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 Rip
Ford Gravesite
Chuck Parsons Photo
Visiting Historic
Texas Ranger Graves:
Honey Grove
with Photos and Notes by Robert Nieman
In our last issue of the
Dispatch, we
presented a short tour of graves visited by our editor Robert Nieman
and Texas Ranger Senior Captain C. J. Havrda. The response was positive,
so we now give our readers a similar tour, this time with three other
distinguished Texas Rangers.
Our editor
joined retired Rangers Glenn Elliott, Captain Bob Mitchell, and Captain
James Wright. They visited the graves of three Rangers buried in Oakwood
Cemetery in Honey Grove, Texas: Bob Goss, who was Lone Wolf Gonzaullas’
partner in the 1920s and 1930s; Captain Charlie Moore, who joined
the Rangers the same time as did Glenn Elliott; and Captain Jim Riddles,
who is a member of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum.
In our last issue, we
stated that because of the overgrown condition of the Confederate
Cemetery in San Antonio, Captain Havrda and Mr. Nieman were unable
to locate the graves of Ranger Hall of Famers Rip Ford and George
Baylor. One of our most faithful readers and a regular contributor,
Chuck Parsons, visited the cemetery later. Fortunately, it had been
partially cleaned up and Chuck furnished us pictures of the graves
of these two great Rangers. Thank you, Chuck.
Editor Robert Nieman and
Texas Ranger Senior Captain C. J. Havrda. The response was positive,
so we now give our readers a similar tour, this time with three other
distinguished Texas Rangers.
Our editor joined retired Texas Rangers Glenn
Elliott (Left), Captain Bob Mitchell
(Center) , and Captain James Wright (Right).
They visited
the graves of three Rangers buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Honey Grove,
Texas: Bob Goss, who
was Lone Wolf Gonzaullas’ partner in the 1920s and 1930s;
Captain Charlie Moore,
who joined the Rangers the
same time as did Glenn Elliott;and Captain Jim
Riddles, who is a Texas Ranger Hall of Fame inductee.
Return
to San Antonio
Photos
by Chuck Parsons
Due to the
overgrown condition of the Confederate Cemetery in San Antonio, Captain
Havrda and Mr. Nieman were unable to  locate
the graves of Ranger Hall of Famers Rip Ford and George Baylor. One
of our most faithful readers and a regular contributor, Chuck Parsons,
visited the cemetery later. Fortunately, it had been partially cleaned
up and Chuck furnished us pictures of the graves of these two great
Rangers. Thank you, Chuck.
Rip
Ford Tombstone
George
Baylor Gravesite
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