Tommy Johnson - Simon Cemetery - Love County, 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. 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. Later ones would show a simple tree stump instead, and the dove and tools are worked into the fabric of the monument. This one is a bit different than the usual variant, lacking an emblem. Here, the family name, "Johnson", is in relief on a base made of two logs stacked upon a split log. The organizational slogan, "Dum Tacet Clamat", is prominent across the top, and the familiar tools, dove -- note the positioning of the wings -- and calla lily are right below the peeled-back section of bark with the inscription:

Tommy Johnson
Born
Jan. 24, 1893

Died June 13, 1901

Our darling boy is
gone but not forgotten

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: Simon Cemetery Stockton Rd Oswalt, OK USA 73463

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