100 - Mary Willie Mitchell - Gatlin Cemetery - Ardmore, AL
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N 34° 59.422 W 086° 48.602
16S E 517336 N 3871991
Centenarian Mary Willie Mitchell is laid to rest on the west side of Gatlin Cemetery
Waymark Code: WM11N50
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2019
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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: (
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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.