Roselawn Cemetery(P)

McAllen Hidalgo Co. Cemeteries of TX

Submitted by Tobie Neller

With permission of Hidalgo County Historical Commission 2006

LOCATION: 1201 South Main Street, McAllen Texas

HISTORY: When the St Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railroad branch reached the site of McAllen in 1904, McAllen Town site Company was organized for West McAllen (1904), which grew slowly. A second town site, formed for East McAllen in 1907, prospered.

Roselawn Cemetery and Mausoleum was founded in 1908 on 22 acres donated by the Hidalgo Canal Company. Oldest marked grave is that of Dr. H. P. Battey (1861-1909). Many pioneer McAllenites are buried here.

Roselawn Cemetery is governed by an eight-member board, and is owned by the shareholders. It is non-denominational, perpetual care. There is a veterans’ area with flagpole, where memorial services are held each Memorial Day. The mausoleum was built in 1961, and additions made in 1984 and 2000. A potters’ field is maintained.
Last Name First Name Birth Death Comments

BATTEY

Dr. H. P.

1861

1909

H/O JESSIE
Hensley Edna D. -   w/o Murray
Hensley John T. - 27 Sept 1946 buried on the 29th. Block 13, Lot 27, 2nd addition h/o of Myrtle  Obit below
Hensley Murray 60 yrs   h/o Edna D. s/o John & Myrtle
Hensley  Myrtle Cathey 45 yrs 18 June 1937 buried on the 19th Block 13, Lot 27, 2nd addition w/o John T.   Obit below

SNIDER

HELEN ELIZABETH CHISUM

27DEC 1941

29JAN 2006

W/O JOHN HARRY SNIDER; D/O JOHN LEWIS CHISUM &ADA LEE RICHMOND
 
McAllen Daily Press
McAllen, TX
Friday June 18, 1937
Front Page
MRS. HENSLEY PASSES AWAY
    Services To Be Conducted Here Saturday Morning
    Mrs. John T. Hensley, 45, of Pharr, died at the Municipal hospital here at 8:30 o'clock Thursday night after a short illness.  She had lived at Pharr since 1915, and was a native of Salado, Texas, her maiden name being Myrtle Cathey.
    Mrs. Hensley is survived by her husband, two sons, John Randall and Murray D. Hensley, and sisters, Mrs. Hannah Wilkins, Mrs. Homer Foster, Mrs. J. E. McDonald and Miss Alice Cathey all of Christine.
    Services will be conducted Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Martin-Nelson chapel, with the Rev. N. D. Dyer officiating, with interment in Roselawn cemetery.
    Pall bearers will be C. H. Britton, Leonard Wilson, Elsa; George Brooks, Mission; D. McLendan, Marvin Evans and W. J. Mountz, all of Pharr.
END
 
Valley Evening Monitor
McAllen, TX
Sunday Sept 29, 1946
Front Page
JOHN T. HENSLEY SERVICES SUNDAY
    PHARR - John T. Hensley, 60, a former mayor and city commissioner in Pharr and once a Hidalgo County commissioner, died Friday in a Houston hospital, where he had gone for an operation the previous day.
    Hensley had lived here for 31 years, coming from Thorndale in 1915 with his family to make his home.  Mrs. Hensley died here in 1937.
    Survivors include two sons, J. Randall Hensley of San Juan and Murray D. Hensley of McAllen; five grandchildren, and relatives in other states.
    Hensley had been in ill health in recent years and had retired from business.  He was a real estate dealer here for a number of years.
    Funeral services will be conducted at the Kreidler chapel in McAllen at 4 p.m. Sunday, Rev. Kenneth R. Hemphill officiating.  Burial will be at Rose Lawn cemetery there.  Pallbearers will be E. L. Greene, L. J. Polk, E. C. White, George Ingram, P. S. Devine, G. L. Callis, Clay Everhard and W. J. Mountz of Pharr.