Louis “Moses” Rose, the only man to leave the Alamo before Santa Anna's forces overwhelmed it and killed everyone remaining there, is rumored to be buried in an un-marked grave in Plot IV, Row 10, #16 of the Green Hill Cemetery.
We doubt this is accurate. Louis Rose of Alamo fame was born in Laferée, Ardennes, France. He was a soldier much of his life and never married. Louis Rose was nicknamed “Moses” because at age 50 he was considerably older than anyone else at the Alamo. The Handbook of Texas states that Louis “Moses” Rose moved to Logansport, Louisiana, in 1842 where he lived with Aaron Ferguson's family until his death in 1850-1851.
Newsgroups from that area say that he is believed to be buried in Aaron Ferguson's family cemetery, located about 4 miles north of Logansport, La. We find this more plausible since he had personal ties there and it would have been difficult to transport his body to Titus County before the days of modern embalming and travel, particularly when he had no known ties in our area. There is no tangible proof that he is buried in Titus County.
Jerry Scoggins (1911 - December 7, 2004) was a Mt. Pleasant native who left his hometown seeking fame and fortune and found it. Scoggins was lead singer of The Cass County Boys, a band that became famous in the 1930s while performing on Dallas, Texas, radio stations and gained later fame on Gene Autry's 1946 "Melody Ranch" radio program. Scoggins and his band appeared in over 19 films including, "Sioux City Sue" (1946), "Twilight On The Rio Grande" (1947), "Riders Of The Whistling Pines" (1949), "Apache Country" (1952), and "On Top Of Old Smoky" (1953).
Scoggins was best known for recording "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", theme song of the "The Beverly Hillbillies" television series that ran from 1962 to 1971. He later left the entertainment industry and became a stock broker but came out of retirement in 1993 to sing the song once again for "The Beverly Hillbillies" movie starring Jim Varney and Erika Eleniak.
In 1996 the Cass County Boys were inducted Western Music Hall of Fame. They also received a Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
Jerry Scoggins passed away from natural causes in his Westlake Village, CA home on December 7, 2004. He is buried in the Columbarium of Peace 19-7 (back wall, right middle of bottom row) of Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California. (Obituary from findagrave.com and Wikipedia.com)
