CARPENTER CEMETERY, BOWIE COUNTY TX

CARPENTER
CEMETERY/

CARPENTER CHAPEL
(AFRICAN AMERICAN)
SUBMITTED BY BILL & BETTY SHARP

Do not copy to put on another web site.

We have information in our cemeteries that is from researching, not just from walking the cemetery, and there may not be a stone so it will be easy to prove they were copied. The cemeteries are here for researching and personal use only not for submitting to other web pages. This is hard work of volunteers. We have the locations of the cemeteries if you would like to walk it and get your own listing.

Listing & photo's sent in by Bill & Betty Sharp unless noted. * was used when other records showed burial in this cemetery & no stone was found. Other photos taken by Anna Brett marked with (AB)

North of Nash, Bowie County Texas

From Texarkana go west on I-30 to FM Road 989 and turn right or north and go for about 3 miles and the cemetery will be on your left or north side of the road. On 21 September 1992, Chris Shumake organized his Boy Scout Troop 16 and cleaned this cemetery and put up a sign for his Eagle Scout Project. This cemetery was cleaned again on September 21, 2003, by Matt Vaughn with a large crew he organized to help him for his Eagle Scout Project. A new sign and entrance fence has also been added. There are as many unmarked graves or more that have markers. All visible markers were copied and pictures were taken by Betty and Bill Sharp September 2003.

To see Matt Vaughn & his father Mike at the sign after clean up click here.

A picture of the sign that was replaced.

OLD CARPENTER SIGN

On the back of the sign it has Eagle Project and also Troop 16 Chris Shumake 9/21/1996, Matt Vaughn 9/21/2003. For a view of the back of sign click here.

For a view of the cemetery after clean up click here.

Entrance to Cem. click here. (AB)

BEFORE CLEAN UP CLICK HERE

I stared in disbelief today (8/7/2004) when a friend and I stopped by to take a look at Carpenter Cemetery on FM 989, north of Nash. Just about a year ago the cemetery was cleared for an Eagle Scout project and it looked really great as the pictures on this site have depicted since that time.

I am submitting to you a few pictures that were taken today and ask that they be placed on the website. These people, so respectfully placed to rest many years ago, are once again lost in the jungle of underbrush.

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