East Boone Prairie Cemetery

3108955N / 09628416W

 From the traffic signal in Franklin, take Farm Road 46 North 3.8 miles to Owensville, turn right at the Owensville Store onto Farm Road 979,

proceed 2.7 miles, where 979 intersects 2293, turn right to stay on 979, go 2.8 miles (West Boone Prairie Cemetery will be on your left),

 just before the power plant, turn right onto County Road 376 (East Boone Prairie Cemetery Road), after 1 mile dirt road makes a sharp

left, turn right, proceed .2 miles

Several different families left the small towns/communities of Bellefonte, Fackler, Hollywood, Pisgah, & Stevenson in the northeastern corner of Jackson County, AL in the early 1870s to settle in Robertson County.  Surnames of some of these families moving from Jackson County, AL to Robertson County, TX include: Bolton, Brazelle, Henry, Holder, Lollar, Russell, Rutherford, Starkey, Talley, Thompson, & Thornton.

Unless noted, Lin Morgan( lin_morgan@sbcglobal.net ) submitted pictures on 2/02/2012

 

Last	First/Maiden	DOB	DOD	Notes
Ainsworth	Willie T.	1-May-1893
Allison	Lillian Pearl Duncan	21-Feb-1896   Franklin Robertson County	14-Jun-1971   Navasota Grimes County	Daughter of Samuel Porter Duncan & Minnie Estelle Walton Wife of Wiess Brown Allison
Anderson	Christy	20-Dec-1979	20-Dec-1979	Daughter of James Ray Anderson and Candace Ann Simmons
Boyd	Emma Mae Murchison	15-May-1911	12-Mar-2011	Published in Houston Chronicle March 15, 2011 Emma Mae Boyd, 99, of Franklin, Texas passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2011 in Carrollton, Texas. She was born on March 15, 1911 in Rockdale, Texas to Isaac Walker Murchison and Vera Easterly Murchison. She was a 1929 graduate of Franklin High School and received both her bachelors and masters degree from the University of Houston. She was employed with the Houston I.S.D. as elementary school principal before her retirement in 1973. She spent many years as a teacher and was principal of Milam, Hartsfield and Mitchell Elementary School in Houston I.S.D. She was a member of the Franklin United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Charles Booth Boyd. She is survived by: Daughter and Son-in-law: Virginia B. and Hamid Alrikabi of Carrollton Son and Daughter-in-law ? Charles W. and Patsy Boyd of College Station 4 Grandchildren ? Michael W. Boyd, John R. Boyd, Omar H. Alrikabi and Ramsey H. Alrikabi, 7 Great Grandchildren. Services will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. at the Franklin United Methodist Church. Rev. Lindsey Smith and Omar Alrikabi will officiate. Burial will follow in the East Boone Prairie Cemetery in Robertson County. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 14, 2011 from 6-8 P.M. at McCauley Funeral Home in Franklin. Family links: Parents: Isaac Walker Murchison (1885 - 1949) Vera Doris Easterly Murchison (1888 - 1976) Spouse: Charles Boothe Boyd (1906 - 1984)*

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