Port Neches in Jefferson County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Tex Ritter
(January 12, 1905 - January 2, 1974)
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 5, 2021
1. Tex Ritter Marker
Western singing star Woodward Maurice ("Tex") Ritter was born in Panola County, Texas. After attending college, he began singing cowboy ballads on a Houston radio station in 1928. He advanced to Broadway, where he was nicknamed "Tex", and in 1936 began a series of popular western movies. Ritter performed later for television and the Grand Ole Opry and was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame. His best-known recording is the title song from the film "High Noon".
Recorded - 1976
Erected 1976 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10556.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.
Location. 30° 0.112′ N, 93° 57.764′ W. Marker is in Port Neches, Texas, in Jefferson County. It can be reached from Block Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 618 Block Street, Port Neches TX 77651, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Texas’ Golden Triangle. It is also in the American South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Piney Woods. Globally,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grigsby's Bluff (approx. 0.9 miles away); First United Methodist Church Of Port Neches (approx. 1.1 miles away); First Baptist Church of Port Neches (approx. 1.2 miles away); St. Elizabeth Catholic Community (approx. 1.3 miles away); First Mercantile Building (approx. 2½ miles away); City of Nederland (approx. 2.7 miles away); W.M. "Tex" Ritter (approx. 2.7 miles away); Interurban Rail Service (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Neches.
More about this marker. Marker is located in the Oak Bluff Memorial Park (Block Cemetery). Marker is in a small median at a 3 way road intersection inside cemetery.
Tex Ritter's gravesite is about 50 feet south of the marker.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 5, 2021
2. Tex Ritter Marker
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 5, 2021
3. Tex Ritter gravesite
Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 454 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 9, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
