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Mayhill Cemetery,  Mayhill,
Otero County, New Mexico


The Mayhill Cemetery is located 0.8 mile south of Mayhill on NM 130.  It consists of two portions.  The older portion is located right beside the highway.  It is very small with many unmarked graves.  The newer portion is on top of the hill above the older portion.  (Link to map) Pictures of older section looking West and East and of the portion on top of the hill - view 1, view 2, view 3, and view 4.

Sometime during the 1950's two of the old timers of the area Cleve Dockray and Allen Clayton decided that something needed to be done to mark the many "lost" graves in the two cemeteries.  They got together with neighbors and located all the graves anyone knew of and marked them with little number blocks--small cinder blocks with a number engraved.   Then they made a list of all the names corresponding them to the numbers. Within the last 10 years Roy Winona (and possibly others) got interested and placed a little white cross at all the unmarked graves in the area cemeteries.     So now this cemetery has a little number blocks and a white crosses.

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Information donated by Elaine Watson
Last       First, Middle (Maiden)      Born          Died
Name                                   Date          Date            Note                

OLD Section

Unknown                                                        Unmarked stone # 1  See 1)
Goodman    Stephan                        1818          1887   Husband of Susan
Goodman    Susan Collins (Johnson)        1828     2-19-1900   Wife of Stephen
Goodman    Uncle T.                                            Unmarked stone # 2  See 1)
Goodman    Grandpa                                             Unmarked stone # 3  See 1)
Goodman    Grandma                                             Unmarked stone # 4  See 1)
Clayton    Laura Narcissa (Goodman) 12-30-1853     7-26-1904   Unmarked stone # 5  See 1) 
Clayton    Roy                                                 Unmarked stone # 63 See 1)
Curtis     Joel Warner               3-00-1818     5-00-1904   Unmarked stone # 6  See 2)
Curtis     Rosalina V                     1859     5-17-1884   Unmarked stone # 7  See 3)     
White      John G                                              Unmarked stone # 8
Curtis     Joel W (child)                                      Unmarked stone # 9
Weldy      Luke                                                Unmarked stone #10
Weldy      Edwin                                               Unmarked stone #11
McCommis   Baby                                                Unmarked stone #12
Marsh      Mrs.                                                Unmarked stone #13 little marker missing
Chatfield  Ferd                      7-28-1872     8-26-1894   Unmarked stone #14  See 4)
Jones      Jim                           died winter of 1888   Unmarked stone #15
Unknown                                                        Unmarked stone #16
Unknown                                                        Unmarked stone #17
Brantley   Josiah                         1812          1890   Husband of Mariah  See 5)
Brantley   Mariah                         1834          1886   Wife of Josiah Brantley

Notes for OLD Section:
1) At a later date someone came in and put up the one headstone. 
   The little numbers sit in a row behind the headstone with it just kind of 
   centered in front of them.  Laura Clayton was the daughter of Stephen and Susan Goodman.
2) Old list states Uncle Joe Curtis.  A headstone has since been set in front of the number.
3) A headstone has since been set.
4) Someone has very recently set a stone. George Ferdinand "Ferd" Chatfield is the son of 
   Silas Porter and Rosetta Chatfield.  Ferd was killed by Robert McGee.  More about this 
   can be found in the biography of Robert McGee.
5) Josiah is not buried in Mayhill Cemetery.  One of his relatives decided that there should
   be headstone for Josiah beside his wife Mariah.  Mariah is buried in Mayhill Cemetery.
   Josiah is buried in James Canyon Cemetery.  There is a difference in birth year between
   the two headstones.  James Canyon's is probably correct with 1814.
On one of the old lists it states that John Wesley Smith was buried in this cemetery
many years ago.  No one knows the location of his grave.

New Section on top of the hill

Last         First, Middle          Born          Died
Name                                Date          Date            Note                

Andrews     Bebe Ann             11-11-1941                Wife of Ivan Andrews
Andrews     Ivan Eugene           7-10-1938    8-29-2008   Married November 11, 1977 to Bebe Ann 
                                                           Andrews
Anglin      Charles H            10-11-1923    7-00-1953
Anglin      James H               7-05-????    7-17-1960
Anglin      Thelma                2-15-1940    7-17-1960
Aycock      Marcus Cody          12-09-1969    6-28-1999   Plaque with Poem "I'm Not Here"
Barkley     Artensia Wilson       4-10-1852         1929   Wife of George W. Barkley
Barkley     Bessie May Bible      5-31-1884    2-10-1956   Wife of John Gordon Barkley
Barkley     Charles              11-22-1908    6-03-1955   Son of Homer and Lillie Arthur Barkley 
Barkley     Cecil Gordon          1-02-1908    6-13-1985   Son of John Gordon & Bessie Bible Barkley
Barkley     Clyde Edward          6-25-1912    4-07-1916   Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Barkley
Barkley     George W             12-25-1852         1931   Husband of Artensia Wilson Barkley, 
                                                           Son of John B. Barkley
Barkley     Homer                 7-12-1884    4-16-1951   Husband of Lillie Arthur Barkley, Son of 
                                                           George and Artensia Wilson Barkley
Barkley     Hughey E              5-07-1882    6-16-1913   Husband of Lizzie Worley Barkley, Son of 
                                                           George and Artensia Wilson Barkley
Barkley     John Gordon           2-20-1880    1-26-1937   Husband of Bessie May Bible Barkley, Son 
                                                           of George and Artensia Wilson Barkley
Barkley     Lillie                3-28-1891   11-14-1969   Wife of Homer Barkley, Daughter of Charles 
                                                           and Emma Arthur
Barkley     Pridmer                                        Unmarked Stone #55 Barkley's baby
Barkley     Tom                   5-12-1864   12-30-1936   Unmarked Stone #56 George W's brother
Barr        Karen Ranee Williams 12-12-1968    3-14-1999   Daughter of Glen Richard Williams
Bass        Llewell                    1901         1969   Husband of Violet Bass
Bass        Violet                     1905         1979   Wife of Llewell Bass
Bell        Charlie                                        Unmarked Stone #49  Bell’s Baby
Bell        Emmitt                                         Unmarked Stone #52  Bell’s Baby
Bell        J. E. C.                   1861         1931
Bell        Lillian               5-10-1918    7-31-1933   Unmarked Stone #48  Daughter of Bertha Pearl 
                                                           Barkley and Charles M Bell
Bell        Sally Ward            1-23-1868    9-23-1947
Bell        Tom Bell’s Baby                                Unmarked Stone #50
Bell        Walter Bell’s Baby                             Unmarked Stone #51
Bell        Volley                                         Unmarked Stone #53
Bennett     Billie	                                   Unmarked Stone #45
Bible       Enoch                10-21-1860    2-19-1948   Husband of Lelita Bible
Bible       Lelitia               4-08-1861    7-13-1940   Wife of Enoch Bible
Bradley     Eudora May                 1883         1954
Bradley     James E              12-11-1922    7-03-1971
Bradley     Joseph M                   1908         1980
Bradley     Maurice A                  1917         1932
Brantley    Alva Owen             3-16-1919    1-21-1996   GM2 US Navy-WWII, Husband of Ruth Eileen 
                                                           Brantley
Brantley    Edith P                    1898         1991   Wife of Monroe Brantley
Brantley    Ethel Lathum               1899         1979   Wife of Lee Brantley
Brantley    Fred                       1860         1944   Husband of Sarah Jane Brantley
Brantley    Jeanne               11-22-1925                Wife of Preston Brantley, Married 
                                                           August 9, 1942
Brantley    Lee E                      1895         1970   Husband of Ethel Lathum Brantley
Brantley    Mark                  9-08-1888   10-05-1936   Husband of Mary (May) Brantley
Brantley    Mary (May)           12-10-1895   10-14-1980   Wife of Mark Brantley
Brantley    Monroe                     1889         1953   Husband of Edith Brantley
Brantley    Preston              10-02-1923   12-26-2006   Husband of Jeanne Brantley, Married 
                                                           August 9, 1942
Brantley    Ralph Frederick       2-25-1930    3-30-1930   Son of Wilma (Scott) and Elza Brantley
Brantley    Ruth Eileen           6-15-1926    6-03-2000   Wife of Alva Owen Brantley
Brantley    Sarah Jane                 1863         1946   Wife of Fred Brantley
Bundy       Brent Shawn          10-03-1974   10-13-1974   Son of James and Geraldine Bundy
Bundy       Geraldine             4-24-1951    1-23-2006   Wife of James Bundy, Daughter of Ross and 
                                                           Mable Dockray Hooten
Carter      C J                   3-13-1923    5-12-2001   Husband of Joy Eaton Carter
Carter      Joy Eaton             2-08-1923   11-16-2005   Wife of C. J. Carter
Clark       Homer Roy             5-16-1930
Clayton     Allen                      1889         1961   Husband of Onie Clayton, Son of Abner Hill 
                                                           “Teen” and Laura Goodman Clayton
Clayton     James Delbert         4-18-1927    7-28-1929   Son of Onie and Allen Clayton
Clayton     Onie                       1900         1999   Wife of Allen Clayton, Daughter of George W. 
                                                           and Eunice Gregg Scott
Colburn     Mrs.                                           Unmarked stone #34
Cope        Lena Marie            7-15-1921    3-07-2002   Wife of Hubert C. Cope, Daughter of Kenneth 
                                                           Potter Sr. and Minnie Porter Potter
Cope        Hubert C              3-06-1922    1-27-2004   MSgt US Army WWII, Son of Charles Elwood Cope
                                                           and Bertie Kimmons Cope
Curtis      Anna Pauline          8-29-1932
Curtis      Cara I                     1903         1974   Husband of Ellie M. Curtis, Son of Toney M. 
                                                           and Maggie Curtis
Curtis      Carrie L                   1921         1958   Wife of Veolan E. Curtis   
Curtis      Christine (Cox)       3-14-1931   11-11-2004   Wife of Ivon J. Curtis
Curtis      Dwain                 6-09-1933    7-13-1972   PFC US Army Korea, Son of Cara I and
                                                           Ellie Curtis
Curtis      Ellie                      1901         1987   Wife of Cara I. Curtis
Curtis      Elmer S               7-14-1923    9-10-1994   US Navy WWII, Husband of Marjorie J. Dockray
                                                           Curtis, Son of Cara I and Ellie Curtis.
Curtis      Ivon J                9-16-1925                Son of Cara I. And Ellie Curtis, Husband of
                                                           Christine Curtis
Curtis      Kenneth M             9-02-1981    9-23-1981
Curtis      Maggie A                   1882         1958   Wife of Toney M. Curtis
Curtis      Marjorie J                 1921                Wife of Elmer S. Curtis, Daughter of 
                                                           William H. and Laura Dockray
Curtis      Toney M                    1879         1958   Husband of Maggie A. Curtis
Curtis      Veolan E                   1916         2003   Husband of Carrie L. Williams Curtis, Son 
                                                           of Toney M. And Maggie A. Curtis
Dockray     Arthur C              3-30-1915    8-25-1917   Son of Cleve and Cressie Arthur Dockray
Dockray     Barbara Lavon        12-05-1950   12-06-1950   Daughter of Henry and Pearl Scott Dockray
Dockray     Claudius Mark        12-15-1886         1945   Son of James M. and Mary York Dockray
Dockray     Grover Cleveland      3-16-1890   11-01-1961   "Cleve" Husband of Cressie Arthur Dockray,
                                                           Son of James M. and Mary York Dockray
Dockray     Cressie Arthur        4-05-1896    5-08-1990   Daughter of Charles Amanuel and Emoline
                                                           (Emma) Arthur 
Dockray     Eunice S              2-11-1926    5-01-1992   Wife of Herbert L. Dockray, Daughter of Doyle
                                                           and Annie Gililland Scott
Dockray     Henry V              11-26-1930    5-18-2009   Cremated, Husband of Pearl (Scott) Dockray, buried 
                                                           with brother Jerry Robert Dockray
Dockray     Herbert L             6-20-1925   10-20-2002   Husband of Eunice Scott Dockray, Son of 
                                                           William H. and Laura Dockray
Dockray     James M              12-20-1854    1-05-1945   Husband of Mary York Dockray, Son of Hiram
                                                           and Catsey Gilbert Dockray
Dockray     Jerry Robert          8-16-1949    8-16-1949   Son of Henry and Pearl (Scott) Dockray
Dockray     Laura Ellen          11-25-1899    6-03-1990   (Marshall) Wife of William H. Dockray
Dockray     Mary L                2-14-1859    2-15-1950   Wife of James M. Dockray, Daughter of 
                                                           William and Martha Keith York
Dockray     William H             3-21-1901    1-03-1982   Husband of Laura E. Dockray, Son of James
                                                           M. and Mary York Dockray
Fisher      Algie J “A J”         3-09-1906    9-24-1991   Husband of Lessie F. Fisher
Fisher      Lessie F              8-19-1936    2-15-2002   Wife of Algie J. Fisher
Fisher      Wanda J               1-26-1915    6-20-1976   Daughter of Algie J. and Wanda Fisher
Fleming     Bettie Brantley       7-16-1897    8-14-1984
Fleming     John                 12-10,1888   11-24-1945
Fleming     Leslie G              6-13-1917    1-12-1983
Fleming     Mary H               12-03-1922   12-15-1993
Frizzell    Juanice P                  1925         2004   Wife of Wm. Aris Frizzell, Daughter of
                                                           John L. And Leah Posey Parker	
Frizzell    Wm Aris                    1924                Husband of Juanice Parker Frizzell
Gililland   Lillie L             12-28-1879   12-03-1945
Gililland   William Franklin           1906         1978   Son of Lillie (Scott) Gilliland and brother
                                                           of Annie, Lillie and Hattie
Girl                                                       Unmarked stone #23  Little Girl from
                                                           Curtis Canyon Sawmill
Gosnell     Baby                                           Unmarked stone #40
Grabbe      Clarice Star          1-15-1959    3-29-1959
Gregg                                                      Unmarked stone #58  Emmett Gregg's Baby
Hale        Mary F                     1932         1940
Harkness    Liffie Lee            7-04-1884   11-20-1921
Harmon      Audrey                                         Unmarked stone #44
Harmon      John W                                         Unmarked stone #43
Henry
Hickson     Baby                                           Unmarked stone # 41  Al Hickson Baby
Honeycutt   Dianna Starr         12-23-1976    2-28-1977
Hooten      Ethel T                    1893         1986   3rd  Wife of Perry R. Hooten, Daughter
                                                           of George W. and Eunice Gregg Scott
Hooten      Perry R                    1889         1963   Husband of Ethel T. Hooten
Hooten      Ross                  6-08-1914   12-04-1983   Husband of Mable Dockray Hooten, Son of
                                                           Perry R. Hooten
Howell      William L Jr.         8-14-1913   11-27-1999
Hudman                                                     Unmarked stone #37  Baby of Vernon 
                                                           and Ruby (Scott) Hudman
Jones       Enoch Arden           1-14-1923    4-09-1929
Jones       Lessie Ollie Cox     11-17-1892    1-08-1982   Wife of Nelson Martin Jones
Jones       Nelson Martin         8-02-1882    4-16-1975   Husband of Lessie Ollie Cox Jones
Jones       Rita Madie            5-25-1919    8-17-1922
Lamb        James Oral           10-19-1949   10-26-1949   Son of Robert James and Etta Vida (Scott) Lamb
Lamb        Robert James          1-31-1916    4-30-1989   PFC US Army WWII, husband of Etta Vida Lamb
Lathum      Alonzo L              1-18-1812   11-12-1929
Lathum      Fannie B             12-12-1873   11-08-1947     
Lathum      Garat                10-27-1929    8-08-????   Has Unmarked stone #47 and almost illegible
                                                           hand made tiny stone  
Lathum      William L             7-22-1870   12-07-1940
Lewis       Samuel W                   1876         1947
Manning     J C                   5-12-1959                Son of J. C. (Red) and Erma Smith Manning
Manning     Patricia (Pat)                          1969   Unmarked stone #64, Daughter of  J. C.
                                                           (Red) and Erma Smith Manning
McBride     Onie Belle                 1882         1963
Miller      Evelyn W             11-13-1906    2-17-1995   Wife of George E. Miller
Miller      George E “Jed”       11-11-1898    1-02-1983   Husband of Evelyn W. Hadley Miller
Mills       Della                      1888         1961   2nd wife of Thomas Matthew Mills
Mills       Thomas Matthew             1884         1965   Husband of Martha Jane "Mattie" Barkley
                                                           married 9-5-1909
Mills       T M’s wife                 1884         1943
Mills       Tom                                            Unmarked stone # 46
Mills       Mathew                     1848         1943
Moore       Christopher           3-31-1973    7-02-1973   Unmarked stone #67, Son of Lila Mae Haynes
                                                           and Leroy Moore, Grandson of Erma Manning
Morgan      Bill Morgan’s baby                             Unmarked stone #25, Son of Bill and Ruby Morgan
Morgan      Bill Morgan’s baby                             Unmarked stone #24, Son of Bill and Ruby Morgan
Nations     J B                   9-25-1891    7-18-1915
Nations     Sarah Ellen (Barkley) 4-10-1859    5-08-1933   Daughter of John B and Sarah (Clark) Barkley
                                                           and sister of George W Barkley
Parker      Leah Jewell                1903         1993   Wife of John L. Parker, Daughter of John J.
                                                           and Elizabeth Dockray Posey
Parker      John L                     1902         1981   Husband of Leah Posey Parker, Son of Cicero
                                                           John and Josephine Potter Parker
Pendergrass Amanda E             12-19 1884         1987   Wife of Newton A. Pendergrass
Pendergrass Deffie Delaney       10-26-1882    4-19-1942
Pendergrass Newton A              4-01-1880    8-22-1933   Husband of Amanda Ehart Pendergrass
Philpot     Herman Philpot’s baby                          Unmarked stone #62
Posey       Arrell                     1913         1988   Husband of Katherine Pendergrass Posey
Posey       Elizabeth R           4-23-1904   11-29-1992   Wife of Loyd Posey, married May 4, 1926
Posey       John Jefferson        3-03-1880   12-29-1967   Husband of Mary Elizabeth  Dockray Posey,
                                                           Son of E. H. And Janie Snow Posey
Posey       Katherine                  1911                Wife of Arrell Posey, Daughter of Newton
                                                           and Amanda Ehart Pendergrass 		
Posey       Mary Elizabeth        6-07-1884    3-15-1968   Wife of John Jefferson Posey, Daughter of
                                                           James M. and Mary York Dockray.
Posey       Loyd                  1-28-1906   11-20-1994   Husband of Elizabeth R. Posey, Son of John
                                                           Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth Dockray Posey
Potter      Kenneth Sr.           1-22-1897    3-27-1977   US Army WWI, Husband of Minnie Porter Potter,
                                                           Son of William Riley and Cora Belle Snow Potter
Potter      Kenneth Jr.           4-13-1920    1-07-1993   US Navy WWII, Husband of Lanelle Dockray Potter,
                                                           Son of Kenneth Potter Sr. and Minnie Porter Potter
Potter      Lanelle               3-18-1924   11-12-1985   Wife of Kenneth Potter Jr., Daughter of Cleve
                                                           and Cressie Arthur Dockray
Potter      Minnie                5-24-1897   10-16-1985   Wife of Kenneth Potter Sr., Daughter of Robert L.
                                                           and Josephine Rhodes Porter
Potter      Robert Sydney "Bob"                            Unmarked stone #57, Potter's Baby
Riffe       Murl M               12-23-1919    3-25-1936
Scott       Annie                 9-19-1904    8-01-1997   Wife of Doyle Scott
Scott       Carolin J            10-12-1941                Wife of Leonard W. Scott, Daughter of J. R.
                                                           (Raymond) and Thelma Frizzell Samford
Scott       Doyle                12-08-1904   10-17-1974   Husband of Annie Gililland Scott, Son of Jasper
                                                           and Mary Barkley Scott
Scott       Edward A                   1936         1959   Son of Doyle and Annie Gililland Scott
Scott       Eunice A                   1855         1946   Wife of George W. Scott
Scott       George W                   1850         1942   Husband of Eunice A. Scott
Scott       Irvin "Doggie"        8-30-1911   12-03-1984   Husband of Lillie Gililland Scott
Scott       Jasper                9-15-1873    7-12-1951   Husband of Mary Barkley Scott, Son of George W.
                                                           and Eunice Gregg Scott
Scott       Len W                 7-30-1959                Infant son of Leonard W. and Carolin Samford Scott
Scott       Leonard W            11-13-1934    9-20-2000   Husband of Carolin Samford Scott, Son of Irvin and
                                                           Lillie Gililland Scott
Scott       Lillie                7-03-1912    6-10-2000   Wife of Irvin Scott
Scott       Mary                  4-13-1878    7-06-1957   Wife of Jasper Scott, Daughter of George W. and
                                                           Artensia Wilson Barkley
Scott       Raymond              10-25-1909    4-06-1974   Son of Jasper and Mary E (Barkley) Scott
Showers     Richard James         7-31-1935    8-08-1980
Smith       Linda                                          Unmarked stone #27, Infant daughter of L. D.
                                                           (Shag) Smith
Smith       Maude                 6-22-1885    6-16-1944
Smith       Mr. Smith                                      Unmarked stone #54
Stirman     Baby                                           Baby Stirman 1935 on headstone, Painted on a
                                                           rock - Willie Stirman’s Baby       
Stirman     Carey Andrew               1903         1984
Stirman     Dave W                     1875         1946
Stirman     David S               5-05-1914    1-31-1937
Stirman     Josie M                    1882         1963
Stirman     Baby                                           Son of Mr. And Mrs. W. D. Stirman
Thelan      Crystal A             2-02-1978    4-08-1978
Underwood   Lynda Jo              6-06-1940    2-03-1943
Unknown                                                    Unknown stone #66
Walters     Lucy F                8-27-1943    4-19-1983   Daughter of Loyd and Elizabeth R. Posey
White       Elizabeth Lewis            1881         1959
Williams    Gifford Tom          12-23-1919    3-04-1988
Williams    Glen Richard         12-16-1942    3-10-1986   Son of Julius (Jude) and Lois Worley Williams
Williams    Juluis Cleadean Jude 10-20-1912    8-19-1976   F2 US Navy WWII, Husband of Willie Lois Worley Williams
Williams    Willie Lois           8-29-1912    3-05-1991   Wife of Julius (Jude) Williams, Daughter of Roy and
                                                           Edna Dockray Worley
Worley      Edna                 11-17-1893    9-20-1938   Wife of Roy Worley, Daughter of James M. and Mary
                                                           York Dockray
Worley      Roy                   4-15-1884   12-26-1945   Husband of Edna Dockray Worley
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