100 - Fannie McCann - Sunnylane Cemetery - Del City, OK
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N 35° 25.905 W 097° 26.547
14S E 641384 N 3922038
Centenarian Fannie McCann was born the same year that Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance, in the novel A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton's Christmas Annual.
Waymark Code: WM16RTQ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2022
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The final resting place of Fannie McCann is at the east side of Sunnylane Cemetery, at the north side of section 14. She shares a very large upright, light gray marker with her son Jack and four other family members. It has the following inscription:
McCann
Mother
Doris L.
May 7, 1910
Dec. 14, 2000
Daddy
Jack M.
July 24, 1907
Aug. 25, 1991
Grandmother
Fannie M.
Sept. 25, 1887
Mar. 18, 1988
Loving memories last forever
(Back side)
McCann
Mother
Waverly A.
Aug. 30, 1931
Our baby boy
Jack Michael
Nov. 29, 1953
Jack C.
Jan. 8, 1930
Nat'l champ 1949 Golden Glove
Always together
Some historical events that occurred during Fannie's time on earth:
1887: Glenfiddich single malt Scotch whisky is first produced.
1907: President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims that Oklahoma has become the 46th state in the United States.
1927: Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
1947: Percival Prattis becomes the first African-American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press galleries.
1967: Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to the United States via the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
1988: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Location of Headstone: Sunnylane Cemetery
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