Dixon Cemetery
Shelby County, Texas
Transcribed by Jim and Jan Barrett
Jim Barrett
October 17, 1999
Last Updated 05/10/2013

Dixon Cemetery is located near the south end of FM 1970 south of US 84. From the intersection of US 59 South and US 84 West on the south side of Timpson, go west on US 84 for 1.8 miles to the second intersection with FM 1970. Turn left (south) on FM 1970. Go 2.1 miles to the end of FM 1970. Turn to your left on County Road 4759 (Please note that there is not a County Road sign at the intersection at this time. There is a small sign for Dixon in the weeds). Follow this road, taking the right hand fork, 0.5 miles. Turn right onto a private road. Follow the private road 0.2 miles to the cemetery. GPS location N 31 degrees 53.506 minutes W94 degrees 27.976 minutes

Rows are indicated, but remember rows are in the eye of the beholder. Recording was started at the front right corner, going from right to left and front to back.

Notes:

1. There are two markers for Emily Bearden, one is a combined stone with her husband. Her date of death is not the same on the two stones.

2. The date of death for Vida Bonita Francis is before her date of birth.

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Row 1
Jodie O. Cooper Osa C. Cooper	May 6, 1872 Dec. 20, 1895	Dec. 27, 1976 June 1, 1956
R. W. Culbertson	Sept. 13, 1848	Mar. 4, 1922
R. H. Culbertson	Oct. 1838	Jan. 1917
Nancy Morris	Oct. 1844	July 1928
R. T. Morris	---	Aug. 1933
W. W. Culbertson	Jan. 1841	Sept. 1914
Eloise Cleveland	Aug. 1834	Nov. 1915
Samuel G. Culbertson	Sept. 8, 1836	Dec. 14, 1916	Crescent Regt. LA Inf. C.S.A.
Baby Payne		1907
G. W. Pace		Circa 1865
R. J. Harris	Dec. 27, 1849	Dec. 1, 1920
Sarah F. Harris	Apr. 25, 1854	Apr. 18, 1929
John W. Harris	Jan. 1, 1883	Dec. 14, 1940
Ella Harris	Sept. 4, 1886	Apr. 6, 1974
Row 2
Buster Brown Anna B. Brown	May 26, 1907 Oct. 28, 1908	Dec. 1, 1987 Jan. 23, 1993
Kenneth Paul Brown	Jan. 17, 1934	Dec. 22, 1936	Son of Mr. & Mrs. Buster Brown
Annie Mae Holder Brown Thomas Edgar Brown, Sr.	May 10, 1893 Mar. 14, 1899	Aug. 12, 1959 Dec. 2, 1971	Fitz
Elizabeth “Ma” Holder	1865	1939
John “Pa” Holder	1861	1936
Charles Truit	Dec. 29, 1887	Sept. 16, 1890
Paxton
Thos R. Dixon	Aug. 11, 1860	Feb. 4, 1901
L. R. Payne	May 19, 1868	June 3, 1910
R. W. Beal	Oct. 1906	Dec. 1906
Baby Beal	Oct. 1912	Feb. 1913
Grady Beal	1904	Feb. 1917
E. E. Beal Rhoda Harris Beal	Mar. 10, 1882 Feb. 10, 1881	Feb. 2, 1943 Dec. 25, 1956
Row 3
Nellie M. Harris	July 19, 1890	Oct. 8, 1971
Webster Harris	July 27, 1888	Oct. 24, 1953
George Harris	Jan. 23, 1886	Aug. 19, 1948
Ed Richard Harris	Oct. 27, 1920	Sept. 2, 1967
Eddie A. Harris	Nov. 14, 1898	Mar. 1, 1980
Edgar Harris Willie Mae Harris	Sept. 2, 1893 June 4, 1901	May 29, 1968 Mar. 24, 1999
Benford M. Harris	Jan 26, 1924	Feb. 10, 1982	SSGT US Air Force WW II, Korea, Vietnam
Hanford Morris Harris	June 17, 1922	July 10, 2003
T. M. Sapp	Apr. 15, 1849	Mar. 20, 1890
Calvin Sapp
Jeny Sapp	---	1893
Celeste Sapp	---	1887
Dizena Sapp	---	1899
Herschel Patterson	---	---
Sudie Askins	Jan. 27, 1871	Jan. 22, 1903	Wife of C. B. Askins
C. B. Askins	---	1914
Cecil Stokes	1916	1986
Row 4
Donald Paul Harris	May 23, 1948	Nov 2, 2011
Lovis C. Harris Marion Harris	Sept 27, 1913 Mar 16, 1921	Jan 29, 2005 May 15, 2001	Married Feb. 6, 1942
Garland Nathaniel Britton Bertie Mae Harris Britton	Sept. 2, 1916 Apr. 12, 1920	Apr. 13, 1983
Kimsey Patterson	---	1891
Mary Patterson	---	1894
Jenny Patterson	---	1890
Betty Bates	---	1896
Richard Jowell	---	1860
J. W. Jowell	---	1879
Elizabeth F. Dixon	Feb. 1822	1900
John R. Dixon	Dec. 1827	1900
Nancy L. Askins	Apr. 16, 1822	Dec. 27, 1897	Wife of J. W. Askins
J. W. Askins	July 4, 1817	Aug. 1, 1902
Ethel A. Stokes Ellis V. Stokes	Feb. 5, 1892 Jan. 21, 1893	Mar. 22, 1973 May 3, 1974
Carl D. Stokes	1931	1970
Alton Raymond Stokes	Feb. 7, 1918	Dec. 4, 2001
Row 5
Steavrin	---	---
Locke	---	---
Sarah J. Askins	Dec. 8, 1840	Jan. 7, 1904	Wife of W. G. Askins
Wm. Green Askins	Oct. 30, 1843	Sept. 18, 1901
G. T. Stovall	Dec. 21, 1829	Nov. 30, 1914
Luke Barnabas Askins	Aug. 6, 1912	Jan. 1, 1946	Texas Tec 5 53 Sig Bn
Jimmie B. Askins Lele E. Askins	Feb. 1, 1866 Aug. 14, 1872	Mar. 30, 1949 Dec. 2, 1946
Row 6
Sindy Sapp	---	---
T. A. Harris	Feb. 13, 1872	Oct. 15, 1943
Mrs. T. A. Harris	July 17, 1874	Nov. 18, 1960	Hattie
Susan T. Harris	Nov. 12, 1847	? 14, 1881
Infant Son	May 2, 1910	May 2, 1910	Son of W. H. & Ruth Askins
Fairy Jane Askins	Jan. 2, 1905	Jan. 17, 1910	Dau. Of W. H. & Ruth Askins
Charles Edward Askins	Apr. 6, 1907	Oct. 25, 1910	Son of W. H. & Ruth Askins
Infant Son	Aug. 22, 1902	Aug. 22, 1902	Son of W. H. & Ruth Askins
Wm. Henry Askins	June 24, 1880	May 22, 1914
Ruthie Craig Askins Bass	Apr. 11, 1884	June 13, 1975
Row 7
Letihia Connell	Aug. 6, 1879	June 20, 1913	Mother
Linnia Lee Connell	Oct. 23, 1905	Sept. 25, 1913	Daughter
H. A. Milstead	---	---
Pollyann Wilson	1808	1877
Mary Clarice Bates	Sept. 30, 1901	Sept. 5, 1922	Dau. Of G. W. & Mrs. Mary Bates
Mary F. Bates	Mar. 10, 1869	Mar. 20, 1910	Wife of Geo. W. Bates
Geo. W. Bates	Nov. 3, 1864	Oct. 13, 1910
Row 8
Wanda Sue Hoover	1935	1997
Robert Hoover	Dec 20, 1934	July 24, 2010
Herbert C. Womack Ella Avis Womack	May 31, 1905 Oct. 13, 1906	Aug. 5, 1996 July 21, 1990	Married Feb. 4, 1933
Vadis H. Hoover Ethel Hoover	Jan. 1, 1902 Aug. 2, 1902	Mar. 3, 1982 Sept. 22, 1991	Married Mar. 31, 1931
Nettie Askins
C. S. Askins
Mollie W. Askins	Sept. 28, 1866	Dec. 12, 1896	Wife of C. S. Askins
Willie B. Askins	Nov. 23, 1896	June 10, 1902	Dau. Of C. S. & M. W. Askins
Mary A. Richards	Nov. 5, 1839	Oct. 17, 1914
K. H. Richards	Jan. 15, 1839	May 12, 1897
Jim Richards	1879	1949
Joe Richards	1873	1954
Bill Richards	Jan. 16, 1903	Apr. 14, 1963
Gladys F. Richards	Dec. 21, 1908	Aug. 29, 1981
Louisa Parry	---	1906
William A. Parry	Sept. 13, 1843	July 6, 1885
Baby Parry	---	---
Baby Parry	---	---
Dan Brown
Robert B. Brown, Sr.	---	---	Father of J. M. Brown
Bobby Brown	---	---	Son of J. M. & Sarah Dixon Brown – about 10 years of age
John M. Brown	1860	1917
Morgan Brown	---	1921
Sarah M. Brown	1864	1936
Lorena Jane Corder Brown John Allen Brown	Feb. 2, 1901 May 17, 1888	May 6, 1988 Apr. 29, 1967
John A. Brown	May 17, 1888	Apr. 29, 1967	Pvt. Co. E. 419 Telegraph Bn WW I
Warren Corder Brown	June 14, 1925	Aug 8, 2011
Marilou Smith
Row 9
Lillian D. Brown Silas W. Brown	Jan. 25, 1908 Jan. 22, 1904	May 28, 1981 July 11, 1986
Row 10
Emily Bearden	Nov. 7, 1848	Dec. 25, 1903
Doris Mae Bearden	Feb. 15, 1941	Feb. 1, 1942
William W. Bearden	Nov. 17, 1881	Jan. 1, 1902	Son of J. P. & E. Bearden
J. P. Bearden Emily Bearden	Nov. 11, 1842 Nov. 7, 1848	Dec. 18, 1931 Dec. 25, 1902
Bearden
William H. Hayes	July 16, 1853	Apr. 13, 1886
Laura A. Hayes	Dec. 10, 1878	Sept. 7, 1885
Mrs. C. L. Payne		1902
Row 11
William Bryan Francis	Dec. 3, 1896	Jan. 31, 1988	Sgt US Army WW I
W. B. Francis	Dec. 3, 1896	Jan. 31, 1988
Nellie Jane Francis	Feb. 14, 1874	Nov. 21, 1918
Vida Bonita Francis	July 22, 1907	Jan. 17, 1907
Mrs. Bettie Vaughan		Feb. 15, 1903 Age 60 years	Wife of G. L. Vaughan
Bell Johnson	Mar. 17, 1872	Mar. 10, 1903
Hicks
Hicks
Nancy Teal		Jan. 16, 1894
Dora Teal
James R. Teal	June 4, 1851	1904
R. E. G. Jackson
E. Jackson	May 15, 1848	Nov. 23, 1901
Kent Askins
Joanne Askins Mulligan	Nov. 22, 1928	July 11, 1983
Joseph Michael Askins	Sept. 3, 1934	Oct. 22, 1995
Joseph Michael Askins	Sept. 3, 1934	Oct. 22, 1995	SP3 US Army
Row 12
Bonnie Cogburn	1944	1991
Lester Eugene Thacker, Jr.	June 8, 1971	Apr. 10, 1988	"Bubba"
Baby Parry