Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part II
Rowlett Creek cemetery has many intricate headstones. At your local cemetery, you may have noticed headstones that look like large tree branches or [...]
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part I
Located off Rowlett Cemetery Road (just west of Custer Road) in Rowlett is one of the older cemeteries in Collin County. It belonged [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, new images
Images from Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney Texas Marjorie Fuller’s headstone The McKillop family Celtic Cross marker Harry McKillop’s headstone Photos: Me! Taken: 4/24/2020 [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Marjorie Fuller comes home
In our last post, we discussed Marjorie Fuller and her mother (Seraphine) being held by the Japanese in China, losing their passports under [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, the American Women
We left out story with Charles Paglee pulling the heart-strings of Orrin Hatch, Ross Perot and Harry McKillop to get the “American woman” [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Charles Paglee
The second player in our wild story is Charles Paglee. Charles Paglee was a tourist (some articles say student) in China when he [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKillop Family
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Take II McKillop Family The swanky burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery that interested me was that of Harry Emmett McKillop. [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney
Alrighty, kids, sit back because have I got a doozy of a story for you. Once upon a time, four days ago, when [...]
16th Century Insults
The oldest known use of the F word in writing is from the 16th century (1568, possibly 1565). It was found in a [...]
Depression Era Cooking
While my black and white beans are soaking, 1930s Depression style, so I can make some soup with what is left in the [...]