Lyles-Sanders Cemetery

ORIGINALLY SERVING THE LYLES AND SANDERS FAMILIES, THIS BURIAL GROUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1860, WHEN INFANT SUSAN LYLES WAS INTERRED HERE. BY 1899, INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE THE FAMILY, LIVING IN COMMUNITIES LIKE IRON MOUNTAIN, GOULD, SULPHER SPRINGS, OAK FLAT, AND GLEN FAWN, BEGAN USING THE BURIAL GROUND. THIS PROPERTY WAS OFFICIALLY DONATED FOR CEMETERY USE IN 1923, AND ANOTHER ACRE WAS ADDED IN 1977. THE CEMETERY FEATURES A WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MONUMENT, VERTICAL STONES AND OBELISKS. INTERMENTS INCLUDE VETERANS OF CONFLICTS DATING TO THE CIVIL WAR. NOWADAYS, LYLES-SANDERS CEMETERY CONTINUES TO SERVE THE AREA, WHILE REMAINING A CHRONICLE OF SOUTHERN RUSK COUNTY PIONEERS.

Lyles-Sanders Cemetery is a historical marker in Mt. Enterprise, Rusk County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Rusk County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.9182, -94.7801 near Mt. Enterprise. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gould (cemetery), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Blanton, Pine Grove Baptist, and Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016449. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.