| Old Union Cemetery |
Shelby County Texas
Transcribed by Leonard Irish & Ray Jackson, July 11, 1999.
Annual Reunion, Second Sunday in September.
From the Intersection of Highway 96 and Highway 87 in Center, Texas, go North on 96 for 8 Miles you will see the Cemetery on the Left side of the road. There is a tabernacle structure located just to the right of the cemetery. The cemtery is in good condition.
GPS -94.228273 Longitude, 31.918094 Latitude
| E. D. "Abe" Adams | 07/14/1914 | 10/20/1974 | - |
| Cristie Susan Baker | 08/21/1953 | 03/08/2021 | Wife of Tommy Baker |
| Infant Avery | 10/29/1920 | 10/29/1920 | Dau of Mr. & Mrs. S.R. Avery |
| Alfred Edward Barnett | 07/28/1928 | 07/16/2022 | Hus. of JoAnn Batez Barnett |
| JoAnn Betz Barnett | 12/23/1932 | 09/06/2016 | Wife of Alfred Barnett |
| Albert F. Betz | 05/01/1901 | 04/10/1967 | - |
| Andrew J. Betz | 12/22/1863 | 04/25/1958 | - |
| Elizabeth Ann Betz | 01/21/1870 | 12/06/1947 | - |
| John R. Betz | 11/11/1890 | 03/04/1920 | - |
| Juanita Betz | 05/10/1915 | 11/17/2007 | - |
| Martha L. Bridges | 01/06/1899 | 03/03/1983 | - |
| Obie W. Bridges | 08/06/1891 | 05/09/1971 | - |
| Mitchell Ray "Bubba" Brittain | 11/11/1991 | 07/07/2011 | - |
| Mary E. Bryan | 11/10/1906 | 12/09/1996 | - |
| Clarence F. Bryan | 09/03/1908 | 05/13/1985 | - |
| Clarence Wayne Bryan | 12/14/1945 | 03/31/1997 | - |
| Mary Lois Hairgrove Carnes | 10/07/1935 | 06/07/2016 | Wife of Marlon Norris Carnes |
| Clifton C. Childs | 03/31/1892 | 11/11/1984 | - |
| Ethel Childs | 07/14/1892 | 01/16/1982 | - |
| Andy Brooks Christian | 06/16/1908 | 08/08/2004 | Husb of Bessie Locke Christian |
| Bessie Locke Christian | 10/19/1908 | 11/09/2011 | Wife of Andy Brooks Christian |
| Billie Julian Christian | 12/23/1929 | 12/14/1942 | - |
| Charlie Brown Christian | 03/18/1921 | 06/13/1990 | - |
| Charlotte Anne Christian | 05/09/1942 | 05/25/2001 | - |
| Dessie Bryan Christian | 05/18/1933 | - | - |
| Frances Parker Christian | 07/31/1920 | 01/09/1997 | - |
| Gerald "Jerry" M. Christian | 08/13/1940 | 06/05/1976 | - |
| Irene E. Christian | 06/01/1896 | 02/09/1994 | - |
| James Eric Christian | 06/25/1923 | 02/28/1984 | Pfc. US Army |
| Joseph R. Christian | 05/23/1895 | 03/02/1974 | Texas Cpl. US Army WWI |
| Julian Herbert Christian | 10/14/1905 | 09/26/2001 | Hus of Viola Walker Christian |
| Nina "Tommie" Christian | 02/22/1925 | 10/08/2020 | Wife of Dennis Rowe & James E. Christian |
| Robert Glen Christian | 10/07/1927 | 07/25/1978 | - |
| Trudie Maxine Golding Christian | 09/28/1921 | 07/02/2023 | Wife of Charlie B. Christian--101 Years Old |
| Viola Walker Christian | 12/15/1906 | 11-28-2008 | Wife of Julian Herbert Chrtistian |
| Woodrow Christian | 09/15/1912 | 06/23/1986 | Husb of Frances Parker Christian |
| Larry Dan "Danny" Crowley | 04/13/1957 | 06/10/1980 | - |
| Leonard Joseph Crowley | 07/27/1921 | 11/30/1977 | - |
| Charles Weldon Davis | 11/02/1910 | 11/19/1989 | - |
| Donald A. Davis | 05/19/1900 | 05/14/1974 | Texas Tec 5 US Army WWII |
| Mary Ruth Davis | 02/21/1893 | - | - |
| Steve E. Davis | 11/18/1882 | 10/08/1957 | |
| Louis Patton Ewing | 1919 | 1980 | S1 US Navy WWII |
| Johnny Ford | 07-17-1952 | 07-27-2007 | Husb of Alice Ford |
| Charles W. Gandy | 02/02/1906 | - | - |
| Ollie Minnie Gandy | 10/29/1901 | 08/12/1961 | - |
| Adele E. Gibbs | 10/11/1914 | 09/03/2002 | - |
| Ely L. Gibbs | 09/02/1907 | 05/20/1993 | - |
| Fred Truitt Gober | 07/09/07 | 02/13/1952 | - |
| Henry T. Granthan | 1849 | 1905 | - |
| Odis H. Granthan | 1887 | 1908 | - |
| Virginia Granthan | 1850 | 1905 | - |
| Bill F. Griffin, Jr. | 01-02-1931 | 04-25-2012 | Husb. of Lyndell Hairgrove Griffin |
| Lyndell Griffin | 10/05/1929 | 02/18/2020 | Wife of Bill F. Griffin, Jr. |
| Burford Hairgrove | 04/27/1895 | 12/15/1898 | Son of J. M.& Lizzie Hairgrove |
| Dunean Hairgrove | 10/31/1903 | 10/17/1957 | - |
| Essie Hairgrove | 06/29/1904 | 11/24/1997 | - |
| Eula M. Hairgrove | 02/02/1905 | 07/20/1962 | - |
| Joel M. Hairgrove | 12/16/1899 | 11/28/1963 | - |
| J. M. Hairgrove | 01/13/1864 | 12/03/1916 | - |
| Lizzie Hairgrove | 04/05/1874 | 03/18/1909 | - |
| Arthur Filbart Hilliard | 08/03/1873 | 10/11/1957 | - |
| Bertha Hilliard | 03/27/1881 | 11/17/1950 | - |
| Mamie Hairgrove Howard | 07/17/1912 | 1999 | Wife of Willis S. Howard |
| Willis S. Howard | 03/22/1913 | 04/25/1992 | Husb of Mamie Hairgrove Howard |
| Willis Sims Howard, Jr. | 10/02/1935 | 02/03/2004 | Husb of Joyce Howard |
| Achma Russell Jacobs | 07/16/1925 | 03/07/2001 | - |
| D. H. Jacobs | 07/19/1912 | 06/25/1990 | - |
| Georgia Pauline Hopkins Jacobs | 10-05-1927 | 11-10-2006 | Wife of James W. Jacobs |
| Gladys Jacobs | 1917 | 1999 | - |
| H. B. Jacobs | 1888 | 1965 | - |
| Irene Jacobs | 02/14/1922 | 02/14/1922 | - |
| James W. "Billy Jacobs | 01/02/1926 | 05/06/2004 | Husb of Georgia Pauline Jacobs |
| Jimmy Jacobs | 10-16-1946 | 07-19-2012 | - |
| Lucille B. Jacobs | 07/26/1917 | 05/21/2002 | - |
| Robert Devon Jacobs | 09-05-1943 | 12-19-2013 | Hus. of Phyllis Jacobs |
| Robert W. Jacobs | 06/26/1915 | 12/20/1991 | US Army |
| Vivian Marie Jacobs | 10/29/1921 | - | - |
| W. T. "Buck" Jacobs | 09/26/1910 | 07/21/1978 | - |
| Jannie M. Jones | 10-04-1953 | 05-15-2008 | Wife of Arthur D. Jones |
| Jackie Ray Kirckwood | 09/02/1955 | 01/29/2022 | Hus. of Valarie Kirkwood |
| Joe Delbert Koonce | 08/11/1915 | 06-28-2004 | - |
| H. A. McCall, Jr. | 09/24/1933 | 03-30-2006 | Husb of Lorraine McCall |
| Litha Lorraine McCall | 04/19/1934 | 04/22/2016 | Wife of Herman "Hap" McCall |
| Hazel H. Woods McGurk | 03/24/1905 | 07/22/1968 | - |
| Jas Emmitt McGurk | 08/03/1896 | - | - |
| James William Mize | 04/18/1930 | 11/24/2016 | Hus. of Retha Yarborough Mize |
| Harvey Oliver | 10/08/1914 | 04/19/1932 | - |
| Robert W. "Bob" Oliver | 08/25/1892 | 01/19/1972 | - |
| Virginia E. "Lizzie" Oliver | 10/02/1897 | 05/11/1969 | - |
| Alton B. Parker | 10/13/1908 | 01/01/1990 | -- |
| Annie E. Parker | 09/29/1910 | 07/01/1995 | - |
| Dick Ezra Parker | 04/30/1918 | 06/27/2017 | Hus. of Mary Parker |
| Donald F. Parker | 02/24/1926 | 01/16/1992 | - |
| I. M. Parker | 01/21/1841 | 10/23/1923 | - |
| Jean Beard Parker | 02/11/1932 | - | - |
| Mary Rosine Parmley Parker | 07/21/1923 | 03/27/2015 | Wife of Dick Parker |
| Nannie E. Parker | 03/21/1871 | 06/17/1941 | - |
| Phyllis Ann Parker | 04/29/1954 | 04/16/2004 | Dau of Donald F. & Jean Beard Parker - info supplied by Jean Parker |
| Ara N. Parrish | 11/30/1912 | 11/14/2008 | Wife of Early Z. Parish |
| Early Z. Parrish | 03/14/1902 | 11/01/1970 | Hus. of Ara N. Parish |
| Troy Z. Parrish | 12/19/1939 | 05/27/2020 | Hus. of Louann Parrish |
| Bennie Wayne Ritter | 02/20/1940 | 11/07/2009 | Hus. of Joanne Ritter |
| Joe Ben Ritter | 01/06/1962 | 09/19/1991 | - |
| Gertrude Ritter | 1916 | 1994 | - |
| Thomas B. Ritter | 1897 | 1964 | - |
| Chuck Roberson | 01-11-1928 | 02-09-2017 | Hus. of Mildred Roberson |
| Edith Grace Roberson | 1900 | 03/18/2002 | Age 101 |
| Horace Greeley Roberson | 1896 | 1979 | - |
| Rosa Mildred Roberson | Age 78 | 2006 | - |
| Audria Regina "Mama" Robertson | 03-10-1952 | 05-14-2011 | Wife of Kelly Robertson |
| Kelly "Pops" Robertson | 07/18/1936 | 08/20/2020 | Hus. of Audria Regina Robertson |
| James R. Sanford | 11/25/1917 | 05/26/1977 | PFC US Army WWII |
| Johnnie Evelyn Sanford | 07/13/1935 | 01/04/2018 | - |
| Glynn Oland Stevens | 05/31/1937 | 09/09/2001 | Husb of Virginia Alloy Stevens |
| Leonard M. Thompson | 08/14/1939 | 09/22/2002 | - |
| Leon L. Valentine | 01/22/1900 | 08/25/1967 | - |
| Lula V. Valentine | 07/09/1905 | 03/27/1978 | - |
| Marion D. Valentine | 10/05/1934 | 10/05/1934 | - |
| James Roy Ware | 02/17/1926 | 04/24/1926 | - |
| O. D. Ware | 04/20/1927 | 09/01/1941 | - |
| Tennie Elizabeth Ware | 12/02/1913 | 09/06/2004 | - |
| Vera Leone Ware | 01/01/1892 | 11/11/1963 | - |
| Walter C. Ware | 11/22/1886 | 06/11/1963 | - |
| Winfred Monel Ware | 08/28/1908 | 08/07/1973 | - |
| Baby Wilkerson | 01/24/1915 | 01/26/1915 | Child of E. L. & Etta Wilkerson |
| Claude M. Wilkerson | 02/11/1922 | 05/08/1942 | S 3/C- Lost with aircraft carrier Lexington in Coral Sea Battle |
| Howard Daniel Wilkerson | 02/29/1927 | 04/14/1981 | - |
| Edward Lee Wilkerson | 03/26/1893 | 11/03/1964 | - |
| Etta E. Wilkerson | 12/03/1894 | 01/16/1949 | - |
| Infant Wilkerson | 10/16/1934 | 10/16/1934 | Son of Mr.&Mrs. E. L. Wilkerson |
| Margaret Ollie Wilkerson | 10/19/1923 | 09/25/1924 | - |
| Virginia Bell Wilkerson | 02/02/1918 | 07/02/1992 | - |
| William Joel Wilkerson | 02/11/1917 | 05/27/1983 | - |
| Armory "Bo" Williams | 06/19/1910 | 11/05/1985 | - |
| Clara Stone Williams | 05/30/1910 | 10/30/1989 | - |
| Murray D. Woods | 1902 | 1964 | - |
| Velma M. Woods | 1905 | - | - |