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The Double Headstone for Robert & Nollie Grant Located at Longwood Cemetery East of Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma |
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The Double Headstone for Robert & Nollie Grant Located at Longwood Cemetery East of Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma |
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 The music now playing is a Gospel music medley, entitled "Amazing Rock," which features "upbeat" versions of the sacred Hymns, "Amazing Grace" and "Rock of Ages." No disrespect towards the deceased is intended, it's just that Robert and Nollie would NOT want music to cause you sad feelings when you think of them. Remember, they are together again! Rejoice that they are together AND in the arms of God! |
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the side you see when you face West and are standing near the foot of the graves. Further below is photo of Robert's military marker, which is located at the foot of his grave. |
The Poem on this face of the headstone was written by Robert's & Nollie's daughters. It begins on Robert's side of the stone, ending on Nollie's side, and says, "DADDY'S WAYS...BYGONE DAYS... OURS FOR JUST A WHILE. MOTHER'S PRAYERS WITH US ERE', LINGERING...LIKE HER SMILE." | |
from a song by that name, written by Bobbie, shortly after Robert's death. |
especially for Nollie's headstone, in rhyme with the part about their dad. |
of the headstone depicts his acoustic guitar in the foreground, with musical notes streaming from it. Something was simply "missing" about him if he didn't have a guitar in his hands. The artwork was done from a photo of one of his actual guitars. (A depiction of his electric, 40s-model Gibson "F-hole" guitar is on the other side of stone.) The background depicts Robert in a small boat, fishing a tree-lined river, something he loved to do, especially with family and friends. |
of the stone was done from a photo of the actual birdbath that Nollie so loved to watch from out her back door, when many varieties of birds visited the bath. In the foreground is Dogwood blooms (of special significance to Nollie), birds in the branches, and streaming musical notes depicting the songs of the birds. The background depicts Nollie in her yard watering the flowers that she'd so anxiously watched for the blooms of every early Spring - and excited as a kid on Christmas every single year she spotted those first blooms! |
of the "sunny" personalities of these two people - to make us smile whenever we remember them. | |
~Robert's footstone~ ~his Military Marker~ |
(Danny is husband to Robert's granddaughter, Dana) |
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the side you see when you face East and are standing near the head of the graves with the headstone between you and the graves. |
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The West Face of the headstone | |
the upper left portion of the artwork depicts the hand of God reaching down to take hold of one of the hands reaching upwards towards Him. Below the artwork, the words, which are taken from a line in a Gospel Hymn, say, "Take my hand, precious Lord. Lead me home." Below the words, the artwork depicts a church with music streaming out of the steeple, and a Bible in the forefront. Nollie was a Pentecostal Holiness Christain from the age of 19 until her death at age 83. The artwork and wording are in remembrance ~ of her unwavering faith that God would someday take her to her heavenly home; ~ of her love for (and her zestful and soulful participation in) Gospel music; and ~ of her devout belief in the teachings of the Holy Bible. |
the upper right portion of the artwork depicts a man standing at Heaven's gates, waving his hand in welcome. Below the artwork, the words, a line from Gospel Hymn, "The Eastern Gate," say, "I will meet you, just inside the eastern gate, over there." This song was done at Robert's funeral, at Nollie's request, by close church-friends who loved Robert very much, and who sang a beautiful rendition of the song. For years prior to his death, Robert & Nollie attended the Sanders Family Bluegrass Festival, McAlester, OK, held every year in June. One of Robert's favorite groups was the "Sullivan Family & Joe Stuart." Robert always deeply admired and was visibly moved by Joe's emotive singing of the song, "The Eastern Gate." Robert died in May of 1983, therefore wasn't at that year's June festival. But word got back to Robert's family that, through an anonymous special request, Joe sang that song, but first announced that it was "in memory of a loyal fan, Robert Grant." Some of us feel that perhaps Robert was "there" afterall. The artwork in the lower left portion depicts music streaming from the guitar, that is most rememberd, regardless of other's he owned, as "Robert's guitar," a 1940s-model F-hole Gibson. The artwork was done from a photo of that actual guitar. |
is lines from the Gospel Hymn, entitled, "The Meeting in the Air," adapted as follows: "There is going to be a meeting in the air, in the sweet, sweet by and by, We are going to meet you, meet you there, in that home beyond the sky, Such singing you will hear, never heard by mortal ear, Twill be glorious, we do declare! And God's own son will be the leading One, At the meeting in the air!" Everyone who knew these two are certain that, when our times each come, Robert and Nollie will indeed see to it that each of us do indeed join them at such a meeting, that there will indeed be the glorious music, and that, indeed, Jesus Christ, Himself, will lead our singing! | |
PROMISE by them to the rest of us! | |
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from a northwesterly side of the headstone. In the distance is a peaceful country pond. |
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of the abovementioned area. Pictured is Nollie and grandniece, Beverly, at Robert's military marker. In the 1999 photos, note the cemetery's 16-year growth. |
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Song now playing is "Amazing Rock" provided by "laRrie dEEs mIdiS" |
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