C.A. Burks - White Mound Cemetery - Tom Bean, TX
N 33° 31.691 W 096° 31.285
14S E 730178 N 3712594
Toppled Woodmen of the World monument for C.A. Burks, in White Mound Cemetery, Tom Bean, TX. Thanks, vandals.
Waymark Code: WMXCGE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2017
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This one has a metal plate -- it looks to be copper or bronze -- with the Woodmen of the World emblem. The inscription is:
C.A. Burks
Born
Nov. 22, 1871
Died
May. 20, 1905
Tom Bean Camp
No. 548
On the plinth is this inscription:
The fairest flower on earth must fade,
The brightest hopes on earth must die,
Why should we mourn that man was made
To droop on earth, but dwell on high.
Was the inscription legible?: Yes
Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery
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