Sanches CemeteryFrom Centerville go East 6.5 miles on Highway 7 to FM 811. Turn right and go southeast 5.3 miles on FM 811 to CR 121. Turn left on CR 121 and go northeast 2.1 miles to Joe Langley’s house. These graves are in a flowerbed at the front door of Mr. Langley’s house.
| SANCHES, Santa Wife of Placedes Sanches |
Apr 19, 1858 | Nov 14, 1897 |
| SANCHES, child | marked with a rock | |
| SANCHES, child | marked with a rock |
The story as told to Herbert H. McCarter by the Langley’s
Joe Langley had picked out the place where he wanted to build his home some time ago on what is now called CR 121. It is a beautiful place on the East Side of the road with a panoramic view across the valley with Pine Mountain to the west. Joe’s daddy had worked all around these parts for years and knew of the tombstones. He would not let Joe bulldoze them down, so Joe incorporated them into his landscape. Some time after the homes was built, Joe came home to find three vanloads of people on his place. They were some kin to the Sanches family. They were also trying to find Mr. Sanches’ grave, who they said had died and was buried somewhere between Oakwood and Palestine. Joe later received a card signed by the Zapata’s thanking them for preserving this little gravesite and their Heritage.
These people did not live here. They were traveling through when the wife and two children died. This land is a part of the old Frank Tubb Place in the Ramon De La Garza Survey.
Researched by Herbert H. McCarter Nov 26, 1999