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Scottsville
Cemetery Weeping Angel
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2010 |
Grief
The
Youree monument is named Grief and it is credited to sculptor Frank
Teich. According to the text in A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor
Sculpture in Texas by Carol Morris Little, the author states
that this statue is considered to be Teich's most artistic creation.
The ten-foot statue is carved from Carrera marble and reportedly cost
$40,000 in 1904. It is the centerpiece of the cemetery and sits just
behind the stone chapel - also constructed in memory of William Scott
Youree, the only son of banker Peter Youree and his wife Elizabeth
Scott Youree. (Elizabeth's family are founders of Scottville.)
The church at the
cemetery was erected by the family of William Scott Youree after
he was killed in Mexico in 1904. The weeping angel that marks his
grave has become a popular regional photographic subject. It bears
a striking resemblance to a memorial for a Hill family member in Houston’s
Glenwood cemetery – even down to the missing hand. |
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The
inscription on
the Youree Monument:
"Born at Scottsville, Texas November 29th 1872 - died at Monterey,
Mexico January 15th 1904.
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Scottsville
Cemetery Weeping Angel
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2010 |
Scottsville
Cemetery Weeping Angel
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, April 2010 |
The Glenwood
Angel (left) and the Scottsville Angel
showing the vandalism to both left arms.
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