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MarkPro said:

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There is a small fenced cemetery about 30' to the left of the 1st green at Lake Charles Country Club.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lake+Charles,+LA/@30.1689289,-93.2833901,116m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x863b842b00bdcb27:0x42b98dd6b9a77382!8m2!3d30.2265949!4d-93.2173758!16zL20vMHRrMDI?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNi4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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Please tell me they marked that area OB. Chipping to the green while standing on a grave is just wrong.

IH45 in Spring

https://maps.app.goo.gl/SEwuPejUa1S1RPQC6

Wunsche Family Cemetery

There is a small cemetery in Austin, right in the middle of the Hwy 71/183 spaghetti bowl south of Callihans. Every time they've reworked that interchange, they've worked around the cemetery.

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.225904,-97.681542,3a,53.3y,272.65h,91.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spP9d_e0jYIwiPkbQIV4zOQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.295258051812425%26panoid%3DpP9d_e0jYIwiPkbQIV4zOQ%26yaw%3D272.653357418646!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNi4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D

Graves in the middle of the runway, Savannah, Georgia

https://boingboing.net/2025/04/18/yes-those-are-actual-graves-in-the-middle-of-your-runway-thanks-for-flying.html/amp

Wow

Martin Cash said:

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There is a small cemetery in Austin, right in the middle of the Hwy 71/183 spaghetti bowl south of Callihans. Every time they've reworked that interchange, they've worked around the cemetery.

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.225904,-97.681542,3a,53.3y,272.65h,91.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spP9d_e0jYIwiPkbQIV4zOQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.295258051812425%26panoid%3DpP9d_e0jYIwiPkbQIV4zOQ%26yaw%3D272.653357418646!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNi4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D

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Davidson-Littlepage Cemetery. The owner of the Broken Spoke great grandmother is buried there

CanyonAg77 said:

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Graves in the middle of the runway, Savannah, Georgia

https://boingboing.net/2025/04/18/yes-those-are-actual-graves-in-the-middle-of-your-runway-thanks-for-flying.html/amp

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That's pretty crazy to be honest

Went and took a few photos, it's been neglected pretty bad. After we move and tackle 1000 other projects this would be nice to tackle. I wonder if an Eagle Scout needs a project.

And there's a small one on the way to Austin from Bastrop on the right under some oak trees in the ROW around the bastrop/Travis county line. Hard to see when the ditches aren't mowned.

You got a few?

This for me too. My kid will have an adventure taking my ashes to different spots that have meaning to me and some of them he will be familiar with and have good memories of.

There is an old family cemetery on our current lease in Mason County on the Llano River with the original German immigrants buried there in the 1800s and some more recently. We lease from the family members who still live on the ranches there. Several of the graves from the 1800s have Texas Ranger markers.

I understand the ash spreading thing. Although I was raised pretty traditionally, and like the idea of a stone where the descendants can come "see" me. That being said, wife hates the idea of burial, and wants our ashes mixed, and spread over Palo Duro Canyon.

I think she wins this one, and I acknowledge any funeral ritual is a mix of practical, religious, and superstitious.

Let me give a little story of how ash spreading works in real life. Father in law died 2022, mother in law died 2024. FIL wants his ashes scattered in a National Park near their desert home in Benson, AZ. MIL wants them scattered near their mountain home in Pagosa Springs CO.

Spreading in National Parks is prohibited, home in CO now belongs to someone else.

Children live in Canyon, Ft. Worth, and Durango CO. Also an additional "daughter" lives in NW Arkansas. Grandchildren in SC, central Texas, and Ft. Worth. Children retired, except for my wife, grandchildren are raising the great grandchildren, who are all under 7, except one grandchild with no kids, but doesn't have much money for travel.

You may have noticed that the requested spreading locations are nowhere near major airports. And you can imagine the logistics of getting even the three kids together are pretty tough, not to mention the next two generations.

Which explains why the ashes are stuffed in the spare bedroom closet, with no quick spreading scheduled.

I laugh at the sign too when I see it. I am fairly certain it is/will be a EPA clean up site.

The old junkyard was there for years and I guess the county cleaned it up.

I'm impressed you were able to find it, I was trying to be a bit vague, apparently not enough.

The 16 year old mother/baby who died apparently from childbirth is pretty sad.

This.

I've always thought cemeteries were kind of a waste of real estate. I mean, i get it to a degree, but in the grand scheme of things they are 100% for the living and only for the living. And frankly, after 2 generations there isn't anybody on earth alive that knew you personally. Stories carry on whether you are in a pine box, bear poo or ashes. I figure that I'm done with my body, no sense in preserving it or anything of that nature - just doesn't make sense to me. We come from the earth, the natural cycle is that we return to the earth and continue on in the physical world in one form or another, even if miniscule.

My dad passed several years back. We had him cremated after medical research was done with his body. He is buried at the "family" plot in League City. I visited his grave once, on the one year anniversary. Maybe I'm callous, but that plot of land has no value to me. No memories outside of putting his urn in the ground. It's just a few square feet of land to me and nothing more. There is a headstone with his name, which is something I suppose.

I did talk my mom into taking half of his ashes and spreading them at the actual family cemetery in Matagorda, which I still swing by on occasion when I'm in the area. Not every time, but every few times. But I have actual memories of that area with him and it means something.

I honestly don't care what is done with my body when I've crossed over to the other side. I'm done with it. Squeeze what medical use out of it that can be squeezed; the rest is just flesh and fat. Mostly fat. Toss me in the bay - crabs need to eat too. Or take me out to one of my favorite places and put what is left of me in an unmarked grave int he ground and give me back to nature, then head over to the Chicken and put a few grand on the bar and buy everybody drinks for the night. Way better use of time and money than a grave site.

Valid.

My dad will have passed away 4 years ago this summer and I still havent gone out to his grave. Some personal reasons there though.

Agree. Had both my parents cremated. Mom spread around to areas she liked. Had dad's urn interred at Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery, that one I had no problem with taking up a spot…..surrounded by all his fallen brothers and sisters. Me, I told my wife if I'm terminal I'll take a 1 way boat trip pointed towards Cuba….. no sense in all the pomp and circumstance, otherwise cremate and spread offshore.

FamousAgg said:

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I'm impressed you were able to find it, I was trying to be a bit vague, apparently not enough.

The 16 year old mother/baby who died apparently from childbirth is pretty sad.

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One of the memorials on a certain website is sponsored by someone. She might be a resource to learn more about those who are buried there. There are a few people who restore and repair grave markers who have big social media followings. You could reach out to some of them to see if they might be interested in doing some work on the markers.

It's about a half hour drive from my place out in Milam County. If you ever decide to take on an effort to do some significant clean up or restoration, I'd be happy to help if I'm available. I worked in the industry for a while and I love historic cemeteries.

redaszag99 said:

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I'm class of '99 but went to JUCO and transferred into A&M in '97

My first advisor was Ray James in Civil Engineering. I was sent into his office for a meeting and he was on the phone discussing the cemetery at Merion Pugh and Luther. He was a Coronel Reb type of fellow and I guess a history buff.

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iirc, that cemetery was relocated from campus where Dorms 9 and 11 and Duncan were built.

Apache said:

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I've always thought cemeteries were kind of a waste of real estate.

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You and Rodney Dangerfield.

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Townhouses over here, condos over there!

The Merrell Road Cemetery in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas is a funny one. It has an ancient history by Dallas standards

https://dallaspioneer.org/merrell-cemetery/

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The Merrell Cemetery was on the land owned by Benjamin Merrell, the eldest son of David Merrell (b. 1801) who was a younger brother of Elder Eli Merrell. Benjamin and several brothers in these two large families were all eligible for land from Peters Colony.

The first known burial was that of North Carolina native Eli Merrell (1787-1849) who came to Texas with his second wife and large family in 1844 and received a grant of 640 acres. Merrell had participated in the War of 1812 and was an Elder in the Disciples of Christ Church. Eli performed his first marriage in Dallas County in 1846. When he died his heirs inherited his land.

There are many marked grave sites for relatives and of Eli and David Merrell. One particular tombstone reads, "Murdered in EI Paso. December 24, 1884." This marker is for Thomas Merrell (1849-1884) and his twenty-two year old wife of only a few months. Thomas had ranching in West Texas for twelve years before his wife were killed on Christmas Eve. He is shown on the 1830 census as an eight month old baby, born the same year his father Eli died. His brothers spent a lot of time and effort through years trying to the who murdered this couple. Steve Blow, a columnist with the Dallas Morning News recently discovered information about this in old newspaper in EI Paso.

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It is now a tiny sliver of land just adjacent to a private school campus and boxed in on every side by really large new build homes.



Funny to check out on Google Maps and even funnier on Street View.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dwXHsHK7GGci7DT6

Those street names next to it: "Gooding Dr," "Better Dr," and "Best Dr." LOL

This is right around the corner from where my mom grew up off of Royal Ln. Grandad built it in the early 50s when there wasn't much around. Grandmother got to name the street. You can still see the shape of the swimming pool he built for $500 sometime before 1960. Man, I wish I had had the means to buy the house when my grandmother moved out.

We have a cemetery on a property my company owns in NE Texas. We fenced in a dedicated walking access to in. It's about 300 feet from an FM Road.

It's an infant cemetery. All headstones are children, which is creepy.

There are some passages in the Bible that reference our bodies after death, burial etc. Billy Graham had some discussions and some preachings on the subject. Makes for interesting thoughts and conversations to read what the Bible says and interpretations of burial, cremation, etc.

TXAG 05 said:

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Anyone remember the small old cemetery in college station, I think it was just west of Wellborn Rd off of Holleman I think? With all the development around there, I wonder if it is even still there?

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I never knew that was there. Lived at Treehouse Village for a year and apparently drove by it every day. Interesting.

We have little cemeteries like that all over the place down here. Most are old slave cemeteries from the plantation era. I drive by one at the front gate of my deer lease, it isn't a slave cemetery but it is a small one that is an old black cemetery that still gets used on occasion.

A buddy of mine has a cemetery named after his family over in east Texas near Hallsville that he and some friends accidentally discovered out in the woods one night while they were mud hogging and drinking when he was in high school. He still feels bad about that one because what they thought were mud holes and tree stumps initially were old graves and markers.