Location: JP-C063 Evergreen Cemetery,JCHS lists as Wright #3N. Main, west side, across from City Cemetery in Jasper. 3094-444 A Reference to Texas Cemetery Records Kim Parsons (1988); rootsweb.com, Jasper County, Texas Cemeteries Mildred S. Wright (1976); www.historictexas.net/cemeteries/index.htmlTHC site visit MB 9/02/04: Jasper, Tx, N Main at Morris, just W of US 96, aka Wheeler. Eestablished by Stringer Funeral Home in 1950 for reinterments of local soldiers killed in WWII and Korea Continues to be maintained by Stringer Funeral Home. Large fenced formal site. Brick entryways, paved internal roads. Considerable diversity of formal markers over time, including vaults, obelisks, Veteran memorial. Mausoleum. Recent annex to E. Adjacent to residential area. Across Main St. from Memorial Cem. and from the much older City Cem aka Ladies Civic Club Cem (white). Abundant floral and decorative grave materials. Marker shrubs of Nandina and Irises, Roses, Lillies, seasonal flowers. US veterans, Masonic. Approx 7.20 acres. GPS 30.55.53.25237N –93.59.58.41258WQuad 394-444Low risk endangerment, perpetual care, still in use, fenced, maintained, on map, on road.
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.