A Brief History of the Round Mountain
Cemetery
The Round Mountain Cemetery
Association was officially formed in 1977. By a deed dated 11
November 1978, Mabel Stribling and Sadie Sharp, sole trustees of the
Round Mountain Cemetery, conveyed “one and one quarter acre including
the grave yard” to the Round Mountain Cemetery Association, Inc.
(This parcel of land includes the North Section, the Center North
Section, and the northern half of the Back Section as drawn on the
Cemetery Map that accompanies this history.)
The deed contains the following
description, which reveals something of the previous history of the
cemetery:
A parcel of land conveyed by deed
dated August 13, 1883 by John Gedlich to the Frontier Lodge No. 195
I.O.O.F [Independent Order of Odd Fellows]. . . ., lying and being
situated on Cypress Creek in Blanco County, State of Texas, being part
of Survey No. 507 in the name of J. A. Pierce.
At some point, through means not
indicated in the 1978 deed, the property was conveyed from the Frontier
Lodge to the trustees of the Round Mountain Cemetery, and then, in
1978, from those trustees to the present Association.
A second deed, dated 18 September
1979, records the conveying of a gift to the Round Mountain Cemetery
Association, Inc., by Dorothy Sharp Kemp and Leonard Darrell Kemp of
2.503 acres of land lying along the southern border of the 1 ¼
-acre parcel described above. The gift was made in memory of
Damon D. Sharp and Anita Kroll Sharp. (This second parcel
includes the Center South Section, the South Section, and the southern
half of the Back Section as depicted on the accompanying Cemetery Map.)
The Association has a president, a
secretary/treasurer, and five directors, or vice presidents, one of
whom is the executive vice president. The annual meeting is held
on the Saturday of the second week in October at 6:00 p.m. An
annual work day is held on the Saturday of the first week in May, with
a rain day scheduled for the second or third Saturday, at the
discretion of the directors.
Burial in the cemetery is free to
anyone related by the third degree of consanguinity to a person who was
buried in the cemetery prior to 1977, when the Association was
formed. Those not falling in that category may purchase a plot
from the Association. The price for each plot is currently
$300. Association dues are currently $10 a year and are paid by
everyone, regardless of the manner by which he or she acquired rights
to a burial space.
At the present time, Will S. Moursund
is president of the Association; Gary Polvado is the
secretary/treasurer.
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