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jueshas ng acessitionor-(hebutleaninci-med d his Colter’s )ine. ireerPearl......continued from Page 1ans and the grave of Lillian Keeton, who was the first person buried in the cemetery. She was only a teenager when she died on June 25, 1896.Prior to the establishment of the Pearl Cemetery, residents were often buried in nearby Hope, Bee House and King. In 1893, Lottie May Manning, was interred in the Methodist Church yard.Three years fater, Keeton was buried on land donated by her relatives, J.H. and Emily Keeton.Several victims of the influenzare... £epidemic of 1918 are interred in the cent ficemetery, along with Dr. H.W. ThLingswallow, who contracted the dis- perceiease while treating stricken patients, fromAmong the veterans buried at $121.:Pearl is Dr. F.B. King, a World War 1 Thveteran, who was the grandson of salesEleanor Houston King, a relative of city cGeneral Sam Houston. for thOther historical markers in Pearl ferencinclude the Pearl School (now community center), Pearl Baptist Church, EvPearl Methodist Church and Pearl sales Church of Christ. down
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