Location: Guedry-Gedry Bateson Prairie Baptist Church Cemetery. sign spelling [USGS errors in spelling]Rootsweb: “Thorson-Gully—GNIS map.” Gedry/Geudry Cemetery - Recorded: HARD0l; Geudry #2 Cemetery — Recorded: HARD0l—Parsons. M. Wright (1976), map 2, as “ Hwy 105 corridor, West. Large fenced, well kept, Batson Prairie Baptist Church. Guedry Association, Batson, TX 77519. About 800 marked graves, earliest about 1902. Vets: WWI and WWII; Spanish American War; VFW marker; Scotland, RAF; WoW; Masonic emblems. Index.” Tx Funeral Serv.: PO Box 503, Batson, TX 77519. [Just W of downtown Batson. Off Hwy 770, small access rd. turns S, also N off CR 162, small access road to church and cem.]THC Site visit 10/22/03: Very large mostly fenced cemetery surrounding large church and hall. Paved access roads. Diversity of formal and large markers, some informal, a few fieldstones. Abundance of floral and decorative grave materials. Surrounding area rural residential, pasture and wooded areas. Brick entryways, sign. Approx 19.4 acres. GPS 30.12.54.02143N –94.36.10.44102W Quad 3094-214.
To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the
Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.
The Historic
Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by
recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent
to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic
Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.
A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition
for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s
presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or
agency may submit a request for designation.