Friday, June 12, 2009

Starrville Cemetery Meeting, Smith Co. TX 6/14/09

From Tyler Morning News, June 12, 2009, Page 3B:

“Starrville Cemetery Annual Meeting Set Sunday

Starrville Cemetery Association's annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday [June 14, 2009] at the cemetery, event spokesperson Rosemary Brizendine said.

The Capt. William Barron Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, will participate in the meeting on Flag Day, at the historic Starrville Cemetery, located on FM 757.

Chapter members will be dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms, will post the Colors, and Color Guard Commander Tommy Copeland will give a presentation on the history of the American Flag, Ms. Brizendine said.

Meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. A brief business meeting will immediately follow the SAR presentation.

Those who plan to attend should bring chairs.

For more information, contact Jill Howard at 903- 618-9592.”

Transcriptions of the cemetery:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/smith/cemetery/starrville.txt
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/smith/cemetery/strvilup.txt

Some photos of the cemetery:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/smith/tsphotos/cems-s.html#NE19

Other photos of the cemetery (Watch out for URL wrapping):
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1034868&CScn=starrville&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2731&

Map to cemetery:
http://usgwarchives.net/tx/smith/cemeteries/northeas/bk5-map4.html#anchor94311

Information on Starrville, Texas:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/hns80.html

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