- Yes, there is a prison graveyard, the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, TX. It has existed since the mid-1800s when the first prisoner was buried there.
- Burial at TDCJ’s Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas. CREDIT: Michael Stravato, Texas Observer.
- Huntsville, Texas (TX), US. The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery is located about a mile southeast of the Walls Unit on Bowers Boulevard.
- Cemetery at 380-398 Bowers Boulevard, Huntsville, TX 77340. ... Last reviews about TDCJ Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, TX.Bulunamadı: captain
- The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery is the main prison cemetery of the U.S. state of Texas, located in Huntsville and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal...
- Originally called Peckerwood Hill, the cemetery was later renamed after Captain Joe Byrd, who helped clean up and identify many of the graves.
- About a mile South of the famous Walls Unit in Huntsville, TX, is a small nondescript cemetery. This is the Captian Joe Byrd Cemetery.
- Prison Chaplain Larry Hart leads guards and inmate trusties in prayer during a burial at TDCJ’s Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville.
- Invited Speech Presented as part of the two day remembrance ceremony for the Captain Joe Byrd Prison Cemetery in Huntsville, TX.
- Its official name is Captain Joe Byrd, but most people in Huntsville, Texas refer to the prison cemetery as ‘Peckerwood Hill.’