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Black plaque № 25461

Idalou, TX, United States

Idalou Cemetery. John William Turner, Jr. and his wife, Mary Alice, deeded two acres of their farm as a burial ground in January 1921. The first burial was for their infant nephew, Weldon Fred Turner, whose grave is indicated by a homemade marker. In May of that year, C.J. and Mary Hallmark buried t

heir infant son C.J., and 13-year-old Mable Gladis Andrews was interred in July. By 1928, when the Turners and Selma Graves donated more land to the burial ground, area residents had formed the Idalou

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