ROCKLAND CEMETERY (Lovelady, Texas) (White)

Located in Lone Pine Community 5 Mi. N. of Lovelady on Hwy. 19. A sign, "Rockland Cemetery", is on the Rt. Follow the dirt road approx. 1/2 Mi. The Cemetery is on the Rt. past the Johnson Lundy Place.

The oldest date is that of B. T. Ellis. There are many lost graves. This Cemetery is over 100 years old.

The first reading was taken 2-1976 for the 1st Edition by E. F. Dodd & Sue Lundy.  Updated for the 3rd Edition in 1985 by Mr. Hubert Bitner, Rt. 2 - Box 202, Love· lady, Texas.

ALLBRIGHT

Adelpha E. Moore; b: 1-26-1864; d: 1-21-1910; w/o Solomon J.

      d/oJames Moore

BAETHROPE

Mrs. RJ.; b: 10-5-1844; d: 2.7.1895; w/o H.W.
 

BARNES

Annie L.; b: 7-8-1887; d: 7-4-1915; 08 unnamed Barnes Graves

John Henry; b: 11.5.1882; d: 7-4-19570

BEESON

Edna Burton; b: 1-11-1894; d: 8-11.1977; w/o McGary Beeson

BITNER

Bertie; b: 8-30-1884; d: 9-2-1965

Hardy; b: 9-1-1878; d: 3-10-1962

Carl J.; b: 5-25-1896; d: 2.11.1897; s/o O. T. & N. R Bitner

Willie; b: 12-19-1889; d: 10.2.1900; d/o S. C. & E. E. Bitner

Lucy; b: 1891; d: 1972

Susan; b: 1854; d: 1889; 0 Dbl. Marker

William; b: 1858; d: 1904; 0 Dbl. Marker

Wilson; b: 1884; d: 1975

Samuel C.; b: 12-12-1850; d: 1-11-1923; Father

Elizabeth Sanders; b: 1-12-1858; d: 9-17-1932; Mother

Durward; b: 1914; d: 4-13-1985

Maudie Geraldine; b. 11-13-1915; d.5-12-1988

BOX

Stephen Wesley; b: 1840; d: 1893; TX Pvt. Co. A 2 Reg. Cav. CSA John Ellis; b: 1877; d: 1882; Died at Lone Pine

Hattie Edna; b: 1878 or 1879; d: -; Age 9 Mos.
Albert "Bert"; b: 1879 or 1880; d: -; Age 15 Yrs.
Benjamin "Bennie"; b: 1883; d: 1890; Age 7 Yrs.

BURTON

Ellen L.; b: 6.30.1866; d: 12-16-1951; Mother

James S.; b: 8.30.1856; d: 6-3-1927; Father

Ruby F.; b: 11.27.1886; d: 1-14-1887

Grady E.; b: 1900; d: 1967; Father

Ellen Latitia Ellis; b. 6-30-1866; d. 12-16-1951; d/o Ben Tom & Martha

       Ellis; gm/o F.H. Burton

CALLAHAN

Glenn Ellen; b: 10-12-1914; d: 1-8-1980

CHAMBERS

Bettie; b: 1876; d: 1956

CHOAT

Thomas E.; b: 5-30.1894; d: 4-16.1949; Father

Mary Ola; b.5-29-1912; d.7-14-1986

CONARROE

Loyd Wilford; b: 8-30.1918; d: 12-27-1979

CORCORAN

Elbert L.; b. 8-19-1910; d. 2-25-1992; USN

CROWSON

Benjamin R; b: 12-22.1858; d: 11-18-1936
Cecil 0.; b: 5-16-1910; d: 3-9-1984

Maggie E.; b: 9-2-1872; d: 9-20-1956

Obediah Lovelady; b: 3-19-1832; d: 11-28-1901; h/o Martha Jane

      Ellis

Martha Jane Ellis; b: 8-26-1832; d: 12-11-1901; w/o Obediah (name

      originally listed as Nancy Jane Ellis in error)

Lizzie Elender; b: 11-7-1900; d: 7-30-1915

Jim; b: 11-27-1895; d: 4-15-1920; TX Pvt. 143 Inf. 36 Div. WWI

Carl Irvin; b: 8-19-1915; d: 10-20-1915

Cornelius Bartlett; b: 2-1-1903; d: 10-11-1917

J. Edd; b: 11-10-1906; d: 10-10-1977; Father

Matt L.; b: 1918; d: 1968; Mother

Kenneth Ray; b: 6-16-1936; d: 1-20-1938

DAVIS

Johnie Carl; b: 4-4-1901; d: 10-1-1977

Mrs. Mary; b: 11-20-1898; d: 3-17-1976; Died in Houston, TX

ELAM K

L.; b: 11-17-1876; d: 3-4-1901; w/o A.L.
Lula Annie Miliken; b: 10-23-1881; d: 10-27-1965; d/o R.L. & L.
Infant; b: -; d: -; d/o R.L. & L.
 

ELLIS

Benjamin Thomas; b. 10-9-1825; d. 10-4-1870; Pvt, Co.A, 2nd LA

      Inf., CSA; s/o John & Elizabeth Ellis; g-gf/o F. H. Burton

Elizabeth Ann Goolsby Ellis; b. c.1803 (Floyd Co.KY); d. date

      unknown; g-g-gm/o F.H. Burton

John Irving; b. 10-6-1799 (Floyd Co.,KY); d. 10-4-1866; h/o Elizabeth

       Ellis; g-g-gf/o F.H. Burton

Martha Shirley; no dates; w/o Benjamin Thomas

ELLIOTT

Elaine Virginia Bitner; b. 10-24-1919; d.9-15-1994

Robert M.; b.9-13-1914; d.2-22-1994

EMERSON

Nellie; b: 1-20-1915; d: 8-27-1985

FRAZIER

J. J.; b: -; d: 11-18-1899; Father

Gusta; b: -; d: 11-29-1896; Mother

Sam; b: -; d: 9-7-1899; Son

May; b: -; d: 5-12-1906; Daughter

GREGG

Calvin Hugh; b: 1926; d: 1979

GRAD

Janie; b: 2-2-1923; d: 1-20-1925; Sister

Katherine; b: 10-19-1888; d: 12-13-1928; Mother

Martin; b: 1-1-1879; d: 5-8-1953; Father

GRAVES

Andrew Jackson; b: 1846; d: 1901; TX Cav. Co. 1,21 CSA

Ed Lee; b: 3-25-1907; d: 11-16-1912

Lula Lee; b: 2-20-1877; d: 4-14-1948

HADDOX

J. H.; b: 8-16-1840; d: 1-21-1924

Jane; b: 11-8-1850; d: 5-12-1932; w/jo J. H.
Willie K; b: 1882; d: 1965

Bev. C.; b: 1-6-1878; d: 7-25-1935

HAINEY

Frank; b: 6-19-1919; d: 11-6-1948; TX S/Sgt. 404 Engr. Com. BNW

       WWII

HAMLIN

Emma; b: 1893; d: 1940 W. A.; b: 1886; d: 1969

Walter A.; b. 5-8-1886 AL; d. 2-23-1969 Harris Co., TX; s/o George; h/o Emma

HARDIN

Mina H.; b.7-20-1904; d. 1-15-1987

HARRELSON

Billy R; b. 11-2-1928; d. 1-23-1991; USAF

Annie H.; b: 1892; d: 1964; 2 unmarked graves

HEWETT

Martha A; b: 3-16-1875; d: 4-2-1932

HIGGINBOTHAM

Dora C.; b: 1881; d: 1919; Mother

S. H.; b: 1868; d: 1923; Father

HILL

Amanda Milliken; b: 1856; d: 1906

HOBSON

Patsey Marie; b: 2-25-1941; d: 11-13-1943; On Sanders' Lot

Helen L.; b.1-14-1903; d.3-30-1996

Horice "Bud"; b. 12-14-1898; d.9-22-199O

LEEDIKER

J. F.; b: 3-7-1828; d: 8-21-1900

Louise J.; b: 1836; d: 1910

MAGEE

Thos. I.; b: 1-31-1860; d: 5-8-1870; s/o Wilson & Milly

Milly M.; b: 3-18-1829; d: 8-1-1873; w/o Wilson

Hariet; b: 1-31-1856; d: 9- -1877; d/o Wilson & Milly

MANN

Florence E.; b: 12-19-1869; d: 8-31-1936

MILLER

Mary E.; b: 1-4-1894; d: 7-29-1941

John T.; b: 11-27-1884; d: 6-20-1958

Lester; b: 8-3-1921; d: 3-21-1978

Patricia Jane; b: 10-24-1953; d: 5-11-1954

Lonnie B.; b. 1-4-1924; d.3-29-1986

MILLIKEN

George B.; b: 7-25-1862; d: 9-15-1937

Leila; b: 3-10-1899; d: 8-21-1900

Sarah L.; b: 3-18-1870; d: 2-3-1901

H. A "Jack"; b: 7-24-1917; d: 2-28-1984

Jimmie J.; b: 9-21-1924; d: 5-7-1974; On stone w/Jack

John H.; b: 1852; d: 1925; Father

Mary K.; b: 1857; d: 1934; Mother

Harvey A; b: 1889; d: 1955

Nancy Melinda; b: -; d: 1868

Ella Higginbotham; b: 1896; d: 1974; w/o Harvey A

Infant Boy; b: B & D; d: 1917

Baby Girl; b: 1911; d: 1914

John C.; b: 1820; d: 1868

Carl Elmo; b. 11-29-1926; d. 4-10-1990; USN-WWII

MITCHELL

Geo. Washington; b: 2-22-1907; d: 4-4-1974

Mildred Wills; b. 4-14-1913; d.1-28-1989

MONTGOMERY

Clinton; b: 1898; d: 10-31-1975

Vivian; b: 9-14-1909; d: 5-22-1985; w/o Clinton

Ada; b: 5-2-1870; d: 8-15-1901; d/o C.W. & R.L. Allbright

Alice May; b: 10-3-1885; d: 6-27-1900; d/o D.D. & A.E. Montgomery

MOORE

A. B.; b: 8-9-1884; d: 8-16-1889

James Hall; b: 1818; d: 1901; TX Co. B 13 Reg. Cav. CSA

E. N.; b: 5-6-1878; d: 10-5-1885

Bennie E. - Infant; b: 12-23-1936; d: 2-13-1937

Rev. Berkley; b: 10-4-1901; d: 3-21-1960

Marion M.; b: 1-28-1866; d: 12-24-1955

Nancy E. Crowson; b: 8-5-1874; d: 6-14-1965;

2 Unmarked Moore Graves

MORROW

C. 0.; b: 3-8-1882; d: 12-6-1973

Georgia Bell; b: 9-17-1884; d: 7-12-1970; On stone w/ C.O. Morrow E. C.; b: 10-14-1890; d: 6-21-1896; d/o L.H. & MJ.
Ola; b: 1884; d: 1935

Will; b: No Dates; d: -; 6 more graves on this lot

Miss Rosemary; b: 2-4-1957; d: 9-13-1976; d/o H. & Ona May

L. H.; b: 9-13-1849; d: 6-3-1937

M. J.; b: 8-5-1856; d: 10-1-1936

Horace; b: 9-29-1905; d:

Delliah; b: -; d: 11-14-1915

Will; b: 9-15-1879; d: 4-14-1956

Ona May; b: 9-30-1916; d: 7-27-1979; w/o Hayne Morrow; m/o

      Rosemary

Lewis W.; b: 1-2-1917; d: 11-7-1985

Charles Hazel; b.7-3-1911; d.9-3-1994
Hayne W.; b. 1-13-1909; d. 11-27-1989

PATTON

Oda Moore; b: 4-27-1906; d: 12-20-1982

Hugh L.; b: 12-5-1895; d: 1-17-1969; TX CM I-US Navy WWII

Ina M.; b: 9-15-1898; d: 3-5-1977

PECHA

John; b: 1864; d: 10-11-1932; Born in Moravia; On Thompson lot

PERRY

Florence Azilee; b: 1852; d: 1938; Mother

-; b: No Dates; d: No Dates; Mason - Steel Frame

POE

Dorothy Harrelson; b. 1-11-1928; d. 11-1-1997

PORTERFIELD

E. A.; b: 9-29-1843; d: 12-28-1877; w/o J.A.
J.A.; b: 7-5-1839; d: 9-21-1882

RAINOCHEK

Jorace; b.6-4-1915; d.5-7-1988

Verne Bitner Stubbs; b.7-29-191O; d. 10-15-1997

RATTERREE

Van B.; b. 10-10-1905; d. 2-6-1996; USAF

Ethel; b: 1893; d: 1974

J. A.; b: 3-8-1856; d: 1-27-1945

Nancie V.; b: 1-18-1869; d: 10-1-1936

R. M.; b: 10-30-1888; d: 10-21-1915; Woodman

Earl; b: 3-7-1887; d: 10-21-1918

Ward; b: 10-11-1890; d: 1-10-1917

Marvin H.; b: 7-11-1908; d: 11-4-1984

ROBINSON

Evie Irene; b. 10-8-1908; d.9-26-1990

SANDERS

Austin E.; b. 1910; d. 1997

Robert E.; b: 1880; d: 1942

Norma Ann; b: 1885; d: 1917

Edward; b: 8-10-1924; d: 11-14-1926

J. Charles; b: 8-25-1931; d: 8-15-1933
Joel Pinkney; b: 2-22-1867; d: 6-3-1927; Father

Mary F.; b: 11-19-1871; d: 1-9-1909; Mother

Ina A.; b: 12-12-1890; d: 2-1-1897; d/o J.P. & M.F.
Minnie L.; b: 3-8-1893; d: 2-19-1897; d/o J.P. & M.F.
Virginia H.; b: 8-18-1860; d: 11-7-1940; Mother

Stanford F.; b: 5-16-1856; d: 2-4-1925; Father

Thomas F.; b: No Date; d: 6-6-1932; TX PFC 115 Inf. 29 Div. WWI Cynthia M.; b: 1-21-1897; d: 3-27-1916

Tabitha Virginia; b: 9-24-1885; d: 12-13-1941

Stanford S.; b: 3-6-1892; d: 7-26-1900

Mary A.; b: 3-30-1888; d: 3-4-1894

Howard J.; b: 9-15-1900; d: 1-24-1979

Lawrence; b: 1894; d: 1979; WWI

SAXON

C. M.; b: 8-17-1857; d: 3-16-1889; s/o J.H. & SA

John Horton; b: -; d: 12-26-1877; Mason - Age 70 Yrs., 2 Mos.
 

SPACEK (previously mistaken for Shupak)

Claudia; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

Alex; b: 2-26-1893; d: 1-18-1900

Peter; b: 3-4-1902; d: 10-19-1902

John Paul; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

Rosa; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

(John Paul Spacek & Rosie Rosak had a few children: William, Johan, Jon, Bessie, Cecelfia, Tillie, Emil; all born in Crockett.  A few Spaceks came to Houston County at the turn of the century (1880-1902.  Their grave stones in Rockland Cemetery clearly states Spacek.  Their head stones are NW corner of cemetery with engraving facing east.)

SLATER

Mrs. Helen Moore; b: 9-26-1922; d: 4-29-1976; Died in Teague, TX

SMITH

Claudia; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

Curtis C.; b: 1907; d: 1966

Onie T.; b: 1916; d:

-; b: 6-24-1898; d: 10-26-1924; w/o Lacy

 Charles Ray; b.9-29-1949; d.6-19-1988

THOMPSON

Cora; b: 1879; d: 1921

Dell; b: 1877; d: 1960

Rolan; b: 1905; d: 1920

John; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

Baby Dale; b: 1947; d: 1948

John; b: 1877; d: 1946

Arie; b: 1877; d: 1919; w/o John

TULLIS

Amos H.; b: 5-13-1913; d: 4-7-1980

Mattie; b: 1891; d: 1933; Mother

Pearline; b: 6-10-1923; d: 3-28-1937

Leroy; b: 7-24-1918; d: 11-17-1976

Fay Lavern; b: 4-29-1942; d: 9-29-1942

Gilbert G.; b: 11-26-1886; d: 11-7-1962; Father

E. D. , Sr.; b. no date; d. no date; age 66 yrs.

VANDERFORD

Inez; b. 12-31-1918; d. 11-13-1993

Leroy; b.8-27-1915; d.7-3-1986

WILLINGHAM

Dora Lea; b: 11-19-1897; d: 8-1-1902; 7 Unmarked Graves

WILLS

Anne; b: 1917; d: 1966; Wife & Mother

Edna; b: 1893; d: 1949; Mother

WITEK

John; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

Rosa; b: No Dates; d: No Dates

ZIDEK

Mary Gladys; b: 1906; d: 7-22-1977