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Stolen Tombstones Recovered - Murray County, Oklahoma

Below are photographs of two of the three stolen gravestones that were recovered by the Murray County Oklahoma Sheriff's Office. They were recovered in Murray county on U.S. Highway 77 about 1 mile south of the Garvin County line. It is thought that they came from an old Negro cemetery possibly in Murray or Garvin County. Any help would be greatly appreciated in locating the cemetery of origin.

Update: Mystery of Three Oklahoma Tombstones Solved - http://www.interment.net/column/feature/stolen/index.htm

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