Hunt Cemetery Annual Meeting

The Hunt Cemetery Annual meeting will be held April 14, 2012 at the Brachfield Community Center. The business meeting will start at 11:00 a.m. followed by lunch. Please make plans to attend.

Debs Hunt Obituary

HENDERSON — Funeral services for Debs Hunt, 73, of Henderson, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home Chapel, with Jason Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Hunt Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home in Henderson. Mr. Hunt died Saturday, May 21, 2011, at his residence.

He was born October 9, 1937, in Henderson, and was a lifetime resident of Rusk County. He was retired as former owner of the Rusk County Livestock Auction and was also former owner of DV Hunt Asphalt. After his retirement, he continued to work on his ranch. Debs was an avid soccer fan of his grandchildren's games. He attended Bar None Cowboy Church.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2011, at the funeral home.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Debs Sr. and Faye Hunt; son, Tony Hunt; brother, John Hunt; and sister, Peggy Pride.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Maxine Hunt; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Melissa Hunt; sister, Mary and Peter Ullom, all of Henderson; and three grandchildren, Callie, Hannah and Cade Hunt.

Pallbearers will be Delbert Goss, Chuck Towe, Damon Bassett, Dale Taylor, Scott Farley, Greg Gibson, Phillip Jimerson and Bubba Minter.

Honorary pallbearers will be J.W. Tennison, Wayne Tipps, George Cooper, Larry Hale and Nick Adams.

Orin "Kenneth" Beene

Shreveport, LA - Funeral services celebrating the life of Orin "Kenneth" Beene, 91, will be held at 11:30 am on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Bossier City, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 10:30 am until 11:30 am on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the funeral home. Officiating will be Reverend Dennis Austin of the Church at Red River. Interment will follow in Hunt Cemetery in Henderson, Texas.

Kenneth was born September 27, 1920 in Doyline, Louisiana to Joseph and Rilla Beene. He passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Saturday, February 18, 2012. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, James Beene. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mercer Mae Beene. Daughters Mary Ponder and husband Stephen, Nancy Onarheim and husband Glenn, Valerie Beene, and five grandchildren, Peter Onarheim, Doris Ponder, Amanda Onarheim, Fannie Perry and husband Zachary, and Kelli Onarheim.

Kenneth was a member of the Church at Red River. He graduated from Haynesville High School in 1937 and Centenary College in 1949. He served in the US Army during WWII from 1941 to 1945. He was a corporate and private accountant in the Shreveport and Bossier City area for his entire accounting career.

The family would like to express a very special thank you to LeRoy Washington and all the staff at St. Joseph Hospice for all their care, support, and compassion.

Hunt Cemetery Annual Meeting

The Hunt Cemetery annual meeting will be held on April 14, 2012 at the Brachfield Community Center. Mark your calendars now! Hope to see you there.

James T. Lantrip

I have been working on updating the cemetery list and making notations about family relationships. While looking up information I came across the following regarding James T. Lantrip. As far as I can tell, with just a little research, he has no family ties to the cemetery other than his burial here.

Information about James Thomas Lantrip: James Thomas LANTRIP, born 26 Nov 1844 in Tennessee, was the son of Ambrose H. and Lucy Lantrip. When the Civil War erupted James, who was only16, joined Capt. J. B. Ward's Co., 5th Regt. Tennessee Volunteers 25 May 1861, to fight for the Confederate cause. The regiment was organized for state service 20 May 1861. The Company Muster Roll shows this remark: "Deserted from Memphis in May 1861." J.T. Lantrip next appears on the Company Muster Roll for Co. E, 15th Regiment Tennessee Infantry. He was enrolled in this regiment 8 Jun 1861 by W. H. Carroll for 12 months. The 15th, also known as Charles M. Carroll's Infantry, was organized at Jackson, Tennessee during May and early June 1861. Not long afterwards the regiment was moved to Union City, Tennessee, and then on to New Madrid, Missouri. It was mustered into Confederate service at New Madrid in mid-August 1861, and assigned to duty in the Western Department. 745 officers and enlisted men were members of this unit. Co. E, nicknamed the Madrid Bend Guards; were all men from Lake County, Tennessee. New Madrid and nearby Island No. 10 were Confederate strongholds along the Mississippi River, along with Columbus, Kentucky, their "Gibraltar of the West", some 60 miles upriver. 7 Nov 1861 James' unit saw action in Belmont, Missouri, located directly across the Mississippi from Columbus. Both these towns were held by the Confederates. General Grant, in a surprise move, attempted to gain control of Belmont in order to gain a strong point to attack Columbus. Although successful in his attack, Grant retreated in good order after Confederate reinforcements arrived. Grant reported 184 killed, wounded or missing. For the Confederates it was over 2,000. April 6 and 7, 1862 the 15th participated in the Battle of Shiloh. However, from Jan 1 thru Jun 1862 J. T. Lantrip's name appears on the Company Roll as "absent sick in hospital". Jas. T. Lantrip's name appears on the Roll of Prisoners of War for Co. E, 15 Regt. TN as "Where captured...Jackson (TN)" "When captured...July 24,1862" and "When paroled...July 24, 1862". This is all that is available from his records, the fact that he was "absent sick" from Jan thru Jun, and that he was paroled on the same day that he was captured, we can assume that James was physically unfit for duty at the time of his capture. J. T. Lantrip's name appears on the Company Roll for the 8th (Duff's) Regt. Mississippi Cavalry for Jan 1 to May 11, 1864 with the following remark: "Deserted from Panola 1st Fed, 1864."

14 Nov 1866 James Lantrip was appointed Constable of a new precinct in Kilgore, Gregg Co., Texas. James was secretary of Danville F & AM Lodge 101 in Kilgore, Texas (from letter written by R. W. Wynn, W. Master, dated 5 Jul 1879). The 1880 census for Gregg Co., Texas lists: James Thomas Lantrip 35 engineer, Hulda 28, Dora 12, and Ernst 7. The 1900 census lists James and his family in Rusk Co., Texas. The 1910 census lists him as "an engraver of stationary".

Burials in the Hunt Cemetery

The following is a copy from Mary Frank Dunn's book and is a listing of those
buried in the cemetery at the time of printing in 1980.

Originally published in the East Texas Family Records, Volume 4,
Number 2, Summer 1980, by East Texas Genealogical Society.

HUNT CEMETERY - Rusk County, TX

Submitted by Mary Frank Dunn, Route 2, Box 190, Henderson, Tx. 75652.

Hunt Cemetery is located in Rusk County, Texas east of Henderson.  It
is off the beaten path and in sylvan surroundings.  It is one of the
older burying arounds that is still preserved and in use.

The Hunt familv arrived in Rusk County March 10, 1851, having come
from Blount County, Tennessee.  The patriarch of the Hunt migration was
Thomas Hunt Sr., born about 1787 and who died in Rusk County in 1858.
Carved initials on ironstone rocks mark most of the older graves.
"T.H." on one rock in the center of the cemeterv surely marks the grave
of Thomas Hunt, Sr.

Thomas Hunt, Sr., and wife, Lucy, accompanied by several married sons
and daughters were in the trek to Texas.  Sons, Thomas Jr. and William
(Billy) Hunt remained in Rusk County.  Absolom Hunt went to Nacogdoches
County, and others moved further west.

The cemetery was said to have been started the nxxt year after the
arrival of the family, but the name of the person dying that vear has
not been preserved.  The wife of Thomas Hunt Jr. died Julv 28, 1856,
and seems to be the oldest recorded death date.  She was Mary (Finley)
Hunt.

An older cemetery was located on lower ground a short distance east of
the  Hunt Cemeterv.  It is at the old Pine Springs Baptist church,
which came to be called "Greasv Kitchen."  The Hunt family  gave one
acre of land on the top of the hill because they considered the 1ower
location undesirable.

ROWELL, Jonathan - 1870 - 1944
ROWELL, Lillie B. (Rushton) 2 May 1876 - 15 Apr. 1965
ROWELL, Hattie Jo - 5 July 1916 - 20 July 1917
ROWELL, Inf. son of Mannie & Bessie - 18 Oct. 1919
WEAVER, Child.
LANTRIP, James T., - 26 Nov. 1844 - 26 Aug 1910
JOHNSON, Mrs. Prisci1a Lantrip - 12 Aug. 1868 - 18 Feb. 1941
HUNT, Ida Mae - 1 May 1904 - 29 March 1952
HUNT, James Austin - 17 Aug. 1940 - 28 Aug. 1940
HUNT, Austin C. - June 1900 - 27 Oct. 1969
RUSHTON, JEWEL W. - 22 Dcc. 1900 - 25 March 1901
RUSHTON, Mattie & Mittie, Twins - born and died 10 Jan. 1902
RUSHTON, J.C.D. - 24 June 1841 - 28 May 1909
RUSHTON, Malissa A.. - 7 Apr. 1842 - 2 Oct. 1913
HUNT, Inf. of Cora & Luther - 23 Jan. 1906 - 26 Jan. 1906
HUNT, T.L. (Luther) - 27 Sept. 1872 - 6 March 1911
HUNT, Cora C. Tillison, wife of Luther - 30 Sept. 1886 - 3 Mar. 1914
HUNT, Eddie W. - 16 Feb. 1890 - 9 Oct. 1905
HUNT, A.J. (Andrew) - 27 Nov. 1861 - 9 Oct. 1905
Five graves marked with rocks, Initials carved on them as follows:
A.H., W.H., _____, _____, J.H.
BRILEY, Rufus, son of J.J. & H.E., (one date only) - 24 Sept. 1899
HUNT, Sara Clark - 12 July 1858 - 11 Nov. 1915
HUNT, C.A. (Bud) - 6 Dec. 1859 - 2 Dec. 1930
HUNT, Allen - 1883 - 1953
ABLES, Louvicay (Hunt) - 30 apr. 1846 - 17 Dec. 1922
ABLES, Jimmie - 1 July 1873 - died as a child
ABLES, John B. - 23 Dec. 1844 - 9 Oct. 1897
4 unmarked graves - one has rock with initials ~T.F."
LAWSON, Mary, wife of J.M. - Oct. 1858 - 13 Feb. 1903
LAWSON, Addle, Dau. of J.A. & E.E. - 14 Oct 1899 -18 Dec 1899
Rock with initials & date: J.T.H. - 1838
PHILLIPS, Mollie I., dau. of R.L. & E.I. - 17 June 1895 - 8 Nov. 1896
PHILLIPS, Thomas Jess, died 21 Apr. 1931 Texas Corp. 58 Inf. 4 Div.
   World War I
PHILLIPS, Ella (Leopard) - 25 July 1864 - 7 Jan 1931
PHILLIPS, R.L. (Lee), husband of Ella
PHILLIPS, Lee Roy - 23 Dec. 1930 - 4 Jan 1931
PHILLIPS, Baby
SMITH C.K. (Charlie) 23 July 1940 - 7 Jan 1941
HUNT, Inf. girl - born & died 27 Feb. 1969
HUNT, Amos Ray - 23 Oct 1923 - 2 Dec 1924
HUNT, Inf. boy - 16 Nov. 1970 - 19 Nov 1970
   16 Nov. 1970 - 10 Nov 1970
HUNT, John W. - 23 July 1841 - 18 March 1911
HUNT, Mrs. A. C. (Amanda Kent) wife of J.W. - 3 Oct 1842 - 1 Apr 1905
HUNT, Cora L., dau. of J.W. & A.C. - Oct. 1876 - 24 June 1880
HUNT, Thomas (Jr.) - 18 May 1821 - 5 Oct. 1888
HUNT, William - 21 May 1854 - July 1880
HUNT, Thomas L. - 16 May 1547 - July 1865
HUNT, Mary F. (Finley) (first wie of Thomas Jr.)
   25 Aug. 1817 - 28 Jul 1856
HUNT, James T. - 18 Sept. 1875 - 20 Mar 1879
HUNT, Nancy (Leopard) - (2nd wife of Thomas Jr.) -
   1 June 1839 - 29 July 1886
LEOPARD, Andrew J. - 5 Dec. 1849 - 15 Dec. 1881
HUNT, William C., son of J.M. & M. - 5 Sept. 1880 - 28 June 1881
Grave with initials "M"
HUNT, Linnie Lacy, dau. of F. M. (Finley) and A. E. (Amanda Fears)
   31 March 1891 - 14 Sept. 1897
HUNT, Finley M., son of F.M. & A.F. - April 1896 - 7 Sept 1896
Grave with initials "M.H."
HUNT, John F. - 1870 - 1951
HUNT, Eugenia - 1879 - 1962
BOSCH, Alta - 1895 - 1914
HUNT, H. Gordon - 1869 - 1906
HUNT, Theo (Propes), wife of H. Gordon Hunt - 9 Feb. 1878 - 1 Mar. 1977
HUNT, Carl J. - 24 May 1881 - 5 Aug. 1969
HUNT, Lobel W. - 8 July 1883 - 8 Mar 1980
WHITTEN, Lewis Jarrell - 29 May 1904 - 31 May 1971
WHITTEN, Johnie Valree - 8 Oct. 1908 - ____________

John Davis Leopard

John Davis Leopard of Rusk County, Texas, was a potter and made ribbon cane syrup. The Depot Museum in Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, has three or four of the clay jugs made by John Leopard. At the museum is a syrup mill that was owned by John. It is still operating today during the Syrup Festival in Henderson the second Saturday of November each year. Go to this site to see the syrup mill. This Syrup Festival is a fine event if anyone is close enough to attend. The museum also has pottery made by John Hunt.

http://www.depotmuseum.com/syrup.html

John D. Leopard is my great, great grandfather. John Hunt is brother to my great grandfather, Thomas Hunt, Jr, who married Nancy Leopard, daughter of John.