Lida Croom Hodges, (sculpture).

Lida Croom Hodges, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Lida Croom Hodges, (sculpture).

Bust: white marble; Base: gray granite.

Overall: approx. H. 9 ft.; Base: approx. 6 1/2 x 4 x 4 ft.

(On front bottom of bust, raised lettering:) LIDA (On front of base, raised lettering:) LIDA/DAUGHTER OF/W. J. & LIDA T. DENNIS/CROOM/BELOVED WIFE OF/J. FRANK HODGES/B. NOV. 26, 1874/ENTERED INTO LIFE ETERNAL/NOV. 25, 1911/AGE 37 YEARS LESS ONE DAY/CROOM" (On rear of base:) "ERECTED BY "MY PRECIOUS PAPA"/WHO WORSHIPED (sic) ME AS HE DID HIS GOD/OH LIDA WILL PAPA NEVERMORE BEHOLD THEE/SEE THY SWEET FACE AGAIN, NOT YOUR MERRY LAUGHTER/NO NOT HERE MY DAUGHTER, BUT SURELY I WILL IN HEAVEN."

A bust likeness of Lida Croom Hodges. The bust is mounted on an inscribed, rectangular base topped by a cornice. The sculpture rests in a family plot surrounded by an iron fence and gate.

Portrait female -- Hodges, Lida Croom -- Bust

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Wharton

Coadministered by City of Wharton, Wharton, Texas 77488

Coadministered by Wharton Funeral Home, Wharton, Texas 77488

Located City Cemetery, 300 North East Avenue, Wharton, Texas

The sculpture remembers Lida Croom Hodges, who was born November 26, 1874 and died November 25, 1911. She is the granddaughter of A. C. Horton, (first Lieutenant Governor of Texas). She is buried next to her husband, who died October 29, 1910, in the Croom family plot. The iron fence and gate read: W. J. Croom 1890.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.

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