Cemetery Monument of Falkner Family - Oxford, MS
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N 34° 22.235 W 089° 30.790
16S E 268900 N 3806109
The couple on this obelisk is the grandparents of reknown author William Faulkner, born William Cuthbert Falkner
Waymark Code: WMQ7RE
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2016
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County of monument: Lafayette County
Location of monument: N. 16th St. & Jefferson Ave., Oxford
Artist: Unknown
Date: 1850
Text:
(On obelisk, north side):
FATHER
(On base, north side):
FALKNER
(On base, east side):
FALKNER
(On obelisk, south side):
MOTHER
(On base, south side):
FALKNER
(On base, west side):
Sallie Murry
Loved wife of
J.W.T. Falkner SR.
Born October 14, 1850.
Died December 21, 1906.
"The heart of her husband doth
safely trust in her. Her children
arise and call her blessed.
Her husband also, and he praiseth her."
FALKNER
Proper Description: "A marble obelisk on a tiered marble base. On the north face is an oval marble relief portrait, possibly of J. W. T. Falkner, Sr. He has a moustache and wears a suit coat and tie. The bust portrait is surrounded by a wreath. On the south face is an oval marble relief portrait bust, possibly of Sallie Murry Falkner. She wears a high-necked blouse. Her relief is also surrounded by a wreath. The monument is in a fenced plot." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum