This week features the historic Hollywood Cemetery dedicated in 1885. Among those interred here is one of the authors of “The Eyes of Texas” song and Henry Attwater for whom the endangered Attwater Prairie Chicken is named as well as Houston’s first librarian. We’ve also added the Old 1840 City Cemetery. Very little of it remains but it’s an interesting tale and is rumored to be haunted. We’ve added more Texas heroes to Founders’ Memorial Park and it is now complete.

Under Sidebars, we’re working on a new entry called Cemetery Definitions. Marks and I started talking about all the words and phrases that are unique to death, funerals, cemeteries and the meanings and derivations, and the list is enormous. We’ve posted about 75 entries and Marks is working on lots more. This sidebar also gives us the chance to share some of the photos we’ve taken around the world. The necropolis photo is from Aswan, Egypt. The sarcophagus is from Turkey.

There are many photographs in the Gravesites Gallery that don’t make it into the text, particularly with Hollywood Cemetery. Scroll down to the cemetery that interests you (they are in alphabetical order). Click on the photo to enlarge it,. I’m struggling with the previous – next button at the top of the page. My web guru is out of town right now. I’m sure it’s an easy fix but I find it easier to hit the back button on the menu bar (left of the web address) and move my curser to the next photo I want to see.

Thanks for your interest. Barbara

We have posted new information on the site. Under Historic Houston Cemeteries, you’ll find a new page for College Park Cemetery, one of the oldest and most historic Black cemeteries in Houston. Learn about Rev. Jack Yates, one of our cities most important leaders following emancipation and “Aunt” Lucy Waller. Under Glenwood, there are new listings from George R. Brown through Edward Hopkins Cushing.

There are 2 new Sidebars including a story about a Fake Cemetery and the Most Famous Cemetery Poem.

Our web guru, Rodney, is working to add a Search function so you can find where someone is buried by searching their name. As we post more cemeteries and interments, this should be really fun.

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We have posted new information on the site. Under Historic Houston Cemeteries: you’ll find a new page for St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, the oldest Catholic cemetery in the city. Under Founder’s Memorial Park, you’ll find new listings from Moses Brigham to Rebecca Lamar. Under Glenwood Cemetery, there are new listings from Doris Angleton to Mary Jane Harris Briscoe including one of my favorites:  Decimus et Ultimus Barziza.

We added a new Sidebar: Cemetery Iconography and Symbolism.

We have also added a subscription link so you can be sure you will not miss our updates and postings.

Thank you to those who have given us positive feedback. And especially thank you to those who have shared cemetery information with us. We welcome your comments and contributions.

We are working on College Park, one of Houston’s three oldest and most historic Black burying grounds as well several additional Sidebars including one about a fake cemetery.

Thank you for your continued support. Barbara & Marks Hinton