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Governor Announces Purchase of Land for New Veterans Cemetery
(Little Rock) Governor Mike Beebe announced at the Capitol July 8 the purchase of land in Cross County for a new veterans cemetery. Approximately 100 agricultural property acres was purchased
by the state for $150,000. The cemetery will be located near Birdeye off Hwy. 163. During the ceremony a deed was handed from the William Maurice Smith, Jr. family to the Governor. Smith was a veteran and a former director
of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. The cemetery is expected to be operational in 2011 and should be able to accommodate burials for at least 120 years.
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