101 - Walter Jones - Rush Springs, OK
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N 34° 47.145 W 097° 56.936
14S E 596162 N 3849787
Walter Jones was born the year Woolworth's opened its first 5/10 cent store in Utica, NY.
Waymark Code: WMJV27
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2014
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Walter Jones is laid to rest alongside his wife Maude in Rush Springs Cemetery. They have a pink granite headstone, with rusticated edges. Their surname JONES is engraved at the center top with their names and dates engraved on open Bibles beneath.
Walter's inscription reads:
Walter
Feb. 23, 1879
Mar. 21, 1980
* Before Walter was one year old, work had begun on the Panama Canal.
* He was ten when the poem "Casey at Bat" was published.
* The U.S. declared war on Spain and we entered the Spanish-American War when Walter was twenty.
* He was 28 when Oklahoma became a state.
* Walter was fifty when Herbert Hoover was inaugurated President.
* The Polaroid camera debuted when Walter was 70.
* Walter was 90 when the first Boeing 747 commercial flight took place.
* Willy Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame the year Walter passed away.
Location of Headstone: Rush Springs Cemetery
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