Spade Community Cemetery Historical Marker Text

Submitted by: Patty Robichaud

This cemetery began as a family graveyard on the farm of R.F. (1868-1927) and Addie (1872-1956) Hargrove, when their infant son died in April 1898. The Hargroves gave 2.5 acres of land surrounding their son's grave to the Spade Community for cemetery and school purposes. The community schoolhouse, originally called Liberty School, was used for numerous purposes, including funerals, grange meetings, church services, and community events. According to available oral history, the school building was located in the northeast corner of the cemetery property.

The Ellwood-Renderbrook Spade Ranch, from which the community takes its name, adjoins the rural settlement on its southern boundary. From 1902 until 1912 a U.S. Post Office served the community; other businesses in the area included a cotton gin, a store, and a blacksmith shop.

Since 1898 this graveyard has served as the sole burial ground for the farming and ranching community of Spade. Among the interments here are Hargrove family members; victims of the 1918 influenza epidemic; and veterans of the Civil War and World War II, including a member of the Women's Army Corps. (1992)

Spade Cemetery Contains Graves of:

ADAMS Kent Adams, 30 Sep 1963 to 04 Dec 2005

ANDREWS Orin Sylvester Andrews, 17 Oct 1835 (Ohio) to 14 Aug 1903, Mason

Andrews - no dates, metal marker

Andrews – no dates, metal marker

BENNETT Don Bennett, 02 Feb 1931 to 29 Jun 2008

Julia Alice Bennett, 30 Nov 1938 to 10 Jan 2001

Euna A Bennett, 22 Jun 1901 to 11 Apr 2003

BETTIS Mary M Bettis, 1855 to 1933

BLACK Bennie Edward Black, 17 Feb 1908 to 26 Mar 1995

Jessie Jane Woodard Black, 18 Aug 1906 to 4 Dec 1992

BOARD Infant Son Board – 1934-1934

Ray Ruth Board – 1935-1935

BREWER Infant Brewer – no dates

BROOKOVER Billie Brookover, 24 Jan 1930 to 05 Feb 1997

Steve Brookover, 20 Mar 1928 to 21 Sep 1985

BROWNE Andrew Polk Browne, 10 Sep 1886 to 16 Apr 1978

Rena Anas Kelly Browne, 1890 to 1938, married 13 Mar 1907

Mary Elizabeth Ellis Browne, 01 Nov 1848 to 18 Nov 1933

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Needham P P Browne, 17 Mar 1844 to 03 Dec 1918, Texas CSA

Henry Absalom Browne, 6 Oct 1870 to 7 Jun 1949

(married Quincy Barber 18 Sep 1892 in Gonzales Co, TX)

John Downing Browne, 15 Jan 1885 to 29 Sep 1955

(married Viola Ratliff, 17 Nov 1909 in Gonzales Co, TX)

Needham Eugene Browne, 25 Sep 1874 to 7 Mar 1948

(married Ellie Venus, 10 Sep 1911 in Gonzales Co, TX)

Mary Edna Browne Hartsfield, 3 Aug 1876 to 19 Aug 1966

(married James Benson Hartsfield 31 Aug 1898 in Gillespie Co., Texas)

Mildred A Browne May, 15 Jan 1873 to 31 Oct 1957

(married Charles A May, 18 Sep 1892 in Gonzales Co., Texas)

Claudia Mahala Browne Ratliff, 25 Feb 1880 to Nov 1918

CHELF Emmitt Leon Chelf, 28 Aug 1907 to 03 Jul 1999

COBURN Infant Coburn – no dates

COMPTON Bobby Don Compton, 23 Oct 1934 to 18 Apr 2004, Marine Cpl in Korea

CRAWFORD Urban Crawford, 17 Aug 1894 to 18 May 1906

HAGGERTON Jewel Forest Haggerton, 23 Apr 1897 to 02 Mar 1917

Minnie Belle Haggerton, 18 Sep 1876 to 10 May 1965

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Robert Y Haggerton, 27 Dec 1859 to 23 Dec 1954

Willie E Haggerton, 04 Nov 1904 to 20 Jul 1964

HAMMANS Infant Hammans – no dates

John Hammans, 1860 to 1932

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Nancy A Hammans, 1868 to 1941

J O Hans Hammans, 11 Dec 1895 to 30 Mar 1925

Neelie L Hammans, 6 Jun 1904 to 18 Dec 1913

HARDIE Infant Hardie – no dates

HARDIN Mary Grace Hardin – no dates – “Our Blessed Daughter”

Artie Hartsfield Hardin, 16 Oct 1907 to 23 Jul 1986

+ married 14 Oct 1931

Ira Luther Hardin, 25 Feb 1908 to 29 Jul 1980 – married for 53 years

Louise Hardin, 1939 to 1939

Harvey Page Hardin, 1910 to 6 Nov 1985

(s/o Simpson Delaney & Vada Brown Hardin)

HARGROVE Rufus Franklin Hargrove – 28 Sep 1868 to 17 Apr 1927

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Addie Parr Hargrove , 06 Nov 1872 to 30 Sep 1956

Lois Hargrove, 20 Sep 1894 to 25 Jan 1908

Infant Hargrove, 01 Apr 1898 to 06 Apr 1898

J G Hargrove – no dates

Mr. J E Hargrove – no dates

Mrs. J. E. Hargrove – no dates

Hubert V Hargrove, 1891 to 1923

Charles B Hargrove, 1921 to 1935

W D Hargrove, 1861 to 1937

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Bettie Hargrove, 1868 to 1946

Willie Hargrove – 12 Jul 1895 to 03 Jan 1909

James F Hargrove, 1900 to 1957

Robert F Hargrove, 13 Sep 1935 to 05 Feb 1994, Sgt US Marines Korea

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Ouida E Hargrove, 19 Jun 1936 (no death date)

Ross Hargrove, 05 Apr 1906 to 07 May 2001

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Mamie Northcutt Hargrove, 17 Oct 1907 (no death date)

HARTSFIELD Myrtle L Hartsfield, 19 Oct 1901 to 12 Jul 1927

J F Hartsfield, 1912 to 1921

A W “Sam” Hartsfield, 1874 to 1913

Robert Hartsfield, 20 Jul 1878 to 15 Apr 1936

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Nettie A Hartsfield, 05 Jul 1900 to 21 Mar 1980

James B Hartsfield, 17 Sep 1870 to 04 Nov 1944

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Mary Edna Browne Hartsfield, 03 Aug 1876 to 17 Aug 1966

Angie Emelia Hartsfield Harris (1911 - 2005)

Delma F Hartsfield, 1951 to 1951

Nelson A Hartsfield, 1940 to 1941

Zora Faye Hartsfield, 1910 to 1944

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Hugo Hartsfield Sr., 1905 to 1967

Louis L Hartsfield, 09 Oct 1909 to 18 Jul 1991

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Ruby L Hartsfield, 31 Jan 1919 to 26 Jan 1993

Edward “Bill” Hartsfield, 16 May 1929 to 27 Nov 2006

Crasses Weldon Hartsfield, 26 Jul 1933 to 2 Jan 2000, Navy Korea & VN

Nancy Hartsfield, 1839 to 1935

HOOD Russell A Hood, 23 Jan 1874 to 16 Aug 1963

+Married 01 Sep 1895

Minnie L Hood, 28 May 1878 to 05 Sep 1963, married 01 Sep 1895

Lois Nell Hood, 1925 to 1925, mother Mary Ray Hood

W S Hood, 10 Oct 1846 to 26 May 1933, Love’s County Texas Calvalry

Julia Maye Hood Rosson, 27 Jul 1870 to 03 Sep 1964

Mary Ray Hargrove Hood, 23 Jun 1892 to 14 Feb 1929

HUDSON W W Hudson, 24 Jul 1876 to 26 May 1955

ISABELLE Infant Isabelle, no dates

Infant Isabelle, no dates

JACKSON Wilma Ray Jackson, no dates

KOETHER Ruby Joe Koether, 16 Apr 1924 to 28 Apr 2005

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Barney James Koether, 12 Nov 1924 to 03 Mar 1981, Navy WWI

L J.H.L. (initials only)

LIGHT J “Jim” Light, 02 Nov 1903 to 16 Feb 1983

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Ethel M Light, 24 Mar 1901 to 25 Oct 1985

James William Light, 22 Apr 1955 to 24 Aug 1995

LOGAN Mabel Hood Logan, 24 Feb 1898 to 02 Jul 1999

Laura Dee Logan, 03 Oct 1952 to 18 Feb 2004

Peggy Logan, 14 Mar 1925 to 27 Mar 2008

LOWE Ruel Lowe, no dates

Chester Lowe, 25 Sep 1898 to 30 Jan 1093, s/o CC and Belle Lowe

S A Lowe, 18 Jan 1843 to 31 Mar 1913

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W L Lowe, 09 Dec 1837 to 06 Aug 1928 (metal fence around SA and WL)

Colon C Lowe, 10 Dec 1871 to 18 Jun 1948

Chester Lowe, 25 Sep 1898 to 30 Jan 1093, s/o CC and Belle Lowe

Jewel Hays Lowe, 1900 to 1918

MOORE Tommie Clinton Moore, 09 Nov 1914 to 26 Oct 2004, Air Force WWII

+ Married 10 May 1942

Minnie Lee Hood Moore, 24 Aug 1917 (no death date

MUNDAY Clabe Walker Munday, 09 Feb 1899 to 10 Nov 1908

NANCE Infant Nance, no date

Infant Nance, no date

NORTHCUTT Joe C Northcutt, 15 Apr 1887 to 02 Jan 1977

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Pansy L Northcutt, 22 Sep 1902 to 01 Nov 1997

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Alice Rebecca Northcutt, 23 Jan 1889 to 01 Dec 1918

Infant Northcutt, died 27 Oct 1907

Bobby Joe “Bob” Northcutt, 08 May 1936 to 22 Nov 2008

Charles Abbie “Squirely” Northcutt, 06 Jul 1939 to 17 Dec 2000

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Lequita Joyce Martin Northcutt, 21 Sep 1935 to Sep 2009

Michael David Northcutt, 12 Aug 1962 to 18 Jun 2007

PALMER Melvina Palmer, 1848 to 1948

S N Palmer, 1875 to 1952

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Emma Palmer, 1878 to 1936

O T Palmer, 18 Nov 1916 to 07 May 1927

PETTY Wayland Mark Petty, 1935 to 1993

POLK Bertie Ethel Polk, 08 Feb 1900 to 14 Jan 1993

PONTING Pauline Hargrove, 07 Jul 1908 to 25 Be 1992, WAC in WWII

RATLIFF H Vernon Ratliff, 19 Jun 1910 to 18 June 1996

+ married 05 Oct 1934

C Aletha, 20 Jun 1917 to 09 Feb 2005

Eddie Ratliff, 1940 to 1940

Lulu Ratliff, died 1930

Ruben Albert Ratliff, 12 Sep 1904 to 1928

(Husband of Tennie VanZandt, Father of Lois Ione, Grandfather of Judy, Jerry, Rubin, Andy

Jesse Ratliff Jr, died 26 Nov

Ronald Ratliff, died 14 Jun 1934

Infant Ratliff, no dates

Infant Ratliff, 05 Oct 1911 to 05 Oct 1911, d/o RJ

Reuben Jacob Ratliff, 17 Oct 1879 to 10 Jan 1934

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Claudia Mahala Browne Ratliff, 25 Feb 1880 to Nov 1918

RICH Alma L Hartsfield Rich, 17 Apr 1928 to 24 Nov 2009

ROSSON Julia Maye Hood Rosson, 29 Jul 1870 to 03 Sep 1964

SEWARD Alice Seward, no dates

SMITH Ophelia Smith, 1870 to 1924

STAGGS Infant Staggs, no dates

STENHOLM John C Stenholm, 14 Dec 1875 to 31 Oct 1938

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Carrie Elizabeth Stenholm, 24 May 1882 to 06 Sep 1919

Infant Stenholm, no dates

UNKNOWN 6 unknown/unmarked graves

VANZANDT Infant Van Zandt, died 1928, d/o Harrison and Gladys

Infant VanZandt, 14 Nov 1906 to 14 Nov 1906

Velma VanZandt, 26 Nov 1908 to 21 Aug 1909

WELCH Cecilia Elizabeth Sandifer Welch, 11 May 1825 to 90 May 1905

Lynton Lee Welch (1867 - 1938)

(Children not buried in Spade: Martha Ann Welch Watkins (1840 - 1933), Joshua Sherwood Welch (1849 - 1946), Wiley Franklin Welch (1852 - 1934), William Madison Welch (1859 - 1944), Amanda Marcella Welch Wells (1864 - 1899). Spouse not in Spade: John George Welch (1820 - 1900)

Stella Eliza Browne Welch, 01 Feb 1869 to 04 Nov 1958

Guy Welch, no dates

WHITE Mrs. G O White, 27 Feb 1868 to 02 Feb 1936

G O White, 18 Jan 1865 to 12 Nov 1931

WOODARD Montie Riley Woodard, 03 Apr 1943 to 27 Jan 1944

YARBROUGH Ada Yarbrough, 14 Sep 1911 to 27 Jun 1986

YOUNG Lennie Skaggs Young, 1851 to 1929

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