Lucille Burdick

Lucille Burdick

• Father: Austin William Burdick b. 5 May 1868, d. 5 September 1921
• Mother: Sophia Becker b. 18 November 1870, d. 4 March 1936

• Lucille Burdick was born on 21 December 1893 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
• Austin William Burdick and Sophia Becker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 127(?) Elliott Street. Other members of the household included Lucille Burdick, Austin William Burdick Jr., Earl R. Burdick and Louiza (?)
• She married Homer LeGrand Wood, son of Solomon William Wood and Martha Clarana Reed, on 8 November 1911 in Shelby County, Tennessee. Bondsman was A. C. Hendrix..
• Homer LeGrand Wood and Lucille Burdick appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1435 McMillan Street. Other members of the household included Homer Lagrand Wood.
• Sophia Becker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1425 McMillan Street. Other members of the household included Lucille Burdick, Homer LeGrand Wood, Homer Lagrand Wood and Arthur Becker.
• The following appeared on 22 June 1932 in the Bryan Daily Eagle: In honor of the pioneers and their descendants who built up the community of Richards, and to compliment the Wood family and their relatives who returned from their Tennessee home to be among scenes of their childhood, an old-time barbecue with all the accessories was enjoyed Tuesday afternoon just before dusk at the site of the old Fairview Methodist Episcopal church, located about four miles out of Richards, in Grimes county.
       It was at the Fairview church and school where the pioneer settlers of Grimes county received their education and their fundamental spiritual training. The old church was established in 1861 and has now been removed to Richards, but the old familiar scenes brought back memories of other years.
       About 100 friends and relatives were present at the barbecue held in the woods adjacent to the old church site, and barbecued beef and mutton, salads, cakes and cold drinks were served.
       The occasion was complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wood and son, Legrande, and Mrs. A. W. Burdick, all of Memphis, Tenn., who are in Richards visiting the scenes of their childhood.
       Those initiating the barbecue were Mr. and Mrs. Ira Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. Harrell [sic] Haynie, and Mr. and Mrs. Rush Wood.
       Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Easley, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Le Norman, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bay Sr., J. F. Bay Jr., Marjorie Bay, Rev. and Mrs. George Avery, Robert, Helen and Pauline Avery, Mrs. T. P. Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Haynie and Jeff Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Harrell [sic] Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Easley, Miss Mary Easley, Robert Easley, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Easley, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bullock, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Hickson, R. McCune, Mrs. Teague McCune, Rush Wood Sr., Mrs. Annie Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haynie, Mr. and Mrs. Scott McCune, Mrs Carrie Garner, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Luper, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McCune, S. B. McKinney, Marvin and Bob McCune, Miss Marie Witt, Mrs. Floyd Shelburne, Miss Mamie Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McCune, Dorothy Kemp, Charles Eugene Haynie, Don and Ben Haynie Le Norman, all of Richards.
       Mr. and Mrs. Lockett Kennard and son Edward, Mr. and Mrs. L. Kennard, Miss A. B. Farquhar, Miss Elizabeth Siddall, Mr. and Mrs. John Kennard, Mr. and Mrs. Rush Wood and children Gertrude, Campbell and Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Kennard, and Dudley Brown, all of Anderson.
       Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wood, L. G. Wood Jr., Miss Ruth Driscoll, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wood, Mrs. R. E. Powell and son Rufus, Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Goree, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Wood, all of Navasota.
       Mrs. Maggie Stoneham, W. I. Stoneham, of Stoneham.
       Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Garvin, Huntsville; Mrs. W. R. Thomas and children, Will Thomas Jr., Frances, Jessie and Anna B. Thomas, Mrs. Lee J. Rountree and Miss Elsbeth Wipprecht of Bryan; Mrs. C. C. Caswell, Biloxi, Miss; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crutchfield of Singleton; Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Williams, Huntsville; Mrs. R. C. Wood, Houston; Clifford, Mary and John Crutchfield of Singleton; Mrs. Florence Rabon, Henry Rabon, of Montgomery. Bryan Daily Eagle, 22 June 1932, pp 1 & 6. NewspaperArchive image accessed online at Godfrey Memorial Library, May 2015.
• She officially witnessed the death of Sophia Becker on 4 March 1936 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
• Homer LeGrand Wood and Lucille Burdick appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1425 McMillan. Other members of the household included Homer Lagrand Wood.
• Lucille Burdick died on 18 February 1947 at age 53 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at 1425 McMillan Street at her residence. . Her death was officially witnessed by Homer LeGrand Wood.
• Lucille Burdick became a widow at the 18 February 1947 death of her husband Homer LeGrand Wood.
• She was interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

• Last Edited: 24 May 2015

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine