Titus County has two Springhill cemeteries. The cemetery described here is in southeastern Titus County near the Springhill Missionary Baptist Church, which we referred to as Springhill Southeast. We refer to the other cemetery as Springhill North.
Springhill Southeast is an old public cemetery that is fenced and kept in very good condition. A sign beside the entrance gate states that "Decoration Day" is held the third Sunday in May. Mail dontations to 2310 Highway 11 W. Daingerfield, TX.
Numerous irregular grave makers do not identify those buried. Examples are wooden crosses, petrified wood, native rocks, bricks, a piece of broken concrete, and a concrete block and unreadable funeral home markers. Others only partially identify those buried, like a steel plate with Mac Kengie written on it, a piece of concrete inscribed "a loving husband and a fine father", and funeral home markers reading "J ....(unreadable) Smith", Callie Smith, and Lonnie Smith. The top of a monument inscribed Mary E. Pitt was piled in a corner of the cemetery. It is said that Mary E. Pitt's monument was one of two removed from Russel Cemetery and brought to Springhill Cemetery, but never installed. The other monument has disappeared.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM THE TITUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE:
Travel 0.3 mile South on Madison Street to Ferguson Road.
Turn left (east) on Ferguson Road and continue 3.2 miles (pass through the traffic light at the intersection of South Jefferson Street and Ferguson Road where Ferguson Road becomes Highway 49) to Highway 49's intersection with FM 2348 (Union Hill Road).
Turn right (south) onto FM 2348 (Union Hill Road) and proceed 8.5 miles to the intersection with County Road 4690.
Turn left (east) onto County Road 4690 for 0.2 mile. Springhill Cemetery will be on the left, just a few feet from the road.
Springhill Southeast Cemetery entrance gate
GPS COORDINATES: 33°02.350'N 094°51.680'W
DECORATION DAY: Third Sunday in May
MARKED BURIALS INDEXED IN TCS DATABASE: 356 (2008-04-01)
FREE BURIAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CEMETERY.
SEE "HOW TO REQUEST BURIAL INFORMATION" PAGE FOR DETAILS.
(NOTE: This cemetery contains un-named burials marked by irregular makers like natural stones and other methods that could not be included in the Titus Cemetery Search database.)
LAST TCS PHYSICAL SURVEY: 2005-09-20
Historical information for this cemetery was provided by and used with the permission of David Horton, and was compiled from Mr. Horton's work and the earlier work of Lynch Harper. Map provided courtesy of Ark-La-Tex Council of Governments GIS department. Please forward any mapping questions to http://www.atcog.org/gis_mapping.htm.
Spring Hill Cemetery Southeast
Titus County, Texas
