| Address: 100 S. Joliet St., in Plainview Cemetery | |
| Directions: 100 South Joliet Street, Plainview | |
| Marker #: 5189001477 | |
| Year Dedicated: 1972 | |
| Size, type: Grave marker | |
| Last reported condition: None; Good | |
| Emma Grigsby Meharg - Born in Lynnville, Tenn.; moved to Texas with parents, Jasper N. and Mary A. (Calvert) Grigsby, 1883. Graduated from college, became a teacher, married Samuel W. Meharg. Came to Plainview (1902), where she and husband were educators. She helped organize clubs, First Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, civic endeavors. Had daughter and son. Won international renown, 1925, as Texas' first woman Secretary of State, by appointment of first woman Governor, Miriam A. Ferguson. Erected - 1972 | |
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Decimal degrees: N 34.177215 W -101.713294
Degrees, minutes: N 34 10.633 W 0101 42.798 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 249920, Northing 3785133 |
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