Texas State Cemetery - January 21st, 2017
Visit the Texas State Cemetery between 7th & 11th, Navasota & Comal Streets
State Highway 165 is an official highway and the shortest in Texas
Look toward Monument Hill over the pond split by State Hi-165
Look back over the pond toward the Visitor Center entrance
Chris Kyle, SEAL Team 3, American Sniper, The Devil of Ramadi
James Street, QB of the 1969 national champion Texas Longhorns
Wally Pryor, the voice of Texas Longhorn Athletics for 5 decades
Texas Longhorn Coach DKR (1957-1976) won 3 national championships
Judge Andy Mireles of the 73rd Judicial District & TX Senator Frank Madla
The Ty Cobb of the Negro leagues developed the first batting helmet
Harley Clark introduced the famous Hook 'Em Horns hand sign to UT in 1955
Cactus Pryor, Texas radio icon & movie star (Hellfighters, The Green Berets)
Both the Millsap's and Melton's are prepared! Neither husbands (TX Reps) or wives are deceased yet both have monuments ready and in place
Elton Hutchison was a US Rep, Kay (still kicking today) was a US Senator
Tom Landry played FB & DB for the Texas Longhorns, 1948-49
Fought for Texas Independence & formed the 1st Texas Ranger Company
John Connally (1917-93) was Governor of Texas (1963-69)
Preston Smith (1912-2003) was Governor of Texas (1969-73)
Jake Pickle served 31 years in LBJ's congressional seat
Ben Bryant fought at the Battle of San Jacinto
Hardin Runnels (1820-1873) was a US Rep, Lt. Gov. & Governor of TX
A woman of firsts and known for her eloquence and persuasiveness
Edmund Davis, a reconstructionist judge, and the most hated man in Texas
Lt. Gov Bullock made the Cemetery a fit final resting place for notable Texans
Wildcat Morrell was a traveling Baptist preacher & Republic of TX Veteran
Shivers had Eisenhower promise tideland oil & gas revenue back to the state
Gov. Moody was a reformer and progressive in the 1920s & 30s
The Father of Texas brought the first 300 families to Texas
Austin was buried in Peach Point, TX but moved to Austin 60 years later
Cenataph to Survivor of the Battle of the Alamo, she is buried at Oakwood
Claude Teer was a TX Rep. and served on several TX Commissions
A.J. Houston was a US Marshall and US Senator
Pa & Ma Ferguson, Pa was impeached and Ma was elected in his place
Judge Alexander, TX Rep Weddington & TX Senator Wirtz
TX Rep. Wagonseller, Judge Garcia and Governor Bell rest side by side
If you plan to rest in the Texas State Cemetery, a large headstone is a must and try to make it stand out from the rest
Smilin' Ralph Yarborough was US Senator during the 1960s
This Bob Barker was secretary of the TX Senate for nine sessions
Webb wrote the Handbook of Texas, Texas Rangers a Century of Frontier Defense & others - Gipson wrote Old Yeller and other novels
Judge McClendon ruled against Heman Sweatt for entry to the UT Law School
Cheers to this soldier, lawyer, judge & influential opponent of Prohibition
Hightower was a State Rep. and Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Troutman sewed the first Texas flag, destroyed at Goliad with those executed
Wharton led Terry's Texas Rangers after Col. Terry & Lubbock's death.
He quarreled over military matters & slapped fellow officer George W. Baylor's face, calling him a liar, whereupon Baylor drew his revolver and shot him. Baylor was acquitted in 1868 and said the incident was a lifelong sorrow.
Wharton fought at Shiloh, Chickamauga and the Red River campaign
Bacon served in the 1st Texas Lancers during the Civil War
Col. James Johnson served in the US Army 1985-2003
CSA General Albert Sydney Johnson died at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862
Buried in New Orleans but moved to TX State Cemetery in 1867
Daughters of the Republic of Texas commissioned this monument in 1903
Considered one of the greatest generals born in the United States
Cenotaph of of Texas founding father Jose Antonio Navarro, buried in SA
2200 Confederates and their spouses are buried in the Confederate Field
Many notable Texans rest in peace around Stephen F. Austin including Texas Senator & U.S. Rep. William Patman
Joseph Miller landed on Utah Beach & designed the Columbia license plate
Trammell Crow of Dallas was America's greatest real estate developer
Judge Pete Perez, of the 372nd Judicial District of Texas
Roy Barrera earned his Eagle Scout from San Antonio's Troop 52 in 1938
The Longhorns DKR, Wally Pryor, James Street and Chris Kyle with the cemetery main entrance in the background
George O'Brien, Medal of Honor winner in Korea with wife, Sandra
Mo MOH: James Logan, Robert Galer, Joseph Rodriguez & Jack Lummus
Cenotaph to David McNerney who won the MOH in Vietnam
Monument to WWII battles and the final victory dates over Germany & Japan
All nine men from the small town of Praha died within a year in WWII
Gold Star Mothers (lost a child in combat) memorial was erected in 2001
Memorial dedicated to the Texans who served in the Vietnam War
Doug (TX St Rep) and Joan McLeod - 20th Century Texans to the Core
Memorial erected to the Texans who have won the Medal of Honor
Displaying MOH winner's name, their branch of service & war served
Erected in 1999, the large pink obelisk displays more Army recipients
Joseph Rodriguez & Jack Lummus (above) are honored with cenotaphs
Looking west toward the visitor center entrance off Navasota Street
Cenotaph to Tom Christian (grandson of Stonewall Jackson) lost in action
View of Monument Hill Section 1 looking toward Comal Street
Ken Towery, a 3.5 year POW from Corregidor, lived to be 93 years old
Cenotaph to Dr. Gaston, CSA Major and TX State Rep in the 1870's
Cenotaph to Pinky Wilson who wrote the Aggie War Hymn in France, 1918
Alfred Dula shot down an enemy airplane during the attack on Pearl Harbor
Alfred shook life like a terrier shaking a rat!
Murray was President of Texas Tech and added the Med & Law schools
September 11th Memorial to those who died in the 2001 attacks
World Trade Center beams surrounded by a timeline of events of the day
Renown sculptor artist Joseph Priour (1949-2011)
The visitor center within the cemetery entrance is closed on weekends but the pond waterfall still looks awesome
Body found in the 1686 shipwreck of Belle from La Salle's expedition
TSDAR Patriot Monument to Texans who fought in the American Revolution
Monument to the 52 Blacks in the TX Legislature during Reconstruction
A wonderful day but we'll be back to visit Gene Cernan in the near future