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This project is for those buried in Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas.
The inscription on the plaque reads as follows:
MYRTLE CEMETERY
W. H. PARSONS DEEDED THE ORIGINAL TEN ACRES AT THIS SITE IN 1875 FOR USE AS A CEMETERY. THE BURIAL GROUND WAS NAMED "MYRTLE" FOR A CHILD WHOSE SINGLE GRAVE WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRACT OF LAND. ALSO BURIED HERE IS FREDERICK H. RANKIN (1795-1874), A MEMBER OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN'S "OLD 300" COLONY AND VETERAN OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. OTHER GRAVES INCLUDE THOSE OF AUTHOR KATIE DAFFAN (1874-1951), AND MARINE LIEUTENANT JACK LUMMUS (1915-1945), WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA DURING WORLD WAR II AND LATER AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.