Bear in a Stump - Bland, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 17.658 W 091° 37.298
15S E 620534 N 4239367
At the grave site of Mr. Wilcox, known to his friends as "Bear" are two bear statues.
Waymark Code: WM14MXX
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2021
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County of cemetery & bears: Gasconade County
Location of cemetery & bears: MO-B, just S. of MO-28, Bland
Number of graves: 1,125
The small bear, the one of wood, is hand carving of a small bear hunkered down inside a hollow tree stump. It has been stained with a redwood type stain. The bottom potion of the statue is still unstained and is recognizable as oak.
The big white bear looks like it might be his tombstone. The reddish bear is a wood carving of a bear head, placed next to the grave site.
The large bear, standing on his hind legs, is scratching his back-side against a broken tree stump, and the small bear is peaking out of a hollow tree stump.
The listing on Find-A-Grave, for Mr. Wilcox.