MAXEY HILL CEMETERY - POTEAU, LeFLORE CO, OK.
I am interested in contacting a Maxey descendant or anyone who may have a photograph of Maxey Hill Cemetery (now destroyed) which was located at the corner of Oakwood Drive and Central Street North, Poteau, OK.
The only headstone found in recent years can be seen at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okleflor/cemetery/maxey_hill.htmhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~okleflor/cemetery/maxey_hill.htm
It is/was the headstone of LeROY DUKES, b. 9 December 1896, d. 29 February 1912, son of EVA (MAXEY) and HENRY DUKES.EVA (later married to WILLIAM DAVE SCALES), b. 23 August 1878, d. 3 July 1919, was the daughter of GABRIELLA (ELLA/ELLEN) DAVIS and JAMES MATTHEW MAXEY.EVA was buried in Oakland Cemtery, Poteau, OK.
This was a small family cemetery, with maybe 30 or so graves sites.Sometime during or after the 1960's-1970's, all of the headstones disappeared, becoming the corner lot of someone's yard.If anyone has pictures of the cemetery or of the neighborhood that includes headstones, please let us know.
Thanks,
Peggy