Cemeteries | Red River Historian

Sand Branch, or Simonds Precinct Cemetery, in Dallas County

The Simonds Precinct cemetery is known called to its families as "Sand Branch."

D-Day Death in Cooke County

Sgt. Roy Speake died early in the morning on D-Day, June 6, 1944 during the invasion of Normandy, and is now buried in Cooke County, Texas.

Showman's Rest

Hugo's Mount Olivet Cemetery is home to Showman's Rest section, where circus folk go to get buried.

The Old Paris Cemeteries

Paris, Texas has several inactive, old cemeteries within its city limits.

Machine Gun Kelley, the Kidnapper

Infamous bandit Machine Gun Kelley is buried here inside his wife Kathryn's family's plot in Wise County, Texas.

Great War Soldier in a Segregated Cemetery in Bonham, Texas

Alvin Reeves, a Great War soldier, is buried in the segregated portion of Gates Hill Cemetery in Bonham, Texas.

Willis, Marshall County, Oklahoma: An Erased Town

The Willis Cemetery sits just off US 377 north of Lake Texoma in Marshall County, Oklahoma.

Death Divided: Segregation Cemeteries in the Red River Valley

The Red River Valley of the South still contains the remnants of segregation inside many of its cemeteries.