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Five Weeping Angels

Dallas, Denison, Houston, Scottsville, and Waco

by John Troesser

Photos by Barclay Gibson, Justin Parson, Charles Watson
Leigh Lunsford, Tommy Thedford and John Troesser
Houston's Glenwood Cemetery
Houston TX - Weeping angel in Glenwood Cemetery
Detail of the Angel in the Hill Family plot
Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX

TE Photo May 2003

Houston's Glenwood Cemetery

When we first published a photo of a weeping angel monument in Houston's Glenwood Cemetery, we were notified that the statue's location was misidentified. The writer had seen it just a week before in Scottsville, Texas (just east of Marshall). Although no photo was furnished, we remembered his letter and two years later on a trip to NE Texas, we went to investigate. more
Scottsville / Youree Cemetery
Scottsville Texas - Scottsville Cemetery Weeping Angel
Scottsville's Weeping Angel "Grief"
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2010
A view of the Scottsville cemetery and chapel.
The Youree angel is visible just left of center.

TE Photo October, 2001

Scottsville / Youree Cemetery

The Scottsville / Youree Cemetery can be found on FM 1998 about 12 miles East of Marshall.

Indeed, there is a near-identical twin to the Houston weeping angel - complete with severed arm. Only the names and the statue bases are slightly different. The inscription on the Glenwood angel is the simple surname of Hill while the one in Scottville bears the name Youree.
Glenwood
"Grief" in Scottsville
The Glenwood Angel (left) and the Scottsville Angel
showing the vandalism to both left arms.

TE Photos
The cemetery is said to be the largest collection of Teich's work in one place in Texas. Several other angels stand very near "Grief" and for its size, the Scottsville / Youree Cemetery is probably the most picturesque in the state, despite being heavily vandalized in the late 1980s.
Scottsville Texas - Scottsville Cemetery Weeping Angel close up showing  broken arm
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2010
Scottsville Weeping Angel › more
Denison's Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery in Grayson County
A comparison of the two works was in preparation when we received photos of a third "sister angel" from contributor Justin Parson of McKinney. In Mr. Parson's photos (from the Calvary Cemetery in Grayson County) the angel has her arm intact - an important clue in case the other two statues are ever restored.
Denison, TX Grayson County's Weeping Angel
Denison, TX - Grayson County Calvary Cemetery Weeping Angel
Grayson County's Weeping Angel
Photos Courtesy Justin Parson 2005
Subject: Denison Weeping Angel

" On your wonderful page about the Weeping Angels. I am sad to inform you that her arm was broken off sometime this late winter or spring. I drove by and saw it , so sad!" - Susan Hawkins, May 25, 2011

"Sad to report the Denison weeping angel has lost her hand."- Tommy Thedford, Dallas TX,. February 20, 2016
Denison, TX - Grayson County Calvary Cemetery Weeping Angel
Denison, TX - Grayson County Calvary Cemetery Weeping Angel with broken arm
Photo courtesy Tommy Thedford, February 2016
Denison, TX - Grayson County Calvary Cemetery Weeping Angel
Denison, TX - Grayson County Calvary Cemetery Weeping Angel with broken arm
Photo courtesy Tommy Thedford, February 2016
Denison, TX - Grayson County Calvary Cemetery Weeping Angel with broken arm
Photo courtesy Tommy Thedford, February 2016
Dallas' Grove Hill Cemetery
Grief, Weeping Angel - Dallas, Texas, Grove Hill Cemetery
Photo courtesy Leigh Lunsford
The Weeping Angel in
Dallas' Grove Hill Cemetery
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The Fourth “Weeping Angel” in Texas

Photos of a fourth “Weeping Angel” in Texas have been provided by Leigh Lunsford. This angel is different from the first two in that the wrist (broken on the sister statues in Houston and Scottsville) has a support attached. - Editor

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Waco’s Holy Cross Cemetery
Waco TX - Holy Cross Cemetery Weeping Angel
Photo courtesy Charles Watson
Weeping Angel in
Waco’s Holy Cross Cemetery
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Related Features:

  • Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas
  • Scottsville's Weeping Angel "Grief"
  • Weeping Angel in Dallas' Grove Hill Cemetery
  • Weeping Angel in Waco’s Holy Cross Cemetery

  • Weeping Angel by David Knape

    We have been told by monumentalists (the proper name for people who make monuments) that in the case of statuary like this, apprentice stonecarvers learned their craft by making copies of the master's original. Knock-offs were possible, but when one examines the quality of the work on all three statues - it's obvious that no one was cutting corners when these sister angels were carved. The Youree monument, which received huge regional newspaper coverage, is said to have generated $40,000 in orders for the Teich monument works.

    Anyone with information on the Texas angel sorority or anyone who has information on stonecarver apprenticeship procedures in early 20th Century Texas, please write to editor@texasescapes.com

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