100 - Mae L. Grayson - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.922 W 097° 32.127
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Mae L. Grayson was born the same year that Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opened in London
Waymark Code: WMEJEZ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2012
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The final resting place of Mae L. Grayson is at the east side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the southeast corner of section 11. Hers is a large, upright monument shared with her spouse Arthur T. There are decorative etchings on both sides of the surname.
Text on marker:
Grayson
Mae L.
1887 - 1987
Arthur T.
1882 - 1964
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mae's lifetime:
1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed
1897: William McKinley succeeds Grover Cleveland as President of the United States
1907: The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers
1917: An anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco attracts huge crowds to public meetings
1927: A diamond rush in South Africa includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims
1937: The first issue of the comic book Detective Comics is published in the United States. Twenty-seven issues later, Detective Comics introduces Batman. The comic goes on to become the longest continually published comic magazine in American history; it is still published as of 2012
1947: In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Finland. Italy cedes most of Istria to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1957: Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956)
1967: London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall
1977: Star Wars opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time
1987: Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 11
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