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[Newspaper Clipping: Photograph of the Graveside Service at Willow Wild]

Description: Newspaper clipping about a photograph displaying Former Presidents Dwight D, Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman and President John F. Kennedy, at graveside service, for Sam Rayburn. There are group of people standing with the Presidents at graveside in Willow Wild cemetery. On the back of the clipping are short articles on sports scores.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Newspaper Clipping: Presidents Pay Final Tribute]

Description: Newspaper clipping about President John F. Kennedy, Former President Harry S. Truman, Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower sitting together Sam Rayburn's interment services. Sam Rayburn served as Speaker of the House for all three Presidents. On the back of the clipping are two advertisements and a few articles.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Photograph of Grave Marker]

Description: Photograph of a grave marker in a graveyard among other grave markers. There is no text on the marker. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Polk Co., Texas."
Date: June 9, 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Richard C. Smith]

Description: Portrait of Richard C. Smith as a young boy, sitting on the edge of an ornate wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Richard C. Smith, 1888-1936, Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas."
Date: 1895~
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. In the group of markers in the left half of the photo are Richard Coke, Dr. David Richard Wallace, and the Edwin A. Sturgis family. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. Fritz Schulz in Hamilton County, Texas and is mostly illegible.
Date: 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Texas Cotton Palace]

Description: Postcard of the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas at night, the building outlined with small colored lights. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Fred Setchell in Canaan, Maine, and says "Dear Ross. I am at McGregor visiting Tina. Yesterday we spent all day in Waco. Went out to Oakwood to visit the little grave. Twenty-five years this month. The afternoon at Cotton Palace. Such a crowd. Will return home tonight. With great deal of love to all. From Aunt Effa."
Date: November 10, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Cluster of Crosses with Flowers]

Description: Photograph of a group of crosses with one large cross in the back. This is a marker for the grave site of Henry Clay, Jr. who died February 4, 1919. The back of the photo reads: 'In loving memory of one of my den boys who passed to the Higher Life February 4, 1919. Evacuation Hospital 6 U.S. Army. Coblenz, Germany Lord knoweth best."
Date: May 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr.'s Grave]

Description: Photograph of Henry Clay, Jr.'s grave site in Koblenz, Germany. A woman is standing over his grave with a flower in her hand. His grave stone can be seen in the foreground of the photo. The back of the photo reads: "Memorial Day A. E. F. Cemetery Germany 1919."
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Photograph of Grave Marker]

Description: Photograph of a grave marker for an unidentified person, with several other grave markers visible in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Polk County, Texas."
Date: June 9, 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Funeral Notice for Robert H. Thomason]

Description: Funeral notice for Robert H. Thomason, who died of "congestion of the brain" at 37 years old. The notice invites friends and acquaintances to his funeral and burial at Odd Fellow's Cemetery on South First Street in Waco, Texas.
Date: July 16, 1884
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cemetery Dedication from W. H. Bonnell to his Daughters Helen and Ethel]

Description: Cemetery dedication from W. H. Bonnell to his daughters Ethel and Helen. According to the document, Bonnell wishes to "have the said plot of ground dedicated by me and set apart for the purposes of a burial ground for the parents of grantor" paid for by Ethel and Helen for $1. He wants to have a plot of one half acre with the graves of his parents placed in the center.
Date: June 17, 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

[Deed of the Center Point Cemetery Association to W. H. Bonnell]

Description: Deed from the Center Point Cemetery Association to W. H. Bonnell who is buying a plot for $1 and "valuable considerations." The document acknowledges that Bonnell will have and hold these possessions forever and adhere to "all the Rules and Regulations of the said Cemetery Association."
Date: June 24, 1931
Creator: Leavell, W. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

Walker County, Texas Cemeteries: Volume 3

Description: List of markers in Walker County cemeteries in Huntsville, Texas, including the Oakwood, Adickes, Mayes, St. Stephen's Columbarium, Captain Joe Byrd, Wynne Farm, and Goree Farm. Each entry includes the name, birth and death dates, plot number, and any additional information known. Some historical and supplemental information is also included about the cemeteries and families. An index to names starts on page 159.
Date: 2007
Creator: Walker County Genealogical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: None
Partner: Walker County Genealogical Society

[Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas]

Description: Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas, showing the arched entryway. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Mr. Otis J. Paul in Montgomery, Michigan and says, "Dear Father, Mother. We are all well and happy and getting along fine. How are you? It is fine out here, will write a letter to. By. Bye. With love from your loving sons Guy, Carl."
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Paul, Guy & Paul, Carl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.539309 -97.112328
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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