Near Hawley in Jones County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Truby Cemetery

Photographed By Duane Hall, October 27, 2014

1. Truby Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Several gravestones at this site attest to its use as a burial ground by nearby settlers before members of the Daughtrey family, early area ranchers, formally deeded these three acres for cemetery use on December 4, 1906. The oldest marked grave is that of infant Madge S. McCargo (1897-1898), granddaughter of pioneer Baptist minister George W. Scarborough and his wife Martha, who settled on this land in 1877. Caring descendants erected a fence in the 1950s and a flagpole in 1998 out of respect for the pioneers, veterans, and citizens laid to rest here; their gravestones remain a chronicle of the heritage of Jones County.
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2000

Veterans of War
J.F. Bristow   12-10-1900    CSA
Isaac L. Lollar   7-11-1919    CSA
Eugene Bumpass    11-19-1955    WWI
Robert John Rhome    10-24-1975    WWI
Roy N. Sandidge    10-9-1918    WWI KIA
James W. McDuff    3-14-1932    Texas Guard
Leslie F. Lipham Jr.   10-18-1996    WWII
Al E. Newman    3-29-2001    WWII
Joseph H. Hampton    2-17-1998    Vietnam
Oscar Leo McIlroy    6-21-1973    WWII
Van L. Welch    9-8-2001    Vietnam

Erected 2000 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 16154.)

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Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1871.

Location. 32° 38.518′ N, 99° 55.946′ W. Marker is near Hawley, Texas, in Jones County. Memorial can be reached from County Road 461, 0.2 miles north of County Road 474. Marker is located in the southwest corner of Truby Cemetery; the cemetery is at the end of County Road 461. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hawley TX 79525, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Site of Truby School (approx. half a mile away); Compere Cemetery (approx. 4.8 miles away); Cowboys' Christmas Ball (approx. 7.6 miles away); First Presbyterian Church Building (approx. 8.1 miles away); Jones County Courthouse (approx. 8.2 miles away); Jones County (approx. 8.2 miles away); Fort Phantom Hill C.S.A. / Texas Civil War Frontier Defense (approx. 8.2 miles away); Anson Jones (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hawley.

Truby Cemetery Marker and Truby Community Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, October 27, 2014

2. Truby Cemetery Marker and Truby Community Memorial

Truby Community Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, October 27, 2014

3. Truby Community Memorial

Truby Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.

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4. Truby Cemetery Entrance

View to north from end of County Road 461

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5. Truby Cemetery Entrance

Marker is to the left as you enter cemetery

Truby Cemetery image. Click for full size.

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6. Truby Cemetery

View to the northwest

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7. Truby Cemetery

View to the northeast from marker location

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8. Truby Cemetery

View to the south

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9. Truby Cemetery

View to the north

Headstone and Grave Site of<br>Madge S. McCargo (1897-1898) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, October 27, 2014

10. Headstone and Grave Site of
Madge S. McCargo (1897-1898)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 461 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on November 1, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.