Cemetery Grid

The grid markers below help to identify the approximate location of the graves in the cemetery.
There is a column on the Master List of Burials that will correspond with the Grid identifiers below.

Grid Information

• The oldest graves in the cemetery are found in the north west quadrant of the cemetery in grids A, D, and G
• The cemetery grew to the south and east
• The newest section is on the east end, grids J, K and L
• Unmarked graves have a grid identifier of X
• Graves that were not physically recorded in the October 2006 inventory of the cemetery were given a grid of XZ.  It is presummed that these were skipped during the walk thru on that date. 

Master List of Burials

The picture above was taken after a storm had taken out the remaining trees and shrubs,
while the picture below was dated Nov 23, 1968 and shows trees in the cemetery along with
a previous building that had been on the grounds. 

Some of the major storms recorded for this area were:
1) Frost TX killer tornado on May 1930 (go to Links page for more information on this)
2) Tornados and floods on May 13, 1953 (Richland Creek Watershed: May 11 to 15, 1953 -The heaviest rainfall fell in southwestern Hill County near Hubbard, Malone, and Penelope. About 14 in. was recorded for the 5-day period in the vicinity of these towns, with about 70 percent of the rainfall May 11-12)
3) Flooding May 10, 1968, ~10" of rain