101 - Lois E. Lemons - Sunset Memorial Gardens - Stillwater, OK
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The final resting place of centenarian Lois E. Lemons is at the center of Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Waymark Code: WM128BY
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2020
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Centenarian Lois E. Lemons is laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens, on S. Perkins Rd. south of Stillwater (Payne County). Her plot is almost directly east of the sculture at the center of the loop. She shares a double horizontal marker with her spouse Edd, who she survived by almost 29 years.
Text on marker:
Lemons
"Edd"
Wallace Edward
Nov. 16, 1905
Aug. 8, 1985
Lois E.
July 15, 1912
June 24, 2014
Some historical events that occurred during Lois' time on earth:
1912: The first Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) earns his rank.
1922: Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for sedition.
1932: The first new design of Purple Heart is awarded as a military decoration in the United States.
1942: C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters is first published in book format, in England.
1952: The 1952 Summer Olympics are held in Helsinki, Finland.
1962: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.
1972: The 92nd U.S. Congress votes to send the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1982: The 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Chariots of Fire wins Best Picture and 3 other Academy Awards.
1992: The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2002: An object with an estimated diameter of 10 meters collides with Earth over the Mediterranean and detonates in mid-air.
2014: The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa begins, infecting at least 28,616 people and killing at least 11,310 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.
Location of Headstone: Sunset Memorial Gardens
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