Joe, Susie & Irene Hurd -- Prairie View Cemetery, Forney TX - Homemade Tombstones on Waymarking.com

The handmade concrete tombstone for Hurd family members Susie Hurd, her husband Joe Hurd Sr., and Irene Pittman Hurd (wife of Joseh Hurd Jr.) at historic and deeply moving Prairie View Cemetery in Forney.

All 3 tombstones are made of concrete with decorative impressions made in the wet concrete with cookie cutters, bottles, and other tools at hand. The name plates are framed by the concrete, made of reflective material, metal, or hand-etched in wet cement with a tool.

Each tombstone has an entry on Find-A-Grave as follows:

Susie Hurd: (visit link)

Joe Hurd (Sr.): (visit link)

Irene Hurd: (visit link)


As soon as Blasterz walked into Prairie View Cemetery, we knew this was the historic black cemetery in Forney. The weeds are tall, the grass unmowed, and the graves are a mix of humble homemade concrete tombstones with handmade decorations made from cookie cutters, Veteran's Administration military tombstones, and modern professional markers.

Prairie View Cemetery (and Hillcrest, the white cemetery on the other side of town) are relics of Forney's cotton-growing segregationist past. This cemetery tells the story of a separate people, who nevertheless are buried with dignity and even honor, given the large number of veterans here.

Material: Concrete Web Site: [Web Link] Date of Birth: Not listed Date of Death: Not listed

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