The Gooches - Lawrie Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 57.836 W 097° 26.615
14S E 640345 N 3981067
One of several homemade headstones in this rural cemetery near Guthrie.
Waymark Code: WMC9GN
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2011
Views: 3
Lawrie Cemetery is located one mile west of Highway 77 on Coltrane Avenue. This is a very rural area. The cemetery is surrounded by a chain link fence and dates back to the late 1800s.
There are many members of the Gooch family buried here - 77 to be exact. These two matching headstones appear to be for a brother and sister, based on the dates. As one walks through cemeteries, we are reminded of how many people died in infancy and early childhood back in those days.
These headstones are concrete with a curved top, and the lettering has been gouged in by hand. He was 15 months old; she was 15 years. The stones read:
GOOCH
FLOYD LEE
Born Dec. 4 1917
Died March 20 1919
GOOCH
ELSIE MAE
Born Dec. 18 1914
Died Nov. 22 1929
Date of Birth: 12/4/1917 and 12/18/1914
Date of Death: 3/20/1919 and 11/22/1929
Material: Concrete
Web Site: Not listed
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