After my Dad, Tommy Baker, retired from the USAF, he spent a lot of his spare time searching Eastland County for the graves of his great-grandparents. I was a teen at the time & though he had to drag me along at first, I now enjoy stopping at cemeteries we come across, reading the headstones & pulling a weed or two. My Dad was successful in finding his great-grandparents and was able put headstones on their plots. He did the same for the plots of his grandparents & a couple of other relative's that previously only had markers. When he we lost him in 2004, we knew we had to do something special & planted as many bluebonnets (the Texas state flower) as we could. I don't know how much any of you know about that part of Texas, but it gets very hot & Murray Memorial Cemetery has no trees or shade of any kind. It also lacks a water source, so my sister hauled water out there 2-3 times a week for a couple of months so that the plants would have a good start. Now the bluebonnets have spread across Mom & Dad's plot & are inching their way toward the plots of my grandparents. My cousin passed away in the spring of 2008 & although at the time of his burial the grass was brown from a dry winter, the bluebonnets were an oasis of green. When the flowers bloomed about a month later, my heart soared.
I put pictures here for everyone one to use - don't hesitate to pull them out for your family tree. I have full 10 mp copies of almost every picture I've taken, so if you want better quality than goes on the website, please feel free to contact me. Also, if I have incorrect entries or if you would like to have ownership of a relative's page, just let me know.

After my Dad, Tommy Baker, retired from the USAF, he spent a lot of his spare time searching Eastland County for the graves of his great-grandparents. I was a teen at the time & though he had to drag me along at first, I now enjoy stopping at cemeteries we come across, reading the headstones & pulling a weed or two. My Dad was successful in finding his great-grandparents and was able put headstones on their plots. He did the same for the plots of his grandparents & a couple of other relative's that previously only had markers. When he we lost him in 2004, we knew we had to do something special & planted as many bluebonnets (the Texas state flower) as we could. I don't know how much any of you know about that part of Texas, but it gets very hot & Murray Memorial Cemetery has no trees or shade of any kind. It also lacks a water source, so my sister hauled water out there 2-3 times a week for a couple of months so that the plants would have a good start. Now the bluebonnets have spread across Mom & Dad's plot & are inching their way toward the plots of my grandparents. My cousin passed away in the spring of 2008 & although at the time of his burial the grass was brown from a dry winter, the bluebonnets were an oasis of green. When the flowers bloomed about a month later, my heart soared.
I put pictures here for everyone one to use - don't hesitate to pull them out for your family tree. I have full 10 mp copies of almost every picture I've taken, so if you want better quality than goes on the website, please feel free to contact me. Also, if I have incorrect entries or if you would like to have ownership of a relative's page, just let me know.