South End Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas

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Get directions Huntsville, Texas, USA

Coordinates: 30.70690, -95.54220
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Southend Cemetery, Walker County, Huntsville, Texas has received the Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) designation by the Texas Historical Commission (THC). This distinction means that the cemetery has been legally recorded through the THC's Cemetery Preservation Program. The HTC designation was developed in 1998 and is an important step toward preserving the cemetery for future generations. A cemetery is eligible for HTC designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family's or community's presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. A historic marker has also been approved by the THC for placement at the cemetery in the near future.

Southend Cemetery was purchased in 1919 by Will Ezell, Colonel Williams, Byrd Stubblefield, and Richard Dillard, community leaders and trustees of the original cemetery association. Their legacy is continued by the current Board of Directors for Southend Cemetery: Dr. Marilyn Y. Byrd, Ms. Arlita Cruse Jackson, and Mr. Shannon Kyle Byrd.

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