Carthage City and Odd Fellows Cemeteries, Carthage, Texas

Location: Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States
Surname/tag: cemeteries

Contents 1 Location 2 Boundary 2.1 Burials at the Boundaries 2.1.1 East Boundary of Odd Fellows Cemetery 2.1.2 West Boundary of Carthage City Cemetery 2.1.3 South Boundary of Carthage City Cemetery 3 Disambiguation 4 Sources 5 Acknowledgements

Location

The Carthage City Cemetery and Odd Fellows Cemetery (sometimes listed as IOOF) are located next to each other close to downtown Carthage.^[1] Both have been documented using records from Hawthorn Funeral Home and surveys by volunteers of the Cemeteries of TX Project.^[2][3]

There are entrances on both Cotton Street (by First Baptist Church) and St. Mary Street (the east boundary). Although the arch at the entrance shows "Odd Fellows Cemetery," that middle road generally divides the two cemeteries—with a few caveats.

Main Entrance (on Cotton Street)

East Entrance/South Boundary of City Cemetery

Boundary

West Boundary of City Cemetery

Since these cemeteries are adjacent with no fence between them, the two have been used interchangeably in the past, which has caused some confusion and duplication of data. In particular, there is one old section of Odd Fellows that is located west of road between them, close to Market Street/FM-10 where the Sammy Brown Library is located. Many people think that the middle road is the boundary, but that is not exactly correct:^[4]

"The line between the two cemeteries is odd, but I know where it is. … The middle east/west road with City on the north side and Odd Fellows on the south is correct. From the middle road on the west/library side the road goes north towards First Baptist - at the first of two curves stop - there will be the Boggs graves on the RH. Draw an imaginary line just behind the Boggs markers north to the fence. Everyone on the RH side including the Boggs family is City and to the LH side is Odd Fellows. My late brother worked at Hawthorns for almost forty years showed me. Also, before he passed away, Mr. Andrew Maxey, who was kind of the committee chairman over them showed me also." - KD Burleson

Boggs graves by curve in road

West Boundary (looking north)

West Boundary (looking south)

Burials at the Boundaries

East Boundary of Odd Fellows Cemetery

From the curve in the road going north, these and any graves to the west are part of Odd Fellows Cemetery:

• ROSS, Joan, Raymond T. & Anna Mary
• OSBORNE, Sherrod H. & Lela Adams
• MARLOW, Fred F. & Lottie
• PLUNKETT, Obie L. & Grace I., Johnnie C. Sr.
• HULL, Annie Mae & Joseph Henry, Robert A. & Dorothy M.
• THOMPSON, Sandra Kay Hull & John Wayne

West Boundary of Carthage City Cemetery

From the curve in the road going north, these and any graves to the east are part of Carthage City Cemetery:

• BOGGS, Carl Matthew, Lillie Mae & Charlie Edward
• RICH, Allye J. & WOOTEN, Pearl A.
• TILLERY, Nell Wooten & William Virgil, Edwin, William Virgil, Jr. & Margaret H.
• PORTER, R.W. & Theo Baker
• ANDERSON, W.D. & Elizabeth Amanda, Bruce
• HART, James L. & Ollie C., Ben C.
• THOMPSON, Lloyd, I.T. & Sarah Eleanor

South Boundary of Carthage City Cemetery

From the St. Mary entrance to the right of the road, these and any graves to the north are part of Carthage City Cemetery:

• REEVES, L. E. (Cush) & Edna Albea
• MORTON, Jack T. & Linda L.
• LAWHORN, Gwendolyn C., Mellie V. & John H., John Henry
• EDERDS, Margret
• WYATT, Elzy Lee & Survada, Mary F.
• BURGESS, Betty LeMurl & Billy Junior, Gavin
• BURGESS, Dale E. & Ella Jane
• PALMERTREE, May Peterson & Carl
• DAVENPORT, Lois Jacqueline Williams
• COLLINS, Vicky Lynn
• (TBD) followed by JAMES, Curtis Lynn
• CONWAY, Rickey R. & Vickie Davis
• BOYETTE, Lonnie Shane, Sr.
• MORRISON, John G. & Bobbie R.

Disambiguation

There are two cemeteries named Odd Fellows in Carthage. This one is located on Cotton Street and is not the same as the African-American Odd Fellows Cemetery that is on Wisteria Street, located just a few miles northeast.

Sources

1. ↑ Odd Fellows Cemetery on Google Maps (https://goo.gl/maps/RSneVtcqEbuWLazFA)
2. ↑ http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Panola/cemetery/carthageA-H.htm
3. ↑ http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Panola/cemetery/IOOF%20A-C.htm
4. ↑ Burleson, K.D. Personal recollection to Jonathan Duke via Find a Grave on 2 Nov 2022.

See also:

• Carthage City Cemetery on Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2231757)
• Odd Fellows Cemetery on Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/165674)
• Odd Fellows African-American Cemetery on Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2617256)

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to KD Burleson for his assistance in verifying the locations of duplicate graves between these cemeteries on Find a Grave, his information about the boundary between the cemeteries, and all of his effort to photograph graves and add memorials in many of our local cemeteries.
• Thank you to Gloria Mayfield and all the members of the Cemeteries of TX Project for their work to document all of these cemeteries.