Little is known about Mary Alice Powell Arnold except for a physical description (short and dumpy according to her daughter Lillie; and a "wonderful mother" according to her youngest child, Clifford).
Mary Alice was the middle child born to the union of Pinkney "Pink" Powell and the former Nancy Ann Parker. She had an older brother, James A. Powell, and a younger brother, William Robert "Bill" Powell. Nothing is known of her older brother after the 1900 census. Her younger brother, Bill, married and was the father of five, perhaps six, children.
Mary Alice's father died when she was quite young and no burial site has been found for him. Her mother, according to census records, lived at least until 1900, but there are no records after that. Her burial site, too, is unknown as well as the specific date and place of her death.
The mother of six children, Mary Alice is said to have expired from the "galloping consumption" on Independence Day of 1919. Her son, Clifford, always believed that his beloved mother actually died from a broken heart owed to her son Richard Lee's WWI service. He was finally located in an Army hospital after being wounded by enemy fire in the trenches of France, but the news came too late to save her.
Mary Alice was laid to rest near her husband's oldest brother, Marion Richard Arnold, the first Arnold family member to die in Texas. Her husband would be laid to rest nearby 30 years later.
Both Mary Alice's and William Bunyon's graves went unmarked until the early 1950s when their daughter, Lillie, and their daughter-in-law, wife of Clifford, went together and commissioned markers for their graves. No longer do they rest in anonymity.
There is a chance that the marker for Mary Alice was placed at the grave of another woman who was buried one grave away from Mary Alice. By the time that possible error was discovered, the family decided to leave well enough alone. She is there somewhere and at least there is a marker in place. There is also the possibility that the stone was placed on the correct grave. I hope so. I'd hate to discover I've been calling a total stranger "Grandmother" all these years.
Mary Alice was the middle child born to the union of Pinkney "Pink" Powell and the former Nancy Ann Parker. She had an older brother, James A. Powell, and a younger brother, William Robert "Bill" Powell. Nothing is known of her older brother after the 1900 census. Her younger brother, Bill, married and was the father of five, perhaps six, children.
Mary Alice's father died when she was quite young and no burial site has been found for him. Her mother, according to census records, lived at least until 1900, but there are no records after that. Her burial site, too, is unknown as well as the specific date and place of her death.
The mother of six children, Mary Alice is said to have expired from the "galloping consumption" on Independence Day of 1919. Her son, Clifford, always believed that his beloved mother actually died from a broken heart owed to her son Richard Lee's WWI service. He was finally located in an Army hospital after being wounded by enemy fire in the trenches of France, but the news came too late to save her.
Mary Alice was laid to rest near her husband's oldest brother, Marion Richard Arnold, the first Arnold family member to die in Texas. Her husband would be laid to rest nearby 30 years later.
Both Mary Alice's and William Bunyon's graves went unmarked until the early 1950s when their daughter, Lillie, and their daughter-in-law, wife of Clifford, went together and commissioned markers for their graves. No longer do they rest in anonymity.
There is a chance that the marker for Mary Alice was placed at the grave of another woman who was buried one grave away from Mary Alice. By the time that possible error was discovered, the family decided to leave well enough alone. She is there somewhere and at least there is a marker in place. There is also the possibility that the stone was placed on the correct grave. I hope so. I'd hate to discover I've been calling a total stranger "Grandmother" all these years.
Little is known about Mary Alice Powell Arnold except for a physical description (short and dumpy according to her daughter Lillie; and a "wonderful mother" according to her youngest child, Clifford).
Mary Alice was the middle child born to the union of Pinkney "Pink" Powell and the former Nancy Ann Parker. She had an older brother, James A. Powell, and a younger brother, William Robert "Bill" Powell. Nothing is known of her older brother after the 1900 census. Her younger brother, Bill, married and was the father of five, perhaps six, children.
Mary Alice's father died when she was quite young and no burial site has been found for him. Her mother, according to census records, lived at least until 1900, but there are no records after that. Her burial site, too, is unknown as well as the specific date and place of her death.
The mother of six children, Mary Alice is said to have expired from the "galloping consumption" on Independence Day of 1919. Her son, Clifford, always believed that his beloved mother actually died from a broken heart owed to her son Richard Lee's WWI service. He was finally located in an Army hospital after being wounded by enemy fire in the trenches of France, but the news came too late to save her.
Mary Alice was laid to rest near her husband's oldest brother, Marion Richard Arnold, the first Arnold family member to die in Texas. Her husband would be laid to rest nearby 30 years later.
Both Mary Alice's and William Bunyon's graves went unmarked until the early 1950s when their daughter, Lillie, and their daughter-in-law, wife of Clifford, went together and commissioned markers for their graves. No longer do they rest in anonymity.
There is a chance that the marker for Mary Alice was placed at the grave of another woman who was buried one grave away from Mary Alice. By the time that possible error was discovered, the family decided to leave well enough alone. She is there somewhere and at least there is a marker in place. There is also the possibility that the stone was placed on the correct grave. I hope so. I'd hate to discover I've been calling a total stranger "Grandmother" all these years.
Mary Alice was the middle child born to the union of Pinkney "Pink" Powell and the former Nancy Ann Parker. She had an older brother, James A. Powell, and a younger brother, William Robert "Bill" Powell. Nothing is known of her older brother after the 1900 census. Her younger brother, Bill, married and was the father of five, perhaps six, children.
Mary Alice's father died when she was quite young and no burial site has been found for him. Her mother, according to census records, lived at least until 1900, but there are no records after that. Her burial site, too, is unknown as well as the specific date and place of her death.
The mother of six children, Mary Alice is said to have expired from the "galloping consumption" on Independence Day of 1919. Her son, Clifford, always believed that his beloved mother actually died from a broken heart owed to her son Richard Lee's WWI service. He was finally located in an Army hospital after being wounded by enemy fire in the trenches of France, but the news came too late to save her.
Mary Alice was laid to rest near her husband's oldest brother, Marion Richard Arnold, the first Arnold family member to die in Texas. Her husband would be laid to rest nearby 30 years later.
Both Mary Alice's and William Bunyon's graves went unmarked until the early 1950s when their daughter, Lillie, and their daughter-in-law, wife of Clifford, went together and commissioned markers for their graves. No longer do they rest in anonymity.
There is a chance that the marker for Mary Alice was placed at the grave of another woman who was buried one grave away from Mary Alice. By the time that possible error was discovered, the family decided to leave well enough alone. She is there somewhere and at least there is a marker in place. There is also the possibility that the stone was placed on the correct grave. I hope so. I'd hate to discover I've been calling a total stranger "Grandmother" all these years.
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