Wilna Marveline Wood

1927 - 2017  (89 years)

• Name	Wilna Marveline Wood  [1]
  Born	23 Jun 1927	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Jan 2017	Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas
  Notes	Wilna Wood Broussard came from a long line of Texas families. Her ancestors were some of the first settlers in Texas/Mexico before it became a Republic. Wilna was born to William T. Wood and Sarah Ann McLemore Morgan in East Texas's Pineland. She had two sisters and three brothers. Wilna was a painter. She belonged to the China Painters Guild and numerous other art societies. She used oils, pastels and watercolors on canvas. She sold some of her paintings to local art galleries in Oklahoma City and she sold her china painting pieces to boutique shops in the Midwest and Florida. Wilna attended Beaumont High and then her family moved to Panama City, Florida and Georgia during WWII. Her father was a shipbuilder. Wilna worked for the USO during the war and was a secretary at a military HDQ in Cape Cod, MA for a few years. After the war she returned to Beaumont where she met and married Weston J. Broussard. They had three daughters. The family lived in Beaumont where Weston was manager of International Cresote and Construction Company until 1968 when he took a job with Kerr McGee Oil Company and became Vice President of Kerr McGee Chemical. The family then moved to St. Louis, Missouri and then to the company's HDQ in Oklahoma City, OK. They lived there until retirement in 1987. Wilna enjoyed being a homemaker and her china and canvas painting activities. She sold some of her painting to art galleries in OKC. She also enjoyed her activities at the Petroleum Club in OKD, of which she and Weston were members. In 1987 upon retirement, Wilna and Weston moved to Grapevine, Texas to be near one of their daughters. The whole family enjoyed coming to visit "Meme and Papa" and barbequing and swimming in their backyard pool. Wilna is preceded in death by her husband Weston, two sisters and two brothers. She has one surviving brother in North Carolina. Wilna is survived by her daughters Anne (McFadden-Dan) of Iowa; Mary (Decato-Al) of Grapevine; and Jerri (Forrest-John) of Iowa. She has four grandchildren ? Robert, Erin, Brigitte, Cristie and two great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 3:00 pm. Copied from Find A Grave
  Person ID	I37853	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Wood, Sr.,   b. 31 Aug 1902, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 1 Jan 1957, Jasper County, Texas  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann "Annie" Morgan,   b. 15 Aug 1899, Texas ,   d. 1 Feb 1978, El Paso County, Texas  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1922
  Family ID	F11614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Weston John Broussard,   b. 3 Jan 1929, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana ,   d. 19 Apr 2005  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Bef 1951
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F11617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Jun 1927 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont City, Ward 3 Enumerated April 10 and 11, 1930 ED 123-36 SD 27 Sheet 10B 477-187-202 (Reliability: 3).