102 - Pearl I. Moody - Resthaven Gardens - OKC, OK
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N 35° 21.638 W 097° 31.762
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Centenarian Pearl Moody is laid to rest at the southwest side of Resthaven Gardens.
Waymark Code: WM12K39
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2020
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The final resting place of centenarian Pearl Moody is at the far west side of Resthaven Gardens. Pearl shares a double horizontal marker with her spouse Les, whom she survived by 31 years. According to Pearl's obituary on her findagrave memorial, she was involved in music ministry for much of her life.
Text on marker:
Moody
Pearl I.
1911-2013
William (Les)
1907-1982
Some historical events that occurred during Pearl's time on earth:
1911: A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee kills 84 miners, despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
1921: The United States formally ends World War I.
1931: Albert Einstein begins doing research at the California Institute of Technology, along with astronomer Edwin Hubble.
1941: Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins, as the New York Yankees' center fielder goes 1 for 4 against Chicago White Sox Pitcher Eddie Smith.
1951: Surgeons remove an ovarian cyst from Gertrude Levandowski, in a 96-hour long operation in Chicago. She loses almost half of her weight and emerges weighing 140 kg
1961: Judy Garland performs in a legendary comeback concert, at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1971: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame from the Negro League.
1981: The first game of paintball is played in Henniker, New Hampshire.
1991: A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
2001: Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 16, becomes the youngest person to summit Mount Everest.
2013: A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,489-1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere in over a century.
Location of Headstone: Resthaven Gardens
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