From Matagorda County History & Genealogy page
After marking the graves of Tressie and Clyde - from the story above - Patsy and Gene Huffines took on the task of locating the grave of another Huffhines relative.
Through their efforts in 2009, he is no longer lying in an unmarked grave.
In November 2009, Raymond Calvan Huffhines (May 5, 1908 - June, 15, 1925), son of the late Adonia Wright and Margaret Fitzgearld Huffhines, received a well-deserved, long-overdue tombstone after 84 years.
Raymond also was the brother of Tressie Huffines who drowned near Collegeport in 1925.
Provided by Gene and Patsy Pulis Huffhines of Yukon, Oklahoma. Gene is a great-nephew of Adonia W. Huffhines.
Raymond Calvan Huffhines only 17 years old, broke and out of work at the time of his death, was found dead beside the Rock Island tracks, East of Shawnee, Okla.
He was struck by a passing train while asleep is the generally accepted theory.
As the story goes, Raymond Calvan met an older scantily clad man in Oklahoma City, Okla., and traveled to Shawnee.
That night, they decided to lie down by the tracks and spend the night.
Awaking the next morning, the older man called to his friend. When he didn't answer, he discovered he was dead.
In the course of telling his stories the older man asked Raymond Calvan if he had any identification on him.
Calvan said he didn't, so he put his name and address of Donie, Texas, on a note and put in his pocket.
The note is how they contacted Calvan’s family in Texas.
The family said there was no doubt he was their son.
A telegram was sent to have their son buried there in a Shawnee cemetery, since they had no money to come and get him or pay for a burial.
The family was able to take up a small collection and send to help on the burial.
Mrs. P.H. Bellmeyer wrote to the family telling them about seeing the story in the paper.
She took time to send a letter after the service on June 18, 1925, to try and make it a little easier for them in their sad time of bereavement.
She had taken her three young girls and one young man and herself.
Describing the service to the family, Bellmeyer said, someone made a nice talk and a lady sang and played "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere."
There was a nice crowd at the chapel. Most all of them went to the cemetery.
Raymond Calvan was nicely dressed had casket covered with flowers. She sent some of the flowers in the letter to them.
As there was nothing more to write, she was hoping the letter would help ease their breaking hearts and pain since they couldn't be there.
What a wonderful blessing it was to have the peace of mind knowing he had a nice service and been properly buried.
Do you have a relative buried in an unmarked grave? Is this the time for you to step up and be the one in your family to make sure they are “Gone But Not Forgotten?”