| Cemetery: | Russel’s Place to Rest aka St Mary’s Cemetery |
| Directions: | African-American cemetery located on the north side of Pecan Street (1825) in Pflugerville behind the Hispanic section. Pflugerville West Quad, 3097-243. |
| Lcation: | 200 Caldwell Ln, Pflugerville, Travis County Texas USA 78660 (behind the St Mary’s Cemetery across from Pflugerville High School) |
| Updated: | October 2, 2015 |
| Contact: | Anthony Saucedo, anthonysaucedo2011@gmail.com |
| notes: | It seems back in the early 1900’s neither African Americans nor Mexican Americans could live in the town of Pflugerville. So a man named La Rue Noton put aside an acre of his land west of Pflugerville & sold lots to folks for $50/ea. They called this area Pflugerville’s Colored Addition. Eventually (I think for 911 purposes) they had to change the name of two streets. I think it was during this time they realized this area of town was still called Pflugerville’s Colored Addition. They tried to change the name but the residents wouldn’t let them. According to a lady whose family is buried here…this cemetery was called Pflugerville’s Colored Cemetery. The only sign in the cemetery says: Russell’s Place To Rest. She told me this was to mark off the Russell’s section of the cemetery. Around 1910 this community started St. Mary’s Baptist Church and around 1920 they started this cemetery. So now most people call it St. Mary’s Cemetery. Of all the memorials here I know one does have an obit & that’s what they call it…St. Mary’s Cemetery. |
| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Markings/Inscription/Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall | Willie | 1908 | 1969 | |
| Hall | Lonnie | 1907 | 1979 | |
| Hall | Marie | 12/24/1905 | 5/4/1977 | |
| Alexander | Ben | 3/1/1907 | 12/?/1986 | |
| Dukes | Clifton | 1946 | 2015 | |
| Russell | Inez | 11/22/1905 | 4/14/2006 | In loving memory; Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother |
| Russell | Charlie | 2/2/1904 | 3/18/1987 | Beloved husband and father |
| Rivers | Ruthie | 1916 | 2012 | |
| Robinson | Early | 8/11/1900 | 11/26/1998 | In loving memory |
| Alexander | Jack | 11/17/1911 | 8/18/1975 | Father |
| Robinson | L.C. | 11/2/1908 | 9/23/1967 | In god we trust, In remembrance of family |
| Isaac | Leroy | 4/19/1915 | 9/17/1977 | Gone but not forgotten |
| Isaac | Lonie | 8/22/1922 | 10/6/1985 | Mother; Gone but not forgotten |
| Issac | Leroy | 2/19/1944 | 9/6/1970 | Texas; CPL; US Marine corps; Vietnam |
| Jones | Sarah | 1922 | 1965 | |
| Robinson | Bennie | 1929 | 1984 | |
| Wicks | Chester | 10/24/1919 | 3/3/1937 | Lamb at rest |
| Robinson | Joseph | 1931 | 1974 | |
| Thompson | Dora | 9/1/1920 | 12/13/1983 | In loving memory of our mother; In god’s care |
| Robinson | Samuel | 5/18/1931 | 4/29/2005 | |
| Robinson | Lloyd | 11/1/1925 | 12/20/1999 | U.S. Navy World War II |
| Rogers | Jennie | 3/24/1940 | 12/2/2010 | Loving mother and grandmother To live in the hearts of others is not to die |
| Black | Vert | 7/13/190 | 7 6/11/2002 | |
| Stephens | Hattie | 1907 | 1982 | |
| Stephens | Leon | 7/4/1902 | 10/17/1978 | |
| Shields | Ethel | ???? | ???? | |
| Corothers | Laura | 1882 | 1973 | |
| Henricks | Odis | 3/27/1907 | 4/8/1950 | Texas, S2 USNR WW II |
| Woods | Pearl | 2/18/1880 | 9/26/1945 | |
| Hall | Cecil | 10/19/1926 | 11/29/1949 | Texas PFC 617 AAF Bomb SO, WW II |
| Smith | Willie | 4/15/1925 | 4/25/2004 | Loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend |
| Hall | Lottrell | 3/5/1903 | 10/23/1969 | Mother |
| Smothers | Mozell | 9/25/1924 | 10/19/1940 | |
| McDade | Albert | 7/4/1905 | 12/27/1978 | |
| McDade | Lula | 10/22/1911 | 1/13/2004 | In loving memory |
| Woods | Holice | 12/23/1903 | 4/28/1954 | |
| McDade | James | 1922 | 1947 | |
| Washington | Gertrude | 7/31/1898 | 9/11/1955 | |
| Jones | Sam | 2/25/1913 | 11/23/1991 | PVT US Army World War II |
| Robinson | Isaac | 3/30/1918 | 8/11/2006 |