Mrs. I. Williams - Necessity, TX - Out of Place Graves on Waymarking.com

Today, this is Rosenquest Rd, and the grave is just a hair east of where FM 207 and FM 576 intersect. If you turn around 180 degrees, you're looking west at FM 576, and if you continue east along Rosenquest Rd, you'll reach the Bradshaw Cemetery. The locals apparently refer to this as the "Grave in the Road", not to be confused with a more famous such burial down in Hearne.

Mrs. Williams's Findagrave page notes that she fell ill and died while traveling through the area in 1884, and was buried right by the side of the road. A concrete grave cover was put over her final resting place in 1933 when the road was expanded, which had the unfortunate side effect of placing her burial site in the center of the road. A modern gray, granite headstone was placed in 1989, and the inscription reads:

This Monument
Given in Memory of
Mrs. I. Williams
Died in Camp
At this Place
July 1884

By J.W. Ramsey
Co. Comm. Feb. 18, 1933
Restored in 1989 by County Comm.
and Necessity-Bradshaw
Cemetery Association

First Name: I. Last Name: Williams Died: 07/01/1884 Born: Not listed

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