B.J. Pinkard - Itasca Cemetery - Itasca, TX, USA - Doves of peace on Waymarking.com

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 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, and many infants have such grave markers. 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, like this one, 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 would show a simple tree stump instead.

On the plinth, "Erected by the Woodmen of the World" is below the organizational emblem, with the family name,"Pinkard". This is an interesting variant of the usual monument in that the inscription scroll is slightly rolled up, right above a limb with oak leaves and acorns. The inscription reads:

B.J. Pinkard,

Born
Sep. 10, 1854,

Died
Feb. 15, 1902.

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He was all the world to us

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Itasca Cemetery S Wall St & FM 66 Itasca, TX USA 76055

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