
Child and a Cross - Walnut Grove Cemetery - Boonville, MO, USA
Posted by:
YoSam.
N 38° 58.357 W 092° 44.001
15S E 523098 N 4313772
Very old, and very worn tombstone, may even be a plot marker. There is no text of any kind on this stone.
Waymark Code: WM18FRK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2023
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County of tombstone: Cooper County
Location of tombstone: Cemetery Dr. & Locust St., Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville
I went through every one of the nearly 10,000 grave listings on Find-A-Grave for this cemetery trying to find the information of the grave or family plot marker, no luck finding it.
None of the stone text a readable, absolutely nothing. The stone is lichen encrusted, and weather beaten.
The monument is a square concrete base, upon which sits a granite rough stone. The front of the stone is blank, or all inscriptions worn off.
The proper left side of the stone is a single Lilly growing up with the flower head pushing to the front of the monument.
There is nothing on the proper right side nor on the back.
On top sits a child, with his/her finger of her proper left hand, to her chin, with her proper right hand holding something, which may be a flower. Over the child's proper right shoulder and to the back is mounted a Christian cross.
The statue atop this tombstone is of a seated cherub, possibly female, since the state is dressed in a simple frock dress. It is in a seated position with legs crossed with ankle bind calf; the proper left hand is raised to the face, with it's forefinger touching it's chin, as if in deep though pondering an eternal question. Hair is cut in a bob cut, almost "Campbell Soup Kids" cut.
The statues proper right and and shoulder are resting back against a Christian cross, with what seems to be, grass or small flowers in the proper right hand. In the person's lap is a huge rose, tied to a cloth, which hangs down the proper left side of the stone and at the other end is another large flower, of a type which is unknown to me.
This cemetery cherub does NOT have wings, so it was not intended to be and angel of any kind.