Inmates make the headstones out of concrete. The deceased's name, prison number and date of death are drawn into the wet concrete. A few markers stand out from the others in the neat rows. The chief, who was imprisoned in Huntsville for slaying settlers, disliked confinement so much that he threw himself from the second floor of the prison infirmary. His bones were moved to Oklahoma in 1963.
Few headstones bear epitaphs.
Some graves are marked by stones paid for by the Veterans Administration. Occasionally, relatives will erect a memorial, like the one for a man executed in January. Beneath a crude, inmate-fashioned headstone sits a polished marker with his name, birth date and a reference to the Bible's book of Colossians. This site is best viewed using Netscape 4.0 or IE 4.0.