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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas



 


Latitude: 30.125623263825996, Longitude: -94.10112977027893


Media

Photos
Veterans Memorial Wall
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(honoring both living and deceased Veterans)

Documents
Court Cause No. 16187: 'W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr., et al, vs. Unknown Heirs of Caroline Sparks, et al'
Court Cause No. 16187: "W.P.H. McFaddin, Jr., et al, vs. Unknown Heirs of Caroline Sparks, et al"
30 Sep 1952
named deceased persons to-wit:
Caroline Sparks, Edward Sparks, John L. Sparks, William Sparks, Joseph Sparks, Susan Sparks Crawford, Phillip Crawford, James C. Sparks, Lura Sparks Spriggs, James M. Court, Julia A. Court, James F. Court, Lillian Court Smith, Irvin Smith, Francis Court Sparks, Viola Court Sparks, Madison Court, Sarah A. Court, Edna Court, Beulah Court, a Mrs. E. Bordeman and child...

45.7 acres on T.F. Smith homestead tract; included in league bought by J.S. Johnson in 1924, who later conveyed the property to E.I. DuPont in 1952, at which time private cemetery was discovered. Court proceedings to have the remains relocated.

The following family members not named in the suit but were included in cemetery records:
in Grave 1 were:
Tilda Courts, Homer Courts, Caudine (Claudie) Courts, Estie baby Courts, Carmel Courts, (unknown), Buff Courts, (unknown), James C Sparks Sr, Fred Frugia (unknown), Genevia Frugia), Florence Frugia (unknown), Brad Courts Sr.

Headstones
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Garden of Meditation feature
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Section A
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Section A
standing at Harvey Jones Sr grave facing south
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Section A
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Section A
standing at Harvey Jones Sr grave facing north
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, grounds
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, grounds
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Garden of Mediation; grave about center with vase up is Runie "Tack" Jones. From that point next to her going toward the street is Ogden Kyle Jones and then next to him is Lillian Courts Jones. From Tack's grave, with the vase up, on the other side, the next two unmarked are the gravesites of Freeda Grace Rowley Ritter and husband Gary Rad Ritter; then next to Gary Rad with a headstone is Cody Allen Ritter.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Center Entrance
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Center Entrance
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Pine Street at Lucas Street entrance
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Lucas at Pine Street Entrance
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Parmley, Wilford Otis
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Parmley, Wilford Otis
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Lillian Courts
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Lillian Courts
Garden of Devotion
4959 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Ely, Nona Emma Carr
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Ely, Nona Emma Carr
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Heiman, Marion
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Heiman, Marion
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Jones, Harvey Mabry, Sr
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Jones, Harvey Mabry, Sr
Section A
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Courts, Hal O, Sr.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Courts, Hal O, Sr.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Courts, Lirlene Goode
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Courts, Lirlene Goode
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Heckford, Esther 'Tack' Jones
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Heckford, Esther "Tack" Jones
4959 Pine St
Beaumont, Texas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Estes Clyde
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Estes Clyde
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Estes Clyde
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Estes Clyde
standing at Clyde Jones' grave facing west.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Estes Clyde
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Estes Clyde
standing at Clyde Jones' grave facing east.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Elizabeth Deaton
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Elizabeth Deaton
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Lynda Elizabeth
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Lynda Elizabeth
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Rose Mae Snider
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Rose Mae Snider
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, William Arthur
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, William Arthur
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ritter, Cody Allen
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ritter, Cody Allen
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Ogden Kyle, Jr.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Ogden Kyle, Jr.
4959 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Ogden Kyle, Sr.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Jones, Ogden Kyle, Sr.
Garden of Devotion
4959 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Raymond Lee
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Raymond Lee
4959 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Robert Earl
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Moyer, Robert Earl
Garden of Meditation
4959 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
Grave 1
COURTS, Edna Bordeman - m James Bradley Courts (s/o Elias (Matt) Courts (s/o James & Julia)

BORDEMAN, E. Mrs. (unknown - no male Bordeman found with spouse E.)

BORDEMAN, (child) (unknown)

COURTS, Edna Bordeman - dup of Edna Bordeman Courts

COURTS, Tilda (Matilda Grace Gibson m James Franklin Courts) she died 1925)

COURTS, Homer (s/of James Franklin & Matilda Grace - died 1918)

COURTS, Caudine (Claudie) - died 1916

COURTS, Estie Baby (Claudie's baby)

COURTS, Carmel - unknown

COURTS, Buff - unknown
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
Forest Lawn Index Card on occupants of graves.
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
1952 Article Beaumont Enterprise; "Early Burials Found on Neches"; "One of Area Private Cemeteries Uncovered on DuPont Tract"

McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead
McFaddin Cemetery was located on property south of Beaumont, in Port Neches, Central Gardens at a location within the grounds of where DuPont is now. The cemetery was discovered in the Fifties, and due to the impending construction of the plant. (See attached newspaper coverage). There were about 30 people buried there whose remains were subsequently placed in four separate concrete boxes and relocated to Forest Lawn Cemetery where they were laid once again to rest in the Garden of Peace section. The headstones for the four graves are all identical, reading simply "TF Smith Homstead Tract Cemetery." The detailed list of occupants only exist on an index card in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park records (see copy attached). All of these people were either residents or descendants of the Sparks Settlement, also called Aurora, (what later became Port Arthur. The families were predominantly the Sparks, Courts and Gentz families and other family names who married into these families. Sparks Settlement was abandoned in late 1800s due to storms and disease; even the houses were moved. Most of them started another community in the Port Neches, Central Gardens area where they started a new cemetery - i.e. what was called the McFaddin Cemetery. Sparks Cemetery was also abandoned. The occupants of that cemetery, those who died while the community was active, were never moved; only recognized by a historical marker placed in a boulevard on DeQueen at Lakeshore (see photo). There is some false information on the Internet that the remains in Sparks Cemetery were removed to Forest Lawn. But what I have been able to discover is that is not the case. It is the later cemetery, McFaddin Cemetery, that was removed. There is also some belief that the cemetery was used even into the 1920s for burial needs; but that also seems to be mistaken information. The were fine and strong and brave pioneers who I am so proud to call my ancestors. They helped build our community here, and somehow, I hope to bring to mind the signifcance of those four plain little headstones marked simply "TF Smith Homestead Tract Cemetery."
McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Garden of Peace Section
McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Garden of Peace Section
McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Garden of Peace Section
McFaddin, TF Smith Homestead, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Garden of Peace Section
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Moyer, Arthur Leslie
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Moyer, Arthur Leslie
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Moyer, Arthur Leslie
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Moyer, Arthur Leslie
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Jones, Ogden Kyle, Jr.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Jones, Ogden Kyle, Jr.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Arthur L. Moyer and Mildred 'Milly' Parrish Moyer (not deceased)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Arthur L. Moyer and Mildred "Milly" Parrish Moyer (not deceased)

Cemeteries

   Name   Location 
1.Forest Lawn Memorial ParkBeaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA

Burial

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Burial    Person ID 
1 Zorn, Herman Albert Robert (immigrant)  Mar 1975Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22532
2 Wright, Prentice Cummings  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I94117
3 Wingate, Ruben Martin  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I21994
4 Wingate, John Stone  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I21604
5 Wingate, Ferrell Eva Mary  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I21993
6 Wingate, Estella  02 Aug 1972Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22005
7 Willard, Esther Mae  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I80150
8 Will, Minnie Mae  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I16210
9 West, Gordon Allen  07 Aug 1966Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I25840
10 Weaver, Elsie Elner  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I38771
11 Ward, Thomas Henry  04 Nov 1963Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I25091
12 Walsh, John J.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I32058
13 Vieno, Robert Roy  08 Oct 1950Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22934
14 Vieno, Dorothy   I987
15 Vieno, August Harold "Red"  23 May 1951Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I17571
16 Truleson, Darnell Lerley Rena  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I94121
17 Torian, Fern  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I484
18 Threadgill, Anna T.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I7037
19 Strahan, Benson Elonza  23 Apr 1950Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I83989
20 Stiteler, Thomas W.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I80291
21 Sterling, Murphy Foster Sr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I47133
22 Spell, Thomas Benton Jr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I107293
23 Spell, Oliver Claud  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I107294
24 Spell, Lula M.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I107298
25 Spell, Lettie Eda  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I107296
26 Spell, Cornelius Vanderbilt  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I107300
27 Spell, Annie Eliza  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I107295
28 Sparks, William Chester "Billy" Sr  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I398
29 Snider, Rosa Mae*  18 May 1981Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5723
30 Smith, Ivy Blaine  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I98745
31 Sidwell, Geneva Marybell  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I40028
32 Sidwell, Anita Mabel  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I44817
33 Sherman, Winfred Kenneth Sr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I10434
34 Sherman, William Nachman Sr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I6649
35 Sherman, Nellie Edna  8 Oct 2010Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I33211
36 Sherman, James Edward  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I44092
37 Sherman, Irvin (or Ervin)  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I7116
38 Sherman, Fred  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I7043
39 Sherman, Florence Irene  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I44084
40 Sherman, Edward Lee  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I10433
41 Sherman, Doyle Lawrence  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I44130
42 Sherman, Donald Lee  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I16291
43 Sherman, Chester Luin "Lum"  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I7062
44 Shelton, Taylor Jay Sr.  31 Mar 1962Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I26372
45 Shelton, Oliver Monroe  07 Jun 1937Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I6908
46 Shearer, Jesse  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I93279
47 Seymour, Dewey Ernest Sr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I57884
48 Selman, Joseph Paul  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I3092
49 Rutherford, Lula Louise  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22666
50 Ruggles, Claude  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I93280
51 Rowley, Freeda Grace  16 Jan 1979Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I2259
52 Ritter, Marilyn Jeanne  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I3086
53 Ritter, Gary Rad  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I3088
54 Ritter, Cody Allen  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I3085
55 Ristoff, John Peter  14 Nov 1958Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I24919
56 Peveto, Ivan Schley Sr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I80054
57 Perkins, Nancy Vaughn (immigrant)  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I95539
58 Parmley, Wilford Odis "Preacher"  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I443
59 Nobles, Jennings Bryan  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I463
60 Nobles, Earl H.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I32205
61 Nobles, Billie Jack  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I21537
62 Myers (Mayeau), Cleo Theda  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I80281
63 Moyer, William Arthur*  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5722
64 Moyer, Robert Earl*  13 Nov 2000Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5048
65 Moyer, Raymond Lee  8 Aug 1988Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5724
66 Moyer, Lynda Elizabeth  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5730
67 Moyer, Arthur Leslie "Buster"  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5727
68 Moss, Nina Faye  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I33655
69 Morgan, James "Buddy"  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I14418
70 Morgan, Almond Oliver Alvin "Bud"  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I8924
71 Monroe, Ollie Lamar  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I98748
72 McReynolds, Emma Lucille  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I98778
73 McManus, William Henry  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I102342
74 McCauley, Robert H.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I102055
75 McCauley, Marion Oscar  04 Jun 1954Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I28165
76 McAlister, Annie Belle  18 Apr 2005Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I44238
77 Manovich, Frank "Top"  23 May 1967Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I14241
78 LeMaire, Joseph Ira Sr.  17 Sep 1975Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I25066
79 Lawhon, Thomas Joseph Jr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I39840
80 Lawhon, Robert Earl  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I39836
81 Knupple, Henry Lee  27 Jan 1967Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22649
82 Knupple, Clyde Everett Sr  Jun 1951Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22646
83 Knupple, Betty Ann  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I105741
84 Kline, Sadie M.  27 Oct 1960Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22531
85 Kiker, Charles Aubrey Sr.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22008
86 Jones, William P. "Willie"  01 Feb 1946Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I9797
87 Jones, Wendel Ray  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I76573
88 Jones, Vera Viola  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I76571
89 Jones, Runie Esther "Tack"  03 Aug 1969Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I1423
90 Jones, Ogden* Kyle Sr  3 Mar 1976Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I5494
91 Jones, Ogden Kyle Jr  5 Sep 1995Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I3024
92 Jones, Harvey Mabry Sr  10 Feb 1951Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I1825
93 Jones, Estes Clyde  15 Jan 1945Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I1719
94 Johnson, William F.  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I100860
95 Johnson, Tina Josephine  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I22433
96 Johnson, Ray Franklin  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I100864
97 Johnson, Ellen Eliza  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I14424
98 Jaetzold, Paul  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I1345
99 Huddleston, Dessie Lucille  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I632
100 Holt, Telatha LouEtta  Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas I21524

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