Black plaque № 23194

Latexo, TX, United States

Wesley Chapel Church and Cemetery. A Methodist church was built here in 1903 and named in honor of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. In 1913 a two-room schoolhouse was erected to replace an earlier one-room structure. The school was consolidated with Latexo in 1949. Both the school and church build

ings were destroyed by a tornado in 1953. An adjacent cemetery dates to the 1880s, with the earliest marked graves from 1885. Although regular worship services had ended by 1949, the chapel was rebuil

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