Old Center Cemetery Panola County Texas

05/18/2026

Please post this years program passed out at the May Workings

01/25/2017

http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Panola/cemetery/ocenter%20A-J.htm

On south loop on Hwy 79 continue to County Road 699 turn left and continue 12 mile. cemetery is on the left and the Church is on the right.

01/29/2015

Historical Marker Text
Old Center Cemetery

In 1856, land for the Old Center Cemetery was first donated by James Rowe, a community pioneer and a veteran of the Texas War for Independence. Rowe's grave, dated 1868, is one of the oldest in the cemetery. The earliest marked grave, that of Arminta C. Cash, dates from 1865. One of the few physical reminders of the Old Center community, the graveyard contains several unmarked graves and about 400 marked burial sites. Over the years, the descendants of the original land donor have given acreage to enlarge the boundaries of the cemetery.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986

01/29/2015

James Rowe Grave Marker Text Old Center Cemetery
James Rowe

(March 17, 1811 - Dec. 3, 1868)
Texas War for Independence soldier (1836) James Rowe had migrated from North Carolina. Prospering as a tanner, he was commissioned to help organize Panola County (1846); served as senior warden of Sam Sanford Lodge No. 149, A. F. & A. M. (1851); served in 4th Texas Legislature (1851-53); and gave the land now occupied by this cemetery. He and his wife Mira (Tippett) had eleven children. Descendants include citizens in many walks of life.

01/28/2015

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