POTTER'S FIELD CEMETERY -
McKINNEY
Old Mill Road
N33.1762
W96.6170
Cemeteries of Collin County, Texas, by Joy
Gough
This cemetery is listed separately because
it is outside the Pecan Grove Memorial Park fence and it has a separate
entrance. I have been told that there is an entrance from Pecan Grove Memorial
Park, but I did not see it. This cemetery has separate care from Pecan Grove. I
have been told by the Pecan Grove Cemetery Association president that the
Potters' Field section is no longer a designation. The Potters' Field Cemetery
is actually part of Pecan Grove Memorial Park and is included in the its deed.
This cemetery is across the fence from, and in the "L" of Pecan Grove Memorial
Park in the southwest corner. The grass is cut for the cemetery itself, but not
for the area near the road and other areas. It is not well maintained. The
cemetery is unfenced. It covers at least a couple of acres of ground. There is a
small chapel on the north side of the cemetery. The graves are marked with a
variety of markers. Some have stones; some have crosses; some have just the
funeral parlor marker; and one grave has a statue of St. Francis. There is a
fenced area.
Many of the graves here are for Hispanics, and some people call it the Hispanic
section. Indigents can be buried free in this section if they are from McKinney.
The cemetery is barely visible from Old Mill Road, and is not visible from
McDonald Street, FM 5.
CEMETERY INDEX
Recommended
citation:
Potters'
Field Cemetery - McKinney,
"CEMETERIES OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County,
Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries,
Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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