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Name of Cemetery |
Location/Misc. |
Links to Burials |
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Auto |
Take North Highway
87 turn west on West County Road 40, go two
miles and turn right on North County Road
17. The cemetery is about a mile down the
road on the left. There are only three
graves |
aka
Phillips Cemetery |
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Bethel
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Luther |
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Coahoma
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Located south
of the town of Coahoma on Midway Rd.
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Partial
Survey on this Site
Find A Grave
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Gilstrap Family |
Private |
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Luther Baptist |
See
Bethel Cemetery |
Find A Grave
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Moore Community |
All graves completely
obscured by blow sand and mesquite trees. Located
5 miles north of Big Spring, off Hwy. 87. To
get to the cemetery go west 1 mile past the
cotton gins. |
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Mount Olive
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432-264-2385
The Masonic Lodge (1884) and the Independent
Order of Oddfellows (1897) created the cemetery
north of Big Spring. Located .2 of a mile off
I-20 on the Snyder Highway, the cemetery covers
45 acres. Approx. 8850 people have been buried
there (as of the last survey-1981).
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1981Partial
Survey on this Site
Link to
Mt. Olive Cemetery Burials by City of Big
Spring
Find A Grave
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Phillips
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See Auto
Cemetery |
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Salem
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Located on N.
Salem Road, 4 miles from the I-20 exit. Samuel
D. Buchanan gave two acres for the cemetery
before 1910
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1981 Survey
on this Site
Find A Grave
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State Hospital (Confidential)
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Located on the
grounds of Big Spring State Hospital (established
in 1938), there are approx. 256 graves and 25
unmarked graves, as of the last survey (1981) |
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Trinity Memorial
Park
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(432-267-8243)
- Established in 1950, the cemetery is located
7 1/2 miles south of Big Spring on Highway 87,
and covers 66 acres. Approx. 3,000 graves
as of the last survey (1981). They now
have approx. 7778 burials.
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Partial survey online in the TXGenWeb Archives
Find A Grave
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Vealmoor
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Located 2 miles
south of Vealmoor on FM 1584. Mrs. Mae Zant
donated four acres in 1930 |
1981
Survey on this Site
Find A Grave
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Vincent
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Located 1 mile
west, then 1 mile north of the town of Vincent.
Will W. Guffey bought the land and gave it for
a cemetery. J.A. Shafer later gave more land |
1981
Survey on this Site
Find A Grave
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The new brochure Rescuing
a Historic Cemetery from the Texas Historical
Commission is now available online and provides
tips on how to start researching cemetery
records and conduct cemetery surveys. The brochure
also gives information about the RIP Guardian
program for neglected historic cemeteries
and how to get additional assistance for your
project.
To download the publication,
visit www.thc.state.tx.us,
select "Preserve," then "Cemetery
Preservation" and scroll down to the bottom
for the link to the PDF.
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