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Pleasant Hill Cemetery

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Cemetery Name:
 Pleasant Hill
Location:
 2565 Pleasant Hill Rd., Bryan, Texas
County:
 Brazos
USGS Quad:
 Bryan West
Coordinates:
 30°40'23"N / 96° 26' 20"W
Maintained by:
 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Land owner:
 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Read by:
 Jane Horn and Jeanette Hackethorn
Date read:
 23 April 2008
Photos of entrance by:
 Ellen Horner
Photos of tombstones by:
 Jane Horn
Date added to Rambler web site:
 July 2008
Condition of cemetery**:
 Fair (lots of weeds and ant beds)
Directions:
From intersection of Sandy Point Road and FM 2818, go west on Sandy Point Road to Pleasant Hill Cemetery Road; turn left; go approx. 7 mi. to cemetery on east side of road

Cemetery Listing - Alphabetical

A - F    G - J    K - M    N - R    S - T    U - Z
NAME
BIRTH
DEATH
COMMENTS
?, Jessie J.
1923
1993
FHM; next to Daniel Johnson
1883
1958
d/s with Emma Arnold; Masonic Emblem
1887
1988
d/s with Bert Arnold; "Heroines of Jereco"
Arnold, Jr., Mr. Bert
1911
2000
 
06 Mar 1908
29 Jun 1986
"O.E.S. Rose of Seven Seals"
Banks, Mrs. Elizabeth
1904
1995
 
31 Dec 1916
18 Oct 2004
MM: "U. S. Army"
1887
1983
"Father"
1983
1983
Peoples FHM
*
05 Apr 1950
*no date; "Wife" "At rest"
15 Feb 1916
20 Oct 1981
 
26 Jan 1953
17 Sep 2006
 
13 Sep 1956
04 Dec 1983
 
Cyphus, Alice
1888*
6 May 1948
*date illegible; death date from TDR; Cyphias "Mother"
Desty, C. C.
*
*
*no dates; stone shows (12S 881 86)
*
1945
*no date; "Pray for me"
1972
1988
FHM
1964
2006
Jones-Washington FHM
Frost, Ethel M.
1915
1990
 
Frost, Lula
03 Oct 1882
22 Aug 1965
death date from TDR
Frost, Willie D.
1921
1988
 
11 Mar 1959
21 Jun 1960
"Our beloved son and brother"
28 May 1946
29 Oct 2006
"Gone, but not forgotten"
1936
2007
FHM
25 Jul 1900
11 Jun 1958
"Gone but not forgotten"
Green, Miss Mary L.
1973
2002
 
07 Feb 1900
11 Mar 1982
 
25 Feb 1900
11 Aug 1985
d/s w/Freddie Hall Sr.
14 Nov 1898
13 Apr 1982
d/s with Evelyn Hall
05 Jan 1903
29 Mar 1983
 
07 Jun 1882
26 Mar 1971
 
27 Dec 1927
28 Sep 1981
 
Harris, Donald R.
1952
2000
Peoples FHM
12 Aug 1924
05 Nov 1989
"Forever in our hearts"
10 May 1955
14 Mar 1996
"Loving mother, daughter & sister"
1972
2002
Jones-Washington FHM
04 Jul 1919
10 Apr 1997
"In loving memory"
Hawkins, Mr. Daniel
1939
1998
 
1917
2008
Jones-Washington FHM
1909
2002
Jones-Washington FHM
Herndon, Julian Calvin
12 Aug 1917
10 Nov 1968
MM: "Texas BM2 USNR, WWII"
23 Apr 1902
20 Oct 1979
d/s with Joseph Holliday
10 Nov 1910
20 Jul 1979
d/s with Carrie Holliday
Holston, Ceasar
27 Jun 1897
11 Apr 1957
 
28 Sep 1924
10 Dec 2007
"Within our hearts the ones we love are never gone"
16 Mar 1930
19 May 1988
"Gone, but not forgotten"
23 Mar 1948
30 Jan 1988
"In loving memory" "Son" "Brother"
13 Aug 1928
07 Jan 1997
MM: "U. S. Army, Vietnam"
28 Aug 1910
23 Sep 1992
"In memory"
1908
1998
FHM
14 Sep 1925
*
*no date; "In memory"
1919
1996
Daniel & Son FHM
02 Nov 1916
16 Jul 1992
MM: "Sgt US Army, WWII"
1912
1978
MM: "U. S. Navy"
Jones, Estella
27 Sep 1900
23 Jan 1984
"Mother"
Jones, Harrison
12 Dec 1891
18 Apr 1976
"Father" "Gone but not forgotten"
08 Apr 1898
04 May 1965
TDR reads Jannie Jones
Feb 1884
27 Jun 1959
Daniel & Son FHM; death date from TDR
18 Aug 1922
26 Mar 1954
MM: "Texas Tec4, CN CO 369 Infantry, WWII"
28 Sep 1923
25 Jul 1948
MM: "Texas PFC 445 Sig Cons BN, WWII"
Joshua, Tommie
1946
2007
FHM
28 Nov 1969
02 Apr 1992
"The Lord be with you"
25 Jun 1945
25 Oct 2007
 
13 Feb 1910
17 Nov 1974
"The Lord is my helper"'; death date from TDR
31 May 1925
21 Jan 2004
"Me Dear" "Rest in peace"
King, Mr. Jay Lark
10 Apr 1918
08 Nov 1989
*dates from SSDI
Lafarn, Rohuie
10 Nov 1890
29 Mar 1973
 
23 Dec 1912
06 Jul 1995
d/s with George Littlejohn
08 May 1894
24 Aug 19961
d/s with Ella B. Littlejohn
19 Mar 1934
26 Jun 2006
"Mama, Grandma, Meme, God loves you and so do I"
19 Mar 1995
28 Jan 2003
"In loving memory"
12 May 1867
06 Feb 1960
 
1905
1950
 
27 Apr 1893
10 Aug 2003
"Loving Mother"
16 Aug 1927
11 Jun 1993
d/s with William J. Loughridge; "Together Forever"
29 Jul 1911
30 Apr 1981
 
29 Aug 1901
25 Mar 1976
"In God's care"
05 Jan 1926
*
d/s with Mildred Punchie Loughridge; *no date
22 Nov 1924
03 Jan 1987
 
Mays, Elish
28 Apr 1932
06 Jun 1968
 
21 Aug 1925
30 Jun 1994
"Aunt"
08 Aug 1893
25 Jul 1986
 
Mays, Sr., Noah
25 Dec 1903
29 Jan 1978
 
10 Oct 1917
12 May 2003
"In God's care"
03 Oct 1888
07 Jun 1978
 
27 Feb 1936
15 Feb 1999
"We love you"
Mitchell, Jr., Asberry C.
08 Feb 1938
21 Feb 2000
MM: "U. S. Army"
Mitchell, Shirley J.
1947
2008
 
31 Aug 1921
24 Feb 2001
"In loving memory of our mother"
Murphy, Aubra
1923
2006
 
Merphy, Mr. Josh
17 Feb 1890
24 Nov 1961
"At Rest"
Nelson, Mrs. Ella
27 Aug 1900
31 Dec 1975
 
Nelson, Peter
*
03 Jun 1958
*no date; stone shows (33 880 1958)
Nelson, W. Z.
25 Oct 1925
13 Apr 1945
MM: "PFC, 888 Engr, AYN BN, WWII"
Newton, Elmyra
1897
1968
"Mother"; not in SS
23 Jan 1897
21 May 1992
d/s with Mary Newton
1929
1998
Daniel & Son FHM
01 Sep 1952
07 Aug 2006
"Mickey-Zellie"
06 Jan 1906
28 Apr 1965
d/s with George Newton
Newton, Mr. Gloster
1926
1997
Jones & Washington FHM
Newton, Mr. Robert
1924
1997
Jones & Washington FHM
20 Sep 1891
01 Aug 1965
"Loved and remembered"
22 May 1919
17 Jul 1992
MM: "U. S. Army, WWII"
07 Dec 1921
16 Dec 2001
d/s with Jessie Nutall
09 Jan 1933
14 Feb 2004
 
01 Jan 1904
04 Jul 1987
d/s with Ethel Nutall; "In loving memory of the Nutalls"
17 Aug 1923
09 Oct 1996
 
25 Dec 1909
22 Nov 1984
 
21 May 1941
17 Aug 2003
"In God's care"
Rays, Mr. Georg
1882
1971
FHM
04 Jul 1869
15 Dec 1946
"In loving memory"
02 May 1898
31 Mar 1962
"Our beloved at rest"
13 Jun 1928
21 Oct 1989
"Forever in our hearts"
12 Mar 1897
20 Jun 1987
"In loving memory"
Sanders, Mrs. Rachael
02 Mar 1869
25 Feb 1951
 
Sanders, Rev. A. L.
27 Sep 1896
07 Dec 1985
"In loving memory of"
02 Dec 1902
*
d/s w/Nathaniel Shorter; *no date
17 Jul 1892
30 Dec 1976
d/s w/Lucille B. Shorter; "In Loving Memory"; MM: PVT, U.S. Army
15 Mar 1984
06 Aug 2003
"Beloved Son and Brother"
08 May 1894
20 Mar 1979
d/s with Lena J. Smothers
24 Nov 1896
17 Feb 1996
d/s with Allen Smothers
14 Oct 1932
01 Jan 1987
"A loving mother"
10 Feb 1890
27 Sep 1971
 
01 Aug 1949
11 Jul 2004
"Love lives forever"
18 Apr 1970
21 Nov 1995
"Loving daughter & Granddaughter"
20 Nov 1919
07 Dec 1967
 
24 Jan 1971
15 Apr 2000
 
11 Apr 1899
10 Feb 1984
d/s with Floyd Turner Sr.
29 Sep 1928
22 Jan 2000
MM: "SFC, U. S. Army"
17 Oct 1900
21 Aug 1985
d/s with Alberta B. turner
15 Jun 1928
20 Sep 1992
"Mother"
09 Feb 1927
22 Jun 1998
"In loving memory"
Turner, Jessie
1897
1980
MM: "U S. Army WWI"
15 Aug 1907
25 Jul 1992
MM: "U S. Army WWII"
1904
1950
 
18 Jan 1924
01 Aug 1972
MM: "CPL, US Marine Corps, Korea"
Turner, Theresa L. Hall
03 Feb 1926
26 Oct 1994
 
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Unreadable
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*
Unreadable
*
*
Unreadable
*
*
Unreadable
11 Feb 1884
20 Jun 1986
"Gone home to rest"
06 Jan 1902
23 Mar 1993
"Within our hearts the ones we lover are never gone"
19 Oct 1918
24 Nov 1999
MM: "Pvt, U. S. Army, WWII"
22 Feb 1922
24 Nov 1996
"In loving memory of our sister"
12 Aug 1916
01 Dec 1992
"In loving memory"
Wilson, James
03 Oct 1886
26 Jan 1936
MM: "PVT US Army, WWI"
Wilson, Lovie Mae
1919
1967
Unable to find her in TDR
28 Apr 1898
01 Jan 1994
"In loving memory"
1970
2006
Jones-Washington FHM
15 Mar 1923
23 Dec 2001
"Dumplings"

 

** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

*Explanation of Abbreviations:
R = Right side of road;   L = Left side of road;  BC = Back center;   C = Center
d/s = double stone;   t/s = triple stone; q/s quadruple stone
s/o = son of ;  d/o = daughter of;  c/o = child of; m/o = mother of; h/o = husband of; w/o = wife of;
FS = Footstone; FHM = Funeral Home Marker; MM = Military Marker; SRC - Source; BCGS = Brazos County Genealogical Society; BCGSQ = Brazos County Genealogical Society Quarterly; TDR = Texas Death Records; SSDI = Social Security Death Index; WOW = Woodman of the World

Note:  Copyright ©  2005-2009 by Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society.  This information may be used by libraries, genealogical & historical societies and individuals for their own personal use,however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. None of the information on the cemetery pages, partial or in total, may be used by any person or organization, electronically or otherwise, for the purpose of profiteering. All copies and "links" to this page must contain this location reference as its source.

PLEASE NOTE: These are NOT official records, only TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS. If you desire official information about this cemetery, please contact the organization responsible for its records. This is a PARTIAL listing of readable headstones.
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