R. Kimsey Townsend - Old Electra Memorial Cemetery - Electra, TX
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N 34° 02.768 W 098° 55.106
14S E 507528 N 3767274
Woodmen of the World monument for R. Kimsey Townsend in Old Electra Memorial Cemetery, Electra, TX.
Waymark Code: WM12825
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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There are actually four cemeteries in this area, spawning massive confusion about who is buried in which cemetery: Findagrave has many listings that are not in the correct cemetery, a bureaucrat's dream should someone wish to clean it all up. Coming up from Electra on TX 25, the cemeteries are just north of US 287. To the right is the easy one, New Electra Memorial Cemetery, with the Cross family museum just on the other side of the entry arch. To the left is Old Electra Memorial Cemetery, and behind it is Dick Sparks Cemetery. Where it has been fuzzy in the past is that there has been no line of demarcation between the Old Electra Memorial Cemetery and Electra Memorial Park Cemetery, which borders it to the north. Cemetery signs have led to confusion, and neither Bing Maps nor Mapquest are any help. Google Maps at least has the label correct for New Electra Memorial Cemetery, but current street views are not helpful regarding which cemetery is which. As of March of 2019, all have the proper names on their access gates, and there are signs on the border between Old Electra and Electra Memorial Park.

With that said ...

This tree trunk monument is in exceptional condition, and its photo medallion has been spared the attention of vandals and the work of Mother Nature. Interestingly, his Findagrave entry indicates his name as "Kimsey Roll Townsend", with a draft card bearing that name and giving 1894 as his birth year. The inscription reads:

R. Kimsey

Son of
Mr. & Mrs.
H.M.
Townsend

Apr. 18, 1897
Dec. 10, 1923

At Rest
Was the inscription legible?: Yes

Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery

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