Sutherland Family Cemetery

The Sutherland family was the only black family living in the Castroville area. The cemetery was originally located on the west of Flat Creek but was moved to the east side in the 1940's by Max Bippert when he purchased that piece of property from the Sutherlands. There is only one permanent headstone in the cemetery, a military marker for Eddie Louis Sutherland. The remainder of the burials have small temporary metal markers, usually placed by the funeral homes.

LOCATION: The cemetery is located on the north side of FM 4715, .6 miles southeast of Highway 90, east of Castroville.

NOTE: The following tombstone inscriptions were copied word for word, line for line. Tombstones identifying more than one grave are identified by a hyphen (1-2). Underlined information is relative to all graves or burials sharing a common tombstone. FS signifies footstone. A slash (/) indicates the end of a line. Information in italics (italics ) represents comments or observations made by the transcriber or are from other sources as noted.

Compiled by the Medina County Tombstone Inscription Project, Jim Menke, Coordinator, in cooperation with the Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Historical Research Committee. (2002)

No.	Name	Inscription/Remarks
1	SUTHERLAND, O	Oscar Malcolm Sutherland / Nov. 17, 1907; July 15, 1999
2	____________, ___	Temporary metal marker, illegible
3	____________, ___	Temporary metal marker, illegible
4	SUTHERLAND, F	Frank SUTHERLAND
5	SUTHERLAND, E	Eddie Louis SUTHERLAND, PVT. 165 Depot Brig Dec. 25, 1933
6	SUTHERLAND, M	Maggie Sutherland, Mar. 22, 1934
7	____________, ___	Temporary metal marker, illegible
8	____________, ___	Temporary metal marker, illegible
9	SUTHERLAND, M	Mamie Sutherland, 1888-1976
10	SUTHERLAND, A	Annie O. Sutherland, 1900-1967

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Sutherland Family Cemetery (MCTIP) updated on 08/26/2008