As a designated Texas Historical Cemetery, there are many former Athens citizens and leaders of our community buried within its boundaries.The Athens Cemetery had its start when one acre of land was donated by Pleasant Tannehill as a burial spot for members of the Masonic Lodge. Athens Lodge No. 165 ...
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When the veterans' memorial was dedicated at our cemetery earlier this year, there was a good bitof conversation and speculation among attendees about the lone Union soldier shown in the Civil Warsection. How did he come to be buried in our cemetery? Where was he from? How did he end ...
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(From the 26 January 1928 issue of the Athens Weekly Review)“The following bit of history is given today, the data being furnished the Reviewby J. H. (Babe) Richardson of Poynor, who was a young man and who lived in Athens at the time written of in this article.According to Mr. ...
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(some humorous, some sad) Sometimes the personality of a person shines through in his will or on his tombstone. The following are excerpts from actual wills and tombstones. In his will, Alexander Spence left nothing to his wife "only allowing her now wearing apparel for her paraphernalia. " In other words, he ...
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(AS PROVIDED BY THE ATHENS WEEKLY REVIEW)Athens Weekly Review, March 22. 1917 "The Athens Cemetery Association met on Wednesday, March 14th at 4 p.m. in the city courtroom at the courthouse. A goodly number of ladies were present and everyone seemed enthusiastic and ready to cooperate with any plans or ways ...
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