Today, officers from the Sand Flat Cemetery Association were honored on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives to commemorate the placement of an Official Texas Historical Marker for Sand Flat Cemetery near Athens. State Rep. Lance Gooden and the Texas House of Representatives celebrated the history of Sand Flat cemetery with George Jones, Cynthia Jones, Ivory Joe Givens and Shirley Givens. Pictured with them is Speaker of the House Joe Straus.