Friendship Cemetery Association, Lamar County, Texas

05/22/2026

The Skidmore family met today to mow and clean up the cemetery. It’s looking good!

Next up will be the annual association meeting on Saturday, June 6th at 9 am at the church/cemetery.

Let’s have a great turnout!

04/18/2026

The Friendship Cemetery Association will be having a cleanup day and meeting at the cemetery on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Cleanup will start at 9:00am followed by our annual business meeting. If it’s raining or the ground is too wet, we will have our meeting inside Friendship Baptist Church and reschedule the cleanup for another date.

Please bring any needed tools for tasks such as raking leaves, trimming trees, mowing, etc.

During the business meeting we will be electing someone to serve as President on the Board (5 year term) and addressing other matters concerning Friendship Cemetery.

If you need to update your contact information, let me know.

Thanks.

David Williams
[email protected]

"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."

12/21/2025

07/31/2025

Thank you Melinda Whitten and all involved in getting Horace’s and Jimmy’s markers set next to my Mom’s!

04/30/2025

Thanks to all who came out last Saturday prepared to work at the Spring clean up. There wasn’t much to do thanks to the NEWMAN family coming out earlier in the week and mowing/trimming the WHOLE cemetery! It looked beautiful!

The business meeting followed with about 12 present.

03/30/2025

09/27/2024

The Williams family mowed and cleaned up the Friendship Cemetery today. Don, Brandon, Lynn and Kim. Everyone has been awesome on their monthly cleanups this year.

Thank you!!

05/30/2024

Pastor Brandon Williams has graciously agreed to open the Friendship Baptist Church for the Friendship Cemetery Association annual business meeting scheduled for Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. Do not let any rain keep you from attending this important meeting. Katy Allred, Sec., Friendship Cemetery Association

05/21/2024

As you know, rains in October 2023 and April 2024 prevented Friendship Cemetery Association members from having workdays and business meetings. President William Privett has consulted with other Trustees and a much-needed business meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery. The Skidmore family has completed their May mowing schedule so there will be no need to bring work tools, BUT PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS KEEP YOU FROM ATTENDING THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. Subjects to be discussed will include electing five Trustees, since the present ones have served five years; should the price of burial spaces be increased from the present price of $150.00; whether a dead tree should be removed; should a sign be installed regarding removal of items found on the ground around monuments which hinder volunteers who mow, w**d eat and spray chemicals; removal of unapproved temporary markers because burial spaces have not been paid for; and whether certain individual families are still in agreement to maintain the cemetery during Summer months. Your presence, ideas, volunteer ethics, and donations are so critical to beautifying the hallowed place where your loved ones are buried. Looking forward to seeing a good crowd on June 1. Katy Allred, Sec., Friendship Cemetery Association

04/17/2024

April reminds us it is once again time for the Spring cleanup of Friendship Cemetery. Our workday is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. If raining or wet ground, the meeting will be rescheduled for Saturday, May 5. You will recall the October 2023 workday was rained out and I am sure there is lots of work to be done. As usual, please bring needed tools. A business meeting will be held to select five Trustees, and perhaps you will consider volunteering for a position. Please make a special effort to attend the workday so we can continue to keep our beloved Friendship Cemetery looking beautiful and well-kept. If April 27 is inconvenient for you, please consider going earlier to help with mowing, w**d eating, raking and burning leaves, building brush piles, etc. Donations can be mailed to Friendship Cemetery, c/o Treasurer Delores Gordon, 3557 U. S. Hwy 82 E., Paris, TX 75462. Katy Allred, Secretary, Friendship Cemetery Association