106 - Vinnie M. Smith - Roberts Branch Cemetery - Jack County, TX
N 33° 22.097 W 098° 15.629
14S E 568795 N 3692360
Vinnie M. Smith was born in 1908, the year that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are alleged to have gone down fighting in Bolivia.
Waymark Code: WMP442
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2015
Views: 1
Mrs. Smith's modern, red, granite headstone has the family name, "Smith", on both sides. There is no epitaph, but a floral wreath connects the personal information for her and her husband:
Vinnie
May 28, 1908
Nov. 26, 2014
Allard
Dec. 19, 1901
May 28, 1984
Significant events in her lifetime include:
1908 - Henry Ford produces the first Model T.
1918 - Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron", the Great War's most successful fighter pilot, dies in combat. His career inspires the antics of a beagle named "Snoopy."
1928 - Mickey and Minnie Mouse make their first appearances this year.
1938 - Wrong Way Corrigan leaves New York for California, and lands in Ireland.
1948 - "Dewey Defeats Truman."
1958 - Pope John XXIII is elected as a stop-gap pope. He has a few things up his sleeve for a papacy that will last only five years.
1968 - Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers in the first game of the World Series, which the Tigers ultimately win
1978 - The Year of the Three Popes: Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II.
1988 - The Soviet Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1998 - Frank Sinatra dies, his destination: The Great Casino in the Sky.
2008 - We finally discover who "Deep Throat" was in the Watergate Affair, after Mark Felt dies in December.
2014 - Russia annexes Crimea from Ukraine.
Location of Headstone: Roberts Branch Cemetery, rural Jack County, TX
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