Dickens Cemetery Cemetery is located one-half mile east of Dickens on a hillside, just before you go down into the Croton Breaks. The Cemetery started in  1891, when Mrs. Charlie Jones passed away on February 1. Her husband hauled  rocks from the breaks and built a wall around it, although the Cemetery Association has remodeled the wall, it still stands today. The land belonged to Dr. Crow of Stephenville and he deeded five acres to the town of Dickens. Since then the following persons have donated land: Roy Ward and Glenn Latham, Dickens, Texas and Mrs. Fannie G. Forbis, Afton, Texas. The front fence was built in 1919. An Annual Memorial Day Program  is held at this cemetery honoring the 53 veterans of the Civil War, Spanish- American, World War I and World War II. All have markers but three and this is due to lack of information to present to the Government.

Name                                                  Dates              Location

OVERSTREET, BEN F.                 1902-1995      S-20-29

OVERSTREET, COY DELL             1936-1997      S-20-32

OVERSTREET, ETHEL LEOTA        1907-1964      S-20-28

OVERSTREET, GLEN WALLACE     1916-1916     S-16-05

OVERSTREET, GROVER C.           1893-1984     N-05-28

OVERSTREET, OCIE O.                1897-1975     N-05-29

OVERSTREET, RUBY DELL            1920-1986     S-07-31

*also 4 Overstreet's with no other information.

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