Bill Text: TX SR684 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
88R33004 BPG-D | ||
By: Hughes | S.R. No. 684 |
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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 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby commemorate the dedication of the Official Texas Historical | ||
Marker for Mason Cemetery and commend all those involved in | ||
securing this recognition. |