Goodwin Cemetery
AKA Hopewell AKA Emmons SEC 9 - TWP 19 - R 26
LOCATION: Highway 60 eleven miles West of Arnett, or
1 1/2 miles East of the Texas- Oklahoma state line.
In 1913 a group of men formed the Goodwin Cemetery Association. Mr. Howard J. EMMONS was paid $50.00 for the North East corner of his land. This land was 1/2 Mile North of the Hopewell School, 1 1/2 miles South of old Goodwin and 1/2 Mile West. F.M. SANDFORD, surveyor, surveyed and platted the cemetery of Goodwin, Ellis Co., Okla, on August 13, 1907. In the original record book, the first entry was of L. FINCH, 1907. Second: Daniel THOMAS,1909 (Lot owner was S. A. COOPER), thire: Mrs L. FINCH, 1909.
The records are kept by Mrs. Louise MINGUS of Higgins, Texas. The late Joe MINGUS was caretaker. Joe's son updated the Goodwin and Higgins Cemetery records for an Eagle Scout Project.
EPITAPH
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"GONE LIKE THE SWEET FLOWER
'NEATH DEATH'S FEARFUL POWER"
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"KILLED IN TORNADO"
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NAME FIRST MIDDLE DOD VET =============== =============== =============== ========== ====== ALLEN, CARLESS LEE 03-09-80 ALLEN, ELSIE 12-20-89 ALLEN, HARRY AVERY 12-10-90 ALLEN, LENA L. -------- ALLEN, MARION ABBOTT "MAGE" 04-05-57 ALLEN, MELVIN M. 04-02-79 ALLEN, ROSA ANN "ROSE" 02-09-64 BECK, CARL ------09 BENNETT, INFANT SON 04-21-25 BERRY, EFFIE AKA 06-19-78 BLAND, AMANDA 01-24-33 BLAND, JOHN T. 08-02-33 poss BOUGHAN, BROOXSYE ------84 BOUGHAN, CHRISTY L. ------81 BOUGHAN, ELLA ------71 BOUGHAN, HUNTER A. ------80 BOUGHAN, JAMES C. 12----86 BOUGHAN, JAMES R. ------73 BOUGHAN, JOHN DENNIS 04-01-74 BOUGHAN, MELANIE L. ------81 BOUGHAN, ROY ------85 BRUMMETT, CELESTIA L. 06-10-28 BRUMMETT, MARION LOUIS "BUD" 02-02-58 BRUMMETT, SAMUEL F. ------85 BRUNNERT, PHILLIP RAY 12-25-62 CARTER, LEWIS LESTER 12-13-14 CLARK, CYRUS ADELBERT ------36 CLARK, ELSIE NORA 02-03-23 COCHRAN, JENNETTE "MINTIE" 01-28-15 COCHRAN, RICHARD F. ------38 COLLINS, COURTNEY EARL 05-10-53 COLLINS, IVY ------64 COLLINS, RAY EUGENE 10-22-76 II CROMWELL, JOHN SANFORD 10-13-14 poss CROMWELL, MARY E. 03-07-32 DAWSON, ED 12-04-28 DEVENNEY, GEORGE W. 07-31-18 poss EDMONDSON, JAMES IRA ------44 EDMONDSON, KATE L. 10-11-18 EMMONS, INFANT -------- EMMONS, INFANT SON 07-12-12 EMMONS, MYRTLE JUANITA ------09 FINCH, HANNAH ------09 FINCH, LEWIS ------07 poss FISKIN, BOBBY DEAN 03-24-56 FITZJARRALD, ARMINDA 04-05-76 FITZJARRALD, CHARLES ROBERT 03-23-58 FITZJARRALD, FRANCES A. 03-17-23 FITZJARRALD, WILLIAM A. 02-13-12 poss HAWK, CHARLES WESLEY 12-09-38 HAWK, HARLAN M. "BUSTER" 09-22-39 HAWK, HERBERT R. 11-26-33 HAWK, MARY ELIZEBETH 05-19-36 HAWK, WESLEY 11-16-32 JENKINS, BROOKS NEOMA 11-18-88 JENKINS, CHARLES OSCAR 07-15-41 JENKINS, HARRIET ETHEL 01-24-53 JENKINS, HERBERT SEYMOUR 06-24-62 II JENKINS, ILA KATHREEN 02-10-85 JENKINS, JOHN "JOHNNIE" MARION 12-12-85 JENKINS, LIDA N. -------- JENKINS, MARY AUGUSTA 08-05-32 JENKINS, OVID CLARK 11-06-37 JENKINS, SAMUEL VALENTINE 03-19-31 JENKINS, TENNIE NEOMA 11-28-63 KERNES, ADA ROSE 04-12-47 KIRBY, GARY DON 03-25-95 KIRBY, THOMAS B. 06-10-90 KNIGHT, ESTHER AKA -------- KNIGHT, PATRICIA A. ------80 LOWDER, JERRY 01-25-90 MILLER, DONALD EDWARD 04-09-47 MILLER, HARRY VERNON 12-05-92 MILLER, HELEN GOLDIE ------82 MILLER, HELEN/ELLEN 04-09-47 MILLER, IRA DUNCAN 09-03-45 MILLER, LORETTA N. 05-04-90 MILLER, PHYLLIS ANN 03-11-38 MILLER, WILLARD M. ------59 MINGUS, BYRON RICE 01-09-58 MINGUS, ESTHER SEE:KNIGHT -------- MINGUS, JOE NEIL 05-03-96 SERV MINGUS, JOHNNIE PRESTON 03-08-54 II MINGUS, LOUISE FRANCES -------- MOORE, LAWRENCE C. 04----14 MOORE, LENORA C. 08-17-43 MOORE, SIMPSON W. "JIM" 03-24-14 C/ MORGAN, JESSE MONROE 05-26-50 OBERMAN, JAMES O. 08----10 PINKERTON, EFFIE SEE:BERRY -------- SCOFIELD, ALICE ELIZA 04-12-43 SCOFIELD, HENRY A. 04-04-36 SCOFIELD, LON 04-06-36 SCOFIELD, THOMAS FRANKLIN 05-25-38 SIMPSON, JIM --SEE: MOORE, SIMPSON -------- C/ STATES, ATTALENA MINNIE 08-30-91 STATES, AUTHER EVAN 06-09-67 STEINLE, AUGUST 05-28-97 STEINLE, MARILYN JANET 04-10-47 TANNER, CARRIE AVERY 08-27-44 THOMAS, B. GEORGIA SEE:WIEDENKOFER -------- THOMAS, DANIEL TRACY 02-07-09 THOMAS, EUGENE M. 01-13-79 THOMAS, LORA MAY -------- THOMAS, ROSETTA BELL 02-28-64 THOMAS, TRACY MANSFIELD 02-07-69 TREIBER, FRANCES NADINE -------- TREIBER, VERNON LEE 01-13-89 WALKER, BERNICE M. ------81 WELLS, RUSSELL 01-12-19 WIEDENKOFER, BERNETTA GEORGIA AKA 01-19-94 WIEDENKOFER, EDWIN/EDWARD "EDD" 06-23-42 WIEDENKOFER, JENNETTA JANE "NETTIE" 07-08-55 WIEDENKOFER, ORA EDWIN 01-12-70 WILLIAMS, EFFIE D. 04-09-47 WILLIAMS, ELAX L. 12-20-40 WOODWORTH, LAWRENCE 09-28-73 WOODWORTH, MARK 04-02-39 YOHO, R. W. 07-13-14 YOHO, R.W.,MRS. 12-30-18
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