Richard and Catherine Dotson each were born in 1797. It's believed that Richard was born in Ireland. The couple was married for 50 years. Catherine died in 1877, and Richard seven years later in 1884 -- nearly two decades before the Wright brothers' first flight.
At 20,000 feet, though, the Dotsons' final resting place looks like a giant cross -- the intersecting runways of Savannah International Airport.
Runway 10 is a pair of grave markers. So how did they get there? The previous property owners, Catherine and Richard Dotson, used the land that the airport now sits on for a cemetery. The Dotsons died in the late 1880's and were both buried in the cemetery. Years later, as WWII approached, the military decided to convert the cemetery into an airport for training purposes and moved all of the bodies in the cemetery to another one; however, to honor family wishes, the military left the grave markers of Catherine and Richard behind.
At 20,000 feet, though, the Dotsons' final resting place looks like a giant cross -- the intersecting runways of Savannah International Airport.
Runway 10 is a pair of grave markers. So how did they get there? The previous property owners, Catherine and Richard Dotson, used the land that the airport now sits on for a cemetery. The Dotsons died in the late 1880's and were both buried in the cemetery. Years later, as WWII approached, the military decided to convert the cemetery into an airport for training purposes and moved all of the bodies in the cemetery to another one; however, to honor family wishes, the military left the grave markers of Catherine and Richard behind.
Richard and Catherine Dotson each were born in 1797. It's believed that Richard was born in Ireland. The couple was married for 50 years. Catherine died in 1877, and Richard seven years later in 1884 -- nearly two decades before the Wright brothers' first flight.
At 20,000 feet, though, the Dotsons' final resting place looks like a giant cross -- the intersecting runways of Savannah International Airport.
Runway 10 is a pair of grave markers. So how did they get there? The previous property owners, Catherine and Richard Dotson, used the land that the airport now sits on for a cemetery. The Dotsons died in the late 1880's and were both buried in the cemetery. Years later, as WWII approached, the military decided to convert the cemetery into an airport for training purposes and moved all of the bodies in the cemetery to another one; however, to honor family wishes, the military left the grave markers of Catherine and Richard behind.
At 20,000 feet, though, the Dotsons' final resting place looks like a giant cross -- the intersecting runways of Savannah International Airport.
Runway 10 is a pair of grave markers. So how did they get there? The previous property owners, Catherine and Richard Dotson, used the land that the airport now sits on for a cemetery. The Dotsons died in the late 1880's and were both buried in the cemetery. Years later, as WWII approached, the military decided to convert the cemetery into an airport for training purposes and moved all of the bodies in the cemetery to another one; however, to honor family wishes, the military left the grave markers of Catherine and Richard behind.
Bio by: Sandy Cline (Littlejohn)
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AGE 87 YEARS
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