Near Lakeview in Hall County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Lakeview Cemetery
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, April 27, 2024
1. Lakeview Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Lakeview Cemetery. . Shoe Bar Ranch owner J.K. Zimmerman donated land and funds for Union Hill Church and an adjoining cemetery in 1897. The first recorded burial was for Maggie (Durham) Hudgins (1878-1898). The International Order of Odd fellows established I.O.O.F. Cemetery on the east side of Union Hill in the 1920s. In 1987, the two cemeteries were combined under the care of Lakeview Cemetery Association. Historic grave marker materials include marble, granite, galvanized tin, cement, fieldstones, and metal funeral home markers. Veterans dating from the Civil War are interred here. Woodmen of the World gravestones are also prominent. The active cemetery is a cherished chronicle of generations of citizens of Lakeview and the surrounding area.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2016
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Shoe Bar Ranch owner J.K. Zimmerman
donated land and funds for Union Hill Church
and an adjoining cemetery in 1897. The first
recorded burial was for Maggie (Durham)
Hudgins (1878-1898). The International Order of
Odd fellows established I.O.O.F. Cemetery on
the east side of Union Hill in the 1920s. In 1987,
the two cemeteries were combined under the
care of Lakeview Cemetery Association.
Historic grave marker materials include
marble, granite, galvanized tin, cement,
fieldstones, and metal funeral home
markers. Veterans dating from the Civil War
are interred here. Woodmen of the World
gravestones are also prominent. The active
cemetery is a cherished chronicle of
generations of citizens of Lakeview and the
surrounding area.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2016
Erected 2016 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 22450.)
Location. 34° 40.457′ N, 100° 42.974′ W. Marker is near Lakeview, Texas, in Hall County. It is on Texas Route 256 east of County Road 14, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13314 TX-256, Lakeview TX 79239, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Texas Panhandle. It is also on the American Great Plains and specifically on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Dust Bowl, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2024, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 288 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 28, 2024, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
