Elmore J. Duke - Melissa Cemetery - Melissa, TX, USA
N 33° 17.236 W 096° 35.134
14S E 724839 N 3685734
A Dove of Peace bearing an olive branch can be seen on the marble Woodmen of the World monument that marks the final resting place of Elmore J. Duke in historic Melissa Cemetery, Melissa, TX.
Waymark Code: WM13VB1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2021
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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 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. Here, the tools and the dove are part of the monument, in relief, and the organization emblem is a little different, appearing on a piece of peeled-back bark. The dove is perched atop the scroll that hangs from a rope on a sawn-off branch, and the inscription reads:
Elmore J.
Husband of
Donna E. Duke
Born
May 31, 1851
Died
May 3, 1907.
Not lost, blest thought
But gone before
Where we shall meet
To part no more
Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch
Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description)
Address: Melissa Cemetery Melissa, TX USA
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