DIRECTIONS - TAKE HWY 84 EAST OUT OF MEXIA , TX. . , 2
2/10 MILES FROM CITY LIMITS ON HWY 84 OUT OF MEXIA,TX. AT APROX. 9 / 10 OF
A MILE PAST THE ROADSIDE PARK, TURN LEFT ON ROAD BESIDE THE FRUIT
STAND AND WARREN TANK COMPANY (ALSO FETTERS WELDING BUILDINGS) GO
DOWN THIS ROAD APROX. 3/10 OF A MILE . ROAD TWIST AND CURVES.
CEMETARY WILL BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE , AFTER YOU DRIVE IN THE DRIVE WAY .
ENTER GATE AND VEER TO LEFT & CENTER OF BACK PART OF THE
CEMETARY. ( DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY BOB SELVIDGE )
INSCRIPTION SHOWS - C.W. SELVIDGE
( HIS FIRST NAME WAS CHARLES)
BORN SEPT 4TH 1860
DIED JUNE 4 TH 1901
ERECTED BY " WOODMEN OF THE WORLD "
" He died as he lived : a Christian,
and made home happy. "
DISCRIPTION : TOMBSTONE IS APROX. 5 TO 6 FEET IN
HEIGHT, CARVED OUT OF GRANITE.
PUT THERE BY " WOODMEN OF THE WORLD " . MONUMENT IS SHAPED IN FORM OF A
LARGE OAK WITH ALL OF THE BARK ON THE STUMP.
TO THE LEFT IS HIS WIFE -
ELLIE L. ( SELVIDGE ) SCROGGINS
1872 - 1961
( SHE REMARRIED AFTER HE DIED )