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Weldon Cemetery

, Houston County

Marker Text

The Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (later Champion Lumber Company) donated four acres of land at this site to the people of the Weldon Community for a cemetery in 1912. The first persons buried here that year were one-year-old Louise Driskell and her two-year-old brother, Leo, both victims of diphtheria. Among the graves are those of area pioneers and their descendants, as well as veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The Weldon Civic Club and a cemetery association care for the historic graveyard.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 12.5 miles south of Lovelady on FM230, then east 1 mile on CR 3575
Marker # 11066
Dedicated 1990
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude 31.023216, -95.559704

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