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 R. M. Johnston Family Tombstone - Elmwood Cemetery - Charlotte, NC
N 35° 14.165 W 080° 50.765
17S E 514004 N 3899234
The tall elegant broken column tombstone for the R. M. Johnston family at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte North Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMX3FR
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2017
Views: 4
This very tall beautifully detailed broken column tombstone, crowned with a mourning wreath of flowers stands over the R. M. Johnston family plot in Elmwood Cemetery. The names and vital dates for 5 members of this prominent family are engraved on the sides of the tombstone.
Headstone/Monument Text:
[E side]
In Memoriam
RUFUS M. JOHNSTON
Who died April 28, 1889
aged 42 years
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"His mute dust we honor and his living worth."
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"I know that my Redeemer liveth."
[N side]
CECELIA LATTA
wife of
RUFUS M. JHNSTON
Born Feb. 5, 1830
Died April 17, 1891
"She was - ask thyself, what a wife and mother should be? And she was that."
[S side]
LATTA CRAWFORD JOHNSTON
Born May 20, 1857
Died Feb. 28, 1892
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ANNIE LEE THORN
wife of
LATTA C. JOHNSTON
Born June 14, 1864
Died June 1, 1926
[W side]
RUFUS MURRAY JOHNSTON
born May 26, 1888
Died Feb. 9, 1976
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VIRGINIA E. REID
wife of
Rufus M. Johnston
Born Oct. 10, 1898
Died Feb. 20, 1984
Website with More Information: Not listed
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