The stone of the Reed Funkhouser Family

First I need to thank Rebecca L. Armstrong Merritt for tracking down who set the stone for the family of Reed Funkhouser.  In an earlier post I had surmised that the stone was not a period piece  as the cuts in the granite were far to deep for the time period for some of the deaths.  Becky and I had been having email correspondence about the stone and the death date of Tennis Funkhouser, as his stone date differs from a period book written by PT Lambert about the Turpin Family, as Rachel, Reed's wife was a Turpin by birth.  Becky confirmed that the stone was not period, and confirmed with the descendants of the Funkhouser family the stone placement. Bill Funkhouser the son of Paul Turpin Funkhouser is the source for this information.  The stone was bought and set by Paul and his sister Bernice Funkhouser Tackett, after the death of Reed.  It was done some years after the death of Reed.  Tennis as far as anyone can tell never had a stone prior to this, neither did Rachel.   The date on the stone according to the family is the correct date, and the death date in PT Lambert's book is a typo.  One hunt solved, more to do.

Karen Everett