Marlow Cemetery

06/30/2025

Annual Meeting of
Marlow Cemetery Foundation
P.O. Box 485
Cameron, Tx 76520
254-482-0908
Email: [email protected]

June 2025

Dear Members & Guests:

Welcome to our annual homecoming for the Marlow Cemetery Foundation. This is a gathering of families and friends who have loved ones interred in our beloved cemetery. The Homecoming will be held on Sunday July 13, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marlow Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 1794 County Road 229 Cameron, Texas.

A brief business meeting will be conducted prior to enjoying a potluck luncheon. We ask each family to bring your favorite family dishes to enjoy. Bread, tea, plates, and tableware will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there.

The business meeting will consist of Financial Report, Cemetery Projects, Election of Board Members, Memorials, and Open Discussion. Board terms expiring are Linda Pittman, Jeannie Williford, and Steven Perrone. All of them are willing to serve another term. If you wish to nominate someone to serve, nominations will be accepted at the meeting. You must be a member of the Foundation to serve.

PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS FOR DONATIONS We greatly appreciate the donations made to help maintain the cemetery. We strive to maintain the grounds through donations from members who have family in Marlow Cemetery. Help us to continue to provide maintenance and upkeep of our rural cemetery. A donation, however large or small, is appreciated, please feel free to donate to Marlow Cemetery Foundation and mail to P.O. Box 485 Cameron, Tx 76520 or you may donate at the meeting.

2024 Projects
• Purchased Row Signs for the Cemetery Old and New Sections
• Updating listing of grave sites and dates – Work in progress
• Collecting and Digitization of the history of the cemetery – Still a work in progress
• 2024 & 2025 we have had storm damage to trees in our cemetery.
2025 Projects
• Historical Designation of the Cemetery
• Updated Mapping Primarily in the Old Section

Most of you not only have parents interred in Marlow, but have grandparents and great grandparents, and other relatives. Families gather to locate their ancestors’ grave sites and maybe learn a little about the history of the Marlow Community. Sharing your heritage with the younger generation and instilling in them respect for the grave sites is what will help keep Marlow Cemetery a beautiful cemetery. Some of the headstones are very old and have beautiful historic markings.

Marlow, share memories, connect with family, neighbors, as well as share photos and other information. Have you inherited photos of unknown people? Bring them as there may be people at the gathering who can identify them.

WOULD YOU LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU THE LETTER NEXT YEAR?
If you would like the annual letter emailed, please email me your address to the [email protected]. I will add you to the contact list for letters and updates. This will help save us postage, and it is an easy way for you to share with your family.

Marlow Cemetery has a page! If you are on Facebook, please go like and follow us. We posted pictures of the storm damage, cleanup, and we will be posting this letter, which you can share with your family who might be interested in attending.

Board Members
Nan McAnulty, President
Linda Pittman, Vice President
Elizabeth McDermott, Treasurer
Melanie Reed, Secretary
Jeannie Williford, Board Member
Richard Darst, Board Member
Steven McClaren Perrone, Board Member

05/08/2025

05/08/2025

Marlow Cemetery suffered tree damage on May 6, 2025, from the EF0 tornado that spun through our community. Thank God only some structures and trees were damaged. There were no injuries to the people in our community.

Virgil Wall with Wall’s Tree Service from Gause area was called just a few hours after the storm and ask to please come assist us. When I spoke with Virgil, he was out of town but headed right over the next morning bright and early to begin the cleanup. We want to thank him and his amazing crew who did fantastic job right before Mother’s Day weekend.

Thank you, we greatly appreciate Wall Tree Service getting on the job so quickly. Before and after pictures below

07/07/2023

Annual Meeting of
Marlow Cemetery Association & Marlow Cemetery Foundation
June 2023

Dear Members & Guests:

Welcome to our annual homecoming for the Marlow Cemetery Association and Marlow Cemetery Foundation. This is a gathering of families and friends who have loved ones interred in our beloved cemetery. The Homecoming will be held on Sunday July 9, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marlow Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 1794 County Road 229 Cameron, Texas.

A brief business meeting will be conducted prior to enjoying a potluck luncheon. We ask each family to bring your favorite family dishes to enjoy. Bread, tea, plates, and tableware will be provided.

Business meeting will consist of, Financial Report, Cemetery Projects, Election of New Board Members, Memorials, and Open Discussion. Board terms expiring are Nan McAnulty and Richard Darst. If you wish to nominate someone to serve, nominations will be accepted at the meeting. You must be a member of the Foundation to serve. The board serves both the Association and the Foundation.

Donations to the Association are greatly appreciated to help maintain the cemetery. We strive to maintain the grounds through donations from members who have family in Marlow Cemetery. Help us to continue to provide maintenance and upkeep of our rural cemetery. A donation, however large or small, is appreciated, please feel free to donate to the Marlow Cemetery Association and mail to 3857 CR 227 Cameron, Tx 76520 or you may donate at the meeting.

Immediately following the meeting, lunch will be served. We look forward to seeing you there.

This past year we have had two workdays, with volunteers, who assisted with clean up of the cemetery, as well as updating our records by reviewing each gravesite. We got about half of the gravesites documented.

Most of you not only have parents interred in Marlow, but may have grandparents and great grandparents, cousins and so one. It is a journey in connecting with your heritage in visiting these gravesties. Some are very old and have beautiful markings.

After the meal you will have a great opportunity to meet with other people who have ancestors in Marlow, share memories, connect with family, neighbors, as well as share photos and other information.

Great summer activity to bring your grandchildren and family, to locate their ancestors’ gravesites and maybe learn a little history of the Marlow Community.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday July 9, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marlow Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. For additional information you may email Melanie Reed at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Marlow Cemetery Association & Marlow Cemetery Foundation Board Members

❖ Nan McAnulty, President
❖ Elizabeth Cole, Treasurer
❖ Linda Pittman, Vice President
❖ Melanie Reed, Secretary
❖ Richard Darst, Board Member
❖ Jeannie Williford, Board Member
❖ Steven McClaren Perrone, Board Member

P.S.If you are interested in helping with a workday in the fall, please email Melanie Reed at [email protected] and we will add you to the list of volunteers.

02/11/2023

Thank you Nan McAnulty and Ralph for clearing the Marlow Cemetery of all the tree limbs and debris caused by last weeks storm. It hit the cemetery pretty bad, but Ralph and his crew of Racey and James got it done! Ralph and his guys once again to the rescue! You are all greatly appreciated. Thank you!

We may need a work day to pick up some of the small stuff but man did it look great today!
Jeannie Murrow Williford Linda Murrow Pittman

10/05/2022

The Marlow Cemetery Board has scheduled a Marlow Cemetery Beautification Day on November 12, 2022. The day begins at 8:00 AM to Noon. If you have loved ones interred in Marlow, or just love preserving family history of Milam County, please join us. Please bring chairs, snacks, drinks, and picnic lunch for potluck under the trees.
Plans are to work on the following:
• Learn how to properly clean your family headstone.
• Pick up debris, wilted flowers, trash etc. in the cemetery.
• Work with a group to update our burial lists, locate and record unmarked graves, and GPS them for further research.
• Work with a group to catalog headstones in need of repair/extra care.
• Bring gloves, tools for chopping weeds, chain saw, clippers and such.
• Wear appropriate clothing to prevent injury. Closed toe shoes are recommended, as there are fire ants, grass burs and other things in the cemetery.
• For more information, please contact Melanie Reed at 254-482-0908 or email [email protected].

06/23/2022

July 10th, 2022 is the Annual Meeting of
Marlow Cemetery Association & Marlow Cemetery Foundation
Dear Members & Guests:

Welcome to our annual homecoming for the Marlow Cemetery Association and Marlow Cemetery Foundation. This gathering of families and friends who have loved ones interred in our beloved cemetery, will be held on Sunday July 10, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marlow Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 1794 County Road 229 Cameron, Texas. We encourage you to attend and fellowship with other families and members.

A brief business meeting will be conducted prior to enjoying a potluck luncheon. We ask each family to bring favorite family dishes to enjoy. Bread, tea, plates, and tableware will be provided.

Donations to the Association are greatly appreciated to help maintain the cemetery. We strive to maintain the grounds through donations from members who have family in Marlow Cemetery. Help us to continue to provide maintenance and upkeep of our rural cemetery. A donation, however large or small, is appreciated, please feel free to donate to the Marlow Cemetery Association and mail to 3857 CR 227 Cameron, Tx 76520 or you may donate at the meeting.

Immediately following the meeting, lunch will be served. We look forward to seeing you there. After the meal you will have a great opportunity to meet with other people who have ancestors in Marlow, share memories, connect with family, neighbors, as well as share photos and other information.

Great summer activity to bring your grandchildren and family, to locate their ancestors’ grave sites and maybe learn a little history of the Marlow Community.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday July 10, 2022, at 12:30 p.m. at the Marlow Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. For additional information you may email Melanie Reed at [email protected].
or call 254-482-0908.

Marlow Cemetery Association & Marlow Cemetery Foundation Board Members

Nan McAnulty, President
Elizabeth Cole, Secretary/Treasurer
Linda Pittman, Vice President
Melanie Reed, Board Member
Richard Darst, Board Member
Lyndi Sanders, Board Member

Some of the earliest burials in the cemetery:
John Hamilton Bickett, III DOB 20 Sep 1831; DOD 28 Jul 1864
James Lewis Morgan DOB 179; DOB 1867
Peter Bollinger DOB 25 Mar 1791; DOD 29 Mar 1879
Robert Isreal Pickens DOB 2 Jul 1868; DOD 8 Oct 1880
Emma D. Claxton DOB 29 Jul 1867; DOD 29 Nov 1880

Do you know the history of the Marlow Dough Boys and who they were?

05/04/2022

Headstone of Peter Bollinger born 1791 died 1879. Wife Catherine Haynes Bollinger buried next to him, born 1797 died 1881. These are two of the oldest headstones in the cemetery. They are my 4th great maternal grandparents.

Marlow Cemetery Association Homecoming will be held on July 10, 2022. Come join us at the Marlow Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Marlow Community. Details and time to follow soon.