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Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Gower Memorial Cemetery
National Register of Historical Places
December 17, 1991
Founders: John & Ophelia Gower, Donated "Gower Cemetery" from homestead land November, 1889. Earliest burial November 20, 1896

September 19, 1889 - Founders Registered for Homestead

Spr 12, 1895 - Certification of homestead

1921 - Gower Cemetery deeded to elder son Willie T. Gower, Sr.

1930 - Indigent plot developed. A burial for all peoples

1980 - Tax free perpetual trust fund - Citizens Bank of Edmond

1896-1994 - Beginning cemetery restoration renamed Gower Memorial Cemetery

Trustees and Owners - founders granddaughters - Ethel R (Gower) Spencer, David and Myrtle L. (Gower) Thomas

Plot Map

Gower Memorial Cemetery

History~1889 - 1989~

Grantors: John A. & Ophelia Gower
~Family~
Peggye H.
Roosevelt
Annie M.
Henry B.
Daniel E.
Ethel I.
Garfield

Acknowledge by: Williw T., Sr. & Kittie P. (O'Kelley)
~Family~
Terrell T.
Ethel R.
Mary Ella
Ophelia L.
Willie T., Jr.
Arnold J.
Myrtle L. (Gower) & David Thomas
~Family~
Lyndi D. (Thomas) Wall

"The just is close
To the people's hearts,
But the merciful & poor
are close to the heart of God." ~Kahlil Gibran~

Peace

Honoring Families

Simon Allensworth
Abe Carter
Birt Luster
Walter Ogles, Sr.
Eddie Parks, Jr.
Dave Veasey

Indigent Monument

...Thou art God...Blest are you.
Thou art Peter...you are 'Rock' "and
on this Rock I will build my Church..."
Matthew 16:16-18

"Alleluia, Christ is risen!" Inspired by Sister Mary Claudine F. S.

Indigent Marker

"...for He shall deliver the needy
when he crieth: The poor also and Him that hath no helper..."
Psalms 72:12

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