Interment Process and Requirements

1. Call/text Monte Wallace, cemetery caretaker, at 903.227.2365 of your intent to have a loved one buried at the Gober Cemetery.
2. Headstone "base" must be properly installed and comply with Gober Cemetery "base" specifications.
3. Effective Oct. 2010 curbs are not allowed.
4. Obstructions are not allowed on the gravesite. Preference is given to weighted flower vases placed at the side of the headstone. Funeral homes offer several options for vases.
5. Effective June 1, 2017, costs for grave sites are $400.00 single space, $750.00 double space, plus the cost of the headstone base.
6. Deteriorated flowers will be removed by the caretaker.
7. Costs and specifications for headstone base:
• Cemetery personnel or designees will install a single (5 feet) base for $275.00 or a double (6 feet) base for $325.00.
• The costs may be adjusted yearly.
• See Base Specifications...

Cremation Guidelines

The Gober Cemetery respects your choice in the burial of your loved ones. For those choosing cremation, we have guidelines regarding this type of interment:

1. One grave space may be used for the burial of one and not more than three cremains.
2. Our primary purpose is to protect the urn of your loved one from the weight of the earth and any heavy maintenance equipment. The following criteria must be met when selecting a burial urn:
• Cremains for burial must be placed in a sealed urn.
• If a brass urn, wood or similar material is chosen then the use of a separate burial vault is required.
• An urn of cultured marble or granite can function without a separate component and can be buried as is.
3. Family members may bury the urn not less than 3 feet deep on the gravesite.
4. The first cremains are to be buried at the head or upper portion of the grave space. The second cremains must be in the middle of the grave space with the third being placed in the bottom portion of the grave space. No cremains may be buried at the foot of an existing burial space.
5. The gravesite for the cremains must have one marker indicating that space has been used. A traditional burial stone monument may be used with names and dates for all cremains in that gravesite. This is very important to us, we do not want your loved one's burial space to be disturbed.
6. All burials at the Gober Cemetery must be recorded in the Cemetery Directory. Notify the Gober Cemetery Caretaker three days in advance of a private family burial or one handled by a funeral home. State the name of the deceased, the burial date, and the grave plot being used. The Caretaker will check the stated gravesite to confirm it is safe for a burial.
7. If a family desires not to open and close the burial space themselves, the Gober Cemetery Association recommends contacting R.W. Owens Funeral Home in Wolfe City, Texas. Should your selected burial date need postponing, a two-day notice to the funeral home is required.
8. No cremains may be scattered anywhere in the cemetery above the ground.
9. Requests, other than these guidelines, must be submitted to the Gober Cemetery Board of Trustees for approval.
10. Funeral Directors do not have to be used for the burial of cremains.

Notification Phone Numbers:

903.227.2365 - Monte Wallace, Caretaker
903.496.2378 - R.W. Owens Funeral Home

Base Specifications