29-1832 d. 10-27-1893 &
Grammer, Spicy Ann 6-6-1849 d. 10-27-1889
Grammer, James Martin 12-26-1926 d. 6-17-1994 & (CDR US Navy WWII)
Grammer, Orell E. 11-10-1927 d.________
Hall, Mary E.F. 11-14-1850 d. 6-11-1889 (wife of H.T.) (broken Stone)
**There is a broken stone to the left of Mary E. F. Hall's stone that is unreadable.**
Hall, George M. 1-28-1868 d. 4-30-1954 &
Hall, Mary P. 1-16-1867 d. 11-6-1962
Hall, Normal B. 4-22-1889 d. 6-11-1974
Hall, Elizabeth 4-23-1890 d. 4-13-1980
Hester, Arthur Clayton 12-25-1929 d. 6-10-1986 (husband of Betty Malone Hester Strawther)
Holden, H.C. 1900-1952
Holden, Prudie 4-8-1897 d. 11-9-1978
Hood, Shelby 7-7-1917 d. 11-9-1978
Hood, Velma 1-31-19191 d. 12-2-2000
Hoover, Matthias 10-20-1795 d. 6-4-1860
Hoover, Nancy Warren ca 1800 d. 6-5-1860
Hopper, Rosie A. 7-18-1839 b. 12-24-1917 (Grandmother)
Irby, Clarissa 9-20-1806 d. 1876 (wife of John H.)
Irby, John H. 1808-1865 (came to Texas in 1828)
Irwin, Samuel Edgar 2-23-1909 d. 11-16-1948
Irwin, Doris Marie 9-25-1926 d. 7-19-1929 (daughter of Minnie & S.E.)
Irwin, S.E., Sr. 8-5-1876 d. 3-18-1939
Irwin, Lola S. 3-21-1878 d. 1-31-1919 (wife of S.E.)
Irwin, Glena 5-16-1931 d. 3-2-1998
Irwin, Minnie Ola Christopher 11-6-1901 d. 7-3-1977
Irwin, Kenneth R. 7-29-1933 d. 3-10-2002
Johnson, Matheena 9-11-1803 d. 5-17-1875 (wife of B.)
Jones, W. Reed 2-14-1899 d. 7-13-1970 &
Jones, Elizabeth 1-5-1907 d. 4-21-1974
Jones, John W. 5-18-1870 d. 12-12-1950 (Mason)
Jones, James M. 5-4-1868 d. 9-27-1871
Jones, Arnold 1-7-1924 d. 12-31-1928
Jones, William Crane 2-28-1886 d. 3-5-1966
Jones, Nora Frances 3-20-1892 d. 2-24-1972
Jones, Lewis P. (Co. I 10 Texas Cav. - CSA)
Jones, Sophronia 7-31-1847 d. 3-26-1935
Jones, Walter Reid 2-14-1889 d. 7-13-1970
Kennedy, Catherine Parsons 4-25-1924 d. 4-8-1999
Latham, Sara "Sallie" d. 7-15-1965 (75 years)
Lewis, David Vaughn 1892-1913
Lewis, William H. 2-21-1853 d. 5-28-1880
Lowe, Charles Finley Jr. 11-29-1792 d. 4-1974 &
Lowe, Celia Summers 12-27-1800 d. ca 1875
**The following is at the bottom of the Lowe tombstone**

Buried near their home in the John Russell survey A-723, Cherokee Co - Miller Woods 1045 ac.
Manion, Mary Ruth 1914-1947
Mathews Katie Ruth 7-23-1914 d. 9-7-1914 (daughter of X X L.W.)
Matlock, Dennis P. 2-15-1957 d. 1-16-2002 &
Matlock, Lisa Renee 12-20-1957 d. 2-22-2001 (also on same stone see Sherry Tyra below)
May, James M. 11-30-1885 d. 8-27-1910 & (brother)
May, Joe Frank 8-28-1893 d. 5-14-1955 (brother)
Mayes, Rubert 3-15-1914 d. 3-17-1914 (infant of X X J.A.)
McDonald, Dr. Daniel Gordon 1-16-1898 d. 3-26-1986 &
McDonald, Dreba Singletary 5-23-1902 d. 7-7-1963
McDonald, Charles E. 10-17-1853 d. 10-6-1944 &
McDonald, Martha M. (Blankinship) 4-16-1860 d. 1-14-1934
McDonald, Charles R. 8-28-1891 d. 3-25-1915 (son of C.E. & M.M.)
McDonald, Robert E. 10-9-1895 d. 8-30-1900
McDonald, Albert C. 8-28-1893 d. 9-23-1918 (son of C.E. & M.M.)
McDonald, Odie Mae 10-16-1916 d. 6-11-1918 (daughter of Ed & L.L.)
McDonald, Odie 9-7-1902 d. 12-6-1972 (dau. of Charles McDonald & Matha Blankinship)
McDonald, Everett 12-10-1871 d. 9-21-1876
McDonald, John E. 9-23-1847 d. 10-28-1927 &
McDonald, Margaret G. 3-2-1853 d. 9-10-1933
McDonald, Benjamin W. 12-9-1887 d. 12-2-1890
McDonald, Elgie D. 9-5-1889 d. 3-3-1973
McDonald, Lessie L. 12-4-1894 d. 7-25-1992
McDonald, Murl Ray 9-26-1914 d. 4-9-1984
Medford, Anna C. 7-13-1861 d. 4-3-1882
Monroe, George Elbert 2-4-1929 d. 3-15-1937
Monroe, George G. 4-12-1900 d. 9-27-1982
Monroe, Morgree 4-5-1902 d. 10-25-2000 (married 7-15-1919)
Murdoch, Frances Monroe 10-3-1928 d.________ (Married 12-12-1945)
Murdoch, John Duke 4-6-1911 d. 1-26-1988 (US Navy WWII)
Murphey, John E. 1891-1942 (Father)
Nickle, James Hood 7-28-1940 d. 12-14-2000
Norman, Billy James 11-30-1932 d. 10-17-1994 (USAF Korea)
Norman, Mary Nell 11-19-1930 d.________
Norman, Winslow Clayton "Spooks" 7-21-1924 d._______ (US Navy WWII & Korea)
Overton, Willie 3-23-1893 d. 10-1-1905 (son of Knox & Leone)
Parsons, Glenda Jo 8-2-1953 d. 2-28-1954 (daughter of X X Douglas)
Parsons, Baby Boy b&d 8-15-1984 (son of Mr. & Mrs. Robin Parsons)
Parsons, Bertha Mae Christopher 10-10-1899 d. 6-17-1978
Parsons, Walter Thomas 4-18-1896 d. 11-7-1976 &
Parsons, Bessie Ann 4-9-1904 d. 12-30-1982 (married 4-12-1920)
Parsons, Robert Liston 1-22-1902 d. 12-18-1984
Richardson, E.N. 9-21-1860 d. 7-23-1924
Richardson, Forrest E. 1896-1960
Richardson, Ruby L. 9-3-1912 d. 1-3-1973
Richey, George 5-18-1810 d. 1-21-1881 &
Richey, Sarah A. 2-1-1811 d. 1-6-1878
Richey, George W. 11-1-1848 d. 2-19-1915 (Mason)
Richey, Missouri Ann 7-4-1848 d. 1-23-1930 (wife of G.W.)
Richey, Robert 4-20-1876 d. 4-29-1876
Richey, Benjamin Columbus 3-14-1880 d. 6-21-1883
Richey, Henry F. 8-22-1888 d. 3-17-1916 (WOW)
Richey, Charley 4-4-1891 d. 3-14-1912
Riggs, W.H. 11-11-1843 d. 1-13-1918 &
Riggs, Emily Love 9-1-1850 d. 11-9-1941
Riggs, Joe 9-16-1868 d. 6-8-1952 &
Riggs, Letha 1-22-1881 d. 6-25-1959
Riggs, Arley L. 5-20-1889 d. 12-22-1957
Riggs, infant d. 2-18-1912 (daughter of X X A.L.)
Riggs, Myrtle Lee 2-6-1894 d. 6-10-1988
Riggs, Andrew H. 9-19-1900 d. 2-25-1985 &
Riggs, Willie L. 6-12-1890 d. 6-28-1976
Roberts, Etta 6-21-1856 d. 3-29-1872
Roberts, I.H. 7-14-1851 d. 4-16-1872
Roberts, C.L. 1-1-1854 d. 5-25-1872
Roberts, baby September 1895
Roberts, Mary Ethel 10-31-1868 d. 12-7-1907 (Mother)
Roberts, Little Jewell 1-19-1892 d. 6-21-1898
Rogers, Jerusha 7-25-1881 d. 9-1-1902
Sanders, Sarah C. (no dates) (Mother of Nan Smith)
Sanders, Thomas (no dates) (Father of Nan Smith)
Sanders, baby (no dates) (son of Thomas & Sarah)
Schaefer, Dorothy A. 6-27-1921 d. 7-10-1999 (Tec Sgt. US Army WWII)
Sherrard, Lee Baker 5-3-1894 d. 2-22-1947
Sherrard, Mary E. 2-7-1860 d. 1-1-1942
Sherrard, J.B. 1-5-1856 d. 12-24-1932
Sherrard, Iner b&d 3-28-1927
Smith, Lewis Phillip 8-14-1905 d. 11-24-1906
Smith, Lura May birth & death 11-15-1909 (daughter of Arthur & Topie E. Smith) &
Smith, Anneta birth & death 1-22-1911 (daughter of Arthur & Topie E. Smith)
Smith, Rayward Burke 6-15-1914 d. 1-7-1916 (son of Arthur & Topie E. Smith)
Stafford, Samuel M. 3-15-1835 d. 11-30-1909 (Mason)
Stafford, Amanda 1-3-1836 d. 6-11-1912 (wife of Samuel M.)
Stafford, Samuel Arthur 9-30-1870 d. 10-30-1883 (son of S.M. & Amanda)
Stafford, Robert birth & death 2-19-1941
Stancil Robert P. Sr. 10-31-1914 d. 9-19-1982 &
Stancil, Jessie G. 7-15-1918 d._______
Stancil, Larry J. 2-7-1947 d. 9-2-1973
Stancil, Melvin Ray 5-12-1944 d. 6-8-1986
Stockton, Frank 1-3-1934 d.______ &
Stockton, Velma Estelle 10-15-1930 d. 4-7-2000
Summers, James Milton 6-6-1839 d. 8-12-1917 (Mason)(Come Ye Blessed)
Summers, Eliza M. 5-11-1841 d. 6-15-1906 (wife of J.M.)
Summers, John S. 8-1-1859 d. 10-7-1868 (son of W. & L.)
Summers, Francis W. 1851-1855 (son of W.& L.)
Thompson, Tom F. 11-11-1856 d. 7-25-1897 (broken)
**Tom F. Thompson's stone was not found in 2002 but did find a stone that was almost unreadable with the following b. Nov. d. Mar 18, 18? 40 yrs. 8 mo. 20 days.**
Thompson, Thomas J. 3-27-1826 d. 2-18-1881 (broken
Thompson, Elizabeth H. 4-29-1826 d. 12-15-1906 (wife of Thomas J.)(broken)
Thompson, little Jewel 1-19-1892 d. 6-21-1898 (son of W.A. & C.G.)
Thompson, Jennie 1871-1936 (Mother)
Thompson, Newton F. 11-11-1856 d. 7-25-1897
Tosh, William J. 1861-1920
Tosh, Estelle W. 1879-1966
Tosh, Walter W. 1903-1920
Tyra, Sherrie B. 7-14-1937 d. 6-15-1989 (on same stone with Dennis & lisa Matlock)
Turney, William (Bill) 2-7-1944 d. 8-25-2002
Waldrup, Adam H. 4-24-1871 d. 7-2-1947
Waldrup, W. Gladstone 4-29-1903 d. 1-1-1937
Waldrup, Katie 11-14-1882 d. 11-15-1972
Walker, Ira I. 8-16-1948 d. 1-2-1985
Walker, Judy May 5-29-1948 d._____
Walker, Leland Ira 5-13-1948 d. 9-28-1998
Walker, Ozell S. 12-24-1917 d. 11-6-1993
Watson, baby d. 10-11-1940
Watson, Lillie Loreace 11-10-1906 d. 9-24-1970 &
Watson, Bertis L. 7-24-1906 d. 4-18-1984
Wilkins, John J. 2-7-1824 d. 11-10-1912
Wilkins, Thomas Monroe 7-22-1858 d. 8-15-1913
Wortham, little Jessie 1-13-1892 d. 8-27-1896 (son of W.S. & L.S.)

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