Westview Cemetery
Also known as Center Colored Cemetery , Prairie View Cemetery
Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA
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The date of the first burial in an area known as union grave yard is not recorded as many original grave markers are lost. It is believed that the first burial was Jane Chumley Miller, a former slave in San Augustine County. The oldest remaining marker is located at the grave of Charlie Carroll from 1909. Many veterans, educators, preachers, deacons and business men and women are buried here. Garfield Richard, supposedly the personal cook to Gen. John Joseph Pershing during WWI, is buried here along with Chatman H. Daniels and R.M. brown, both former principals of the center colored school.
In 1912, an official cemetery committee formed and bought four acres of land encompassing the cemetery. More land was acquired in 1970 and 2006. The cemetery was renamed when residents decided that due to its location from the surrounding churches, the old union cemetery would now be called Westview. Funeral home records also refer to the burial ground as Center Colored Cemetery. This historic cemetery remains a testament to the African-American community in center.
Historical marker location:
Bolton Street, Center, Texas
From Center Square, take Hwy 87 S to MLK Blvd. Go to Daniels Street, turn right and go to Greer Street, turn left and go to Bolton Street and follow curve to stay on Bolton Street to end of road and turn left into the South Entrance of Westview Cemetery.
Take Shelbyville Street south to Martin Luther King Blvd and turn right.
Proceed to Daniels Drive and turn right.
Proceed to Greer Street and turn left.
Proceed to Bolton Street and turn left continuing about 1/4 mile. Stay on Bolton Street and the cemetery is on the left side of the road.
The date of the first burial in an area known as union grave yard is not recorded as many original grave markers are lost. It is believed that the first burial was Jane Chumley Miller, a former slave in San Augustine County. The oldest remaining marker is located at the grave of Charlie Carroll from 1909. Many veterans, educators, preachers, deacons and business men and women are buried here. Garfield Richard, supposedly the personal cook to Gen. John Joseph Pershing during WWI, is buried here along with Chatman H. Daniels and R.M. brown, both former principals of the center colored school.
In 1912, an official cemetery committee formed and bought four acres of land encompassing the cemetery. More land was acquired in 1970 and 2006. The cemetery was renamed when residents decided that due to its location from the surrounding churches, the old union cemetery would now be called Westview. Funeral home records also refer to the burial ground as Center Colored Cemetery. This historic cemetery remains a testament to the African-American community in center.
Historical marker location:
Bolton Street, Center, Texas
From Center Square, take Hwy 87 S to MLK Blvd. Go to Daniels Street, turn right and go to Greer Street, turn left and go to Bolton Street and follow curve to stay on Bolton Street to end of road and turn left into the South Entrance of Westview Cemetery.
Take Shelbyville Street south to Martin Luther King Blvd and turn right.
Proceed to Daniels Drive and turn right.
Proceed to Greer Street and turn left.
Proceed to Bolton Street and turn left continuing about 1/4 mile. Stay on Bolton Street and the cemetery is on the left side of the road.
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Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials1k+
- Percent photographed81%
- Percent with GPS5%
Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials11
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA
- Total memorials12
- Percent photographed100%
- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 6166
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