Lela Cemetery
Lela Cemetery is at the intersection of South Service Road of I-40 and Farm Road 1547, in the northeast corner of
Section 50, Block 17, Wheeler County, Texas. Walked by Mildred & Milton Gierhart, 04 March 1997.
contributed by Beth Shelton in Sep 2002
| Name | Birth | Death | Space | Notes/Inscriptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe, Mary P. | 6/6/1936 | 4/24/1995 | East 1 | |
| Stowe, Kenneth E. | 4/18/1928 | East 1 | ||
| Bynum, Kristopher R. | East 1 | |||
| White cross with flowers | East 1 | |||
| Concrete block with flowers | East 1 | |||
| Newsom, Winnie | 9/5/1913 | 10/24/1992 | East 2 | |
| Newsom, Roy | 8/27/1911 | 6/30/1992 | East 2 | |
| Milner, Judy I. Newsom | 6/21/1947 | 9/17/1989 | East 3 | |
| Sunken grave site | East 4 | |||
| Lewis, M.I. "Shorty" | 1/10/1890 | 4/28/1951 | East 4 | |
| Johnson, Lemma May | 12/15/1908 | 12/15/1916 | East 5 | |
| Bateman, Steve | 6/1/1915 | 6/14/1919 | East 5 | s of Mr & Mrs A.L. Bateman |
| Redd, Ambers H. | East 6 | Infant Son | ||
| Fenced area, possibly two graves-old | East 6 | |||
| Price, Maude M. | 12/9/1897 | 4/16/1927 | West 7 | |
| Purcell, Roy W. | 1/14/1912 | 10/16/1920 | West 7 | |
| Purcell, James D. | 11/14/1910 | 1/19/1911 | West 7 | |
| Purcell, Mary Susan | 1856 | 1937 | West 7 | |
| Purcell, John | 1849 | 1913 | West 7 | |
| Purcell, Luther W. | 7/25/1910 | 4/8/1912 | West 7 | s of L.W. & A.L. Purcell |
| Purcell, Farrel | 2/6/1905 | 5/9/1905 | West 7 | s of L.W. & F.N. Purcell |
| Purcell, Fannie | 2/7/1882 | 2/16/1905 | West 7 | w of L.W. Purcell |
| Purcell, Mittie Ruth | 8/15/1922 | 3/2/1924 | West 7 | |
| Purcell, Infant Daughter | 9/26/1903 | 9/26/1903 | West 7 | d of L.W. & Fannie Purcell |
| Purcell, Infant | 2/1/1917 | 2/1/1917 | West 7 | Infant of L.W. Purcell |
| Ackley, Paul | 4/18/1903 | 4/18/1903 | West 7 | |
| Ackley, Ellen M. | 4/11/1874 | 2/15/1911 | West 7 | |
| Ackley, Hosea B. | 5/30/1862 | 4/5/1926 | West 7 | |
| Ackley, Albert | 1/24/1901 | 1/16/1917 | West 7 | |
| Stringer Kenneth Wayne | 5/23/1956 | 6/5/1987 | West 8 | |
| Space for two curbed Purcells | West 8 | |||
| Purcell, John David | 1/1/1875 | 3/8/1945 | West 8 | |
| Purcell, Little Leroy | 6/28/1925 | 10/7/1925 | West 8 | |
| Purcell, Velma | 1/23/1924 | 9/1/1924 | West 8 | |
| Dorsey, John H. | 9/11/1895 | 8/17/1924 | West 8 | |
| Dorsey, Joe B. | 1859 | 1935 | West 8 | |