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    1. [OKMURRAY] cemetery photo
    2. Dennis Muncrief
    3. Hello All; I lost the email copy from the person who wanted a gravestone photo of one John FLIPPO. So here goes. The grave is not registered in the City Clerks database for some reason. So, Today I went to the Historical Society and looked at their "original" registry that was taken by rows and sections. I found John Flippo listed and I copied the page from the book. The cemetery book listed the grave as being in Sec. 33 South. After church I went to the cemetery and found the gravestones of the two people on either side of Flippo. But there was no gravestone for Flippo. I did notice there were two "recent" unmarked graves between the two stones. I checked the date and both men died in 1981. This would explain how they appear to be the same age and condition. I could not figure out how they could have been listed in the registry when they had no grave stone. Then it dawned on me that the deaths occurred in 1981. It was 1983 when the Historical Society did the registry. That would be only two years after the two men had died. What was registered was those aluminum funeral home markers and no stone was ever placed on either grave. As the markers were only two years old they were readable at the time of the registry. But, 21 years have elapsed since the burial and the cemetery has been mowed many times in 21 years and most likely the aluminum markers were destroyed years ago by the mowers. I took a picture of the "site" but little can be defined since it just looks like lawn. Sorry, but, there is no grave stone for John Flippo. Dennis Muncrief Host - Murray County, OK

    09/14/2003 09:47:54