100 - Mary Willie Mitchell - Gatlin Cemetery - Ardmore, AL - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

The final resting place of centenarian Mary Willie Mitchell is at the west side of Gatlin Cemetery. She shares an upright, double marker with her spouse James Lewis. Mary was preceded in death by two husbands and a son.
Her memorial on Findagrave: (visit link)

Text on Mary's marker:

Mitchell

Mary Willie
Oct. 2, 1911
Jan. 22, 2012

James Lewis
Feb. 10, 1908
May 16, 1972

Gone Home

Some historical events that occurred during Mary's time on earth:

1911: Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market, in competition with the Ford Model T.
1921: The 1921 Women's Olympiad (the first international women's sports event) begins in Monte Carlo.
1931: The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States' National anthem.
1941: The breakfast cereal Cheerios is introduced as CheeriOats by General Mills.
1951: The first NBA All-Star Game of basketball is played in the Boston Garden
1961: The Beatles perform for the first time at The Cavern Club.
1971: Evel Knievel sets a world record and jumps 19 cars in Ontario, California.
1981: Pope John Paul II is shot and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish gunman, as he enters St. Peter's Square in Vatican City to address a general audience.
1991: A solar eclipse of record totality occurs
2001: Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 16, becomes the youngest person to summit Mount Everest.
2012: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility.

Location of Headstone: Gatlin Cemetery

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