Hattie May Immell - Nortmanns Cemetery - New Haven, MO USA
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YoSam.
N 38° 36.684 W 091° 14.778
15S E 652688 N 4275113
Just east of the Baltimore Cemetery ... Should note, weather damaged the head of this dove ...
Waymark Code: WM13H1D
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2020
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County of dove and cemetery: Franklin County
Location of image and cemetery: Olive St., between Etlah Rd & Assumption Cemetery Rd., New Haven
Text on Stone:
HATTIE MAY
Duaghter of
P.V.& M.E. Immell
BORN
Jan. 20, 1887,
DIED
Oct. 5, 1889.
Sleep on in thy beauty
Thou sweet ... child,
By ... lighted
Thy sin undefild.
This marble stone in the Nortmanns Cemetery with it's dove of peace at the top, is a marble stone on a marble base over 130 years old.
The young lady is just over 2 years of age.
"The dove is the most frequently seen animal symbol in the cemetery. It is portrayed in a number of poses, but most frequently it is seen holding an olive branch, a reference to the dove sent out by Noah to search for land, and explained in Genesis 8: 10-11
"The dove became the symbol of purity and peace because God had made peace with man. It also became a powerful symbol of the Holy Ghost, as illustrated in John I: 31-33" ~ Stories in Stone a Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism, by Douglas Keister, 2004, page79