Barney Tucker - Newport Cemetery - Newport, TX
N 33° 27.285 W 098° 00.972
14S E 591429 N 3702135
The final resting place of Barney Tucker, in Newport Cemetery, is marked by a sandstone marker with a rough, hand-made inscription.
Waymark Code: WMV04B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2017
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The use of sandstone for a headstone was no longer common by 1918, but it does occur, typically when money was short. Mr. Tucker's headstone is angled at the top on both sides, and the inscription is:
Barney
Tucker
Died April
the Fifth
1918
67 Years
Old
Date of Birth: 8/14/1849
Date of Death: 4/5/1918
Material: Stone
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