Larrissa Cordelia "Delia" Wright

Notes:

Said to be a daughter of Rev. John Wesley Wright and Cynthia Elvira Gary.

From FindAGrave:

Larrissa Cordelia Wright, called "Delia" as a girl, Cordelia when grown, Irenia Opheilia Wright, Cynthia Sarah Wright and Isaac William Wright were reared by twice widowed maternal Grandma Mary (Carter) Gary Loggins (born TN). Mary Loggins loved them, taught them Christian values and that family meant everything. They became fine young people, decent, honest and hard working. The girls knew how to cook great meals and how to maintain a home. They all helped her on her farm and somehow they managed even during those hard times.

Larrissa Cordelia Wright married Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, a young farmer. "Jack" and Cordelia Wood and their children lived with Grandma Mary Ann Jackson (Carter) [Gary] Loggins.

Larrissa married Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood on 27 Apr 1890 in San Augustine County, Texas. Charles (son of Thomas E. "Edd" Wood, Sr. and Nancy Ann Meigs) was born on 23 Mar 1869 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 10 May 1947 in Texas; was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"No descendants according to estate papers of Hattie Wood Withers. Wood Cemetery, San Augustine Co, TX." (Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that he was a World War I veterand and a carpenter. (Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Ora married Marshall Sidney Carter on 1 Jan 1912 in Texas. Marshall was born on 12 Aug 1894 in Louisiana; died on 1 May 1979 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Laura Buckmaster shows that he married Ella Mae COATS, and has his place of birth as Cumby, Hopkins Couty, Texas.

Name: Herbert Wesley Wood
Death Date: 03 Oct 1960
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: W
Death Age: 61 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1898
Birthplace: Pineland, Tx
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Charles A Wood
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: C Wright
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116475
Digital Film Number: 4166567
Image Number: 2743
Reference Number: v X cn 60805
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

When he completed his registration for the draft during the First World War, he indicated he was farming in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas for C. A. Wood, who was also his closest relative.
He was of Medium heighth and slender build, with brown eyes and black hair. FindAGrave shows his parents as Charles Ayers Wood and Larissa Cordelia Wright.

From FindAGrave:

Herbert Wesley Wood, Sr. was a farmer, mill worker, construction worker and master mechanic. He grew up in Pineland, Texas. He and his brothers had a band and played for dances. In Pineland he met and married Ella Mae Coats. They were married in or next to a Model T Ford. Ella Mae said of him that she never knew if she married him or a car! He opened a garage in Pineland. Their son, Herbert, Jr. was born in that town. The family moved to Forest, Nacogdoches and finally settled in Beaumont. He worked at the Buick dealership where his young family lived in an apartment above the garage. Later, he opened a garage on Highland Ave. in the South Park community of Beaumont. His son, Herbert, Jr. later joined him, and the business became Wood and Son Motors. The family was active in the South Park Baptist Church, and part of the close-knit South Park community. He was a quiet man and was dedicated to his family.


(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Precinct 6
Enumerated April 16, 1930
ED 123-79 SD 27 Sheet 6A Stamped 159
Highland Ave
4766-107-121
Wood, Herbert W. Head M W 31 M 22 Tx Tx Tx Mechanic Automobile
Wood, Ella M Wf F W 26 M 18 Miss Miss Miss
Wood, Herbert W Son M W 7 S Tx Tx Miss
Wood, Virginia M Dtr F W 5 2 Tx Tx Miss
Wood, Mary A Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Miss

Herbert married Ella Mae Coats on 18 Mar 1922 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. Ella (daughter of William Pollock Coats and Lula Virginia Boswell) was born on 13 May 1903 in Richton, Perry County, Mississippi; died on 18 Jan 1997 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Federal Census
Texas, Jefferson County, Beaumont City, Ward 3
Enumerated April 10 and 11, 1930
ED 123-36 SD 27 Sheet 10B
477-187-202
Wood, William T Head M W 27 Married @ 19 Tx Tx Tx Carpenter Oil Refinery
Wood, Annie Wife F W 30 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Wood, Lillian Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Wood, William T. Jr. Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Wood, Wilma (sic) Dtr F W 2 9/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Sarah Ann "Annie" Morgan about 1922. Sarah (daughter of Jesse James Morgan, Sr. and Julia Ann McLemore) was born on 15 Aug 1899 in Texas; died on 1 Feb 1978 in El Paso County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Laura Buckmaster shows that he married Sybil Pearl COWART. Both are interred at the Wood Cemetery, San Augustine. (Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

"Married W. D. "Denny" Withers Oct 26, 1926 Jefferson Co, TX. Double Marker, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Garden Of Love Plot, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, TX. One child Dennis Frank Withers died in infancy: Aug 20, 1931 TX - Aug 20, 1931 TX. Antioch Cemetery, Buna, Jasper Co, TX. "

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

" Ruth Irene Wood's (1st) marriage was to Jewell Davis Robbins. Jewell Davis Robbins: b Jun 9, 1904 San Augustine Co, TX - Mar 25, 1958 TX. Ruth had no descendants according to estate papers of Hattie Wood Withers. Ruth Irene Wood Robbins 2nd married Charles H. Munson. Charles H. Munson: Aug 21, 1902 - Oct 14, 1981 TX. Double Marker, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Garden Of Love Plot, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, TX. "

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

"Ernest Albert Wood, Sr. married Lois Orieta Brown (Ref: Death certificate of Ernest, Jr.). She was born in Orange, Orange Co, TX. She is probably the daughter of Ernest R. and Erma Brown (1930 census). 1930 US Census, Precinct 2, Sabine Co, TX. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Garden Of Meditation, Plot A, Lot 66, Sp 4, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, TX."

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

"(Twin) Feb 8, 1915 Pineland, Sabine Co, TX - Jul 4, 1994 Pomona, Los Angeles Co, CA. (TX Birth Index, SS Death Index, CA Death Index Esther Ann Williams) City matches estate papers information. Burial unknown."

(Source: FindAGrave listing for his father, Charles Ayers "Jack" Wood, with research done by R. Strickland)

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
December 15, 2010, page 12

Herbert Wesley Wood, Jr.

Herbert Wesley Wood, Jr., 87, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, in Twin Lakes Care Center in San Augustine after an illness. Wood was born in Pineland to Herbert and Ella Mae Coats Wood.

He had lived near Hemphill since 1982 coming from Beaumont where he was owner and operator of Wood and Son Motors. Wood was a U. S. Air Force veteran of World War II. He was also a member of the Gideons, Rotary Club, Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge #305 Shrine, and a Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Hemphill.

He is survived by his wife, Lorene Boyett Wood of Hemphill; son, Terry and wife Cindy Wood of Beaumont; daughter, Robin and husband Kelly Powell of Sour Lake; and sister, Virginia Christopher of Boerne. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Dec. 12, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the Weaver Cemetery in Mayflower community.

Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, December 2010)

A similiar obituary was published in the San Augustine Tribune on December 16, 2010.

Herbert married Frances Lorene Boyett on 16 Jul 1949 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. Frances (daughter of Hamp Hansford Boyett and Mittie Weaver) was born on 3 Nov 1927 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Weaver Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Mary Ann Strickland was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1928 to Ella Mae and Herbert W. Wood, Jr. She was the third of four surviving children. She lived in the South Park community in Beaumont and was a member of South Park Baptist Church.

Mary Ann attended Lamar University, the University of Texas and graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.A. in chemistry in 1949. While at Sam Houston, she met her future husband, Robert L. Strickland, at the Baptist Student Union. After graduating, she taught high school in Devers, TX. She was 20 when she began teaching. After they married, they attended Southern Seminary in Ky. They returned to Texas to start a family.

After Bob contracted polio in 1953, she resumed her teaching career. She was the family breadwinner and cared for her husband until his death in 1988. She taught elementary school in Dallas and Spring Branch, high school math in Houston. She eared a M.S. in Library Science and worked as a librarian in junior and senior high schools in Houston.

Mary Ann was active in her church. At Southland and Gulf Meadows Baptist churches in Houston, she served as Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher, committee member and librarian. Mary Ann had the gift of hospitality. She "adopted" several co-workers, students and church members.

In 1996, she moved to Austin where she was a member of Bannockburn Baptist Church. She kept a prayer journal for her Sunday School Class.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86347143

Family/Spouse: Robert "Bob" Lackey Strickland. Robert was born on 26 Nov 1922 in Tyrone, Texas County, Oklahoma; died on 21 Dec 1988 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Jerry passed away at her home.

Born and raised in Beaumont, she graduated from South Park High School in 1947. She graduated from The University of Texas in 1951 and worked for the State of Texas briefly before beginning a career in teaching and education administration.

She was awarded a Master's Degree from Lamar University in 1963 and a PhD from Texas A&M in 1982. During her career, she taught elementary school, junior high school math, high school math, education courses offered at Lamar, and was a principal at Brice Elementary in Mount Pleasant, Texas before her retirement in 1991.

She was active at First United Methodist Church most of her life and participated in numerous professional and community service organizations. She had many hobbies, including reading, cooking, gardening, and traveling.

Preceded in death by her husband, Doyle Slover Tierce survivors include her children, Virginia Ellen Wallace and her husband James Weldon Wallace and Paul Wood Tierce and his wife Amber White Tierce; grandchildren Paula Lynn Wallace, James Sterling Wallace and his wife Amanda Gardner Wallace and Michael Todd Wallace; brother Herbert Wesley Wood, Jr. and his wife Lorene Boyette Wood, sisters Virginia Wood Christopher, and Mary Ann Wood Strickland.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32103871

Family/Spouse: Doyle Slover Tierce. Doyle was born on 10 Dec 1920 in Lockney, Floyd County, Texas; died on 9 Nov 2002 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Warren Virgil Seymour. Warren was born on 15 Nov 1920 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 7 Nov 2014 in Texas; was buried in Leakey Floral Cemetery, Leakey, Real County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

W. T. "Dub" Wood Jr

Wiliam Thomas "Dub" Wood Jr., 70, of Waco died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1995.

Wood was born Aug. 12, 1924, in Pineland as a son of the late William Thomas Wood and Sarah Ann (Morgan) Wood and had lived in Beaumont several years before moving to Waco a year ago. He was a retired attorney, serving as Assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County in addition to several years in private practive before retiring in 1989. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

He was a former Post Commander of American Legion Post #33, a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the the Scottish Rite, and the Methodist church. Wood formerly served as president of the Beaumont Optimist Club.

Survivors: son, Brett Wood of Waco; a brother, Billy Wood of Fayetteville, North Carolina; sisters, Arnell Seymour of Leakey, Wilna Broussard of Grapevine, and Helen Towns of Cloudcraft, New Mexico; and three grandchildren, Brandi Wood, Will Wood, and Michael Wood, all of Waco.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kelley & Watkins Funeral Home chapel in Beaumont. Interment followed with 3 p.m. graveside rites at the Wood Cemetery near Pineland.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8

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.

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Wilna married Weston John Broussard before 1951. Weston was born on 3 Jan 1929 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 19 Apr 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harlon Morris Towns. Harlon was born on 21 Feb 1930 in Van Zandt County, Texas; died on 27 May 2018 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas; was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A photos of his military marker can be seen on his Find A Grave memorial page

Engraved as follows

Billy Jack Wood
SFC US Army
Vietnam Bronze Star Medal
Jun 30 1935 Jul 21 2017
To Christ Be The Glory

Billy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]