Dripping Springs Cemetery
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Photographs & List by Michael Cross
DRIPPING SPRINGS CEMETERYFrom the intersection of Highway 82 & 75 in Sherman, go East on Highway 82. Travel 5.1 miles to Whitney Road, then turn North (left) and travel a winding road 2.6 miles. Dripping Spring Cemetery will be on the West side of the road.
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.68359, Longitude: -96.51485
Census was taken in 1997 by Michael CrossNAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE 
Photo above by Sandy Denney
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Please Note, there are two to three images on each photograph page,
please remember scroll down to view all of the tombstone photographs.ADAMS ROBERT E FEB 03,1839 OCT 10,1874
ATKINS B G JUL 08,1824 JUN 21,1891
BEALL INFANT --- MAR 25,1934
SON OF F E & HARRIET BEALL.BELL MOLLIE HEATH 0CT 27,1837 FEB 1942
D/O- HENRY & EMILY PARRISH HEATH. UNMARKED GRAVE.BELL T GROVER DEC 03,1893 APR 07,1932
BIGBEE ERNEST AUG 20,1887 MAY 03,1945
CORPORAL, BATTERY C, 100TH FIELD ARTILLERY, WW I.BIGBEE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS [BUD] 1852 1903
WED JOSEPHINE PARKS, 1878 GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.BIGBEE JACK DEC 04,1885 APR 19,1958
BIGBEE JOSEPHINE PARK OCT 09,1862 MAY 1944
BORN LOCKSBURG, ARKANSAS. D/O- Mr & Mrs JOSEPH JASPER PARKS.
WED GUSTAVUS BIGBEE 1878, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.BOWLING ARTIE IZOLA IRVIN AUG 21,1900 MAY 1979
BORN GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS. D/O- JOSEPH JOHN & MARY MOLLIE MERRITT IRVIN. WED JOHN L BOWLING, 1935BOWLING HARRY 1908 1930
S/O- JOHN LAYFAETTE & JULIA LANE BOWLING. KILLED IN A CAR WRECK.BOWLING JESSE 1909 1911
D/O- JOHN LAYFAETTA & JULIA LANE BOWLING.BOWLING JOHN LAFAETTE 1878 1949
BORN TENNESSEE. S/O- Mr & Mrs JAMES PATRICK.
WED JULIA V LANE, OCTOBER 14,1903. 2nd ARTIE IRVIN, 1935.BOWLING JULIA V LANE 1880 DEC 12,1931
BORN HAMBLIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. WED JOHN LAFAETTE BOWLING, OCTOBER 14,1903.BOWLING MARY 1905 1905
*S/W- MURRAY BOWLING.BOWLING MURRAY 1905 1905
*S/W- MARY BOWLING.BOWLING NANNIE M LANE JUN 27,1871 AUG 26,1957
W/O- TOM BOWLING.BOWLING THOMAS D DEC 18,1869 NOV 29,1907
BRADLEY J C OCT 17,1817 SEP 05,1898
BRADLEY LAURA J 1845 OCT 26,1923
AGE 78YRSBRADLEY MARCELLICE 1860 APR 19,1911
AGE 49YRS 9MOS 28DAYS.BRUCE M L JUL 06,1848 OCT 31,1895
BRYANT GEORGIA MULLINS NICHOLS JUN 23,1894 JUN 06,1924
WED PETER GREEN NICHOLS. 2ND GEORGE BRYANT. UNMARKED GRAVE.BURROUGHS SAMY F APR 25,1883 JUN 21,1890
S/O- J F & P BURROUGHS.CARR NEIL ERNEST JUL 28,1920 NOV 16,1923
COX FLOYD JAN 20,1915 MAR 28,1927
COX WORTHINGTON JAN 23,1883 OCT 01,1889
S/O- W A & M A COX.CRAFT WANDA RAY --- NOV 03,1935
D/O- W R & LOIS CRAFT.CROWDUS HENLEY J JUN 15,1838 APR 11,1883
DAVIS N T APR 15,1867 JAN 13,1905
DENSON LAURA ETTA DEC 21,1876 APR 11,1894
D/O- T S & MARGARET DENSON.DENSON S T DEC 27,1863 NOV 14,1880
DENSON T S JUL 29,1830 AUG 16,1897
DOUGLASS ELVA JAN 31,1898 MAY 25,1900
D/O- O C & JENNIE DOUGLASS.DOUGLASS LUTHER NOV 10,1896 JAN 03,1900
DUNCAN JOSEPH STERLING --- 1870
H/O- ELIZABETH CAMERON DUNCAN.DUNCAN MATTIE L IRWIN JAN 13,1866 JUN 26,1931
BORN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. D/O- ANDREW & NANNIE IRVIN.
WED STERLING PRICE DUNCAN, 1890 GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.DUNCAN STERLING PRICE AUG 31,1862 AUG 05,1941
BORN GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS. S/O- JOSEPH W & ELIZABETH CAMERON DUNCAN.
WED MATTIE IRVIN, 1890 GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.ERIKSEN JESSE ERLAND JUN 19,1932 SEP 20,1998
BORN BLAIR, NEBRASKA. S/O- JESSE & MILLIE OSBURN ERIKEN.
WED DONNA NEVINS, APRIL 25,1956 OMAHA, NEBRASKA.ESTEP SILVEY B DEC 20,1903 MAR 04,1905
ESTEP VERCEY C JUL 15,1899 DEC 13,1902
D/O- S R & C ESTEPFITZGEARLD CLARENCE F 1895 JUN 18,1941
TEXAS PRIVATE, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE, WW I.FITZGEARLD EMMALINE KREAGER OCT 10,1866 MAY 06,1946
BORN BERGER, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI.
D/O- WILHELM & CHARLOTTE HEARST KREAGER.
WED JOHN FITZGERALD, 1883 SHERMAN, TEXAS.
DIED ELK CITY, BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.FITZGEARLD JOHN F 1860 1930
WED EMMALINE KREAGER, 1883 SHERMAN, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.FRASIER CLARENCE WILEY 1890 1951
FRAZIER JAMES W SEP 19,1861 NOV 14,1934
*S/W- MELVINA FRAZIER.FRAZIER MELVINA MAR 15,1865 AUG 02,1938
*S/W- JAMES W FRAZIER.GASKILL B C JUL 04,1875 JUN 15,1883
S/O- R J & M E GASKILLGASKILL CATHERINE FISHER FEB 1833 MAR 10,1919
W/O- JOSEPH A GASKILL SR. AGE 90YRS.GASKILL G F MAR 5,1867 APR 05,1905
H/O- BETTY GASKILLGASKILL JOSEPH AARON 1863 1933
WED MARTHA LIBRA RIVERS, 1896.GASKILL MARTHA LIBRA RIVERS 1876 1958
WED JOSEPH AARON GASKILL, 1896.GASKILL MARY E 1838 1911
W/O- P J GASKILLGASKILL PAUL JEFFERSON 1837 1919
S/O- JOSEPH & TABITHA GASKILL. FROM CLINTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.GASKILL W L NOV 25,1866 SEP 08,1891
S/O- J A & K W GASKILLGRANT JOHN HENRY NOV 25,1855 189—
BORN ILLINOIS. WED PURITY ANGLINE LUSITER, 1874.
[PURITY BURIED MILO, CARTER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA]HEATH AL SEP 20,1859 MAY 02,1903
HEATH EMILY MAR 08,1874 MAR 09,1890
HEATH EMILY JUL 14,1849 JAN 1936
BORN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. WED H L HEATH, JANUARY 18,1865. UNMARKED GRAVE.HEATH HENRY D OCT 12,1844 NOV 05,1903
BORN BEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.HEATH LOLA JUN 13,1893 JUN 28,1894
HEATH VERN DEC 18,1885 JUL 31,1889
HILL EFFIE LEE DEC 28,1884 AUG 12,1958
*S/W- L D HILL.HILL JOHN SEP 24,1918 JUL 01,1930
(Drowned along with Mildred Hill at a church picnic)HILL JOHNNY D OCT 26,1936 OCT 27,1936
S/O- Mr & Mrs GERALD HILL.HILL L D JUL 10,1888 NOV 29,1957
*S/W- EFFIE LEE HILLHILL MILDRED OCT 13,1914 JUL 01,1930
( drowned along with John Hill on a church picnic)HOLEMAN MARGARET L AUG 17,1870 OCT 25,1880
D/O- J V & E F HOLEMAN.INMAN SARAH F 1860 AUG 08,1883
W/O- THOMAS INMAN. AGE 23 YEARSIRVIN ANDREW G FEB 26,1842 JUL 01,1902
BORN NOLENSVILLE, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
S/O- JAMES C & MALINDA PULLMAN IRVIN.
1st WED NANNIE LEWIS. 2nd BETTY MASON POINER, 1870 TENNESSEE.IRVIN BETTIE MASON POINER NOV 13,1848 JAN 1944
WED ANDREW G IRVIN, 1879 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.IRVIN ELONZO PRICE [LONNIE] 1876 JAN 06,1941
S/O- ANDREW G & BETTY MASON POINER IRVIN.IRVIN JOSEPH JOHN 1871 1951
BORN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
S/O- ANDREW G & BETTIE MASON POINER IRVIN.
WED MARY MOLLIE MERRITT, 1898.IRVIN MARY LEONA DEC 10,1903 APR 22,1904
D/O- JOSEPH JOHN & MOLLIE MERRITT IRVIN.IRVIN MARY MOLLIE MERRITT MAR 24,1878 DEC 24,1903
BORN DOUGLAS COUNTY, MISSOURI.
D/O- THOMAS ALEXANDER & RHODIE SUSAN MERRITT.
WED JOSEPH JOHN IRVIN, FEBRUARY 06,1898.JESSEE ALVA RAY JUL 03,1903 JUL 19,1904
JOHNSON ALFRED W 1848 ---
BORN CALIFORNIA. WED NANCY DUNCAN, OCTOBER 17,1871.JOHNSON EMMA JUL 02,1882 DEC 31,1901
D/O- W L & V L JOHNSON.JOHNSTON J W --- ---
FIELDSTONE MARKER.LAMB CHARLES MONROE DEC 15,1879 APR 16,1932
BORN ARKANSAS. S/O- JOHN BUCHANAN & MARY CATHERINE ARMSTRONG LAMB.
WED MARTHA SUSAN ROACH, APRIL 22,1890. UNMARKED GRAVE.LAMB MARTHA SUSAN ROACH [MATTIE] JUN 16,1884 OCT 01,1956
BORN VAN ALSTYNE, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
D/O- STEVEN MONROE & SARAH ELIZABETH McKINNEY ROACH.
WED CHARLES MONROE LAMB, APRIL 22,1890. UNMARKED GRAVE.MANES EDNA JUL 15,1880 JUL 03,1881
MANES HARRISON JUL 08,1888 MAY 26,1907
MANIS JOSEPH AUG 02,1839 JUL 03,1901
McDANIEL HARRIETT ALLRED JAN 15,1853 DEC 08,1927
WED JOHN T McDANIEL, DECEMBER 24,1878.McDANIEL INFANT APR 09,1895 APR 12,1895
McDANIEL J T JUN 26,1841 AUG 03,1912
BORN FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND. WED HARRIETT ALLRED, DECEMBER 24,1878.McDANIEL WINNIE D APR 21,1893 SEP 13,1893
McELROY F M --- ---
1st ARIZONIA BRIGADE, CONFEDERTAE STATES OF AMERICA.McKERNEY REBA TURLEY MAR 17,1915 -
MITCHELL RUBY M OCT 01,1926 NOV 06,1994
D/O- MR & Mrs W F WHITEMOORE SR ALVIN M OCT 08,1923 SEP 14,1971
RCT US ARMY.NASH DELILAH APR 12,1846 1884
BROKEN STONE.NICHOLS MARY S EPPS --- FEB 27,1915
W/O- WILLIAM M NICHOLS. UNMARKED GRAVE.NICHOLS PETER GREEN JAN 22,1866 APR 10,1918
BORN LINCOLN COUNTY, TENNESSEE. S/O- WILLIAM M & MARY EPPS NICHOLS.
WED GEORGIA ANN MULLINS, AUGUST 23,1891 GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
2ND JANIE SOLEE, MARCH 27,1918. UNMARKED GRAVE.NICHOLS WILLIAM M --- ---
BORN TENNESSEE. S/O- GREEN WOOD & REBECCA NIX NICHOLS.
H/O- MARY S EPPS NICHOLS. UNMARKED GRAVE.PARKER M TENNIE SEP 15,1870 FEB 09,1896
1st WIFE OF NATHANIEL BENJAMIN PARKER.PARKER NAOMI FRANCIS MERRITT JUN 27,1880 MAR 24,1963
BORN DOUGLAS COUNTY, MISSOURI.
D/O- THOMAS ALEXANDER & RODA SUSAN BARNES NERRITT.
WED NATHANIEL BENJAMIN PARKER, 1897.PARKER MARY SEP 07,1868 AUG 09,1917
PARKER NATHANIEL BENJAMIN SEP 12,1867 MAY 17,1956
BORN WOODLAKE, COMMUNITY, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
S/O- JAMES & MARY JANE THORPE PARKER.
WED TENNIE SAVAGE, 1866. 2nd NAOMI FRANCIS MERRITT, 1897.PARRISH W H AUG 28,1838 SEP 29,1898
PEDIGO ALMA J TURLEY OCT 20,1912 MAR 18,1989
BORN GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS. D/O- ED & MAE TURLEY.
WED WILLIAM H PEDIGO, OCTOBER 20,1932 MARIETTA, LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.PEDIGO FANNIE NOV 30,1874 JUL 14,1949
*S/W- WILLIAM H PEDIGO.PEDIGO GREGORY SCOTT JUN 12,1959 JUN 10,1984
BORN DENISON, TEXAS. S/O- JERRY & BARBARA PEDIGO.
WED DAJANA GARDNER, JUNE 08,1983 SHERMAN, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.PEDIGO WILLIAM H JUL 6,1910 FEB 11,1996
WED ALMA J TURLEY, OCTOBER 20,1932 MARIETTA, LOVE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.PEDIGO WILLIAM H MAY 26,1867 MAY 31,1934
*S/W- FANNIE PEDIGO.POLSTON GEORGE W --- ---
COMPANY F, 13th KENTUCKY CALVARY.RAY DAVID LOREN JUL 14,1929 ---
*S/W- JANET STUBBS RAY.RAY JANET STUBBS AUG 23,1929 AUG 10,1996
*S/W- DAVID LOREN RAY.ROLEN ONA 1891 SEP 21,1900
D/O- Mr & Mrs M G ROLEN. AGE 9YRS. UNMARKED GRAVE.SAVAGE L W AUG 30,1834 JUN 02,1914
*S/W- MARTHA ANN SAVAGE.SAVAGE MARTHA ANN JUL 30,1842 MAR 26,1899
*S/W- L W SAVAGE.SAVAGE RENA O SEP 26,1894 MAY 27,1913
D/O- W C & M C SAVAGE.SCOGGINS STACY ROXANN McCLURE JUL 12,1868 APR 3,1899
BORN IN UNION CO, GA. ,D/O GEORGE & TALITHA McCLURE.
W/O JAMES ROBERT SCOGGINS
UNMARKED GRAVESHACKELFORD PHEOBE E BIGBEE DEC 28,1845 SEP 27,1917
BORN ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. WED WILLIAM SHACKELFORD, 1862.SHACKLEFORD WILLIAM NOV 20,1834 FEB 06,1908
BORN WAYNE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. WED PHEOBE E BIGBEE, 1862.SHUMATE JOHNIE FEB 05,1899 FEB 08,1899
S/O- J D & N J SHUMATE.SHUMATE LILLIE AUG 18,1894 SEP 04,1894
D/O- J D & N J SHUMATE.STANPHILL FANNIE E APR 15,1873 APR 04,1894
D/O- VINCENT C & ANNIE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND STANPHILL.STANPHILL JULIA L APR 14,1878 SEP 09,1901
D/O- VINCENT C & ANNIE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND STANPHILL.STANPHILL SARAH L FEB 07,1876 FEB 14,1896
D/O- VINCENT C & ANNIE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND STANPHILL.STANPHIL WILLIAM J DEC 18,1868 MAR 28,1888
S/O- VINCENT C & ANNIE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND STANPHILL.STEPHENS MATTIE BELL 1914 FEB 25,1932
AGE 18YRS. UNMARKED GRAVE.STOWE JAMES H MAR 14,1862 AUG 19,1888
S/O- M R & W H STOWE.STOWE MARTHA R MAR 04,1840 AUG 03,1930
STUBBS BERTHA J 1880 1931
W/O- LEONARD JACK STUBBSSTUBBS CECIL F JUL 27,1904 FEB 26,1968
FUNERAL HOME MARKER.STUBBS EDWIN LEO MAR 1909 OCT 1961
WED JEWELL HIX, OCTOBER 1928.STUBBS GERTRU JESSIE 1880 MAY 20,1931
W/O- L J STUBBS.STUBBS JEWELL HIX AUG 08,1909 FEB 04,2002
BORN SHERMAN, TEXAS. D/O- JOHN & SALLIE MOORE HIX.
WED EDWIN LEO STUBBS, OCTOBER 1928.TACKETT MILLARD SEP 19,1896 AUG 04,1907
THETFORD GEORGIA ANN OCT 19,1882 MAY 07,1884
D/O- WILEY MARTIN & ELIZABETH THETFORD.THOMPSON GEO. W APR 7, 1841 JUN 10,1904
THOMPSON IDA NOV 29,1890 DEC 19,1901
D/O- G E & W D THOMPSON.THOMPSON LESLIE B APR 20,1884 JUN 10,1884
S/O- G E & W D THOMPSON.TODD C J JAN 01,1854 MAR 11,1926
TODD JAMES FRANKLIN DEC 16,1837 JUN 26,1930
WED VIRGINIA ATKINS, SEPTEMBER 13,1858.TODD MARY A MAY 26,1829 MAR 26,1910
BORN GEORGIA. W/O- WILLIAM TODD.TODD ROBERT L JUN 01,1881 NOV 25,1881
S/O- C J & C S TODD.TODD VIRGINIA ATKINS MAR 16,1839 OCT 19,1891
WED JAMES FRANKLIN TODD, SEPTEMBER 13,1858.TODD WILLIAM OCT 13,1825 OCT 31,1898
BORN ALABAMA. H/O- MARY A TODD.TODD WILLIE DEC 01,1877 APR 30,1891
S/O- C J T & C S TODDTURLEY EDD S 1881 19--
WED MAE REX 1905.TURLEY MAY REX 1883 1938
WED EDD S TURLEY 1905.TURLEY RAY 1909 1923
S/O- EDD S & MAE REX TURLEY.TURNER HUIE THOMAS MAY 9, 1914 FEB 2,1997
TWYFORD EDNA JUL 15,1880 JUL 03,1881
TWYFORD NANCY E NOV 22,1836 APR 23,1920
*S/W- WILLIAM S TWYFORD.TWYFORD WILLIAM S JUL 01,1831 NOV 11,1888
*S/W- NANCY E YWTFORD.UNDERWOOD BETTY AUG 30,1879 JUL 06,1962
WALKER HERBERT W SEP 15,1899 OCT 09,1900
WALLER DANNY DEC 01,1979 MAR 20,1999
BORN MOORE, OKLAHOMA. S/O- MARVIN & VICKI PEDIGO WALLER.WHITE ADA A FOWLER APR 04,1898 NOV 26,1980
BORN ALABAMA.
WED WILLIAM F WHITE, SEPTEMBER 02,1920 MERKEL, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS.WHITE GENEDA L OCT 20,1931 JUL 16,1989
WHITE LEE M APR 06,1924 OCT 05,1961
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, US ARMY WW II. BATTLE STAR MEDAL.
PURPLE HEART & OAK LEAF CLUSTER.WHITE LLOYD F JAN 27,1923 FEB 20,1972
TEXAS. PFC, US ARMY WW II. .WHITE ROBERT P JUL 27, 1928 SEP 7, 1994
WHITE SOPHIA JUL 20,1868 JUL 12,1894
W/O- W R WHITE.WHITE WILLIAM F AUG 15,1894 JAN 10,1990
WED ADA A WHITE, SEPTEMBER 02,1920 MERKEL, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS.WILLIAMS ALBERT SIDNEY FEB 09,1881 OCT 04,1894
S/O- WILLIAM & S E WILLIAMS.WILLIAMS JOHN OTHA SEP 14,1895 SEP 24,1918
S/O- J T & M L WILLIAMS.
COMPANY C, 127th MACHINE GUN BATTALION, 34th DIVISON.WILLIAMS JOHN T AUG 25,1869 MAY 05,1936
*S/W- MARY L WILLIAMS.WILLIAMS LENARD SEP 05,1905 NOV 26,1906
WILLIAMS MARY L NOV 23,1869 NOV 20,1956
*S/W- JOHN T WILLIAMS.WILSON LUCY AUG 19,1872 APR 26,1971
WILSON PERRY J JUL 05,1866 JUL 19,1902
WINFORD A B APR 24,1850 OCT 19,1904
WINFORD THOS H DEC 27,1878 MAR 27,1900
