| Name of Cemetery |
Location/Misc. |
Links to Burials |
| 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 |
| Bethel |
Luther |
|
| Coahoma |
Located south of the town of Coahoma on Midway Rd. |
Partial Survey on this Site |
| Gilstrap Family |
Private |
|
| Luther Baptist |
See Bethel Cemetery |
|
| 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. |
|
| Mount Olive |
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). |
1981 Partial Survey on this Site
Mt. Olive Cemetery by City of Big Spring |
| Phillips |
See Auto Cemetery |
|
| Salem |
Located on N. Salem Road, 4 miles from the I-20 exit. Samuel D. Buchanan
gave two acres for the cemetery before 1910. |
1981 Survey on this Site |
| State Hospital (Confidential) |
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) |
|
| Trinity Memorial Park |
(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. |
Partial survey in the TXGenWeb Archives |
| Vealmoor |
Located 2 miles south of Vealmoor on FM 1584. Mrs. Mae Zant donated four acres
in 1930. |
1981 Survey on this Site |
| Vincent |
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 |
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. |
