Black Oak Cemetery, Canelo, Arizona
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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.
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.
Jackson, Leslie Bernerd
b. January 19, 1902
d. March 31, 1981
Jackson, Ruth E.
b. 1936
d. no date on joint stone
~ wife of Donald Joyzel 'Joe' Jackson
Jacobs Grace (see Lowe, Grace)
Jacobs, May W.
b. March 25, 1869 Wisconsin
d. July 12, 1952 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Lyman & Nancy Clark Jacobs
~ sister of Grace Jacobs Lowe
Jelks, Carolyn 'Keri' Gillett
Johnson, Ann
Johnson, Ermon David
Johnson, Esther Russell
Johnson, Mother
Johnson, Son
Johnson, William L.
Jones, Barbara
Jones, Cleo D.
Jones, Dona May Crawford
Jones, James
Knipe, Fredric Orlando Jr.
Krom, Vicki L. Orr
Kurc, Daniel A.
Kurc, Mitchell R.
Lieurance, William Floyd
Lindsey, Boots Elaine Benham
Lindsey, Helen Melba Lehan
Lindsey, Naomi Elaine
Lindsey-Everhart, Dianne E.
Lowe, Alonzo Theodore 'Lon'
Lowe, Grace Ramona Jacobs
Lowe, James Wiley
Lowe, Robert A.
Lowy, Dorothy K. Parker
Maake, Ilene (see Frazier, Ilene)
Maloney, George E.
Marsh, Bonnie
Martinez, Angelina (see Heredia, Angelina Martinez)
Martinez, Andrew Aaron
Matlock, Catherine Elaine 'Kitt'
Matlock, Evalena Dudley
Matlock, Mack Arthur 'Buster'
Mayo, James Leandria 'Old Slim'
Mayo, Katherine 'Kay' Hollans
Mayson, Aurel M.
Mayson, Viginia B. Johnson
McCarty, John Anthony
McCarty, Rhoda Mae Swigart
McDaniel, Robert Elmer
McGregor, Florence Riggs
McGregor, Robert Roy
McIntyre, John Rube
McKay, Nancy Cloud Brower
McKay, Roy Walter
McKay, Yenita R. Davis
McLoy, Della Bell Stoddard
McRell, Donald Winthrop
McRell, Gwennefred Maxine Darnell
Moffit, Infant
Moore, Lottie (see Honnas, Lottie)
Moore, Nancy Ella 'Babe' Littlefield
Moore, Tammie Mechelle Spradlin
Morrison, Charles E.
Morrison, Lillian Grace Krayenbuhl
Moss, Austin E.
Moss, Gay
Moss, Marka Collie
Moss, Rebecca (see Smith, Rebecca Jo)
Moss, Richard Stone 'Rocky'
Musgrave, Prudence Walker
Neil, William F.
Ochoa, Alvessa (see Hummel, Alvessa)
Orr, Betty Lou Crowley
Orr, Paul Wayne
Ortega, Rosa Carrion
Parker, Anna Shields
Parker, Etoile Frierson
Parker, Eunice (see Lindsey, Eunice)
Parker, James Arthur 'Jim'
Parker, John L. 'Jack'
Parker, Robert James
Parker, Robert Lee 'Bob'
Parker, Virginia (see Hathaway, Virginia)
Patrick, John F.
Pine, William Adrian
Piper, Rose Elizabeth 'Posy'
Piper, William Thomas
Pruett, Barbara Handley
Pruett, Ben Thomas
Pruett, Mary Carol McVey
Pyeatt, Ethel Beatrice 'Kay' Kirkman
Pyeatt, Joseph Bennett
Pyeatt, Marie Higgs
Pyeatt, Rhett
Pyeatt, Roland 'Buster' M.
Pyeatt, Rose Marie Ritchie
Click below for surnames:
b. January 5, 1879 Shrewsbury, New Jersey
d. December 4, 1954 Nogales, Arizona
~ daughter of William & Abbie Emery
~ wife of Gerard Roberts (first husband)
~ wife of George Januel (second husband)
~ elected first female deputy sheriff in Arizona 1914
b. April 12, 1931
d. living
b. October 21, 1927
d. January 17, 2014
~ husband of Carolyn 'Keri' Gillett Jelks
b. July 22, 1908
d. January 7, 2005
~ wife of William Johnson
b. March 14, 1870 East Claridon, Ohio
d. November 29, 1932 Santa Cruz County, Arizona
b. October 19, 1846 Ohio
d. October 17, 1932 Vaughn, Arizona
~ wife of George Johnson
b. October 6, 1872 Trinidad, Colorado
d. January 26, 1939 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of James Monroe & Elizabeth Drucella Hudson Riggs
~ wife of George Thomas Finley (divorced), John Duncan (widowed)
Homer J. 'Doc' Goodin (widowed), Charles Johnson (fourth husband)
~ mother of James Leslie Finley
~ sister of Lula K. Riggs Duncan, John Dorsey Riggs, Elizabeth Riggs Hinson, &
Florence Riggs McGregor
~ founder of Black Oak Cemetery
b. unknown
d. unknown
b. unknown
d. unknown
b. November 9, 1906
d. August 1, 1995
~ husband of Ann Johnson
b. unknown
d. unknown but 2022 or later
b. May 14, 1933
d. unknown
~ husband of Dona Mae Crawford Jones
b. April 4, 1935
d. October 8, 2002
~ daughter of Herman & Lanna Heavner Crawford
~ wife of Cleo D. Jones
b. unknown
d. unknown
~ temporary marker
b. May 10, 1887 Fairhaven, Massachusetts
d. July 7, 1963 Tucson, Arizona
~ wife of Fredric Orlando Knipe, Sr.
~ mother of Fredric Orlando Knipe, Jr. & Louise Knipe Thomas
b. December 15, 1914 Rincon Mountains, Arizona
d. March 18, 1969
~ son of Fredric Orlando & Dorothy Athalia Stoddard Knipe
~ husband of Edith Counter Knipe
~ father of Fredric Orlando Knipe III, Peter Anthony Knipe,
& Mary A. Knipe Verplank
b. September 11, 1943 Tucson, Arizona
d. October 11, 2023 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Fredric Orlando & Edith Counter Knipe, Jr.
~ husand of Lynette Lisell Knipe
~ brother of Peter Anthony Knipe & Mary A. Knipe Verplank
b. December 16, 1941 Tucson, Arizona
d. December 30, 2020 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Fredric Orlando & Edith Counter Knipe, Jr.
~ brother of Fredric Orlando Knipe III & Mary A. Knipe Verplank
b. February 1, 1963
d. November 30, 1996
~ daughter of Paul Wayne & Betty Lou Crowley Orr
b. September 28, 1936
d. January 13, 1998
~ AE2 US Navy
b. November 23, 1934
d. August 31, 1982
~ US Navy
b. June 4, 1882 Stanfold, Quebec, Canada
d. February 4, 1963 Nogales, Arizona
~ son of Ed. T. & Helene Desroches LeGendre
~ husband of Pearl Pierce LeGendre
~ memorial headstone
b. September 11, 1901 Canyon, Texas
d. September 21, 1975 Glendale,
Arizona
~ wife of Edward Phillip LeGendre
~ memorial headstone
b. September 17, 1914 California
d. December 25, 1960 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Artemes & Lenore Seisert Lieurance
~ husband of Dorothy Lieurance
b. May 7, 1934
d. May 5, 2011 Elgin, Arizona
~ US Air Force
~ Korea
b. January 17, 1928 San Pedro, California
d. September 12, 2003 San Diego, California
~ daughter of Howard Wade & Eunice Parker Lindsey
~ sister of Howard Alonzo & William Ellsworth Lindsey
b. August 7, 1896 Sunnyside, Arizona
d. June 6, 1991 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ daughter of William A. & Eva Landers Parker Jr.
~ wife of Howard Wade Lindsey
~ mother of Dorothy Dean 'Betsy', Howard Alonzo, & William Ellsworth Lindsey
b. January 26, 1920 Nogales, Arizona
d. July 9, 1966 Tombstone, Arizona
~ daughter of H.G. Lehan
~ wife of Howard Alonzo Lindsey
b. May 22, 1918 San Diego, California
d. May 2, 2001 Tombstone, Arizona
~ son of Howard Wade & Eunice Parker Lindsey
~ husband of Helen Melba Lehan Lindsey
~ brother of Dorothy Dean 'Betsy' & William Ellsworth Lindsey
b. September 22, 1980
d. October 10, 2017
b. September 24, 1925 San Pedro, California
d. April 14, 2007 Tombstone, Arizona
~ son of Howard Wade & Eunice Parker Lindsey
~ brother of Dorothy Dean 'Betsy' & Howard Alonzo Lindsey
b. November 14, 1954
d. January 1, 2023
b. July 14, 1879 Berryville, Arkansas
d. June 23, 1940 Elgin, Arizona
~ husband of Grace Ramona Jacobs Lowe
b. May 31, 1889 California
d. June 5, 1967
~ daughter of Lyman & Nancy Clark Jacobs
~ wife of Alonzo Theodore 'Lon' Lowe
~ sister of May W. Jacobs
b. July 22, 1916 Phoenix, Arizona
d. May 17, 1992 Phoenix, Arizona
~ Private, US Army, WWII
b. 1913
d. 1994
b. December 12, 1911 El Paso, Texas
d. December 16, 1977 Tucson, Arizona
~ second wife of James Arthur 'Jim' Parker
b. October 15, 1908, Paradise, Arizona
d. July 1984
~ husband of Jewel Bernice Parker Maloney
b. April 22, 1916 Tombstone, Arizona
d. March 27, 1984 Arizona
~ daughter of James Arthur 'Jim' & Anna Shields Parker
~ wife of George E. Maloney
b. July 21, 1924 Prescott, Arizona
d. March 16, 2017 Arizona
~ son of William G. 'Willie' & Jesse Stark Mann
~ ex-husband of Mary Katharine Hutchinson
~ father of Katharine, Susan, Gibson, and Amy
b. 1970
d. 1983
b. March 22, 1991
d. January 4, 2012 Pima County, Arizona
~ son of Dan Martinez
~ died in automobile accident
b. February 26, 1949
d. July 29, 2010
b. September 18, 1912 Stephens County, Oklahoma
d. March 8, 1991
~ wife of Mack Arthur M. Matlock
~ mother of Nancy Jean Matlock Boss
~ 'A Cowboy's Sweetheart'
b. August 10, 1910
d. March 16, 1980
~ husband of Evalena Dudley Matlock
~ father of Nancy Jean Matlock Boss
~ 'Born a Cowboy'
b. June 19, 1912 Ethel, Mississippi
d. May 16, 1998 Sierra Vista, AZ
~ son of James LeRoy & Minnie Wilson Mayo
~ husband of Katherine 'Kay' Hollans Mayo
~ U.S. Army, World War II
b. August 6, 1917 Duluth, Minnesota
d. October 30, 2004 Sierra Vista, AZ
~ daughter of Charles & Zelma Moyer Hollans (later Sjoberg)
~ wife of James 'Old Slim' Mayo
b. July 16, 1908 Chiago, Illinois
d. October 1981 Sonoita, Arizona
~ husband of Virginia B. Johnson Mayson
~ a.k.a. Miyazofsky-Mason
b. September 30, 1911 Kalamazoo, Michigan
d. March 1980 Sonoita, Arizona
~ wife of Aurel M. Mayson
b. January 16, 1873 Kansas
d. August 23, 1949 Patagonia, Arizona
~ son of John & Ellen McGraven McCarty
~ husband of Rhoda Mae Swigart McCarty
b. March 5, 1870 McVeytown, Pennsylvania
d. March 17, 1946 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth Rupert Swigart
~ wife of John Anthony McCarty
b. February 11, 1924 Tucson, Arizona
d. November 21, 2009 Phoenix, Arizona
~ son of George B. & Ann Callahn McClellan
~ husband of F. Marion Hathaway McClellan
~ father of Jim, Jill, and Jerry McClellan
~ U.S. Navy, WWII, Pacific
b. June 26, 1926 Nogales, Arizona
d. October 15, 2016 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of Jim & Virginia Parker Hathaway
~ wife of Gene Bayard McClellan
~ sister of Virginia Helen Hathaway Wilson
~ mother of Jim, Jill, and Jerry McClellan
b. July 24, 1891 Arizona
d. December 7, 1968 Tucson, Arizona
~ PFC Army WWI
b. November 9, 1877 Safford, Arizona
d. September 15, 1955 Safford, Arizona
~ daughter of James Monroe & Elizabeth Drucella Hudson Riggs
~ wife of Robert Roy McGregor
~ sister of Mattie Riggs Johnson, Luka K. Riggs Duncan, John Dorsey Riggs
b. January 10, 1872 Carlisle,Pennsylvania
d. April 2, 1942 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Thomas & Jennie Woodburn McGregor
~ husband of Florence Riggs McGregor
~ Infantry, Spanish American War
b. November 4, 1890 Dodge City, Kansas
d. March 29, 1986 Canelo, Arizona
~ son of Louis Kossuth & Emily Ruth Coffey McIntyre
~ husband of Emily Ruth Parker McIntyre
~ father of Margaret, Elizabeth, Ruth, Ida, Lucy, Laura, and Edwin
b. March 8, 1918 Troy, Ohio
d. September 28, 1994 Elgin, Arizona
~ daughter of Harold & Marcalle Cloud Brower
~ wife of Roy Walter McKay
b. September 17, 1920 Dow, Oklahoma
d. February 25, 1992
~ son of Walter & Emma J. Frazier McKay
~ husband of Nancy Brower McKay
~ US Army WWII, Korea
b. 1920 Kansas
d. March 26, 1964 Elgin, Arizona
b. May 4, 1915 Elgin, Arizona
d. February 28, 2000 Fort Collins, Colorado
~ daughter of Harry Lyman & Lulu Belle Brizzee Stoddard
~ wife of Ira McLoy
b. July 29, 1906 Lancaster, Massachusetts
d. July 19, 1985 Diamond Springs, California
~ son of Ephraim Harry & Anna Madsen McRell
~ husband of (1) Rosalind Prevost (2) Gwennefred Maxine Darnell
~ 2nd marriage April 20, 1949 Nevada
~ Col. Retired US Army
b. October 2, 1919
d. June 20, 2015
~ wife of Donald W. McRell
~ married April 20, 1949 Nevada
b. January 30, 1968
d. June 26, 2021
d. Nov. 8, 1961
~ son of Ken & Alice Stoddard Moffit
~ unmarked grave
b. April, 1873 Arkansas
d. February 14, 1948 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Robert & Emily Golbert Littlefield
b. May 24, 1964
d. September 27, 2023
b. February 7, 1924 Winkleman, Arizona
d. June 18, 2017 Arizona
~ son of Burt & Mollie Young Morgan
~ husband of Monta Carol Gardner Morgan
~ father of Hal Dee Morgan
~ Cpl, US Army, WWII
b. June 21, 1949 Tucson, Arizona
d. October 12, 2017
~ son of Monta Carol Gardner & Burt Howard Morgan
b. June 29, 1929 San Francisco, California
d. September 20, 2013 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Reagen & Hettie Lee Dalton Gardner
~ wife of Burt Howard Morgan
~ mother of Hal Dee Morgan
b. December 24, 1909
d. October 15, 1963
~ husband of Lillian Grace Krayenbuhl Morrison
~ Lieutenant USNR WWII
b. November 27, 1911 San Bernardino County, California
d. March 27, 1980 Sonoita, Arizona
~ wife of Charles E. Morrison
~ no stone
b. December 6, 1933 Simi, California
d. May 30, 2012 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of John W. & Mary Alice Buchheim Gates
~ wife of Col. Joseph 'Jay' Castleman Morrison
b. December 9, 1923
d. March 6, 2015
~ husband of Marka Moss
~ father of Gay Moss, Richard Stone 'Rocky' Moss, Rebecca Jo Moss Smith
~ SI, US Navy, WWII
~ "Vaya Con Dios"
b. April 27, 1957 Tucson, Arizona
~ living
~ daughter of Austin E. & Marka Collie Moss
b. March 5, 1923
d. January 21, 2017
~ wife of Austin E. Moss
~ mother of Gay Moss, Richard Stone 'Rocky' Moss, Rebecca Jo Moss Smith
~ "Vaya Con Dios"
b. August 5, 1949
d. August 12, 2013
~ SP5, US Army, Vietnam
b. February 1, 1846 Shelby County, Texas
d. July 14, 1923 Phoenix, Arizona
~ daughter of Joseph & Mary Walker
~ wife of Bennett Musgrave
~ mother of George West Musgrave & Addie Musgrave Parker
b. August 28 1868 Ohio
d. December 1, 1928, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
~ son of Henry & Elmira Towns Neil
~ husband of Elizabeth Neil
b. December 31, 1926 Los Angeles County, California
d. July 2, 2012 Yuma, Arizona
~ husband of Bobbie Opfenring
b. June 8, 1941 Isle of Wight County, Virginia
d. May 20, 1973 Fairbank, Arizona
~ wife of Paul Wayne Orr
~ mother of Vicki L. Orr Krom
b. July 20, 1931 Bisbee, Arizona
d. January 3, 2013 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ husband of Betty Lou Crowley Orr
~ father of Vicki L. Orr Krom
b. 1880 Safford, Arizona
d. 1924 Arizona
~ Wife of James Ortega
b. March 14, 1868 Tilden, Texas
d. November 20, 1946 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Bennett & Prudence Walker Musgrave
~ second wife of William A. Parker Jr. (m. 1905)
~ stepmother of John L. 'Jack', William Llonzo, James Arthur 'Jim', & Elmer
Emmitt Parker; Eva Pearl Parker Moson, Eunice Parker Lindsey
~ postmaster of Canille Post Office starting 1910
b. July 26, 1885 Joplin, Missouri
d. May 17, 1944 Nogales, Arizona
~ daughter of William & Maggie Forest Shields
~ first wife of James Arthur 'Jim' Parker
~ mother of Jewel Bernice Parker Maloney
b. December 10, 1885 Texas
d. November 1978 Arizona
~ daughter of William Hines & India Ann Branson Frierson
~ wife of John L. 'Jack' Parker
b. June 16, 1887 Arizona
d. December 18, 1954 Elgin, Arizona
~ son of William A. & Eva Landers Parker, Jr.
~ husband of Dorothy K. O'Lander Parker Lowy
~ husband of Anna L. Shields Parker (first wife)
~ father of Jewel Bernice Parker Maloney
~ brother of (see Addie Musgrave Parker)
b. July 17, 1889 Lochiel, Arizona
d. Oct. 25, 1960 Douglas, Arizona
~ son of William A. & Eva Landers Parker, Jr.
~ husband of Etoile Frierson Parker
~ brother of (see Addie Musgrave Parker)
b. January 5, 1956 Douglas, Arizona
d. February 9, 1992 Arizona
~ son of Robert Lee and Mary Elizabeth Marble Parker
b. June 7, 1935 Arizona
d. June 12, 1957 Douglas, Arizona
~ son of Jeff & Lucille Richards Parker
~ husband of Mary Elizabeth Marble Parker
~ father of Robert James Parker
b. October 19, 1880 Missouri
d. August 21, 1937 Tucson, Arizona
~ son of Jack & Sarah E. McCray Patrick
~ husband of Fannie Patrick
b. March 15, 1913 El Dorado Springs, Missouri
d. March 18, 1982 Fayetteville, Arkansas
~ daughter of Stanley & Ann Alberti Ferris
b. July 4, 1927, Phoenix, Arizona
d. August 7, 2011 Sonoita, Arizona
~ son of Charles U. & Anna Wallace Pickrell
~ life partner of Marsha Ann Poe Burden
b. November 1, 1979
d. April 30, 2022
b. June 30, 1929
d. November 28, 2021
~ " She loved family, friends, students, words, history, and music"
b. February 27, 1927
d. March 15, 2017
~ S Sgt, US Army, WWII
~ " He loved family, people, and cows"
b. October 25, 1929 Elgin, Arizona
d. January 29, 2011 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of Frank 'Shorty' & Grace Mary Douglas Burch
~ wife of George Redondo Proctor
b. June 26, 1943 Meadville, Pennsylvania
d. July 6, 2010 Sonoita, Arizona
~ daughter of Ralph C. & Harriet Gleason Handley
~ wife of Harold Wayne Pruett
b. September 23, 1911 Stanley, New Mexico
d. December 1985
~ husband of Mary Carol McVey Pruett
~ father of Harold Wayne Pruett
b. June 10, 1942 Raton, New Mexico
d. October 22, 2020 Arizona
~ son of Ben Thomas & Mary Carol McVey Pruett
~ husband of Barbara Handley Pruett
b. February 25, 1911 Kinsley, Kansas
d. January 3, 2007 Glendale, Arizona
~ daughter of Jesse Thomas & Lota Vida McVey
~ wife of Ben Thomas Pruett
~ mother of Harold Wayne Pruett
b. October 3, 1903
d. February 1976 Huachuca City, Arizona
~ wife of Joseph Bennett Pyeatt
b. January 4, 1861 San Saba, Texas
d. March 2, 1942 Canelo, Arizona
~ son of James Benton & Margaret Jane Warren Pyeatt
~ husband of Mary Olive 'Ollie' Kelly Pyeatt
~ father of Roland 'Buster' M. Pyeatt & Luella Pyeatt Cooper
b. April 11, 1937 Fort Huachuca, Arizona
d. August 22, 2016 Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ son of Roland 'Buster' & Rose Marie Ritchie Pyeatt
~ husband of Judith E. Grennan Pyeatt (first wife)
~ husband of Marie Higgs Pyeatt (second wife)
~ brother of Ronald R. Pyeatt
b. October 5, 1916
d. February 7, 1985
~ son of Joseph Benton & Mae Retta Landers Pyeatt
~ husband of Ethel Beatrice 'Kay' Kirkman Pyeatt
~ US Army WWII
b. April 1, 1946
d. living
~ wife of James Henry 'Jim' Pyeatt
~ Major, US Army
b. October 29, 1870 Buffalo Gap, Texas
d. December 18, 1949 Tombstone, Arizona
~ daughter of John Maurice & Sarah Davis Kelley
~ wife of James 'Henry' Pyeatt
~ mother of Roland 'Buster' M. Pyeatt
b. August 30, 1956 Tucson, Arizona
d. 1974 Lake Charles, Dawson, British Columbia
~ son of Ronald R. & Dora Rae 'Dot' Lemons Pyeatt
b. April 18, 1906 Fort Huachuca, Arizona
d. February 10, 1993 Arizona
~ son of James 'Henry' & Mary 'Ollie' Kelly Pyeatt
~ husband of Rose Marie Ritchy Pyeatt
~ father of Ronald R. & James 'Jim' Henry Pyeatt
b. June 16, 1933 Cochise County, Arizona
d. January 3, 2006 Prescott, Arizona
~ son of Roland 'Buster' M. & Rose Marie Ritchie Pyeatt
~ husband of Dora Rae 'Dot' Lemons Pyeatt
~ father of Rhett Pyeatt
~ brother of James Henry 'Jim' Pyeatt
b. April 8, 1912 San Antonio, Texas
d. January 29, 1969 Cochise County, Arizona
~ daughter of James & Minnie M. Hayden Ritchie
~ wife of Roland 'Buster' M. Pyeatt
~ mother of Ronald R. & James 'Jim' Henry Pyeatt
b. July 3, 1958 Tucson, Arizona
d. June 25, 2020 Tucson, Arizona
~ daughter of James 'Jim' Henry & Judith E. Grennan Pyeatt
~ wife of Charles Ragels
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