Exa Inez Rembert

b. 16 November 1898, d. 26 June 1972

Exa Inez Rembert Wood, 1898-1972
  • Exa Inez Rembert was born on 16 November 1898 in Montgomery County, Texas.
  • She was known as Inez.
  • William Erasmus Rembert and Sarah C. Leonard appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Exa Inez Rembert, Laura Rembert, William Emerson Rembert, Bertie Rembert and Ettie Aline Rembert.
  • William Erasmus Rembert and Sarah C. Leonard appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Exa Inez Rembert, Zettie Helen Rembert.
  • In June 1917, a photograph was taken of the first high school graduating class in Richards. The four graduates were Bill Payne, Inez Rembert, Edwin Keisler and Georgia Norman.
  • William Erasmus Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Exa Inez Rembert, Zettie Helen Rembert.
  • The following appeared in in a Baptist periodical: On Sunday Sept. 15 we were called to Richards to hold burial services for our friend and brother, Dr. W. E. Rembert. Dr. Rembert was born in Ala. Dec. 4, 1840. Had he lived till his next birthday he would have reached the ripe age of 89 years. When the war between the States came on he went out with the Louisiana first Volunteers serving in Lee’s army thru-out the war. At the breaking out of the war he was a student in Tulane Medical College at New Orleans.
         In 1866 he married Miss Elizabeth Lewis at Mansfield, La. To them were born 8 children, 4 of whom are still living, namely, Mrs. Mae Lathan, Converse, La., W. E. Rembert, Jr., Camden, Ark., Mrs. Bertie Welch, Montgomery, and Mrs. Ettie Welch, Crockett, Texas.
         He came to Texas in 1892, locating at New Waverly, Texas, where his wife died in 1893. Leaving there he moved to Richards in 1894. In 1898 he married Miss Sallie Leonard; to them two children were born, both living, namely, Miss Inez Rembert, Richards, and Mrs. Roland Smith, Goose Creek. In 1918 he was again bereaved of his wife. The writer conducted her funeral.
         Dr. Rembert joined the Baptist church some 50 or 60 years ago. He was one of the charter members of Richards Church.
         Dr. Rembert did a world of charitable work in connection with his practice of medicine. He was a faithful church man. He took great delight in reading his Bible. He loved his Lord, his family and his friends. The writer will never forget when in 1910 he and his family were stricken with flu and the Dr., good friend and brother as he was, came and ministered to us.
         In addition to his church membership he was a faithful and loyal member of the Masonic Lodge. After the funeral the Masons took charge and in their beautiful and impressive way put the body to rest. 
         A number said it was the longest procession ever seen from as small a town as Richards. It no doubt expressed the very high esteem the kind Dr. and family were held by their friends. 
         The writer was assisted in the funeral service by Brother J. Welch, pastor of the Richards Baptist Church. 
         May the Lord bless the bereaved is the prayer of a friend. 
         -- His Former Pastor, N. R. Davis, Normangee, Texas.
    [Note erroneous year of first marriage and misspelled children's names.]
  • Roland Lemuel Smith and Zettie Helen Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Pelly, Harris County, Texas, at 508 Harding Street. Other members of the household included Exa Inez Rembert, Ruby Opal Smith, Helen Inez Smith, Roland Lemuel Smith Jr. and Billie Rembert Smith.
  • She married Walter Warren Wood, son of Solomon William Wood and Martha Clarana Reed, on 15 July 1934 in Grimes County, Texas, with H. A. Bennett officiating.
  • Walter, Inez, and Warren Wood were photographed about 1940.
    Walter and Inez Wood and son Warren
  • Walter Warren Wood and Exa Inez Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Roland Lemuel Smith Jr. Also in the household was son Warren (age 3).
  • Walter Warren Wood registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Grimes County, Texas, while unemployed and living with his wife in Richards.
  • Inez, Walter, and Warren Wood were photographed about 1947.
    Inez and Walter Wood and son Warren
  • Exa Inez Rembert became a widow at the 23 December 1949 death of her husband Walter Warren Wood.
  • At the time of her death Exa Inez Rembert was living in Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Exa Inez Rembert died on 26 June 1972 at age 73 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Grimes Memorial Hospital.
  • She was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Walter Warren Wood and Exa Inez Rembert.
    Walter Warren and Exa Inez Rembert Wood, Fairview Cemetery, near Richards, Grimes County
  • Last Edited: 26 Jan 2017

Family: Walter Warren Wood b. 3 September 1886, d. 23 December 1949