Historical Marker
Lyles-Sanders Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Mt. Enterprise, Texas
( From Mt. Enterprise, Tx, proceed West 4.9 miles turn Right on CR 3227, then go .4 miles on CR3206, then .9miles and turn Right on CR 3166 go .1 mile to Lyles-Sanders Cemetery on the left.)
Marker installed: 2010
ORIGINALLY SERVING THE LYLES AND SANDERS FAMILIES, THIS BURIAL GROUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1860, WHEN INFANT SUSAN LYLES WAS INTERRED HERE. BY 1899, INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE THE FAMILY, LIVING IN COMMUNITIES LIKE IRON MOUNTAIN, GOULD, SULPHER SPRINGS, OAK FLAT, AND GLEN FAWN, BEGAN USING THE BURIAL GROUND. THIS PROPERTY WAS OFFICIALLY DONATED FOR CEMETERY USE IN 1923, AND ANOTHER ACRE WAS ADDED IN 1977. THE CEMETERY FEATURES A WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MONUMENT, VERTICAL STONES AND OBELISKS. INTERMENTS INCLUDE VETERANS OF CONFLICTS DATING TO THE CIVIL WAR. NOWADAYS, LYLES-SANDERS CEMETERY CONTINUES TO SERVE THE AREA, WHILE REMAINING A CHRONICLE OF SOUTHERN RUSK COUNTY PIONEERS.