BENNETT CEMETERY

Bennett Cemetery is reached by taking State Highway 94 north from Groveton, Texas, for twelve miles.  The cemetery sign is located about two miles past Centerville School.  Turn left and follow the unpaved road about one-quarter mile up a small hill to one of the largest cemeteries in the county.

Georgia native, Mycajah Y. Bennett arrived in Texas with his family by 1850 when he is listed in the census for Rusk County. According to family tradition, he and others were clearing trees from this hill when he remarked that upon his death he would like to be buried here under a particular large tree. When he died in 1856, they honored his request. As other family members and friends died, they were buried near him in what came to be known as Pleasant Hill Cemetery. His is the first known burial, although local history dates the cemetery to 1843 prior to the Bennett’s’ ownership of the property. The burial ground was later renamed Bennett Cemetery, and Mycajah’s son Richmond Oliver Bennett reportedly donated the land for use as a burial ground for the agricultural community of Crecy. Records indicate a Baptist church was at one time located adjacent to the burial ground. A cemetery association was formed in 1902 and continues to maintain the cemetery, which has more than 1500 graves including those of military veterans and pioneer area settlers.

You may contact the cemetery association through Trinity County Historical Commission Museum at P.O. Box 123, Groveton, TX 75845.

Because of the large file size of this cemetery, it has been split into five separate web pages.

This page has last names A through D

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The list compiled by the Bennett Cemetery Association in 2003 and Updated by the Trinity County Historical Commission 10 Apr 2009/pc

Surname	Given Name	Birth date	Death date	Comments
ADAMS	E. R., Mrs.	Oct 11, 1831	Apr 28, 1911
ADAMS	J. I.	Mar 26 1831	Aug 01, 1906
ADAMS	John E.	Jul 19, 1867	Nov 28, 1943
ADAMS	John I.	1865	1949
ADAMS	Lectra C.	1869	1913
ADAMS	Lee V.	Jan 6, 1919	Dec 16, 1947	TX Tech SGT USAF WWII
ADAMS	Mattie Octave	Aug 30, 1893	Jan 6, 1896	Dau/ J.E. & N.C. Adams
ADAMS	Nancy C.	Mar 23, 1867
ADAMS	Walter W.	May 18, 1900	Jan 22, 1936
AILLS	Deborah Kay	Sept 26, 1960	Jan 28, 2007
AINSWORTH	Bewell Taylor	Aug 9, 1892	Aug 13, 1892	Son/ W. J. & Jane Ainsworth
AINSWORTH	Jane	Oct 15, 1862	Oct 18, 1936
AINSWORTH	John Preston	Feb 1899	Jan 14, 1953	‘Johnny Bill’
AKINS	Flo Stewart	Jan 8, 1920	Oct 7, 1969
ALEXANDER	Alma A.	Dec 12, 1877	Feb 14, 1934
ALEXANDER	Floyd T.	Aug 7, 1870	Feb 12, 1943
ALEXANDER	Joe	1909	1978
ALEXANDER	Joseph	Jan 02, 1829	Feb 18, 1880
ALEXANDER	Lella Jones	Jun 02, 1910	Jun 01, 1999
ALEXANDER	Martin Lewis	Apr 27, 1939	Jun 1, 2003	‘Cotton’
ALEXANDER	Mary Ann	May 26, 1941	May 26, 1941
ALEXANDER	Mary M.	Dec 10, 1844	Aug 16, 1938
ALEXANDER	Mary S.	1914
AMMONS	Lora Jean	Feb 18, 1931		Eastern Star
AMMONS	Pearl Willema	Feb 5, 1932	Aug 12, 2004
AMMONS	Walter Lee	Jun 17, 1927	Feb 7, 1987	Mason
ANDERSON	Gary Thomas	Mar 12 1962	Sep 24, 1996
ANTLEY	Charles Neal	May 08, 1954	Jun 22, 2006	“Charlie”
ANTLEY	Curtis James	Nov 30, 1913	Jan 09, 2006
ANTLEY	Dehlia Bee	Sep 9, 1931	Sep 10, 1936
ANTLEY	Hugh Vernon	Jan 1, 1902	Dec 14, 1987	Wed Jan 8, 1927 Lena Wright
ANTLEY	Lena Mary	Apr 6, 1904	May 29, 1996	Wed Jan 8,1927 Hugh Vernon Antley
ARCHER	Amy Lynn	Jan 31, 1971	Mar 04, 2004	Amy Lynn Newberry
ARCHER	Jace McKenzie	May 09, 1997	Mar 04, 2004
ARCHER	Jackson Alexander	Oct 20, 1993	Mar 04, 2004
ARCHER	Wiley Andrew	Oct 21 1894	Dec 11, 1988	US Army WWI
ARNOLD	Cecil E.	Sep 21, 1925
ARNOLD	Floyd	Jan 4, 1899	Nov 22, 1932
ARNOLD	Mildred C.	Nov 12, 1920	Oct 27, 1998
ARNOLD	Norman G.	Jun 12, 1921	Jan 14, 1987	TEC 5 US Army WWII
ARNOLD	Virginia Ingram	Jul 10, 1922	Feb 06, 2002
ASHBY	Eunice Fitzgerald	Jun 29, 1914	Mar 31, 2007
ASHBY	Wilson H.	Nov 12, 1915	Dec 3, 1998
ASHLEY	Helen	Feb 17, 1942	Mar 28, 1986
AUSTIN	Alton A.	Apr 16, 1912	Feb 16, 1982	Wed Oct 9, 1837 Helen Milligan
AUSTIN	Della F.	1880	1958
AUSTIN	Helen Milligan	Feb 19, 1918	Apr 2, 2002	Wed Oct 9, 1837 Alton A. Austin
AUSTIN	Kim Neron	Jul 24, 1951	Jul 25, 1951	Son/ Mr & Mrs A. A. Austin
AUSTIN	Noon A.	1870	1966
AUSTIN	William ‘Bill’	Jun 1, 1906	Oct 27, 1982
BAGLEY	Francis G.	1876	1946	‘Frank’
BAGWELL	Lennie V. Bennett	Apr 24, 1924
BAGWELL	Norman A.	Dec 25, 1914	Aug 23, 1987	‘Bud’
BAILEY	Albert Buford	Feb 01, 1928	Jan 22, 2007
BAILEY	Ina M.	Aug 26, 1908	Oct 20, 1999
BAILEY	James Edward	Dec 31, 1929	Dec 20, 2003	U. S. Army Korea
BAILEY	Lorraine M.	Mar 03, 1933	NDD
BAILEY	Rex B., Jr.	Oct 13, 1973	Apr 12, 1975
BAILEY	William H.	Aug 24, 1897	Sep 6, 1984
BAKER	Carla	Mar 21, 1962	Aug 12, 1997	‘Conner’
BAKER	Catherin V.	1887	1957
BAKER	Delores	Feb 10, 1929	Jun 10, 1934
BAKER	Lindsey J.	1875	1955
BALDERAS	Oleta	1933	1969
BAREFIELD	Lewis			Co. C 45 MISS Inf. CSA
BARFIELD	Charles H.	Jun 22, 1890	Dec 10, 1968
BARFIELD	Charley H.	Feb 1, 1866	Apr 28, 1949
BARFIELD	Jinnie V.	Jun 11, 1871	Mar 23, 1954
BARFIELD	John Alfred	1923	1990	PFC US Army WWII
BARFIELD	Mary Z.	Jun 10, 1873	Jul 17, 1947
BARFIELD	Minnie B.	Aug 20, 1897	Sep 02, 1976
BARFIELD	S.R.	Aug 7, 1827	May 31, 1894
BARNES	Bessie	Oct 29, 1898	Nov 23, 1972
BARRON	Moranda O.	Dec 28, 1860	Feb 7, 1876
BARRON	Viathal	Oct 27, 1829	Aug 20, 1885	Wife/ Sam Barron; broken tomb
BARTON	Garrett A.	1883	1961
BARTON	George C.	Apr 14, 1882	Oct 5, 1909
BARTON	George Geary	May 21, 1909	Jul 26, 2006
BARTON	Infant	Aug 24, 1905	Aug 24, 1905	Son/ G.C. & M.H. Barton
BARTON	Isaac L. C.	Dec 16, 1865	Jun 2, 1952
BARTON	Mollie H. Due	Jun 13, 1883	Apr 18, 1960
BARTON	Myrtle E.	1896	1981
BARTON	Willie Rose	Feb 20, 1870	May 8, 1948
BAZAR	David E.	Apr 27, 1926	Mar 23, 1995	Wed 03 Jun 1950 LaVerne C. Clark; TSGT USAF Korea
BAZAR	Ernest H.	Sep 12, 1914	Jun 15, 1964
BAZAR	Hal John	Oct 12, 1909	Oct 16, 1986	Wed 26 Sep 1940 Mildred White
BAZAR	Infant	Jan 3, 1937	Jan 3, 1937	Dau/ Ernest & Reba Bazar
BAZAR	LaVerne C.	May 23, 1927		Wed 03 Jun 1950 David E. Bazar
BAZAR	Mildred White	Sep 30, 1921		Wed Hal John Bazar 26 Sep 1940
BAZAR	Reba L.	Nov 17, 1914	May 22, 2001
BEAN	Henry	1892	1945
BEAN	William Henry Sr.	1859	1916
BEAUBOUEF	Helen Gibson	Apr 03, 1919	Sep 07, 2000
BECKHAM	Jerrie Sue Holcombe Eden	Jul 10, 1938		Wed 23 Dec 1972 Marcus Beckham
BECKHAM	Marcus McDonald	Oct 16, 1935	Oct 5, 1999	Wed 23 Dec 1972 Jerrie Sue Holcombe
BEECHER	Barbara McCormick	Jul 11, 1939	Mar 18, 2008
BEECHER	Belle Grace Ann	Sep 1, 2000	Sep 1, 2000
BENNETT	Alice I.	Nov 2, 1856	Jan 7, 1941	Wife/ J. P. Bennett
BENNETT	Bess P.	Feb 13, 1911	Oct 20, 1997
BENNETT	Carl Richmond, Jr.	Jun 3, 1966	Jun 4, 1966
BENNETT	Carl Richmond, Sr.	Jan 24, 1947
BENNETT	Eugene Victor	May 14, 1919	Apr 12, 1983	Tec 5 US Army WWII
BENNETT	Infant	Jul 9, 1902	Sep 8, 1902	Dau/ M. Y. & L. A. Bennett
BENNETT	Infant	1901	1901	Dau/ Steve C. & Nan W. Bennett
BENNETT	Infant	Feb 4, 1929	Feb 4, 1929	Son/ Floyd & Lula Bennett
BENNETT	Infant	Apr 28, 1915	Apr 28, 1915	Dau/ Floyd & Lula Bennett
BENNETT	Infant	Mar 4, 1923	Mar 4, 1923	Dau/ Floyd & Lula Bennett
BENNETT	Jap Alton	Jun 06, 1927	Jan 04, 2004
BENNETT	J. P.	Mar 15, 1852	Feb 19, 1908
BENNETT	J. W.	Feb 8, 1920	Dec 17, 1989	Wed 26 Jul 1939 Myrtle Mangum
BENNETT	John P.	Jan 1, 1880	Aug 15, 1957
BENNETT	John Richmond	Jan 20, 1914	Oct 23, 1984
BENNETT	Lee L.	Jul 21, 1908	Feb 19, 1994
BENNETT	Little Jewell	Dec 25, 1893	Sep 16, 1895	Dau/ M.Y. & L.A. Bennett
BENNETT	Little Peet	1888	1889	Son/ J.P. & A.T. Bennett
BENNETT	Lou Ella DeLaFosse	Jul 26, 1878	Oct 17, 1967
BENNETT	Lula A.	Feb 2, 1885	May 17, 1966
BENNETT	Lula Due	Oct 18, 1891	Aug 7, 1973
BENNETT	Mabel Turner	Dec 3, 1918	Sep 17, 1990
BENNETT	Mary	1807	1861	‘Cotton’; Wife/ Mycajah Bennett
BENNETT	Minnie Mae	Apr 7, 1913	Aug 8, 1917
BENNETT	Mycajah	1807	1856	First to be buried at Bennett
BENNETT	Myrtle M.	May 29, 1920	Oct 11, 2008	Wed 26 Jul 1939 J. W. Bennett
BENNETT	Nan W. & Infant	1878	1901	Wife & daughter of Steve C.
BENNETT	Orren, Ed	Oct 9, 1930	Jan 23, 1997
BENNETT	Patricia Ann	Aug 11, 1967	Jan 1, 1969
BENNETT	Patricia Mae	May 3, 1948
BENNETT	Patsy Juanita	Nov 23, 1952	Nov 23, 1952
BENNETT	Richmond 0liver	Mar 11, 1836	Jan 15, 1895	Corp Co. M. 1 Tex. Inf. CSA
BENNETT	Richmond Floyd	Feb 20, 1884	Jul 31, 1969	In God we trust
BENNETT	Sarah Jane	Apr 19, 1837	Oct 20, 1931	Wife/ Richmond O. Bennett
BENNETT	Steve C.	Oct 23, 1876	Nov 6, 1954
BERRY	Carl Burleson	May 4, 1913	Dec 8, 1939
BERRY	Corrie Mae	May 10,1903	May 01,1979
BERRY	Ida Kee	May 31,1914	Jul 11, 1985	Wife/ Carl Berry, Gene Byron McCalmont, Ferris A. Crawford
BEST	Allie	Feb 23, 1881	Jul 15, 1960
BEST	Amie Lee	1912	1958
BEST	Clifton	Nov 23, 1910	Aug 27, 1963
BEST	Edgar	Feb 15, 1909	Feb 1, 1973
BEST	G.A.	Mar 16, 1881	May 27, 1945
BEST	Lena Lee	Oct 19, 1919	Apr 17, 2006	Together forever
BEST	Linda	Oct 02, 1956		Our three precious years
BEST	Lloyd N.	Jan 30, 1933	Sep 08, 2002	Wed 14 Apr 1962
BEST	Lonnie B.	1905	1986
BEST	Marie B.	Mar 16, 1938		Wed 14 Apr 1962
BEST	Mike	Sep 19, 1955	Dec 31, 1975	Our three precious years
BETTIS	Mary Elizabeth	Mar 1,1886	Aug 11, 1962
BETTIS	Robert Wade	Jul 10, 1884	Jul 21, 1946
BISCAMP	Della H. Moore	Apr 22, 1914	Oct 20, 1998	Wed 31 Aug 1931 Walt Moore
BITTICK	Albert Garland	Sep 15, 1938	Feb 13, 2004	PFC US Army
BITTICK	Maudell Smalley	Feb 24, 1942
BIXLER	Bertie	Mar 07, 1934
BIXLER	David	May 10, 1944
BLAIR	Ceneth	1864	1937
BLAIR	John McDaniel, Dr.	1855	1924
BLAIR	John McDaniel	Aug 21, 1895	Nov 2, 1918	Son/ Dr. J.M.D & Nancy Jane. Died in France WWI
BLAIR	Monroe	1867	1937
BLAIR	Nancy Due	1860	1932
BOX	Alma T.	Aug 22, 1876
BOX	Bridie M.	Feb 28, 1907	Jun 8, 1987
BOX	Buford E.	Nov 28, 1899	Oct 14, 1901	Son/ J.R. & A.T. Box
BOX	James Ray	1927	1929
BOX	John R.	Jun 22, 1873	Jan 22, 1921
BOX	William Marvin	Jan 8, 1897	Feb 17, 1965
BOYD	Joyce Jeanette	Aug 18, 1927	Oct 9, 2000
BRADFORD	Angelia	Sep 21, 1951	Sep 21, 1951	Infant Dau/ Mr. & Mrs. Brent
BROWN	Albert Baker	Nov 14, 1926	Nov 5, 1995
BROWN	Dustin G.	Dec 14, 1973	Apr 4, 1996
BROWN	Lois Syble Holcombe	Mar 02, 1925	Jun 28, 2007
BROWN	Lorene Martin	Sep 9, 1920	Feb 5, 2002
BRUCE	James Arthur	Jul 23, 1944	May 6, 2001
BRUCE	Wanda Jean Smith)	Dec 03, 1951
BUGG	Eva Moore	Jan 26, 1907	Dec 12, 1986	Wed 21 Sep 1930 John Porter Bugg
BUGG	John Porter	Apr 8, 1904	Jun 07, 1994	Wed 21 Sep 1930 Eva Moore
BURGESS	James Orville	Dec 17,1903	Apr 18, 1972
BURGESS	Levia Collin	Jun 24, 1885	Mar 31, 1968
BURGESS	Mildred Walton	Mar 27, 1910	Dec 30, 1990
BURKETT	Eunice B.	Sep 29, 1903	Nov 29, 1990
BURKETT	Thomas S.	Dec 20, 1896	Jun 29, 1969
BURKHALTER	Ellen A.	Mar 25, 1844	Feb 22, 1929
BURKS	Carrie	1881	1957
BURKS	Libbie B.	Jun 8, 1901	Aug 4, 1975
BURKS	Mollie L.	Aug 17, 1904	Nov 16, 1981
BURKS	William F.	1877	1955
BURNETT	Samantha Elizabeth	Oct 3, 1908	Apr 18, 1986	Samantha Elizabeth Due Burnett
BURRIS	Carl	1961	1981
BURROWS	Ed Law	May 10, 1919	Jul 24, 2008	Wed 03 Aug 1940 Bernice Mericle
BURTON	Carolyn	Oct 13, 1935	Oct 02, 2007
CAMPBELL	Bertie Mae	Oct 11, 1911	Jun 30, 2001
CAMPBELL	Eugene	Nov 21, 1916	Feb 13, 1981	TEC 4 US Army WWII
CAMPBELL	Melinda Gail	Sep 8, 1956	Nov 29, 1990
CAMPBELL	Minnie	May 14, 1923
CAPLES	Cleo Richards	Dec 5, 1919	Aug 26, 1992
CAPLES	Ollie M. & Baby	Oct 10, 1909	Sep 17, 1950
CARAWAY	Robbie Jeanette	Sep 15, 1926	Jan 21, 1974	Robbie Jeanette Tullos Caraway
CARMICHAEL	Alyce Belle	Jan 19, 1930		Wed 01 Mar 1948 Tilden S. Carmichael, Jr.
CARMICHAEL	Maude D.	Feb 10, 1890	Sep 11, 1972
CARMICHAEL	Tilden S.	Nov 17, 1898	Dec 27, 1934
CARMICHAEL	Tilden Sayers, Jr.	Jun 04, 1927		Wed 01 Mar 1948
CARPER	John L.	Mar 3 1927	Jan 18, 2000	PFC US Army WWII Korea
CARPER	Lula Tullos	Mar 23, 1921	Nov 03, 2004
CARTER	Audrey Williams	Feb 16, 1934	Feb 21, 2002	Dau/ Nora Due Williams
CARTER	Charles Edward	Nov 21, 1951	May 16, 1998	Sfc US Army
CARTER	Nancy Steel	Sep 24, 1870	Feb 4, 1960
CARUTHERS	Maude Due	Apr 25, 1897	Dec 27, 1975
CASEY	Mary			Unmarked
CATHEY	Elouise	Apr 18, 1941	Jan 30, 1997
CATHEY	Glen Carlton	Sep 03, 1928	Jun 08, 2004	Cpl. US Army Korea
CATHEY	Jenice L.	Mar 17, 1933
CATHEY	Jerry Edward	Feb 23, 1899	Oct 24, 1978
CATHEY	Myrtie Estell	Oct 13, 1908	Jun 19, 2004
CATHEY	Robbie	Apr 2, 1939	Apr 2, 1939
CHANDLER	Amanda	Jun 11, 1831	May 19, 1913
CHANDLER	Clara	Dec 29, 1898	Nov 28, 1964	Wed 18 Aug 1926
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