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A

Albrecht, Richard
July 29, 2010
Anthony, Ben
May 12, 1976
Asher, Inez Thompson
July 01, 1984
Ashworth, Wesley
July 01, 1984

B

Baker, Bobby R.
January 31, 2007
Baker, Marvin
July 11, 1985
Ballenger, Dewey
June 20, 1984
Ballenger, Dewey
July 06, 1984
Beale, Arthur C. “Pat”
February 17, 1985
Beck, Gene
Beidleman, Beula
November 09, 1982
Birdwell, Dorothy
Boatwright, Celia Ann Sippio
June 02, 2000
Booker, John
Booker, John O. Jr.
June 20, 2011
Booker, John O. Jr.
September 23, 2014
Breazeale, Nannie
July 23, 1999
Breazeale, Nannie
March 23, 2000
Brown, Reggie
October 09, 2006
Bullock, Margaret Rogers
August 19, 1985
Burke, Ward
October 23, 1985
Burkhalter, Beatrice
May 25, 1982
Burkhalter, Beatrice
February 04, 1984
Burkhalter, Beatrice
December 10, 1986
Burkhalter, Beatrice
December 01, 1987
Burkhalter, Vernon
December 31, 1985
Burkhalter, Vernon
November 12, 1987
Burley, Willie Mae
October 09, 2006
Bush, E. H. Jr. “Buddy”
January 11, 2000
Bush, E.H. Sr.
July 05, 1984
Byrd, Margie Lee Lacy
September 27, 2005

C

Cade, Harold
June 25, 2010
Callager, Emma Jones
June 01, 2002
Campbell, Gary
July 25, 1984
Capps, Billie Jean
May 10, 2010
Capps, Jewel
July 11, 1985
Capps, Marshall
February 03, 2010
Capps, Shannon
Carr, Earl
December 12, 1986
Carrington, Charles
October 09, 2006
Carrington, Ellis Sr.
July 15, 2002
Carrington, Ellis Sr.
October 09, 2006
Carswell, Martha
January 10, 2011
Caton, W.T. Carter
August 30, 1976
Chandler, Annie
September 10, 1984
Chandler, O’Hara
September 08, 1984
Chandler, O’Hara
June 18, 1999
Chandler, O’Hara
August 17, 1999
Chandler, Rhoda Faye
September 07, 1982
Chandler, Rhoda Faye
August 08, 1985
Chapman, June Taylor
February 18, 2014
Chimney, Lacy
October 09, 2006
Christian, Mary Jane
September 29, 1985
Christian, Mary Jane
September 29, 1987
Clement, Dr. J.C.
June 12, 1985
Coleman, Howard
September 19, 1999
Coleman, Sam Sr.
August 09, 2010
Cook, Dixie
March 31, 2011
Cooke, Stacy
February 01, 2010
Corder, Rose Frazier
November 30, 2010
Cornick, Ilene
May 15, 2009
Courtney, Ollie Mae
February 13, 2003
Craft, Oleta
January 01, 1987
Crager, Harold
November 30, 1987
Cryer, George
February 18, 2014
Currie, Ruth
November 30, 1987

D

Daniel, Howard
August 03, 2011
Daniel, J. Shirley
February 15, 1985
Darden, Helen
May 13, 2011
Davis, Marie
September 13, 1993
Davis, Marie
May 09, 1995
Davis, Marjorie Pickle
July 18, 1984
Davis, Norman
February 24, 2017
Davis, Tuey McCarty
August 01, 2006
Deason, Joe
October 26, 2012
Denman, Beth
March 05, 1986
Denman, Joe C. Jr.
Denman, Joe C. Jr.
October 24, 1985
Denman, Joe C. Jr.
June 02, 2000
Devereaux, Dred D.
December 01, 1954
Devereaux, Frank
February 09, 2012
Devereaux, Jack
October 05, 2011
Diboll, C.C
January 01, 1984
Dixon, Goldman
September 14, 2017
Dixon, Johnnie
June 15, 2010
Dolben, David
September 22, 2015
Donovan, Richard
April 08, 2009
Donovan, Richard
August 02, 2017
Dover, Carroll
August 16, 2000
Dover, James
January 01, 1978
Dunlap, Jim
July 22, 1985
Durham, Bruce
October 28, 2010

E

Eddington, Estelle
July 11, 1985
Edwards, Elodie Miles
June 12, 1990

F

Faircloth, Rayford
July 19, 2011
Farley, Eddie
December 01, 1954
Farrington, Fannie
December 01, 1954
Foster, Charles
August 16, 2000
Franks, Opal
July 09, 1985
Frederick, Josephine Rutland
October 13, 1984
Fred, Paul
August 01, 1984
Fuller, Jim
October 13, 1984
Fuller, Marion
October 13, 1984
Furgurson, Bessie
October 28, 2010

G

Gambrell, Johnny Jr.
June 26, 2010
Gartman, Jerry
June 10, 2010
Gibson, Johnny Oliver
January 01, 1985
Glass, Mrs. A.B.
October 21, 1982
Goins, Ruby Smith
May 05, 2010
Gossett, Laymon
March 26, 1985
Gossett, Laymon
February 01, 1988
Graham, Pauline
November 30, 1986
Grumbles, Lillian
November 01, 1987
Grum, Clifford
July 29, 2013

H

Hamrick, Joe
March 19, 2015
Hamrick, Joe
May 16, 2015
Harber, Charlie
May 04, 2000
Harber, Charlie
May 26, 2000
Harber, Charlie
October 13, 2000
Harber, Charlie
March 27, 2002
Hardy, Wilhelmenia Frazier
November 30, 2010
Harrell, Margie
October 17, 2008
Harris, Amos
May 22, 1985
Harris, Lyndal
March 16, 2010
Harrison, Don
August 16, 2000
Havard, Charles A
June 28, 2012
Havard, Pearl Weaver
August 08, 1985
Havard, Pearl Weaver
September 09, 2008
Havard, Wynn
May 30, 2012
Hemphill, Carrie
January 01, 1983
Henderson, Carolyn
June 01, 1999
Henderson, I.D.
October 09, 2006
Hendrick, Annie
June 11, 1985
Hendrick, Joe Bob
June 11, 1985
Hendrick, Oneta Conner
July 12, 1985
Henley, Gordon
October 22, 2009
Hensarling, Ken
July 27, 2017
Henson, James Kay
May 01, 1991
Holberg, Jeff
January 01, 1978
Hollingsworth, Jack
January 04, 2001
Holt, Robert Ken
November 19, 2009
Holt, Vivian
January 01, 1988
Hook, Ray
June 30, 1988
Hunt, Sellestine
July 11, 2007

I

Ingram, Mary
April 23, 2010
Ivy, Roscoe
February 07, 2012

J

Jackson, Lula Mae
January 08, 1986
Jackson, Professor Will
January 01, 1973
Jackson, Professor Will
January 01, 1986
Jeffero, Algianon
October 10, 2009
Jircik, Clayton
November 13, 2014
Johnson, J.D.
Jones, Maurice
August 20, 2010
Jones, Minnie
May 15, 2010
Jordan, Ervelia Holcomb
December 10, 1985
Joshua, Clay
February 22, 2011
Joshua, James
February 22, 2011
Joshua, Laverne
August 04, 2011
Joshua, Thomas
February 22, 2011
Junge, Billy
May 22, 2000

K

Kenley, Dave
December 01, 1954
Kenley, Edd
October 05, 2000
Kenley, Sidney
January 01, 1984
Kennedy, Bettie
September 12, 2001
Kennedy, Bettie
October 01, 2001
Kennedy, Bettie
February 11, 2002
Kennedy, Bettie
August 28, 2007
King, Queen Esther Taylor
August 11, 2010
Knutson, Spencer
September 14, 1999
Kuykendall, R. L.
April 09, 2013

L

Laing, Frank
December 01, 1954
Landers, Louis Jr.
January 05, 2010
Lavell, Blair
February 08, 2002
Lawrence, Dr. Wayne
November 29, 2016
Lenderman, Barley
August 10, 2011
Lewis, Yvonne
Ligon, Henry
April 08, 1988
Ligon, Jim
November 06, 2009
Ligon, Leamon
September 14, 2017
Ligon, Lee
September 28, 1999
Ligon, Lee
November 08, 2000
Ligon, Pat Allen
September 28, 1999
Ligon, Pat Allen
November 08, 2000
Lilly, Rosie
September 26, 1988
Lindsey, Bill
December 30, 1985
Lowery, Elvin “Buddy”
July 23, 2015
Lymbery, Don
August 26, 2010

M

Malanders, Jessie
November 18, 1987
Malanders, Joe
November 12, 1987
Malone, Vena
May 21, 1982
Mann, Roy P.
November 17, 1987
Mark, Cleveland
September 04, 2014
Mark, Cleveland
September 14, 2017
Mark, Lottie
September 18, 2002
Marshall, H.L. “Red”
February 27, 2009
Martindale, John
January 23, 2013
Martin, Murphy
May 06, 2000
Massey, Mamie Warner
March 24, 1986
Massey, Willie
April 22, 1986
Mathews, Jewel Stovall
October 05, 1993
Maxwell, Harold
October 08, 1985
McCarty, Violet
December 07, 1986
McCurry, Bob
January 01, 1973
McGaughey, Gary
January 03, 1986
McGlothlin, C.E
January 01, 1973
McGlothlin, Ruth
December 10, 1986
McGlothlin, Ruth
November 11, 1987
Meadows, Gaston
March 11, 2005
Miller, Alan
October 19, 2007
Minton, Jewel
December 09, 1987
Minton, Jewel
October 07, 1988
Mitchell, Lewis
June 21, 2010
Modisett, Cary
May 30, 2012
Monk, John
February 26, 2009
Morehead, Jackie Oliver
January 01, 1985
Mosely, Arverta Frazier
November 30, 2010

N

Nash, Cora
November 05, 1982
Nelson, Floyd
December 10, 1986
Nelson, H. Edwin
August 04, 1999
Nelson, Kenneth
August 17, 1985
Nelson, Kenneth
September 27, 1985
Nelson, Kenneth
November 30, 1987
Neyland, Sonny
February 15, 2011
Norman, Jack
September 16, 2013

O

Oaks, Bill
October 05, 1978
Ordaz, Rebecca
August 16, 1985

P

Parker, Jesse
December 01, 1954
Paulsey, Ray
September 15, 2009
Pavlic, Carl
July 02, 2010
Payne, Herschel
January 04, 2001
Peters, Wilk
September 28, 1984
Phillips, Dr. Larry
August 07, 2015
Pickett, C.A. “Neal”
December 11, 1982
Pickett, C.A. “Neal”
February 04, 1984
Pickett, C.A. “Neal”
January 23, 1986
Platt, Sterling
December 10, 1986
Poland, Ruth
July 10, 1985
Porter, James
August 10, 2010
Pouland, John Ralph
August 29, 2014
Powell, Anna Lee
August 15, 1985
Powell, Sherod
August 15, 1985
Powers, John
December 02, 2015
Purdy, Cecil
July 01, 1970
Purdy, Cecil
October 05, 1984

R

Ramirez, Rosa Miranda
May 04, 1994
Ramsey, Robert Sr.
March 12, 1985
Ramsey, Robert Sr.
July 10, 1985
Ramsey, Robert Sr.
July 14, 2004
Rector, Louise
October 25, 1984
Reinhardt, Cloyce
June 24, 2011
Reynolds, Lynn
April 23, 2013
Reynolds, Stephen H.
January 26, 2016
Rhodes, Dr. Odis
January 01, 2001
Rhodes, Dr. Odis
January 10, 2001
Rhodes, Dr. Odis
June 12, 2006
Rhodes, Dr. Odis
October 09, 2006
Rhone, James
April 24, 1986
Rhone, James
July 20, 2010
Riggs, Carol
September 25, 2015
Riggs, Jim
November 06, 2014
Roach, Robert
July 29, 1999
Robbins, Donald
June 07, 1985
Rogers, Dana Copes
August 19, 1985
Roth, Fenner
February 04, 1984
Roth, Fenner
July 04, 1984
Roth, Fenner
September 08, 1984
Rowe, Jack
November 02, 1983
Ruby, Joe
Ruby, Joe
September 13, 2012
Ruby, Milford
May 12, 2010
Ruby, Nelda
December 10, 1986
Rushing, Jim
January 13, 1986
Rushing, Myrtle
March 15, 1986

S

Samuel, Rueben “Jellie”
February 05, 2001
Samuel, Rueben “Jellie”
February 14, 2005
Scarborough, Jess
June 19, 2013
Schinke, Julia Ashford
August 01, 1980
Scurlock, Lassie
January 31, 1987
Sheffield, Jack
June 29, 2017
Shepherd, Marjorie
October 22, 1993
Shepherd, Mark
October 28, 2010
Shrader, Greg
April 02, 2015
Silvers, Joe
November 12, 2008
Simmons, James
February 22, 2011
Simmons, Lela
June 02, 2000
Simms, James
September 11, 2013
Smart, Donna
February 22, 2008
Smart, Pete
February 22, 2008
Smart, Pete
January 25, 2011
Smith, Carey
September 28, 1982
Smith, Carey
March 26, 1985
Smith, Carey
April 01, 1988
Smith, Gary Mike
August 16, 2000
Smith, Gary Mike
October 13, 2010
Smith, Joy Mae
June 02, 2010
Smith, L.D.
February 13, 1986
Smith, L.D.
December 08, 1986
Smith, Lorine Rodgers
May 15, 2010
Stanley, Darryl
October 15, 2014
Stern, Walter
May 03, 2001
Stovall, J.W.
May 08, 1985
Stringer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
March 01, 1973
Strong, Rev. Elizine
May 05, 2009
Stubblefield, Horace
Sullivan, Ennis
September 06, 1997
Sweeny, Jack C.
April 24, 2012
Sweeny, Jack C.
May 01, 2012
Sweeny, Jack C.
June 06, 2012
Sweeny, Lucille Cook
July 24, 1993
Swilley, Naomi Conner
March 08, 1988

T

Taylor, Elaine
October 12, 1993
Taylor, Franklin
October 12, 1993
Teal, Leonard Jr.
May 20, 2010
Temple, Arthur Jr.
Temple, Arthur Jr.
May 08, 1985
Temple, Arthur Jr.
July 11, 1985
Temple, Arthur Jr.
October 04, 1986
Temple, Arthur Jr.
January 13, 1988
Temple, Arthur Jr.
June 02, 2000
Temple, Gresham
August 16, 1985
Temple, John William “Bill” Sr.
July 27, 2001
Temple, Latane
June 19, 1985
Temple, Latane
July 14, 1985
Temple, Latane
December 01, 1985
Temple, Lottie
January 01, 1986
Temple, Marie
October 27, 1985
Terry, Odessa Sanders
May 20, 2001
Thompson, Clyde
December 01, 1954
Thompson, Clyde
January 01, 1977
Thompson, Clyde
January 14, 1984
Thompson, Clyde
October 25, 1984
Thompson, Ossie
September 08, 1978
Toran, Gloria Massey
November 25, 2009
Turner, Harold
September 09, 1982
Turner, Hazel
November 04, 1982

V

Vansau, Rivie
February 20, 1986
Vaughn, Aden
June 19, 1985
Vaughn, Flava
June 19, 1985

W

Walker, David
July 26, 2011
Walker, Howard
June 18, 1986
Wallace, Odyesa
February 09, 1985
Waltman, Icie Courtney
March 25, 1986
Wampler, Barbara
Ward, Bill
July 26, 1993
Warner, Douglas
February 28, 1985
Warner, Jack
November 22, 2015
Warner, Lucille
February 14, 1985
Warner, Vivian and Pate
April 24, 1985
Warner, Vivian and Pate
June 07, 1994
Warren, Horace
January 03, 1986
Waters, Evelyn
December 10, 1986
Watts, Morgan L.
June 21, 2005
Webber, W. Temple Jr.
April 12, 2011
Weber, A.R.
April 01, 1985
Weber, A.R.
April 10, 1985
Weber, Benjamin
May 21, 2012
Weeks, Franklin
Weeks, Franklin
December 07, 2000
Weeks, Geneva Ryan (Mrs. C.E.)
January 01, 1976
Weeks, Herbert
February 04, 1984
Weeks, Herbert
September 08, 1984
Weeks, Lela
Weeks, Mrs. Charles Jr.
September 02, 1982
Weeks, Robert
August 11, 1954
Weeks, Robert
November 01, 1954
Weimer, Maureen
December 29, 1985
Welch, Claude Sr.
January 05, 1983
Wells, Vina
June 28, 1984
Wells, Vina
October 25, 1984
White, John
July 16, 1999
Wier, Don
April 25, 2007
Wilkerson, Burlon
May 11, 2010
Wilkerson, Dewitt
October 23, 1985
Williams, Ardiny Lee
March 08, 1986
Williams, Ardiny Lee
November 15, 1987
Winfrey, David
Wissler, Jake
December 18, 1982
Wolf, Dewey
December 31, 1978
Woods, Sadie Estes
July 18, 1984
Wright, Gussie Stovall
August 28, 1984
Wyatt, Joe
November 30, 2010