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College Memorial Park Cemetery

College Memorial Park Cemetery located in Houston situated in Harris County, TX.
College Memorial Cemetery, Houston, TX

College Memorial Park Cemetery has been the focus of several preservation attempts over the past 20 years. This historical Black cemetery is the resting place for Houston's freed slaves & their descendents. Located on W. Dallas between Dunlavy & N. Shepherd, the cemetery continues to suffer from the gentrification that separated it, early on, from it's living community. Learn more.........

Name	Birth	Death	Inscription
Abney, Isaac Sr.	Apr 6, 1882	Jan 14, 1964
Abney, Narcis D.	Apr 8, 1884	Sep 22, 1966
Akins, Matt	1883	1952
Akins, Sallie	1885	1953
Anderson, Will	Oct 29, 1891	Jan 7, 1934	PVT 917 Mil Police
Austin-Carr, Rosetta	1884	?
Baker, Caroline	1868	May 31, 1924
Barton, Lucinda	1832	Jan 19, 1928
Beard, Viney	?	Jul 22, 1921
Beckham, Cornelia	Sep 7, 1880	Aug 20, 1920
Brooks, Fred	Sep 2, 1880	Dec 16, 1929
Brooks, Pinkie	Mar 11, 1884	May 3, 1925
Brown, Cora	1870	Mar 2, 1929
Brown, Ernest Sr.	1886	1960
Brown, Louis	Mar 27, 1890	Nov 7, 1937	Texas Corp 527 Serv BN
Brown, Trusse R.	1881	1930
Burton, Amanda	1868	1928
Butler, Sadie	1900	1921
Cambee, Caesar	1840	Sep 20, 1912
Camp, A.W.	?	?
Chatman, McCree	Nov 23, 1891	Jul 8, 1943	Texas PVT Pioneer World War I
Childress, Kate	Jan 31,1854	Aug 13, 1902
Clemons, Margret	Aug 12, 1810	Jul 21, 1921
Clinton, Eldridge	Oct 16, 1892	Dec 16, 1961	PFC US Army World War I
Cole, Viola P.	1904	Feb 9, 1921
Cook, Kearin	1996	2007
Cornish, Jennie	1858	1911
Countee, Nannie Yates	May 16, 1882	Jul 13, 1969
Countee, Thomas	Jun 3, 1884	Oct 10, 1929
Cox, Evond Daniel	1905	1929
Crawford, Thomas Kyle	Aug 7, 1909	Jun 12, 1910
Cruze, Mattie L.	1862	Dec 15, 1917
Cuilla, Elnora	1896	1922
Daniels, Will L.	1880	1965
Davis, Henry C.	1854	1921
Davis, Rinda	1854	1926
Davis, RJ S. Rev.	1867	1928
Derry, Crover C.	?	Apr 14, 1929	Texas PVT 355 Labor BN
Dismuke, Gaddie Katherine	May 1, 1863	Jul 13, 1927
Dorn, Lillie B.	1881	1911
Evans, Timothy M.	1906	1964
Feanell, Alonzo	?	?
Fisher, Arie	1877	Apr 25, 1934	W/O Charlie Fisher
Fisher, Charlie	1857	1927	H/O Arie Fisher
Ford-Wesley, Annie	1896	Sep 26, 1960	Dau of Duncan Allen Sr.
Foster, Annie	1891	1924
Foster, Charlett	1867	1923
Foy, Percy	Jan 30, 1891	May 31, 1956	Texas PVT CO B 509 Engr Corp World War I
Francis, Amy	1824	1921
Fry, Mother	1881	1925
Fulcher, Arthur	1890	May 13, 1963
Fulcher, Churchell	1886	May 2,1960
Fulcher, Jennie	1895	Apr 17, 1969
Gafford, Madison	1853	Aug 24, 1921
Gaston, Rodney V.	1896	Dec 2, 1920
Gautt, Cherry	1845	Jul 16, 1915
Gautt, Gherr	1885	Jul 8, 1915
Gerf, Nammon	1906	1929
Gohen, ?	?	Oct 19, 1913
Goodie, Ada	Dec 25, 1889	Mar 1, 1929
Goodie, Arthur	Nov 15, 1886	Nov 17, 1959	Texas SGT US Army World War I
Gordon, Earnestine	Apr 15, 1914	Sep 15, 1925
Green, Katie	1865	1919
Griffin, R.	1867	1919
Gross, Aves	Jul 8, 1873	Apr 8, 1927
Haller, Walter R. Sr.	1898	1965
Harris, Ed	1889	May 4, 1928	Texas PVT 165 Depot Brig
Harris, Ira Lee	Apr 20, 1918	Feb 28, 1959
Harris, Willie	?	Aug 31, 1921
Hawkins, Dennis	Oct 21, 1846	Oct 21, 1922
Hendricks, Harvey Hogan	1887	Dec 4, 1934	W/O Geraldine Hendricks
Hendricks, Mary E.	1867	1958
Hickman, Vivian	?	?
Hicks, Antney	1836	Aug 28, 1906
Hicks, Nellie	1844	Feb 5, 1909
Hill, Halley Mae	Jun 4, 1918	Aug 5, 1918
Hill, Helen	headstone unreadable	headstone unreadable
Hilton, Jack W.	Dec 25, 1872	Nov 20, 1943
Hilton, Martha	Apr 28, 1875	Jan 5, 1961
Hobbs, Fran	1855	1922
Hodge, William H.	1902	1926
Hofton, Albert	?	?
Holt, Gus	1881	1921
Hoody, Stella	?	Sep 18, 1922
Horton, Henry	1954	May 13, 1982
Horton, Leah	1852	May 31, 1903
Horton, Lillie	1887	Jun 17, 1912
Hughes, Daniel	Oct 23,1895	Feb 26, 1917
Hunt, Dayton	1855	1935
Hunt, Dollie	1867	Jun 23, 1921
Hunt, Eliza Jane	1857	1944
Hunter, Mary	1897	Oct 9, 1919
Jackson, ?	1862	1924
Jackson, Eldridge	Jun 9, 1875	Jun 17, 1924
Jackson, Estoria	Mar 14, 1876	Feb 11, 1924
Jackson, Louisa Long	Mar 30, 1860	Feb 18, 1925
Jackson, Margaret	1874	Jan 15, 1923
James, Rosie	?	?
Johnson, Emitt	?	?
Johnson, John F.B.	?	?
Johnson, L.A.	Oct 27, 1888	Oct 3, 1927
Johnson, Mandy	1885	Oct 17, 1918
Johnson, Mathew	1861	1928
Johnson, Plez	1892	1928
Johnson, Sidney	1881	Aug 29, 1921
Johnson, Sophia	May 9, ?	Jan 1, 1912
Johnson, Walter L.	1928	1963
Jones, Ella	Dec 25, 1892	Feb 13, 1958	D/O Minerva Washington
Jones, John	Jan 1870	Dec 1925
Jones, Lillie	Jun 19, 1879	Jan 2, 1964
Jones, Livingston	Mar 30, 1888	Jan 15, 1957	Texas PVT US Army World War I
Jones, Mattie L.	1867	1931
Jones, Solomon	Dec 8, 1875	Apr 12, 1960
Keener, Henry L.	?	Oct 20, 1929	Texas Corp 165 Depot
Kemp, Annie B.	Mar 11, 1881	May 1, 1908
Kemp, Bettie	May 6, 1854	Sep 13, 1908
Kemp, Katie	Oct 10, 1886	Aug 25, 1956
Kemp, Lucy	Dec 24, 1875	May 6, 1903
Keyser, Hattie	1877	Mar 8, 1912
King, Charles	1898	1931
King, Julia	1866	1950
King, Julia A.	1874	1952
King, Mary	Apr 1, 1844	Jun 11, 1928	D/O Henry clay
King, Neely Allen Jr.	?	?
King, R.H. Rev	1845	1936
Lights, Frederick Lee Rev.	Jul 4, 1859	Sep 16,1921
Lights, Pearl A.	Jun 17, 1875	Oct 23, 1912
Long-Jackson, Louisa	Mar 30, 1860	Feb 18, 1925
Lowe, M.A.	Mar 18, 1859	Oct 7, 1935
Luckey, Dennis	1853	1928
Martin, Fred F.	Jan 20, 1907	Jun 10, 1960	PFC 440 Port BN TC World War II
McGinnis (Father)	1846	1926
McGinnis (Mother)	1864	1943
McMurray, Lucinda	1844	1926
Meadows, Tom	1893	Jul 1, 1925	S/O Tom Meadows
Miller, Malvinia	Apr 18, 1893	Nov 28, 1956
Mitchell, Dave	1852	Oct 21, 1932
Mitchell, Frank	Aug 29, ?	Sep ?
Mitchell, Henrie	Jan 19, 1858	May 17, 1905
Mitchell, Josephine	Feb 19, ?	Aug 20, ?
Mother, ?	1879	May 17, 1931
Moore, Birdie	Oct 26, 1882	Dec 8, 1893
Moore, Melissa A.	1870	1933
Moore, Sarah	Dec 9, 1872	Dec 18, 1881
Moore, Thomas A.	1864	1938
Moore, Vince	Feb 22, 1875	Aug 13, 1875
Moore, Viola S.	Nov 25, 1910	Feb 5, 1955
Nelson, Malvin	?	Mar 10, 1917
Nelson, Mollie	1888	Aug 22, 1964
Nelson, W.J.	1880	?
Nettles, Joe	Oct 28, 1888	Mar 27, 1925
Nickles, Geo B.	Jul 30, 1892	Jan 3, 1945	S/O Gus Nikles
Nixon, Mattie	1857	Oct 2, 1921
Noble, Georgia F.	1874	Jan 17, 1924
Nugent, Willie	Jan 19, 1909	Jul 8, 1928
Oconner, Malindia	1877	1917
Outley, Birdie	1891	Oct 21, 1917
Owens, M.J.	1875	1953
Owens, W.M.	1872	1928
Parker-Williams, Laura	1865	1928
Pear, H.W.	Mar 1, 1883	Dec 25, 1906
Penn, J.B.	1864	1924
Perry, Edmond	Nov 2, 1892	Nov 11, 1939	S/O Sally Perry
Perry, Jim	Jun 7, 1889	Sep 2, 1964	Texas PVT US Army World War I
Perry, Joseph	1852	Dec 19, 1928	S/O Ned Perry
Phoenex, Edwina	1907	1959
Pickett, Dan	Nov 21, 1893	Jan 27, 1958	Texas PVT US Army World War I
Porter, Albert	1909	1955
Price, Melissa Ann	1878	1967
Price, Wilfred N.	1868	1913
Price-Jackson, Hazel	1900	?
Price-Jarmon, Myrtle Wilfred	1911	1965
Price-Pritchett, Ethel Mae	1904	1962
Pride, Julius T.	Aug 1, 1878	Dec 19,1955	S/O Sye Pride
Pride, Nora K.	1882	Jul 7,1914	D/O Julis King
Ransom, Willie	Jan 7, 1894	Oct 21, 1961
Reed, Lionel	Oct 15, 1928	Apr 10, 1955	Texas TEC5 Army Air ForcesWorld War II
Reeves, Maria	1833	Jun 1, 1901
Richard, Edith	?	?
Richardson, Leola M.	?	Jun 9, 193?
Rige, Angelina	1836	Apr 2, 1910
Riley, Eddie Jr.	Jun 4, 1927	Feb 25, 1955	Texas PVT US Army
Robertson, Willie	1917	1929
Robinson, Hagar	1845	Nov 17, 1915
Robinson, Lerenzo	1854	Jun 21, 1918
Robinson, Luster A.	1910	?
Robinson, Rubin	?	?
Rodgers, Leottie	Aug 1901	Apr 1921
Sessums, John Jr.	1849	Jul 7, 1928
Shanklin, Laura E.	Sep 24, 1882	Aug 12, 1929
Sims, Pinkie	1869	1927
Sims, Willia	1874	1925
Smith, Clara Nell	Nov 20, 1927	Aug 20, 1952
Smith, Cornelious	1857	May 10, 1921
Smith, Richard	Sep 13, 1907	May 16, 1968	Texas PVT US Army World War II
Sollins, Delina	1878	1924
Starks, Alex T.	1891	1963
Starks, Dorothy	Jul 22, 1919	Jan 8, 1953
Starks, Valerie	Feb 10, 1914	May 4, 1965
Starks, Willie	Sep 18, 1888	Sep 22, 1958
Stevens, Walter	1834	Jun 15, 1912
Stripling, Mathew	1897	Nov 21, 1920
Stubblefield, George	1877	1929
Sweeney, W.M.	?	March 14, 1957
Terrell, Isiah M.	1861	1931
Terrell, Marcellie E.	1866	1924
Terrell, Wendell P.	1884	1951
Terry, Laurence	1896	1921
Thomas, Abraham	1860	1930
Timmons, Emma	1841	Jun 18, 1921
Trimmer, H.L.	Jun 16, 1880	Mar 15,1918
Triplett, Velma	1898	1921
Vaughn, Nancy	Mar 13, 1871	Dec 23, 1910
Wadkins, Betsy	1853	Apr 8, 1921
Walker, ?	1901	1919
Walker, Mary	Jan 25, 1865	Jul 22, 1921
Ward, Gadell	?	Aug 28, 1910
Washington, Minnie	1889	1913
Watts, Mabel Lee	1908	Apr 1, 1916
Welch, Ellen	1901	1929
White, Cassie	May 10, 1889	Jul 16, 1925
White, Dan	Jan 27, 1891	Dec 7, 1938
Whitfield, J.H.L.	1874	1929
Williams, Armenda D.	Apr 10, 1942	Jun 6, 1970
Williams, C.	Aug 3, 1882	Nov ?, 1901
Williams, Charley	1912	1929
Williams, Clara Mae	1896	1928
Williams, Ethel	1903	1921
Williams, Josephine	1876	1955
Williams, Lillie	1892	Jul 5, 1921
Williams, Ruth	1897	1919
Williams, Timothy A.	1905	1929
Wilson, Irene	Oct 16, 1902	Jul 11, 1921
Woodard, Rebecka	1817	Jan 4, 1911
Woods, Alfred	1887	Jul 8, 1927
Wright, Mable	?	Dec 2?, 1931
Yates, Jack	?	?
Young, C.B.	1892	1954

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