Payne Gap Cemetery Directory
Cemetery History
The Payne Gap Cemetery, located at 1511 FM 572, Goldthwaite, Texas, and managed by the Payne Gap Cemetery Association, occupies about one acre of land and is about forty-five feet to the east of the Payne Gap School. The cemetery and school are the only remaining landmarks from the community of Payne Gap, which began to organize in the early 1860s. It was named after Barzilla Payne, whose family were the first settlers in the area, arriving about 1857 … read more
Cemetery Statistics
- Total deceased persons: 143, including 10 unidentified graves
- Disposition statistics: 137 burials and 6 cremations
- The first person placed at rest: Laura E. Carswell, who died on November 29, 1889
- The last person placed at rest: Lana Lynn [Low] Elms , who died on August 7, 2024
- Deceased persons with military service: 19
- Burials/cremations by family name
Cemetery Directory
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Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Age Yrs | Loc |
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Adams | Bobbie Louise | December 18, 1926 | January 12, 2015 | 88 | Row 01, Grave 08 |
Adams | Frank Wendell | September 12, 1927 | July 27, 2016 | 88 | Row 02, Grave 04 |
Adams | Helois Dulles | August 17, 1921 | November 5, 2013 | 92 | Row 01, Grave 12 |
Adams | James Otis "Otis" | December 13, 1925 | April 19, 2014 | 88 | Row 01, Grave 07 |
Adams | Jay Frank | April 19, 1957 | June 3, 2010 | 53 | Row 02, Grave 02 |
Adams | John Clements "J.C." | April 27, 1918 | July 31, 1998 | 80 | Row 01, Grave 11 |
Adams | John Clements "Clem" | November 24, 1886 | October 30, 1973 | 86 | Row 02, Grave 05 |
Adams | Johnnie Lee | February 22, 1926 | August 21, 2018 | 92 | Row 02, Grave 03 |
Adams | Wanda Kay | February 3, 1960 | June 7, 2016 | 56 | Row 02, Grave 01 |
Adams | Mary Lee | August 1, 1921 | April 21, 1998 | 76 | Row 01, Grave 05 |
Adams | William Alton "Billy" | October 12, 1923 | July 18, 1979 | 55 | Row 01, Grave 06 |
Adams | Lena Laura | February 17, 1895 | February 24, 1977 | 82 | Row 02, Grave 06 |
Armstrong | Allie | February 15, 1885 | January 10, 1935 | 49 | Row 09, Grave 10 |
Armstrong | Edgar Eldridge | August 7, 1894 | May 5, 1963 | 68 | Row 08, Grave 09 |
Armstrong | Mary Irene "Irene" | January 1, 1914 | January 1, 1934 | 20 | Row 09, Grave 09 |
Armstrong | Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" | March 3, 1877 | September 13, 1911 | 34 | Row 08, Grave 10 |
Armstrong | Maxine Lavon | September 24, 1939 | March 23, 2004 | 64 | Row 07, Grave 06 |
Arrowood | Cleda Mae | January 12, 1903 | September 22, 1994 | 91 | Row 05, Grave 07 |
Arrowood | Laura Elizabeth | January 7, 1876 | October 3, 1906 | 30 | Row 04, Grave 08 |
Arrowood | Wilburn "Red" | January 19, 1897 | February 23, 1962 | 65 | Row 05, Grave 06 |
Arrowood | William Dee "W.D. or Dee" | January 16, 1862 | November 15, 1943 | 81 | Row 04, Grave 07 |
Barton | Josephine "Josie" | April 6, 1887 | June 2, 1934 | 47 | Row 06, Grave 11 |
Barton | Richard Harry | November 17, 1882 | October 21, 1933 | 50 | Row 06, Grave 10 |
Brittingham | James C. (Colvin) "Brit" | September 22, 1924 | March 26, 2014 | 89 | Row 05, Grave 08 |
Brittingham | Wilba Dean | October 31, 1928 | May 31, 2020 | 91 | Row 05, Grave 09 |
Butts | Mildred Lucille | November 6, 1920 | April 25, 2015 | 94 | Row 01, Grave 10 |
Butts | Owen Townsend "Townsend" | June 16, 1922 | November 7, 1992 | 70 | Row 01, Grave 09 |
Campbell | Daniel Cornelius | December 17, 1895 | October 28, 1918 | 22 | Row 08, Grave 05 |
Campbell | John T. | January 2, 1855 | March 22, 1929 | 74 | Row 08, Grave 06 |
Campbell | Millie A. (Augustine) | February 7, 1872 | March 4, 1948 | 76 | Row 08, Grave 04 |
Carswell | Aubrey W. "Pat" | October 27, 1907 | November 24, 2002 | 95 | Row 04, Grave 23 |
Carswell | Laura Emma | November 25, 1825 | November 29, 1889 | 64 | Row 04, Grave 15 |
Carswell | Lydia C. | May 3, 1845 | May 29, 1917 | 72 | Row 04, Grave 17 |
Carswell | Nancy "Nannie" | January 1, 1855 | December 4, 1889 | 34 | Row 04, Grave 14 |
Carswell | Walter Byrd "Byrd" | April 14, 1882 | January 10, 1965 | 82 | Row 04, Grave 13 |
Carswell | William Thomas "W.T. or Uncle Billy" | November 9, 1846 | May 19, 1912 | 65 | Row 04, Grave 16 |
Carswell | Wilma Cleo "Cleo" | November 23, 1917 | April 17, 2009 | 91 | Row 04, Grave 24 |
Cook | Agnes Estell | January 22, 1900 | March 5, 1978 | 78 | Row 08, Grave 02 |
Cook | Arthur L. (Loren) | February 13, 1936 | March 26, 2009 | 73 | Row 08, Grave 01 |
Cook | Carl Decker | July 5, 1899 | June 25, 1997 | 97 | Row 02, Grave 07 |
Cook | Charley Leroy | August 21, 1893 | August 30, 1973 | 80 | Row 08, Grave 03 |
Cook | Doran Wister | October 8, 1905 | December 25, 1938 | 33 | Row 03, Grave 08 |
Cook | James Thomas "Jim" | March 20, 1884 | June 22, 1926 | 42 | Row 04, Grave 06 |
Cook | John Thomas "J.T." | April 18, 1849 | April 4, 1921 | 71 | Row 04, Grave 09 |
Cook | Martha Jane "Mattie" | November 21, 1855 | December 21, 1939 | 84 | Row 04, Grave 10 |
Cook | Mattie L. "Nellie" | November 5, 1878 | June 14, 1963 | 84 | Row 03, Grave 07 |
Cook | Mittee | April 13, 1904 | March 9, 1905 | 0 | Row 03, Grave 05 |
Cook | Ruby Gladys | December 8, 1903 | October 28, 1987 | 83 | Row 02, Grave 09 |
Cook | Vera Myrtle | November 4, 1902 | August 29, 1980 | 77 | Row 02, Grave 08 |
Cook | Wilkie Don "Don" | August 4, 1897 | July 14, 1990 | 92 | Row 02, Grave 10 |
Cook | John Wister "Wis" | December 9, 1876 | October 23, 1906 | 29 | Row 03, Grave 06 |
Curtiss | Infant Son | September 21, 1910 | January 2, 1911 | 0 | Unknown |
DeMoss | Lynda Gwen | September 26, 1945 | September 9, 2002 | 56 | Row 02, Grave 16 |
Donnelly | Agnes Margaret | July 30, 1914 | October 29, 1984 | 70 | Row 04, Grave 22 |
Donnelly | Ervin J. "Pop" | September 19, 1941 | March 6, 2010 | 68 | Row 05, Grave 21 |
Donnelly | Floyd Paul | May 25, 1912 | February 11, 1978 | 65 | Row 04, Grave 21 |
Donnelly | Sandra Lee "Kinky" | December 25, 1955 | July 22, 2023 | 67 | Row 05, Grave 22 |
Duncan | Shirley Ann | November 8, 1936 | June 5, 2019 | 82 | Pending |
Duncan | Glenn Dale "Dale" | November 23, 1934 | March 15, 2022 | 87 | Row 05, Grave 15 |
Duncan | Willie "Bill" | December 30, 1904 | November 20, 1994 | 89 | Row 05, Grave 17 |
Duncan | Clara Mae | June 28, 1923 | February 14, 2010 | 86 | Row 07, Grave 03 |
Duncan | Henry Tharp | May 2, 1894 | August 18, 1949 | 55 | Row 07, Grave 05 |
Duncan | Jacklyn Ann "Jackie" | August 28, 1937 | April 26, 2023 | 85 | Row 01, Grave 02 |
Duncan | Jessie | February 1, 1894 | June 30, 1986 | 92 | Row 02, Grave 13 |
Duncan | Levi Alton "Alton" | August 14, 1916 | April 3, 1997 | 80 | Row 07, Grave 04 |
Duncan | Orbie "Orb" | August 14, 1906 | April 12, 1971 | 64 | Row 05, Grave 16 |
Duncan | Richard Doyle "Doyle" | November 25, 1933 | January 23, 2019 | 85 | Row 01, Grave 03 |
Duncan | Thomas Ell "Ell" | January 17, 1896 | October 1, 1975 | 79 | Row 02, Grave 12 |
Duncan | Troy Elvis | August 31, 1926 | June 16, 2009 | 82 | Row 01, Grave 01 |
Duncan | Vergie "Verg" | December 6, 1896 | October 11, 1984 | 87 | Row 07, Grave 07 |
Elliott | Dorothy Earlene "Dottie" | May 22, 1930 | August 12, 2006 | 76 | Row 02, Grave 19 |
Elliott | James Edward "Jim" | November 19, 1930 | December 16, 1999 | 69 | Row 02, Grave 18 |
Elliott | Thomas Edward "Tom" | April 19, 1958 | November 27, 1997 | 39 | Row 02, Grave 11 |
Elms | Lana Lynn | June 18, 1951 | August 7, 2024 | 73 | Row 01, Grave 13 |
Ford | Michael W. | March 20, 1891 | November 7, 1892 | 1 | Row 04, Grave 11 |
Ford | Verie | January 28, 1897 | January 28, 1897 | 0 | Row 04, Grave 12 |
Goode | James Arthur | June 17, 1832 | March 12, 1915 | 82 | Row 08, Grave 08 |
Green | Cordelia "Dora or Dealia" | January 21, 1886 | January 15, 1926 | 39 | Row 07, Grave 01 |
Hensley | John Motley | April 24, 1806 | January 1, 1898 | 91 | Row 05, Grave 13 |
Hughes | Carl Eugene | May 15, 1908 | June 20, 1909 | 1 | Row 06, Grave 03 |
Hunt | Infant Daughter | November 22, 1911 | November 22, 1911 | 0 | Row 06, Grave 18 |
Hunt | Arthur H. "Bud" | December 20, 1884 | October 22, 1973 | 88 | Row 06, Grave 20 |
Hunt | Cleta Cleo | November 13, 1927 | April 9, 2014 | 86 | Row 09, Grave 07 |
Hunt | Evelyn A. (Alphey) | May 11, 1925 | May 8, 1981 | 55 | Row 06, Grave 22 |
Hunt | Infant Daughter | November 22, 1911 | November 29, 1911 | 0 | Row 06, Grave 19 |
Hunt | JD | February 10, 1925 | January 24, 2024 | 98 | Row 09, Grave 06 |
Hunt | Levada "Leva" | September 20, 1899 | November 18, 1912 | 13 | Row 06, Grave 15 |
Hunt | Levi Golden "Bud" | November 13, 1865 | May 2, 1919 | 53 | Row 06, Grave 16 |
Hunt | Maggie D. (Dell) | February 8, 1886 | December 27, 1965 | 79 | Row 06, Grave 21 |
Hunt | Mary Evelyn "Eva" | December 10, 1868 | September 22, 1934 | 65 | Row 06, Grave 17 |
Hunt | Matilda Jane "Mattie" | April 9, 1862 | January 19, 1925 | 62 | Row 09, Grave 01 |
Hunt | Ruby Pearl | April 19, 1900 | February 19, 1973 | 72 | Row 09, Grave 05 |
Hunt | Sophie L. | September 12, 1891 | September 22, 1903 | 12 | Row 06, Grave 14 |
Hunt | Thomas Hayden "Tom" | August 24, 1887 | April 3, 1951 | 63 | Row 09, Grave 04 |
Hunt | Weldon Odell "Odell" | November 19, 1926 | September 24, 2007 | 80 | Row 09, Grave 02 |
Jenkins | Martha Jane "Mattie" | September 30, 1839 | January 22, 1917 | 77 | Row 06, Grave 08 |
Jenkins | Richard Thomas | October 25, 1830 | May 5, 1903 | 72 | Row 06, Grave 07 |
Jenkins | Richard B. | March 7, 1875 | November 16, 1892 | 17 | Row 06, Grave 09 |
Johnson | Sarah G. | August 7, 1822 | August 29, 1902 | 80 | Row 06, Grave 06 |
Mathis | Charles Manley "Charley" | October 13, 1884 | August 5, 1915 | 30 | Row 04, Grave 05 |
Mathis | Charley Manley "Bud" | February 8, 1908 | February 6, 1978 | 69 | Row 03, Grave 04 |
Mathis | Edward A. (Anderson) "Edd" | June 10, 1890 | June 29, 1918 | 28 | Row 04, Grave 03 |
Mathis | Fannie E. (Elizabeth) | December 6, 1855 | December 7, 1933 | 78 | Row 04, Grave 01 |
Mathis | Jessie | May 25, 1888 | December 31, 1907 | 19 | Row 05, Grave 03 |
Mathis | John Brooklyn | September 6, 1906 | September 22, 1968 | 62 | Row 05, Grave 01 |
Mathis | Kyle H. (Herbert) | February 6, 1914 | March 3, 1981 | 67 | Row 03, Grave 01 |
Mathis | Maude Almer | July 22, 1881 | January 27, 1978 | 96 | Row 04, Grave 04 |
Mathis | Wayne Thomas | November 6, 1944 | March 26, 1991 | 46 | Row 05, Grave 02 |
Mathis | William T. (Thomas) "Will" | August 26, 1864 | April 29, 1929 | 64 | Row 04, Grave 02 |
Mayo | Martha Jane "Mattie" | April 13, 1873 | June 17, 1914 | 41 | Row 08, Grave 07 |
McGehee | Ammann Raphael "A.R." | January 28, 1903 | May 18, 1979 | 76 | Row 08, Grave 11 |
McGehee | Mary Louise | March 26, 1919 | January 14, 2017 | 97 | Row 08, Grave 12 |
Nelson | Rachel Ann | February 1, 1840 | May 27, 1900 | 60 | Row 05, Grave 18 |
Parker | C. (Colonel) D. (Decatur) | March 15, 1840 | February 9, 1906 | 65 | Row 07, Grave 09 |
Prachyl | Frank W. (William) | February 2, 1898 | January 26, 1990 | 91 | Row 02, Grave 15 |
Prachyl | Wilma Opal "Opal" | August 28, 1916 | June 23, 1977 | 60 | Row 02, Grave 14 |
Rutherford | William Franklin "Frank" | January 26, 1898 | March 13, 1979 | 81 | Row 03, Grave 02 |
Rutherford | Eslar Pearl | December 30, 1903 | February 24, 1984 | 80 | Row 03, Grave 03 |
Sikes | Hazel Revena | May 2, 1918 | December 18, 2004 | 86 | Row 06, Grave 12 |
Sikes | Jo Lynn | December 5, 1937 | November 29, 2002 | 64 | Row 06, Grave 13 |
Simon | Arthur M. | January 8, 1892 | April 9, 1892 | 0 | Row 03, Grave 12 |
Sperry | Roland C. (Clarence) | May 21, 1922 | January 20, 2013 | 90 | Row 09, Grave 03 |
Steele | Birt | July 8, 1896 | February 2, 1903 | 6 | Row 05, Grave 19 |
Thompson | Olan | February 21, 1925 | March 3, 1925 | 0 | Row 06, Grave 01 |
Thompson | Orville | February 21, 1925 | March 3, 1925 | 0 | Row 06, Grave 02 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 03, Grave 11 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 05, Grave 14 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 05, Grave 20 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 06, Grave 04 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 07, Grave 02 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 07, Grave 08 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 06, Grave 05 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 05, Grave 12 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 05, Grave 11 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Row 05, Grave 10 |
Venable | Charley Jackson | March 10, 1915 | June 6, 1915 | 0 | Row 03, Grave 09 |
Venable | Elo Tracy | July 20, 1908 | January 1, 1909 | 0 | Row 03, Grave 10 |
Watson | Gideon | April 14, 1889 | September 4, 1899 | 10 | Row 04, Grave 18 |
Watson | Gideon Harrison "Gid" | September 9, 1840 | January 7, 1927 | 86 | Row 04, Grave 20 |
Watson | Matilda | June 5, 1848 | April 29, 1931 | 82 | Row 04, Grave 19 |
Watt | Renay | December 15, 1959 | January 22, 2016 | 56 | Row 02, Grave 17 |
Wilkey | Martha Helen | October 25, 1866 | July 13, 1961 | 94 | Row 05, Grave 04 |
Wilkey | William Thomas "Tom" | November 13, 1859 | October 1, 1907 | 47 | Row 05, Grave 05 |