Diary of a graveyard.

This is actually a 'hut'.

No information on it though

This is a neat one. Very thick and it seems someone drew in the lines with thier finger.
Every now and then in the concrete you can see a print where the line either stops, or changes direction.

The head of the madonna has been broken off and a theft if it ( why???!) was attempted.
Since then , she has been bolted and tied down.

I think this is a hand painted tile..

This is a piece of the 'newer section' where I am taking these pictures at.

Where i am standing is the far south east corner.

I think , if I remember correctly , this was the first childs heastone I took today..

This one is interesting.

It seems like , the person was trying to write 'baby'. but they spelled it BOBY. Could it be that they didn't know how to spell? Or is it due to weathering?

It also appears to say " Memery of" in the middle on the left..

but again, it is so old, I cant tell for sure.

Looks like maybe "Demitri".

very true..

that makes more sense then" memery" it could be the childs name

Sorry, "Demetri." Last name looks like maybe Corea? Govea?

Some very interesting examples of grave markers today. some are almost "folksy".

A thought comes to mind. Is this cemetery run by the city /region, or is it private? I was wondering can people pretty much put up whatever marker they want? There doesn't appear to be any "standards".

Perhaps you could expand on that a bit.

As of right now, the basic maintainance, lawn care and trash , is done by the city.
And yes, you can put up what ever you like.
As I take more pictures, you will see proof of that.


it is so old that it could not reasonably be taken care of by the family members anymore, as most of them have died as well. There are some 'new people' buried here. I would guess less then 100 are from 1990 to now. If my guess is off, it is only off by about 50 or so. It just isn't a popular site , unless the plot was paid for by your ancestors, for people to be buried in.

According to Texas law, when one buries a loved one, they MUST purchase the land plot.
Since they OWN it, they must maintain it. It used to be a ticket-able offence to not mow and maintain your plot. If someone complained, your family had a certain amount of time to clean it up before you got a 25 dollar ticket. This was a law in about.. 1930? 25 dollars then was a hefty fine.

When I find the particular pamphlet that I read the specifics in, I will repost the info if I am in any way incorrect.

But after a certain amount of time, I believe it was about 1990 or so, the yard was so over grown that the entire city was complaining . Neighbors, city council, passers by.. etc.

So the city gave a very small portion of money to very basic cleaning jobs. It took the better part of 2 years since the pay amount was so small , for it to be completed.

It still relies on volunteers , heavily, to keep it up and clean.

There are yard 'keepers' who work in a tiny office on the western side of the yard, but I truly don't know what they do beyond storing family information and opening/closing the gates.

I have , myself, truly thought about applying for that job though.

An odd occurance happened to me yesterday...


A very soft grave that I was walking over literally gave me the slip.
It just appeared to be 'new' but upon standing ON TOP of it, I soon learned the hard way that it was just caving in.... slowly...


wich is odd for a grave of 2000.
We ( for about 20 or so years) have been placing our caskets inside of concrete blocks to avoid theft and cave in's like this one...

( dunno what happened. Wont dig around to find out)

This is the first headstone I saw that disproves the date of 1850 being when the graveyard started.

As I find more, I will post them. Since it isnt just ONE that disproves the original date, it is a handfull of them.

What makes this one so interesting to me, isnt the headstone, or WHO it is.
It is a child. And the grave is from 1937.

What amazes me is that, this headstone has toys on it.
Easter eggs, stuffed toys.. and they are still there.

I wonder, were they placed around 37?

Later?

How old are they?

People are stealing stupid things from this garveyard. Some take pieces of stone. Others dig up plants...

how is it that toys have made it so long?
Maybe these thieves leave the kids section alone out of respect?
But then, why dont they leave them ALL alone?!