107 - Beda Fern Cunningham - Grace Hill Cemetery - Perry, OK
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N 36° 16.704 W 097° 16.148
14S E 655455 N 4016217
Beda Fern Cunningham was born the same year that U.S. President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
Waymark Code: WMJADM
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2013
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The final resting place of Beda Cunningham is at the north side of Grace Hill Cemetery, at the northwest corner of the section.
Text on marker:
Father
Soloman Dixon Hatfield Sr.
Born July 7, 1883
Died Feb. 7, 1917
Mother
Beda Fern Cunningham
Born April 19, 1886
Died Jan. 19, 1994
Gone but not forgotten
107 years 9 months
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Beda's time on earth:
1886: English adventurer Thomas Stevens concludes the first circumnavigation by bicycle in Yokohama, having set out on his penny-farthing from San Francisco in 1884.
1896: The first known women's basketball game between two colleges is played between Stanford and California.
1906: Reginald Fessenden makes the first radio broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
1916: Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
1926: A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in Washington, D.C.
1936: Max Schmeling knocks out Joe Louis in the 12th round of their heavyweight boxing match at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
1946: Six inmates unsuccessfully try to escape from Alcatraz Prison. A riot occurs, the so-called "Battle of Alcatraz".
1956: Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
1966: Theft of football's FIFA World Cup Trophy whilst on exhibition in London; it is found seven days later by a mongrel dog named "Pickles" and his owner David Corbett wrapped in newspaper in a south London garden.
1976: Clifford Alexander, Jr. is confirmed as the first African American Secretary of the United States Army.
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of 7 astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
1994: In Detroit, Michigan, Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant, under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband.
Location of Headstone: Grace Hill Cemetery
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