Cemeteries
Name of Cemetery | aka | Location/Misc. | Links to Burials |
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Auto Cemetery | Phillips | Take North Highway 87 turn west on West County Road 40, go two miles and turn right on North County Road 17. The cemetery is about a mile down the road on the left. There are only three graves | |
Bethel Cemetery | Luther Baptist | Luther | |
Coahoma Cemetery | Located south of the town of Coahoma on Midway Rd. | partial survey | |
Gilstrap Family Cemetery | Private | ||
Luther Baptist Cemetery | Bethel | ||
Moore Community Cemetery | All graves completely obscured by blow sand and mesquite trees. Located 5 miles north of Big Spring, off Hwy. 87. To get to the cemetery go west 1 mile past the cotton gins. | ||
Mount Olive Cemetery | 432-264-2385, The Masonic Lodge (1884) and the Independent Order of Oddfellows (1897) created the cemetery north of Big Spring. Located .2 of a mile off I-20 on the Snyder Highway, the cemetery covers 45 acres. Approx. 8850 people had been buried there as of the last survey-1981. These days there are about 13,000 | 1981 partial survey
Mt. Olive Cemetery by City of Big Spring |
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Phillips Cemetery | Auto | ||
Salem Cemetery | Located on N. Salem Road, 4 miles from the I-20 exit. Samuel D. Buchanan gave two acres for the cemetery before 1910. | 1981 Survey | |
State Hospital Cemetery (Confidential) | Located on the grounds of Big Spring State Hospital (established in 1938), there are approx. 256 graves and 25 unmarked graves, as of the last survey (1981) | ||
Trinity Memorial Park | (432-267-8243) - Established in 1950, the cemetery is located 7 1/2 miles south of Big Spring on Highway 87, and covers 66 acres. Approx. 3,000 graves as of the last survey (1981). They now have approx. 7778 burials. | partial survey in the USGenWeb Archives | |
Vealmoor Cemetery | Located 2 miles south of Vealmoor on FM 1584. Mrs. Mae Zant donated four acres in 1930. | 1981 Survey | |
Vincent | Located 1 mile west, then 1 mile north of the town of Vincent. Will W. Guffey bought the land and gave it for a cemetery. J.A. Shafer later gave more land. | 1981 Survey
partial survey in USGenWeb Archives |