Bill Text: TX SR684 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 684

Bill Title: Recognizing the dedication of the Official Texas Historical Marker for Mason Cemetery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR684 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SR684-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 684
	WHEREAS, Residents of Smith County are gathering at Mason
	Cemetery on June 4, 2023, for the dedication of an Official Texas
	Historical Marker from the Texas Historical Commission; and
	WHEREAS, In 2019, the commission named the burial ground a
	Historic Texas Cemetery; further documentation was provided to
	the commission, including photographs, maps, research, and
	written documented accounts, in order to qualify for this even
	more prestigious designation affirming the graveyard's
	significance in Texas history; and
	WHEREAS, The cemetery was established by early pioneers
	who settled in southeastern Smith County, and the oldest recorded
	headstone dates back to 1855; it served the community known as
	Canton, then Omen, and in modern times, Arp; through the years,
	it has expanded to make room for 1,800 marked graves; and
	WHEREAS, Among those buried in the cemetery in the 19th
	century are some members of the extended Mason family, as well as
	Civil War veterans; the tombstones also reflect associations
	with the Woodmen of the World, the Masons, and the Order of the
	Eastern Star; and
	WHEREAS, For more than 150 years, Mason Cemetery has served
	as a final resting place for the tenacious men and women who
	braved many hardships to forge a community, and this marker is a
	fitting tribute to the perseverance of those early settlers as
	well as to the contributions of all those who are interred there;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, hereby commemorate the dedication of the Official
	Texas Historical Marker for Mason Cemetery and commend all those
	involved in securing this recognition.

	Hughes



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on May 26, 2023.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



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		Member, Texas Senate