Welcome to Heflin Cemetery
“When we look out over this beautiful setting, we each have our own private thoughts. For each person, these thoughts, and memories, and hopes will always be different.”
The Cemetery
William W. and Pency (Williams) Heflin settled here in 1875. According to local tradition the first burial was that of a child who died in 1876 from eating wild berries as his family camped on the Heflins’ property. The earliest marked grave is that of Robert Bonine in 1876. A deed confirming the Heflins’ donation of 4 acres for burial purposes was executed in 1928. Among the burials are many of the area’s pioneer settlers and their descendants and veterans of wars ranging from the Civil War to World War II. The cemetery is maintained by an association established in 1976.
— Heflin Cemetery Texas Historical Commission Marker
Heflin Histories & Traditions
“Every cemetery tells a story and Heflin is always very personal to me and to all of you. It is about family and close friends and neighbors making a life on a harsh frontier, then swept up in epidemics, droughts, wars, accidents, and debt. And just as commonly, lives filled with contentment and happiness and freedom.”
— Paul Burns, May 1990