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China Spring Cemetery
This cemetery was transcribed by Teresa Parrish. The street names are in maroon top centered. The family names are in all caps and underlined, black font. This is a partial listing about half of the cemetery Teresa is willing to do lookups on the other half until she gets it transcribed click on her name above to email her. She has included information not found on the grave markers gleaned from people visiting the cemetery, etc. I have made more than one page for this cemetery at the bottom of the page each page will be the link to the next page.
PAYNE
EDWARDS
(back row)
(double)
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W. M.
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Margaret A.
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Edwards
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wife of W. M. Edwards
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Born
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Born Apr. 12, 1848
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Dec. 3, 1845
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Died Dec. 20, 1917
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Died
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Mother
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July 23, 1907
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They died as they lived, Christians
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A good husband
and loving father lies here
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A good wife
and true wife lies here
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GREENFIELD
Sallie R.
wife of Jno. L. Greenfield
Dec. 28, 1875
Jan. 31, 1905
A true and loving wife
HARALSON/HARALDSON
Come Ye Blessed
M. J. Haralson
Born Jan.19, 1839
Died Mar. 20, 1907
Farewell my wife and children all
From you a father Christ doth call
Mourn not for me, it is vain
To call me to your sight again
(a rusty metal cross bearing the initials 'CSA' near the head)
Come Ye Blessed
C. S. E. MorroW
wife of M. J. Haralson
Born May 30, 1843
Died Aug 11, 1913
Farewell my children one and all
From you a mother Christ doth call
Mourn not for me, for it is in vain
To call me to your sight again
(There is a short, stubby concrete pillar with a band advertising the Central Texas Monument Co.
No other info)
R. E. Haralson
Aug. 10, 1868
(only date)
John Curtis Haralson
S SGT US Air Force
WW II
Nov. 16, 1921
Jan. 14, 1984
[There is a vast space between the above family and the next, the GOODMAN'S.
This openess may be part of the Goodman plot. Per GOODMAN descendant
Billy BURT an infant lies in this area, the grave unmarked]
GOODMAN
Ida B. Goodman
Oct. 9, 1893
Sept. 9, 1943
Nathaniel L. Goodman
Feb. 12, 1872
Aug. 30, 1957
[open space between the above family and the next.]
KEPLER, YARBROUGH, MARTIN, & GIBSON
Bobby K. Martin
June 23, 1915
Feb. 24, 1933
Keller K. Kepler
Feb.3, 1895
Aug. 1, 1952
Minerva Kepler Yarbrough
Jan. 16, 1902
Mar. 7, 1981
Nora B. Kepler
Jan. 2, 1876
Oct. 15, 1931
Lee Kepler
Oct. 18, 1865
Aug. 3, 1941
[kind of in the middle is a monument with the name KEPLER on it]
(middle)
Mary Alice Gibbons
Apr. 19, 1908 Apr. 29, 1967
(front row)
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(double)
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Joe Boyd Kepler
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Mary Carpenter Kepler
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Aug. 14, 1916
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Dec. 16, 1921
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Dec. 19, 1990
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(no date)
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WHITFIELD, ALLEN, & CARTER
(curbed plot; back row)
Ernest A. Allen
Pvt. US Army
World War I
Mar. 8, 1897 Apr. 21, 1975
Wife
Alvis Whitfield Allen
Jan. 23, 1905
May 27, 1967
At Rest
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footmarker-
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A.W.A.
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(double)
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Whitfield
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Cebron William
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Martha Jane
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Father
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Mother
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footmarker-
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Oct. 13, 1862
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Apr. 9, 1874
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May 6, 1931
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July 20, 1948
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(Coot)
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(front row)
Martha Francis Carter
1925-1987
daughter of Ernest & Alvis Allen
YANKIE
(back row)
[Woodmen of the World monument with crest]
J. W. Yankie
Mar. 29, 1850
Feb. 17, 1915
[arched] Yankie
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(double)
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Yankie
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Zola Whitfield
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Grover Leo
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May 21, 1893
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Feb. 4, 1888
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Oct. 17, 1979
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Feb. 10, 1929
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(double)
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Yankie
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(blank)
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Hugh Alvis "Boots"
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Oct. 28, 1915
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Jan. 1, 1972
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In my father's house are many mansions
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footmarker, hers-
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Mother (At head)
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(front row)
Bennie Mack Yankie
US Army
Apr. 15, 1934 Oct. 2, 1993
Yankie
Willie Mike
Oct. 13, 1910
June 24, 1956
In loving memory
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(double)
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Yankie
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Shirley L.
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Jimmy R.
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Sept. 12, 1936
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Sept. 4, 1934
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only date)
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Mar. 26, 1987
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Beloved husband & father
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footmarker, his-
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J.R.Y.
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"Bobby"
Robert W. Yankie
May 1, 1954
May 16, 1987
He lives and rides on
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footmarker-
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Daddy
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(engraved on the vase to the left (as you face the hd.stone):
Bobby and Joan
9-7-1978
Laura, Lisa, and Robin
engraved on the vase to the right:
Our beloved in peace forever
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(double)
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In God's Care
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Yankie
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Leo A.
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Evelyn Rogers
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May 12, 1912
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Sept. 25, 1913
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(only dates)
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Married July 11, 1932
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Son-Jimmy Grandson-Bobby Johnnie Y. Patterson
Mother of Bobby
Great-grandaughters Lisa and Robin Yankie
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DITTO
(curbed plot-lengthwise like a rectangle with square marker. Curb barely visible)
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(double)
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Ditto
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Eli
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Nancy Roeanna
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Oct. 6, 1904
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Dec. 26, 1914
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May 25, 1975
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May 1, 1968
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Married May 3, 1932
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O'STEEN
(curbed plot, up against the one above. Also not really visible)
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O'Steen
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Father
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Mother
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Arch W.
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Eva J.
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Nov. 20, 1889
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Apr. 27, 1893
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Nov. 4, 1951
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Dec. 8, 1971
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[3/96. Fresh grave next to Arch O'STEEN. No Funeral home marker to identify it.]
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JUSTICE & La GRONE
(back row)
Willis La Grone
July 19, 1918
(only date)
Duyrl R. Justice
Feb. 4, 1939
(only date)
Minnie L. Justice
Oct. 31, 1898
Feb. 26, 1990
(front row; monument with name JUSTICE on it)
Beloved Husband
Wayne L. Justice
Nov. 6, 1936 July 27, 1993
I have walked with God today
Backside is engraved:
I would like to walk thru Heaven
forever with you by my side, holding my hand.
RICH
(back row)
(double)
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Father
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Mother
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G. Dewey
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Bernice
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Nov. 19, 1898
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Feb. 5, 1901
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Dec. 31, 1977
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Nov. 28, 1964
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[In Sept. 1995 he had a footmarker with his initials: G.D.R. It was gone in Jan. 1996.]
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ROBERTSON
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(This marker faces the next street which is Ferguson)
Nautie N. Robertson
Apr. 5, 1914
Oct. 29, 1968
Samuel G. Robertson
US Army
World War II
Feb. 15, 1910 Oct. 22, 1992
(Monument with the name ROBERTSON on both sides.
Below this above monument, facing Payne)
(front row)
"Kay Baby"
Kay C. Robertson
Oct. 7, 1942
(only date)
Forever in our Hearts
"Webo"
W. L. Robertson
Jan. 2, 1940
Jul. 26, 1993
Forever in our hearts
WRIGHT, KEELING, & RAINS
(back row)
Beloved Mother
Charlene Wright Rains
Dec. 16, 1932
May 30, 1988
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(double)
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Brother
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Sister
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George Marvin Keeling
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Nettie Doris Keeling Wright
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Sept. 13, 1893
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Sept. 27, 1910
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Jan. 19, 1969
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May 19, 1982
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footmarker,his-
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George M. Keeling
Pvt. US Army
World War I
Sept. 13, 1898 Jan 19, 1969
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Wright
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Father
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Mother
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Bubba
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Alton Clark
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Jane Chaney
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Bruce Clark
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Jan. 29, 1930
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Oct. 28, 1935
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Aug. 29, 1957
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May 7, 1990
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Aug. 19, 1989
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TALBERT
(back row)
(double)
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C. O.
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Dorothy
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Dec. 16, 1914
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May 3, 1921
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Sept. 21, 1990
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FETZER
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(double)
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Sterling P.
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Ruie Cannon
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Oct. 29, 1896
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Nov. 8, 1901
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May 10, 1977
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(only date)
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(Ruie is daughter of Ernest & Nellie JAY CANNON)
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SMITH
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(double)
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Smith
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Paul G.
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Syble Ruth
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Mar. 14, 1918
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Jan. 22, 1918
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Feb. 25, 1971
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Mossie L. Smith
Aug. 20, 1905
Jan. 31, 1985
Otis Smith
Texas
CPL US Army
World War I
Sept. 22, 1889 May 18, 1971
FERGUSON
(front row)
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(double)
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Ferguson
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Married Nov. 11, 1923
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Liddell
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Jessie
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Oct. 13, 1900
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July 31, 1902
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Mar. 7, 1973
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( only date)
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BARRY
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(double)
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Barry
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Daddy
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Mother
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Hardy Dawson
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Ada Morris
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Aug. 10, 1898
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Apr. 22, 1905
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Mar. 2, 1984
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(only date)
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MILLER
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(double)
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Miller
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Dan O.
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Pauline
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Sept. 13, 1918
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June 1, 1920
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Mar. 16, 1981
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Aug. 1, 1973
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JENKINS
Vernon F. Jenkins
US Army
World War II
Oct. 24, 1923 May 24, 1979
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