Eula Willett - Tioga Cemetery - Tioga, TX - Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments on Waymarking.com

Inscription:

In Memoriam
Woodmen Circle

Eula
Wife of J.F. Willett

Born June 15, 1880
Died Aug. 9, 1912

Her happy soul has winged its way
to one pure bright eternal day

Notably, Mrs. Willett is buried in a Woodmen section of Tioga Cemetery, as the nearby Texas Historical Marker elaborates:

In November 1881, settlers established the community of Tioga on the eastern edge of the East Cross Timbers, and it incorporated as a city in 1906. For the first decades of Tioga's history, residents buried their loved ones on private land in family cemeteries.

In February 1906, W.R. and Sally J. Gillespie deeded five acres of their farmland to the local Woodmen of the World camp for use as a burial ground; the first grave dates to that year. Many of the early headstones are Woodmen of the World markers. The community continued using and improving the cemetery over the years, adding a pavilion in 1924 for funeral services.

Today, the burial ground is a tie to generations of Tioga area residents, and is the final resting place for veterans of military conflicts dating to the Civil War, including both Union and Confederate soldiers. Other notable persons interred here are Texas Senator Olin R. Van Zandt and the Rev. H.G. Ball, a Primitive Baptist preacher who presided over the funeral service for U.S. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. An association maintains the burial ground for future generations.

Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004

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