Freddy Fender Grave and Memorial - San Benito TX
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PeterNoG
N 26° 09.077 W 097° 36.846
14R E 638527 N 2893176
This Roadside Attraction is the Grave & Memorial for Freddy Fender. It's in San Benito Memorial Park in San Benito, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK010
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2014
Views: 3
The San Benito Memorial Park is a new cemetery adjacent to San Benito City Cemetery and it was dedicated on June 6, 2009. The San Benito Economic Development Corp. paid for the $250,000 memorial project. The new cemetery will have room for 300 graves. The first interment was Baldemar Huerta (Freddy Fender). The Fender grave is still the only one here.
There is a replica of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the sidewalk just behind his headstone. The back of the black granite headstone has a picture of Freddy playing his guitar with a spotlight shining on him.
The headstone and grave is surrounded by a large circular area of paving stones. Around the edge of that circular area are two black granite benches and six monuments commemorating his long career.
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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