Payne Gap Cemetery “Lighting of Souls” Fundraiser

The Payne Gap Cemetery Association announces its annual Lighting of Souls fundraiser. For this holiday season, the association offers an opportunity to place a flickering LED tribute candle on a monument in remembrance and celebration of a loved one at rest at the cemetery. All proceeds go towards maintaining and improving the cemetery.

A $10 donation sponsors one “soul” and includes the candle, installation, and maintenance for one holiday season (Thanksgiving through New Years). The candle is solar powered, weather proof, and automatically turns on at sunset and off at sunrise.

After each name on this page, click Buy Candle to add to the shopping cart. When you are done, click Checkout to complete payment. At checkout, you will have an opportunity to make an additional donation.

Alternatively, send a check payable to Payne Gap Cemetery Association, along with a list of sponsored names,* to:

Payne Gap Cemetery Association
c/o Samuel Duncan, Vice President
1511 FM 572 E
Goldthwaite, TX 76844

* name choices cannot be guaranteed if paying by check.

Be sure to visit the cemetery starting at Thanksgiving when it will be ablaze with flickering candles in a collective tribute to the lives of those at rest there.

Thank you for supporting the Payne Gap Cemetery. Send questions to sam.duncan@me.com, or call 817-240-8664.

2026–2027 Season
5 of 153 sponsored • 148 available
Bobbie Louise [Duncan] Adams (1926-2015)
Frank Wendell Adams (1927-2016) Not Available
Helois Dulles [Pamplin] Adams (1921-2013)
James Otis “Otis” Adams (1925-2014)
John Clement “J.C.” Adams, Jr. (1918-1998)
John Clemons “Clem” Adams, Sr. (1886-1973)
Johnnie Lee [Comer] Adams (1926-2018) Not Available
Lena Laura [Cook] Adams (1895-1977)
Mary Lee [Wilder] Adams (1921-1998)
Rebecca Lynn [Guest] Adams (1959-2025)
Wanda Kay [English] Adams (1960-2016)
William Alton “Billy” Adams (1923-1979)
Marm Eugene Alexander (1906-1906)
Robert “Bob” Altenloh (1918-1991)
Allie [Martin] Armstrong (1885-1935)
Edgar Eldridge Armstrong (1894-1963)
Mary Irene “Irene” Armstrong (1914-1934)
Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” [Davis] Armstrong (1877-1911)
Maxine Lavon [McMurray] Armstrong (1939-2004)
Cleda Mae [Cook] Arrowood (1903-1994)
Laura Elizabeth [Blackstock] Arrowood (1876-1906)
Wilburn “Red” Arrowood (1897-1962)
William Dee “W.D.” Arrowood (1862-1943)
Josephine “Josie” [Hunt] Barton (1887-1934)
Richard Harry Barton (1882-1933)
James C. (Colvin) “Brit” Brittingham (1924-2014)
Wilba Dean “Dean” [Arrowood] Brittingham (1928-2020)
Mildred Lucille [Adams] Butts (1920-2015)
Owen Townsend “Townsend” Butts (1922-1992)
Daniel Cornelius Campbell (1895-1918)
John T. Campbell (1855-1929)
Millie A. [Temple] Campbell (1872-1948)
Aubrey W. “Pat” Carswell (1907-2002)
Laura Emma [Norwood] Carswell (1825-1889)
Lydia C. [Baker] Carswell (1845-1917)
Nancy “Nannie” [Medford] Carswell (1855-1889)
Walter Byrd “Byrd” Carswell (1882-1965)
William Thomas “W.T. or Uncle Billy” Carswell (1846-1912)
Wilma Cleo “Cleo” [Black] Carswell (1917-2009)
Agnes Estell [Campbell] Cook (1900-1978)
Arthur L. (Loren) Cook (1936-2009)
Carl Decker Cook (1899-1997)
Charley Leroy Cook (1893-1973)
Doran Wister Cook (1905-1938)
James Thomas “Jim” Cook (1884-1926)
John Thomas “J.T.” Cook (1849-1921)
John Wister “Wis” Cook (1876-1906)
Martha Jane “Mattie” [Wilkey] Cook (1855-1939)
Mattie L. “Nellie” [Carswell] Cook (1878-1963)
Mittee Cook (1904-1905)
Ruby Gladys [Barrett] Cook (1903–1987)
Vera Myrtle [O’Neal] Cook (1902–1980)
Wilkie Don “Don” Cook (1897-1990)
Lynda Gwen [Prachyl] DeMoss (1945-2002)
Agnes Margaret [Schindler] Donnelly (1914-1984)
Ervin J. “Pop” Donnelly (1941-2010)
Floyd Paul Donnelly (1912-1978)
Sandra Lee “Kinky” [Thedford] Donnelly (1955-2023)
Clara Mae [Owens] Duncan (1923-2010)
Henry Tharp Duncan (1894-1949)
Jacklyn Ann “Jackie” [Neely] Duncan (1937-2023)
Jessie [Hunt] Duncan (1894-1986)
Levi Alton “Alton” Duncan (1916-1997)
Orbie “Orb” Duncan (1906-1971)
Richard Doyle “Doyle” Duncan (1933-2019)
Thomas Ell “Ell” Duncan (1896-1975)
Troy Elvis Duncan (1926-2009)
Vergie “Verg” [Hunt] Duncan (1896-1984)
Willie “Bill” [Hunt] Duncan (1904-1994)
Dorothy Earlene “Dottie” [Duncan] Elliott (1930-2006)
James Edward “Jim” Elliott (1930-1999)
Thomas Edward “Tom” Elliott (1958-1997)
Lana Lynn [Low] Elms (1951-2024)
Michael W. Ford (1891-1892)
Verie Ford (1897-1897)
Franklin Child
James Arthur Goode (1832-1915)
Cordelia “Dora or Dealia” [Carrigan] Green (1885-1926)
Green Child
John Motley Hensley (1806-1898)
Hensley Child
Carl Eugene Hughes (1908-1909)
Arthur H. “Bud” Hunt (1884-1973)
Cleta Cleo [Black] Hunt (1927-2014)
Evelyn A. Hunt (1925-1981)
JD Hunt (1925-2024)
Levada “Leva” Hunt (1899-1912)
Levi Golden “Bud” Hunt (1865-1919)
Maggie D. (Dell) [Hunt] Hunt (1886-1965)
Mary Evelyn “Eva” [Jenkins] Hunt (1868-1934)
Matilda Jane “Mattie” [Duncan] Hunt (1862-1925)
Ruby Pearl [Newton] Hunt (1900-1973)
Sophie L. Hunt (1891-1903)
Thomas Hayden “Tom” Hunt (1887-1951)
Hunt
Weldon Odell Hunt (1926-2007)
Hunt Child (1911) (1911–1911)
Hunt Child (1911) (1911–1911)
Hunt (Child)
Martha Jane “Mattie” [Payne] Jenkins (1839-1917)
Richard Thomas Jenkins (1830-1903)
Richard B. Jenkins (1875-1892)
Sarah G. Johnson (1822-1902)
Charles Manley “Charley” Mathis (1883-1915)
Charley Manley “Bud” Mathis (1908-1978)
Edward A. (Anderson) “Edd” Mathis (1890-1918)
Jessie [Wilkey] Mathis (1888-1907)
John Brooklyn Mathis (1906-1968)
Kyle H. (Herbert) Mathis (1914-1981)
Maude Almer [Hunt] Mathis (1881-1978)
Otis Mathis (1911-1912)
Wayne Thomas Mathis (1944-1991)
William T. (Thomas) “Will” Mathis (1864-1929)
Martha Jane “Mattie” [Goode] Mayo (1870-1914)
Ammann Raphael “A. R.” McGehee (1903-1979)
Mary Louise [Midgett] McGehee (1919-2017)
Rachel Ann Nelson (1840-1900)
C.D. (Colonel Decatur) Parker (1840-1906)
Frank W. Prachyl (1898-1990)
Wilma Opal “Opal” [Taylor] Prachyl (1916-1977)
Eslar Pearl [Mathis] Rutherford (1903-1984)
William Franklin “Frank” Rutherford (1898-1979)
Hazel Revena [Barton] Sikes (1918-2004)
Jo Lynn Sikes (1937-2002)
Arthur M. Simon (1892-1892)
Roland Clarence Sperry (1922-2013)
Birt Steele (1896-1903)
Olan Thompson (1925-1925)
Orville Thompson (1925-1925)
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
Unidentified Grave
Unknown Grave
Unknown Grave
Unknown Child
Unknown Child
Unknown Child
Unknown Child
Charley Jackson Venable (1915-1915)
Elo Tracy Venable (1908-1909)
Mrs. Warren
Warren Child
Gideon Watson (1889-1899)
Gideon Harrison “Gid” Watson (1840-1927)
Matilda [Davis] Watson (1848-1931)
Renay [Elliott] Watt (1959-2016)
Martha Helen [Honeycutt] Wilkey (1866-1961)
William Thomas “Tom” Wilkey (1859-1907)
Wilkey Infant Girl (1910-1910)
Woolsey Infant
Total: $0.00

In addition to donating online, you may send a check payable to Payne Gap Cemetery Association to:

Payne Gap Cemetery Association
c/o Samuel Duncan, Vice President
1511 FM 572 E
Goldthwaite, TX 76844

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