103 - Thelma M Lee - Bernice, Ok - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

The Rolston Cemetery is a cemetery that was started from a land donation from Louis Rolston Jr from his Indian land grant. From this 2 acre plot grew the Rolston cemetery. Buried here is Telma M Lee - a centenarian of 103. I could not find any information on Thelma.

Thelma would have been born during the Roosevelt Administration in 1902. The Second Boer War and the Filipino-American Wars were occuring. The Rose Bowl is first played, Cuba gets independence from the US, and Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first US President to ride in an automobile. Famous births - actress Tallulah Bankhead, author John Steinbeck, and golfer Bobby Jones. Famous Deaths - British Imperialist Cecil Rhodes, French author Emile Zola, and American Activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Thelma would have witnessed both World Wars, the Great Depression, Korea, Vietnam. She would have seen crank phones, party lines, push button phones, cell phones, computer phones. Kitchens with wood burning stoves, gas, and microwaves.

Upon her death in 2005, the second Bush administration was occurring.
YouTube begins, the first free parliamentary elections in Iraq in almost 50 years, and Lance Armstrong wins his 7th Tour de France. Famous deaths include Pope John Paul II, Arthur Miller, Peter Jennings, William Rehnquist, Rosa Parks, and Bob Denver.

Location of Headstone: Rolston Cemetery - near Bernice, Ok

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