
Log Chair (Rightmire) - Greenwood Cemetery - Palmyra, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 48.620 W 091° 31.388
15S E 626415 N 4407749
There are many log tombstones in cemeteries across this land, but this is the only log chair tombstone that I know of.
Waymark Code: WM16877
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2022
Views: 2
County of art: Marion County
Location of tombstone: Greenwood Cemetery, Palmyra
This art tombstone is a log constructed chair. The upper cross rail is draped with a morning cloth, and the text "WE MISS THEE DARLING MAMA" in written upon the cross member.
In front of the chair is a flower pot, with a single unidentified flower with large leaves decorating the façade.
A faux parchment scroll is placed upon the seating area with the deceased's statistical information
Tombstone Text:
We Miss Thee
Darling Mama
Juliet Mitchell
Dau. of
Rufus E & Cornelia F Anderson
Wife of J. Baxter Rightmire
Died May 5, 1890
Aged 29 YS, 2 MS, 14 DS
RIGHTMIRE
"A married daughter, Juliette Mitchell Anderson Rightmire, died at the Anderson’s home on Broadway in 1890, at the age of about 29." ~ Mary Lou Montgomery