Dean-Hey Heritage

Compere Cemetery, Merkel, TX
About 7 miles north of Merkel
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Hulan and Lizzie had a 6th child, a son, Jessie Dean. He is buried in Compere Cemetery, Jones County, Texas, about 7 miles north of Merkel, Texas. Compere Cemetery records list his date of birth and death as July 22, 1906-February 2, 1907.

Compere Cemetery Historical Marker

Jesse Dean Memorial
Younger Brother of Elbert Marshall Dean, Sr.
Marker repaired and maintained by David Riney,
Grandson of Elbert Marshall Dean, Sr.

Inscription at bottom of Memorial:
Sleep on sweet babe
and take thy rest
God calls away when
He thinks best

(Photos by David Riney)