Wilks Cemetery
aka Curlin
Lafayette, Texas
32.9247713, -94.8543846
All readings courtesy of Maribeth Buce. Big Thanks to The Rispolis, Lisa Thomas and Cheryl Rush for the photos!
| Name | Birth | Death | Info/Transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bates, Montega L | Jan 27, 1971 | Jan 28, 1971 | D/o George Carter & Annie Louise Mitchell Bates |
| Canyon, Bob | 1877 | 1942 | |
| Canyon, Douglas | Oct 28, 1895 | Mar 21, 1968 | TX Pvt Co D 507 Engineers WWI |
| Canyon, Judge | Oct 10, 1879 | Jun 27, 1932 | |
| Canyon, Lavell | Sep 10, 1922 | Jan 18, 1981 | US Army WWII |
| Canyon, P F | May 10, 1872 | Feb 16, 1908 | |
| Canyon, Robert F | 1898 | 1980 | |
| Cook, Sarah Annie | Dec 30, 1882 | Dec 1, 1907 | W/o B T Cook |
| Curlin, Bertha | Mar 3, 1889 | Sep 17, 1902 | |
| Curlin, Don Wayne | Oct 28, 1946 | Jun 24, 1948 | |
| Curlin, Emma | 1855 | 1960 | |
| Curlin, Floney Mae Williamson | 1931 | 1968 | Pic #2; W/o Lue Gene Curlin |
| Curlin, James W | Sep 29, 1905 | Jun 6, 1988 | H/o Ola Mae Mitchell Curlin |
| Curlin, Janice | Mar 24, 1950 | Dec 25, 1970 | |
| Curlin, Lester Lee | Apr 15, 1912 | Sep 4, 1981 | Pic #2; H/o Corine Allen Curlin |
| Curlin, Lizzie Farmer | Jan 13, 1905 | May 30, 1976 | Pic #2; W/o Washington Curlin |
| Curlin, Lue Gene | 1928 | 1971 | Pic #2; H/o Floney Mae Williamson Curlin |
| Curlin, Matt | 1849 | 1931 | Pic #2; Age 82; At Rest; Beloved husband & father |
| Curlin, Matthew | Jun 27, 1903 | Mar 19, 1967 | TX Pfc US Army WWII; H/o Eula Mitchell Curlin |
| Curlin, Mattie L | Aug 6, 1901 | Dec 1, 1966 | |
| Curlin, Minnie Mitchell | Jan 5, 1878 | Feb 19, 1960 | W/o Walter Curlin |
| Curlin, Odessa | Apr 8, 1914 | Aug 7, 1991 | |
| Curlin, Ola Mae Mitchell | Dec 25, 1922 | Mar 15, 1984 | W/o James W Curlin |
| Curlin, Thurmond C | Oct 22, 1922 | Dec 31, 1978 | Sgt US Army WWII |
| Curlin, Walter | Mar 19, 1878 | May 19, 1968 | H/o Minnie Mitchell Curlin |
| Curlin, Washington | Aug 6, 1886 | Feb 10, 1976 | Pic #2; H/o Lizzie Farmer Curlin |
| Curlin, Willie James Sr | Jun 6, 1936 | Jul 29, 1998 | FHM; H/o Lizzie Lou Lawton Curlin |
| Dooley, Ollie | Sep 17, 1877 | Jul 10, 1964 | |
| Dooley, Sedalia | Jun 15, 1903 | Jul 17, 1944 | |
| Dunn, Velma C | Mar 1, 1902 | Nov 16, 1972 | Pic #2; |
| Hollins, Eunice "Buck" | Oct 28, 1909 | Feb 27, 2002 | H/o Pecolia "Bit" Hollins |
| Hollins, Pecolia "Bit" | Jan 22, 1906 | Dec 16, 2001 | W/o Eunice "Buck" Hollins |
| Hooks, Climontyne Dudley | May 21, 1909 | Oct 10, 1980 | W/o McKinley Hooks |
| Jeffery, Hayden C | 1896 | 1979 | Pvt US Army WWI |
| Jeffery, Janie L | Aug 25, 1903 | Apr 30, 1998 | |
| Johnson, Aubrey | Mar 3, 1901 | Feb 19, 1966 | H/o Christine Curlin Johnson |
| Johnson, Christine Curlin | Jan 6, 1901 | Feb 2, 1980 | W/o Aubrey Johnson |
| Johnson, Leslie "Deacon" Sr | Oct 8, 1891 | May 14, 1939 | H/o Katie B Curlin Johnson |
| Johnson, Dorothy Jean | Oct 23, 1944 | Jun 4, 1966 | |
| Johnson, Frances | Jan 15, 1917 | Jun 6, 1993 | W/o Leonard Johnson |
| Johnson, Judy Lanell | Nov 30, 1953 | Apr 9, 1954 | |
| Johnson, Katie B | Sep 6, 1896 | Mar 20, 1994 | Big Mama; W/o Leslie Johnson Sr |
| Johnson, Leonard | Jan 1, 1899 | Dec 1, 1979 | H/o Frances Johnson |
| Johnson, Leslie H Jr | Apr 2, 1924 | Apr 13, 1948 | Pvt US Army WWII |
| Johnson, Leslie Sr | 1891 | 1939 | At Rest |
| Kennedy, Bonnie Mitchell | Mar 12, 1950 | Aug 23, 2007 | W/o Sammy Dean Kennedy |
| Kennedy, Latresha S | Apr 8, 1971 | Jan 8, 2002 | |
| Lawton, Lessie B Mitchell Stephens | Nov 24, 1918 | Oct 22, 2000 | 1st Husband Tom Henry Stephens; 2nd Husband Curtis Lawton |
| Manley, Addie | 1869 | 1965 | |
| Menifee, Edd | Apr 20, 1905 | Oct 25, 1955 | |
| Miles, Coda Lee "Cody" | Feb 28, 1927 | Oct 15, 2012 | H/o Ernest Marie Haskins Miles |
| Miles, Dinnard R | Feb 11, 1953 | Aug 15, 1994 | Pic #2; S/o Cody & Marie Miles |
| Miles, E Marie | Feb 1, 1939 | W/o Coda Lee Miles; m Jan 29, 1954 | |
| Miles, Elgie Curlin | Mar 28, 1927 | Oct 4, 1988 | W/o Morris Calvin Miles |
| Miles, George Ray | Sep 4, 1955 | Oct 8, 1978 | S/o Morris C Sr & Elgie Miles |
| Miles, Morris Calvin Jr | Mar 12, 1950 | Jan 21, 1970 | TX Pfc US Army Vietnam; Pic #2; S/o Morris C Sr & Elgie Miles |
| Miles, Morris Calvin Sr | Mar 13, 1924 | Dec 25, 2001 | Reverend; H/o Elgie Curlin Miles |
| Mitchell, Alton "Dick" | Nov 13, 1901 | Aug 13, 1987 | |
| Mitchell, Alvin Lewis "Wolf" | Jul 27, 1955 | Oct 2004 | Pic #2; Pic #3; Wolf, we will always love you, your family |
| Mitchell, Earnestine Smith | Aug 22, 1918 | Oct 29, 1967 | |
| Mitchell, Eliza Mae | May 12, 1905 | Oct 22, 1939 | |
| Morton, Thurman | May 17, 1916 | Oct 6, 1981 | Reeder Davis FHM |
| Norman, Edmon | Oct 6, 1892 | Dec 24, 1952 | H/o Lola Curlin Norman |
| Norman, Lola Curlin | Jan 6, 1893 | Nov 22, 1954 | W/o Edmon Norman; m. 1916 |
| Palmer, Oliver Sr | Dec 20, 1906 | Jan 27, 1997 | |
| Peoples, Charles A | Oct 31, 1942 | Mar 18, 1983 | |
| Peoples, Edgie Lee Johnson "Tiny" | Sep 17, 1919 | Dec 16, 2007 | W/o Emerson Peoples Sr; m. 1944 |
| Peoples, Emerson "Bud" Sr | Jan 16, 1918 | Mar 8, 1978 | Pvt US Army WWII; H/o Edgie Lee Johnson Peoples |
| Price, Lytichia Jammil | May 16, 1980 | Jun 14, 1996 | |
| Reece, Gladys Louise | Sep 24, 1915 | Aug 6, 1959 | |
| Reece, James Wilburn | Jul 5, 1939 | Feb 24, 1990 | |
| Sayles, Anderson | Apr 30, 18?? | May 26, 1930 | Deacon |
| Sayles, Earl E | Jul 2, 1917 | Apr 27, 2011 | Obit; H/o Laura B Cobbins Sayles |
| Sayles, Eula Mae | Jun 16, 1904 | Oct 23, 1998 | |
| Sayles, Ezekiel | Dec 16, 1883 | Jun 30, 1971 | H/o Katie Lee "Okie" Hill Sayles |
| Sayles, G | Jan 12, 1865 | Aug 30, 1926 | Per Death Certificate his first name is General; Reverend; H/o Ella Sayles |
| Sayles, Infant | Jan 2, 1915 | Jan 2, 1915 | S/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles |
| Sayles, J E | Jul 27, 1900 | Jun 8, 1902 | Young child, not quite 2 years old |
| Sayles, Jessie T | Jun 13, 1873 | Dec 26, 1895 | Weep not Papa & Mama for me, for I'm waiting in heaven for thee |
| Sayles, Katie Lee "Okie" | Oct 9, 1887 | Mar 23, 1982 | Pic #2; W/o Ezekiel Sayles; m. 1907 |
| Sayles, Laura B Cobbins | Jul 15, 1922 | May 4, 1982 | W/o Earl E Sayles; m. 1946 |
| Sayles, Lolie B | Aug 22, 1889 | Oct 2, 1896 | |
| Sayles, Loonie | Jun 2, 1915 | Mar 7, 1917 | S/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles |
| Sayles, Mable Jewel | Jul 13, 1911 | Dec 26, 1993 | |
| Sayles, Mary D | Oct 30, 1908 | Jan 2, 2000 | |
| Sayles, Pearl | Jul 2, 1917 | Oct 1, 1917 | Inf D/o Ezekiel & Okie Sayles |
| Sheppard, Billy Ray | Oct 22, 1954 | Jul 11, 1995 | Pic #2; F/o Erica |
| Sheppard, Leuna Johnson | Jun 2, 1922 | Feb 3, 2012 | W/o Peola "Duce" Sheppard; m. 1953 |
| Sheppard, Peola "Duce" | Feb 15, 1912 | Oct 7, 1996 | Pfc US Army WWII; H/o Leuna Johnson Sheppard |
| Snelling, Quami Simaya | Buried next to Mabel Dean Curlin; White grandchild? | ||
| Taylor, Pelira Norman | Apr 26, 1919 | Jan 23, 1988 | |
| Thomas, Ethel Canyon | Jan 2, 1915 | Mar 15, 2005 | W/o Clifton Thomas; m. 1939 |
| Todd, Duck | Feb 5, 1897 | Sep 21, 1897 | Dates are transposed on stone |
| Waker, Joe C | Oct 5, 1873 | Mar 3, 1874 | |
| Walker, Edwin R | Feb 11, 1902 | Sep 7, 1902 | |
| Walker, Hester | Sep 26, 1863 | Apr 26, 1864 | |
| Walker, Infant Babe | Mar 28, 1869 | Apr 14, 1869 | Inf/o Alan Walker & Wife |
| Walker, Sterling | Jul 4, 1884 | Jul 1, 1886 | |
| Washington, L C | 1917 | 1980 | |
| Washington, Maxine | Jan 6, 1917 | May 19, 1990 | W/o John H Washington Jr |
| White, Bobbie L | Apr 14, 1932 | Nov 13, 1974 | |
| White, Mable Dean Curlin | Apr 29, 1930 | Dec 15, 2010 | Pic #2; W/o Welton White; m. 1951 |
| Wilks, Sarah | Ca 1830 | Mother of Emma Curlin (Note: Emma Wilks Curlin; W/o Mat Curlin); 1870 census shows Sarah living with in-laws John & Lydia Wilks, no husband shown. |