Saint Joseph County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hampton, Ralph Clifford 
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Lois Harriman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00029.html#0007242 May 26, 2011, 9:48 pm

Cemetery:           Parkville Cemetery
Name:               Ralph Clifford Hampton

Date Of Photograph: April 28, 2011
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/stjoseph/photos/tombstones/parkville/hampton161026gph.jpg
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WEST SIDE INSCRIPTION:              EAST SIDE INSCRIPTION:

             HAMPTON                         HAMPTON
                                                 HE WAS A DIRT MOVING MAN
       MARRIED JULY 21, 1962                 BIG MACHINES HE LIKED TO RUN   
 RALPH CLIFFORD                      DIESEL ENGINES HE LOVED TO MAKE ROAR
    CLIFF                             THERE WAS A JOB TO DO AND HE DID IT
 OCT. 17, 1939                                        THE BEST OF ANY MAN
 NOV.  9, 1994

Additional Comments:
East facing, black granite, double marker located under a tree in the back 
center part of the western half of the cemetery.  It has a bulldozer design in 
the upper left corner and a flower and hummingbird design in the upper right 
corner. The marriage date is inscribed on a scroll background that extends 
across both names.  The surname is on the back with another inscription 
located to the right side of the back.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/stjoseph/photos/tombstones/parkville/hampton161026gph.txt

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