China Spring Cemetery
This cemetery was transcribed by Teresa Parrish.  The street names are in maroon top centered.  The family names are in all caps and underlined, black font.  This is a partial listing about half of the cemetery Teresa is willing to do lookups on the other half until she gets it transcribed click on her name above to email her.  She has included information not found on the grave markers gleaned from people visiting the cemetery, etc.  I have made more than one page for this cemetery at the bottom of the page each page will be the link to the next page.

PAYNE


EDWARDS
(back row)

(double)
W. M.
Margaret A.
Edwards
wife of W. M. Edwards
Born
Born Apr. 12, 1848
Dec. 3, 1845
Died Dec. 20, 1917
Died
Mother
July 23, 1907
They died as they lived, Christians
A good husband
and loving father lies here
A good wife
and true wife lies here

GREENFIELD

Sallie R.
wife of Jno. L. Greenfield
Dec. 28, 1875
Jan. 31, 1905
A true and loving wife

HARALSON/HARALDSON

Come Ye Blessed
M. J. Haralson
Born Jan.19, 1839
Died Mar. 20, 1907
Farewell my wife and children all
From you a father Christ doth call
Mourn not for me, it is vain
To call me to your sight again
(a rusty metal cross bearing the initials 'CSA' near the head)

Come Ye Blessed
C. S. E.  MorroW
wife of M. J. Haralson
Born May 30, 1843
Died Aug 11, 1913
Farewell my children one and all
From you a mother Christ doth call
Mourn not for me, for it is in vain
To call me to your sight again
(There is a short, stubby concrete pillar with a band advertising the Central Texas Monument Co.
No other info)

R. E. Haralson
Aug. 10, 1868
(only date)

John Curtis Haralson
S SGT US Air Force
WW II
Nov. 16, 1921
Jan. 14, 1984

[There is a vast space between the above family and the next, the GOODMAN'S.
This openess may be part of the Goodman plot.  Per GOODMAN descendant
Billy BURT an infant lies in this area, the grave unmarked]

GOODMAN
Ida B. Goodman
Oct. 9, 1893
Sept. 9, 1943

Nathaniel L. Goodman
Feb. 12, 1872
Aug. 30, 1957

[open space between the above family and the next.]

KEPLER, YARBROUGH, MARTIN, & GIBSON

Bobby K. Martin
June 23, 1915
Feb. 24, 1933

Keller K. Kepler
Feb.3, 1895
Aug. 1, 1952

Minerva Kepler Yarbrough
Jan. 16, 1902
Mar. 7, 1981

Nora B. Kepler
Jan. 2, 1876
Oct. 15, 1931

Lee Kepler
Oct. 18, 1865
Aug. 3, 1941

         [kind of in the middle is a monument with the name KEPLER on it]

(middle)
Mary Alice Gibbons
Apr. 19, 1908       Apr. 29, 1967

(front row)
(double)
Joe Boyd Kepler
Mary Carpenter Kepler
Aug. 14, 1916
Dec. 16, 1921
Dec. 19, 1990
(no date)
WHITFIELD, ALLEN, & CARTER
(curbed plot; back row)

Ernest A. Allen
Pvt. US Army
World War I
Mar. 8, 1897     Apr. 21, 1975

Wife
Alvis Whitfield Allen
Jan. 23, 1905
May 27, 1967
At Rest
footmarker-
A.W.A.
(double)
Whitfield
Cebron William
Martha Jane
Father
Mother
 footmarker-
Oct. 13, 1862
Apr. 9, 1874
May 6, 1931
July 20, 1948
(Coot)
(front row)
Martha Francis Carter
1925-1987
daughter of Ernest & Alvis Allen

YANKIE
(back row)

[Woodmen of the World monument with crest]
J. W. Yankie
Mar. 29, 1850
Feb. 17, 1915
[arched] Yankie
(double)
Yankie
Zola Whitfield
Grover Leo
May 21, 1893
Feb. 4, 1888
Oct. 17, 1979
Feb. 10, 1929
(double)
Yankie
(blank)
Hugh Alvis "Boots"
Oct. 28, 1915
Jan.  1, 1972
In my father's house are many mansions
footmarker, hers-
Mother (At head)
(front row)
Bennie Mack Yankie
US Army
Apr. 15, 1934    Oct. 2, 1993

Yankie
Willie Mike
Oct. 13, 1910
June 24, 1956
In loving memory


(double)
Yankie
Shirley L.
Jimmy R.
Sept. 12, 1936
Sept. 4, 1934
only date)
Mar. 26, 1987
Beloved husband & father
footmarker, his-
J.R.Y.
"Bobby"
Robert W. Yankie
May 1, 1954
May 16, 1987
He lives and rides on
footmarker-
Daddy
(engraved on the vase to the left (as you face the hd.stone):
Bobby and Joan
9-7-1978
Laura, Lisa, and Robin
engraved on the vase to the right:
Our beloved in peace forever
(double)
In God's Care
Yankie
Leo A.
Evelyn Rogers
May 12, 1912
Sept. 25, 1913
(only dates)
Married July 11, 1932
Son-Jimmy    Grandson-Bobby    Johnnie Y. Patterson
Mother of Bobby
Great-grandaughters  Lisa and Robin Yankie
DITTO
(curbed plot-lengthwise like a rectangle with square marker. Curb barely visible)
(double)
Ditto
Eli
Nancy Roeanna
Oct. 6, 1904
Dec. 26, 1914
May 25, 1975
May 1, 1968
Married May 3, 1932
O'STEEN
(curbed plot, up against the one above. Also not really visible)
(double)
O'Steen
Father
 Mother
Arch W.
Eva J.
Nov. 20, 1889
 Apr. 27, 1893
Nov. 4, 1951
Dec. 8, 1971
[3/96. Fresh grave next to Arch O'STEEN. No Funeral home marker to identify it.]

JUSTICE & La GRONE
(back row)
Willis La Grone
July 19, 1918
(only date)

Duyrl R. Justice
Feb. 4, 1939
(only date)

Minnie L. Justice
Oct. 31, 1898
Feb. 26, 1990

(front row; monument with name JUSTICE on it)

Beloved Husband
Wayne L. Justice
Nov. 6, 1936    July 27, 1993
I have walked with God today
Backside is engraved:
I would like to walk thru Heaven
forever with you by my side, holding my hand.

RICH
(back row)

(double)
Father
Mother
G. Dewey
Bernice
Nov. 19, 1898
Feb. 5, 1901
Dec. 31, 1977
Nov. 28, 1964
[In Sept. 1995 he had a footmarker with his initials: G.D.R.  It was gone in Jan. 1996.]
ROBERTSON
(This marker faces the next street which is Ferguson)
Nautie N. Robertson
Apr. 5, 1914
Oct. 29, 1968

Samuel G. Robertson
US Army
World War II
Feb. 15, 1910   Oct. 22, 1992

(Monument with the name ROBERTSON on both sides.
Below this above monument, facing Payne)

(front row)
"Kay Baby"
Kay C. Robertson
Oct. 7, 1942
(only date)
Forever in our Hearts

"Webo"
W. L. Robertson
Jan. 2, 1940
Jul. 26, 1993
Forever in our hearts

WRIGHT, KEELING, & RAINS
(back row)
Beloved Mother
Charlene Wright Rains
Dec. 16, 1932
May 30, 1988
(double)
Brother
Sister
George Marvin Keeling
Nettie Doris Keeling Wright
Sept. 13, 1893
Sept. 27, 1910
Jan. 19, 1969
May 19, 1982
footmarker,his-
George M. Keeling
Pvt. US Army
World War I
Sept. 13, 1898  Jan 19, 1969
(triple)
Wright
Father
Mother
Bubba
Alton Clark
Jane Chaney
Bruce Clark
Jan. 29, 1930
Oct. 28, 1935
Aug. 29, 1957
May 7, 1990
Aug. 19, 1989

TALBERT
(back row)

(double)
C. O.
Dorothy
Dec. 16, 1914
May 3, 1921
Sept. 21, 1990
FETZER
(double)
Sterling P.
Ruie Cannon
Oct. 29, 1896
Nov. 8, 1901
May 10, 1977
(only date)
(Ruie is daughter of Ernest & Nellie JAY CANNON)
SMITH
(double)
Smith
Paul G.
Syble Ruth
Mar. 14, 1918
Jan. 22, 1918
Feb. 25, 1971
Mossie L. Smith
Aug. 20, 1905
Jan. 31, 1985

Otis Smith
Texas
CPL US Army
World War I
Sept. 22, 1889  May 18, 1971

FERGUSON
(front row)
(double)
Ferguson
Married Nov. 11, 1923
Liddell
Jessie
Oct. 13, 1900
 July 31, 1902
Mar. 7, 1973
( only date)
BARRY
(double)
Barry
Daddy
Mother
Hardy Dawson
Ada Morris
Aug. 10, 1898
Apr. 22, 1905
Mar.   2,  1984
(only date)
MILLER
(double)
Miller
Dan O.
Pauline
Sept. 13, 1918
June 1, 1920
Mar. 16, 1981
Aug. 1, 1973

JENKINS

Vernon F. Jenkins
US Army
World War II
Oct. 24, 1923  May 24, 1979