The Phillips-Taylor Cemetery is located in Eastern Titus County in the town of Cookville. Cookville has an interesting history and the cemetery attests to some of it. The town was once thriving with multiple business establishments and industries. Tradition has it that A. B. Cook donated the land for the town derived their names from him. The cemetery is fenced and kept in very good condition. It is said that the cemetery was started when some of the populace became concerned that the expansion for the Cookville Cemetery was not the best suited for burial purposes. Burials continued to take place in both cemeteries. There are 2 unreadable Funeral Home Markers (FHMs) marking a grave site.
To reach the Phillips-Taylor Cemetery from the Titus County courthouse, take Jefferson Avenue (US 271) North for 0.9 miles to the intersection with US 67 (16th Street). Turn right (East) on US 67 and proceed 7.0 miles. At the Cookville Cemetery Road that runs to the West of the Phillips-Taylor Cemetery turn right (South). The Phillips-Taylor Cemetery lies immediately on the left. Coordinates: 33o11.160'N 094o51.422'W
NAME |
BIRTHDATE |
DEATHDATE |
INSCRIPTION |
Adams, Annie Merrill |
January 9, 1887 |
August 31, 1947 |
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Blackmore, Frank Lyle |
December 11, 1911 |
January 20, 1982 |
Pvt US Army WWII |
Brown, Mildred |
October 22, 1921 |
September 22, 1957 |
Gone to live where there is no pain |
Brown, Nancy C. |
October 2, 1861 |
December 15, 1944 |
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Brown, T. B. |
1919 |
1945 |
Hq Co 20th Inf (Killed in Germany) |
Burns, Sarah Kate |
April 23, 1899 |
April 14, 1970 |
Order of Eastern Star |
Burns, William H. |
June 27, 1895 |
March 21, 1969 |
Mason Texas Pvt 111 Field Sig Bn WW I |
Bynum, Martin L. |
September 25, 1873 |
April 19, 1950 |
CO I 4 Regt Texas Inf SP AM War |
Chestnut, Jessie |
August 24, 1936 |
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Chestnutt, George H.
Chestnutt, Nina Z |
February 15, 1889
June 23, 1899 |
November 17, 1952
July 19, 1964 |
Forever with the Lord |
Chestnutt, Richard Alan |
Jun 1, 1954 |
April 14, 1975 |
Pvt US Army Vietnam |
Chestnutt, Richard J. |
December 4, 1922 |
May 7 1986 |
TEC5 US Army WWII Korea |
Coe, William Jeff
Coe, Annie B. |
December 21, 1891
February 15, 1898 |
September 8, 1975 December 31, 1990 |
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Denny, Allie |
September 20, 1884 |
June 27, 1956 |
She died as she lived a Christian |
Denny, Lurlene |
April 30, 1913 |
December 31, 1943 |
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Denny, Robert I |
February 20, 1904 |
December 21, 1985 |
TEC4 US Army WWII |
Denny, William Robertson |
October 31, 1881 |
January 7,1949 |
He died as he lived a Christian |
Eller, Isabell |
December 21, 1879 |
July 25, 1963 |
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Eller, John Thomas |
November 27, 1871 |
March 11, 1960 |
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Eller, Johnie Loyd |
August 3, 1904 |
December 14, 1963 |
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Estes, John Hamilton
Estes, Johnnie Lee Blackmore |
October 31, 1882
August 1, 1904 |
January 29, 1948
August 11, 1998 |
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Ferguson, Jim L.
Ferguson, Ada L |
1887
April 9, 1888 |
1942
April 15, 1992 |
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Fulce, Alpha Franklin |
May 4, 1904 |
April 8, 1998 |
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Fulce, John Henry
Fulce, Delitha N. Peggy |
August 20, 1906
August 26, 1907 |
March 1, 1985
March 8, 1987 |
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Fulce, Mary Henretta |
May 15, 1864 |
September 22, 1951 |
Mother Gone but not forgotten |
Griffin, Helen Keith |
August 26, 1928 |
January 7, 1952 |
Rest in peace |
Hale, George Wayne |
November 19, 1927 |
October 14, 1994 |
Printer |
Harvey, Talmage J.
Harvey, Ella Fay |
June 24, 1899
October 20, 1906 |
December 13, 1990
February 15, 1999 |
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Harvey, Tommy |
July 22, 1904 |
February 29, 1976 |
Daddy |
Johnson, Jacob Elijah |
August 24, 1894 |
August 5, 1954 |
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Johnson, James Steward |
May 5, 1907 |
November 1, 1940 |
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Johnson, John Whitfield |
January 29, 1869 |
December 11, 1936 |
Father |
Johnson, Magnolia Imogene |
May 27, 1872 |
April 4, 1946 |
Mother |
Keith, John A. |
1875 |
1949 |
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Lilly, Ida Mae |
March 31, 1871 |
February 13, 1973 |
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Lovil, Marlene Pate |
January 28, 1923 |
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Mays, Bertha Irene |
June 2, 1907 |
November 6, 1984 |
At rest |
Mays, Dalton Davis
Mays, Alta Cora |
December 12, 1884
February 20, 1887 |
December 29, 1973
July 1, 1967 |
At rest
At rest |
Mays, Granville John |
September 4, 1913 |
January 14, 1984 |
At rest Pvt US Army WW II |
McCollum, Josephine |
August 5, 1928 |
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McMillian, Edgar E.
McMillian, Ruth L. |
January 15, 1906
May 25, 1905 |
July 13, 1983
April 8, 1976 |
Father m. April 12, 1924
Mother |
Merrill, Jesse H. |
March 7, 1887 |
December 17, 1934 |
Pvt Bat E 344 F A He died as he lived, a
soldier for God and his county |
Miller, Charlie M.
Miller, Bertha L |
July 24, 1894
January 21, 1900 |
February 19, 1976
February 12, 1964 |
Daddy
Mama |
Miller, Lonnie Clifford
Miller, Jane Elizabeth |
July 28, 1918
April 22, 1923 |
November 8, 1998 |
Married September 3, 1942. Snowflakes are angel
kisses. Two hearts united together through love. When memories of the one
we loved flow back to warm the heart, they keep us close forever even though
we’ve had to part. |
Miller, Roy Ernest
Miller, Jewel Elizabeth |
November 21, 1897
March 14, 1904 |
April 9, 1965
March 20, 1979 |
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Milner, Eva Nae |
August 25, 1909 |
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Milner, Gary Lee |
March 20, 1932 |
October 6, 1932 |
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Milner, Morris C. |
May 19, 1910 |
January 4, 1997 |
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Morris, Eugene
Morris, Hattie May |
August 28, 1923
January 23, 1925 |
May 18, 1970
April 30, 1983 |
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Morris, Hauy |
August 13, 1891 |
August 13, 1954 |
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Morris, Oscar L. |
July 7, 1886 |
June 2, 1964 |
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Morris, Tamara Louise
Morris, Tina Denise
Morris, Marsh Leanne |
July 27, 1971
January 22, 1974
February 17, 1973 |
July 27, 1971
April 11, 1984
April 11, 1984 |
A little flower of love
that blossomed but to die transplanted now above to bloom with God on high
Our darling daughters from us are gone, the
voices we loved are stilled, a place is vacant in our hearts that never can
be filled. With love from Mom, Dad and Stacy |
Nelson, Bobbie |
February 19, 1923 |
September 14, 1998 |
FHM |
Nelson, Roy Gladstone
Nelson, Mildred Witt Cook |
April 18, 1890
June 7, 1900 |
December 14, 1951
April 9, 1973 |
Texas Pvt 359 Inf 90th Div WW I m. June 15,
1920 To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die. |
Parker, Louise Gene |
May 15, 1900 |
June 11, 1950 |
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Pate, Billie
Pate, Allie |
January 5, 1858
January 9, 1868 |
January 19, 1930
April 25, 1939 |
He lived as he died a
Christian
At rest |
Pate, J. A. |
August 23, 1888 |
February 9, 1946 |
There are no partings in heaven |
Pate, James Bernice
Pate, Maud Lee |
November 27, 1890
June 10, 1902 |
September 10, 1972
January 2, 1976 |
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Pate, James Roger |
April 11, 1941 |
April 11, 1941 |
infant |
Pate, James Willard
Pate, Jackie Thomas |
April 30, 1929
Oct 26, 1931 |
December 19, 1983
April 16, 1995 |
Pickle Papa
Jackie Granny |
Pate, Laverne |
January 29, 1943 |
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Pate, Ruben |
October 2, 1894 |
March 6, 1984 |
At rest |
Pate, Sam H. |
November 11, 1922 |
February 24, 1945 |
Texas PFC 114 Inf 44th Inf Div Gone but not
forgotten |
Pate William W.
Pate, Jeffie Elizabeth |
November 26, 1892
July 24, 1899 |
May 12, 1981
August 9, 1982 |
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Phillips, George M. |
December 22, 1882 |
March 16, 1935 |
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Phillips, James B. |
February 22, 1871 |
March 17, 1943 |
Mason |
Phillips, John T. |
March 3, 1931 |
April 4, 1931 |
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Phillips, John Wallace |
September 25, 1873 |
January 6, 1948 |
Mason |
Phillips, Luke M. |
January 30, 1905 |
August 18, 1956 |
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Phillips, Mary M. |
March 30, 1876 |
December 4, 1939 |
Wife of J. W. Phillips |
Phillips, Mattie I. |
December 17, 1874 |
June 14, 1964 |
WOW |
Phillips, Robert Edgar
Phillips, Mary S. |
May 2, 1916
August 17, 1919 |
October 15, 1987
March 20, 1993 |
Wed May 2, 1937 |
Phillips, Stella |
March 6, 1907 |
July 19, 1938 |
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Ragland, John M.
Ragland, Sarah D. |
October 6, 1846
August 9, 1864 |
December 20, 1934
August 8, 1947 |
Father Co H 39th GA Inf
CSA
Mother |
Renolds, Art |
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Rodda, Della Parker |
April 28, 1902 |
January 23, 1970 |
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Story, James Royce |
May 16, 1930 |
September 19, 1937 |
Son |
Taylor, Hazel Phillips |
October 11, 1896 |
July 23, 1979 |
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Taylor, Leon Phillips |
May 16, 1918 |
July 18, 1976 |
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Taylor, Oscar Leonidas |
October 21, 1894 |
October 15, 1988 |
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Tyler, Arthur C. Jr. |
August 17, 1918 |
April 29, 1987 |
PFC US Army WWII |
Tyler, Dylane |
2000 |
2000 |
FHM |
Wadlow, Robert C. |
June 20, 1919 |
June 18, 1995 |
US Army WW II |
Wadlow, Ruth Stevenson |
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At rest |
Witt, George A. |
August 19, 1878 |
February 5, 1975 |
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Witt, Kenneth Earl |
August 12, 1924 |
April 11, 1982 |
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Witt, Mary Elizabeth |
March 17, 1885 |
September 7, 1962 |
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Zundell, Ernestine Lucille Johnson |
March 3, 1913 |
August 9, 1992 |
Daughter |
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