Cemetery Records - Rural NW LA African American Genealogy

Restlawn Cemetery

Restlawn (aka McMaster) - Houston, Texas, is the cemetery on Wheatley Street at Ferguson Way in the Acres Homes community of Houston (412-T in the Key Map.) It is bordered on the east side by Prairie View Street.

We first became aware of the controversy surrounding the cemetery in the early 1990s when the previous owner, Mr. Jimmy McMasters, was officially cited for burying a junk car and other trash on the property and a failure to maintain the property. The Houston Chronicle did an excellent story on the sad plight of the cemetery at that time.

Ebenezer Church

Name	Birth	Death	Inscription
Allen, Mary P.	Oct 20, 1901	May 10, 1982	None
Allen, Willie	Mar 29, 1898	May 6, 1985	None
Amos-Dunn, Alice M.	Nov 8, 1904	Dec 11, 1984	W/O Will T. Dunn
Anderson, Alice	Jul 2, 19?	Aug ?, 19?	None
Anderson, Earl Roosevelt	Nov 15, 1907	May 20, 1988	None
Anderson, Henry	May 27, 1894	Jan 25, 1984	None
Anderson, Marvin Sr.	Jan 26, 1913	Jun 19, 1967	None
Ansley, Willie James	Jun 19, 1936	Nov 2, 1977	None
Anthony, Tyrone Halen	May 12, 1979	May 12, 1979	None
Bailey, Joe Jr.	Aug 13, 1924	Oct 20, 1972	None
Batiste, David Jones	Oct 25, 1950	Apr 17, 1976	None
Batt, Oneda	Apr 15, 1897	Jun 9, 1977	None
Batt, Will	Mar 22, 1893	Mar 28, 1973	None
Battle, Roosevelt	May 14, 1932	Nov 13, 1984	CPL US Army Korea
Bell, Burnett, Hallie	Feb 14, 1909	Oct 1, 1974	None
Bell, Dan & Daniel (twins)	?	?	The sons of Andrew & Lucy Bell
Bell, Ella	Aug 5, 1898	Jan 21, 1948	None
Booker, Anthony	1879	1967	None
Booker, Ellnora	1877	1952	None
Boudreaux, Arthur	Jan 21, 1935	Aug 23, 1976	None
Boudreaux, Veatrice	Oct 11, 1939	May 6, 1965	None
Bradley, Joe	Apr 5, 1882	Oct 14, 1966	None
Branford, Willie Mae	1931	1973	None
Brock, Lizzie F.	Dec 7, 1944	Mar 11, 1991	None
Brown, Purcill 'Pete"	Jun 22, 1946	Feb 19, 1988	None
Brown, Ricardo Montalban	May 5, 1979	May 6, 1979	None
Burks, Charlie James Jr.	May 15, 1979	May 15, 1979	None
Busby, Latonia Renee	Feb 4, 1972	Feb 11, 1972	None
Butler, Elustrious Charles	Nov 11, 1923	Oct 21, 1985	None
Byrd, Willie Mae	Jul 13, 1908	May 22, 1980	None
Cain, Curtis Rev.	May 24, 1909	Sep 29, 1975	None
Cain, Minnie O.	Sep 10, 1905	Jun 11, 1977	None
Campbell, Emanuel	1912	1975	None
Carr, Donald Ray	Aug 24, 1945	Feb 18, 1969	None
Casile Barber, Versie B.	May 29, 1934	Apr 3, 1964	None
Caton Giles, Vivian	1912	1975
Chevalier, Angela Marie	Jan 10, 1965	Oct 15, 1980	None
Clark, John Jr.	Sep 24, 1957	Mar 20, 1974	None
Cobon, James	Oct 30, 1921	Dec 29, 1966	None
Cooper, Curtis R.	1959	1978	None
Cooper, Zeddie	1914	1964	None
Cormier, Lenora	May 17, 1925	Sep 19, 1974	None
Creeks, D.V. Sr. Rev.	Apr 25, 1925	Aug 15, 1977	None
Crowder, Jack Ledell	Apr 27, 1956	Aug 3, 1979	None
Davis, Christene	1931	1984	None
Davis, Harvey L.	1928	1991	None
Dewalt, Levie	1900	1960	None
Dixon, Gloria D.	Apr 16, 1940	Nov 3, 1987	None
Duncan, Lettie P.	Dec 25, 1904	Aug 17, 1978	None
Duncan, Rosie M.	Apr 13, 1892	Apr 19, 1966	None
Dunn, Will T.	Nov 25, 1901	Jan 28, 1984	None
Everett Roaches Bell, Hattie	Oct 25, 1923	Feb 22, 1992	None
Fields, Mamie I.	Feb 25, 1922	May 19, 1991	None
Fisher, Mandie	Jun 19, 1898	Apr 6, 1976	None
Fleeks, O.G. Jr.	Feb 14, 1943	Nov 25, 1968	Texas SP4 US Army
Fleming, Robert	1885	1975	None
Foote, Walter Edward	Nov 20, 1949	Jan 10, 1982	None
Ford, Arebella	1921	1974	None
Ford, David Lee	1958	1984	None
Galloway, Emeail J. Rev.	Nov 23, 1898	Aug 4, 1979	None
Galloway, Emma	Dec 1, 1903	Feb 26, 1989	None
Gardner, Exie	1910	1972	None
Golden, Sarah	Sep 28, 1907	Aug 23, 1985	None
Goode, Mary	1899	1970	None
Grant Holmes, Lillian	Nov 13, 1893	Aug 5, 1979	None
Green, David Rev.	Aug 12, 1910	Aug 25, 1978	None
Green, Dessire	Oct 3, 1919	Jul 23, 1933	None
Green, Edna Mae	Feb 28, 1932	Jul 28, 1992	None
Green, Minnie	1902	1978	None
Guillory, Walton Rev.	Jun 27, 1916	Sep 29, 1975	None
Gulston, Stanford S.	Jun 17, 1921	Nov 29, 1988	None
Hall, Howard F.	Jun 14, 1902	Feb 11, 1974	None
Harris, Wilbert Sr.	Sep 12, 1917	Jul 10, 1974	None
Harrison, Ethel Mae	May 26, 1907	Apr 1, 1971	None
Haynes, Phillip A.	Mar 30, 1954	Oct 20, 1978	None
Henderson, George	Feb 12, 1897	1974	None
Henderson, Rita J.	Mar 26, 1939	Apr 14, 1991	None
Henry, Larry Lee Sr.	1950	1973	None
Hill, Elizabeth	1917	?	None
Hill, Perry	? 2, 1906	? 9, 1991	None
Hill, Walter Sr.	1909	1983	None
Holmes, Louis	?	Sep 6, 1974	None
Holmes, Winnie	Nov 16, 1882	Jun 1?, 1974	None
Holt, Thelma	Jan 25, 1902	Aug 12, 1973	None
Hooper, Alford Jr.	? 9, 1925	Feb 12, 1979	US Army World War II
Houston, Kenneth	Dec 14, 1956	Dec 27, 1983	None
Howard, Lessie	Mar 9, 1907	Oct 16, 1987	None
Hubbard, Henreatter	Apr 23, 1898	Jun 4, 1987	None
Hughes, Edward	Aug 15, 1910	Feb 8, 1987	None
Jackson, Frank	June 9, 1927	Sep 16, 1972	None
Jackson, Milton	Dec 16, 1916	Dec 23, 1990	None
James, Nathan Jr.	Jul 13, 1964	May 15, 1983	None
Jefferson, Obranna F.	Apr 18, 1906	Aug 14, 1982	None
Jefferson, Thomas	Nov 14, 1900	headstone partially buried	None
Jones, Edgar	Aug 24, 1908	May 26, 1983	None
Jones, Geneva	Jul 8, 1895	May 2, 1976	None
Jones, John J.	Dec 27, 1953	Jul 8, 1971	None
Joseph, Albert	Sep 25, ?	headstone partially buried	None
Kelly, Bessie	Aug 25, 1906	Mar 4, 1976	None
Kilasho, Waheld Abiodun	Apr 4, 1953	Aug 1, 1979	None
King, Amos Rev.	Nov 9, 1913	?	None
King, Frank James	Mar 2, 1926	Feb 24, 1980	None
King, Ida Mae	Jul 6, 1919	?	None
King, Robbie Lee	1920	?	None
King, Ruth Erzell	Jun 9, 1905	Oct 16, 1974	None
King, Willie B.	Dec 6, 1913	Jul 3, 1982	None
Lane, Rose L.	Aug 30, 1939	Jun 28, 1987	None
Lang, Lee A.	Aug 30, 1939	Nov 18, 1960	None
Lee Carr, Margie	Jul 20, 1919	Dec 23, 2006	None
Lewis, Kidd	Dec 25, 1894	Oct 4, 1979	None
Lewis, Mary Ann	Feb 7, 1894	Dec 31, 1979	None
Love, Phil Jr.	1910	1973	None
Loville, Elvis T.	Feb 6, 1961	Nov 28, 1991	None
Mason, Clarkie	Apr 7, 1856	Jul 18, ?	None
Mason, Myma	Sep 14, 1885	Jul 20, 1944	None
McCoy Alexander, Josephine	May 10, 1921	Nov 22, 1970	None
McGilber, Iretha Michell	Oct 24, 1977	Nov 21, 1977	None
McNeely, Samuel A.	Jun 13, 1916	Jul 26, 1971	None
McWhorter, Evelena	Jul 9, 1895	Jun 6, 1980	None
Mills, Golden P.	Jun 12, 1938	Jan 14, 1985	None
Moody, Jack	Oct 18, 1900	Feb 19, 1972	None
Moore, James L.	Jan 2, 1941	Nov 13, 1978	None
Nash, Callie	Apr 8, 1886	Apr 29, 1979	None
Nash, Chester Jr.	1906	1974	None
Nash, George	Feb 7, 1882	Oct 14, 1978	None
Nelson, Elizabeth	1916	1982	None
Nelson, Ruth V.	Apr 3, 1930	Feb 14, 1969	None
Newton, Willie Bill	Mar 14, 1930	Oct 28, 1987	None
Oliver, Gearldine	1928	1972	None
Page, Irene	Jul 15, 1881	May 18, 1978	None
Parker, Beatrice	Oct 26, 1920	Aug 9, 1984	None
Penn, Bernard	Sep 19, 1925	Sep 19, 1988	None
Phillips, Annie B.	Jun 2, 1936	Jan 31, 1985	None
Pipkens, Tommie Jean	Apr 24, ?	Feb 20, ?	None
Powell, Derick W.	Jul 19, 1969	Jul 18, 1983	None
Roaches, Jesse	Apr 19, 1902	Jan 21, 1979	None
Roberson, Lucille	Aug 20, 1908	Jun 30, 1987	None
Robinson, Prince	Jun 3, 1906	Dec 17, 1974	None
Ross, Lytle	Dec 1, 1929	Sep 13, 1972	None
Rucker, Mary L.	Jan 28, 1945	May 22, 1990	None
Ruth Smith, Emily	Mar 21, 1926	Jan 7, 1976	None
Sams, Lula	1875	1972	None
Sellers, Karen K.	Mar 6, 1959	Nov 29, 1976	None
Seymore, Edna Mae	Jul 3, 1905	Dec 22, 1982	None
Simpson, Viola Chandler	Jan 16, 1893	Sep 25, 1979	None
Smith Hughes, Ruth	May 25, 1922	Jun 10, 1989	None
Spears, Beulah M.	Jun 14, 1918	Jan 11, 1988	None
Stephens, Kenneth	Dec 27, 1914	May 1, 1982	None
Stewart Roy C.	Jan 12, 1921	Apr 11, 1978	None
Stewart, Elnora	Nov 23, 1919	Nov 27, 1985	None
Stewart, Frankie	Oct ?, 1895	Jan ?, ?	None
Stewart, Lillian T.	Apr 25, 1928	Dec 9, 1983	None
Tates, Shirdie A.	Mar 1, 1953	Jun 19, 1976	None
Taylor Viola, Josephine	Oct 22, 1919	Jul 23, 1988	None
Thomas, Nat	Nov 2, 1939	Sep 19, 1979	None
Tucker, Hiram	1922	1979	None
VanBuren, Alberta	1906	?	None
VanBuren, Charles Rev.	1900	1974	None
Wade, James W.	1914	1973	None
Walker, Hattie	1895	1976	None
Washington, Frank	Oct 10, 1912	Nov 11, 1972	None
Washington, George K.	Feb 27, 1972	Aug 12, 1980	None
Washington, John Wayne	Jan ?, 1959	Jul 13, 1982	None
Washington, Lucille W.	1926	2000	None
Washington, Mable	1916	1985	None
Washington, Ross	1913	1987	None
Watkins, Roosevelt	Feb 19, 1938	Aug 1, 1983	None
Wesley, Samuel Charles	Feb 5, 1923	Feb 16, 1977	None
West, Vera Ruth	Dec 25, 1913	Aug 8, 1981	None
Williams, Andrew	Feb 9, 1925	Feb 7, 1990	None
Williams, Eric J. Jr.	Mar 24, 1989	Aug 19, 1989	None
Willimas, Eric J.	Mar 24, 1989	Aug ?, ?	None
Wortham, Tom	Mar 5, 1931	Feb 3, 1979	None
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