Alternate name: Williams Paradise Cemetery
- Location: about one-tenth of a mile west of Highway 71, between 3.5 and 4 miles south of its intersection with Highway 90A, or about one mile north of its intersection with Duncan Lane (County Road 111)
- Earliest known year of death: 1936
- Surveyed by Bill Stein January 23 and February 10, 1992
- Racial mix: all black
- If you have any corrections, additions or obituaries pertaining to this cemetery, please contact the county coordinator.
Notes from Nesbitt Memorial Library:
1. On August 23, 1954, Chartie M. Williams petitioned the Colorado County Commissioners Court to designate five acres of his property for use as a cemetery, specifying in the petition that the cemetery was to be called the Chartie Williams Community Cemetery. The commissioners voted to accept the cemetery on September 13, 1954, and recorded the land as such in Colorado County Deed Records, Book 180, p. 146. Since that time, the cemetery has more frequently been called Williams Paradise Cemetery.
2. Dora Dervin, an aged black woman, provided a list from her memory of persons she believes to have been buried in the cemetery. Many of the burials have been confirmed through other sources. These have not: Albert Banks, Ella Mae Banks (wife of Shirley Banks), Joe Bots, Ruth Calvin (daughter of Will Axel), Johnny Cotton, John and Lizzie Dabney and their sons Buddy, Henry, John, Neal, and Walter, Thomas F. Dervin (son of Richard Dervin), John Harris, Clem Johnson, Mattie Johnson (wife of Oran Johnson), Meady Johnson (nee Nichols, married Clem Johnson), Carlton Kuykendall, Clara Kuykendall (wife of Jim Kuykendall), Warren and Indy Lowe and their children Essie, George, Jim, and Plot, Leola McGrew (nee Turner), Nux McGrew, Wady Nichols, John Pettis, Laurie Indy Pettis (nee McGrew, married John Pettis), Jack Phoenix, Ethel Polk (wife of Will Polk), Liza Polk, Nora Polk, Will Polk, Clarence Robertson, Bill Shaver, Charles Shaver, Doris Shaver, Mathilda Shaver, Perline Shaver, Spencer Shaver, Stacy Shaver (daughter of John and Lizzie Dabney), Mattie Shelly (daughter of John and Lizzie Dabney), James Smith, Mary Smith (wife of James Smith), Emilie Turner, Jim Turner, Rosalie Turner, Jesse Ward, Jesse Ward (son of Jesse and Juanita Stapleton Ward), Mary Wick, Annie J. Williams (wife of Tuck Williams), Shelly Williams (son of Tuck and Annie J. Williams)
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Aldridge, Clarece Yvonne; born: Sep 3, 1923; died: Aug 5, 2006;
Daughter of Johnnie Louis and Ella (Anderson) Vann, married Booker T. Dabney, married Harris Aldridge, Dec 22, 1990
Alexander, Annie Bell; born: Aug 20, 1897; died: Nov 24, 1950;
Daughter of Bob and Mahala (NIchols) Williams [Parents' names from death certificate]
Alexander, Bruce; born: May 30, 1894; died: Sep 3, 1981;
Alexander, Charlie; born: unknown; died: unknown;
Alexander, Henry; born:
unknown; died: unknown;
Son of Henry and Sylvia Alexander
Alexander, Isaac; born:
Nov 10, 1910; died: Nov 30, 1971;
Son of Charlie and Susie (Dancy) Alexander
Alexander, John; born:
unknown; died: unknown;
Son of Henry and Sylvia Alexander
Allen, Charlie; born: Apr
26, 1883; died: Sep 20, 1980;
Daughter of George and Henrietta (Collier) Washington
Amos, Alonzie; born: Jan
23, 1933; died: Apr 1991;
Son of Frank and Erma (Williams) Amos
Amos, Alonzie; born: Oct 15, 1956; died; Oct 16, 1956;
Son of Alonzie and Josephine (Mitchell) Amos [Info from death certificate]
Amos, Carrolyn Joyce; born: Apr 23, 1958; died: Apr 23, 1958;
Daughter of Alonzie and Josephine (Haynes?) Amos [Info from death certificate]
Amos, Erma; born: Jul 31,
1907; died: Apr 12, 1991;
Daughter of Rufus and Pearl Williams, married Frank Amos
Amos, Gerald Wayne; born: Feb 20, 1959; died: Dec 26, 1959;
Son of Alonzie and Josephine (Mitchell) Amos [Info from death certificate]
Amos, Robert Earl; born:
Feb 5, 1881; died: Sep 29, 1961;
Son of Frank and Ruby Lee (Montgomery) Amos
Amos, Ruby Lee; born: Feb 26, 1943; died: Jan 9, 2009;
Daughter of Willie B. Robinson and Emmit Montgomery
Anderson, Lizzie Edward;
born: Sep 19, 1944; died: Mar 1, 2000;
Daughter of Martin and Josephine (Washington) Dancy, married Venneh Anderson
Ashton, Eulilia; born: Jan
1, 1915; died: Jun 19, 1983;
Daughter of Harry and Ellen (Thomas) Harris, married Roadell Ashton
Ashton, Josh, Jr.; born: Mar 1, 1922; died: Jan 23, 1983;
Son of Josh and Lena (Booker) Ashton, veteran of World War II
Austin, Ben; born: Jun 12,
1909; died: Nov 3, 1965;
Son of Wash and Mary B. (Polk) Austin, killed in an automobile accident
Austin, Clifford L.; born:
Mar 7, 1916; died: Feb 18, 1999;
Son of Philmore and Westavia (Wright) Austin
Austin, Ora Lee; born: Oct
14, 1916; died: Mar 26, 1977;
Daughter of Henry and Everline (Ellis) Robinson
Austin, Philmore; born: Jan 1, 1892; died: Feb 8, 1975;
Son of Wash and Mary B. (Polk) Austin, called Dock
Austin, Ruth Thelma; born: Nov 17, 1918; died: Feb 25, 1971;
Daughter of Argia and Zenolia (Spann) Hardison, married Clifford Austin
Austin, Westavia; born: Aug 30, 1902; died: Oct 21, 1975;
Daughter of Richard and Tisha (Washington) Wright, married Philmore Austin
Axel, Doris Lucille; born:
Jan 8, 1925; died: Aug 16, 1989;
Daughter of William Berk and Cora Lee (Collier) Axel
Axel, Emma; born: Feb 15,
1902; died: Nov 27, 1966;
Daughter of Manual and Alice (Toland) Smith
Axel, Fannie; born: Jul 7, 1932; died: Oct 26, 1979;
Axel, Finest Jack; born: Oct 15, 1915; died: Dec 19, 2000;
Son of Ned Roy and Vera (Kilpatrick) Axel
Axel, Hattie; born: Jun 9, 1897; died: Feb 26, 1964;
Daughter of Lee Richardson
Axel, John Wesley; born: Aug 24, 1905; died: Jan 25, 1971;
Son of Isiah and Fannie (Binkley) Axel
Axel,
Irene Mary; born:
Sep 16, 1917; died: Jan 9, 2002;
Daughter of Andrew and Minnie Alley, married Finest Jack Axel Jan 11, 1942
Axel, Lawrence Earl; born:
Jul 2, 1928; died: Nov 15, 1991;
Son of William Berk and Cora Lee (Collier) Axel
Axel, Madison J.; born:
Jan 13, 1897; died: Jul 4, 1960;
Son of Isiah and Fannie (Binkley) Axel
Axel,
Mae Etta; born:
Feb 20, 1915; died: Jun 1, 2002;
Daughter of William and Cora Axel
Axel, Mamie; born: Feb 23,
1902; died: Jan 6, 1979;
Daughter of Jim and Mattie (Williams) Whidby
Axel, Michael Lester;
born: Mar 25, 1960; died: Jun 13, 1995;
Son of Lester and Ora Lee Axel
Axel, Ned Roy; born: Feb
11, 1886; died: May 20, 1962;
Son of Nathan Axel [Father's name from death certificate]
Axel, Ora Lee; born: May
1, 1916; died: Apr 22, 1990;
Daughter of Neil and Sarah (Thomas) Nickson, married Lester Axel, Dec 16, 1953
Axel, Vera; born: Mar 12,
1888; died: Dec 30, 1975;
Daughter of Kane and Sarah (Kilpatrick) Stanly/Stanley, married Ned Roy Axel. [Death certificate gives Mar 12, 1910 as her birth date.]
Axel, William Berk; born:
Nov 17, 1898; died: May 28, 1969;
Son of Isiah and Fannie (Binkley) Axel
Axel, William Burk; born:
Apr 7, 1917; died: Dec 23, 1994;
Son of William and Cora (Callier) Axel
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Banks, Albert; born: Apr
26, 1913; died: Jul 11, 1987;
Son of Henderson and Clara (Coleman) Banks
Banks,
Ella Mae; born:
Jan 6, 1915; died: Dec 17, 1985;
Daughter of Otto Shirley and Ellen Champ Shirley, married Shelly/Shirley Banks
Banks, Joslin; born: Jun 28, 1968; died: Jun 28, 1968;
Daughter of Arthur and Jessie Mae (Turner) Banks [Information from death certificate]
Banks, Kennith; born: Jan 23, 1960; died: Jan 23, 1960;
Son of Arthur Charles and Jessie Mae (Turner) Banks [Information from death certificate]
Banks, Shirley; born: Sep
8, 1912; died: Nov 8, 1958;
Son of Henderson and Clara (Coleman) Banks
Bankston, Debby Arlean;
born: Jun 26, 1965; died: Mar 26, 1966;
Daughter of Morris and Jose (Dancy) Bankston [Parents' names from death certificate]
Bankston, Morris; born:
Jun 8, 1940; died: Nov 28, 1975;
Son of Ruben and Iva (Hurd) Bankston, killed in an automobile accident
Binkley, Arthur; born: Nov
9, 1906; died: Oct 18, 1986;
Son of Madison and Josie (Robinson) Binkley, veteran of World War II
Binkley, Jerline; born: unknown; died: Nov 12, 2006;
Binkley, Lavo; born: May
7, 1910; died: Feb 14, 1986;
Son of Madison and Josie (Robinson) Binkley
Binkley, Trula Beatrice;
born: Oct 7, 1913; died: Feb 11, 1985;
Daughter of Jesse and Carrie L. (Allen) Lewis, married Lavo Binkley, Feb 2, 1932
Booker, Lizzie; born : c. 1876; died: Mar 6, 1927;
Daughter of Lee and Bessie (Lampkins) Richerson [Information from death certificate]
Boyd, James Walter; born:
Apr 5, 1891; died: Oct 17, 1955;
Son of Walter and Mariah (Dawson) Boyd
Brown, Ethel Mae; born:
Sep 1, 1923; died: Jun 2, 1975;
Son of Horace and Mary (Guidry) Wilridge
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Calvin, Virginia Ruth; born: Apr 12, 1924; died: Mar 31, 1955
Daughter of William and Cora (Coller) Axel [Info from Death Certificate]
Carter, Lonetha M.; born: 1961; died: 1980;
Carter,
Reed; born: Mar 3,
1928; died: Aug 1, 2003;
Son of Lee and Josephine Carter, called Wedy and Gill
Champ, Cora B.; born: Sep 15, 1919; died: Dec 26, 1968;
Daughter of Sam and Ida (Davis) Scott, married Clyde Melvin Champ [Parents' names, husband's name and months and days from death certificate]
Champ, Ellen F.; born: Jan
22, 1882; died: Nov 27, 1977;
Daughter of Eddie Champ
Charleston, Mary; born:
Nov 2, 1903; died: Oct 31, 1972;
Daughter of Oliver Williams
Chavis,
Luevenia; born:
Dec 16, 1909; died: Nov 10, 2003;
Daughter of John and Hannah Sutton…married William Chavis, Jun 17, 1939, Called Aunt Lue
Chavis, Matilda; born: Mar
4, 1880; died: Mar 9, 1977;
Daughter of Charlie and Sarah (Richardson) Turner, married William S. Chavis
Chavis, William S., Jr.;
born: Apr 25, 1904; died: Dec 2, 1989;
Son of William S. and Matilda (Turner) Chavis
Coleman,
Iowa; born: Jan 5,
1896; died: Aug 4, 1980;
Son of Grant and Phennie Coleman, veteran of World War I
Coleman, Martha Victoria;
born: Jun 18, 1903; died: Mar 2, 2000;
Daughter of ? Mack and Mary Seabrooks Reed, married James Boyd, married Iway [Iowa?] Coleman
Coleman, Sarah; born: May 1, 1888; died: Oct 23, 1957;
Daughter of George and Sennie (Rhodes) Presly [Information from death certificate]
Collier, Irma Pauline; born: May 9, 1898; died: Jun 5, 1974;
Daughter of Christopher "Kitt" and Virginia (Toliver) Collier
Collier, Mack Alvin; born: Jul 24, 1934; died Jun 23, 1998
Son of Irma Pauline Collier, married Minnie Mae Eleby
Collier, Robert Blaine ; born: Jan 22, 1928; died: Dec 31, 1994;
Son of Irma Pauline Collier, called Sonny
Collier, Woodie Vivian; born: Apr 6, 1931; died Feb 7, 1986;
Daughter of Irma Pauline Collier
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Dabney, Henry, born: unknown; died: June 12, 1826;
[Death certificate gives age as 70 however that doesn't match with census info.]
Dabney,
Virginia E.; born:
Jun 2, 1937; died: Apr 24, 1994;
Daughter of Patience Brown, married Booker T. Dabney
Dabney, Walter Lee; born:
Jul 27, 1903; died: Mar 22, 1967;
Son of Henry and Elizabeth (Clay) Dabney [Info from Death Certificate]
Dabney, Walter Neal; born:
Jun 6, 1924; died: Apr 23, 1981;
Son of Walter Lee and Lealer (Black) Dabney
Dancy, Alberta; born: 1872; died: Jan 9, 1936;
Daughter of Albert and Sarah (Richerson) Williams/Williamson, married Daniel Dancy [Parents' given names and death month and day from death certificate]
Dancy,
Anna; born: Dec 6,
1910; died: Apr 10, 1994;
Daughter of Austin and Martha Nichols, married Jerry Dancy, Mar 19, 1946
Dancy, Daniel; born: Nov 24, 1864; died: Nov 16, 1961;
Son of Jerry and Martha (Phoenix) Dancy [Parents' names and death month and day from death certificate]
Dancy, Daniel; born: Dec 14, 1902; died: May 18, 1974;
Son of Daniel and Alberta (Williams) Dancy [Parents' names from death certificate]
Dancy, Dorothy Nell; born: Oct 23, 1941; died: Mar 2, 1996;
Married Freemon Dancy Sr. Apr. 21 1962
Dancy, Elizabeth; born:
Apr 17, 1915; died: Feb 27, 1995;
Daughter of Sam and Ida Scott, married Elvy Dancy
Dancy, Elvy; born: Mar 17,
1899; died: Sep 12, 1983;
Son of Daniel and Alberta (Williams) Dancy
Dancy, Jeremiah; born: Dec 16, 1910; died: Jul 15, 2006;
Son of Daniel and Alberta (Williams) Dancy
Dancy, Josephine; born:
Aug 22, 1908; died: Dec 3, 1996;
Daughter of George ane Everlene (Nichols) Washington, married Martin Dancy, Mar 14, 1924
Dancy, Lehmon; born: May
9, 1930; died: Mar 8, 1990;
Son of Martin and Josephine (Washington) Dancy
Dancy, Martin; born: Jun 7,1898; died: Jan 4, 1984;
Son of Daniel and Alberta (Williams) Dancy [Source on dates Social Security Death Index; Source on parents census.]
Dancy, Whidby; born: Jan
16, 1901; died: Nov 18, 1980;
Son of Daniel and Alberta (Williams) Dancy
Davis, Gracie; born: Nov 9, 1885; died: Jun 23, 1979;
Dean, Dell; born: May 1, 1881; died: Dec 1956;
Dervin, Christenner; born:
Jun 23, 1882; died: Jan 1, 1982;
Daughter of Eddie and India (Dancy) Champ, married Thomas F. Dervin, Jan 6, 1914
Dervin, Dora A.; born: Jul 10, 1894; died: Nov 5, 1995;
Dervin, Thomas F.; born: 1888; died: Oct 18, 1964;
Son of Richard and Laura (Williams) Dervin [Death Certificate has birth date as Oct 20, 1899 which could be a typo since 1930 census lists him as 47]
Douglas, Erma Jewel; born: Feb 11, 1937; died: Aug 13, 1984;
Daughter of Irma Pauline Collier, married Mildred Douglas
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Edwards, Isisah, Jr.; born: Sep 2, 1929; died: Feb 4, 2002;
Son of Isisah and Ella (Moses) Edwards, called June
F Farrow, Freeman; born: Sep 25, 1911; died: Oct 24, 1973;
Son of Ferdinand and Annie (Gale) Farrow, called Ninety [Parents' names from death certificate]Farrow, Roosevelt; born: Jun 27, 1908; died: Jul 5, 1971;
Son of Ferdinand and Annie (Gale) Farrow [Parents' names and months and days from death certificate]Farrow, Sarah M.; born: Mar 15, 1913; died: Jun 18, 2004;
Daughter of Daniel and Alberta (Williams) Dancy, married Gus Farrow, Mar 25, 1936, called MadeaFelder, Linda Lou; born: c. 1942; died: Mar 23, 2003;
Daughter of Lester D. and Magnolia Ford, married Joseph Cephus FelderFord, Lester Dee; born: Jan 16, 1918; died: Mar 4, 1964;
Veteran World War II [Names of parents unknown per death certificate]Ford, Magnolia S.; born: Jan 2, 1922; died: Jun 4, 1998;
Daughter of Richard Sullivan and Susie (Axel) Smith
G Garner, John Weldon; born: Oct 19, 1936; died: Jun 1, 1980;
Son of Sylvester and Eula Mae (Robinson) Garner
Glover, Clifton G.; born: Aug 2, 1938; died: Aug 31, 2004;
Son of General Jackson and Oda Lee (Axel) Glover
Glover, General Jackson; born: Nov 6, 1912; died: May 7, 1965;
Son of Jack and Cynthia (Barnes) Glover
Glover, Joe Lee; born: Nov
14, 1946; died: Mar 10, 1995;
Son of General Jackson and Oda Lee Glover
Glover, Mary Elsie; born:
Jan 25, 1905; died: Oct 28, 1976;
Daughter of Daniel and Hatti Hurd, married Alfred Glover
Grimes, Robert E.; born: Nov 9, 1935; died: Jan 3, 2001
H
Harbert, Cornell; born: Jul 14, 1924; died: Jul 19, 1988;
Harbert, John W.; born:
Sep 30, 1922; died: Jan 6, 1967;
Veteran of World War II
Harbert, Ophelia; born: 1909; died: 1990;
[There is a Vero Ophelia Harbert in the Texas Death Index, her death is listed as Aug 4, 1990]
Hawkins, Hazel; born: Apr
26, 1906; died: Feb 1, 1991;
Née Ward
Haynes, Robert Lee; born:
Jun 12, 1917; died: Mar 21, 1981;
Son of Willie and Annie (Woods) Haynes
Haynes, Robert Lee; born:
Mar 24, 1936; died: Feb 2, 1973;
Korean veteran
Hemphill, Rosie Lee; born:
May 27, 1934; died: May 11, 1973;
Daughter of Frank and Erma (Williams) Amos
Hewitt, Cynthia Marie;
born: Dec 14, 1948; died: Jun 20, 1969;
Daughter of Lear Benjamin Sr. and Flossie Mae (Newton) Hewitt [Parents' names from death certificate]
Howard, Arsenia; born: May
23, 1917; died: Mar 1, 1988;
Daughter of Charlie and Lizzie (Booker) Austin, married Walter Lee Howard
Howard, B. Ethel; born:
Mar 18, 1913; died: Dec 2, 1991;
Daughter of Jeff and Mattie (Baker) Person...married George
Howard
Howard, Edna Mae; born:
Feb 11, 1926; died: Jul 13, 1975;
Daughter of Jesse and Earley (Derving) Howard [Parents' names from death certificate]
Howard, George; born: Nov 20, 1909; died: Mar 26, 2004;
Son of Wesley and Myrtle Howard
Howard, Walter Lee; born:
Jul 12, 1924; died: Oct 10, 1991;
Son of Robert and Annie (Gails) Howard
Hurd, Daniel; born: Feb
10, 1901; died: Mar 15, 1967;
Son of Jake and Rose (Mason) Hurd
Hurd, Hattie; born: Aug 28, 1901; died: Apr 19, 1961;
Daughter of Mary Gates, married Daniel Hurd [The informant on her death certifcate, Alma Williams, did not know her father's name. On her son's dc her name is given as Hattie Hicks. Birth and death dates from death certificate]
Hurd, Nathan; born: Sep 28, 1914; died: Dec 10, 1930;
Son of Daniel and Hattie (Hicks) Hurd [Info from Death Certificate]
