Rosa May was buried outside of the cemetery proper. As she was a prositute, some of the more 'upper-class' people in town would not approve of her getting a burial among the more "respectable" folks.

This headstone was placed here around 1965 by Louis Serventi. Louis's Uncle, Antonio, aparently lived near Rosa May when she was in Bodie. Uncle Antonio shared stories of Bodie with the children. Many years later, after Louis had read Ella Cain's book The Story of Bodie, he went to Bodie and erected the marker.

However, this marker appears to be in the wrong location. There is/was a wooden fence around another spot near this marker, that is to have also been Rosa May's grave.

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