Thomas S. McCurry -- Mt. Zion Cemetery, Rockwall TX
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N 32° 57.989 W 096° 24.756
14S E 741829 N 3650544
The unique and haunting tombstone of Thomas S. McCurry at Rockwall's Mt Zion Cemetery
Waymark Code: WMTMP9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2016
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We are not sure what kind of stone this tombstones made from. It's clearly very soft, as the edged information has faded over the decades until just the merest outlines the letters remain.

This tombstone is one of the most interesting in the cemetery for this reason, and because of the very detailed and large Woodmen of the world Memorial medallion at the top.

The only part we could read was the first name:

"Woodmen of the World Medallion

Thomas McCurry
Born
Sept [illegible]
[probably Died]
Nov [Illegible]

Erected by the Woodmen of the World"

Thanks to Find-A-Grave (without whom we would never have known who this person was): (visit link)

"Birth: Sep. 7, 1870
Kaufman County
Texas, USA
Death: Nov. 30, 1901
Texas, USA

Son of John Allison McCurry and Mary Jane Watson

Family links:
Parents:
John Allison McCurry (1828 - 1903)
Mary Jane Watson McCurry (1828 - 1873)

Spouse:
Sarah Ann Alice Pharr McCurry (1876 - 1900)*

Siblings:
Henry Bradford McCurry (1857 - 1920)*
Samuel Severe McCurry (1863 - 1929)*
Joseph Addison McCurry (1867 - 1902)*
Thomas S. McCurry (1870 - 1901)
John Hubert McCurry (1879 - 1918)**

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Mount Zion Cemetery
Rockwall
Rockwall County
Texas, USA"
Was the inscription legible?: No

Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery

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