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 Charlie C. McKamy - Frankford Cemetery - Dallas, TX
N 32° 59.323 W 096° 49.366
14S E 703434 N 3652141
Zinc monument for Charlie C. McKamy, in historic Frankford Cemetery, Dallas, TX.
Waymark Code: WMM5VC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2014
Views: 1
Date of birth (optional): 03/02/1864
Date of death (optional): 01/04/1887
Headstone text (optional):
The monument has "C.C. McKamy" on the base, and each side has a prominent cross near the top. On the main face is the following inscription:
Charlie
C.,
Son of
Wm. C. & R.L.
McKamy,
Born
March 2, 1864
Died
Jan. 4, 1887,
Aged 22 Yrs, 10 Mos, 2 Dys.
The second face has a depiction of a cross in a wreath, with two inscriptions:
All Is Well.
Here I lay
my burden down,
change the cross
into the crown.
He sleeps beneath his native earth,
and near the spot that gave him birth
His youthful feet trod flowers that
bloom
In beauty o'er his early tomb.
The third face depicts a sheaf of wheat, alluding to harvest and death, and a lamb, denoting youth, is below. The fourth face depicts an angel, holding onto an anchor, suggesting hope, and there is an inscription:
Weep not for him. He is
not dead, but sleepeth.
What a friend we have in
Jesus.
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