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Burke Cemetery
Inventoried May 1996 by Penny Brewer Blankinship
Updated and annotated April 2003 by Rob G. Yoder
Burke Cemetery is located in Fort Worth on Bryant Irvin Road south of the Trinity River crossing. It adjoins the south end of Lockheed-Martin Recreation Area (formerly General Dynamics Recreation Area). The cemetery appears to be maintained on a regular basis and is enclosed within cyclone fence. The double-gate is padlocked but the walk-gate is unlocked. There are many trees providing shade throughout the cemetery.
A Historical Marker faces the Bryant Irvin Road and reads as follows:
The first known burial in this graveyard was that of Mary (OVERTON) BURKE, widow of Evan H. BURKE, who came in 1851 with her children and widowed mother to settle this land previously chosen by her husband. Her death on Dec. 30, 1867, was followed two days later by that of her mother, Rachel (CAMERON) OVERTON. On March 12, 1900, this one-half acre of land was deeded as a family burial ground. Relatives of the BURKES include members of the MAGERS, OVERTON, and EDWARDS families. More than 100 marked and several unmarked graves have been recorded here. 1984
Note: The use of [ndd] indicates that no death date was recorded on the headstone.
| Row 1 |
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| LARSON, | Elby | 28 Jan 1909 - 1 Nov 1991 US Army World War II Korea |
| JOHNSON, | Baby | 28 Mar 1924 [one date] |
| JOHNSON, | Girtie Burke | 21 Jun 1904 19 Mar 1981, [foot = Mama] |
| SHELTON, | Lloyd | 24 Dec 1909 - 9 Jun 1961, Masonic emblem |
| SHELTON, | [blank] | [date blank] Eastern Star emblem |
| FAUDREE, | Charles Curtis Jr. | 14 Nov 1961 - 14 Mar 1999 |
| Row 2 |
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| LARSON, | George W. | 1876 - 1956 |
| LARSON, | Lucy E. | 1882 - 1966 |
| LARSON, | Cleao E. | 19 Jun 1901 - 4 Jun 1904 |
| LARSON, | Boda M. | 4 Feb 1899 - 17 Apr 1913 |
| LARSON, | Cecil G. | 19 Nov 1903 - 19 Oct 1918 |
| KAHLER, | Lawrence Edward | 2 Mar 1929 - 3 Mar 1929, [foot = Baby] |
| KAHLER, | J. E. (Eddie) | 1 Jul 1908 1 Jan 1969, Masonic emblem |
| KAHLER, | Rose Lea | 26 Apr 1911 - [ndd] Eastern Star emblem |
| K. | E. D. | 10-28-35, [etched in a concrete tile] |
| MAGERS, | Cliff W. | 6 Sep 1900 - 17 Nov 1977 |
| MAGERS, | Louise C. | 18 Jan 1904 - 13 Feb 1997 Married 7 Mar 1921 |
| HAMILTON, | Jack Douglas | 25 Nov 1919 - 22 Aug 2000 |
| DEGGE, | William B. | 20 Feb 1888 - 9 Nov 1955 Daddy [Foot = Arkansas Cpl Co F 111 Engineers World War I] |
| DEGGE, | Edna Mae | 19 Mar 1891 - 8 Oct 1969, Mother |
| DEGGE, | Robert H. "Bob" | 4 Jan 1924 - [ndd] Masonic emblem |
| Row 3 |
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| BURKE, | William F. | 22 Aug 1874 - 20 Jun 1953 |
| BURKE, | Aver I. | 31 Jan 1885 - 19 Aug 1976 |
| BURKE, | Wm. H. | 26 Jun 1903 - 7 Feb 1904 [foot = Wm. H.B.] |
| BURKE, | Fay O. | 16 Apr 1907 - 29 Oct 1907 |
| BURKE, | Elzy Lou, | 5 Feb 1909 - 16 Jul 1956 |
| BURKE, | Robert H. | 16 Oct 1910 - 30 May 1994 Son of Ava and William F. BURKE, entombed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery |
| COLE, | H. Burton | 11 Oct 1917 - 29 May 1984 |
| COLE, | Judith M. | 15 Nov 1920 - [ndd] Married 23 Dec 1939 |
| MAGERS, | Crawford E. | 2 Jan 1898 - 13 Jan 1969 Father, Masonic emblem |
| MAGERS, | Bertha L. | 14 Feb 1899 - 23 Jun 1982, Mother |
| ELLIOT, | Jim | 3 Dec 1870 - 4 Aug 1898 |
| WARREN, | Basey | 30 Sep 1889 - 20 Jul 1890 |
| BURKE, | F. M. | 30 Jan 1842 - 9 Oct 1925, [foot = Papa] |
| TRUMAN, | William Edward | 31 Mar 1880 - 14 Apr 1965 |
| TRUMAN, | Annie Magers | 29 May 1880 - 17 Dec 1962 |
| Row 4 |
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| BURKE, | Joseph H. | 1868 - 1949, Father |
| BURKE, | Josephine | 1874 - 1956, Mother |
| BURKE, | Ross | 17 Sep 1910 - 25 Nov 1985 |
| BURKE, | Elvert W. | 4 Mar 1899 - 21 Nov 1902 |
| BURKE, | George E. | 19 Mar 1896 - 22 Nov 1902 |
| CLARK, | Carl Bernard | 16 Jan 1917 - [ndd] |
| CLARK, | Billy Jo (Magers) | 8 May 1923 - 27 Jan 1967 |
| MAGERS, | Clyde G. | 4 Oct 1893 - 1 Feb 1967 |
| MAGERS, | Lela M. | 5 Jan 1900 - 20 Sep 1979 |
| OLIVER, | Alon Dee Jr. | 7 Apr 1929 - 5 Sep 2002 [foot = US Air Force Vietnam] |
| OLIVER, | Eddie Grace | 14 Dec 1938 - [ndd] |
| NIESLER, | Paul F. | 1873 - 1958, Husband |
| NIESLER, | May Ann | 1880 - 19__ [date not complete] Wife |
| NIESLER, | Paul F. Jr. | 1906 - 1970 |
| NIESLER, | Deane C. | 1907 - [ndd] |
| Row 5 |
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| LONG, | Willis C. | 24 Jul 1899 - 11 Jan 1976 |
| LONG, | Lena Burke | 2 May 1901 - 23 Jan 1986 |
| HUFF, | Isla Marie | 31 May 1921 - 7 Oct 1974 |
| BURKE, | Wm. E. | 17 Dec 1835 - 12 Apr 1901, Father |
| BURKE, | E. Luvise | 27 Mar 1840 - 23 Aug 1920, Mother |
| MAGERS, | Clarence S. | 23 Apr 1892 - 19 Dec 1966 |
| MAGERS, | W. P. | 7 Jan 1862 - 5 Mar 1918 Woodmen of the World |
| MAGERS, | Mattie M. | 1871 - 1957 |
| JOHNSON, | Mabel Jewell | 19 Mar 1891 - 13 Dec 1981 |
| JEWELL, | Lloyd S. | 20 Oct 1892 - 3 Feb 1972, Brother [foot = Texas PFC US Army World War I] |
| JEWELL, | Robert | 25 Dec 1865 - 24 Oct 1925, Father |
| JEWELL, | Alice | 10 Jan 1870 - 1 Sep 1946, Mother |
| JEWELL, | Horace M. | 5 Oct 1894 - 21 Sep 1975 Shriner emblem, Husband foot = PFC US Army World War I] |
| JEWELL, | Willie B. | 1 Dec 1899 - 16 Dec 1969 Eastern Star emblem, Wife |
| MAGERS, | William P. "Bill" | 13 May 1919 - 24 May 1986 |
| MAGERS, | Elizabeth "Liz" | 8 Jan 1922 - 24 Dec 2000 |
| McTYER, | E. F. | 8 Mar 1855 - 15 Jul 1928, Father |
| McTYER, | Lee | 5 Oct 1857 - 21 Apr 1949, His Wife, Mother |
| CRAWFORD, | William J. Jr. | 11 Aug 1879 - 22 Mar 1954, Georgia OM Sgt Co F 29 US Vol Inf Sp Am War |
| CRAWFORD, | Carrie Belle | 14 Oct 1882 - 6 May 1959 |
| YOLANDA, | Esther Palma M. | 15 Aug 1937 - 25 Nov 1957 |
| CRAWFORD, | McTyer F. | 29 Jun 1913 - 27 May 1976, Masonic emblem |
| CRAWFORD, | Ana E. | 19 Aug 1922 - [ndd] |
| WILSON, | Virgil Lester | 24 Dec 1919 - 2 Jun 1983 M Sgt US Air Force World War II |
| WILSON, | Virgil Lester Jr. "Corkey" | 17 Nov 1953 - 26 May 1993 |
| Row 6 |
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| Our Infant Baby | 1887 - 1887 |
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| BURKE, | Mary W. | 22 Apr 1816 - 30 Dec 1867, Mothers grave Wife of E.H. Burke, [foot = M.W.B.] |
| MAGERS, | Martha E. A. | 9 Aug 1864 - 10 Apr 1870 [foot = M.E.A.M.] Dau. of S & N.A.M. Magers |
| MAGERS, | Infant son of S & N.A.M. Magers | B & D 15 Oct 1877 |
| STEPHENS | Infant son of H.C. & M.F.E. Stephens | 20 Aug 1884 - 26 Aug 1884 |
| [This stone is now located in a pile of loose stones in the
southwest corner of the cemetery.] |
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| MAGERS, | S. | 7 Oct 1826 - 7 Feb 1908 |
| MAGERS, | Nancy A. M. | 2 Feb 1838 - 8 Jan 1893, Wife of S. Magers |
| MAGERS, | Belle | 1867 - 1906 |
| MAGERS, | Johnnie Bell | 10 Jul 1904 - 15 Jan 1918 |
| MAGERS, | John W. | 14 Dec 1879 - 27 Dec 1939, [foot = Father] [footstone was not found in 2003] |
| MAGERS, | Mary Ella | 7 Feb 1881 - 1 Oct 1958, [foot = Mother] |
| FRANCIS, | Baby Boy | 15 Feb 1944 - 15 Feb 1944 |
| FRANCIS, | Baby Girl | 21 Feb 1945 - 21 Feb 1945 |
| FRANCIS, | Finis Maxwell | 3 Sep 1903 - 21 Dec 1968 |
| RICH, | A. Adelaide Magers Francis | 15 Jun 1915 - 7 Apr 2002 |
| MAGERS, | G. S. (Tuck) | 30 May 1909 - 4 Mar 1972, [foot = Daddy] [footstone not found in 2003] |
| MAGERS, | Sybil Lee | 12 Oct 1912 - 1 Oct 1983 |
| BURKE, | J. W. | 1844 - 1902 |
| BURKE, | Edwina | Died 2 Oct 1917 Dau. of J.W & S.G. BURKE |
| BURKE, | Hugh Austin | 27 Dec 1890 - 29 Mar 1926 Son of J.W. & S.G. BURKE |
| Row 7 |
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| EDWARDS, | Sarah Jane | 1 Sep 1846 - 9 Apr 1887 |
| EDWARDS, | Elizabeth | 13 Nov 1812 - 30 Nov 1897 |
| OVERTON, | Rachel | 25 Mar 1787 - 1 Jan 1868 [not found in 2003] |
| WRIGHT, | William B. | 2 Jan 1893 3 Jan 1893 Son of W.J. & Mary F. Wright |
| WRIGHT, | W. J. | 26 Oct 1850 - 16 Dec 1914 |
| WRIGHT, | Mary F. | 28 Feb 1859 - 27 Mar 1919 |
| STEPHENS, | Albert S. | 9 Sep 1880 - 5 Dec 1901 Hesakiah & Mary Stephens Father, Mother, & Son |
| STEPHENS, | Mary E. | 27 May 1856 - 14 Feb 1928, Mother |
| STEPHENS, | H. C. | 1 Jan 1853 - 14 Jan 1937, Father |
| FRANCIS, | Danny Mack | 8 Oct 1959 - 6 Jul 1979, Our Precious Son |
| FRANCIS, | Jerry Earl | 5 Feb 1939 - 3 Jun 1985, Father [foot = AMHS US Navy] |
| FRANCIS, | Margaret Fay | 31 Oct 1940 - [ndd] Mother |
| CONCHA, | Florenz | 18 Feb 1912 - 2 Dec 1993 |
| CONCHA, | Nellie Magers | 3 Mar 1907 - 13 Sep 1995 |
| BURKE, | E. H. | 1848 - 1914 |
| BURKE, | Alvin Porter | 28 Jul 1883 - 7 May 1910 |
| BURKE, | Charley Elmo | 5 May 1879 - 17 Jun 1923, Father |
| BURKE, | Hazel Hardenia | 25 Jul 1891 - 26 Sep 1955, Mother |
| BURKE, | Leslie O. | 14 Jan 1912 - 9 Jun 1987, Daddy |
| BURKE, | Frances W. | 25 Apr 1913 - 1 Oct 2000, Mother |
| Row 8 |
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| ROBINSON, | George C. | 10 Oct 1888 - 3 Nov 1974 |
| ROBINSON, | Bertha H. | 29 Mar 1893 - 25 Jan 1971 |
| ROBINSON, | Charles E. | 22 Aug 1926 - 3 Jun 1960 |
| ROBINSON, | Laura B. | 18 Apr 1866 - 23 Feb 1944 |
| ROBINSON, | J. B. | 25 Jun 1856 - 1 Mar 1918 |
| ROBINSON, | John B. | 28 Jan 1814 - 22 Sep 1875 |
| ROBINSON, | Martha | 18 May 1828 - 6 Mar 1899 Wife of John B. ROBINSON |
| ROBINSON, | Opal | 23 May 1899 - 4 Dec 1901 |
| PEVELER, | Annie M. | 30 Jul 1877 - 6 Aug 1907 |
| ROBINSON, | Billy Shields | 10 Dec 1917 - 22 Oct 1918 |
| ROBINSON, | William | 17 Aug 1851 - 21 Feb 1921, Father |
| ROBINSON, | Frances E. | 22 Apr 1854 - 1 Apr 1919, Mother |
| ROBINSON, | W. B. | 12 Sep 1880 - 21 Feb 1921 |
| ROBINSON, | James C. | 1893 - 1921 |
| IVIE, | William Morgan | 27 Mar 1881 -13 Dec 1961 |
| IVIE, | Jessie V. | 13 Jun 1884 - 27 Jan 1965 |
| JANUARY, | John | 24 Aug 1845 - 3 April 1925 |
| JANUARY, | Ann Jane | 18 Sep 1854 - 22 Aug 1923 |
| ROBINSON, | Mattie Maude | 6 Oct 1890 - 21 Jul 1977 |
| ROBBINS, | A. C. | 1850 - 1900 |
| ROBBINS, | Sarrah | 1820 - 1901 |
| ROBBINS, | Laura | 15 May 1857 - Feb 1919 |
| BURKE, | Joseph Harrison | 25 Feb 1881 - 14 Apr 1962 |
| BURKE, | Maude Rose | 24 Oct 1890 - 4 May 1971 |
Four loose stones were found in the southwest corner. |
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| STEPHENS | Infant |
(see Row 6, where this was found in 1996) |
| JONES | Stephen B. | Died 28 Aug 1870, age 7 mon. & 12 days Son of Adeline & J.R. Jones |
| Mama |
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| E. | E. | |
The inscriptions of Burke Cemetery were copied in April 1958 by Mrs. R. N. Grammer in a county wide project for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Only one headstone from that inventory could not be found in 1996 or 2003; that of Baby BURKE, Sept 30 1916. There are also notions made by Mrs. Grammer indicating unmarked graves of six adults and four children.
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This page was last modified 12 Apr 2003.
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