Manning Cemetery

 

MANNING CEMETERY, Angelina County, Texas was photographed December 4, 2013.
DIRECTIONS:  From Huntington, go south on US69 about 3 miles and turn right on FM844. Go 7.7 miles on 844 (crossing FM1818) to Manning Cemetery Road on the left. The cemetery is at the end of this road.
We discovered 3 distinct divisions fenced in at this location: Manning Cemetery proper, and two smaller back-to-back fenced plots adjoining the cemetery. The first separate plot contains one headstone, as follows:

FLOURNOY, Morgan Mitchell, (184); b. Nov 27, 1902; d. July 20, 1988. (Double headstone with)
FLOURNOY, Ruby Pitre, (184); b. May 22, 1905; d. Mar 14, 2009

The second separate plot contains one headstone and a large memorial stone (inscribed on both sides) detailing the life and lifetime achievements of Robert Linwood Poland, born in the sawmill town of Manning, TX, and a prominent citizen of Angelina County. He and his wife are buried in Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Lufkin. The full inscription is too lengthy to include here, but the pictures (180, 181, 182) will be provided upon request. The headstone in this plot is as follows:

ESTES, Jonas Theodore, (183); b. Apr 18, 1972; d. Oct 22, 1996

MANNING CEMETERY transcription starts here.

ABSHIER, Robert Jason, (179); b. Feb 21, 1920; d. Mar 7, 1992. (Double with)
ABSHIER, Irene Owens, (179); b. Oct 16, 1926; d. Aug 29, 1990
ALEXANDER, Patricia Dawn Tatum, (145); b. Nov 26, 1933; d. Oct 15, 1997. (Note 4)
ARIOLA, John M., (79); b. Jan 25, 1930; d. June 22, 1999. SP4 US Army, Vietnam
ARIOLA, Mattie Wright, (80); b. Dec 4, 1896; d. June 2, 1980
ATKINSON, Hortense Manry, (168, 169); b. Feb 3, 1892; d. Dec 1, 1909. Wife of M.A. Atkinson
ATKINSON, J.D., (170, 171); b. Feb 5, 1861; d. Aug 4, 1911. Husband of J.D. Atkinson
AYERS, Ruby Havard, (57); b. Jan 4, 1925; d. July 24, 2002
BARCLAY, James Owen, (160); b. May 12, 1925; d. May 12, 1925
BARCLAY, Avis Guinell, (161); b. Dec 3, 1921; d. June 26, 1922
BARCLAY, Rena Frances, (162); b. Dec 29, 1916; d. Dec 30, 1916
BARKER, Harold Dean, (140, 141); b. Apr 15, 1934; d. Jan 15, 2005. US Navy, Korea
BARNETT, James Andrew, (106); b. Sep 18, 1923; d. Jan 15, 1925. Son of Mr & Mrs A.B. Barnett
BARNETT, Issac, (107); 1843 -- 1907
BARNETT, Sarah, (108); 1844 -- 1934
BENTON, A.B. (Albert B.), (125);  b. Feb 28, 1893; d. Jan 11, 1973. (Double with)
BENTON, Leoma Naomie Higginbotham, (125);  b. Apr 15, 1910; d. May 21, 1983 in Hardin County
BENTON, James Leo, (126); b. Mar 15, 1949; d. June 19, 1992
BENTON, Glen, (128, 129); b. May 10, 1943; d. May 1, 2007
BERRY, Violet H., (152); b. Feb 27, 1914; d. Aug 14, 2007. (Double with)
BERRY, Clarence E., (152, 154); b. Nov 22, 1907; d. Mar 7, 1984. Cpl, US Army, WWII. 1324 AAF Base Unit
BLOCK, Joey Lou Tatum, (143); b. Nov 8, 1929; d. Nov 13, 2000. (See Note 3)
BOLDIN, Milam B., (49); 1864 -- 1934
BUFORD, Harry Lee, (23); b. Dec 24, 1853; d. Apr 29, 1927
BUFORD, Rachel A., (24); b. Nov 29, 1875; d. Nov 20, 1924
BUFORD, Bloomer F., (25); b. Sep 23, 1900; d. Nov 19, 1958
BUFORD, Harold Marwood, (81, 82); b. Dec 13, 1934; d. Oct 19, 2012. A2C US Air Force
CASSELS, Latheta Buford, (173); b. Apr 20, 1937; d. May 18, 2010
COOK, Bennett Arthur "Beno", (59); b. May 12, 1923; d. Feb 27, 1990
CRAIN, Isiah, (58); b. July 18, 1915; d. Aug 29, 1977
DOMINEY, Mattie B., (2); b. July 25, 1910; d. June 13, 1981. (Double with)
DOMINEY, Victor, (2); b. Jan 22, 1910; d. Feb 25, 1977
DOMINEY, Infant, (4); (No Dates); Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Victor Dominey
DOMINEY, Baby, (31); b. July 10, 1933; d. July 14, 1933
DUGGAN, John R., (51); (No dates; see NOTE 2 below)
DUGGAN, Nelda Jean, (52); b&d Aug 18, 1947. Infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Duggan
DUGGAN, Thelma R., (53); b. May 3, 1917; d. Mar 1, 2005. (Double with)
DUGGAN, Jim E., (53); b. Oct 31, 1913; d. Aug 22, 1969
DUGGAN, Vivian Gail, (54); b. Feb 20, 1956; d. Dec 14, 1969
DUGGAN, James Robert "Sonny", (55, 56); b. July 25, 1946; d. July 2, 1991. Sgt US Army
DUNKIN, Annie, (87); b. Sep 29, 1904; d. Sep 25, 1972. (Double with)
DUNKIN, Bledsoe, (87); b. Dec 8, 1899; d. Oct 31, 1951
DUNKIN, Baby, (88); b & d July 12, 1933
ELLIOTT, Margaret A. Wright, (124); b. Mar 11, 1860; d. Feb 3, 1922
ELLIOTT, Donald W., (137); b. Mar 17, 1922; d. July 19, 1924
ERVIN, Melinda B., (175); b. Aug 5, 1849; d. Aug 2, 1952
ETHRIDGE, Doris, (167); b. Nov 17, 1930; d. Nov 6, 1986
EVANS, Thelma Poland Murray, (18); b. July 23, 1925; d. Dec 26, 2000
FRANKLIN, J.C., (71); b. Oct 4, 1934; d. Sep 21, 1990. US Air Force
FRANKLIN, Esther M., (72); 1893 -- 1940
FRANKLIN, Lee, (73); 1886 -- 1981
FRANKLIN, Lula, (130); b. May 24, 1890; d. June 14, 1934
GILLILAND, William Anderson Jr, (139); b. July 25, 1959; d. Dec 22, 2008. (Double with)
GILLILAND, Rita Celeste Modisett, (139); b. Mar 22, 1963; d. May 21, 2009
GOFF, Jimmie Havard, (159); b. July 3, 1918; d. June 8, 1989
GOLDSBERRY, Lillian Ruth Goins, (84); b. Oct 15, 1918; d. Jan 15, 1971
GRIMES, Nancy, (105). (an older concrete marker with a metal plate; name only - no dates)
GRISSETT, Baby, (29); Feb 28, 1940
GRISSETT, Raby, (30); b. Nov 9, 1913; d. July 3, 1992. (Double with)
GRISSETT, Ivy, (30); b. Feb 18, 1909; d. May 3, 1981
HAVARD, T.J., (120); 1895 -- 1983. (Double with)
HAVARD, Virginia, (120); 1894 -- 1959
HAVARD, Minnie, (150, 151); b. Dec 29, 1893; d. Mar 4, 1924. Wife of J.M. Havard
HAVARD, Rev. James W., (158); 1888 -- 1955. (Double with)
HAVARD, Eva M., (158); 1895 -- 1978
HILL, Cecil E., (165); b. Mar 19, 1907; d. June 30, 1964. (Double with)
HILL, Charsie, (165); b. Sep 22, 1911; d. June 30, 1987
HILL, Infant, (166); (no dates), Son of Cecil & Charsie Hill
HOBELMAN, Mary Buford, (41); 1912 -- 1994. Mother of Diane Hobelman
JOHNSON, James Harold, (97, 98); b. Mar 19, 1928; d. May 23, 2008. A1C, USAF, Korea
JONES, Earl C., (47); b. Nov 4, 1914; d. May 20, 1993. (Double with)
JONES, Mattie Lois, (47); b. Nov 14, 1918; d. Sep 4, 2007
KENNEDY, Willie B., (32); b. Mar 10, 1910; d. Aug 25, 1989
KENNEDY, Everett, (33); 1904 -- 1966
KERSH, Guy Glenn, (134); b. Feb 16, 1901; d. Nov 18, 1987. (Double with)
KERSH, Johnnie Louise, (134); b. Jan 5, 1903; d. July 28, 1987. Married Apr 21, 1923
KERSH, Jessie L., (146); b. Nov 4, 1861; d. Aug 11, 1920
KITCHENS, James Lloyd, (155); b. July 7, 1905; d. Mar 21, 1983. (Double with)
KITCHENS, Beulah, (155); b. Feb 13, 1905; d. Jan 2, 1990
KOON, Wilma Lee Vanglahn, (37); b. Nov 12, 1916; d. Mar 30, 1994
MARBERRY, Emily Kristen Nichole, (27); b. Sep 16, 1985; d. Feb 23, 2002. (Photo)
MARZE, C.V. "Cliff", (68, 70); b. Oct 1, 1937; d. June 14, 1996. Sgt, US Army, Korea
MARZE, C.V., (74); b. Sep 20, 1908; d. Feb 19, 1962. (Double with)
MARZE, Savelia F., (74); b. Mar 30, 1913; d. Apr 7, 1993
MARZE, Douglas Wayne, Sr., (75); b. Feb 25, 1945; d. Sep 3, 1975
McFADDEN, Dewey M., (93); b. Mar 21, 1910; d. Nov 21, 1974. (Double with)
McFADDEN, Dora L., (93); b. Oct 2, 1912; d. Dec 10, 1984
McFADDEN, John D., (94, 95); b. Oct 12, 1936; d. Mar 16, 1974. Pvt, USMC
MELVIN, Mary Erline, (42); born & died Apr 17, 1923
MOORE, Gaynell, (122); b. Feb 12, 1937; d. Feb 12, 1937
MOSELEY, Caroline, (102); b. July 1, 1859; d. Mar 23, 1902
MOSELEY, John W., (103); b. Dec 18, 1856; d. Nov 17, 1932
MOSELEY, Nancy M., (104); b. Mar 3, 1878; d. Apr 19, 1949
MURRAY, Fannie Vanglahn, (19); b. Sep 25, 1901; d. Apr 22, 1922
MURRAY, T. Elmo, (20); b. Oct 8, 1920; d. Feb 25, 1989
OLDS, Mary Crane, (99, 100); b. Sep 15, 1874; d. Apr 7, 1950. Wife of B.F. Olds
OLDS, B.F., (101); b. Aug 21, 1861; d. June 14, 1913. United in Marriage in 1889 to Miss Mary Ann Crane
OLIVER, Dollie, (85, 86); b. Feb 29, 1873; d. Apr 1, 1913
OWENS, Marshall, (178); b. April, 1931; d. Feb, 1938
PAGE, Willis W., (157); b. Apr 29, 1911; d. Apr 13, 1982. (Double with)
PAGE, Lila Havard, (157); b. Mar 25, 1916; d. Apr 28, 1985
PELTON, Ella Jeanne, (138); b. Mar 6, 1927; d. June 1, 1934
POLAND, Jacie Norman, (6); b. June 3, 1904; d. Aug 23, 1963
POLAND, Lawrence W., (7); b. Mar 16, 1933; d. Dec 5, 1933
POLAND, Maxie Lee, (8); b. July 21, 1915; d. July 19, 2012
POLAND, William F., (9); b. Sep 28, 1919; d. Jan 31, 1923
POLAND, Georgia Dell, (10); 1918 -- 1918
POLAND, Georgia Dell, (11); b. Aug 11, 1874; d. May 20, 1918
POLAND, W.F., (12); 1872 -- 1931
POLAND, Woodie B., (13); b. Sep 20, 1897; d. Jan 19, 1952
POLAND, Baby, (15); 1954
POLAND, Jack Byron, (16, 17); b. Mar 29, 1921; d. May 5, 1983. PFC, USMC, WWII.  (Double with)
POLAND, Clara Jane, (16); b. Apr 20, 1931; d. Apr 5, 2000
POLAND, James Billy, (39, 40); b. Dec 5, 1927; d. Dec 9, 1999. Sgt, US Army, Korea
POLAND, Gladys Dell, (43, 44) b. May 8, 1917; d. Jan 8, 1995. CDR, USN, WWII & Korea (Note 1)
POLAND, Robert Wesley, (45); b. Nov 1, 1895; d. Feb 1, 1966. (Double with)
POLAND, Ettie Dora, (45); b. Nov 23, 1896; d. Dec 20, 1975
POLAND, Erlene, (46); b. Aug 26, 1926; d. Nov 9, 1926. Inf Dau of Mr & Mrs R.W. Poland
POLAND, James Wesley, (92); b. July 22, 1953; d. Nov 3, 2012. (Double with)
POLAND, Dorothea Kay Runge, (92); b. Jan 13, 1961; d. June 16, 2004. Married June 9, 1984
PRICE, Herbert, (147); b. Oct 9, 1900; d. Aug 19, 1994
PURVIS, Lulie, (76); b. Nov 24, 1885; d. Mar 22, 1973
PURVIS, Denman, (77); b. May 2, 1917; d. Oct 20, 1920
RICKS, Samuel L., (123); b. June 16, 1933; d. June 16, 1933
SANDSTRUM, Herman L., (174); 1882 -- 1965. (Double with)
SANDSTRUM, Lou Ella, (174); 1886 -- 1974
SANDSTRUM, Vernon Glenn, (177); b. July, 1936; d. February, 1938
SMITH, J.W., (111); b. Dec 16, 1859; d. Jan 7, 1913
SNELSON, Lena Havard, (83); b. Nov 3, 1922; d. June 1, 1987
SNELSON, J.H. "Pop", (135); 1895 -- 1974. (Double with)
SNELSON, Jewel, (135); 1902 -- 1982. (Photo)
SNELSON, William Harold, (136); b. June 28, 1920; d. Feb 18, 2013. (Double with)
SNELSON, Opha Lee Havard, (136); b. Feb 4, 1925; d. May 28, 2008. Married Aug 15, 1946
SOWELL-BREAKER, Jon Karen, (113); b. Apr 13, 1947; d. Sep 26, 1987
SOWELL, Horace, (114); b. Sep 24, 1907; d. Jan 4, 1966
SOWELL, Cecile Edna Weaver, (115); b. Jan 5, 1909; d. Sep 5, 1994
STEWART, Louise Vanglahn, (38); b. Sep 26, 1920; d. Apr 20, 2004
STRAHAN, Charles M., (78): b. May 20, 1905; d. June 24, 1975. (Double with)
STRAHAN, Edna Lou, (78); b. Sep 20, 1905; d. Nov 23, 1983
TATUM, Elwin, (142); b. Mar 24, 1914; d. Feb 23, 1986. (Double with)
TATUM, Rosella, (142); b. Apr 5, 1913; d. Jan 19, 2010
TATUM, James M. "Joe", (148); 1908 -- 1984. (Double with)
TATUM, Miriam Havard, (148); 1911 -- 1977
TATUM, Joe Clements, (149); b. Apr 20, 1928; d. Aug 24, 1928. (Double with)
TATUM, Charles Dunkin, (149); b. July 2, 1936; d. May 10, 1937
THORNHILL, Willa Yvonne, (34); 1939
VANCE, Norma D., (163); b. Nov 1, 1909; d. July 20, 1999. (Double with)
VANCE, Cliva H., (163); b. Jan 22, 1906; d. Jan 16, 1992
VANCE, Katherine E., (164); Died 1918
VANGLAHN, Lula Mae, (35); b. Nov 24, 1922; d. July 5, 1924
VANGLAHN, Hattie V., (36); b. Sep 27, 1893; d. Feb 13, 1971. (headstone shared with next 2)
VANGLAHN, Willie L., (36); b. July 9, 1895; d. May 1, 1973.
VANGLAHN, Lula, (36); b. Mar 7, 1899; d. May 18, 1925
WAITS, Francis Marion, (89); b. June 21, 1871; d. May 21, 1922. (Double with)
WAITS, Mary Elizabeth, (89); b. Nov 4, 1867; d. Apr 17, 1951
WALTON, Joyce Lillian, (50); b. Mar 24, 1919; d. Aug 30, 1991
WARS, Jerry Glen, (132); b. Nov 21, 1961; d. Nov 18, 2008
WARS, Bryant, (133); b. Feb 22, 1923; d. June 17, 2000
WEAVER, Eli L., (109); b. May 10, 1870; d. Oct 18, 1943. (Double with)
WEAVER, Maggie, (109); b. Mar 15, 1880, d. Dec 5, 1963
WEAVER, Lloyd N., (116); 1919 -- 1954
WEAVER, John, (117); b. Oct 4, 1912; d. Oct 3, 1916. Son of Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Weaver
WEAVER, John W., (118); 1886 -- 1942. (Double with)
WEAVER, Lottie S., (118); 1882 -- 1975
WINN, Porter G., (21); b. Dec 7, 1892; d. Oct 4, 1974. Cpl, US Army.  (Double with)
WINN, Annie V., (21); b. Aug 17, 1906; d. Oct 30, 1995
WRIGHT, J.H., (61); b. Oct 11, 1853; d. Mar 14, 1918
WRIGHT, Florence, (62); b. June 17, 1868; d. Apr 6, 1955
WRIGHT, Clarence E., (63); 1938 -- 1938
WRIGHT, C.B., (64); 1939 --1939
WRIGHT, Louis A., (65); b. June 15, 1913; d. Mar 8, 1988
WRIGHT, Johny W., (66); b. Aug 8, 1939; d. Aug 13, 1939
WRIGHT, Osa Delle, (67); 1916 -- 1970

NOTE 1:  Commander (officer paygrade O-5) POLAND joined the Navy Dec 22, 1942 and served on active duty in WWII until Oct 20, 1946. She returned to active duty Nov 11, 1950 for the Korean War, and served until Aug 31, 1967. She carried the Officer Designator of 3105, indicating that she was a Supply Corps Officer in the US Naval Reserve on active duty.
NOTE 2:  Probably John R. Duggan, born in June, 1916 and died after the 1920 census but before the 1930 census for Angelina County, Texas. He was the son of Nicholas S. Duggan and Clemmie Virginia White Duggan, and the brother of Jim E. Duggan, buried nearby. No date of death discovered in my research, but he appears on the 1920 census as "4 yrs, 3 months" and does not appear on the 1930 or 1940 census.
NOTE 3:  Following is rest of the inscription: "Daughter of James M. (Joe) Tatum and Miriam Havard Tatum. Sister of Patricia Dawn Tatum Alexander. Aunt of James Mark and Fredrick Lanham Alexander. Great Aunt of Miriam Alexander. Widow of Maurice Isaac Block, buried at Sam Houston National Cemetery."
NOTE 4:  The rest of the inscription: "daughter of James M. (Joe) Tatum and Miriam Havard Tatum. Mother of Fredrick L. Alexander and James M. Alexander. Sister of Joey Lou Tatum Block. Grandmother of Miriam Alexander. Born: Nov 26, 1933 in Camp Ruby, Texas. Died: Oct 15, 1997 in Houston, Texas."

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