James Cemetery

Camp Creek

A plaque reads:  "William M. James donated this one-acre tract for the James Cemetery formally known as "Possum Trot."  This plaque is dedicated in honor of William M. & Nancy Watson James & Maggie Mae Hobbs (Mrs. William R.) McDonald who cared for the cemetery many years and left an endowment for its future care by the James Cemetery Association."  Erected 1988

The James Cemetery is located near Camp Creek, just to the side of a county road that dead-ends into Hwy. 1940.

BAILEY, ROGER MONROE, 12.15.1914 - 9.25.1985

CAPND, ?, (marker very hard to read)

CASTALOW, infant, child of Wes Castalow

COCKING, HAYDEN, 1921 - 1998, w Maudell

COCKING, MAUDELL, 1923, h Hayden Cocking

COCKING, WILLIAM R., 11.8.1947 - 3.25.1999

COOK, MINNIE ALMA, 5.26.1898 - 12.27.1983

DOTSON, ESSIE M., 4.11.1907 - 10.19.1980, h Johnnie L. Dotson

DOTSON, JAMES LOUIS, 1927 - 1927

DOTSON, JOHNNIE L., 2.8.1906 – 10.21.1972, w Essie M.

EASTEP, BEAUFORD ODEL, 1949 - 1971

EASTEP, CALEB C., 5.4.1937 - 7.1.1989

EASTEP, COY A., 1894 – 1965, w Mary E.

EASTEP, JAMES E., 1.2.1914 – 9.17.1974

EASTEP, JAMES ODELL, 11.30.1935 – 1.23.1936

EASTEP, LEROY A., 3.23.1928 - 3.17.1981

EASTEP, MARTHA IDELLA, 4.14.1941 - 10.21.2001, s Daniel Wayne Eastep

EASTEP, MARY E., 1910, h Coy A. Eastep

EASTEP, NELLIE JANE, 6.14.1952 – 1.14.1953, (lived 6 months, 2 days)

EASTEP, SAMMIE W., 4.25.1931 - 9.5.1999, w Shirley P.

EASTEP, SHIRLEY P., 8.7.1939 - ?, h Sammie W. Eastep (m 6.6.1953)

FULLBRIGHT, ROBERT H., Company D, 20th TX Infantry, CSA

GRAY, ELSIE, beside Mattie Gray

GRAY, HENRY DOW, 1869 – 1944, w Mary Eugenia

GRAY, MARY EUGENIA, 1875 – 1965, h Henry Dow Gray

GRAY, MATTIE, 10.17.1905 – 6.15.1926

GRAY, WILLIE, 7.29.1908 - 9.5.1981

HAMILTON, ELLA CRAFT, 4.8.1876 – 12.5.1918, d Fred & Pinkie Hamilton Craft, h Jess Hamilton

HAMILTON, ELLA MAE WELCH, 4.8.1876 - 12.5.1918, d George & Jamama Smith Welch, h John E. Hamilton, Sr., c Jess

HAMILTON, ERNEST F., s Jess & Ella Craft Hamilton

HAMILTON, JESS, 9.28.1903 – 11.5.1970, s John E. Sr. & Ella Mae Welch Hamilton, w Ella Craft

HAMILTON, ?, c of John Hamilton, Jr.

HAMILTON, ?, c of John Hamilton, Jr.

HOBBS, ANNA BELL, 6.29.1906 – 6.15.1934, h Lester L. Hobbs

HOBBS, HENRY C., 2.14.1905 – 4.22.1937, s Thomas & Mary Bailey Hobbs, WOW

HOBBS, JOHN THOMAS, 10.8.1862 - 6.25.1944, s Charles & Louise Harrison Hobbs, w Nancy Bailey

HOBBS, LESTER L., 12.5.1902 – 11.1.1967, w Anna Bell

HOBBS, NANCY BAILEY, 10.24.1875 – 7.19.1947, d William & Nancy Lofton Bailey, h John Thomas Hobbs

HOBBS, ?, unmarked small grave next to John Thomas Hobbs

HOLLIS, EDWARD C., 12.25.1919 - 3.17.1975, w Margie Lee

HOLLIS, MARGIE LEE, 5.19.1933 – 11.9.1974, h Edward C. Hollis

HOLLIS, MARY EVELYN, 10.28.1893 – 4.1.1946, h William Curtis Hollis

HOLLIS, ROBERT E., 12.6.1927 – 3.9.1954

HOLLIS, WILLIAM B., Company A, 29th AL Infantry, CSA

HOLLIS, WILLIAM CURTIS, 3.7.1890 – 10.17.1935, w Mary Evelyn

JAMES, FRANK A. JR., 5.22.1930 - 2.3.1992

JAMES, NANCY WATSON, 1.8.1858 – 9.13.1923, h William M. James

JAMES, WILLIAM M., 7.23.1848 – 1.28.1934, w Nancy Watson

LINER, MATTIE, 1868 - 1933

LINER, ROBERT L., 12.28.1850 - 4.29.1924, s W. B. Liner

LUND, ALICE M., 9.5.1930 - 9.25.1993, h Richard H. Lund

LUND, RICHARD H., 1.1.1935, w Alice M.

MANDRELL, LOUISE, (name scratched on top of marker)

MCDONALD, MAGGIE MAY HOBBS, 2.26.1892 - 7.29.1983, h William R. McDonald (m 7.3.1908)

MCDONALD, MATTIE, 1.10.1856 – 2.7.1915, d W. R. & Martha Fulbright McDonald, mother of William R. McDonald

MCDONALD, WILLIAM R., 12.25.1878 – 3.24.1951, w Maggie May Hobbs

MERRYMAN, EVELYN COLTON, 1913 – 1931, h Robert F. Merryman

MERRYMAN, ROBERT F., 1901 - 1970, s Jim Bob Merryman, w Evelyn Cotton

OWENS, J. O., 2.2.1871 – 2.5.1917, WOW

PHILLIPS, DANIEL WEBSTER, 2.3.1860 – 2.13.1945

PHILLIPS, FRANKIE W., 7.5.1913 – 2.14.1924

PHILLIPS, MOLLIE N., 4.13.1883 – 3.11.1968

PHILLIPS, MYRTLE E., 3.14.1916 – 5.11.1950

PILGREEN, WILLIAM D., 5.27.1911 – 1.11.1919

POST, J. R., 1884 - 1947

POST, JESSE R., 1898 - 1985

SANDERS, JUANITA MERRYMAN, 10.29.1929 - 9.18.1978

TICE, HOWARD JR., 1944 - 1991

WELCH, JOHN, 1.3.1883 – 1.2.1928, w Jossie Liner

WELCH, JOSSIE LINER, 2.1.1880 – 2.12.1916, h John Welch

WELCH, LULA, 4.17.1912 – 3.27.1929, d John & Jossie Liner Welch

WHATLEY, BUCK, 10.18.1915 - 4.1.1992, WWII

WILLIAMS, LORENA M., 1.17.1919 - 4.6.1982, h Romes W. Williams

WILLIAMS, LOUIS O’NEAL, 1923 – 1981, s Samuel M. & Oweda A. James Williams, w Lillian Irene Corn, c Bonnie Lynn Bardell, Samuel

WILLIAMS, OWEDA A., 11.3.1888 – 7.7.1942, d William & Nancy Watson James, h Samuel M. Williams

WILLIAMS, ROMES W., 9.25.1911 – 6.29.1968, s Samuel M. & Oweda James Williams, w Lorena M., WWII

WILLIAMS, SAMUEL M., 2.20.1882 – 1.7.1936, w Oweda A. James

ZARAGUS, RUTH, 9.30.1888 – 7.12.1937 (beside Mattie McDonald)

?, ELSIE, (very small grave & marker at the foot of Dotson beside post)

The above list is partially based upon information contained in the out-of-print book Cemeteries In Robertson County, Texas by Verna Corn Floyd and Vernelle Corn, copyright 1980, D. Armstrong Co., Inc., Printers/Publishers, Houston, Texas.  Updates, additions, and corrections have been made as a result of extensive cemetery and family history research and the invaluable assistance of relatives of people buried in this cemetery.