Historical Marker

Joe H. Newcomer

Historical marker location:
Medina, Texas
( In Oak Rest Cemetery; from Medina, take Highway 16 about .75 miles north to cemetery.)
Marker installed: 1968

Special Texas Ranger, Deputy Sheriff, Justice of Peace, Bandera County. World War II shipboard security officer for chemical company. Also Uvalde alderman, county clerk, chief of police. Member Internationl Association of Chiefs of Police. President Texas Chapter, F.B.I. National Academy Associates. A founder and president Southwest Texas Peace Officers Association. Married first Mary Etta McCain; second, Avis W. Adcock.

Recorded, 1968.