Geo. W. Garner - Oak Hill Cemetery - Kiowa, OK, 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 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. Early 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. This is an interesting variant, though, with the family name, "Garner", in relief on the front base with an appropriately rustic look. Oddly, the mallet is on one side, with no sign of the hatchet on the other, and the inscription scroll hangs from the wedge, framing the organizational emblem. The scroll reads:

Geo. W.
Garner

Born
Oct. 8, 1867

Died
Sept. 13, 1901

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Erected by the
Woodmen
of the
World.

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: Oak Hill Cemetery S Lincoln St Kiowa, OK USA 74553

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