Cooke County, Texas Cemeteries

A precious one from us is gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.

Welcome to Cooke County Cemeteries.   Surveying cemeteries is not for the faint of heart.   It involves a lot of work to record, as accurately as possible, all known burials in a county.   Many graves are marked only by weather worn sandstones which are difficult or impossible to read.   Often, the stones are completely missing because livestock were allowed to roam through these old graveyards or a caretaker tossed the stones over a fence.   I am attempting to identify lost graves through death records, obituaries, or family information so this remains a work in progress.

I would like to thank the folks who were so generous with their time and allowed me access to cemeteries located on their property.   I am also indebted to those who did the earlier surveys in our county.   A special thanks to Patti Tucker who did a lot of the footwork in 1978.   Each name preserved is so important, as we look back now, sometimes more than 150 years ago, in search of that elusive family member who lived and died in Cooke County.   I hope this site will be a big help to you in your family research.