Son of John M. Lee, Jr. and Vada Burch Lee.
Spanish-American War veteran. The United States War Veterans Post in Monroe was named after Thompson Wood Lee.
The memorial for Woodie is catalogued in the database for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (Control number IAS LA000456). This granite monument is unique in that it features a large tree trunk with crossed flags. It was made by the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Works of New Orleans in 1898. Another unique element is the lifelike carved military hat that serves as a footmarker.
The official description:
A two-piece grave marker comprised of a tree trunk and a Confederate hat. The tree trunk is decorated with two crossed flags on the front. The flag on the left is inscribed "PELICAN RIFLES" and bears the Seal of the State of Louisiana; the flag on the right has twelve stars near the top. About eight feet in front of the tree trunk, a Confederate uniform hat is on the ground.
The inscription:
On front of tree trunk sculpture, under the crossed flags: THOMPSON WOOD LEE
CAPTAIN
COMPANY
E
FIRST LOUISIANA REG.
VOLUNTEER DEPT.
1898
Rear of tree trunk sculpture raised lettering:
THOMPSON WOOD
SON OF
JOHN M. LEE, JR.
& VADA BURCH LEE
BORN NOV. 4, 1873
DIED SEPT. 12, 1898
WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY
AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST
THE LOVE FOR ALL OUR SOLDIER'S CLAY
WILL STILL FULFILL ITS TRUST.
A. WEIBLEN, N.O. signed
Obituary:
The Farmerville Gazette
Wednesday, 14 Sept 1898, page 3, column 2
"CAPT. T. WOODIE LEE DEAD. Monday afternoon the sad intelligence was received over the telephone that Capt. T. Woodie Lee had died early that morning in West Monroe,
after several days illness with typhoid fever. The disease was contracted while stationed at Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., with the troops of the First Louisiana Regiment. When
Capt. Lee was first taken sick he went home on a furlough, where the best medical treatment and tenderest nursing was given him; but, alas! the malarial germ of Miami had so filled his system that it was impossible to eradicate it, and after being confined to a sick bed a little over three weeks he succumbed to the attack.
Capt. Lee was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lee, Jr. He was born in Farmerville on November 4, 1873, and hence was in his 27th year at the time of his death. He was
graduated about 2 years ago at the State University of Baton Rouge with high honors. Was elected captain of a military company at Baton Rouge, and at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war, answering to the call of his country, he joined his company which was mustered in the First Louisiana Regiment for army service. While in that service he contracted the fever that ended his young life. Mr. Lee was a promising young man withmany noble traits of his character, well fitted for the duties of life. His untimely death is a severe blow to his relatives and many friends. To them THE GAZETTE extends sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement."
Spanish-American War veteran. The United States War Veterans Post in Monroe was named after Thompson Wood Lee.
The memorial for Woodie is catalogued in the database for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (Control number IAS LA000456). This granite monument is unique in that it features a large tree trunk with crossed flags. It was made by the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Works of New Orleans in 1898. Another unique element is the lifelike carved military hat that serves as a footmarker.
The official description:
A two-piece grave marker comprised of a tree trunk and a Confederate hat. The tree trunk is decorated with two crossed flags on the front. The flag on the left is inscribed "PELICAN RIFLES" and bears the Seal of the State of Louisiana; the flag on the right has twelve stars near the top. About eight feet in front of the tree trunk, a Confederate uniform hat is on the ground.
The inscription:
On front of tree trunk sculpture, under the crossed flags: THOMPSON WOOD LEE
CAPTAIN
COMPANY
E
FIRST LOUISIANA REG.
VOLUNTEER DEPT.
1898
Rear of tree trunk sculpture raised lettering:
THOMPSON WOOD
SON OF
JOHN M. LEE, JR.
& VADA BURCH LEE
BORN NOV. 4, 1873
DIED SEPT. 12, 1898
WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY
AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST
THE LOVE FOR ALL OUR SOLDIER'S CLAY
WILL STILL FULFILL ITS TRUST.
A. WEIBLEN, N.O. signed
Obituary:
The Farmerville Gazette
Wednesday, 14 Sept 1898, page 3, column 2
"CAPT. T. WOODIE LEE DEAD. Monday afternoon the sad intelligence was received over the telephone that Capt. T. Woodie Lee had died early that morning in West Monroe,
after several days illness with typhoid fever. The disease was contracted while stationed at Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., with the troops of the First Louisiana Regiment. When
Capt. Lee was first taken sick he went home on a furlough, where the best medical treatment and tenderest nursing was given him; but, alas! the malarial germ of Miami had so filled his system that it was impossible to eradicate it, and after being confined to a sick bed a little over three weeks he succumbed to the attack.
Capt. Lee was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lee, Jr. He was born in Farmerville on November 4, 1873, and hence was in his 27th year at the time of his death. He was
graduated about 2 years ago at the State University of Baton Rouge with high honors. Was elected captain of a military company at Baton Rouge, and at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war, answering to the call of his country, he joined his company which was mustered in the First Louisiana Regiment for army service. While in that service he contracted the fever that ended his young life. Mr. Lee was a promising young man withmany noble traits of his character, well fitted for the duties of life. His untimely death is a severe blow to his relatives and many friends. To them THE GAZETTE extends sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement."
Son of John M. Lee, Jr. and Vada Burch Lee.
Spanish-American War veteran. The United States War Veterans Post in Monroe was named after Thompson Wood Lee.
The memorial for Woodie is catalogued in the database for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (Control number IAS LA000456). This granite monument is unique in that it features a large tree trunk with crossed flags. It was made by the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Works of New Orleans in 1898. Another unique element is the lifelike carved military hat that serves as a footmarker.
The official description:
A two-piece grave marker comprised of a tree trunk and a Confederate hat. The tree trunk is decorated with two crossed flags on the front. The flag on the left is inscribed "PELICAN RIFLES" and bears the Seal of the State of Louisiana; the flag on the right has twelve stars near the top. About eight feet in front of the tree trunk, a Confederate uniform hat is on the ground.
The inscription:
On front of tree trunk sculpture, under the crossed flags: THOMPSON WOOD LEE
CAPTAIN
COMPANY
E
FIRST LOUISIANA REG.
VOLUNTEER DEPT.
1898
Rear of tree trunk sculpture raised lettering:
THOMPSON WOOD
SON OF
JOHN M. LEE, JR.
& VADA BURCH LEE
BORN NOV. 4, 1873
DIED SEPT. 12, 1898
WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY
AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST
THE LOVE FOR ALL OUR SOLDIER'S CLAY
WILL STILL FULFILL ITS TRUST.
A. WEIBLEN, N.O. signed
Obituary:
The Farmerville Gazette
Wednesday, 14 Sept 1898, page 3, column 2
"CAPT. T. WOODIE LEE DEAD. Monday afternoon the sad intelligence was received over the telephone that Capt. T. Woodie Lee had died early that morning in West Monroe,
after several days illness with typhoid fever. The disease was contracted while stationed at Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., with the troops of the First Louisiana Regiment. When
Capt. Lee was first taken sick he went home on a furlough, where the best medical treatment and tenderest nursing was given him; but, alas! the malarial germ of Miami had so filled his system that it was impossible to eradicate it, and after being confined to a sick bed a little over three weeks he succumbed to the attack.
Capt. Lee was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lee, Jr. He was born in Farmerville on November 4, 1873, and hence was in his 27th year at the time of his death. He was
graduated about 2 years ago at the State University of Baton Rouge with high honors. Was elected captain of a military company at Baton Rouge, and at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war, answering to the call of his country, he joined his company which was mustered in the First Louisiana Regiment for army service. While in that service he contracted the fever that ended his young life. Mr. Lee was a promising young man withmany noble traits of his character, well fitted for the duties of life. His untimely death is a severe blow to his relatives and many friends. To them THE GAZETTE extends sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement."
Spanish-American War veteran. The United States War Veterans Post in Monroe was named after Thompson Wood Lee.
The memorial for Woodie is catalogued in the database for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture (Control number IAS LA000456). This granite monument is unique in that it features a large tree trunk with crossed flags. It was made by the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Works of New Orleans in 1898. Another unique element is the lifelike carved military hat that serves as a footmarker.
The official description:
A two-piece grave marker comprised of a tree trunk and a Confederate hat. The tree trunk is decorated with two crossed flags on the front. The flag on the left is inscribed "PELICAN RIFLES" and bears the Seal of the State of Louisiana; the flag on the right has twelve stars near the top. About eight feet in front of the tree trunk, a Confederate uniform hat is on the ground.
The inscription:
On front of tree trunk sculpture, under the crossed flags: THOMPSON WOOD LEE
CAPTAIN
COMPANY
E
FIRST LOUISIANA REG.
VOLUNTEER DEPT.
1898
Rear of tree trunk sculpture raised lettering:
THOMPSON WOOD
SON OF
JOHN M. LEE, JR.
& VADA BURCH LEE
BORN NOV. 4, 1873
DIED SEPT. 12, 1898
WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY
AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST
THE LOVE FOR ALL OUR SOLDIER'S CLAY
WILL STILL FULFILL ITS TRUST.
A. WEIBLEN, N.O. signed
Obituary:
The Farmerville Gazette
Wednesday, 14 Sept 1898, page 3, column 2
"CAPT. T. WOODIE LEE DEAD. Monday afternoon the sad intelligence was received over the telephone that Capt. T. Woodie Lee had died early that morning in West Monroe,
after several days illness with typhoid fever. The disease was contracted while stationed at Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., with the troops of the First Louisiana Regiment. When
Capt. Lee was first taken sick he went home on a furlough, where the best medical treatment and tenderest nursing was given him; but, alas! the malarial germ of Miami had so filled his system that it was impossible to eradicate it, and after being confined to a sick bed a little over three weeks he succumbed to the attack.
Capt. Lee was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lee, Jr. He was born in Farmerville on November 4, 1873, and hence was in his 27th year at the time of his death. He was
graduated about 2 years ago at the State University of Baton Rouge with high honors. Was elected captain of a military company at Baton Rouge, and at the outbreak of the
Spanish-American war, answering to the call of his country, he joined his company which was mustered in the First Louisiana Regiment for army service. While in that service he contracted the fever that ended his young life. Mr. Lee was a promising young man withmany noble traits of his character, well fitted for the duties of life. His untimely death is a severe blow to his relatives and many friends. To them THE GAZETTE extends sincere sympathy in their sad bereavement."
Gravesite Details
Located in the southeast quadrant right by the cemetery road
