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Columbus
Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery Tour
2009

November 6th and 7th
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Columbus, Texas

Photos courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library

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Columbus TX Cemetery Tour - Betty Jo Seifert as Martha Gloger
Betty Jo Seifert as Martha Gloger

Now in its 7th year, the 2009 event will introduce you to a new group of former Columbus residents. Photos shown here are from last years program.

Organizers were faced with the intimidating challenge of writing this year’s tour without the help of County Historian Bill Stein, whose untimely death earlier this year looked as if it might jeopardize the event.

But Bill Stein was full of surprises and when his desk revealed the pre-written scripts of most of this years’ participants, the sigh of relief was heard as far west as Bastrop and as far east as Katy.

The tour is “a thinking-person’s Halloween” – and is more of a celebration of life.

The tour is highly recommended for three types of people:
1. Those who never attended a good cemetery tour.
2. Those who have attended a bad cemetery tour and regretted it.
3. People who plan to have a cemetery tour in their town and need to know how it’s done properly.

Out of town?
Spend the night in Columbus at a hotel and explore the town and surrounding region on your way home.


TICKETS
Tickets remain at only $10 per person and are available from the Nesbitt Library. 979-732-3392. Ask for Alma or Bernadette. Proceeds go to the Nesbitt Library.

TIME

The tours leave every ten minutes stating at 7 p.m.

LOCATION
The Odd Fellows Cemetery is adjacent to the Old City Cemetery on Old Highway 90, west of Columbus. Just past the post office on the south side of the road.

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Columbus TX Odd Fellows Cemetery Plot
Columbus Odd Fellows Cemetery
Columbus TX Cemetery Tour - Paulina Kearney as Kate Glithero
Paulina Kearney as Kate Glithero
Cemetery Tour - Bill Mosley as John H. Bowers, Columbus TX
Bill Mosley as John H. Bowers
Cemetery Tour - Tracey Wegenhoft as Caroline Delany, Columbus TX
Tracey Wegenhoft as Caroline Delany
Cemetery Tour - Bob Gillespie as Joseph W. Brown, Columbus TX
Bob Gillespie as Joseph W. Brown
Cemetery Tour - John Foard as Robert L. Foard, Columbus TX
John Foard as Robert L. Foard
Cemetery Tour - Amber Hollywood as Helen Hunt, Columbus Cemetery TX
Amber Hollywood as Helen Hunt
Cemetery Tour - Jim Kearney As Fred Miller Columbus TX
Jim Kearney as Fred Miller
Skull and Angel Statue
NOT in the Odd Fellows Cemetery
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San Antonio TX - Whimsical metal skeleton with flowers, garden ornaments
Whimsical skeletons
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