[Murphree Cemetery, Evant, TX]
[Visual survey done 1 May 2001 by Mark Murphy]
The cemetery contains only one Murphree with a marked headstone.
A conversation with an elderly woman, Mrs. A. Lopez, indicated that there was
once a community named Murphree in the area, but the people had all moved to
Hamilton, TX many years ago.  Mrs. Lopez had several family members buried in
Murphree Cemetery.  The cemetery is located about 1 mile north of Evant, TX on
Hwy 183 and has a large stone entrance facing West.  There are around 300 well
maintained graves, with the oldest being in the center on the East side.  There are
many Seales, Sims, Sawyers and Winters around the older area.    Also of note is
the fact that many headstones face the Eastern fence, even those that abut it, 
indicating that the entrance may once have been from the East.  Three gravestones
are transcribed below.
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Phebe
Wife of
S.M. Murphree
Born
May 10, 1815
Died
Dec. 22, 1888
Surely the bitterness of death is past
MURPHREE
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Mother
Sarah Winters
Born
Sep. 13, 1793
Died
Feb 10, 1880
Our Mother 
In God's morn her orb will rise,
Once more a star of paradise.
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[The following is a homemade headstone, of which there are several in the
cemetery, but the bottom is worn off and not readable.]
Susie Fletcher
was Borned
Aug THE 12, 1892[?]

[end of record].