From "History of Long Creek Cemetery" Compiled by Sandra Stone and Patricia Paschall Venner
On August 16, 1929, tragedy struck when thirteen members of the McHenry and Badgett families were killed while traveling home from visiting the Dallas Zoo when the eastbound Sunshine Special, Texas & Pacific line passenger train crashed into a truck occupied by fourteen members of the two families. The model T they were traveling in reached the railroad crossing just three and a half miles east of Mesquite, Texas at a point where their view of the tracks were obstructed in both directions. All but one perished that day; five members of the McHenry family and eight members of the Badgett family. The ages of those who died ranged from three to fifty two years of age. All were from the Long Creek community and are buried there.12 Only one large headstone stands for each family, and inscribed on the two stones are the names of those who died that day. Newspaper accounts would describe how the entire community came together that day to help dig the graves for the burial of these two families.
From "History of Long Creek Cemetery" Compiled by Sandra Stone and Patricia Paschall Venner
On August 16, 1929, tragedy struck when thirteen members of the McHenry and Badgett families were killed while traveling home from visiting the Dallas Zoo when the eastbound Sunshine Special, Texas & Pacific line passenger train crashed into a truck occupied by fourteen members of the two families. The model T they were traveling in reached the railroad crossing just three and a half miles east of Mesquite, Texas at a point where their view of the tracks were obstructed in both directions. All but one perished that day; five members of the McHenry family and eight members of the Badgett family. The ages of those who died ranged from three to fifty two years of age. All were from the Long Creek community and are buried there.12 Only one large headstone stands for each family, and inscribed on the two stones are the names of those who died that day. Newspaper accounts would describe how the entire community came together that day to help dig the graves for the burial of these two families.
Family Members
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Sherwood Wilson Badgett
1904–1974
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William T Badgett
1905–1945
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Vera Badgett
1907–1929
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Eva Badgett
1907–1929
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Emma Badgett
1909–1929
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John Badgett
1911–1972
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Texas Badgett
1914–1929
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Bennie Badgett
1916–1978
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Lee Ray Badgett
1919–1919
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Birdy Badgett
1920–1929
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Jessie Willard Badgett
1923–1929
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Bettie Joe Badgett
1926–1929
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