The Crystal Lady's

High Family Genealogy

Date Line....Crockett Texas....June 21st, 2005
It was a lovely day in this East Texas Town. 
The first day of summer and the longest day of the year, it 
was a good time for the dedication of a memorial monument to
the Robert Albert High family of Crockett, Texas
Only a few people were on hand but we spoke a few words
and took some pictures of the attractive monument that had
been placed on the family plot. (Pictures at Glenwood Cemetery)

Memorial Speech
By Joan Estelle High
©June 22, 2005

Good Morning everybody,
We wish to thank you for coming .
A special thanks goes to Bette Sarver 
who has been our contact person in here in Crockett.
Most of the time when people gather at a cemetery it is a sad time
 because somebody has died.
But not today, we are here because somebody lived.

We are here to celebrate the lives of the Robert A. High family of Crockett.
They were never rich or famous. 
Although God fearing people they would not have been considered saints.,
But neither were they any more sinners than most of us standing here today.
They lived and loved, played and worked, and they shared laughter and tears
 for over 50 years here in Crockett.

Now thank to the generosity of two of their grandsons, ( Carl  High and Donald Slocum )
 their last earthy resting place will no longer be an unmarked piece of ground.

I read something recently on the Internet. It was words to an old song, 
I didn’t write the name of the song down but the words struck a cord 
and seem appropriate for the occasion.
“If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me. 
For I must be traveling on now,
there are too many places I have not seen.”

Well those buried here have moved on,
their souls have left their mortal shell, 
and the physical bodies have probably turned to dust....
But we are here today to say to Robert,  Ella May,  Nellie,  Dell,  Lacy,  
William Cloyd, Earl,  Roberta,  Dorothy, Erwin,  Beatrice, Mary Lee
“We will remember you”

We wish to thank Mr. David Galant , and Bettie Sarver of the 
 Houston Historical Commission for coming.

You can not get a group together in Texas especially in a cemetery 
and not have a closing prayer.
So if you all will give me a few more minutes of your time, I have a couple more thoughts
 I would like to share. and a short prayer.

Please sign the guest book before you leave 
and if you have a business card please leave one with us.
I will be doing a story about Crockett for my web site and hopefully, 
Ed will have gotten a few good pictures that we might post on the web site.

As we gather here today, let us take time to thank a generous God for the gift of memory. Although sometimes, memories of our love ones that have died ,
may make us sad and pull at the heart stings;
But we would be even sadder if the memories of those lives here on Earth are lost in time.
We humans are blessed that we can look back at the past,
 learn the lessons that the past has to offer,
those lessons that can help us now in the present and give us hope for the future.

May God bless each and every person gathered here today. 
and may He supply their needs abundantly.
 May we all go forth today determined that our lives 
will be a blessing to our families  and to our communities. 
And we go forth with the hope 
that  some where, some day, some body will remember us. Amen.

* The High family also had a farm at the old Shiloh community south of Crockett.
The Old Shiloh Methodist Church and Campground has a historical marker and
a church that was  started in 1883. Click on Old Shiloh Church for pictures taken on 6-21-2005.