W. A. Rainey - Ravia Cemetery - Ravia, OK, USA
N 34° 14.316 W 096° 45.841
14S E 705928 N 3790872
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument marking the final resting place of Wiley A. Rainey in Ravia Cemetery, Ravia, OK. Thanks to Findagrave for information about his name.
Waymark Code: WM12EZR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2020
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The Woodmen of the World are known today as WoodmenLife, a fraternal society that provides insurance to its members. Visitors to older cemeteries can frequently spot the marble tree trunk monuments that they placed at the graves of their members, although not every tree trunk monument out there was placed by the Woodmen of the World: It was common in the late 19th century to use a log to note that a person had died young. Eventually, those tree trunk monuments became too expensive to produce, and headstones would be marked with a Woodmen of the World emblem of some kind. Earlier ones featured a dove of peace with an olive branch in its beak, flying over a fallen log where the tools of the woodmen's trade -- hatchet, mallet, and wedge -- can be seen. Later ones like this one would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and tools are worked into the fabric of the monument. The dove of peace is perched on the inscription scroll, which reads:
W.A. Rainey
Born
Dec. 4, 1850
Died
Jan. 1, 1909
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Ravia Cemetery
Ave F & Main St
Ravia, OK USA
73455
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