NEW SMYRNA Cemetery, Nacogdoches County, Texas is identified by the sign on the fence as "Smyrna Cemetery - Jackson", but better knows as "New Smyrna" or just "Smyrna" as the large sign over the driveway has it. There are two other cemeteries very close-by: "Old Smyrna", which you passed to get here, and "Lowery-Grimes", which is just a short distance away on CR496. (All three cemeteries have been photographed and appear on this website)

DIRECTIONS: From Etoile on SR103 in Nacogdoches County, go south on FM 226 almost 5 miles and turn left onto CR 489, a red-dirt road. About a mile up this road, at the fire-lookout tower, turn right onto CR 490. (If you're using Google or Bing or Microsoft Maps, this road is identified as another CR489; that's wrong; the county road signs correctly identify this cross-road as CR490). Pass Old Smyrna cemetery on the right and continue on to the intersection with CR496. There will be a covered pavilion on the left; New Smyrna Cemetery is across the road through the large arch. We took digital pictures of each individual headstone, and will provide copies free to anyone who asks.

BROWN, George W. (11); b. Feb 7, 1833; d. Mar 7, 1860. son of Dr. R.O. & Nancy W. Brown

BROWN, Nancy W. (12); b. Oct 31, 1810; d. May 23, 1895. wife of Dr. R.O. Brown

BROWN, Dr. R.O. (13); b. Jan 29, 1805; d. Apr 23, 1875

CAMPA, James (Jesus) (60); b. Dec 15, 1907; d. Sep 19, 2002. (Note 2)

CAMPA, Joanna (60); b. May 24, 1904; d. July 3, 1992. (SSDI shows birthdate as May 22, 1904)

CARLTON, Martha Elizabeth Wilson (79); b. 1835; d. June 11, 1908. (wife of J.H.)

CARLTON, J.H. (Joel Hilliard) (80); b. June 8, 1843 (AL); d. April 6, 1912

COLEMAN, L.V. (24, 33); b. Aug 24, 1884; d. May 11, 1914. (Note 1)

COLEMAN, Ida A. (25); b. Dec 29, 1890; d. Mar 31, 1918. Wife of A. Coleman

FISHER, Eugenia E. (06); b. Sep 16, 1855; d. Nov 11, 1886

FISHER, Nancy (07); b. Mar 2, 1881; d. Mar 16, 1881. dau of J.K. & E.O. Fisher

FISHER, Eugene C. (08); b. Jan 28, 1876; d. May 30, 1876. son of J.K. & E.O. Fisher

FISHER, Joseph L. (09); b. Nov 10, 1879; d. May 14, 1880. son of J.K. & E.O. Fisher

FISHER, Thomas D. (10); b. Sep 11, 1872; d. Dec 23, 1872. son of J.K. & E.O. Fisher

FISHER, Emily O. (54); b. Feb 12, 1847; d. Apr 7, 1881

HARVEY, Donald Wyane (53); b. & d. Dec 7, 1948. Son of Mr. & Mrs Freeman Harvey

HARVEY, Elwood (56); 1904 -- 1926

HARVEY, Infant (57); (no dates) sons of Tiffie & Ada Harvey

HOLLAND, Willie Artie (49); b. Oct 10, 1889; d. July 7, 1939

HOLLAND, Pheby M. (50); b. Sep 17, 1879; d. Apr 19, 1937. Wife of M.G. Holland

HOLLAND, Mitchel G. (51); b. May 9, 1864; d. Oct 27, 1939

JACKSON, John S. (14); b. Dec 27, 1875; d. Sep 15, 1877. son of W.D. & Mary A. Jackson

JACKSON, G.B. (15); b. Aug 20, 1861; d. June 18, 1896. Medical Student of New Orleans, La.

JACKSON, W.D. (17); b. Feb 25, 1836; d. Mch 12, 1907

JACKSON, Laura V. (19); b. Dec 14, 1866; d. Jan 1, 1909

KING, Rufus (61); b. Dec 12, 1881; d. July 26, 1932

LOWERY, Jim (35); b. Mar 18, 1860; d. Dec 22, 1924

LOWERY, Nancy Mirtle (36); b. Nov 9, 1921; d. Jan 7, 1922

LOWERY, Infant (87); November, 1915. daughter of E.L. & Lucy Lowery

LOWERY, Arthur "A.L." (81); b. July 4, 1901; d. Sep 14, 1978. (Double with)

LOWERY, Ossie M. (81); b. May 8, 1917; d. Oct 17, 2002

LOWERY, Archie (82); b. Nov 30, 1906; d. July 2, 1909. son of G.E. & Della Lowery

LOWERY, Rollan E. (84); b. Oct 17, 1916; d. Feb 18, 2006. (Double with)

LOWERY, Lillian V. (84); b. July 24, 1922; d. July 20, 2000

LOWERY, Charles Earl (85); b. Aug 12, 1908; d. Nov 18, 1998

LOWERY, Oscar "O.L." (86); b. July 4, 1901; d. Jan 17, 1994

LUCAS, Novis Elaine (39); b. Feb 4, 1933; d. Sep 18, 1937

MEADOR, Sharlet Etheridge (43); b. Aug 1866; d. Jan 4, 1904. Wife of John M. Meador

MEADOR, John Henry (44); b. Nov 10, 1886; d. Feb 19, 1906

MEADOWS, James I. (40); b. Nov 8, 1898; d. May 12, 1902

MEADOWS, Ben (41); b. Sep 23, 1868; d. Nov 20, 1900

MEADOWS, Mary L. (42); b. Sep 17, 1896; d. June 5, 1897

SOWELL, Hester (45); b. Apr 24, 1901; d. Dec 9, 1912

SOWELL, Mary Bell (46); b. Dec 3, 1895; d. July 4, 1899. Daughter of G.W. & Callie Sowell

SOWELL, G.W. (47); b. July 5, d. Jan 27, 1902

SOWELL, William Jackson (48); b. Mar 23, 1903; d. Sep 13, 1904

SOWELL, Infant (58); b. Feb 10, 1929; d. Feb 10, 1929. Son of Mr. & Mrs. B.H. Sowell

SOWELL, Wilma Irene (Harvey) (59); b. June 2, 1910; d. May 8, 2002. (Not buried here: Note 3)

SOWELL, Bryant H. (59); b. Nov 17, 1904; d. Apr 28, 1933

SOWELL, James A. (66); b. Apr 11, 1857; d. Mar 16, 1935

SOWELL, J.B. (67); b. Nov 14, 1882; d. Nov 24, 1918. son of J.A. & Lizzie Sowell

SOWELL, Roscoe (73); b. Sep 10, 1908; d. Mar 31, 1960. SP5 501 Mil Intel Det, WWII

SOWELL, Belle (74); b. Mar 10, 1877; d. Feb 19, 1945

SOWELL, M.L. (76); b. Sep 6, 1863; d. July 28, 1914

SPINKS, Mary (37); b. May, 1852; d. Dec 1924

SPINKS, E.J. (38); b. July, 1841; d. Nov, 1923

SPINKS, Cora (88); b. Apr 5, 1871; d. Feb 3, 1909

SPINKS, W.L. (90); b. Oct 4, 1861; d. Apr 24, 1906

VANSCHOUBROEK, S.H. (Silas) (31); b. Sep 1846 (La); d. July 7, 1923

WADE, Katie Bell (21); (no dates) Age Nine Years. daughter of J.L. & Josie Wade

WADE, J.L. (22, 23); b. Mar 29, 1879; d. Mar 15, 1912. son of B.R. & L.L. Wade

WADE, L.L. (26); b. Apr 29, 1854; d. Mar 28, 1918. Wife of B.R. Wade

WADE, B.R. (27); b. Nov 7, 1850; d. Jan 14, 1929

WADE, Katie W. (28, 29); b. Nov 27, 1897; d. Nov 15, 1915. daughter of B.R. & L.L. Wade

WADE, Lera V. (24, 33); b. Aug 24, 1884; d. May 11, 1914. dau of B.R. & L.L. Wade, wife of Aaron Coleman

WADE, Infant (34); (No Dates) son of J.H. & Irene Wade

WARR, Wilburn Ellis (64); b. Jan 12, 1905; d. Jan 6, 1922

WHITEHEAD, G.W. (70); b. Apr 14, 1862; d. Sep 21, 1932

WHITEHEAD, A.W. (71); b. Aug 3, 1900; d. Apr 3, 1981

WHITEHEAD, Jim (72); b. Nov 24, 1886; d. Mar 28, 1906

WINKLER, Louis H. (30); b. Dec 2, 1896 (La.); d. Jan 4, 1925. Pvt 165 Depot Brig.

NOTE 1: Lera V. "Ellie" Wade was married to Aaron Coleman. After her death in 1914, he remarried. His second wife, Ida, died in 1918 and is buried next to Ellie, who has 2 headstones in this cemetery - one headstone (identical to that of her brother "J.L." and sister "Katie") is broken and doesn't show her name, but the dates are correct and her parents are identified. The other stone identifies her as "wife of A. Coleman".

NOTE 2: Jesus Campa was born in Mexico, probably January 1, 1907 as indicated by SSDI and TXDI. He used the name "James", and lived in Chicago, IL, according to the 1940 census.

NOTE 3: Buried in Garden of Memories Cemetery next to her second husband, L.J. Loving.

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