Kerrville State Hospital Cemetery - Kerville, TX

[John Bennett]

Here are some photos I took of the Kerville State Hospital cemetery in November of 2008. State Hospitals are government-run residential facilities for people with severe mental illness. The cemetery is located in the back of the Kerrville State Hospital, on the hill behind it.

Link to Kerrville State Hospital website (http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhhospitals/KerrvilleSH/default.shtm)

Link to Google map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=721+Thompson+Dr,+Kerrville,+TX+78028&sll=31.330548,-94.722867&sspn=0.139592,0.2211&g=Lufkin,+TX&ie=UTF8&ll=30.046984,-99.158349&spn=0.00221,0.010986&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=30.04765,-99.157104&panoid=ockiP-TVVFSJaZeUwZMgAQ&cbp=11,192.5076239155651,,0,5).

It contains the graves of hospital patients. The oldest grave I saw was 1938.

The entrance
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jbennett1966/2008/motorcycle/Kerrville08/Kerrville08sm008.jpg

The cemetery
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jbennett1966/2008/motorcycle/Kerrville08/Kerrville08sm005.jpg


Plaque there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jbennett1966/2008/motorcycle/Kerrville08/Kerrville08sm006.jpg

One of the older grave markers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jbennett1966/2008/motorcycle/Kerrville08/Kerrville08sm007.jpg