Wilbarger County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Ronda Cemetery Tombstone Photos
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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Richard Talley ktally@yahoo.com April 2003

Cemetery:           Ronda Cemetery

The cemetery is located at 33° 56 ' 15" N. Lat, 98° 59' 30" W. Long.  Take U.S. 287 S from Vernon to Electra. 
Then take Texas 25 S for about 1.2 miles to Farm Road 1811. Turn right and go about 7 miles to the intersection of 
F. R. 2326. Turn left and go 2.5 miles. The cemetery is on your left but not readily visible so track your mileage.

Photos can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/wilbarger/cemph/ronda/
File Name:		Description

entrance.jpg	Ronda Cemetery Gate 
cemview.jpg 	View across cemetery As you can see, the cemetery is now overrun  with cactus and other prickely plants.   
		Most of the headstones are gone; the few remaining are knocked over.   Person in picture is approximately
		two-thirds of the way across cemetery. 
brownw.jpg	William Y. Brown above the Masonic symbol is the message "dear husband we'll meet again" 
		born in Fulton Co, GA Jan. 7, 1830 died [this part was unreadable so we felt the text; info may 
		be incorrect] July 6, 1884 [at bottom of picture you can just see the start of the following poem 
		inscribed] Rest dear father in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep and here their heartfelt 
		offerings bring and near thy grave thy requiem sing  Decatur