The Paris Tornado - Paris, TX
N 33° 39.478 W 095° 33.365
15S E 262979 N 3727164
Placed by the Paris Founders Lions Club in 1983, a memorial in Paris's Bywaters Park honors those whose lives were lost in a tornado that struck Paris on April 2, 1982, as well as those who helped in the aftermath.
Waymark Code: WM135VD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2020
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The memorial is a granite slab, held in place at the bottom by two sturdier granite blocks with a rougher finish. It reads:
The Paris Tornado
April 2, 1982
This plaque is erected in appreciation of all those
who worked hand-in-hand to rebuild the portions of
the city devastated by the tornado and is dedicated
to those who lost their lives in it.
Cross Vera M.
Dean, Dorothy
Harrington, Bradley
Harrington, Judy
Hill, Robert Louis
Landers, Martha Jo
Layton, Lera E.
McQueen, Helen S.
Partridge, Robert D.
Pomroy, Mollie A.
Spangler, Ora E.
Let this serve as a reminder to all future generations
that service to mankind transcends all other gifts.
Dedicated by the Paris Founders Lion Club. April 2, 1983
Street Address (if known):
300 Block of S Main St
Paris, TX USA
75460
Condition?: Very good, could use some cleaning
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Visit Instructions:
1) Please provide a photo you have taken of the Friendship Arch, Monument or Plaque.
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