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Rosser Black Cemetery
Also known as Rosser Memorial Cemetery
Kaufman Co., Texas
Rosser, Texas
Enumerated by L Q Myles & K K Hunt, April 7, 1999
 
Name Born Died Genealogical Note
Margie Louise Anderson Feb 19, 1926 Mar 30, 1965 -
Author Ash Feb 16, 1926 Jul 23, 1977 -
Byron Beasley 1984 1985 -
Earnest James Beasley 1983 1983 "Infant"
James Beasley Sr Jan 2, 1908 Oct 4, 1982 "Love Always ~ Sons & Daughters"
Monroe Branch Jun 19, 1929 Oct 22, 1977 U S Army
Roxanna Brantley Apr 15, 1877 May 30, 1966  
Thurman Brown Feb 8, 1921 Apr 6, 1979 "In Loving Memory"
Mary Louise Bufford Aug 23, 1924 Sep 15, 1982 "Our Mother" "God's greatest Gift, Returned to God"
"23rd Psalm -The Lord is my Shephard"
Ken Eric Burley May 6, 1973 Oct 26, 1980 -
Linda Carol Burley 1952 1982 Age 30 years
Jesse Calhoun Jun 12, 1908 May 12, 1979 "Father"
"In Loving Memory"
Ruth Calhoun - Died Jan 12, 1979 -
Mary Sims F Clark Feb 28, 1890 Jul 24, 1968 -
Leonard Coleman Oct 1, 1902 Jul 23, 1979 -
Lula Mae Cox 1915 1986 -
William Y Cox 1887 1967  
Nannie Crowder Dec 25, 1911 Apr 2, 1989 "Rest in Peace"
Hager Tate Davis May 15, 1876 Dec 11, 1983 "In Loving Memory"
John A Franklin 1880 1972 -
Johnson T Gibbons Sep 13, 1899 Sep 30, 1984 -
Lawrence Ray Gibbons Sep 16, 1953 Nov 9, 1985 "Loving Son"
"In Loving Memory"
Marion Gibbons Sr May 13, 1908 May 26, 1966 "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Onto The Hills"
Mattie L Gibbons Nov 10, 1883 Feb 14, 1968 "In Loving Memory"
Lorene Haynes Feb 14, 1914 Aug 6, 1981 -
Peavlie B Henry Aug 3, 1910 Jun 6, 1964 -
Charlie Lee Hill Oct 12, 1901 Jan 8, 1974 -
Mrs. Willie Johnson - Died Nov 1, 1978 Age 75 Yrs
Intha Jones 1914 1972 -
Johnny V Jones May 20, 1925 Oct 13, 1976

"Mother" "In Loving Memory" "William & Edna"
Julia Jones Mar 5, 1894 Jan 10, 1974 -
John Jordan 1927 1986 Temp marker
Lynn Kelley Apr 3, 1889 Jun 25, 1984 "Father"

Homer McKinney

 1984 1986 -

James McKinney

 1909 1969 "The Lord is my Shephard"
Mrs.Odessa McNeal Nov 25, 1922 Sep 5, 1972 "Safely Past the Storms of Life"

Allen Lewis

 Jul 16, 1907 Jun 29, 1979 -
Allen Lewis Jr - May 9, 1971 -
Beatrice Lewis Jan 15, 1935 Oct 2, 1976 -
Eva K Lewis Dec 18, 1907 Jan 25 1969 -
Willie Mae Lewis Oct 20, 1958 Nov 25, 1957 Mar 10, 1969
Ida Bell Mason Jan 9, 1903 Apr 5, 1974 -
Betty Myles Jun 26, 1944 Feb 14, 1972 -
Dorothy Myles Dec 5, 1948 Nov 15, 1990 "In God's Care"
"Beloved Wife, Mother and Granny"
Sam Earl Myles III Nov 27, 1947 Dec 31, 1988 U S Army
Lucille M Noble - Died Jul 25 1979 Temp marker
Will Palmer Jun 2, 1889 Mar 16, 1990 "Beloved Uncle"
Luella Pruett Nov 27 1894 Mar 13, 1986 "Our Mother"
Thomas Lee Rogers 1937 1983 U S Army
Clemmie Lee Russell Dec 27, 1930 Mar 19, 1987 U S Army - Korea
Ruby J Session Oct 18, 1933 Aug 20, 1976 -
Al Aiata Ahg Iban Shala 7:30 (star) Aug 29, 1980 (moon) 9:45 "Beloved Son"
"Al-Ceiestran-ala-allah"
Al Ahg Al Shala Aug 2, 1952 Apr 18, 1984 "Beloved Husband & Friend"
"May he Forever Rest in Peace - Sallam, Babe"
Lofalah Shala - Died Jun 8, 1982 "Salaam"
"Beloved Daughter of A L & A G Shala -
May she Forever Rest in Peace"
Robert L Stewart 1914 1986 U S Army - WWII
Clint Strawn May 16, 1895 Jul 1, 1970 U S Army - WWI
Maisy Dawkins Strawn May 13, 1925 Mar 12, 1978 "What we Keep in Memory is Ours Unchanged Forever"
Marshall F Strawn May 25, 1924 Oct 1, 1977 U S Army - WWII
Vernell Strawn Mar 27, 1926 Apr 29, 1973 U S Army - WWII
Fred Whiteside Mar 24, 1924 Feb 5, 1974 U S Navy
William F Whiteside 1922 1979 U S Army - WWII
Nora L Wright - Died Jan 2, 1976 Age 66 Yrs

Unidentified Graves:

There are 37 graves marked with metal unreadable temp F H Markers, 3 marked with railroad ties, 6 marked with metal stakes, 9 marked with bricks & cinder blocks,  13 marked with artificial flowers & old funeral sprays, 8 marked with vases & flower pots, 1 marked with a doll's carriage and 1 marked with a gray marble footstone with the initials "E L S".
Rosser Black Cemetery