Deport Cemetery North
Deport, Lamar County, Texas, USA
In the process of gathering these cemetery records we noticed that there was reference on several of these that 'burial was in Deport' or just 'Deport' or 'Deport Colored Cemetery' and knowing there was no recorded
Afro-American Cemetery near Deport, we began to ask about this possibility. We were referred to Deport's Mayor, Mike Francis. With his information in hand, we made a drive to the area just to the north of the Old Deport Cemetery and found to our relief that there was indeed an old abandoned cemetery there. After a couple of hours of raking, probing, shoveling and generally picking around, we did locate 3 visible markers in place in the cemetery. One of the markers, that of Annie Mae Fulbright, was in place and did confirm out research that we had the correct cemetery.
We made pictures of the area as well as of all markers. At present, we have placed 11 burials in this cemetery and there are more as there are a couple of sunken areas, an old funeral marker frame and a board marker in place within the cemetery. The oldest burial in the cemetery is that of Freddie Thornton, wife of Sid Thornton, who died on 20 May 1911. The last burial we have is that of Herman Scott who died on 6 Oct 1946. Most of the burials are in the 1930's.
Lawrence and Sue Dale
In the process of gathering these cemetery records we noticed that there was reference on several of these that 'burial was in Deport' or just 'Deport' or 'Deport Colored Cemetery' and knowing there was no recorded
Afro-American Cemetery near Deport, we began to ask about this possibility. We were referred to Deport's Mayor, Mike Francis. With his information in hand, we made a drive to the area just to the north of the Old Deport Cemetery and found to our relief that there was indeed an old abandoned cemetery there. After a couple of hours of raking, probing, shoveling and generally picking around, we did locate 3 visible markers in place in the cemetery. One of the markers, that of Annie Mae Fulbright, was in place and did confirm out research that we had the correct cemetery.
We made pictures of the area as well as of all markers. At present, we have placed 11 burials in this cemetery and there are more as there are a couple of sunken areas, an old funeral marker frame and a board marker in place within the cemetery. The oldest burial in the cemetery is that of Freddie Thornton, wife of Sid Thornton, who died on 20 May 1911. The last burial we have is that of Herman Scott who died on 6 Oct 1946. Most of the burials are in the 1930's.
Lawrence and Sue Dale
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Deport, Lamar County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials484
- Percent photographed81%
- Percent with GPS6%
Deport, Lamar County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials530
- Percent photographed82%
- Percent with GPS24%
- Added: 18 Feb 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2530873
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