Gussie Jones -- La Rue Cem., La Rue TX
N 32° 07.429 W 095° 40.182
15S E 248132 N 3557281
An interesting Woodmen's Circle tombstone for Gussie Jones stands in La Rue Cemetery in the small Henderson County community of La Rue.
Waymark Code: WMN0HX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2014
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The tombstone of Gussie Jones (named Gussie Ayers Lambeth Jones in Find A Grave) stands in La Rue Cemetery.
The tombstone reads as follows:
[In Memoriam Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle medallion]
GUSSIE JONES
NEE AYERS
Sept. 9, 1881
Aug 17, 1922"
More information about her from Find A Grave: (
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"Birth: Sep. 9, 1881
Kaufman County
Texas, USA
Death: Aug. 17, 1922
LaRue
Henderson County
Texas, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Bert Olinthus Ayres (1834 - 1929)
Mary E Frazier Ayres (1841 - 1914)
Spouse:
William Wesley Lambeth (1880 - 1963)
Siblings:
Frederick Frazier Ayres (1861 - 1940)*
Clara Bessie Ayres Fallis (1873 - 1911)*"
From Rootsweb: (
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Unclaimed Original Marriage Records Index
Van Zandt County Genealogical Society
GROOM SURNAME, FIRST/MIDDLE
LAMBETH W. W. (William Wesley)
BRIDE SURNAME FIRST/MIDDLE
AYERS Gussie
APP. DATE 02/24/1905
At some point they must have divorced, since Blasterz found that W. W. Lambeth died in 1963, and is buried in Colfax Cemetery in Van Zandt County. Source: (
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Anyhoo - We are waymarking this tombstone because Blasterz have never seen a Supreme Forest Woodmen's Circle tombstone.
From Wikipedia: (
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"Woodmen Circles
The Woodmen of the World had a female auxiliary called the Woodmen Circles from the early 1890s. Its local units were called local "Groves" and they were governed by a "Supreme Forest", subject to the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World. The Circle eventually reached 130,000 members, but it was absorbed by the Woodmen in 1965."