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Mary Despain

Mary Despain

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Mary Alice with her grandmother, Elizabeth (Whitley) Reed. Lizzie is the daughter of Rev Andrew Jackson Whitley and Melvina (Pepper) Whitley. John and Lizzie Reed are also buried in the Mt. Tabor Cemetery.

Mary Alice with her parents, Dewey and Grace (Reed) Despain.

Mary Alice with her mother, Grace (far right) Also pictured are her aunts and cousins.

Mary Alice with one of her many cousins

Dewey Despain at his daughter’s grave after the funeral.

Grace Despain tending to the graves of her daughter, Mary Alice, and her nephew, William David Bradley. William David was the infant son of Grace’s sister, August (Reed) Bradley.

Norma Dean Despain born July 5, 1930. The sister Mary Alice met in heaven. Norma was born 16 days after the death of Mary Alice.

Two cousins, Mary Alice and William David, buried together, but only met in heaven. Another unknown cousin standing next to Mary Alice’s grave.

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