George B. Thompson - Beeman Memorial Cemetery - Dallas, TX
N 32° 46.762 W 096° 44.077
14S E 712171 N 3629099
Zinc monument for George B. Thompson, in the Beeman Memorial Cemetery, Dallas, TX.
Waymark Code: WME547
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2012
Views: 4
A short biography on Find-a-Grave indicates that Mr. Thompson was a farmer who came from Tennessee, was an enlistment officer for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and worked a mill that is now under White Rock Lake.
Inscriptions:
Main Face:
[Depiction of funeral ship, with an accompanying psychopomp]
George
B.
Thompson
Born
Aug. 9, 1805
Died
June 14, 1886
Face 2:
[Depiction of a figure, clutching a cross]
Dear father, with a reverent hand
This to thy memory given
While one by one thy household band
God reunites in Heaven
Face 3:
[Depiction of funeral wreath, with roses]
Face 4:
[Depiction of praying angel. Note anchor at base of monument.]
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