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    1. [TXBELL] Poor Farm Cemetery
    2. Jody Dillard
    3. Jo Lancaster sent me this and I thought a lot of you might be interested. Jody Dilllard Jody I am sending it this to you, maybe someone will see it and find their relatives on the list. If you could put it on the Bell County web site, it might help, because I think they (DOT) are wanting to move the graves. My sis sent me a clipping from a newspaper, Belton, or Waco, not sure which paper it came out of. Dated 7 Sept, 2003, Sunday. It is found in the Legal Notices 0040. Public Notice It is from the Tx DOT concerning the cemetery that was part of the Poor Farm between Belton and Temple and north of Pepper Creek along I-35. It has a list of names of the folks buried there. They are looking for relatives or descendants. If anyone has knowledge of descendants from this cemetery they are to get ahold of Martha Doty Freeman; Prewitt and Association, Inc. 7701 N. Lamar, Suite 104. Austin Tx 78752. Phone No: (512)459-3349, ext 222 Here are the names listed: Adkerson, John J, 1929; Bankston, S.B. 1929; Benton, Izora, 1915; Bickford, Mr. 1890; Bowman, Naro, 1889; Campbell, George W. 1927; Caney, Evans E. 1947; Chappell, S.A. 1920; Cooksey, Mrs, M.L. 1927; Copeland, W.M. 1894; Coull, Bruce 1921; Coulter, Will 1919; Dagar, Jim (Duggar, G.T.) 1918; Ellison, Francis 1913; Estep, Mollie 1929; Eustis, Hillis 1920; Flores, Bernardeno 1912; Gatliff, Clifford 1918; Harberson, James 1920; Harper, Jemima 1887; Harrison, Jim 1936; Hathcock, James 1923; Houston, Pearl 1913; Huschalek, Fannie 1919; Johnson, Mary 1929; Jones, Eddie 1923; Kaase, Will 1918; Lee, Peter, 1918; Legg, I. (Leg, Tom) 1931 or 1938; Liles, M.D. (Mack Duffy), 1952; Luedke, William 1917; Mcintyre, Annie (Vivian), 1918; Maze, Hazel Dumas 1928; Meliz, Tom 1931; Mongorios, Becelius 1914; Morgan, T.A. 1958; O'Malley, James 1917; Palmer, Jennie 1927; Parker, John 1917; Perkins, Jim 1920; Rangel, Andru 1919; Ratiff, Mrs. 1894; Richardson, Joe 1930; Robins, Julia (Robbins) 1937; Rose, Melissa 1920; Rudoff, Peter 1917; Sanchez, A. 1928; Serwick (Semick) Paul 1924; Shanklin, Nelson 1920; Shoecroft, Mary 1918; Smith, Jim 1931; Smith, Jim 1933; Sneed, James 1895; Strickland, Isaac Thomas 1952; Taylor, Bertha 1956; Taylor, Maude 1962; Thompson, George 1928; Tolbert, J.M. 1933; Walker, R.D. 1938; Whitaker, Charles 1917; Williams, R.W. 1911?; Worthington, Jim (Weddington, J.B. or Widdlington), 1924 This is the way it was listed in the paper. Do not know the page number, but I assume it is the classified Section. I know there has been emails on this cemetery before about DOT wanting to move the graves to other cemeteries or going around/over, but I have never seen names listed. I hope you can pass this along to our Bell County folks and/or surrounding areas. Looks like Harper 1887 is the oldest grave there, but as recent as Taylor 1962. The print in the newpaper is very small, need a magnifying glass. VR, Jo L in TN

    09/28/2003 07:58:58