====== William Reeves Randall ====== Son of [[ira_wilbur_randal|Ira Wilbur Randall]] and Lucinda (Lule) Jane Cleveland, William Reeves Randall was born on April 26, 1872 in Franklin County, Georgia. William Reeves Randall married Ada L. (born March 28, 1874). They had one daughter: - Edna Randall (May 16, 1895 - Feb. 13, 1899)((http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79707519)) 37 days after giving birth to Edna, Ada L. Randall died on June 23, 1895 (at age 21) and was buried in the Ira Wilbur Randall family plot at "Martin Community Cemetery", Martin, (Stephens County) Georgia.((http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79706817)) [{{ :william_r_randall:tombstone-ada_l_randall.jpg |Tombstone inscribed: "Ada L. Wife of W.R. Randall. Born Mar. 28, 1874. Died June 23, 1895".}}] Edna Randall died just prior to her 4th birthday. She was buried in the Ira Wilbur Randall family plot at "Martin Community Cemetery", Martin, (Stephens County) Georgia.((http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79707519)) [{{ :william_r_randall:tombstone-edna_randall.jpg |Tombstone for Edna Randall (May 16, 1895 - Feb. 13, 1899).}}] William Reeves Randall died on Sept. 30, 1903 (at age 31) and was buried in the Ira Wilbur Randall family plot at "Martin Community Cemetery", Martin, (Stephens County) Georgia.((http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79707089)) [{{:william_r_randall:tombstone-william_r_randall.jpg|Tombstone inscribed: "W. R. Randall. Born April 26, 1872. Died Sept. 30, 1903". Below this inscription is a standard inscription from Woodsmen of the World: "He has gone from his loved ones, his children, his wife. Whom he willingly toiled for and loved as his life. Oh God how mysterious and how strange are thy ways to take him from us in the best of his days."}}] [{{:william_r_randall:tombstone_full-william_r_randall.jpg|Full tombstone for William R. Randall. At the top of the tombstone is inscribed: "Erected by the Woodsmen of the World".}}] [[https://www.woodmen.org/|Woodsmen of the World]] is a fraternal benefit society based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members. The history of this organization includes the erection of numerous distinctive tombstones depicting tree stumps across the country before 1930.((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodmen_of_the_World))