104 - Ada B. Gepford - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.872 W 097° 32.417
14S E 632340 N 3932933
Ada B. Gepford was born the same year that Wabash, Indiana became the first electrically lit city in the world.
Waymark Code: WMH53D
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2013
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The final resting place of Ada B. Gepford is at the west side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the north side of the section.
Text on upright marker (which depicts an "89ers scene"):
Gepford
Raymond B.
1909 - 1928
Burton D.
1875 - 1944
Ada B.
1880 - 1984
Text on horizontal marker:
Ada B. Gepford
1880 - 1984
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Ada's time on earth:
1880: U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield defeats Winfield S. Hancock.
1890: Canadian-born boxer George Dixon defeats the British bantamweight champion in London, giving him claim to be the first black world champion in any sport
1900: In France, the length of a legal workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours.
1910: The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination.
1920: 1st World Scout Jamboree held at Olympia, London
1930: In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks the law of the British Raj by making salt by the sea at the end of the Salt March.
1940: Women's stockings made of nylon are first placed on sale across the United States. Almost five million pairs are bought on this day
1950: President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949.[2]
1960: Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Southern California.
1970: Black Sabbath's eponymous debut album released; often regarded as the first true heavy metal album.
1984: The Chicago White Sox defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in the longest game in Major League Baseball history: 25 innings totalling 8 hours, 6 minutes.
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 14
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