Val Verde Co., TX - Cemeteries - Juno Cemetery *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Christina Tevington Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** Juno Cemetery Notes by David Beard and Kati Tevington - May 6, 2002 David Beard and Christina Tevington- September 1, 2003. During the 2003 the headstones identified as (X), (Y), & (Z) were not evident. It is possible that debris piled up from flooding could have covered these locations. The site consists of several clusters of markers with several hundred yards between them. There are many trees, extremely large cactus and thorn bushes in between. Many of these clusters are not visible from the other clusters due to vegetation, land elevations/ slopes and distance. There may be many more graves in the Juno cemetery that are undetectable. No part of the cemetery is visible from the road. 1. Earwood area: E.A. Earwood and his son Thomas Cyle Earwood’s graves lie in an iron fenced enclosure big enough for two head-foot graves. Iron fence by The Stewart Iron Works Cincinnati Ohio. A. E.A. Earwood (12) June 5, 1843 Jan. 29, 1910 “Though lost to sight, To memory dear.” (Base of monument: EARWOOD) (Footstone: E.A.E.) B. Thomas Cyle (13) Earwood July 21, 1868 Aug. 26, 1912 “Thy will be done.” (Base of monument: EARWOOD) (Footstone: T.C.E.) Mary (McGonagill) Earwood’s grave lies just outside the iron fenced enclosure and beside that of her husband E.A. Earwood. C. Mary Earwood (14) Wife of E.A. Earwood May 24 1846 March 29 1921 “Rest Mother Rest in Quiet Sleep While Friends in Sorrow Oér Thee Weep” (Monument is the same size and style as E.A.’s and Thomas Cyle’s, but has no writing on the base.) (No footstone) 2. Near the Earwood area: Outside the Earwood iron fenced enclosure and at the foot of E.A.’s grave: A. In loving remembrance of Charley Dissler (15) Born Dec 23, 1848 Died Oct 26, 1909 Parallel to the Earwood enclosure beginning near E.A.’s grave and moving toward the road: A. Walter Boyd Franks (16) July 8, 1898 Jan. 5, 1912 B. Iron fenced enclosure big enough for one grave. No headstone or marker. (17) C. Bettie Brotherton (18) Aug. 22, 1898 Dec. 24, 1918 3. Further toward the road: A. Joe Ratliff (X) B. Concrete marker, “Ratliff” (Y) 4. Further toward the road: A. Ella Augustine Dixon (19) Oct. 13 1909 Dec. 22 1911 5. Further toward the road: A. Old-appearing obelisk shaped gravestone at the base of a tree: (There is more writing on the stone. Access is difficult due to heavy brush.) (Z) R.I.P. Rodriguez 6. Around the same distance from the road as the Rodriguez marker, but under a different (juniper) tree: a. La Nina Maria Enriqueta Rivera (10) Nacio el dia 15 de Julio De 1907 Sus Padres Ysidro Rivera Eugena C. de Rivera 7. Metal cross with no label. (11) 8. Metal cross with no label (9) 9. Bendele Section: This section is the closest area to the road: There is a heavy iron fence enclosed area with several graves. In addition to listed graves, there appears to be at least 1 unmarked grave, and may well be more as there is room for more. There is a large flat rectangle of concrete with “BENDELE” the letters marked with pebbles. A. Mary Jo (Petsy) Sutton (2) Oct 12 1957 Jan 23 1985 “Loving Daughter and Sister of tender heart and generous Spirit” (There is a photograph of Mary Jo Sutton permanently on the marker near the name.) B. Benjamin Bendele (3) 5 _5_ 1926 4_ 2_1942 “In loving memory Eloyed and family” C. Nellie (5) Herman (6) Bendele Bendele 1_ 21_ 1901 8_ 29_ 1896 2_ 24_ 1980 “In loving memory Eloyed and family” There is one monument with both names side by side. The dates are engraved with spaces, but no slashes. This is represented by the underscore _ above. D. Annie Mae Bendele Evans (1) “Sweet pea” 1/18/1932 – 10/17/2002 E. ?NNECA V. BENDELE (4) 12/1/1910 – 9/30/1994 (Metal funeral home marker with typed note card. The first part of name was unreadable.) F. Two metal funeral home markers shaped like crosses without note cards. Both placed in the right corner of Bendele section touching each other at 45-degree angle. (7)(8)