Index Page 1, Dripping Springs Cemetery, Tussy, Garvin County, Oklahoma

Dripping Springs Cemetery
General Pictures
Submitted by Carolyn Mackey Byrum
Tribute To Her Mother
Syble Daphene Potts Bonner
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This is a view William & Henrieta Riddle's stones, the two large stones in the front, side by side, with Robert L. Riddle's spire standing back behind them under the tree. Janie Riddle's stone can be partially seen behind and between William & Henrieta.	In this view you see Calvin Wright toward the front and Robert L. Riddle to the right	This view shows the entry gate and the two stones of Mother & Daughter, Pearl and Dema Wright

In this view you see Jim and Corda McCarty, and two McCarty Infant headstones. One is Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Jim McCarty and one is Infant Daughter of Boone & Ora McCarty	This few shows Bobbie's Rodeo in the background, Julie McCarty's stone, the stone for Will, Mary & Birdie, and the two stones for the McCarty Infants closest to the fence.	Under this tree there is at least four standstone markers. One of these is supposed to be Quanah Perkins according to Susie Perkins This is her husbands uncle who was 19 when he died.

This is my sister, Bobbie, mowing the cemetery on May 27, 2001. She doesn't know I took this picture and she'll kill me if she sees it! She is just coming to William Riley Gray's stone.	In this view you see the backs of Jim & Corda McCarty's stone, Will, Mary & Birdie McCarty's stone, and Julie McCarty's stone	Another view. You can see the oil equipment beyond the trees, in the background.

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Dripping Springs Cemetery, with William & Henrieta Riddle in the forefront	The flat surface in front is where Charles and Ella Perkins headstone originally was before they were moved to Duncan Stone farthest to the right is Elisha John and Mary Ethel Current	General View of the Cemetery

MCCARTY, Will, May 25, 1866 - May 21, 1930 (William H. Boone "Will" McCarty, O. L. 's brother)

Two unmarked stones under 1st tree from gate
PERKINS, Quanah is one of these stones under this tree per Susie Perkins
This is her husbands uncle who was 19 when he died.

RIDDLE, Henrieta (O. L. 's half sister) see picture
Wife of W. M. Riddle Nov 9, 1862 - Aug 31, 1922 (daughter of Mary E. & James McCarty, raised by Mary E. & William M. McCarty when they married after James was killed in the Civil War)

RIDDLE, W. M. July 12, 1854 - Aug 15, 1923 see picture
( The land where Dripping Springs was part of William's Indian allotment)

REEVES, Willie R. Son of E .J. & M. J. Reeves Born Dec 7, 1897 Died Sept 17, 1899

GRAY, William Riley Okla PFC BTRY C343 FIELD ARTY WORLD WAR I March 18, 1892 June 18, 1963

Big Epley marker with Unmarked stones for 3 or 4 Graves, possibly replaced by The following stones
Baby Girl, ca. 1900 Dau of Joseph Nora (Joseph & Nora Epley?) (Nora McCarty was O. L. 's Sister)
EPLEY, L. Pearl, Mar 23, 1898 - Feb 8, 1899 Dau of Josepy Nora (Joseph & Nora Epley?)
EPLEY, Robert L. Sept 20, 1896 - Mar 12, 1902 Son of Joseph Nora (Joseph & Nora Epley?)

VINEY Martha Louise Mar 7, 1873 (need to get dates off headstone) (Epley Granddaughter?) Dau of Daniel Viney

EPLEY, Nelda Fay & Reece Vaughn Oct 11, 1939 Born -Died May 4, 1933 Daughter - son Of Ishmel and Ina Epley (Dates are confusing - listed exactly as inscribed - See DAR records for their translation of this)

BAILEY, Frank son of W. J. & S. L. Bailey Born May 15, 1901 Died Oct 25, 1901

RIDDLE, Jamie Dau of W. M. & H. E. Riddle Born Oct 18, 1887 Died Aug 19, 1896

GRAY, George (Paid to have the cemetery fenced as it is today) Jan 7, 1858 - Sept 1, 1953

GRAY, Albert (This is on side of same stone as Vinnie's) Son of George & Vinnie June 28, 1899 - June 9, 1900

GRAY, Vinnie Wife of George Gray Born June 1, 1868 Died April 3, 1900 (Same stone as Albert Gray)

LAPSLEY, Wallace W., Son of W. L. & E. L. Lapsley Born Mar 28, 1889 Died Sept 17, 1899

GRAY, Mary J. Daughter of Geo and Vinnie Gray Born Sept 17, 1887 Died April 18, 1896

MCCARTY, Doyle (O. L. 's son - a twin to Royal) July 23, 1912 - Jan 14, 1933

MCCARTY, John (O. L. 's son - William Archie McCarty) April 21, 1905 - Feb 26, 1937 (changed his name to John)

MCCARTY, Mary E. Jan.26, 1840 - 1912 (O. L. 's mother - Mary Elizabeth Lotspeich McCarty) Wife of William (was married to James McCarty 1st who was killed in Civil War - then married his brother William Mercer) (William Mercer McCarty is buried in Erick Oklahoma) (Grandmother to Sylvia, Doyle, John, & Mary E. McCarty Current who were brothers & sisters, and who were children of O.L. (Ollie) and Rebecca Elizabeth (Betty) Brown McCarty. - O L. & Betty are buried at Whitebead Cemetery in Oklahoma just outside Pauls Valley, their daughter Golda is buried at Elmore City, son Ollie Junior is buried at Whitebead Cemetery, and daughter Jaunita is buried at Mt Olivet. They still have two children living.)
see family picture

MCCARTY, Charlie , Son of W. M. and Mary E. McCarty Born Sept 4, 1876 - Died Mar 27, 1891

GRAY, Mary McCarty (O. L. 's sister) Wife of George Gray Born April 26, 1872 Died Oct 29, 1932

JOHNSTON, F. A. Born July 7, 1837 Died Jan 28, 1896 (Date of death is eligible and is taken from DAR records) (Slim white spire stone with sea shells around top where inscription is located will be entirely eligible soon)

GREEN, M. A. Wife of Eli Green Born June 30, 1834 Died July 20, 1892
This is Mary Ann Perkins Green, wife of Eli. They were married June 1, 1851, in Rusk Co. Texas. Their son Lamar married Ella Francis Doake who was a daughter of Samantha Lotspeich Doake. Samantha was a sister of Mary Elizabeth Lotspeich McCarty. see family photos Info from Margaret Ayres

GREEN, Eli Born Nov 25, 1834 Died May 7, 1894
Eli was the son of Gideon Green who was born in Alabama in 1811 and died in Rusk Co., Texas Sept 7, 1861, see family photos
Info from Margaret Ayres

CURRENT, Billy Ray Born Feb 6, 1954 Died Dec 10, 1994
(was buried behind Elisha and Mary Current but was moved to Whitebead by his family so he would be closer and in a well cared for cemetery)

Possibly 5 or 6 unmarked stones in one area Or maybe two or three with foot markers Probably small children

STEPHENS, Willie O. Dau of CA & AL Stephens Born Feb 28, 1906 Died Mar 23, 1906