Powder Mill Cemetery

06/19/2020

Thursday was a day of celebration as the Marshall-Harrison County Juneteenth committee took a trip to the Old Powder Mill Cemetery — the final resting place of many black historical

10/18/2019

05/07/2018

Buried at Old Powder Mill Cemetery, Rev. Earlie Osburn Adams started life in Smith County, TX.

Born August 25, 1876 to Abraham and Clemmie Adams, Earlie was the oldest of about 12 children (that can be verified on census records). Earlie married Lillie Solmon around 1902 near Troup, TX and by 1910 was a public school teacher.

By 1930, the Adams' had moved to Marshall and Earlie was now listed on census records as a minster. They had six children: Abraham, Carmie, Celestine, Veda, Earlie Jr, and Annell. They made their home at 214 Wood Street in Marshall.

Some of the Adams children are interred in Powder Mill's north section (to the left of the main entrance) alongside Earlie and Lillie.

10/30/2017

Powder Mill in the news:

Located on land that was once part of a Confederate gun powder factory, Powder Mill Cemetery originated with the burial of slave workers on the ...

05/16/2017

Educated in El Paso and Chicago, Marshall is where Dr. George Thomas "G.T." Coleman began a successful medical practice that lasted 53 years. G.T. is buried next to his first wife Edith, but his side of the headstone was never finished and only her name is visible.

Read more about this fascinating Texan interred at Powder Mill Cemetery here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7363598

04/18/2017

William Massey, interred at Old Powder Mill Cemetery in an unmarked grave, was born a slave, fought for the Union army in the Civil War, helped found a school in Marshall TX, and was also a preacher who baptized over 2000 people.

Read more of his fascinating story here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=178086492

03/20/2017

Dr. John Robert Edward Lee, a past president of Florida A & M College, is interred in the southern-most section of our cemetery (the section to the far right as you enter from the main gate). He was director of the Academic Department of Tuskegee Institute from 1899 to 1915. He was loaned to Benedict College for one year to organize the work at that institution.

Read more about him at the following link: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7258568

02/17/2017

Great work is being done by the youth of our community. Come check out our newly refinished historical marker by the front gate!

Logan did a really good job on his first marker to refinish!

08/16/2016

Today in Texas History: Romeo Marcus Williams

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He is interred here at Powder Mill Cemetery in Marshall.
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08/10/2016

A Funeral Service for Charles Winford Hearne, 78, of Marshall will be held at 1:00pm Saturday, August 13, 2016 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Friday, August 12 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Downs Funeral Home. Mr. Hearne passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 02, 2016.

Charles Winford Hearne was born in Marshall, Texas on May 30, 1938 to the union of Louis and Mary Hearne. He was educated in the Marshall, Texas school system, attended Pemberton High School and was a lifelong Marshall native.

Charles Hearne started working at a very young age. He worked for Roy Coleman Grocery from the age of 7 until 1966. Mr. Hearne then went to work at Thiokol Army Ammunitions Plant where he worked his way up to a Supervisory Foreman. He retired from Thiokol after more than 27 years of service.

Charles was married to his partner in life, Juanita McAfee Hearne in 1955 and remained faithful in this union until her death in 2008.

He was ordained as a deacon in 2007 at New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church.

Charles was preceded in death by his mother, father, wife, his maternal grandmother, Rosa Stroger, who raised him, and a nephew, Willie H. Britt, Jr - all are interred at Powder Mill Cemetery.

Charles Hearne leaves to mourn his two sons, Charles W. Hearne, Jr and Ronald L. Hearne, Marshall, TX; sister, Ruby H. Britt (Willie), Marshall, TX; nieces, Lanell Bowens, Las Vegas, NV, Denise Little Morgan, Plymouth, MA, Patricia Britt-Roberson, Suffolk, VA; great-nephew, Damen K. Britt (Candice), Houston, TX; great-great-nieces, Daisha D. Britt, De’Andria Berryman, both of Ft. Worth, TX, Yvonna M. Britt, Houston, TX; godchildren, Tierany Booker, Texarkana, TX, and Jamarion Weimert; brother-in-law, Dr. John McAfee (Karen), Midland, TX; sisters-in-law, Myrtle Wynn, Los Angeles, CA, Lillie McAfee, Port Arthur, TX, Sabrina McAfee, Marshall, TX and a host of other relatives and friends.

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03/10/2016

Would you like to help maintain our cemetery? Whether you are looking to help keep relatives plots tidy or just wanting to help contribute to our county's many historical sites for civic pride, Powder Mill Cemetery would love to have your support.

A simple $25 or more donation will gain you membership for two years to ongoing projects and monthly upkeep of the historic grounds of Powder Mill Cemetery.

You can send your truly appreciated donation to: Old Powder Mill Cemetery, 1100 Mill Street, Marshall, TX 75670

Volunteers are at work throughout the year as their time permits adding GPS coordinates and photos to individual burials for future generations to help find their past through a free website (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1959677&CScn=Powder+Mill&) and other efforts, and we would love to have input from relatives and other online volunteers as well with stories, historical information, or photos to enrich future generations about those interred here.