Cairo Cemetery - Cairo, OK
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The Snowdog
N 34° 35.290 W 096° 06.653
14S E 764991 N 3831168
A pair of marble monuments that provides a brief history of Cairo Cemetery, east of Cairo, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM12DB1
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2020
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This pair of marble markers is found just inside the entrance to Cairo Cemetery, near a flagpole and a small pavilion. The "old" marker gives a brief history of Cairo Cemetery. A newer, smaller marble marker provides an update to the current status of the cemetery.
The marker text is
CAIRO CEMETERY
With the burial of Grandma Nolan in 1898
Cairo Cemetery was established. Ned and
Bert Marcum were the original property
owners of the Marcum Cemetery until the
couple donated ten acres to the Cairo
School District #24 in 1917. In 1954 the
Cairo and Cottonwood school districts were
consolidated and Cottonwood School
District currently owns the cemetery.
This marker was erected by
Carl and Patricia McEntire in 1998.
Donated by Ada Custom Memorials
The new marker at the base of the old one reads
On August 3rd 2000 the Cottonwood
School District No 4 deeded the
Cairo Cemetery to the Cairo Cemetery
Association, a nonprofit volunteer organization
County: Coal
Record Address::
Cairo Cemetery
Cairo, OK United States
74576
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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Date Erected: 1998
Sponsor (Who put it there): Cairo Cemetery Association
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