| Rather Cemetery |
Transcribed by Leonard Irish & Ray Jackson, August 29, 1999
Take Highway 87 South from Center, Texas, through Shelbyville to the community of Hurstown. Just before you reach F.M. Road 139 you will see the Cemetery sign on the left side of the road. The Cemetery is located about 0.2 mile off the road. The cemetery is divided into two sections one for the white community and one for the black community.
This page contains Letter A through H, for others click below:
| Infant ?? | 1896 | 1896 | - |
| Anna L. Adams | 03-03-1881 | 06-24-1959 | - |
| Billy Louise Adams | 11-06-1932 | 03-15-1933 | Dau. of Uron & Dollie Adams |
| Clarence R. Adams, Sr. | 09-05-1903 | 12-30-1985 | - |
| Clifton B. Adams | 12-06-1914 | 09-17-1948 | Husband of Zelma Adams, Son of Joe & Jennie Adams |
| Dollie Belle Adams | 10-25-1915 | 01-11-1974 | - |
| Ethel M. Adams | 03-25-1907 | 06-01-1996 | - |
| Jennie Adams | 03-04-1886 | 09-25-1962 | - |
| Joe Adams | 03-08-1886 | 04-10-1972 | - |
| Joe Adams, Jr. | 09-07-1917 | 03-16-1937 | - |
| Mary Helen Adams | 09-12-1923 | 06-21-2003 | - |
| Ollie Mae Adams | 04-03-1906 | 07-29-1965 | - |
| Uron Adams | 06-10-1911 | 03-06-1977 | - |
| A. B. Alford | 10-12-1889 | 02-17-1970 | - |
| B. A. Alford | 03-04-1852 | 05-06-1909 | - |
| Cora Alford | 11-23-1888 | - | - |
| John I. Alford | 02-18-1881 | 02-26-1960 | - |
| Lawrence Alford | 03-11-1879 | 10-18-1963 | - |
| Lee Ella Alford | 04-09-1883 | 03-20-1972 | - |
| Maggie Alford | 04-08-1881 | 02-24-1951 | - |
| Mary Alford | 09-29-1855 | 11-25-1916 | - |
| Sybil Alford | 10-25-1909 | 08-02-2000 | - |
| Dellar J. Anderson | 07-25-1842 | 05-12-1881 | - |
| Dollie B. Anderson | 1930 | 1935 | - |
| Felix A. Anderson | 09-12-1809 | 09-16-1866 | - |
| Henry H. Anderson | 11-27-1845 | 11-09-1860 | - |
| J. P. Anderson | 04-17-1868 | 08-05-1916 | Husband of R.A. Anderson |
| Mary E. Anderson | 1848 | 1861 | - |
| R. A. Anderson | 12-19-1865 | 02-15-1922 | Wife of J.P. Anderson |
| Susan G. Anderson | 01-29-1811 | 07-06-1887 | Wife of F.A.E. Anderson |
| Fannie Armstreet | 12-04-1861 | 12-21-1946 | - |
| Kate Barbee | 03-10-1846 | 12-22-1929 | Wife of J. P. Lout |
| Charlcie Barton | 06-04-1913 | 07-27-1917 | Dau. of H.C. & J.I. Barton |
| Elizabeth O. Barton | 10-10-1856 | 05-08-1908 | - |
| Leon Barton | 05-14-1905 | 09-20-1986 | - |
| Magdalene Barton | 05-19-1915 | 06-10-1937 | - |
| Pirl Barton | 05-29-1905 | 08-04-1906 | Dau. of H.C. & J.I. Barton |
| Aubrey L. Beck | 03-07-1907 | - | - |
| Cassie Eugenia Beck | 03-14-1882 | 09-27-1888 | - |
| Edgar Beck | 01-14-1893 | 08-15-1894 | Son of H. & L.J. Beck |
| Ellen G. Beck | 01-04-1909 | 12-25-1995 | - |
| Foye Wallace Alford Beck | 04-17-1899 | 01-28-1978 | Wife of Harzell Oswalt Beck |
| Hartzell Oswalt Beck | 07-26-1898 | 01-28-1981 | Husb of Foye Wallace Alford Beck |
| Hugh Beck | 1867 | 1934 | - |
| J. B. Beck | 02-??-1841 | 06-01-1912 | 1st Sgt., Co. A, 25 Ala. Inf., C.S.A. From Shelby County In Civil War |
| John T. Beck | 1882 | 1963 | - |
| Lucy Beck | 1872 | 1921 | - |
| Sallie A. Beck | 06-10-1849 | 11-10-1894 | - |
| Thomas Beck | 10-09-1850 | 05-23-1937 | - |
| Willie J. Beck | 02-27-1880 | 04-16-1918 | - |
| Mrs. Zelotus Beck | 08-31-1852 | 04-05-1940 | - |
| Argie Beck Bennett | 01-18-1883 | 10-07-1974 | - |
| Era Mae Biggers | - | - | - |
| Hubert E. Biggers | 1910 | 1954 | - |
| Audrey B. Blackmon | 08-27-1911 | 04-14-2001 | - |
| Jack W. Blackmon | 02-14-1904 | 06-06-1976 | - |
| Arvel Blankenship | 11-21-1926 | 03-26-1933 | - |
| Anna C. Boles | 03-10-1848 | 12-13-1914 | - |
| C. C. Boles | 11-17-1879 | 03-21-1901 | - |
| Infant Boles | 01-23-1907 | 02-03-1907 | Son of Mr. & Mrs. E.P. Boles |
| Infant Boles | 1883 | 1883 | Inf. of Mr. & Mrs. E.P. Boles |
| Infant Boles | 1882 | 1882 | Inf. of Mr. & Mrs. E.P. Boles |
| J. L. Boles | 1863 | 1867 | Dau. of J. & A.C. Boles |
| J. W. Boles | 09-13-1874 | 04-29-1913 | - |
| Joe Boles | 1832 | 04-23-1909 | - |
| Robert Boles | 1886 | 1886 | Son of J. & A.C. Boles |
| Willie P. Boles | 04-18-1871 | 04-27-1943 | - |
| Octavia Boozer | 12-18-1887 | 02-16-1933 | - |
| William W. Boozer | 04-29-1871 | 08-19-1954 | - |
| Dorothy Davis Bowles | 08-15-1921 | 05-08-2013 | Wife of Vance Davis & Wesley Bowles |
| Ivey Lowery Bowlin | 1892 | 1916 | - |
| Era Jo Bridwell | 08-26-1923 | 05-27-1996 | - |
| Roy Birdwell | 09-25-1921 | 04-10-1955 | - |
| Sarah Goodwyn Brown | 02-03-1919 | 11-01-2003 | - |
| Ervin Truitt Buck | 1920 | 1940 | - |
| Charles R. Cannon | 03-09-1922 | 03-20-1968 | Texas Tech 4. 757 Engr Topo Bn, WW II |
| Jack Cannon | 11-12-1915 | 03-18-2010 | Hus. of Odell Cannon |
| Lela Brittain Cannon | 1892 | - | - |
| Martha L. Cannon | 04-19-1923 | 11-23-1991 | - |
| Morris S. Cannon | 09-18-1919 | 09-1975 | - |
| Olivia N. Cannon | 08-03-1890 | 05-23-1940 | - |
| Rosa Odell Cannon | 05-10-1918 | 08-19-2017 | Wife of Jack Cannon |
| V. Rozelle Cannon Harris | 07-20-1926 | 10-22-2009 | Wife of Charles Harris |
| Vessie C. Cannon | 1890 | 1969 | - |
| Willie G. Cannon | 02-19-1889 | 03-10-1977 | - |
| G. H. Caraway | 11-19-1859 | 02-25-1886 | - |
| George Howell Caraway | 1893 | 1894 | Son of R.W. & A.E. Caraway |
| Ivy Caraway | 1886 | 1888 | Son of R.W. & Addie Caraway |
| Katie S. Caraway | 11-01-1869 | 08-19-1887 | - |
| Lennie Caraway | 07-02-1872 | 09-05-1878 | - |
| Sexton Caraway | 11-09-1867 | 08-10-1869 | - |
| Bobby Neal Carter | 01-30-1941 | 03-16-2002 | - |
| Lucy Lout Carter | 12-01-1900 | 03-09-1973 | - |
| Angela Goodwyn Chamberlain | 04-07-1963 | 07-19-2004 | - |
| Adelle Chambers | 06-15-1922 | 04-01-1988 | - |
| Hugh Chambers | 06-10-1921 | 10-13-1965 | - |
| Daniel Allen Chance | 09-21-1862 | 02-05-1914 | - |
| Nancy Chance | 12-31-1872 | 02-25-1908 | - |
| Clementine Clark | 01-21-1915 | 10-23-1916 | - |
| Mattie Clark | 02-20-1876 | 10-07-1945 | - |
| William R. Clark | 07-29-1858 | 06-19-1934 | - |
| J. Howell Cobb | 1874 | 1949 | - |
| Susan J. Cobb | 1848 | 1934 | - |
| Elizabeth F. Crawford | 11-25-1833 | 08-03-1873 | - |
| Felix Crawford | 1867 | 1869 | Son of ?? & E.I. Crawford |
| Joseph M. Crawford | 07-04-1927 | 08-27-1888 | Information supplied by Pat Williams |
| Lillie F. Crawford | 12-24-1892 | 05-20-1955 | - |
| Margaret Jane Crawford | - | - | - |
| Bena Creech | 1883 | 1939 | - |
| Lynda Sue Curtis | 03-27-1949 | 09-24-2017 | wife of Doug Curtis |
| Asa Thomas Davis | 04-18-1836-TN | 12-13-1913 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| Barron B. Davis | 11-07-1920 | 02-28-1945 | Pfc., 2nd Armd Inf., 41 Armd Div., WW II |
| Betty Davis | 06-16-1842 | 04-24-1915 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| Bonnie Davis | 06-21-1940 | 03-21-1971 | - |
| Bruce Cicero Davis | 11-??-1844 | 02-07-1921 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| Carrie F. Davis | 01-05-1900 | 09-25-1981 | - |
| Dorothy Davis | 1921 | - | - |
Early E. Davis |
04-14-1919 | 10-12-1944 | Texas Pfc., 351 Inf., 88 Inf. Div., WW II |
| Lonnie B. Davis | 10-22-1894 | 03-13-1996 | - |
| Thomas J. Davis | 09-26-1877 | 12-13-1946 | Texas CPL, 31 Co, Coast Arty |
| Vance Davis | 1909 | 1969 | - |
| Barbara Ann Eppes Dean | 06-21-1939 | 09-05-2023 | Wife of Bob Dean |
| Bob Dean | 10-03-1934 | 09-29-2015 | Hus. of Barbara Eppes Dean |
| Adell Dinkins | 12-10-1912 | 11-08-1920 | - |
| Della M. Dinkins | 1884 | 1969 | - |
| Earl Dinkins | 08-11-1915 | 10-14-2002 | Husb. of Edith Dinkins |
| Edith Dinkins | 10-21-1917 | 12-02-1989 | - |
| Harold Dinkins | 04-03-1907 | 05-15-1987 | - |
| James M. Dinkins | 08-02-1834 | 01-01-1921 | Mississippi Pvt., Co. c 18 Regt, Miss Inf., C.S.A. |
| Sidney James Dinkins | 10-10-1910 | 11-12-1937 | - |
| Wright C. Dinkins | 1871 | 1953 | - |
| A. W. Doggett | 06-03-1846 | 05-03-1898 | - |
| Abner T. Doggett | 04-15-1881 | 03-26-1956 | - |
| Alonzo A. Doggett | 01-29-1886 | 08-02-1952 | Texas Wagoner 85 Inf., WW I |
| Augustus S. Doggett | 11-??-1846 Ga | 09-06-1911 | From Shelby County Civil War |
| B. J. Doggett | 07-14-1886 | 1902 | - |
| Bernice Doggett | 03-07-1905 | 11-06-1976 | - |
| Bertha Mae Doggett | 1881 | 1954 | - |
| Billy Ray Doggett | 12-18-1930 | 12-05-2015 | Hus. of Yvonne Doggett |
| C. R. Doggett | 12-19-1872 | 03-28-1919 | Husb. of Zula Doggett |
| Eugene A. Doggett | 01-19-1874 | 10-05-1914 | - |
| Florence Doggett | 10-09-1846 | 12-23-1916 | Wife of A.W. Doggett |
| Franklin Ray Doggett | 10-27-1965 | 02-01-2024 | - |
| Gary S. Doggett | 12-24-1904 | 04-08-1972 | - |
| Inf. Dau. Doggett | 04-08-1946 | 04-08-1946 | Dau. of E. J. & Marvine Doggett |
| Infant Doggett | - | - | Son of C.R. & Z.L. Doggett |
| Jewel Doggett | 06-18-1900 | 05-22-1904 | Son of Felix & Laura Doggett |
| Laura Doggett | 03-04-1875 | 10-10-1907 | - |
| Mary R. Doggett | 07-06-1892 | 03-11-1946 | - |
| Myrtie Doggett | 10-15-1877 | 11-03-1887 | - |
| Prentiss S. Doggett | 11-16-1918 | - | - |
| Scotty Ray Doggett | 11-13-1991 | 04-19-2010 | - |
| Yvonne Doggett | 03-06-1937 | 02-29-2012 | Wife of Billy Ray Doggett |
| Zula Doggett | 01-29-1875 | 08-20-1947 | Wife of C.R. Doggett |
| Carrie E. Eddins | 11-02-1883 | 09-24-1943 | |
| George F. Eddins | 10-07-1874 | - | |
| Inf. Son of Mr. & Mrs. H. B. Eddins | 05-21-1937 | 05-21-1937 | - |
| John H. Eddins | 12-28-1879 | 02-27-1960 | - |
| Mattie F. Eddins | 12-29-1889 | 07-30-1975 | - |
| Bohehi Ellington | 1868 | 1869 | - |
| John T. Ellington | 04-16-1870 | 07-15-1872 | - |
| Mattie Neva Ellington | 08-16-1812 | 12-28-1876 | Dau. of W.D. & S.A. Ellington |
| Silas English | 05-15-1847 | 07-03-1908 | - |
| Leo Eppes | 05-04-1905 | 06-13-1971 | - |
| Lillie Mae Eppes | 11-25-1906 | 12-16-1968 | - |
| Everlace Errington | 03-12-1876 | 05-03-1910 | - |
| Karen Errington | 12-14-1905 | 10-19-1907 | - |
| Melvin Edwin Errington | 12-31-1901 | 01-11-1902 | - |
| Nancy A. Errington | 01-29-1841 | 08-11-1924 | Wife of A.B. Errington |
| Dollie Ervin | 02-04-1892 | 07-31-1969 | - |
| Ezele Ervin | 06-09-1913 | 08-06-1914 | Son of H.C. & D.O. Ervin |
| Henry C. Ervin | 03-13-1891 | 11-02-1963 | - |
| Ruby Ervin | 07-27-1915 | 11-10-1917 | - |
| Anthony "Andy" Flournoy | 11-09-1958 | 01-06-2020 | - |
| Bobby Flournoy | 01-23-1872 | 05-12-1993 | - |
| Danny Flournoy | 03-12-1933 | 04-22-2014 | Hus. of Ozelle Flournoy |
| Danny Flournoy | 10-22-1967 | 06-28-2008 | Hus. of Misty Flournoy |
| Joyce Lynn Oates Flournoy | 01-16-1943 | 05-21-2022 | Wife of Guy Flournoy |
| Kristi Flournoy | 07-19-1973 | 03-14-1993 | - |
| Ozelle Causey Flournoy | 09-30-1938 | 10-31-2003 | Wife of Danny Flournoy |
| Tammy Jane Flournoy | 11-13-1968 | 02-07-2000 | Wife of Danny Ray Flounoy |
| Bernice Luman Ford | 03-29-1930 | 06-09-2016 | - |
| Jana Fulgham | 04-05-1916 | 02-01-2013 | - |
| Freeda Curtis Gandy | 04-08-1947 | 12-01-2010 | Wife of Sterling Curtis, Jr. |
| Fleeta S. Gay | 06-15-1907 | 06-13-1977 | - |
| George L. Gay | 08-14-1898 | 10-01-1987 | - |
| Mary Gay | 01-25-1946 | 09-03-2008 | Wife of Ruben Gay |
| Cecil Leon Goings | 02-13-1937 | 05-25-2023 | U.S. Marine |
| Eula B. Goings | 09-12-1909 | 11-23-2004 | Wife of L. F. Goings |
| L. F. "Tince" Goings | 01-21-1909 | 04-07-1976 | Husb of Eula B. Goings |
| Corene Golden | 10-26-1907 | 04-28-1937 | - |
| Zelma L. Golden | 04-13-1913 | 12-22-1882 | - |
| James W. Goodson | 03-05-1903 | 06-13-1975 | Pvt., U.S. Army, WW II |
| Neva Goodson | 02-20-1911 | 12-13-1969 | - |
| Infant Babe of Mr. & Mrs. B.V. Goodwin | 12-19-1915 | 01-12-1916 | - |
| Bailey A. Goodwin | 06-23-1873 | 01-02-1907 | Wife of Robert Goodwin |
| Beady Goodwin | 04-22-1895 | 10-22-1918 | Husband of Addie Goodwin |
| Ethel Goodwin | 12-29-1893 | - | - |
| Frank Goodwin | 03-27-1889 | 03-21-1944 | - |
| R. F. Goodwin | 01-06-1862 | 04-18-1925 | - |
| Victor Goodwin | 1863 | 1918 | - |
| A. G. Goodwyn | 12-23-1898 | - | - |
| Bualah Goodwyn | 09-29-1899 | 06-15-1922 | - |
| Infant Son of E.T. & E. Goodwyn | 03-22-1922 | 03-22-1922 | - |
| Ell Goodwyn | 01-26-1905 | - | - |
| Henry C. Goodwyn | 06-24-1903 | 08-25-1972 | - |
| J. B. Goodwyn | 05-18-1874 | 09-04-1926 | |
| John B. Goodwyn | 11-25-1911 | 05-23-1982 | Sgt., U.S. Army, Co. A 220th Armored Eng Batt |
| Juanita D. Goodwyn | 07-05-1918 | 12-24-2004 | - |
| Martha Zeleon Stotts Goodwyn | 09-16-1925 | 10-09-2007 | Wife of Ray E. Goodwyn |
| Mike A. Goodwyn | 01-17-1922 | 08-11-1980 | T.Sgt, U.S. Army, WW II |
| Nora Goodwyn | 03-09-1884 | 01-25-1958 | |
| Ray Edwin Goodwyn | 09-01-1924 | 05-15-1999 | - |
| Sarah E. Goodwyn | 09-10-1844 | 04-23-1926 | - |
| Virgie Goodwyn | 11-23-1900 | 05-28-1980 | - |
| Cecile Grace | 02-21-1911 | - | - |
| Cora Faye Grace | 11-14-1937 | 03-09-1940 | - |
| Harper E. Grace | 10-17-1907 | - | - |
| Clarence E. Gray | 11-02-1903 | 02-08-1988 | - |
| Helen Blackmon Gray | 05-15-1941 | 09-11-2016 | Wife of Roland "Buddy" Gray |
| James R. Gray | 02-03-1963 | 04-07-1984 | - |
| Virgie M. Gray | 09-19-1909 | 02-15-2002 | - |
| Inf. Thomas Everett Gray | 01-20-1945 | 02-03-1945 | - |
| Our Baby of Mr. & Mrs. G.T. Grubbs | 10-11-1921 | 10-11-1921 | - |
| Sefrona Wright Grubbs | 1884 | 1922 | |
| Carrie M. Gryder | 10-20-1861 | 02-05-1926 | - |
| John F. Gryder | 02-26-1855 | 06-01-1939 | - |
| Robert C. Gryder | 07-14-1885 | 01-06-1929 | - |
| Avis Maurine Guilliams | 10-22-1918 | 07-06-1945 | - |
| George Gulliams | - | 01-24-1929 | Texas Pvt., ICL 344 Field Arty, 90 Div. |
| George L. Guilliams | 1895 | 1929 | - |
| James Maldon Guilliams | - | - | - |
| John Earl Guilliams | - | - | - |
| Leta C. Gulliams | 08-05-1967 | 09-01-1968 | - |
| Neva M. Guilliams | 1895 | - | - |
| Mary Gullick | 1820 | 1860 | - |
| Solomon Gullick | 1816 | 1867 | - |
| Minnie Haire | 04-06-1885 | 03-22-1955 | - |
| Ruth Haire | 10-07-1908 | 05-10-2007 | - |
| Wiley Haire | 07-04-1884 | 10-04-1939 | - |
| Alfred A. Halbert | 05-23-1858 | 10-20-1902 | - |
| Obie Halbert | 11-04-1882 | 12-12-1903 | - |
| Ashley Hall | 07-17-1983 | 05-20-2005 | - |
| Sadie Ray Doggett Halstrom | 01-16-1927 | 01-23-1983 | - |
| Alala F. Harris | 10-23-1892 | 10-18-1894 | - |
| Charles Harris | 09-16-1927 | 11-23-2014 | Hus. of Rozelle Harris |
| Raymond Harris | 11-16-1897 | 06-21-1901 | - |
| Betty J. Reeves Heintschel | 07-14-1940 | 07-07-1994 | Married 08-12-1957 |
| William Glen Heintschel | 07-19-1938 | - | Married 08-12-1957 |
| Frances Joyce Helpinstill | 08-08-1922 | 05-19-2003 | Wife of Max Helpinstill |
| John B. Helpinstill | 1918 | 1941 | - |
| Velma V. Helpinstill | 1887 | 1964 | - |
| W. Sam Helpinstill | 1888 | 1938 | - |
| Jimmy Dale Henderson | 01-15-1951 | 10-15-1965 | - |
| John Arthur Henderson | 09-17-1884 | 01-04-1965 | - |
| John N. Henderson | 05-09-1931 | 05-24-1969 | - |
| Luther A. Henderson | 07-07-1926 | - | - |
| Willie Bertie Henderson | 04-01-1893 | 08-01-1948 | - |
| Addie Hitt | 06-09-1892 | 09-17-1969 | - |
| Walter Hitt | 08-15-1885 | 02-15-1941 | - |
| Anna Whitten Hodges | 1882 | 1916 | - |
| Mat Hodges | 1871 | 1933 | - |
| Shane Hooker | 06-18-1966 | 03-01-2023 | - |
| A. W. Holt | 05-16-1869 | 03-26-1936 | - |
| Elizatbeth Holt | 08-17-1887 | 11-15-1891 | Dau. of S.F. & R.A. Holt |
| Julia Ann Holt | 08-21-1875 | 03-18-1961 | - |
| Luther Elmo Holt | 09-20-1908 | 08-10-1987 | Pvt., U.S. Army, WW. II |
| M. J. Holt | 07-12-1846 | 05-13-1886 | Son of S.F. & R.A. Holt |
| Otho Hearne Holt | 07-07-1906 | 02-14-1968 | - |
| Reeves Holt | 10-13-1903 | 12-17-1947 | - |
| Rhonda Ann Holt | 06-08-1821 | 10-17-1911 | - |
| J. S. Huntington | 02-12-1856 | 11-04-1918 | Husband of Mary Huntington |
| Mrs. J. S. Huntington | 07-22-1869 | 12-02-1931 | |
| Dr. Julious Huntington | 1818 | 1901 | - |
| Mrs. Eula Hurst | 01-03-1895 | 08-31-1954 | - |
| Dr. J. S. Hurst | 03-26-1876 | 02-13-1908 | - |
| Ludie Hurst | 04-1857 | 08-1929 | - |
| Zack Reeves Hurst | 02-10-1888 | 11-02-1974 | - |