Black Oak Cemetery, Canelo, Arizona

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 Black Oak Cemetery, established in 1917, is a pioneer cemetery in southern Arizona. It is about 14 miles south of Sonoita on Arizona Highway 83 at a mile high in the Coronado National Forest. Click here to read a short history of the cemetery and Canelo.

 This website is a continually updated listing of burials and memorials at Black Oak. Many entries have images of stones and some have personal histories and photos. Use landscape mode on a cellphone and tablet. To submit corrections/comments/additions email Corbin Smith (nibrocla1@me.com) with "Black Oak Cemetery" on the subject line.

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It is said that we each have 3 deaths:
The First when we die,
The Second when we are laid to rest,
And the Third when our name is never spoken again.

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Adams, Quincy Albert
b. January 18, 1914 Fort Huachuca, Arizona
d. March 18, 1923 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Jesse L. & Lucy Haynes Adams
~ unmarked grave

Allen, Lennie

Allen, Magdalen Margaret Olheiser
b. 1937
d. 2006

Allen, Myrtle Hurl
b. May 1915
d. May 1975

Allen, Robert Ray
b. November 15, 1917
d. August 13, 2003

Ambrose, Suzanne Soza (see Soza, Suzanne)

Amend, Effie Stoner
b. April 24, 1880
d. April 15, 1957 Nogales, Arizona
~ daughter of George & Emma Stoner
~ wife of William Amend

Anderson, Arthur B.
b. December 20, 1869 Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania
d. April 2, 1961 Canelo Area mining camp
~ never married

Anderson, Harry W.
b. February 11, 1913 Texas
d. January 31, 2000
~ husband of Margaret P. Anderson

Anderson, Margaret P.
b. August 5, 1920 Texas
d. no death date on stone
~ wife of Harry W. Anderson

Anderson, Ruth Cleveland Nickell
b. August 10, 1893 Kentucky
d. December 10, 1983
~ wife of William Henry Anderson
~ mother of Virginia M. Anderson Grantham & Joseph Alan Anderson

Anderson, Virginia (see Grantham, Virginia)

Anderson, William Henry
b. July 8, 1890 Ladonia, Texas
d. April 3, 1962 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of William Allen & Virginia Gantt Anderson
~ husband of Ruth Cleveland Nickell Anderson
~ father of Virginia M. Anderson Grantham & Joseph Alan Anderson

Aria, Arthur F.
b. August 1925 California
d. 1984
~ Veteran, US Army

Arthur, Frances Genevieve Edsall
b. December 13, 1913 New York
d. September 1979 Arizona
~ daughter of Arthur & Leona Edsall
~ wife of George Edward Arthur
~ mother of Gary Edward Arthur

Arthur, Gary Edward
b. Aug. 22, 1949 Nogales, Arizona
d. March 31, 2013 Bakersfield, California
~ son of George Edward & Frances Genevieve Edsall Arthur

Arthur, George Edward
b. April 23, 1911 Arizona
d. October. 1979 Arizona
~ son of David & Emma Arthur
~ husband of Frances Genevieve Edsall Arthur
~ father of Gary Edward Arthur
~ Veteran, US Navy

Balke, George Hampton 'Buster'
b. Jan 22, 1911 Clifton, Arizona.
d. April 18, 1984 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ son of George & Etta Casper Balke
~ husband of Marian Eleanor Dalton Balke
~ US Navy

Balke, Marian Eleanor Dalton
b. August 15, 1914 Pasadena, California
d. June 10, 2003 Arizona
~ daughter of Carl & Mathilda Dalton
~ wife of George Hampton 'Buster' Balke

Barkley, Barbara Louise Randolph
b. January 8, 1941 Tucson, Arizona
d. May 26, 2017 Sonoita, Arizona
~ wife of Richard 'Dick' Osie Barkley

Barkley, Richard 'Dick' Osie
b. August 5, 1925 Tanque Verde, Arizona
d. June 26, 2006 Santa Cruz County, Arizona
~ son of Osie & Nancy Smith Barkley
~ husband of Barbara Louise Randolph Barkley
~ SI, US Navy, World War II

Barnes, Meta E.
b. 1914
d. 2010 Arizona
~ wife of Ray 'Pete' Barnes
~ mother of Ronald R. Barnes

Barnes, Ray 'Pete'
b. 1916
d. 1976
~ father of Ronald R. Barnes

Barnes, Ronald R.
b. September 25, 1951
d. July 2, 1972
~ son of Ray 'Pete' & Meta E. Barnes

Barnett, Eva Francis Jones
b. April 15, 1864 Missouri
d. May 23, 1954 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of James Barnett

Bartlett, Alice Fern (see Collie, Alice Fern Barlett)

Basinger, Delbert Wayne 'Cotton'
b. September 29, 1934 Italy, Texas
d. November 24, 2022 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Patricia 'Pat' May Basinger
~ father of six children

Basinger, Patricia 'Pat' May DeShano Basinger
b. August 10, 1936 Mount Clemens, Michigan
d. April 28, 2020 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Martha L. Spore and Alvin O. DeShano
~ wife of Delbert Wayne 'Cotton' Basinger
~ mother of six children

Becker, Helen Dunlap
b. 1901 Ohio
d. Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ daughter of Charles & Mary Dunlap
~ wife of Royal H. 'Doc' Becker

Becker, Royal H. 'Doc'
b. March 5, 1893 Ohio
d. June 13, 1965 Arizona
~ son of Peter & Amalia Becker
~ husband of Helen Dunlap Becker
~ Veteran

Benefield, Evelyn Ann
b. June 17, 1953 Patagonia, Arizona
d. June 17, 1953 Patagonia, Arizona
~ daughter of F.C. & June Stoddard Benefield
~ twin sister of David Marshall Benefield

Benefield, David Marshall
b. June 17, 1953 Patagonia, Arizona
d. February 17, 1957 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of F.C. & June Stoddard Benefield
~ twin brother of Evelyn Ann Benefield

Benham, Arthur E.
b. June 27, 1925 Oklahoma
d. April 1979
~ son of George & Ester Barnard Benham
~ brother of Robert George Benham
~ US Navy, WWII

Benham, Robert George
b. April 7, 1927 Oklahoma
d. January 20, 1990
~ son of George & Ester Barnard Benham
~ brother of Arthur E. Benham
~ US Army WWII

Benziger, Adelrick
b. January 2, 1876 New York, New York
d. May 29, 1956 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of Adelrick & Bertha de Santhein Benziger
~ husband of Elizabeth Benziger

Benziger, Elizabeth
b. February 28, 1882 New York
d. November 11, 1958 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of Adelrick Benziger

Bercich, B.C.

Bidegain, Brenda Ann (see Braswell, Brenda Ann)

Bidegain, Clorene Thomas
b. June 11, 1925 Central, Arizona
d. April 9, 2005 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Ernest S. & Velma Cooms Thomas
~ wife of Pete Bernardo Bidegain
~ mother of Brenda Ann Bidegain Braswell

Bidegain, Pete Bernardo
b. April 18, 1918 Flagstaff, Arizona
d. December 11, 2007 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Bernardo & Jesusa Duvignau Bidegain
~ husband of Clorene Thomas Bidegain
~ father of Brenda Ann Bidegain Braswell

Block, Russell Martin
b. June 15, 1963 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
d. August 15, 1989 Pueblo, Colorado
~ son of Ralph & Verna Stoddard Block

Bosell, Kenneth
b. 1934 Michigan
d. October 12, 1954 Arizona

Boss, Howard Olin
b. February 19, 1920 Douglas, Arizona
d. November 16, 2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
~ son of Robert Olin & Mary Leona Yates Boss
~ husband of Nancy Jean Matlock Boss

Boss, Nancy Jean Matlock
b. January 1, 1935 Comanche, Oklahoma
d. April 30, 2020 Ada, Oklahoma
~ daughter of Mack Arthur M. & Evalena Dudley Matlock
~ wife of Howard Olin Boss

Braswell, Brenda Ann Bidegain
b. March 28, 1945 Casa Grande, Arizona
d. June 13, 2024 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Pete Bernardo & Clorene Thomas Bidegain
~ wife of J.D. Braswell

Brizzee, Lulu Belle (see Douglas, Lulu Belle)

Brooks, John 'J.' Stayton
b. November 2, 1917 Tempe, Arizona
d. March 9, 2005 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Ira & Lilian Stayton Brooks
~ husband of Rose Celia Wearne
~ father of William Brooks and Linda Brooks Vensel

Brooks, Rose Celia Wearne
b. October 28, 1924 Globe, Arizona
d. April 28, 2009 Patagonia, Arizona
~ daughter of Nicholas T. & Ida M. Wills Wearne
~ wife of John 'J.' Stayton Brooks
~ mother of William Brooks and Linda Brooks Vensel

Brown, John Dorsey Sr.
b. February 22, 1882 Rock Mills Township, South Carolina
d. December 17, 1939 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of Henry & Margaret A. Hatcher Brown
~ husband of Merna Margaret Williamson
~ son-in-law of Jonse Wade 'Jack' & Rose Mayer Williamson

Brumbelow, Doris Evelyn Wilcoxson
b. July 15, 1930 Idabel, Oklahoma
d. April 4, 2005 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of Neil Harley Brumbelow

Brumbelow, Neil Harley.
b. February 18, 1934 California
d. August 3, 2022 Arizona
~ husband of Doris Evelyn Wilcoxson Brumbelow

Buckingham, Earl Leroy 'Jack'
b. April 16, 1900 Sheridan, Wyoming
d. June 1982 Patagonia, Arizona
~ son of Harlow F. & Leona May Jennings Buckingham
~ husband of Julia C. 'Babe' Simpson Buckingham

Buckingham, Julia C. 'Babe' Simpson
b. June 30, 1910 Sheridan, Wyoming
d. November 16, 1998 Marana, Arizona
~ daughter of Albert and Joan Anderson Simpson
~ wife of Earl Leroy 'Jack' Buckingham

Bunnell, Elizabeth 'Betty' Wood
b. December 8, 1904 Stratford, Connecticut
d. December 21, 1973 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Edward C. & Georgianne Warner Wood
~ wife of Richard Day 'Dick' Bunnell
~ mother of Frank 'Scotty' & Patricia Bunnell

Bunnell, Richard Day 'Dick'
b. June 14, 1906 Norwich, Connecticut
d. February 1984 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Frank Scott &Katherine Steele Day Bunnell
~ husband of Elizabeth 'Betty' Wood Bunnell
~ father of Frank 'Scotty' & Patricia Bunnell

Burch, Frank 'Shorty'
b. November 21, 1902 Erin Springs, Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma
d. October 15, 1998 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Joseph Dolphus & Minne Lena Tubbs Burch
~ husband of Grace Mary Douglas Burch
~ father of Norma Roselle Burch Proctor and five others

Burch, Grace Mary Douglas
b. April 29, 1905 Fort Lowell, Tucson, Arizona
d. October 9, 1979 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Irvin Warren & Maude 'Daisy' Jacobs Douglas
~ wife of Frank 'Shorty' Burch
~ mother of Norma Roselle Burch Proctor and five others

Burch, Norma Roselle (see Proctor, Norman Roselle Burch)

Burden, Marsha Ann Poe
b. August 2, 1945 Alomogordo, New Mexico
d. January 27, 2008 Sonoita, Arizona
~ life partner of Dr. James Whitman Pickrell

Caldwell, Cliff Mayes
b. July 29, 1922
d. September 2, 1991

Carrington, Charles Blake
b. 1881 Newark, New Jersey
d. 1963 Arizona
~ son of Charles L. & Ella Carrington
~ husband of Jane Tapper Carrington

Carrington, Jane Tapper
b. December 12, 1900 Syracuse, New York
d. June 1979 Sonoita, Arizona
~ daughter of William Richard & Lorene Churchill Sidley Tapper
~ wife of Charles Blake Carrington

Carter, Carlton L.
b. August 10, 1920
d. December 15, 1971
~ husband of Lanna Mae Heavner Carter

Carter, Lanna Mae Heavner
b. Elgin, Arizona October 4, 1913
d. July 23, 2006 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Louis & Sina Rector Heavner
~ wife of Carlton L. Carter

Chap, Robert A.
b. May 28, 1926
d. January 12, 2021
~ husband of Rosa Chap
~ Tec 3, US Army, World War II

Chap, Rosa
b. September 3, 1936
d. January 15, 2022
~ wife of Robert A. Chap

Childers, Cheryl
b. unknown
d. unknown

Choat, Lillian H.
b. April 24, 1894
d. February 15, 1918 Nogales, Arizona
~ school teacher

Chubb, John Mara
b. June 16, 1875 Portage, Michigan
d. August 15, 1948 Long Beach, California
~ son of John & Janette Chubb
~ husband of Margaret C. Smith Chubb
~ father of Stanley M. Chubb

Chubb, Mabel Janette
b. June 28,1910 Illinois
d. July 16, 1912 Sonoita, Arizona
~ daughter of John Mara & Margaret C. Smith Chubb

Chubb, Margaret C. Smith
b. October 8, 1874 El Paso, Illinois
d. November 22, 1961 Los Angeles, California
~ wife of John Mara Chubb
~ mother of Stanley M. Chubb

Chubb, Stanley M.
b. May 15, 1904 Chicago, Illinois
d. August 4, 1968 Los Angeles, California
~ son of John Mara & Margaret C. Smith Chubb

Clark, John M.
b. September 13, 1964
d. September 23, 2009
~ grandson of Guy Roest

Collie, Alice Fern Bartlett
b. July 14, 1894 Brecksville, Ohio
d. January 20, 1984 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Marcus Byron & Nellie Mariah Lewis Bartlett
~ wife of Captain Stone Collie

Collie, Captain Stone
b. February 20, 1892 Lyon County, Kentucky
d. November 29, 1982 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of Ruben Burrow & Lucinda Smith Collie
~ husband of Alice Fern Bartlett Collie
~ brother of Hetti Cora Collie Hilton
~ Veteran, US Army

Collie, Hettie Cora (see Hilton, Hettie Cora)

Conley, Judy Kay
b. April 10, 1945 Tucson, Arizona
d. November 4, 2008 Taylorsville, Utah
~ daughter of Thomas Earl & Sarah Catherine Heavner Conley

Conley, Sarah Catherine Heavner
b. February 14, 1923 Patagonia, Arizona
d. May 11, 1996
~ daughter of Louis E. & Sina Rector Heavner
~ wife of Thomas Earl Conley
~ mother of Judy Kay Conley

Conley, Thomas Earl
b. February 24, 1916
d. October 3, 1995
~ son of Thomas Jefferson & Grace Tiller Mapes Conley
~ husband of Sarah Catherine Heavner Conley
~ father of Judy Kay Conley

Cookey, Don Umbert
b. August 9, 1918 Springfield, Illinois
d. December 22, 1989 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ son of Dominique & Flora M. May Cucchi
~ husband of Emma L. 'Bobbie' Dierking Cookey
~ US Army

Cookey, Emma L. 'Bobbie' Dierking
b. September 6, 1920 St. Louis, Missouri
d. January 20, 2004 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ daughter of George W. & Emma M. Jenz Dierking
~ wife of Don Umbert Cookey

Cookey, George Umbert
b. November 9, 1937 Springfield, Illinois
d. October 1, 2019 Alamagordo, New Mexico
~ son of Don Umbert & Emma L. 'Bobbie' Dierking Cookey

Cooper, Luella Pyeatt
b. November 22, 1911
d. March 1987

Cory, Joe Dotson
b. April 20, 1985
~ infant
~ (no headstone)

Cross, Carolyn Sue Watts
b. November 24, 1952
d. May 28, 1977
~ US Army

Dad, 'Old Slim'
b. unknown
d. unknown

Dalton, Albern Canada 'A.C.'
b. January 22, 1881 Hillsville, Virginia
d. November 28, 1952 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Lorina Rector Dalton
~ father of Hettie Lee Dalton Gardner, Raymond Dalton

Dalton, Carl August
b. August 27, 1865 Nebraska
d. July 28, 1952 Tucson, Arizona
~ husband of Mahtilda Sjoberg Dalton
~ father of Marian Eleanor Dalton Balke

Dalton, Frank E.
b. June 13, 1868 Center City, Minnesota
d. April 30, 1937 Nogales, Arizona
~ husband of Hilma Catherine Moberg Dalton
~ father of Howard E. Dalton

Dalton, Hettie Lee (see Gardner, Hettie Lee)

Dalton, Hilma Catherine Moberg
b. 1878 Iowa
d. 1963
~ wife of Frank E. Dalton
~ mother of Howard E. Dalton

Dalton, Howard E.
b. August 18, 1907 California
d. August 21, 1935 Rain Valley, Arizona
~ son of Frank E. & Hilma Catherine Moberg Dalton

Dalton, Lorina Rector
b. September 6, 1883 Virginia
d. July 2, 1950 Nogales, Arizona
~ daughter of William & Daisy Sumner Rector
~ wife of Albern Canada 'A.C.' Dalton
~ mother of Hettie Lee Dalton Gardner, Raymond Dalton

Dalton, Lloyd Raymond
b. August 1, 1942
d. not yet interred
~ son of Raymond Dalton
~ husband of Ruth Marjorie Adams Dalton

Dalton, Mahtilda Sjoberg
b. Nov. 5, 1867 Sweden
d. Nov. 11, 1954 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of Hans & Hanna Jonsdotter Sjoberg
~ wife of Carl August Dalton
~ mother of Marian Eleanor Dalton Balke

Dalton, Marian Eleanor (see Balke, Marian Eleanor)

Dalton, Raymond
b. June 24, 1915 Elgin, Arizona
d. November 13, 1981 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Albern Canada 'A.C.' & Lorina Rector Dalton
~ husband of Vera Elouise Clark Dalton
~ father of Lloyd Raymond Dalton

Dalton, Ruth 'Ruthie' Marjorie Adams
b. July 11, 1949 Glendale, California.
d. August 9, 2010 Newport Beach, California
~ daughter of Stephen Andrew & Elizabeth Clarice Dawson Adams
~ wife of Lloyd Raymond Dalton

Daly, Brendan T.
b. April 7, 1955
d. August 5, 1992

Daly, Nora
b. 1926
d. 2020
~ wife of Patrick J. 'Pat' Daly

Daly, Patrick J. 'Pat'
b. March 9, 1919
d. February 5, 2005
~ husband of Nora Daly

Davis, Amos Archelus
b. February 10, 1900 Snyder, Texas
d. March 5, 1975 Phoenix, Arizona
~ husband of Etta Mae Cosper Davis

Davis, Charles E.
b. January 18, 1879
d. March 1972
~ husband of Louise H. Davis
~ original homesteader

Davis, Etta Mae Cosper
b. December 28, 1887 New Mexico
d. June 6, 1959 Cochise County, Arizona
~ wife of Amos Archelus Davis

Davis, Louise H.
b. 1880
d. 1963
~ wife of Charles E. Davis

Deges, Lena H.
b. November 23, 1881
d. January 16, 1962

Delinger, Albert J.
b. November 30, 1916
d. October 26, 1991
~ husband of Geraldine L. Delinger
~ Veteran, US Army

Delinger, Geraldine L.
b. October 16, 1924
d. April 14, 1994
~ wife of Albert J. Delinger

Dotson, Cory Joe
b. unknown
d. April 30, 1985

Dotson, Faith Anne
b. November 29, 1956
d. October 10, 1998

Dougherty, Mary Verna Stoddard
b. December 14, 1938 Sonoita, Arizona
d. January 8, 2022 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ daughter of Emory & Olive Douglas Stoddard
~ wife of Sean Dougherty (second husband)
~ mother of Russell Martin Block

Douglas, Blanche Audrey Lawson
b. October 19, 1913 Los Angeles, California
d. December 12, 2008 Tempe, Arizona
~ wife of Volney Marx Douglas
~ mother of Michael Leon Douglas and six other children

Douglas, Grace Mary (see Burch, Grace Mary)

Douglas, Irvin Warren
b. February 16, 1861 Texas
d. June 29, 1954 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Jodie Warren & Rebecca Ann Evans Douglas
~ husband of Maude 'Daisy' Jacobs Douglas
~ father of Volney Marx Douglas, Grace Mary Douglas
~ Burch, Irvin Warren Douglas, Jr., & Ann Olive Douglas  Stoddard

Douglas, Lulu Belle Brizzee (Stoddard)
b. March 15, 1880 Pioche, Nevada
d. June 23, 1962 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Henry Willard & Esther Ann Catlin Brizzee Jr.
~ wife of Harry Lyman Stoddard (first husband)
~ wife of Ezra Thomas Douglas (second husband)
~ mother of Della Bell Stoddard McLoy & Emory Arthur Stoddard

Douglas, Michael Leon
b. May 24, 1938 Santa Fe, New Mexico
d. April 19, 2012 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ son of Volney Marx and Blanche Audrey Lawson Douglas

Douglas, Volney Marx
b. July 3, 1907 Sonoita, Arizona
d. March 13, 1977 Tempe, Arizona
~ son of Irvin & Maude 'Daisy' Jacobs Douglas
~ husband of Blanche Audrey Lawson Douglas
~ father of Michael Leon Douglas and six other children

Douglass, Ralph A.
b. October 30, 1916 El Paso, Texas
d. June 28, 1968 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ son of Brainard A. & Henryetta Tonnar Douglass
~ S. Sgt Asf Pers Repl Depot US Army WWII

Duncan, Lula F.
b. August 2, 1902 Tucson, Arizona
d. October 16, 1902 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of James W. & Lula K. Riggs Duncan
First buried in City (Court Street) Cemetery in Tucson;
when it closed in 1909, Mattie Riggs Johnson
moved her to Canelo and the area that became Black Oak.

Duncan, Lula K. Riggs
b. June 8, 1881 Georgia
d. April 15, 1906 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of James Monroe & Elizabeth Drucella Hudson Riggs
~ wife of James W. Duncan
~ mother of Lula F. Duncan
~ sister of Elizabeth Riggs Hinson, John Dorsey Riggs, Mattie Riggs Johnson,
Florence McGregor Riggs
First buried in City (Court Street) Cemetery in Tucson;
when it closed in 1909, Mattie Riggs Johnson
moved her to Canelo and the area that became Black Oak.

DuPont, Annie
b. February 2, 2002
d. April 4, 2020

DuPont, Candelaria
b. February 2, 1939
d. December 1, 2015

DuPont, Pablo Ramon
b. April 26, 1962
d. January 4, 1987
~ SRA US Air Force

DuPont, Raymond
b. January 15, 1920
d. April 16, 1999

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