Francis F. Altman - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 17.728 W 081° 45.991
17R E 426290 N 3351774
Francis F. Altman, one of the Woodmen of the World, is buried in Gravely Hill Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMQWA4
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2016
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Find A Grave website provides the following information:
"Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, Florida
Monday, July 23, 1928
Francis Fleming Altman.
The many friends of Frances F. Altman, 40, of Glen St. Mary, will regret to learn of his death, which occurred Sunday afternoon in a local hospital after an illness of one week. He had been a resident of Glen St. Mary for the past year, and was formerly of Jacksonville and South Jacksonville. He was a member of Palmetto camp No. 303, Woodmen of the World of Jacksonville. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Altman; two sisters, Mrs. Adeline Yarbrough, and Mrs. Emma Wainright; two brothers, Jimmie Altman, and Solman Altman, all of Jacksonville.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Mrs. William C. Cooper, Jr., and will be announced later.
....courtesy of the Baker County Historical Society"
His headstone inscription reads:
Francis F. Altman
Born
Dec. 15, 1888
Died
July 22, 1928
ABOUT THE CEMETERY:
The Gravely Hill Cemetery is located within the boundaries of the Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, which was opened in 1931, and is located at 7242 Normandy Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida; however, it is not affiliated with this cemetery. It is maintained by the Gravely Hill Friends, Inc.
"The Old Gravely Hill Cemetery was begun as the private family burying ground of the MILES PRICE family and located on the Miles Price homestead. Miles Price was a Confederate veteran who gave the burial plot to the family of any other Confederate veteran which desired it. Twenty-three Confederate veterans, one Civil War veteran with Union Forces, five World War I veterans, and two Spanish-American War veterans are buried here. The earliest marker is that of J.D. Carmichel, who died December 15, 1862."
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