Second Quarter, 2021
Cemetery Report, Southeast Dallas County
by Marsha Leach
The RYLIE CEMETERY at 10377 Rylie Road is watched over by the Rylie Cemetery Association which was founded in 1962. They maintain the cemetery grounds through private donations, mostly from family descendants. The cemetery is protected by a chain link fence and is in good condition. The Texas Historical Commission placed a Texas Historical Site marker at the cemetery in 1993. Civil War veteran Hartwell Bolin Cox is buried here along with many of Rylie Prairie community’s earliest settlers and their descendants. (June 2021)
The exact locations of the MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH/HAYMARKET CEMETERY and the nearby AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY have been lost to history. They were located along Haymarket Road in the area of the Oak Grove Church and the Missionary Baptist Church. (June 2021)
The TRINITY CEMETERY at 501 N. Goode Road was in good condition. There is a black wrought iron fence at the entrance. (June 2021)
The GRAVEL SLOUGH CEMETERY is in a field on the north side Malloy Bridge Road, 0.1 mile west of Gravel Slough Road just west of Cottonwood Creek. It does not have a fence, but the cemetery is in good condition as of June 2021.
The PATRICK-PRUITT CEMETERY is about 0.3 mile down a private road that is next to the house at 457 Nokes Road. The land owner is S.O. Creek I, Ltd. The front part of the cemetery is mowed but the back half where the older graves are located has not been mowed as recently. There is a fence and a gate with the common cemetery arch with the name. (June 2021)
The TENNESSEE/WOLF SPRINGS CEMETERY on Wolff Springs Road may no longer exist, but we do know its former location. Frances James wrote about the cemetery in “Dallas County History – From the Ground Up Book II”. It is a very interesting story about the mistreatment of this cemetery. Fortunately, Frances included a picture of a map from the Public Works Section of Dallas County that shows the location of the cemetery. The land owner is S.O. Creek I, Ltd. (June 2021)
