Real Co. Cemeteries of TX
Tomerlin info by Ann Tomerlin
If you have any additions to this cemetery please let me know. Gloria Briley Mayfield
Location:
7 mi. NE of Leakey on US 83; .25 mi. E on Cypress Creek Road.
Historical Marker: Established in the 1870s, Cypress
Creek cemetery served a scattered community of pioneers along
Cypress Creek in what was then Bandera County before the founding
of nearby Leakey in Edwards County. The land on this site belonged
to settler John Bunyan Stidham, Sr., whose son, John Bunyan Stidham,
Jr., gave land for a school nearby. Legend surrounds this graveyard.
The earliest grave in the cemetery is believed to be that of four-year-old
James Beauford Bybee (1875-1879). His burial site is marked by
two flat rocks in the ground according to Bybee family practice.
Records indicate that the second burial is that of Polly A. Smart
(1847-1881). Also buried here is Laura (Turner) Stidham, wife
of John Bunyan Stidham, Jr. She and their son Alonzo (b. 1877)
were killed when a tornado destroyed their home in 1927. They
were buried in a common grave marked only with stones. The graves
of several infants and children bear witness to the harsh conditions
of pioneer life. Ten known veterans of U. S. and foreign conflicts
are interred here. The cemetery contains more than 75 marked and
many unmarked graves. Still in use in 1998, Cypress Creek Cemetery
continues to serve the descendants of the pioneer settlers of
Real County. (1998)
2. George Washington Tomerlin (b-Aug. 3, 1875, d-May 13, 1954) h/o Elizabeth Jones.
3. Howard D. Tomerlin (b-Jan. 21, 1911, d-June 2, 1913)
4. William Jeffers Tomerlin (b-Mar. 28, 1836, d-Aug. 4, 1933)