102 - Alda M. Stubblefield - Rose Hill Cemetery - Fayetteville, TN
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Centenarian Alda Stubblefield is laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fayetteville.
Waymark Code: WM12B8G
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2020
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The final resting place of Alda M. Stubblefield is at the southwest side of Rose Hill Cemetery, in Fayetteville. She shares a large double vertical marker with her spouse Jesse, who she outlived by almost 13 years. Alda had four siblings, two of which lived to the ages of 84 and 94. Alda was born in Lincoln County (same county as Fayetteville), but died in Nashville (Davidson County).
Text on headstone:
Stubblefield
Jesse H.
May 22, 1912
June 17, 1995
Alda M.
Nov. 7, 1905
Apr. 4, 2008
Some historical events that occurred during Alda's time on earth:
1905: Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow is first performed, at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna.
1915: Jimmy Lavender of the Chicago Cubs pitches a no-hitter, against the New York Giants.
1925: London's first enclosed double-decker buses are introduced.
1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
1945: The cartoon character Yosemite Sam debuts in Hare Trigger.
1955: Elvis Presley makes his television debut on "Louisiana Hayride"
1965: U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
1975: Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the opposition UK Conservative Party. Thatcher, 49, is Britain's first female leader of any political party.
1985: The 57th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, with Amadeus winning Best Picture.
1995: Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
2008: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers a formal apology to the Stolen Generations
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Cemetery
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