Marks Hinton proudly points to the plot in Glenwood Cemetery where he and his wife will one day be buried, not too terribly far from the final resting place of Howard Hughes, Glenwood's most famous resident. Hinton's in no great hurry to join Hughes, actress Gene Tierney, William Hobby and others as a permanent resident. A very fit 70 with his shaved head, Hinton looks a little like actor Terry O'Quinn from "Lost," as he marches with purpose and vigor from one tombstone to the next. The Gateway to Eternity is part of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art's Eyeopener Tours, which attempt to dig up some of the city's buried history. Hinton's tour will include Glenwood, College Park and Founds cemeteries and will involve both driving and walking, with beer, wine and snacks available. For years he worked as an investment researcher, writing reports for investment bankers, while pursuing his greater interest, local history, on the side. Sometimes the stones draw his attention: the one Celtic cross in the entire cemetery, or a perturbed archangel Michael, sword drawn, looking over a man killed in a card game by William Eldridge. Emma Seelye doesn't enjoy quite as lavish a final resting place as McCarthy, but her story is epic: A Canadian, she ran away as a teen to avoid an arranged marriage and, disguised as a man, enlisted with the Union Army.
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