MT. DENA CEMETERY, San Augustine County, Texas, was photographed and transcribed 12/28/09. Pictures of individual headstones are available free upon request,
     The cemetery sits behind an apparently-inactive Baptist Church by the same name. The church may have been named for the highest peak, named  Mount Dena, in  the Zagros Mountain Range in South West Iran. This mountain chain is about 70 Km long and has about 50 peaks above 4000 meters.  I was unable to discover any Biblical reference to Mt. Dena, and don't know the significance of this mountain to the naming of a Christian church.

The plaque (which does not photograph well), attached to the front of the church is quoted:

"Mt. Dnay Baptist Church

Org 1887 - Rev L. Pickens

Decons

J. Berry - N. Berry - J. Pain

Remodeled 1964

Rev J. Wade - Dec L. McCarther

Sis G. Canton - Sec

Bro K. Phillips - Tre

Pre L. Park  Mission"

  This is an African-American cemetery.  DIRECTIONS:  From San Augustine on SR21, go east about 4.7 miles; there is a sign on the left side of the road indicating the driveway to Mt. Dena Baptist Church and Cemetery.  The driveway ends at the church. There are several unmarked graves; the notation (fhm) indicates a metal funeral home marker.

BERRY, Joe; b. Jul 20, 1897; d. Jan 27, 1975.  PVT, US Army
BERRY, Lou Alma; 1903 -- 1983 (fhm)
BERRY, Katie Mae; b. July 7, 1920; d. Apr 4, 1992
BOLTON, Lular; 1886 -- 1969.  (fhm)
BOLTON, Rev. Clevland; b. May 9, 1910; d. July 8, 1982
BORDERS, Ida Mae; 1919 -- 1987
BRATCHETT, Jim; b. Nov 22, 1923; d. July 12, 1975
BURRELL, Alonzo; 1932 -- 2005 (fhm)
     (next to this grave is a concrete slab with no identifying markings)
BURRELL, Billy Earl; 1934 -- 1988
CANTON, John B.; 1919 -- 1977. PVT, US Army, World War II
CANTON, Billie Jean; b. Sep 23, 1932; d. Nov 15, 1988
CANTON, Otto "Fox"; b. Dec 1, 1898; d. Nov 29, 1989
CANTON, Mary; 1914 -- 2004.  (fhm)
CANTON, M.D.; b. Mar 14, 1936; d. Oct 30, 1997
CANTON, Jim B.; b. Jan 12, 1901; d. Jan 27, 1981
CANTON, Rev. Hubert; b. Feb 13, 1908; d. Sep 10, 1970
CARTWRIGHT, John Willis; b. Mar 14, 1926; d. Sep 2, 1995. TEC5, US Army, World War II
DENNIS, Elizabeth; b. Sep 18, 1894; d. Jul 24, 1973
FLEMING, Rebbie; b. Apr 15, 1914; d. Oct 28, 1998  (fhm)
     (next to this grave is a concrete slab with "FLEMONES" scratched in the concrete; no dates)
FOWLER, Mary; 1963 -- 1997
GARRETT, Charlie; 1899 -- 1982  (fhm)
GARRETT, Mrs. Nina B.; 1911 -- 2002  (fhm)
GUILBEAUX, Francis Burrell; b. Feb 7, 1936; d. Feb 12, 1982
HENSON, Billie; 1944 -- 2004  (fhm)
HIMES, Alice Joyce; b. Feb 26, 1950; d. Feb 13, 1974
HOLMAN, Walter Jr.; b. Feb 11, 1936; d. July 31, 1991
HORTON, Joe Jr.; b. Feb 10, 1898; d. Nov 3, 1973
HOOPER, Mary Lean Dennis; b. June 16, 1932; d. Aug 14, 2008 (fhm)
JONES, Lenard Ray; b. July 14, 1933; d. May 31, 1973
JONES, Leonard Ray, Jr. (fhm with missing dates)
KING-PRICE, Vanna; b. Apr 23, 1923; d. Jan 24, 1993
KING, Jimmy M.; 1935 -- 2002
McCARTHER, Lack; b. Aug 12, 1898; d. Sep 29, 1978.  (double headstone with:)
McCARTHER, Lillian; b. Dec 30, 1902 (no other date)
MOSBY, Sheila Land; 1967 -- 1988
MOSLEY, Ralph; b. Sep 7, 1924; d. Feb 16, 1995
PARKS, Lorine Bryant; b. May 12, 1929; d. Nov 6, 1992.  (double headstone with:)
PARKS, Judge; b. Mar 28, 1921.  (no other date)
PARKS, LeRoy; b. Nov 16, 1896; d. Feb 17, 1970.  Arizona; SSgt, US Army, World War II
PARKS, O.B.; b. Nov 9, 1906; d. Jan 2, 1971.  SSgt, US Army, World War II
PAYNE, Charles "Bubba"; b. Feb 10, 1936; d. Aug 3, 1995
PAYNE, James; b. Oct 2, 1941; d. Nov 17, 2000  (fhm)
PRICE, Essie Mae; 1912 -- 2000
RANDLE, Junus Lee; b. Aug 5, 1960; d. Sep 11, 2007. (fhm)
ROBERTS, Sarah; 1923 -- 1973.  (fhm)
ROBERTS, Charlie; 1925 -- 1976  (fhm)
SHEPPARD, Darlene Dennis; b. Aug 23, 1960; d. June 6, 1996
THOMAS, Kevin; 1980 (no other date; fhm)
THOMAS, Bobby Gene; b. July 11, 1951; d. Mar 23, 1993  (fhm)
THOMAS, Jennie L.; 1937 -- 2003 (fhm)
WILSON, Joyce Singleton; b. Dec 30, 1919; d. Aug 24, 1974
WILSON, Willie B.; b. Sep 22, 1914; d. Mar 14, 1999