Jal Cooper Cemetery
By Weldon B. Brown
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NMG, Vol.XII , No. 1,   March 1973, page 16 ; Project is based on the cemetery surveys published in the New Mexico Genealogist, The Journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society. P.O. Box 8283; Albuquerque, NM 87198-8283. The magazine's volume, date, and and page number is displayed under the cemetery's name. Our appreciation to the New Mexico Genealogical Society and the survey compliers. This material may not be reproduced or copied from this website nor be used for commercial purposes, resale, re-distribution, or used for profit. The copyright remains with the New Mexico Genealogical Society. Some formatting and editing were made to the original presentation to fit this web site format. Some cemetery surveys were continued on following magazine issues. This website presentation may not be copied in any manner for any reason. This presentation is for the personal use of individual researchers. Transcribed by C. W. Barnum.

 

Jal Cooper Cemetery is near Jal. It has over thirty unmarked graves. 
Credit source: Compiler Weldon B. Brown, Lea County Genealogical Society member, 1973

Allison, Maude 1884 1917
Arpin, Rorena Florence 1921 1943
Banta, Thomas Paul 13 July 1915; 31 Aug 1964 USNR WWII
Beckham, J. A. Mont 1870 1945
Beckham, Nannie Florence 1885 1953
Birch, Elizabeth 16 Oct 1843; 8 Dec 1925 Mother
Black, James Harvey 1887 1950
Bryant, James Franklin 1874; 15 Sep 1944 age 64y 9m
Bryant, Treva A. 1914; 4 Oct 1960 age 46y 11m
Brown, Ada B. 1879 1956
Brown, Sam F. 1876 1946
Buffington, Abby 11 Nov 1926; 5 May 1950
Buffington, Alice 15 May 1853; 19 April 1938
Buffington, George Tillman 8 July 1933; 25 Apr 1955
Buffington, Learcy M. 30 Nov 1878; 14 Nov 1950
Buffington, Lucy E. 8 Dec 1861; 25 Sep 1946
Buffington, Luna 15 Jan 1898; 2 Feb 1957
Carr, Sarah 20 Jan 1830; 26 March 1927
Chance, Preston T. 30 July 1947 age 9m 18d
Chittum, George Alvin II 27 March 1963; 19 Sep 1966
Collum, Forrest Kenneth 5 Feb 1932; 3 May 1935
Conover, Roy 1892 1934
Cowan, Earnest C. 1893 1966
Cowley, Nancy A. 1901 1965
Cooper, Samuel R. 1874 1958
Davis, Lonnie Burk 19 Aug 1947 age 41y 4m 23d
Dunn, K. Jr. 23 March 1934; 24 Oct 1934
Emmerson, Patricia 1942 1959
Gerrald, W. N. 22 Aug 1917; 30 May 1928
Hair, Fowler 15 Feb 1894; 23 Nov 1960
Hair, John W. 1852 1941 Father
Hair, Martha A. 1859 1936 Wife and Mother
Hair, Sara Elsa 28 March 1894; 20 May 1946
Harrison, Ben F. 20 Feb 1889; 20 Jan 1962
Hicks, Travis B. 28 June 1925; 28 Nov 1961 NM Sgt 
Humphreys, Allen 1846 1933
Humphreys, J. B. Jr. 11 Nov 1916; 14 Dec 1916
Humphreys, Mary Ann 1858 1938
Johnson, Rudolph Murrell 29  Jan 1929; Jan 1966 age 51 y 1m 11d
Jones, Alva Clinton 2 Apr 1961 age 89y 18d
Kammerer, Charels H. e.  1889 1962
Knight, Henrietta M. 1829 1925
Knight, James Frank 1894 1944
Knight, John A. E. 1866 1927
Knight, Lillie M. 1872 1952
Leavill, Clyde R. 1 Nov 1899; 22 Feb 1963
Lenard, George 1911 1950
Malone, David Strauss 26 Aug 1940; age 27 days
May, Andrew J. 31 Jan 1890; 10 Jan 1925 
McCoy, Dwight Leon 1958 1958
McCoy, La Vonda Joy 1 Aug 1949; 15 Feb 1951
McQuerry, George A. 1876 1917
McQuerry, James 1873 1939
Mills, Floyd F. 1818 1936
Mills, Ida Mae 1905 1966
Moore, Charles L, 1886 1944
Moore, James Roy 23 Nov 1921; 4 Feb 1935
Mosley, Johnny Elmore 12 Sep 1963 age 46y 7m 29d
Mosley, Leona Pearl 13 Oct 1960; age 54y 4m 15d
Mosley, Paul David 20 July 1955; 9 Dec 1962
Mosley, Walter Terrell 21 Jan 1921; 15 May 1923
Newbeck, Peter K. 1856 1930
Neville, Patrician H. 21 Sep 1890; 9 Nov 1964 OH Pfc WWI
Newberry, Arthur Ray 20 Nov 1903; 10 Jan 1966
Page, Raymond Luther 31 Dec 1922; 28 Jan 1923
Pearce, Medena Ann 29 Aug 1933; 22 Feb 1937 dau W. F.
Pender, Marcia A. 1957 1959
Pierce, , Infant no data
Pyeatt, Eula 1 Dec 1944 age 49y 7m 9d
Riel, Ira Gilbert 15 Apr 1938; IL Pfc
Scarbe, Jerry ray 21 March 1945; 20 July 1956
Scog__, George __ 19 Oct 1939 age 19y 10m 12d
Scott, Allen C. 1860 1940
Shiplet, Lee Ander 23 March 1883; 27 Feb 1966
Shiplet, Margaret Evalina 1 Feb 1883; 27 Feb 1966
Shiplet, Ruben David 9 Oct 1906; 8 March 1965
Smith, John Homer 1879 1940
Smith, Juddie N. 1885 1933
Sorell, Waydean 25 Oct 1855; 8 Aug 1966
Steohens, Allna Sullivan 30 July 1884; 12 Dec 1916
Stephens, J. Val 14 Feb 1860; 5 June 1916 W.O.W.
Stroup, Maida Jeanne 10 Feb 19_7; 11 Feb 1947
Sturdivan, Frederick May 1962 
Sullivan, John L. 1854 1944
Thompson, Robert N. 20 Oct 1954 age 51y 5m 9d
Thornton, Jack 1917 1959
Turner, Elmer 1898 1966
Whatley, Lydia 12 Nov 1932; 29 July 1962
White, Maudie May 27 Nov 1894, 29 Jan 1944
Wickersham, Majorie Ami 30 March 1962. age 24y 1m 9d
Wickersham, Ozella 1914 1964
Wickersham, Rubbin A. June 1961
Winters, Elyda C. Stephens 29 Jan 1867; 1965
Withers, William Peter 18 Jan 1850; 23 Nov 1913
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