Friends,
Friends
Friends
Annual Newsletter
April 2015
President’s Message
In last year’s newsletter I mentioned the
importance of being designated as a Historic Texas Cemetery. With that responsibility comes the
challenge of caring for our historic treasure.
Funding is a
key component in operating, maintaining and improving the cemetery. It comes from gifts and the sale of
gravesites. The Cemetery
Association is a nonprofit organization recognized by the State of Texas to
fund the operating costs and establish a trust fund for the perpetual care of
the cemetery. Your support
is greatly appreciated to fulfil this responsibility.
Another
responsibility we have is enforcing Texas cemetery laws. This responsibility belongs to local
law enforcement with the help of its citizens. When driving by the cemetery after dark or walking its
paths, if you are aware of vandalism or desecration, contact the local police
department. They do patrol the
cemetery after dark. State laws
exist to protect cemeteries from vandalism, theft and desecration. Please join me and the Cemetery
Association in our continued stewardship of the Salado Cemetery.
Steven Ervin, President
Salado
Cemetery Maintenance
Our cemetery currently provides for
general maintenance, such as mowing and trimming the grass and repair of the
road ways as needed. Normally, the
spring season is when the mowing
begins each year with emphasis on protecting the wildflowers growing
through-out the cemetery. With the
lack of rain during the summer, fall and winter months, it is difficult to set
a regular mowing time. The mowing
is done on an as-needed basis.
We all want the cemetery to look its best
year-round, since it is a source of pride to our community and is a Texas
Historic Cemetery. However,
we do not receive specific funds for the necessary maintenance. The only source of revenue is from the
sale of grave sites and donations.
If you would like to have
specialized care for your family grave site, such as weed control or additional
mowing and trimming, you may contact one of the following: Ace Pest and Lawn Control, (254)
947-4222 or Bartlett Lawn Service, (254) 527-4208. Please understand that any extra maintenance that you
request will be at your expense.
Plastic Pipes
Beside Veterans’ Headstones
Have you noticed
the plastic pipes in the ground by headstones of veterans? The pipes are used for holding flags
for Memorial Day. They sometimes
get pulled out and are cracked by mowers.
The Cemetery Association replaces the missing or broken pipes each year
when placing flags on the graves.
This year, flags will be placed by headstones on Friday, May 22 in
preparation for the Memorial Day Service.
The weekend before Memorial Day is a good time for families to spruce up
the graves sites.
Memorial Day
Service, Monday, May 25th
The Salado Cemetery Association will host the annual Memorial Day
Service at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 25th at the Historic Salado Cemetery on Baines St. Everyone is invited to honor our
veterans on this special day and pay tribute to their service to our country.
The purpose of the Memorial Day ceremony is to remember the veterans
buried not just in Salado Cemetery but in all of the Salado-area cemeteries,
including family and church cemeteries, by a roll call of their names. All 432 veterans buried in the cemetery
will have flags placed on their graves.
The veterans are from the Texas Revolutionary War, Early Day Rangers,
Home Guard, Indian Wars, Mexican War, Confederate and Union Armies, WWI and II,
Korean War, Vietnam War, and from peace time service.
The Memorial Day ceremony will consist of: the Bell County Sherriff’s Posse presenting the colors; honors to each of the armed
services; a Commemorative Air
Force fly-over; and a brass ensemble lead by Clayton Capps playing music for
the program. Keifer Marshall, as
WW II veteran, is scheduled to give Memorial Day remarks. LTC (Ret) Stephen Peters, Cemetery
Board Treasurer, will read the roll call of veterans’ names this year. Taps will be played at the conclusion
of the ceremony.
Light refreshments will be served following the closing of the Memorial
Day ceremony. Seating will be
provided by the Village of Salado, but the number of seats is limited, guests
are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, also umbrellas, as tradition has it, the
event is held outside in spite of sun or rain. We hope to see you
at the Memorial Day ceremony.
Plot/Space Exchange: Over the years, families goals and
ideas change; people move and burial plans change, and they find themselves
with space in a cemetery they no longer plan to use. Many spaces at our cemetery are vacant and we do not expect
them to be used. We would like all
the spaces to be filled, thus making better utilization of the cemetery
plots. If you or your
parents/grandparents or others purchased space in the cemetery that you no
longer plan to use, we suggest you donate it back to the Cemetery Association. Any donation of property should be tax
deductible and negates your need to try and find a buyer of the plot. You must have the original certificate
for the space or be authorized to made such a transaction. Contact the cemetery staff to make a
donation of spaces that will not be utilized by you or your family.
New Friends of the Salado
Cemetery Association
The Friends of the Association are new lot owners since our
last Newsletter in April 2014.
They are: Robert & Callie Bailey,
Marisa Conley, Jackie Wayne & Patricia Ann Crouch, Connie Cryar, Judy
Dobbins, Linda L. McCaa, Richard & Tommye Prater, John W. (Bill) &
Bonnie Smith, and Tamla Joy Wilson.
Interments
Since April 1, 2014
Oscar Joseph Arnold, Priscilla Anne Beadle, James Phipps
Bonner, Jr., Cora Lee Bronson, Opal Winnie Brooks, Tom Earl Brown, Rhebel
M Bush, Richard Ray Bussell, Deborah C Cowger, Grover Cleveland Dement, Doris
Ann Denman, Gary Wayne Dobbins, Virginia Pearl Finney, Melvin Wilhelm
Friedrich, Joy Hancock, Winston Travis Hays, Milton Melvin Kattner,
William Paul Matejowsky, Nathaniel Lee McCaa, Stanley Ray Mersiovsky, Myrtle
Ida Messer, Harry Frank Morgan, Lloyd Lee Parks, Richard C Prater, Noel Brian Scully,
Sandra Scully, Arline M Singer, Roger Dale Smith, Mary E Stewart, William
Allen Upton, Royce Lynn Vernon, Opal Jerene Walker, Buna Marie Watkins, Alice
Ruth Wear, Donald Louis Wilson,
Veterans Interred Since April 1, 2014
Richard Ray Bussell, US Army, Desert Storm; Grover
Cleveland Dement, US Army Air Corps, WW II; Milton Melvin Kattner, US Army, WW
II; William Paul Matejowsky, US Air Force, Korea; Harry Frank Morgan, Texas
Army National Guard, Peace Time Service; Lloyd Lee Parks, US Army, Peace Time Service;
Richard C Prater, US Navy, WW II; Roger Dale Smith, US Navy, Peace Time
Service; Donald Louis Wilson, US Army, Peace Time Service.
Memorial Gifts and Donations
Since May 1, 2013:
Name Fund In Memory:
Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Cawthon Development
Mr. Drew
Bridges Endowment
Dr. & Mrs. W. D. Broadway Endowment
Mr. & Mrs. Clifton P. Carter Endowment
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Cosper Endowment
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Johnson Endowment
Dr. & Mrs. Nelson W. Jones Endowment
Mr. Don
L. Wilson Endowment
Mr. Oscar
J. Arnold Jr. Operating
Mr. & Mrs. M.E. Bean Jr. Operating
Mr. David
Bennett Operating
Mr. Tom
Berry Operating
Mr. & Mrs. Brent Blaylock Operating
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Brock Operating
Ms. Colleen
Brooks Operating
Denham Family Reunion Operating
Mr. Robert
Denman Operating
Mr. & Mrs. J. Derald Dugger Operating
Fran & Perry Fairchild Operating
Mrs. Jere
C Farino Operating
Mr. & Mrs. James Fitzhenry Operating
Mrs. Pat
Freeman Operating
Mr. Robert
R. Gamble Operating
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry Gamble Operating
Mr. John
R. Gidley Operating
Mrs. Jerry
Goodman Operating
Mr. B.D.
Graves Operating
Mr. Joe
Grigsby Operating
Ms. Cheryl
Grimm Operating
Mr. & Mrs. George Gromacki Operating
Ms. Sandra
Grossman Operating
Mrs. Lena
Haddock Operating
Memorial Gifts and Donations
Since May 1, 2013 (continued):
Name Fund In Memory:
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Harrison Operating
Mr. & Mrs. Billy J. Heath Operating
Ms. Marlene
Heth Operating
Dr. & Mrs. Morris R. Hill Operating
Mrs. Mary
Hodge Operating
Ms. Anna
Holt Operating
Ms. Kaye
Howe Operating
Ms. Sherry
Jackson Operating
Mr. & Mrs. Lee R. Johnson Operating
Mr. Robert
Allen Jones Operating
Mr. Tommy
Krueger Operating
Dr. & Mrs. Armando Lenis Operating
Mr. Jerry
Love Operating
Mr. Joseph
William Love III Operating
Mrs. Cathy
Luther Operating
Mrs. Donna
McClain Operating
Mrs. Elisabeth
Mosley Operating
Dr. & Mrs. T. Craig Nauert Operating
Ms. Violet
Palmer Operating
Ms. Joyce
Parker Operating
Mr. Samuel
Patterson Operating
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon A. Rampy Operating
Mr. Billy
J. Reynolds Operating
Ms. Nancy
Light Rogers Operating
Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Rucker Operating
Ms. Suzie
Russell Operating
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Sands Operating
Mr. Norbert
W. Schwertner Operating
Mr. Richard
E. Smith Operating
Ms. Ann
Brown Smith Operating
Ms. Carolyn
Stewart Operating
Mrs. Beverly
Strack Operating
Col (Ret) & Mrs. Jean Tarbutton Operating
Col. Herbie
R. Taylor Operating
Ms. Cheryl
Taylor Operating
Ms. Jean
Teal Operating
Lt. Col & Mrs. Tommie Thompson Operating
Ms. Cindy
Sparks Wiewel Operating
Mrs Virginia
Williams Operating
Mrs. Jane
Wilmer Operating
Ms. Dorothy
Yount Operating
Detach and Return With Donation.
Donations
may be made at any time by using the form below.
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Friends of the Cemetery Association
President –
Dr. Steven C. Ervin (947-8230)
Vice-President – MaryBelle Brown
Secretary
– Kate Wheeler
Treasurer
– Stephen Peters
Trustees: Terry Bergstrom, Apple Johnson,
Bill Kinnison, Elaine Ory, Bill Pinkston, Joe Pirtle
Committee Chairmen:
Lot
Sales - Bill Pinkston
(947-3372)
Maintenance
- Terry Bergstrom
Flags
– George Bryant
Hospitality
- Jean Westerberg
Historical
Research and Preservation - Bill Kinnison
Memorial
Day Service - Bill Kinnison
Security
- Chief Jack Hensley, Village of Salado.
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