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Burke Cemetery

Inventoried May 1996 by Penny Brewer Blankinship
Updated and annotated April 2003 by Rob G. Yoder

 


 

Burke Cemetery is located in Fort Worth on Bryant Irvin Road south of the Trinity River crossing. It adjoins the south end of Lockheed-Martin Recreation Area (formerly General Dynamics Recreation Area). The cemetery appears to be maintained on a regular basis and is enclosed within cyclone fence. The double-gate is padlocked but the walk-gate is unlocked. There are many trees providing shade throughout the cemetery.


A Historical Marker faces the Bryant Irvin Road and reads as follows:

The first known burial in this graveyard was that of Mary (OVERTON) BURKE, widow of Evan H. BURKE, who came in 1851 with her children and widowed mother to settle this land previously chosen by her husband. Her death on Dec. 30, 1867, was followed two days later by that of her mother, Rachel (CAMERON) OVERTON. On March 12, 1900, this one-half acre of land was deeded as a family burial ground. Relatives of the BURKES include members of the MAGERS, OVERTON, and EDWARDS families. More than 100 marked and several unmarked graves have been recorded here. 1984


Note:  The use of [ndd] indicates that no death date was recorded on the headstone.
 
Row 1
 
LARSON, Elby 28 Jan 1909 - 1 Nov 1991
US Army World War II Korea
 
JOHNSON, Baby 28 Mar 1924 [one date]
 
JOHNSON, Girtie Burke 21 Jun 1904 19 Mar 1981, [foot = Mama]
 
SHELTON, Lloyd 24 Dec 1909 - 9 Jun 1961, Masonic emblem
 
SHELTON, [blank] [date blank]   Eastern Star emblem
 
FAUDREE, Charles Curtis Jr. 14 Nov 1961 - 14 Mar 1999
Row 2
 
LARSON, George W. 1876 - 1956
LARSON, Lucy E. 1882 - 1966
 
LARSON, Cleao E. 19 Jun 1901 - 4 Jun 1904
LARSON, Boda M. 4 Feb 1899 - 17 Apr 1913
 
LARSON, Cecil G. 19 Nov 1903 - 19 Oct 1918
 
KAHLER, Lawrence Edward 2 Mar 1929 - 3 Mar 1929, [foot = Baby]
 
KAHLER, J. E. (Eddie) 1 Jul 1908 1 Jan 1969, Masonic emblem
KAHLER, Rose Lea 26 Apr 1911 - [ndd]   Eastern Star emblem
 
K. E. D. 10-28-35,  [etched in a concrete tile]
 
MAGERS, Cliff W. 6 Sep 1900 - 17 Nov 1977
MAGERS, Louise C. 18 Jan 1904 - 13 Feb 1997
Married 7 Mar 1921
 
HAMILTON, Jack Douglas 25 Nov 1919 - 22 Aug 2000
 
DEGGE, William B. 20 Feb 1888 - 9 Nov 1955
Daddy   [Foot = Arkansas Cpl Co F 111
Engineers World War I]
DEGGE, Edna Mae 19 Mar 1891 - 8 Oct 1969,  Mother
 
DEGGE, Robert H. "Bob" 4 Jan 1924 - [ndd]   Masonic emblem
Row 3
 
BURKE, William F. 22 Aug 1874 - 20 Jun 1953
BURKE, Aver I. 31 Jan 1885 - 19 Aug 1976
 
BURKE, Wm. H. 26 Jun 1903 - 7 Feb 1904
[foot = Wm. H.B.]
BURKE, Fay O. 16 Apr 1907 - 29 Oct 1907
 
BURKE, Elzy Lou, 5 Feb 1909 - 16 Jul 1956
 
BURKE, Robert H. 16 Oct 1910 - 30 May 1994
Son of Ava and William F. BURKE,
entombed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
 
COLE, H. Burton 11 Oct 1917 - 29 May 1984
COLE, Judith M. 15 Nov 1920 - [ndd]   Married 23 Dec 1939
 
MAGERS, Crawford E. 2 Jan 1898 - 13 Jan 1969
Father, Masonic emblem
MAGERS, Bertha L. 14 Feb 1899 - 23 Jun 1982,  Mother
 
ELLIOT, Jim 3 Dec 1870 - 4 Aug 1898
 
WARREN, Basey 30 Sep 1889 - 20 Jul 1890
 
BURKE, F. M. 30 Jan 1842 - 9 Oct 1925,  [foot = Papa]
 
TRUMAN, William Edward 31 Mar 1880 - 14 Apr 1965
TRUMAN, Annie Magers 29 May 1880 - 17 Dec 1962
 
Row 4
 
BURKE, Joseph H. 1868 - 1949,  Father
BURKE, Josephine 1874 - 1956,  Mother
 
BURKE, Ross 17 Sep 1910 - 25 Nov 1985
 
BURKE, Elvert W. 4 Mar 1899 - 21 Nov 1902
 
BURKE, George E. 19 Mar 1896 - 22 Nov 1902
 
CLARK, Carl Bernard 16 Jan 1917 - [ndd]
CLARK, Billy Jo (Magers) 8 May 1923 - 27 Jan 1967
 
MAGERS, Clyde G. 4 Oct 1893 - 1 Feb 1967
MAGERS, Lela M. 5 Jan 1900 - 20 Sep 1979
 
OLIVER, Alon Dee Jr. 7 Apr 1929 - 5 Sep 2002
[foot = US Air Force Vietnam]
OLIVER, Eddie Grace 14 Dec 1938 - [ndd]
 
NIESLER, Paul F. 1873 - 1958, Husband
NIESLER, May Ann 1880 - 19__  [date not complete]  Wife
 
NIESLER, Paul F. Jr. 1906 - 1970
NIESLER, Deane C. 1907 - [ndd]
 
Row 5
 
LONG, Willis C. 24 Jul 1899 - 11 Jan 1976
LONG, Lena Burke 2 May 1901 - 23 Jan 1986
 
HUFF, Isla Marie 31 May 1921 - 7 Oct 1974
 
BURKE, Wm. E. 17 Dec 1835 - 12 Apr 1901,  Father
BURKE, E. Luvise 27 Mar 1840 - 23 Aug 1920,  Mother
 
MAGERS, Clarence S. 23 Apr 1892 - 19 Dec 1966
 
MAGERS, W. P. 7 Jan 1862 - 5 Mar 1918
Woodmen of the World
 
MAGERS, Mattie M. 1871 - 1957
 
JOHNSON, Mabel Jewell 19 Mar 1891 - 13 Dec 1981
 
JEWELL, Lloyd S. 20 Oct 1892 - 3 Feb 1972,  Brother
[foot = Texas PFC US Army World War I]
 
JEWELL, Robert 25 Dec 1865 - 24 Oct 1925,  Father
JEWELL, Alice 10 Jan 1870 - 1 Sep 1946,  Mother
 
JEWELL, Horace M. 5 Oct 1894 - 21 Sep 1975
Shriner emblem, Husband
foot = PFC US Army World War I]
JEWELL, Willie B. 1 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1969
Eastern Star emblem, Wife
 
MAGERS, William P. "Bill" 13 May 1919 - 24 May 1986
MAGERS, Elizabeth "Liz" 8 Jan 1922 - 24 Dec 2000
 
McTYER, E. F. 8 Mar 1855 - 15 Jul 1928,   Father
McTYER, Lee 5 Oct 1857 - 21 Apr 1949, His Wife, Mother
 
CRAWFORD, William J. Jr. 11 Aug 1879 - 22 Mar 1954,  Georgia OM
Sgt Co F 29 US Vol Inf Sp Am War
 
CRAWFORD, Carrie Belle 14 Oct 1882 - 6 May 1959
 
YOLANDA, Esther Palma M. 15 Aug 1937 - 25 Nov 1957
 
CRAWFORD, McTyer F. 29 Jun 1913 - 27 May 1976, Masonic emblem
CRAWFORD, Ana E. 19 Aug 1922 - [ndd]
 
WILSON, Virgil Lester 24 Dec 1919 - 2 Jun 1983
M Sgt US Air Force World War II
 
WILSON, Virgil Lester Jr. "Corkey" 17 Nov 1953 - 26 May 1993
 
Row 6
 
Our Infant Baby 1887 - 1887
 
BURKE, Mary W. 22 Apr 1816 - 30 Dec 1867,  Mothers grave
Wife of E.H. Burke, [foot = M.W.B.]
 
MAGERS, Martha E. A. 9 Aug 1864 - 10 Apr 1870
[foot = M.E.A.M.]
Dau. of S & N.A.M. Magers
 
MAGERS, Infant son of S & N.A.M. Magers B & D 15 Oct 1877
 
STEPHENS Infant son of H.C. & M.F.E. Stephens 20 Aug 1884 - 26 Aug 1884
[This stone is now located in a pile of loose stones in the southwest corner of
the cemetery.]
 
MAGERS, S. 7 Oct 1826 - 7 Feb 1908
MAGERS, Nancy A. M. 2 Feb 1838 - 8 Jan 1893,  Wife of S. Magers
 
MAGERS, Belle 1867 - 1906
 
MAGERS, Johnnie Bell 10 Jul 1904 - 15 Jan 1918
 
MAGERS, John W. 14 Dec 1879 - 27 Dec 1939,  [foot = Father]
[footstone was not found in 2003]
MAGERS, Mary Ella 7 Feb 1881 - 1 Oct 1958,  [foot = Mother]
 
FRANCIS, Baby Boy 15 Feb 1944 - 15 Feb 1944
 
FRANCIS, Baby Girl 21 Feb 1945 - 21 Feb 1945
 
FRANCIS, Finis Maxwell 3 Sep 1903 - 21 Dec 1968
 
RICH, A. Adelaide Magers Francis 15 Jun 1915 - 7 Apr 2002
 
MAGERS, G. S. (Tuck) 30 May 1909 - 4 Mar 1972,  [foot = Daddy]
[footstone not found in 2003]
MAGERS, Sybil Lee 12 Oct 1912 - 1 Oct 1983
 
BURKE, J. W. 1844 - 1902
 
BURKE, Edwina Died 2 Oct 1917
Dau. of J.W & S.G. BURKE
 
BURKE, Hugh Austin 27 Dec 1890 - 29 Mar 1926
Son of J.W. & S.G. BURKE
 
Row 7
 
EDWARDS, Sarah Jane 1 Sep 1846 - 9 Apr 1887
 
EDWARDS, Elizabeth 13 Nov 1812 - 30 Nov 1897
 
OVERTON, Rachel 25 Mar 1787 - 1 Jan 1868
[not found in 2003]
 
WRIGHT, William B. 2 Jan 1893 3 Jan 1893
Son of W.J. & Mary F. Wright
 
WRIGHT, W. J. 26 Oct 1850 - 16 Dec 1914
WRIGHT, Mary F. 28 Feb 1859 - 27 Mar 1919
 
STEPHENS, Albert S. 9 Sep 1880 - 5 Dec 1901
Hesakiah & Mary Stephens Father,
Mother, & Son
 
STEPHENS, Mary E. 27 May 1856 - 14 Feb 1928,  Mother
STEPHENS, H. C. 1 Jan 1853 - 14 Jan 1937,  Father
 
FRANCIS, Danny Mack 8 Oct 1959 - 6 Jul 1979,  Our Precious Son
 
FRANCIS, Jerry Earl 5 Feb 1939 - 3 Jun 1985,  Father
[foot = AMHS US Navy]
FRANCIS, Margaret Fay 31 Oct 1940 - [ndd] Mother
 
CONCHA, Florenz 18 Feb 1912 - 2 Dec 1993
CONCHA, Nellie Magers 3 Mar 1907 - 13 Sep 1995
 
BURKE, E. H. 1848 - 1914
 
BURKE, Alvin Porter 28 Jul 1883 - 7 May 1910
 
BURKE, Charley Elmo 5 May 1879 - 17 Jun 1923,  Father
BURKE, Hazel Hardenia 25 Jul 1891 - 26 Sep 1955,  Mother
 
BURKE, Leslie O. 14 Jan 1912 - 9 Jun 1987,  Daddy
BURKE, Frances W. 25 Apr 1913 - 1 Oct 2000,  Mother
 
Row 8
 
ROBINSON, George C. 10 Oct 1888 - 3 Nov 1974
ROBINSON, Bertha H. 29 Mar 1893 - 25 Jan 1971
ROBINSON, Charles E. 22 Aug 1926 - 3 Jun 1960
 
ROBINSON, Laura B. 18 Apr 1866 - 23 Feb 1944
 
ROBINSON, J. B. 25 Jun 1856 - 1 Mar 1918
 
ROBINSON, John B. 28 Jan 1814 - 22 Sep 1875
 
ROBINSON, Martha 18 May 1828 - 6 Mar 1899
Wife of John B. ROBINSON
 
ROBINSON, Opal 23 May 1899 - 4 Dec 1901
 
PEVELER, Annie M. 30 Jul 1877 - 6 Aug 1907
 
ROBINSON, Billy Shields 10 Dec 1917 - 22 Oct 1918
 
ROBINSON, William 17 Aug 1851 - 21 Feb 1921,  Father
ROBINSON, Frances E. 22 Apr 1854 - 1 Apr 1919,  Mother
 
ROBINSON, W. B. 12 Sep 1880 - 21 Feb 1921
 
ROBINSON, James C. 1893 - 1921
 
IVIE, William Morgan 27 Mar 1881 -13 Dec 1961
IVIE, Jessie V. 13 Jun 1884 - 27 Jan 1965
 
JANUARY, John 24 Aug 1845 - 3 April 1925
JANUARY, Ann Jane 18 Sep 1854 - 22 Aug 1923
 
ROBINSON, Mattie Maude 6 Oct 1890 - 21 Jul 1977
 
ROBBINS, A. C. 1850 - 1900
 
ROBBINS, Sarrah 1820 - 1901
 
ROBBINS, Laura 15 May 1857 - Feb 1919
 
BURKE, Joseph Harrison 25 Feb 1881 - 14 Apr 1962
 
BURKE, Maude Rose 24 Oct 1890 - 4 May 1971
 

Four loose stones were found in the southwest corner.
 

STEPHENS Infant
 
(see Row 6, where this was found in 1996)
JONES Stephen B. Died 28 Aug 1870, age 7 mon. & 12 days
Son of Adeline & J.R. Jones
 
Mama
 
E. E.


The inscriptions of Burke Cemetery were copied in April 1958 by Mrs. R. N. Grammer in a county wide project for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Only one headstone from that inventory could not be found in 1996 or 2003; that of Baby BURKE, Sept 30 1916. There are also notions made by Mrs. Grammer indicating unmarked graves of six adults and four children.


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This page was last modified 12 Apr 2003.

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