Jimmie Blaylock - Oaklawn Cemetery - Decatur, TX - Homemade Tombstones on Waymarking.com

This concrete headstone is located in Section 7, Block 15, Lot 04, and bears the inscription:

At Rest

Jimmie
Blaylock

Bond [Born]
March
13 1922
Died
July 31
1935

There are lines etched into the stone, presumably used as a guide to keep the lettering fairly straight, although the lines at the top of the stone serve as ornamentation/detail. Atop the headstone is the impression of several fingers, either a remembrance or just a mistake when the stone's creator grabbed the top of the stone.

Oaklawn Cemetery is the burial place for many notable Wise County historic figures such as Dan Waggoner, Randolph Vesey, S.W. Tilghman, Dr. William Renshaw, all of whom figure on area Texas Historical Markers. The cemetery itself has a historical marker which says:

Oak Lawn Cemetery was officially established in 1878 when William T. Perry deeded property to R. M. Collins, the mayor of Decatur, for a public burial ground for area residents. At that time however, at least one marked grave, that of Eli Lindley (d. 1867), existed, indicating that a private cemetery had first been established here. Other marked graves dating as early as 1857 are believed to have been relocated to this site after the public cemetery's founding. The city of Decatur managed the cemetery between 1878 and 1928. During that time, local residents C. and Caroline Harmon generously donated land to the city on four occasions to enlarge the cemetery property. In 1928, in response to the recent formation of a cemetery association by E. P. Gibson, W. P. Thurmond, and T. J. Dillehay, the city ceased its management of Oak Lawn. Between 1928 and 1986, the cemetery association maintained the burial ground, which was again enlarged in 1947 and 1960. In 1986, after the dissolution of the association, the City of Decatur resumed responsibility for the graveyard. Now consisting of over forty acres of property, Oak Lawn Cemetery is the final resting place of over 3,700 area residents. (1991)

Date of Birth: 3/13/1922 Date of Death: 7/31/1935 Material: Concrete Web Site: Not listed

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