Mary Alice Wood

b. 22 February 1905, d. 21 November 1987
  • Mary Alice Wood was born on 22 February 1905 in Texas.
  • She was known as Alice.
  • John Clarke Ross and Maria Antonia Navarro y Chavez appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Atascosa County, Texas, and one servant and one boarder.. Other members of the household included Mary Alice Wood.
  • John Clarke Ross and Maria Antonia Navarro y Chavez appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Atascosa County, Texas, and one female servant.. Other members of the household included Mary Alice Wood, Tom M. Ross.
  • She married Herbert Tabberer, son of Osmond Tabberer and Emma Caball, circa 1923.
  • Herbert Tabberer and Mary Alice Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Atascosa County, Texas, and also Herbert's uncle Ernest W. Tabberer, age 56.. Other members of the household included Herbert Malcolm Tabberer and Thomas Eason Tabberer.
  • The following appeared on 13 March 1942 in The Dallas Morning News: Eason Wood, age 63, passed away at his home, 3712 Oakland, early Thursday. Survived by wife, Mrs. Hannah Ross Wood; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Taberer, Rossville, and Mrs. Margaret Cox, Dallas; a son, Tom Wood, Albuquerque, N.M; two brothers, Frank Erwin, Newark, N.J., and Austin Erwin, Snyder, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Kitty Myers [sic], Dallas, and an aunt, Mrs. Laura Erwin, Dallas. Funeral services Friday at 4 p.m. at Colonial Baptist Church, with the Rev. John G. Moore officiating. Burial Oakland Cemetery. Arrangements Rhoton Funeral Home, Carrollton. Phone 137.
  • The following appeared on 28 September 1969 in The Lovington Daily Leader: Tom Ross Wood, 59, resident of Tatum for about 21 years, died Friday afternoon following a brief illness.
         He is survived by his wife, Mary Angie, of the home, one daughter, Joann Antonucci, North Highlands, California, and one son, Lockett E. Wood, Boulder, Colorado, two sisters, Mrs. R. C. Cox, Tatum, and Mrs. Herbert Tabberer, Rossville, Texas and three grandchildren.
         Services have been scheduled for Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. in Smith-Rogers Chapel with Robert A. Buck, Vicar of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Tatum Cemetery.
         Casketbearers will be Frank Smith, Dale Gandy, Sandy Bonnell, Rue Mock, Jimmy Rogers, and Ernie Garner.
         The body will lie in state at Smith-Rogers Funeral Home until 10:00 a.m. Monday morning, at which time the casket will be closed and will remain closed.
  • She was interred at Langston & Ross Memorial Cemetery, Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas.
  • The SSDI lists Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas, as the last residence of record of Mary Alice Wood.
  • Mary Alice Wood died on 21 November 1987 at age 82 in Bexar County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Langston & Ross Memorial Cemetery, Poteet, Atascosa County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 4 Apr 2008

Family: Herbert Tabberer b. 12 May 1900, d. 15 August 1993