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Applewhite descendants attend marker dedication in LaVernia
Applewhite descendants gather at Finch Funeral Home Chapel for the dedication of a historical marker on the former Applewhite homestead. About 275 guests attended as city leaders, officials, and descendants celebrated preserving the site linked to 19th century settlers Thomas and Elizabeth Applewhite.
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Lavernia
Thomas Applewhite
Finch Funeral Home
Applewhite
Finches
Elizabeth
Porter Hughes
Antioch Baptist Church
San Antonio
Path
Gene Maeckel
Wilson County Historical Commission
Shirley Grammer
Grammer
Cindy Ellison
Judith Zaffirini
Zaffirini
Thomas
Elizabeth Applewhite
Charles Malloy
Martha Schnabel
Don
Troy Finch
Willie Mae Gates
Marsha Kelly
Vickie Purdy
Bennie Marie McKinnon
Minnie
Joe Applewhite
Finch