Watts, W. R. The Naples Monitor. (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1928
Cemetery Lore and Laws
Notes and findings from cemetery and genealogy research
Cemeteries are fascinating places. They are places where humanity tries to hold on to eternity one last time here on Earth. Grave markers seem permanent. They carry words and ideas of hope. But they age. They crumble.
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Thoughts on symbolism
Stephen F. Austin University published this little book about cemetery symbols and their meanings.
Creekmore Cemetery contains several examples of grave symbolism. My favorite is the girl clinging to the cross on Alice May Ray’s tombstone: Jesus is our hope and salvation.
Our Soldiers
Military markers at Creekmore Cemetery
George Washington Hass and Henry J. Hass
George and Henry were sons of the Henry J. Hass who owned the property where Creekmore Cemetery was established as the Hass Family Graveyard. Although he has no gravestone, Hass was probably the first person to be buried at what is now Creekmore, requesting in his will that he be buried in his orchard.
When the Civil War started, Henry’s sons George and Henry joined to fight with the Confederacy.
George Washington joined the 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment in February 1862 and died June 28, 1862 in Priceville, Mississippi (left).
Henry joined the 1st Regiment Texas Infantry Company D in 1861. Henry died in a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1864 after being mortally wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness (right). Henry had been in multiple battles and had been wounded at least three times.
Although George and Henry Hass are buried with their fellow soldiers, they are still our people.
