Graves - Venus Memorial Park - Venus, TX, USA
N 32° 26.016 W 097° 05.692
14S E 679112 N 3590096
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch appears on the marble Woodmen of the World monument marking the final resting places of Dr. J.A. Graves and his wife, Sallie Johnson Graves, in Venus Memorial Park, Venus, TX.
Waymark Code: WM12W83
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2020
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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 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.
Dr. and Mrs. Graves share a curbed plot, with complementary headstones/footstones that read "Father" and "Mother". While the doctor's having passed on in 1899 is not necessarily an indication as to when this headstone was placed, it wasn't uncommon to see a standard type of headstone "commandeered" early on, with a Woodmen of the World emblem engraved upon it to note the decedent's benefactor. This one is in excellent condition but well-weathered, with the family name, "Graves", on the front plinth, and an urn at the top. Inscriptions are on opposing sides, with the organizational emblem on a higher section of the monument on Dr. Graves's side, and they read:
J.A. Graves M.D.
Husband of
Sallie Graves
Born
May 23, 1852
Died
Nov. 26, 1899
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Gone, but not forgotten.
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Sallie Johnson
Wife of
Dr. J.A. Graves
Born
Mar. 30, 1859
Died
Dec. 18, 1922
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address:
Venus Memorial Park
5th St
Venus, TX USA
76084
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