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genealogy & history

Cemeteries

Name of Cemetery aka Location/Misc. Links to Burials
Auto Cemetery Phillips 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
Bethel Cemetery Luther Baptist Luther
Coahoma Cemetery Located south of the town of Coahoma on Midway Rd. partial survey
Gilstrap Family Cemetery Private
Luther Baptist Cemetery Bethel
Moore Community Cemetery 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 Cemetery 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 had been buried there as of the last survey-1981. These days there are about 13,000 1981 partial survey
Mt. Olive Cemetery by City of Big Spring
Phillips Cemetery Auto
Salem Cemetery 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
State Hospital Cemetery (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 USGenWeb Archives
Vealmoor Cemetery Located 2 miles south of Vealmoor on FM 1584. Mrs. Mae Zant donated four acres in 1930. 1981 Survey
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
partial survey in USGenWeb Archives
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