Bagdad Cemetery

I really appreciate all the people who have contacted us about their spaces. We are having some legal issues with the forms to send out for the transfer of the right of burial. Our attorney is working on a legal document that will protect you and the cemetery association. It is the result of lawsuits that have been filed across the State of Texas and the willingness of people to file in the courts.

Some of you have indicated that you feel it is none of our business who uses the spaces. Some have not been happy about being contacted but we will not allow anyone to be buried without permission from the person who paid for the spaces. So if the spaces are still in your parents name and they are deceased than the spaces are owned by all of your parents children unless indicated otherwise in their will. Even that evil brother or sister that is not accepted must be contacted for permission.

I had one man whose parents had spaces and they moved to a new town and are buried in the new town. One of the children paid the other children for the spaces but do not plan on using the spaces. They may donate them to another family member that needs them. None of this was reported to us, so if it came to me from a funeral home it would not be accepted until the parents were contacted. Since they are deceased I would have to try to find that record, than find what their children's names and contact them. In this case some of the children have passed so would need permission from their children.

Another case the parents have passed with six children, two children felt they had a certain number of spaces but receipts showed less. Some burials had happened without indication it was a family member and in one case no headstone or record of burial. The family felt they had 15 spaces but the receipts only show 9 spaces and 11 people buried. We are trying to work out the problems.

So that is why we are contacting people and will have to confirm most of the spaces in the cemetery. I would say at this time 60% or more of the spaces are still in the name of the person who bought the spaces and they are deceased. We can not get permission from them for burial if they are not alive.

New list of people with spaces but no contact.

TAYLOR, Rick: Latesa Taylor buried, Freedom Marie buried, 2003 paid by Cook Walden, 1984 paid by Rick Taylor
THOMAS, Everett & Val, 6 spaces, 1980, Val buried 2012, in the Conroe area.
THOMAS, George & Pauline, 2 spaces 1999.
THOMAS, Richard James and Shirley, 2 spaces 1986.
THORNBURY, James Frank and Elizabeth, two spaces, 1940's both buried.
UNGER, Leo & Fay, 2 spaces left, 1980, both buried.
UPCHURCH, Robert, 3 spaces, 1940's, buried with family.
VAZQUEZ, Andrea, 2 spaces no information.

Kenneth Craven 512-259-4855 or 512-619-3173