crosses

 

The telephone poles along FM 193 mimic the shape of the crosses in the Cone Cemetery.  Established in 1897, the cemetery is a few miles down the road from the village of Cone -- population maybe 50.  Cone is about 7 miles from Farmer, Texas -- childhood home of Ima Mae Smith, former First Lady of Texas.

 

Cone Cemetery

Crosby County, Texas

9.21.2013



messages in a mason jar

 

Many think my interest in visiting cemeteries is morbid but I find each graveyard offers intriguing glimpses into the past.  I am not alone in this avocation. Bob Bowman  confesses to being a  graveyard junkie, and like him, I prefer the older sites with unusual tombstones.  You read the dates and wonder about the lives lived; you see a lone marker and wonder where the rest of the family is buried; you note the personal remembrances left by mourners.  This man died young at 24 and was buried in the family plot far from his Texas A&M alma mater and career in College Station.  He is not forgotten.  Through the glass jar one can barely read handwritten letters wrapped in a wedding program.

 

Cone Cemetery 

FM 193

Crosby County, Texas

9.21.2013