Willow Creek Black Cemetery

Also known as the Greenville Cemetery, the Willow Church Cemetery and the William Creek Cemetery

SUBLIME, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS

This part of the Willow Creek Cemetery adjoins the white section and is well kept and fenced. There are 176 markers in the cemetery. The oldest marker is for Senna Taylor, who died in 1873. Silas Taylor was 113 years old at the time of his death in 1917 and is buried there.

There are veterans from WW I, WW II, Korea and Vietnam buried in this section of the Willow Creek Cemetery.

The types of headstones in this section of the cemetery are rock, wood, limestone, cement, and granite. There are many, many unmarked graves in this section. A number of stones are eroded and can no longer be read. Some are broken. Some graves are marked with funeral home markers and can no longer be read. Still some graves are marked with field stones and wood. There are VA markers and Woodsmen of the World markers in this section.

The cemetery was surveyed between Oct. 24, 2003 and Feb. 3, 2004 by Norma Casey. The spellings listed in this survey are as they are written on the headstones. Where there were no dates, nothing is listed but the name.
FHM=funeral home marker.

In Sublime turn off of Hwy. 90A onto FM 3283 and head South for approx. 6 miles. The cemetery is on the right side of the road. There is a fence separating this section of the cemetery from the other section.

See pictures taken of the headstones and submitted to the Texas Tombstone Project, TXGENWEB Lavaca County

Photo by Norma Casey

List of Burials

Name Birth Death Remarks
Adams, Harriett ??? 1909 ? 75 Years
Anderson, Louisa B. June 22, 1897 Sep. 10, 1988 Mother
At Rest
Barnes, Randle Ceaser July 9, 1920 Mar. 15, 1996 Rest In Peace
"Uncle Rock"
Barnes, Willie Nov. 25, 1913 April 16, 1973 Rest In Peace
Bell, Robert Feb. 3, 1913 Aug. 19, 1982 My Loving Husband
Bell, Willie Mae 1914 2003 FHM
Bennett, Alice E. Feb. 7, 1882 April 7, 1964 Husband-William
There The Weary Be At Rest
Bennett, Ema 1904 1904
Bennett, William April 7, 1862 Oct. 15, 1935 Wife-Alice
There The Weary Be At Rest
Bolden, Dean Feb. 8, 1915
Bookman, Romaine Green Jan. 4, 1912 Oct. 17, 1964 Rest In Peace
Boston, Lizzie Walker July 11, 1922 Feb. 10, 1998 Rest In Peace
Browne, Mrs. Kittie Chase Feb. 19, 1957 At Rest
Mother
Bryant, Maggie Dec. 13, 1945
Butler, Catherine Miller Mar. 3, 1943 Jan. 30, 2002
Carr, Scywillow Oct. 1, 1900 Aug. 7, 1957
Caesar, Donald E. Mar. 6, 1933 April 26, 2001
Caesar, Jack Jr. Oct. 6, 1984 Rest In Peace
Caesar, Rev. Jack Sr. Oct. 1914 Nov. 23, 1956 Rest In Peace
Ceasar, Gracie 1888 May 20, 1926 Rest In Peace
Chase, Keller Jan. 18, 1977 Rest In Peace
Chase, Lee W., Jr. Dec. 17, 1975 Rest In Peace
Dennis, Jim June 23, 1905 Aug. 21, 1967 TEXAS PVT CO. F 365 ENGR. GS REGT WW II
Douglass, Ellen April 10, 1898 Mar. 25, 1966
Durham, Joseph (dates are buried, stone has sunk)
TEXAS CK2 US NAVY WW II
Fisher, Frazier Aug. 13, 1909 Mar. 27, 1988 Wife-Maggie
Rest In Peace
Fisher, Jerry April 9, 1883 Dec. 10, 1953 Gone But Not Forgotten
Fisher, Maggie June 16, 1912 Dec. 27, 1981 Husband-Frazier
Rest In Peace
Fisher, Sarah June 6, 1885 May 6, 1989 Gone But Not Forgotten
Foley, Emma Jane Sep. 3, 1882 Nov. 17, 1937 Husband-Rev. John D.
They Pleased God and Were Blessed
Foley, Ernest Dec. 28, 1909 July 5, 1984 PFC US ARMY WW II
Foley, Rev. John D. Jan. 21, 1880 Jan. 13, 1963 Wife-Emma Jane
They Pleased God and Were Blessed
Fuller, Elvia May 19, 1893 Feb. 23, 1940 Loving Mother
Gardner, Robecka (R ?) Jan. 16, 1889 Age 85 years
Gone to Rest
Grant, Ada H. Feb. 29, 1896 April 9, 1964 Gone But Not Forgotten
Grant, Saint Elmo May 31, 1915 Aug. 1, 2000 PFC US ARMY WW II
Am. Legion Medallion
Green, Mr. Charles Jan. 17, 1953 Aged 68 Years 9 Months & 12 Days, FHM
Green, Mollie April 23, 1880 June 22, 1885 Gone To Rest But Not Forgotten
Greene, Dock May 18, 1882 Jan. 10, 1901 Gone To Rest But Not Forgotten
Greene, Jane Dec. 28, 1848 April 7, 1893 Gone To Rest But Not Forgotten
Hall, Coatney Oct. 23, 1887
Hall, Mary 1859 1935 Husband-Robert
Hall, Robert 1855 1931 Wife-Mary
Hall, Willis Dec. 25, 1883
Haynes, Alicia D. Jan. 12, 1971 Sep. 15, 1995
Hargrove, Alice E. Oct. 5, 1925 Mar. 27, 1985
Herring, Archie Mar. 2, 1892 Mar. 15, 1957 Rest In Peace
Herring, Emma Nov. 29, 1853 July 27, 1892
Herring, Luke Mar. 11, 1860 Feb. 25, 1934
Herring, Louise June 19, 1872 Feb. 26, 1958
Herring, Ottis July 4, 1908 Feb. 4, 1950 TEXAS PFC 957 QM Service Co. WW II
Herring, Vandoria 1914 2002 FHM
Hervey, Mary Lee June 29, 1929 Nov. 8, 1994 In Loving Memory of Our Sister
Holland, Christina F. Oct. 2, 1987 April 4, 1989 Mommy Loves Her Baby In God's Care
Holmes, Jim June 6, 1906 Oct. 26, 1976 Wife-Scywillow
In Loving Memory
Marr.- Jan. 12, 1935
Holmes, Joann Mar. 1950 In Memory Of
Holmes, Johnie B. Jan. 28, 1940 April 6, 1996 Johnie, son of Jim and Scywillow Holmes
Marr.-Clara Parson Oct. 6, 1962 Son: K. Bernard Holmes
Holmes, Rosenell Sep. 23, 1946 June 27, 1955 In Memory Of
Holmes, Scywillow Oct. 23, 1911 May 30, 1976 Husband-Jim
In Loving Memory
Marr. - Jan. 12, 1935
Inman, Gidy V. Sep. 21, 1909 Nov. 4, 1988 Our Beloved Mother
At Rest
Inman, Jerry Jan. 8, 1895 June 28, 1972 At Rest
Johnson, Willie Jan. 24, 1891 April 8, 1966 Texas PVT CO. C 342 SVC BN QMC WW I
(note: There seems to be two stones for this Willie Johnson. One headstone is in the middle of this section of the cemetery and the other headstone is leaning against the front fence.)
Jones, Mary July 5, 1890 Aged 50 Years
A Precious One
(??????)
Voice We Loved Is Stilled.
A Place Is Vacant In Our House
That Never Can Be Filled.
(stone is broken into 3 pcs.)
Kyles, Leola 1900 1993 FHM-Lewis Funeral Hm. S. A.
Kuykendall, Mary July 22, 1896 March 23, 1935 Gone But Not Forgotten
Lawson, Rev. Able April 6 (?), 1841 Feb. 25, 1915 At Rest
Lawson, C. L., Jr. 1921 1980 TEC5 US ARMY WW II
Lawson, Collier 1883 1961 Wife-Eva M. Rest In Peace
Lawson, Eva M. 1885 1920 Husband-Collier Rest In Peace
Lawson, Fannie Hall Sep. 10, 1885 Jan. 27, 1981 At Rest
Leffall, Dailey April 9, 1909 Dec. 15, 1976 Wife-Cornelia W.
Leffall, Cornelia W. Jan. 31, 1912 Aug. 7, 2001 Husband-Dailey
McAfee, Davie Jr. Oct. 12, 1944 May 11, 1991 Rest In Peace In Loving Memory
McAfee, Davie Sr. Sep. 22, 1921 Feb. 23, 2001 US NAVY
McAfee, Tommie J. 1921 2003
McKenzie, John Wesley 1870 1926 Wife-Rachael
McKenzie, Leslie Feb. 26, 1909 Feb. 7, 1988 STM 2 US NAVY WW II
McKenzie, Rachael 1885 1978 Husband-John Wesley
Meitzenheimer, Dan 1853 1934 Wife-Maggie At Rest
Meitzenheimer, Maggie 1881 1926 Husband-Dan
At Rest
Miller, Bery Aug. 18, 1881 Aug. 6, 1912 Gone To Rest
Miller, Caroline "Carrie" July 15, 1915 Nov. 28, 2003
Miller, Clarisa 1822 Jan. 9, 1904 Sweetly Sleeping
Miller, Cornelia 1842 1926 Our Grandmother At Rest
Miller, Dan Sep. 15, 1875 July 23, 1943
Miller, E. L. Jan. 17, 1887 Mar. 20, 1972 Father
Miller, Fred April 21, 1919 Feb. 4, 1986 Wife-Oressia B.
Miller, H. H. 1842 Feb. 16, 1918 Born in Ala. Aged 76 years
Another link is broken
In our household band
But a chain is forming
In a better land.
Gone To Rest
Miller, Ida Oct. 20, 1892 June 3, 1984 Husband-Milton
Miller, Kinnie June 20, 1855 April 25, 1958 Mother
Miller, Laura July 13, 1896 June 23, 1982 Luke 16:13
Miller, Laura Oct. 10, 1909 Jan. 19, 1971
Miller, Martha Nov. 10, 1894 Dec. 8, 1932
Miller, Mary Nov. 20, 1946 Rest In Peace
Miller, Milton Feb. 10, 1892 Oct. 18, 1975 Wife-Ida
Miller, Monroe
Miller, Murphy Jr. June 20, 1944 July 24, 2001 Master Sergeant USAF Retired
Miller, Oressia B. April 27, 1922 Dec. 9, 1981 Husband-Fred
Miller, Otto Sep. 23, 1904 Dec. 16, 1995
Miller, Phebie
Miller, Richard Father
Miller, Sam Dec. 16, 1873 April 4, 1962
Miller, Sidney 1909 1977 SGT US ARMY WW II
Millor, Allas Aged 19 years
A precious one from from us is gone,
A voice is stilled
A place is vacant in our home that never can be filled.
Monroe, Willie June 31, 1925 June 6, 1979
Morgan, Eddie "Ed" Aug. 26, 1905 Mar. 10, 1988 Wife-Texanna Ward
Marr.-Feb. 16, 1935
Morgan, Texanna Ward May 10, 1916 April 16, 2003 Husband-Eddie
Marr.-Feb. 16, 1935
Nor ??, Mr. George Jan. 13, ??? FHM
Norman, Cora Jan., (?), 1893 Nov. 8, 1898 Gone To Rest But Not Forgotten
Norman, Mary 1872 1965 Husband-Nathan
Mother
Norman, Nathan 1866 1934 Wife-Mary
Father
Normon, Infant July 7, 1887 July 18, 1887 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Normon
Asleep In Jesus
Normon, Infant Sep. 12, 1888 Sep. 12, 1888 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Normon
Asleep In Jesus
Normon, Infant Oct. 11, 1889 Oct. 11, 1889 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Normon
Asleep In Jesus
Parchman, Maggie Jean Jan. 24, 1934 Aug. 25, 1940 "Her Song Is Ended On"
Payne, Alice 1897 1980
Payne, Linnett 1894 1926
Penn, Minerva April 22, 1910 Age 99 Years
Forever With The Lord
Pettet, Alberta Feb. 22, 1894 Feb. 24, 1990 Mother
Husband-Emanuel
Pettit, Alonza Dec. 17, 1906 May 23, 1985 PVT US ARMY
WW II
Pettit, Emanuel July 25, 1884 March 8, 1956 Father
Wife-Alberta
Pettit, Emma Mar. 27, 1888 Feb. 1, 1968 Rest In Peace
Pettit, Emerline Jan. 20, 1854 June 1, 1938 At Rest
Mother
Pettit, Eveline 1865 1944 Husband-Floyd
At Rest
Pettit, Floyd 1878 1948 Wife-Eveline
At Rest
Pettit, Floyd Jr. Mar. 26, 1904 Aug. 4, 1978 Gone But Not Forgotten
(note: twin to Loyd Pettit)
Pettit, Harrison Oct. 12, 1889 May 2, 1951
Pettit, J. B. 1898 1911 or 1914 ?
Pettit, Mrs. Joe Ellis Oct. 31, 1914 Jan. 9, 2001 FHM (Jamison FH in Yoakum)
Pettit, John April 7, 1877 Feb. 24, 1947 Wife-Maggie
Pettit, John Jr. Aug. 1, 1908 Jan. 6, 1983 Wife, Nellie
Father
In Loving Rememberance
Pettit, Loyd Mar. 26, 1904 July 30, 1972 US ARMY WW II
(note: Loyd & Floyd, Jr. Pettit were Twins)
Pettit, Maggie Dec. 20, 1874 Feb. 20, 1950 Husband-John
Pettit, Nellie Aug. 17, 1916 Husband-John Jr.
Mother
In Loving Rememberance
Ratliff, Ethel Jan. 28, 1910 Sep. 20, 1957 In Loving Memory
Ratliff, Searcy J. 11-22-1891 Dec. 24, 1974 PFC US ARMY
Rice, Oliver Jan. 19, 1898 Oct. 25, 1902 Sacred Remberance of
Gone But Not Forgotten
Rice, Sarahann Nov. 1863 Dec. 23, 1944 Dear Antie
Rice, T. Z. Sep. 27, 1871 June 24, 1920 He Is Gone But Not Forgotten And Now He Rest In Piece.
Robinson, Matilda Mar. 31, 1873 Nov. 18, 1935 Husband-Tom
Rest In Peace
Robinson, Tom July 20, 1867 Sep. 21, 1930 Wife-Matilda
Rest In Peace
Roy, Josephine Jan. 24, 1887 Mar. 28, 1978 Aunt
Woodmen of the World Member
Sims, Agness Aug. 10, 1881 Oct. 20, 1920
Sims, James Nov. 23, 1881 Feb. 23, 1945
Sims, James Nov. 9, 1909 June 25, 1985 Wife-Lucille
Rest In Peace
Sims, Lubirda Oct. 10, 1913 Oct. 4, 1964 Rest In Peace
Sims, Lucille April 12, 1919 Husband-James
Rest In Peace
Shelton, Elvira Herring June 2, 1908 April 17, 2001 Mother
Rest In Peace
Shelton, Eva B. Mar. 26, 1917 June 26, 1936 Oh Joy Unto The Lord
Shelton, William McKinley Jan. 8, 1930 Mar. 4, 2002 CPL US ARMY KOREA
Smith, Eliza May 6, 1932
Smith, Jack
Stanton, Nellie 1803 ? May 13, 1903 Gone But Not Forgotten
Taylor, Abby Dec. 19, 1892 Oct. 13, 1988 Father
Gone But Not Forgotten
Taylor, Beau ? 1873 or 1973
 Age 52 Years
Gone To Rest (hard to read dates)
Taylor, Calvin Oct. 24, 1946 Wife-Emma
Taylor, Dave Dec. 2, 1917 Jan. 10, 1983 US ARMY WW II
Taylor, Emma Feb. 22, 1933 Husband-Calvin
Taylor, George E. Dec. 13, 1942 May 22, 1994 In Memory Of
Taylor, Hannah Feb. 5, 1917 Born in South Carolina
Age about 90 Years
Mother of 11 Children
Left 7 to mourn her loss.
We feel our loss is Heaven's gain.
Gone to Rest But Not Forgotten
Taylor, Infant Nov. 18, 1901 Nov. 27, 1901 Infant of Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Taylor
Taylor, Joe Dec. 20, 1887 July 17, 1979 PFC US ARMY WW I
Taylor, Johnny Lee Nov. 25, 1936 Dec. 7, 1948 In Memory Of
Taylor, Joseph May 1, 1922 June 12, 2001 CPL US ARMY AIR FORCES WW II
Taylor, Leo H. Sr. June 30, 1918 July 3, 1980 Our Father
Rest In Peace
"Buddy"
Taylor, Mrs. Lilly ? Dec. 18 ?, 1921 Nov. ?, 19?7 FHM
Taylor, Linnie May 21, 1919 Jan. 31, 1974 TEXAS T SGT US ARMY WW II
Tayler, Mary Aug. 5, 1868 Nov. 15, 1963
Taylor, Mary Moveler? Jan. 7, 1889 Dec. 8, 1889 Gone But Not Forgotten
Taylor, Silas 1804 Jan. 27, 1917 Age 113 Years
At Rest
Taylor, Tise Books Infant ? of Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Taylor (note: some confusion as to her last name, Taylor or Books)
Taylor, Vanilla Aug. 6, 1925 Mar. 1, 1996
Taylor, Veola June 1, 1895 Aug. 12, 1930 Mother
Gone But Not Forgotten
Tennon, Edna 1896 2002 FHM
Tennon, Ervin G. June 20, 1927 Dec. 11, 1989 US ARMY WW II
Tennon, Henry Tones 1925 1988 ST 3 US NAVY WW II
Tennon, Porter July 30, 1893 July 6, 1970 In His Will Is Our Peace
Thomas, Clara W. Oct. 15, 1915 May 10, 1954
Thornton, Arzell 1924 1985 TEC 5 US ARMY WW II
Thornton, Maple Mar. 20, 1893 Aug. 12, 1970 A Loving Mother
Thornton, S. B. Dec. 3, 1922 Nov. 12, 1974 PVT US ARMY
Tinnon, Edith Dec. 21, 1918 Born in Virginia
Tinnon, Harry Jan. 10, 1901 Aged 75 Years
Gone To Rest
Tones, A. J. Jan. 17, 1907 Nov. 22, 1965 TEXAS PVT US ARMY WW II
Tones, Alice June 2, 1912 April 21, 2002 Husband-Willie George, Sr.
Amazing Grace
Tones, Mr. Larry D. Aug. 27, 1952 Feb. 12, 2000 Day of Joy
Day of Peace
"We will remember you"
Wife: Carlon Lavern
Dau: Keishay
Parents: Louis & Velma
Tones, Louis Jan. 31, 1913 July 26, 1981 Wife-Velma
In Loving Memory
Tones, Louis A. Feb. 12, 1939 Aug. 29, 1994 Our Beloved Son
Rest in Peace
Tones, Mary Meitzenheimer Mar. 6, 1897 June 9, 1979 "Miss May"
She Found Beauty In All Living Things
Tones, Rosa Lee Jan. 1, 1906 Nov. 26, 1976
Tones, Velma Nov. 30, 1918 April 26, 1999 Husband-Louis
In Loving Memory
Tones, Willie George, Sr. April 6, 1909 April 6, 1969 Wife-Alice
Amazing Grace
Tyler, Johnny Sep. 7, 1903 Nov. 1?, 1903
or 1908 		Asleep In Jesus
Tyler, Norma Ciddy Nov. 14, 1893 July 27, 1900 She Is Gone But Not Forgotten and Now She Rests
Tyler, Rev. S. B., Sr. Dec. 8, 1876 June 11, 1961 I Have Fought a Good Fight
Tyler, Sebron C., Jr. Feb. 20, 1916 Jan. 27, 1985 Rest In Peace
Ward, Infant June 5, 1910 June 6, 1910 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamine Ward
Rest In Peace
Ward, Estella July 10, 1890 Jan. 1, 1918 Not Forgotten
Walker, Charlie 1894 1946
Walker, Della May 12, 1898 Oct. 25, 1992
Walker, Ellen Murray April 18, 1906 Dec. 6, 1977
Walker, Frank Oct. 12, 1897 Nov. 5, 1903 At Rest
Walker, Mrs. Freader 1848 April 25, 1918 Age 70 Years
Walker, Gus Aug. 6, 1902 Oct. 19, 1950
Walker, Henry ? (can't read the rest)
Walker, Ida April 1947
Walker, Josephine Jan. 12, 1904 Oct. 22, 1978 Husband-Shellie, Sr.
In Loving Memory
Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him,
upon them that hope in His mercy. Psalms 33:18
Walker, Katie Dec. 15, 1878 Jan. 23, 1936
Walker, Samuel Jan. 21, 1896 Oct. 21, 1977 PVT US ARMY
WW I
Walker, Samuel L. Jan. 30, 1919 Mar. 23, 1920 (can't read inscription)
Walker, Shellie, Sr. Nov. 25, 1900 Feb. 2, 1987 Wife-Josephine
In Loving Memory
Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy. Psalms 33:18
Walker, Willie Oct. 8, 1900 Feb. 4, 1946
Wallace, Ben F. 1874 1916 Gone But Not Forgotten
Watson, Theodore April 15, 1908 Nov. 30, 1976
Webb, Lee Jan. 10, 1867 April 2, 1944
Whitcomb, Arminta Rest In Peace
Mother Dear
Word, Dolley Dec. 22, 1855 Mar. 17, 1893 ? Gone To Rest But Not Forgotten

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