Covey Chapel Cemetery
GPS Coords: 28.6572619, -99.3280785
It's located about 9 miles west of Dilley on Texas Highway 85, across from St. Mary's Chapel.
This survey was taken on December 27, 1997, by Tom Graham and includes 76 marker listings. Efforts were made to assure the accuracy of this listing but I could have made errors in reading of stones and in transcribing the information to the web page. If you see any errors in this listing, please contact me.
This cemetery was named for Dr. John Van Epps Covey, who built a church at this location before 1900. The Rev. Covey also served as pastor of the Cotulla Baptist Church 1890-92 and 1894-96. He died in Cotulla January 13, 1898.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett, Horace H. Sr | 22 Apr 1893 | 23 Dec 1983 | |
| Barrett, Rosa Litchfield | 29 Jan 1896 | 22 Sep 1943 | |
| Birkner, Laura A. | 1896 | 1925 | |
| Bohannan, John L. | 1854 | 1947 | Married to Nancy Elmina |
| Bohannan, Nancy Elmina | 1864 | 1938 | Married to John L. |
| Burks, Lucy Jacobs | 3 Jan 1891 | 10 Mar 1971 | |
| Chandler, Kelly Rose | 17 Apr 1982 | 1 Jul 1985 | |
| Cobb, Evelyn Burks | 17 Apr 1916 | 19 Sep 1983 | |
| Cobb, Willis Cowan | 11 Jun 1919 | 21 Dec 1974 | |
| Edwards, Addie G. | 1889 | 1950 | Married to Benjamin F. |
| Edwards, Benjamin F. | 1879 | 1964 | Married to Addie G. |
| Elkins, Ada | 1856 | 1908 | Married to James W. |
| Elkins, Floyd | 1896 | 1904 | |
| Elkins, James W. | 1854 | 1928 | Married to Ada |
| Ellis, C. C. (Kit) | 15 Sep 1872 | 2 Apr 1959 | |
| Ellis, Celia | 1845 | 1897 | Married to Wat W. |
| Ellis, Daisy Belle Elkins | 1 Mar 1885 | 29 Dec 1950 | Mrs. S. H. Ellis |
| Ellis, Sallie Jane | 23 Feb 1881 | 21 Dec 1965 | nee Cavender |
| Ellis, Sam Houston | 15 Oct 1877 | 11 Mar 1956 | |
| Ellis, Wat W. | 1831 | 1924 | Married to Celia |
| Fatherree, G. W. | 11 Jun 1803 | 28 Dec 1893 | |
| Fatherree, Katherine | 1859 | 1924 | Married to William T. |
| Fatherree, Mrs. R. A. | 1813 | 25 Jan 1892 | |
| Fatherree, William T. | 1852 | 1935 | Married to Katherine |
| Hardy, Annie Henderson | 1883 | 1941 | |
| Hardy, Arch Cleveland | 1885 | 1946 | |
| Hardy, C. T. | 19 Aug 1856 | 27 Jun 1919 | |
| Hardy, Charles Dalley | 20 Dec 1909 | 15 Oct 1976 | |
| Hardy, D. N. | 16 Jan 1821 | 18 May 1896 | |
| Hardy, E. A. | 16 Nov 1834 | 23 Sep 1908 | |
| Hardy, L. D. | 11 Sep 1866 | 27 Feb 1936 | |
| Hardy, Margaret Edwards | 1915 | 1968 | |
| Jacobs, (Lonnie) Alonzo William | 31 Jan 1897 | 4 Aug 1951 | |
| Jacobs, Alice Harris | 1866 | 1939 | Married to William Henry |
| Jacobs, Archie | 9 Dec 1892 | 28 Jul 1894 | Son of W. H. & A. E. Jacobs |
| Jacobs, Cousin Will | 1929 | ||
| Jacobs, George Wade | 22 Apr 1915 | 15 Dec 1994 | |
| Jacobs, Infant | 26 Apr 1899 | 26 Apr 1899 | Son of W. H. & A. E. Jacobs |
| Jacobs, Katie Lee (McBee) | 22 Jan 1913 | 5 May 1983 | Married to George Wade Jacobs |
| Jacobs, Myrtle L. | 25 Jun 1894 | 20 Feb 1990 | |
| Jacobs, Vida | 5 Apr 1889 | 17 Nov 1969 | |
| Jacobs, William Henry | 1857 | 1916 | Married to Alice Harris |
| Jacobs, William Patrick | 10 Sep 1938 | 25 May 1942 | Son of Lonnie & Ruth Jacobs |
| McAlister, Luther | 14 Jan 1877 | 16 Aug 1956 | |
| Moffett, Babys | 10 May 1955 | Daughters of Ted & Peggy Moffett | |
| Moffett, Franklin Sims | 26 Jan 1850 | 2 Aug 1931 | |
| Moffett, Louella Jacobs | 27 May 1859 | 11 Sep 1937 | |
| Moffett, Richard Lane | 5 May 1925 | 6 Jan 1990 | SM3 US Navy WW II |
| Moffett, Sidney Roy Jr | 20 Nov 1925 | 22 Feb 1992 | PFC US Marine Corps WW II, Mason |
| Moffett, Theo Lane | 2 Nov 1903 | 9 Jan 1961 | |
| Moffett, Theodore E. | 15 Jul 1896 | 21 Jun 1941 | Texas Seaman 2 Cl US N RF |
| Murray, John M. | 3 Jan 1837 | 3 Apr 1918 | Pvt 36 Texas Cav CSA |
| Murray, Mother Sallie | |||
| Neatherlin, Mary Maud | 23 Mar 1896 | 5 Jan 1897 | |
| Newman, Eugene | 1901 | 1946 | Our Son |
| Newman, G. R. | 25 Dec 1858 | 19 May 1935 | |
| Newman, Mattie B. | 8 Nov 1872 | 28 Apr 1955 | |
| Newman, Nella Blanche | 18 Apr 1895 | 8 Jun 1895 | |
| Nicholson, Harvey F. | 4 Oct 1919 | 4 Mar 1995 | TEC 4 US Army WW II |
| Pace, G. W. | 1865 | 1933 | |
| Park, Fannie A. | 26 Jul 1879 | 18 Dec 1964 | Married to William A. |
| Park, Johnny I. | 20 Mar 1943 | 28 Jun 1943 | |
| Park, Walter A. H. | 29 Sep 1901 | 12 May 1955 | |
| Park, William A. | 27 Nov 1872 | 13 Feb 1920 | Married to Fannie A. |
| Rumfield, George W. | 1855 | 1934 | Married to Matilda Ann |
| Rumfield, George W. Jr | 1883 | 1918 | |
| Rumfield, Matilda Ann | 1859 | 1947 | Married to George W. |
| Rumfield, Ola Hill | 13 Jan 1897 | 2 May 1991 | Married to Richard Edward Sr |
| Rumfield, Richard Edward Jr | 11 Oct 1927 | 20 Aug 1993 | Donated body to science |
| Rumfield, Richard Edward Sr | 15 Nov 1889 | 29 Jun 1972 | Married to Ola Hill |
| Sheppard, Celia Adah | 5 Jul 1910 | nee Ellis, Married to Raymond Bennett on 24 May 1935 | |
| Sheppard, Raymond Bennett | 24 Jan 1911 | 14 Mar 1993 | Married to Celia Adah |
| Thomas, Arthur Wayne | 7 Nov 1936 | 20 Mar 1988 | |
| Varnon, Anita Lohse | 28 May 1919 | 11 Oct 1994 | Married to Calvin Thomas |
| Varnon, Calvin Thomas | 14 Mar 1916 | 14 Apr 1988 | Married to Anita Lohse |
| Weathersby, D. A. | 29 Mar 1875 | 8 Jan 1897 | |
| Wieding, Anna Christine Ellis | 4 Feb 1910 | 16 Mar 1973 |