Myrtle Springs Cemetery

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Submitted by Shirley Vaughn Parker and
Scott Fitzgerald - scottfitzgerald@tyler.net 
East Texas Genealogical Society, 1st Vice-President 22 Feb 2007

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Elkhart Myrtle Springs Cemetery

History:

Elkhart Myrtle Springs in South Anderson County is located between expansive
hay fields and East Texas forests. From 1898 until 1955 there was a school
across the road from the cemetery. People who attended school there in the
30’s and 40’s could remember funerals and graves in the cemetery. In
photographing the cemetery I discovered several mounds without markers.
According to an older survey there are many plots marked only with a stone,
bricks, or concrete block. Also there are funeral home markers that are no
longer readable. Another survey said there were twenty unmarked graves with
no indication of a grave.

Location:

From Palestine turn from Loop 256 onto Farm Market Road 322 South toward
Lakeview. Continue past the intersection of Farm Market 294 until Farm Road
322 comes to a stop sign and makes a 90 degree left turn where marker on
right will direct to Myrtle Springs Cemetery on a blacktop just a short
distance. The cemetery is enclosed in chain link fence and is well cared
for.

Meetings:

On the last Saturday in April the members meet in the covered area to picnic
and take care of business. If the weather is too bad for an outside meeting,
they meet at a church close to Redtown.