Rhoads Cemetery

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    Rhoads cemetery is located northeast of Alvord in one of the LBJ National Grassland areas. It’s nearly a mile walk from the road and pretty hard to find in the woods.

    Start north out of Alvord on Fm Rd 1655 and turn right just past the railroad tracts in town on E. Pine Street. Turn left on N. Shankle Street and then right on Beyette. After a few blocks take the left fork (CR 2690).

    The "Grasslands" gate is a couple of miles out CR 2690 on the right. It’s a light green double gate with a walk-through side and a drive-through side. There’s a number 21 on it.

    Walk trough the gate and go on the vehicle tracks to the right. Follow this road for about a half of a mile to a tank dam.

    Go across the tank dam but before you get all the way across a trail will fork off to the right (picture in lower left corner). Follow this "cow trail" toward another tank.

    Before you get to this tank the trail will fork to the right. Take this path and if you look straight ahead you will see a grove of tall oak trees. Head for these oak trees.

   Follow the trail toward the oak trees and go into the woods. You will not be able to see the headstones until you are pretty close in the woods.

    The cemetery is fenced off with wire, and iris plants cover the area so there’s not much brush or weeds around the headstones.

    Thank you to Homer Hodges for locating this cemetery and giving such good directions, and also to Sonny Keith for walking in there with me.

    There were 13 headstones in October 2000.