Mary O. Runkle - Mt Hermon Baptist Church Cemetery - Boonville, MO USA
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YoSam.
N 38° 52.948 W 092° 44.046
15S E 523062 N 4303767
These doves are facing left, as it traditional.
Waymark Code: WM1615R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2022
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County of cove: Cooper County
Location of cove: State Hwy B, 5 miles N of Lone Elm, 6 miles S of Boonville
This tombstone is well worn and hard to read, but it says(best I can tell)
MARY O.,
Daughter of
Frank and Laura
RUNKLE
Born Feb. 27, 1884
DIED,
Aug. 16, 1886,
Text across the bottom no fully readable
This dove, on marble stone, is very old and almost totally worn to unreadable status. The dove is carrying an olive branch in it's beak, and headed in the traditional direction of normal tombstone doves, flying off to the viewers left.
"The dove is the most frequently seen animal symbol in the cemetery. It is portrayed in a number of poses, but most frequently it is seen holding an olive branch, a reference to the dove sent out by Noah to search for land, and explained in Genesis 8: 10-11