Bright Light Cemetery Resident

1.

Mellssa N. Loper (Lisa) Feb 2,1972 - Dec 9,1983 Location A1

2.

Billy Charles Richards (US Navy) June 19,1983 -May 26,2003 Location A2

3.

Claude L. Richards Oct 26,1905 – Sept 4,1968 Location A3

4.

Verble Schmidt July 13,1915 – Jan 3,1995 Location A4

5.

Walter D. Schmidt (US Army) May 8,1913 – Feb 13,1986 Location A5

6.

Dr. James A. Stricklin 1932 – 1976 Location A6

7.

Marked with N only

8.

Joyce Vaughn Maddox March 16,1950 – March 15,2023 Location A7

9.

Floyce Vaughn Jan 27,1908 – Feb 4,1977 Location A8

10.

Carrie Vaughn Sep 30,1915 – May 12,1985 Location A8

11.

Kenneth Wayne Vaughn Jan 22,1941 – May 10,1962 Location A9

12.

Pearle Bernice Pettit Jan 2,1937 – July 15,1971 Location A10

13.

Ira N. Vaughn (US Army) June 28,1918 – Sept 21,1981 Location A11

14.

Rev. Elbert J. Vaughn April 8,1889 – Nov 23,1974 Location A12

15.

Maggie Vaughn June 25,1889 – May 8,1965 Location A13

16.

Lloyd Ray Vaughn Jan 30,1922 – July 29,1989 Location A14

17.

Anna B. Rogers Feb 16,1926 – Sept 21,2002 Location A15

18.

Gary Manthei Aug 29,1956 – Jan 15,2015 Location A16

19.

Lowell Lester Norris May 28,1926 – April 10,2002 Location A17

20.

Mary Jim Harper (Jimmie) Norris Sept 20,1929 – Jan 7,2014 Location A17

21.

Hendrix B. Harper Aug 18,1928 – Jan 12,2013 Location A18

22.

Anita N. Harper July 10,1931 – Jan 14,2007 Location A18

23.

Carol Denise Harper July 20, 1952 – Nov 27,1959 Location A19

24.

Noah C. Cole (US NAVY) 1891 – 1986 Location A20

25.

Roscoe V. Cole (US NAVY) Feb 8,1894 – dec 7,1968 Location A21

26.

Clara Jones Cole Nov 25,1900 – July 20,1964 Location A22

27.

Noah C. Cole Sept 7,1891 – Sept 6,1986 Location A22

28.

Sunshine A. Cole Aug 27,1884 – April 17,1972 Location A23

29.

Roscoe V. Cole Feb 8,1894 – Dec 7,1968 Location A24

30.

Alice C. Cole Oct 2,1861 – May 10,1949 Location A25

31.

D.P. Cole June 5,1856 – Jan 2,1908 Location A26

32.

Mybtle Cole Sept 27,1888 – Dec 13,1918 Location A27

33.

Libby O. Buchanan Oct 28,1892 – 1918 Age 26 Years Location A28

34.

A. P. Buchanan Oct 13,1880 – May 5,1922 Location A29

35.

Susie D. Buchanan May 7,1884 – May 3,1911 Location A30

36.

Sunshine Cole Buchanan March 28,1862 – Nov 23,1925 Location A31

37.

Miles Green Buchanan Oct 27,1854 – Dec 30,1945 Location A31

38.

Devalson Cole Buchanan 1883 – 1949 Location A32

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39.

Bessie Buchanan May 20,1886 – Aug 2,1937 Location A33

40.

Travis Wayne Buchanan Aug 22,1914 – March 4,1915 Location A34

41.

Infant of Bessie & D.C. Buchanan March 19,1906 Location A35

42.

F.J. Cole Jan 27,1831 – Aug 30,1911 Location A36

43.

Julia A. Cole Nov 30,1838 – Oct 29,1918 Location A37

44.

Nancy A. Goen Feb 16,1863 – Dec 9,1952 Location A38

45.

William R. Goen Nov 4,1858 – Sept 4,1926 Location A38

46.

ICY Goen Nov 7,1890 – Dec 8,1950 Location A39

47.

Clyde F. Goen April 26,1893 – Feb 9,1985 Location A40

48.

Grace M. Goen March 21,1894 – May 13,1990 Location A40

49.

Clyde F. Goen (US NAVY) World War 1 April 21,1893 – Feb 9,1985 A41

50.

Essie Mc Swain April 4,1880 – Nov 22,1949 Location A42

51.

A.B. Mc Swain Sept 6,1852 – Oct 2,1944 Location A43

52.

Mrs. A.B. Mc Swain Dec 21,1862 – July 20,1916 Location A44

53.

Rufus P. Mc Swain Oct 10,1884 Location A45

54.

Edward B. Mc Swain June 19,1886 – Oct 31,1978 Location A46

55.

Irma Fae Lavelle Mc Swain Oct 31,1905 – June 27,2006 Location A47

56.

Arlan B. Mc Swain Feb 17,1927 – April 3, 2018 Location A48

57.

Mary Elizabeth Powers McSwain Feb 21,1929 – Sept 15,2003 Location A49

58.

Edward B. Mc Swain (US Army) June 19,1886 – Oct 31,1978 Location A50

59.

Arlan Bolton Mc Swain (US Navy) Feb 17,1927 – April 3,2018 Location A51

60.

Hattie L. Glover July 21,1920 – March 7,1984 Location A52

61.

J. Willard Glover Aug 11,1917 – May 25,1989 Location A52

62.

Erol Burt Picone Nov 8,1963 – Aug 6,1994 Location A53

63.

Hattie L. Glover 1920 – 1984 Location A54

64.

Jessie W. Glover 1917 – 1989 Location A55

65.

Errol Burt Picone 1963 – 1994 Location A56

66.

Alvin Don Dyess Aug 9,1923 – Dec 11,1993 Location A57

67.

Ruby Merle Dyess April 29, 1919 – April 28, 2016 Location A57-1

68.

Thelma M. Dyess 1889 – 1964 Location A58

69.

Albert P. Dyess 1893 – 1956 Location A58

70.

Arlene Dyess 1897 – 1975 Location A59

71.

Chester Bruge Dyess 1894 – 1919 Location A60

72.

Albert Polk Dyess (World War 1) Feb 5,1893 – April 5,1956 Location A61

73.

J.T. Dyess Sept 18,1862 – April 19,1928 Location A62

74.

Alice Dyess Oct 16,1872 – Feb 4,1955 Location A63

75.

IRIS I. Dyess Jan 15,1908 – Dec 27,1977 Location A64

76.

Rodney Dwain Mason March 10,1943 – Nov 5,2014 Location A65

77.

George Searcy Hamilton Jan 30,1939 – Dec 12,2023 Location A66

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78.

J.W. Hamilton (US Army) Dec 9,1908 – Aug 10,1978 Location A67

79.

John Walter Hamilton Dec 9,1907 – Aug 10,1978 (Bryon Sheriff) Location A68

80.

Theda Cobb Hamilton April 6,1907 – July 9,1973 Location A69

81.

Mable A. Kinser March 10,1916 – Jan 9,1981 Location A70

82.

George & Martha Holder Location A71

83.

Zimner Eden Sept 1,1877 – Feb 20,1923 Location A72

84.

Mary F. Eden May 20,1881 – April 12,1957 Location A72

85.

John Wilson Died Dec 24,1857 Location A73

86.

Effie Basham Feb 13,1880 – Sept 3,1889 Location A74

87.

J.F. Hamilton Jan 31,1849 – July 9,1886 Location A75

88.

Cora W. Hamilton 1857 – 1924 Location A76

89.

Jame B. Pierson 1913 – 1966 Location A77

90.

Albert S. Smith April 8,1920 – May 20,1980 Location A78

91.

Mae Byrd Smith July 23,1925 – May 25,2014 Location A78

92.

Louise H. Davis Sept 28,1920 – July 24,1985 Location A79

93.

Orval L. Davis Oct 2,1916 – June 3,2003 Location A79

94.

Richard Thomas Hensarling April 27,1935 – March 20,1994 Location A80

95.

Carolyn Munday Hensarling Jul 25,1937 – Aug 8,2010 Location A80

96.

Albert Sydney Smith (US Army) April 8,1920 – May 20,1980 A81

97.

Guy R. Blanton March 3,1889 – Nov 9,1957 Location A82

98.

Wanda Gertrude Hensarling Aug 1,1928 – Nov 4,1932 Location A83

99.

Evander Abram Hensarling 1892 – 1954 Location A84

100.

Mary Ruth Hensarling 1895 – 1989 Location A84

101.

Richard Edgar Blanton June 11,1871 – Dec 29,1940 Location A85

102.

Roy Edgar Blanton Dec 4,1902 – Feb 20,1972 Location A86

103.

Lucille Gladys Blanton Dec 7,1905 – Aug 17,1997 Location A86

104.

Beverly Kay Boyd Aug 24,1952 – Feb 3,1988 Location A87

105.

G. Stuart Dyess June 24,1914 – Feb 6,2001 Location A88

106.

Mildred A. Dyess Jan 20,1916 – June 4,1996 Location A88

107.

Kathy Harper Halbrook Jan 17,1951 Location A89

108.

Alvin E. Halbrook Feb 6,1951 – March 31,2007 Location A89

109.

Baby Halbrook Nov 21,1948 Location A90

110.

Timothy M. Hal 1953 Location A91 (this information is incomplete)

111.

Robert Emmet Martin July 17,1928 – May 5,2004 Location A92

112.

Virgina Martin Nov 27,1930 – July 8,2013 Location A92

113.

Ivan C. Means (World War 1) Sept 12,1889 – August 30,1948 Location A93

114.

Dollie E. Means April 22,1885 – Jan 8,1977 Location A94

115.

Myrtle Cobb Sadler Oct 8,1913 – Jan 5,1987 Location A95

116.

Ola Cobb August 29,1917 – August 21,1933 – A96

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117.

Cybil McCalister Cobb May 8,1885 – Nov 5,1918 Location A97

118.

Charlie Y. Cobb July 31,1879 – Dec 27,1968 Location A98

119.

Frances Butterick Cobb March 1,1850 – Dec 28,1935 Location A99

120.

Donald Edward Noland Dec 17,1931 – June 3, 1933 Location A100

121.

Oran L. Moore (US Army) May 13,1896 – Sept 22,1976 Location A101

122.

Bertha G. Proctor 1888 – 1978 Location A102

123.

William J. Proctor 1893 – 1959 Location A102

124.

Maybell Graham June 19,1878 – July 27,1895 Location A103

125.

G.W. Graham Jan 4,1847 – Feb 11,1911 Location A104

126.

Jane Hosey Graham Nov 10,1845 – Feb 7,1923 Location A105

127.

Joseph Milton Graham Oct 23,1906 – May 5,1992 Location A106

128.

Lillie Irene Graham Feb 6,1931 – Jan 23,1953 Location A107

129.

Frances M. Fuschak 1900 – 1991 Location A108

130.

Frank Fuschak 1899 – 1966 Location A108

131.

Glen D. Fuschak May 17,1926 – Sep 28,1962 Location A109

132.

Oran L. Moore May 13,1896 – Sept 22,1976 Location A110

133.

Julia R. Moore Dec 23,1902 – 1997 Location A110

134.

Joseph B.P. Graham 1877 – 1941 Location A111

135.

Lillie J. Graham 1878 – 1957 Location A111

136.

William Perry Graham Aug 8,1942 – Sept 16,2001 Location A112

137.

Frank Y. Turner March 8,1884 – Nov 7,1909 Location A113

138.

Willie C.T. Graham July 12,1879 – Nov 24,1888 Location A114

139.

M.T.F. Threet Aug 21,1878 – Sept 23,1902 Location A115

140.

W.C. Threet Feb 26,1838 – March 27,1902 Location A116

141.

Mary Graham August 1,1852 – August 3,1930 Location A117

142.

W. Jack Graham Dec 16,1875 – July 26,1930 Location A117

143.

Allie Hathorn June 10,1877 – Sept 19,1959 Location A117

144.

J.S. Graham Feb 18,1845 – Nov 21,1905 Location A118

145.

(?) Graham Dec 12,1800 – July 24,1889 Location A119

146.

Susanna Graham May 10,1813 – Nov 22,1887 Location A120

147.

Charles H. Graham 1857 – 1944 Location A121

148.

Sarah F. Graham 1857 – 1954 Location A121

149.

Brian Neal Failinger Nov 24,1986 – Feb 1,1995 Location A122

150.

Janis Sue Graham Failinger Dec 19,1947 – Oct 18,1992 Location A123

151.

Chester Arthur Jones 1894 – 1986 Location A124

152.

Maggie Irene Jones 1904 – 1942 Location A125

153.

Willie Weedon Jones Feb 8,1881 – March 27,1941 Location A126

154.

Orbstos Alyin Jones Oct 5,1890 – May 27,1974 Location A127

155.

Carrie Todd Jones Dec 2,1892 – March 24,1922 Location A128

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156.

John Calhoun 1860 – 1945 Location A129

157.

Lily Carleton Davidson 1861 – 1927 Location A130

158.

Carle Davidson Age 20 Location A131

159.

Dr. L.W. Jones July 1,1888 – Jan 9,1916 Location A132

160.

Ardella Louise Bishop Jones Aug 7,1867 – July 24,1961 Location A133

161.

William Peguese Jones M.D. Jan 8,1860 – Feb 10,1913 Location A133

162.

B.C. Jones Nov 23,1833 – Aug 5,1903 Location A134

163.

Unknown grave broken headstone Location A135

164.

Roger’s o Cottman infant son Location A136

165.

Rev. W.T. Wood April 15,1845 – Feb 6,1910 Location A137

166.

Mrs. Arminda J. Wood April 27,1844 – March 8,1920 Location A138

167.

Glenn Ray Tunnell Jan 18,1937 – April 13,2014 Location B139

168.

IRA Nelson Kelly Sept 27,1903 – Aug 29,1989 Location B140

169.

K. Kelley 1879 – 1953 Location B141

170.

Alberta M. 1884 – 1968 Location B141

171.

Cecil Taylor Kelley (World War 2) Jan 1,1908 – Feb 9,1962 Location B142

172.

Ricky D. Papaw Bain May 27,1953 – Oct 9,2019 Location B143

173.

Deborah A. Anye Bain Sept 28,1952 – Location B143

174.

Shawn D. Dunham Feb 23,1968 – Aug 2,2014 Location B144

175.

Pamela L. Dunham Aug 24,1963 – March 20,2017 Location B144

Corresponding map for letter location of each plot is available with Joe Montez and Pastor Gabe Montez