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Alvin Myers

• Birth*: He was born on 17 November 1827 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Lavasta Slater circa 1866.^3,4,5,6
• Death*: He died on 28 June 1902 in Covington County, Mississippi, at age 74.⁷
• Burial*: Interment was in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Covington County, Mississippi (near Collins).^8,7

• Note*: "He married Mary Anne Rankin on 26 May 1846 in Rankin County, Mississippi. Second, he married Leah Alford before 1865 in Rankin County, Mississippi. Third, he married Lavasta Slater about 1866 in Mississippi."⁷

• Last Edited: 19 Jul 2020

William Robert Hodge

• Father: Henry Pope Hodge¹ b. 12 Sep 1887, d. 4 Sep 1968

• Birth*: He was born circa 1919.²
• Death*: He died on 25 December 1985 in Midland, Midland County, Texas.^3,4
• Burial*: Interment was on 28 December 1985 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.³

• Note*: He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II and the Korean War.³

• Last Edited: 16 Mar 1998

Marietta Mizelle Hodge

• Father: Henry Pope Hodge¹ b. 12 Sep 1887, d. 4 Sep 1968

• Birth*: She was born on 29 January 1913.²
• Death*: She died on 30 July 1996 in Wichita County, Texas, at age 83.³

• Note*: She was known as Mizelle.^2,4

• Last Edited: 8 Mar 1998

Lucille Hodge

• Father: Fred Pannill Hodge¹ b. 1 Mar 1886, d. 14 Jun 1968
• Mother: Allie Pearl Speed² b. 31 Dec 1893, d. 11 Aug 1993

• Birth*: She was born on 13 April 1919 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.³
• Marriage*: She married Atticus James Gill.⁴
• Death*: She died on 10 December 2006 in Plano, Collin County, Texas, at age 87.³

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2013

Jean Elizabeth Hodge

• Father: Fred Pannill Hodge b. 1 Mar 1886, d. 14 Jun 1968
• Mother: Allie Pearl Speed b. 31 Dec 1893, d. 11 Aug 1993

• Birth*: She was born on 9 April 1917 in Kansas.¹
• Death*: She died on 19 May 1960 in Kansas at age 43.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.¹

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2013

Atticus James Gill

• Birth*: He was born on 8 June 1914.¹
• Marriage*: He married Lucille Hodge, daughter of Fred Pannill Hodge and Allie Pearl Speed.²
• Death*: He died on 18 August 1979 in Navarro County, Texas, at age 65.^3,4
• Burial*: Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.⁵

• Note*: He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1938 and in 1943 began teaching at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, which he also served as dean from 1955 to1967. He was killed when his tractor overturned.⁵

• Last Edited: 11 Mar 1998

Frances Thelma Hodge

• Father: Joseph Marchbanks Hodge^1,2 b. 4 Feb 1893, d. 26 Oct 1986
• Mother: Frances Dandridge Meredith^3,4 b. 10 Apr 1896, d. 11 Dec 1981

• Birth*: She was born on 3 November 1922 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.
• Death*: She died on 2 September 2012 in Ennis Regional Medical Center, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, at age 89.
• Burial*: Interment was on 5 September 2012 in Hodge family lot, Old Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 5 Oct 2012

Emma Lou Powers

• Father: William R. Powers
• Mother: Frances Emeline Neill¹ b. 7 Sep 1839, d. 10 Feb 1861

• Death*: She died before 1861.²

• Note*: She had died, apparently as a child, before her mother's death in Feb 1861.²

• Last Edited: 19 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Jesse Bartlett and Frances Callaway

James McDonald Burkhead Jr.

• Father: James McDonald Burkhead¹ d. 1928
• Mother: Louise Hodge² b. 21 Jul 1908, d. 5 Feb 1996

• Birth*: He was born on 25 July 1928 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^3,4,5,6
• Death*: He died on 15 February 1995 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 66.^7,5,6,8,3
• Burial*: Interment was on 18 February 1995 in Hodge Family Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^6,9

• Note*: He saw combat in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in education from North Texas State Teachers College he served as teacher, principal, and counselor in public schools. He retired from Mineral Wells Independent School District in 1983 and moved to Corsicana.⁶

• Last Edited: 7 Feb 1998

Mary Frances Prince

Historical marker, Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery, near Retreat, Tex., courtesy of Edward L. Williams. Click on picture to enlarge it.

• Father: Elmer Prince¹
• Mother: Addie Louise _____²

• Birth*: She was born on 6 February 1926 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: She married Joseph Benjamin ('Joe B') Fortson Jr., son of Joseph Benjamin Fortson Sr. and Lyda McGee, on 29 August 1986 in Orange County, Texas.⁶
• Death*: She died on 27 December 2001 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 75.^7,3,5
• Burial*: Interment was on 30 December 2001 in Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery, Navarro County, Texas (near Retreat).^3,8

• Note*: She was chief x-ray technologist for Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana, Texas and lived in Rice.³

• Last Edited: 16 Feb 2012

• Charts: Descendants of William Clayton and Sally Davis, Descendants of Lt. Thomas Fortson Jr. and Rachel Winn

Robert Samuel Duffer

• Father: Edward Duffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1813, d. 28 Mar 1882
• Mother: Emily F. McClary² b. 17 May 1815, d. 18 Jun 1890

• Birth*: He was born in 1838 in Sumner County, Tennessee.³
• Marriage*: He married Matilda Catherine Saterfield on 2 December 1866 in Sumner County, Tennessee.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 8 July 1884 in Cave Springs, Greene County, Missouri.³

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2004

James L. Mott

• Birth*: He was born in 1850.¹
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Henry Clay Hall and Sarah Ann Cawthon.

• Last Edited: 27 May 2007

Elizabeth Hall

• Father: Henry Clay Hall¹ b. 1831, d. 1884
• Mother: Sarah Ann Cawthon² b. 1839, d. 1880

• Birth*: She was born in 1860.³
• Marriage*: She married James L. Mott.
• Death*: She died in 1936.³

• Last Edited: 27 May 2007

Wylie Calhoun ('Cal') Burdine

• Father: Rev. Wylie Richard Burdine^1,2 b. 26 Jan 1814, d. 23 Jun 1890
• Mother: Elizabeth Shumpert^3,4 b. 7 Jun 1818, d. 6 Oct 1886

• Birth*: He was born on 11 January 1859 in Itawamba County, Mississippi (near Nettleton).^5,6,7
• Marriage*: He married Lucy Davis Monts, daughter of John Isaac Monts and Lucy Ann Francis, on 12 November 1879.^5,8,9
• Burial*: Interment was on 21 June 1924 in New Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^10,11,8
• Death*: He died on 21 June 1924 in his home, Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas, at age 65.^12,13,6,7

• Obituary*: "W. C. BURDINE DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME NEAR TUPELO
  "When W. C. Burdine died at his home in the Tupelo community last night Navarro county lost one of its best citizens and his community and church one of their most loyal and useful members.
  "The deceased was near seventy years of age, and had been a resident of this county since 1892, most of that time spent in the neighborhood where he died. The deceased was a steward of the Methodist church and a teacher in the Sunday school at Tupelo for many years. He was so thoroughly consistent in his life that all who knew him believed in and honored him, and his death is lamented by the people among whom he lived as a personal loss to each and every one.
  "The remains were interred in Chatfield this afternoon after funeral services at the Tupelo Methodist church, conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. M. Hagers, and his presiding elder, Rev. C. A. Bickley, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends, and many beautiful flowers were placed above his bier.
  "Surviving the deceased is his wife and six children, James, Marvin and Baxter Burdine, Mrs. L. M. Williams, Mrs. Herbert Hervey and Mrs. Jethro Williams; three nephews, S. W. Burdine, E. C. Burdine and Stanley Burdine, and a niece, Mrs. L. L. Williams. He is also survived by a brother at his old home in Mississippi, and a sister in Oklahoma."¹⁴
• Note*: After farming unsuccessfully in Mississippi, in 1892 they moved to Texas by train and settled near Barry, in Navarro County, where they farmed for four years. Success allowed them to buy mules and equipment and move to near Tupelo, in the northeastern part of the county, where they rented land and two years later bought sixty acres. Cal and Davis were active in the Tupelo Methodist Church.⁵

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2013

Lucy Davis Monts

• Father: John Isaac Monts^1,2 b. 1832, d. 1924
• Mother: Lucy Ann Francis^3,4 b. 1831, d. 1900

• Birth*: She was born on 17 April 1861 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.^5,6,7
• Marriage*: She married Wylie Calhoun ('Cal') Burdine, son of Rev. Wylie Richard Burdine and Elizabeth Shumpert, on 12 November 1879.^5,8,9
• Death*: She died on 20 November 1957 in her home, Tupelo, Navarro County, Texas, at age 96.^{10,11,6,12,13}
• Burial*: Interment was on 22 November 1957 in New Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.^14,15,9

• Obituary*: “Mrs. Burdine of Tupelo Expires Wednesday Night
  “Mrs. W. C. Burdine, 96, long-time Tupelo resident, died at her home in the Tupelo community Wednesday night following an extended illness.
  “Funeral services will be held from the Tupelo Methodist church Friday at 10:30 a.m. with burial in the Chatfield cemetery.
  “The rites will be conducted by Rev. Marvin James, pastor of the church.
  “Mrs. Burdine was born, April 17, 1861, in Mississippi, but had resided in the Tupelo community for the past 61 years. Her husband died in 1924.
  “Surviving are three sons, J. D., M. C. and R. B. Burdine, and a daughter, Mrs. H. E. Hervey, all of Tupelo; a sister, Mrs. Agnes Pearce, Irving, Ala; 13 grandchildren, 21 greatgrandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, and other relatives.
  “Pallbearers will be grandsons.
  “Corley will direct.”.¹⁶

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2013

Rev. Wylie Richard Burdine

• Birth*: He was born on 26 January 1814 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Shumpert.
• Death*: He died on 23 June 1890 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, at age 76.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was in New Chapel Cemetery, New Chapel Road, Evergreen, Itawamba County, Mississippi.²

• Note*: He and his father were Methodist preachers.³

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2013

Elizabeth Shumpert

• Birth*: She was born on 7 June 1818 in South Carolina.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Rev. Wylie Richard Burdine.
• Death*: She died on 6 October 1886 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, at age 68.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was in New Chapel Cemetery, New Chapel Road, Evergreen, Itawamba County, Mississippi.²

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2013

John Isaac Monts

• Birth*: He was born in 1832.¹
• Marriage*: He married Lucy Ann Francis.
• Death*: He died in 1924.¹

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2013

Lucy Ann Francis

• Birth*: She was born in 1831.¹
• Marriage*: She married John Isaac Monts.
• Death*: She died in 1900.¹

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2013

Sample Earl Burdine

• Father: Wylie Calhoun ('Cal') Burdine¹ b. 11 Jan 1859, d. 21 Jun 1924
• Mother: Lucy Davis Monts² b. 17 Apr 1861, d. 20 Nov 1957

• Birth*: She was born in 1880 in Mississippi.³
• Death*: She died on 19 August 1946 in Navarro County, Texas.^4,5

• Last Edited: 16 Aug 2008

Jimmie Davis Burdine

Main gate, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. Photo was taken by Dave Bell, Lubbock, Tex., and is used here with his permission.

• Father: Wylie Calhoun ('Cal') Burdine¹ b. 11 Jan 1859, d. 21 Jun 1924
• Mother: Lucy Davis Monts² b. 17 Apr 1861, d. 20 Nov 1957

• Birth*: He was born on 9 March 1882 in Lee County, Mississippi (near Tupelo).^3,4,5,6,7,8
• Marriage*: He married Addie Bowden on 18 July 1904 in Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas.^3,9,10,11
• Death*: He died on 9 June 1973 in Navarro County, Texas, at age 91.^{12,13,14,5,7,8,15}
• Burial*: Interment was in section E, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas.^16,17

• Last Edited: 4 Sep 2014