101 - Effie E. McKissick - Fairview Cemetery - Randlett, OK
N 34° 10.379 W 098° 26.050
14S E 552148 N 3781481
Effie E. McKissick was born in 1882, the year that the Standard Oil Trust was established: We'll hear about that one again in a few years.
Waymark Code: WMYJX7
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2018
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Mrs. McKissick is buried next to her husband, Martin, who predeceased her by about 67 years. Her flat headstone is of gray granite, with flowers to complement the inscription:
Our Loving Mother
Effie E. McKissick
Nov. 25, 1882
May 12, 1984
"Gone, but not forgotten" is below, in Old English script.
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Significant events that occurred in her lifetime:
1882 - Billy Claiborne, who survived the Gunfight at the OK Corral, is shot dead in Tombstone, AZ.
1892 - The Immigrant Inspection Station opens at Ellis Island. Some of QDV's ancestors will pass through there in just a few years.
1902 - Due to the popularity of President Theodore Roosevelt, the teddy bear makes its first appearance.
1912 - Fenway Park opens in Boston, Navin Field opens in Detroit. Play ball!
1922 - Pope Pius XI becomes the 259th pope.
1932 - Babe Ruth points to center field in the World Series, and hits a home run out there.
1942 - The Czechs assassinate their "Reich Protector", Reinhard Heydrich, but at a terrible cost.
1952 - Satisfied with his "loss" to Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election, Harry S Truman chooses to not run again.
1962 - Linus's blanket goes on tour in the Peanuts comic strip, ultimately rescued from the Pacific Ocean.
1972 - "The Godfather" premieres.
1982 - AT&T Corporation agrees to break up and divest itself of its subdivisions.
1984 - Apple Computer runs an ad during the Super Bowl, for its new Macintosh computer.
Location of Headstone: Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
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