WINDY DAY AT WHITEFLAT Marisue Potts Etheredge (left) and Leesa Ruderman led efforts to secure a Texas Historical Commission historic cemetery medallion. It was installed by Motley County Historical Commission volunteers and dedicated April 11. | COURTESY PHOTO
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Matador residents and hotel owners Christian and Barbara Heim paused Saturday to read the names of those buried at the Whiteflat Cemetery whose graves have no marker. | COURTESY PHOTO
The historical marker dedication for the Texas Historic Cemetery at Whiteflat (Motley County) took place during an extremely brisk wind Saturday, April 11, 2026.
Motley County Historical Commission chair Marisue Potts Etheredge and researcher-author Leesa Ruderman of Middletown, Maryland, welcomed some 25 guests who gathered near the site of one of the county’s first settlements and farming communi…
