Yellowpine Cemetery

Yellowpine was one of many logging communities founded in the East Texas pine forests during the early 20th century. After the death of J.C. Berryman on October 2, 1932, local residents received permission from the Temple Lumber Company to inter Berryman on the top of a hill, close to a fire watchtower. The cemetery was known as Tower Hill Cemetery until the tower’s removal. The cemetery was officially recorded in 1935 when the lumber company conveyed almost 78,000 acres (excluding the cemetery site) to the U.S. Government for the establishment of Sabine National Forest. The site is managed by an association that meets yearly on the last Sunday in September, during an annual homecoming celebration.

Yellowpine Cemetery is a historical marker in Hemphill, Sabine County, dedicated in 2010. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Sabine County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 148 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.2578, -93.8215 near Hemphill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church (cemetery), about 1.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Ener Cemetery, James Frederick Gomer Cemetery, and Gomer Slave.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016283. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.