Oak Rest Cemetery Partial

 Bandera Co., Cemeteries of Tx

Photos by Kelli Smythe
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History: Originally called the Baker Cemetery, the First grave was that of Mr. John B. Baker who died in 1906. The second person (and first lady) to be buried was M.I. (Molly Isabell Dodson) Caton who died Mar 17, 1914.

Location: From Bandera, Texas, take Hwy 16 E for 8 mi to Pipe Creek, then take Hwy 1283 SW for 1 mi. Cemetery will be on the East side of the road.  

Sorry, only partial cemetery inscriptions not available to us at this time.

 

Brook, Wilson Banta, 1897, 1988, PFC US Army WWI

Collins, James C. Jr., Aug. 24, 1892, Feb. 21, 1979
Collins, Veron Virginia, Jan. 16, 1899, Dec. 14, 1992

Collins, James Charleton, Aug. 24, 1892, Feb. 21, 1979, Wagr US Army WWI

Collins, James C., Feb. 9, 1847, May 14, 1926, Father
Collins, Barbara, Dec. 9, 1863, Dec. 5, 1957, Mother

Coose, Lorena Mayfield, Oct. 26, 1903, Jul. 10, 1976

Mayfield, Daisy B., Nov. 8, 1905, Feb. 27, 1979

Keese, James F. Jim, June 27, 1908, Feb. 11, 1994, m. June 27, 1930
Keese, Eva Grace, Mar. 7, 1912, no date, m. June 27, 1930

Finney, Thomas Keese, Feb. 3, 1899, Apr. 8, 1985
Finney, Dulcie Phillip, Feb. 26, 1898, Oct. 12, 1987

Banta, Brook W., Aug. 22, 1897, Apr. 21, 1988, Faher
Banta, Gladys R., Oct. 8, 1899, Jan. 20, 1998, Mother

Mayfield, Claude Morriss, Oct. 12, 1891, Oct. 6, 1956

Mayfield, Walter B., Feb. 13, 1901, Aug.30, 1979

Mayfield, Thomas Truett, Jul. 20, 1935, Feb. 27, 1965

Mayfield, Clement S., Dec. 11, 1893, Jul. 22, 1938, Texas, Pvt 55 Inf 7 Div.