Texas State Cemetery

Mario Gallegos Jr.

1950–2012 (age 62)

Texas State Cemetery

Mario Gallegos Jr. (1950–2012) was a Texas state senator whose remains were laid to rest at Texas State Cemetery.

Ray Farabee

1932–2014 (age 82)

Texas State Cemetery

Ray Farabee (1932–2014), a Texas legislator, is buried at Texas State Cemetery in Wichita Falls.

Ray Hutchison

1932–2014 (age 82)

Texas State Cemetery

Ray Hutchison (1932–2014) is buried at Texas State Cemetery, reflecting his ties to the Lone Star State.

Sarah Weddington

1945–2021 (age 76)

Texas State Cemetery

Sarah Weddington (1945–2021), the attorney who argued Roe v. Wade and later served in the Texas legislature, is interr...

Walter Mengden

1926–2018 (age 92)

Texas State Cemetery

Walter Mengden (1926–2018) was a Houston figure now interred at Texas State Cemetery.

William Powers Jr.

1946–2019 (age 73)

Texas State Cemetery

William Powers Jr. (1946–2019), born in Los Angeles, led the University of Texas at Austin as president and is buried ...

William Lockhart Garwood

1931–2011 (age 80)

Texas State Cemetery

William Lockhart Garwood (1931–2011) served on the Texas Supreme Court and was laid to rest at Texas State Cemetery in...

Richard Overton

1906–2018 (age 112)

Texas State Cemetery

Richard Overton (1906–2018) was celebrated as the oldest surviving American World War II veteran and is buried at Texa...

Jack Pope

1913–2017 (age 104)

Texas State Cemetery

Jack Pope (1913–2017) spent decades on the Texas Supreme Court before being interred at Texas State Cemetery in Abilen...

Monty Oum

1981–2015 (age 34)

Texas State Cemetery

Monty Oum (1981–2015), the Providence-born animator behind Rooster Teeth’s "RWBY," is buried at Texas State Cemetery...

W. E. "Pete" Snelson

1923–2014 (age 91)

Texas State Cemetery

W. E. "Pete" Snelson (1923–2014) was a Texas legislator whose final resting place is Texas State Cemetery in Grandfall...

Ruth Jones McClendon

1943–2017 (age 74)

Texas State Cemetery

Ruth Jones McClendon (1943–2017) was a Houston-born Texas state representative who championed education and health car...

Anita Lee Blair

1916–2010 (age 94)

Texas State Cemetery

Anita Lee Blair (1916–2010) was a Texas politician mid-century whose service is honored with interment at the Texas St...

Phil Cates

1947–2014 (age 67)

Texas State Cemetery

Phil Cates (1947–2014) was a Pampa native whose life is memorialized with burial at the Texas State Cemetery.

Richard Moya

1932–2017 (age 85)

Texas State Cemetery

Richard Moya (1932–2017) was the first Mexican-American elected to the Travis County Commissioners Court and is buried...

Carl Calvin Conley

1921–2010 (age 89)

Texas State Cemetery

Carl Calvin Conley (1921–2010) was a longtime Texan whose contributions earned him interment at the Texas State Cemete...