Ida was the daughter of Thomas Pinkham and Mary Jane "Morgan" Bingham. She married John Brevard Gaither in 1894. They were the parents of three children: Jack P., Ben and Inez [Milligan].
Her obituary: Lovington Leader, November 16, 1951
PIONEER LEA COUNTY WOMAN BURIED HERE ON WEDNESDAY
The little woman who started the first Sunday School in Lea County has passed over the beyond that she believed in so much. She is Mrs. Ida B. Gaither, who moved to Lea County in the Monument area back in the hectic days of the turn of the 19th century and worried more about the lack of a Church than she did about the dangers of the wild animals, Indians, or the distance from a trading post, water and food supply.
Mrs. Gaither goes down in Lea County history as one of the most noble of the early day ranch women. She talked preachers from Carlsbad into coming to Monument to hold services, and often talked about how much she appreciated the traveling preachers who came by horseback and would stop by to hold meetings for the little group at Monument. She loved to recall old times and as long as she was able, returned from Oklahoma to attend the Open Range Cowboys Meeting each September. She liked to recall how some of the preachers thought there were so many widows at the Sunday school and Church because no men attended. She was quick to add that the men were watching the cattle, and she always recalled that Henry Record of Monument, president of the Open Range Cowboys Association, always attended with his pretty young wife who rode horseback on a side saddle.
She opened the first furniture store in Lea County at Lovington. The funeral home was operated in connection with the store. She sold this business to E.B. Yarbro, who still owns it.
Mrs. Gaither is a part of this West, and her remains were placed by the side of her husband of whom she always spoke so kindly, and she returned in death to the land she loved.
Mrs. Gaither was born June 30, 1874 in Italy, Texas. She was 77 at the time of her death on November 11, 1951 at Heavener, Oklahoma. She was ill a week before her death. She had been living with her son, Jack Gaither, of Zoe, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Gaither was married to John B. Gaither in 1894 and moved to Lea County in 1902. She lived here until 1941. She is a charter member of the First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston, Mass.
Survivors include the son, a daughter, Mrs. John Milligan of Lubbock, Texas; two grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jane Jackson and A. Milligan, Jr. of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. B. Hardin of Roswell, and Mrs. R.L. Cathey of Amarillo, Texas.
In 1948, Mrs. Gaither's daughter-in-law passed away and was returned to Lovington for burial. A mix-up in the names resulted in the Lovington Leader carrying an obituary for Mrs. Ida Gaither. She wrote later, "It's so nice to know that when I pass away that you will say such nice things about me".
Mrs. Gaither was a personal friend of the Leader publisher, and a friend of the county. While it hurts, the Leader is glad to publish this tribute to this great woman.
Funeral services were held at Smith-Yarbro Chapel at 2 p.m., November 13, with Rev. Ray Ross, Methodist Minister officiating. Burial followed in the Lovington Cemetery.
-----Obituary courtesy of David Minton
Her obituary: Lovington Leader, November 16, 1951
PIONEER LEA COUNTY WOMAN BURIED HERE ON WEDNESDAY
The little woman who started the first Sunday School in Lea County has passed over the beyond that she believed in so much. She is Mrs. Ida B. Gaither, who moved to Lea County in the Monument area back in the hectic days of the turn of the 19th century and worried more about the lack of a Church than she did about the dangers of the wild animals, Indians, or the distance from a trading post, water and food supply.
Mrs. Gaither goes down in Lea County history as one of the most noble of the early day ranch women. She talked preachers from Carlsbad into coming to Monument to hold services, and often talked about how much she appreciated the traveling preachers who came by horseback and would stop by to hold meetings for the little group at Monument. She loved to recall old times and as long as she was able, returned from Oklahoma to attend the Open Range Cowboys Meeting each September. She liked to recall how some of the preachers thought there were so many widows at the Sunday school and Church because no men attended. She was quick to add that the men were watching the cattle, and she always recalled that Henry Record of Monument, president of the Open Range Cowboys Association, always attended with his pretty young wife who rode horseback on a side saddle.
She opened the first furniture store in Lea County at Lovington. The funeral home was operated in connection with the store. She sold this business to E.B. Yarbro, who still owns it.
Mrs. Gaither is a part of this West, and her remains were placed by the side of her husband of whom she always spoke so kindly, and she returned in death to the land she loved.
Mrs. Gaither was born June 30, 1874 in Italy, Texas. She was 77 at the time of her death on November 11, 1951 at Heavener, Oklahoma. She was ill a week before her death. She had been living with her son, Jack Gaither, of Zoe, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Gaither was married to John B. Gaither in 1894 and moved to Lea County in 1902. She lived here until 1941. She is a charter member of the First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston, Mass.
Survivors include the son, a daughter, Mrs. John Milligan of Lubbock, Texas; two grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jane Jackson and A. Milligan, Jr. of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. B. Hardin of Roswell, and Mrs. R.L. Cathey of Amarillo, Texas.
In 1948, Mrs. Gaither's daughter-in-law passed away and was returned to Lovington for burial. A mix-up in the names resulted in the Lovington Leader carrying an obituary for Mrs. Ida Gaither. She wrote later, "It's so nice to know that when I pass away that you will say such nice things about me".
Mrs. Gaither was a personal friend of the Leader publisher, and a friend of the county. While it hurts, the Leader is glad to publish this tribute to this great woman.
Funeral services were held at Smith-Yarbro Chapel at 2 p.m., November 13, with Rev. Ray Ross, Methodist Minister officiating. Burial followed in the Lovington Cemetery.
-----Obituary courtesy of David Minton
Ida was the daughter of Thomas Pinkham and Mary Jane "Morgan" Bingham. She married John Brevard Gaither in 1894. They were the parents of three children: Jack P., Ben and Inez [Milligan].
Her obituary: Lovington Leader, November 16, 1951
PIONEER LEA COUNTY WOMAN BURIED HERE ON WEDNESDAY
The little woman who started the first Sunday School in Lea County has passed over the beyond that she believed in so much. She is Mrs. Ida B. Gaither, who moved to Lea County in the Monument area back in the hectic days of the turn of the 19th century and worried more about the lack of a Church than she did about the dangers of the wild animals, Indians, or the distance from a trading post, water and food supply.
Mrs. Gaither goes down in Lea County history as one of the most noble of the early day ranch women. She talked preachers from Carlsbad into coming to Monument to hold services, and often talked about how much she appreciated the traveling preachers who came by horseback and would stop by to hold meetings for the little group at Monument. She loved to recall old times and as long as she was able, returned from Oklahoma to attend the Open Range Cowboys Meeting each September. She liked to recall how some of the preachers thought there were so many widows at the Sunday school and Church because no men attended. She was quick to add that the men were watching the cattle, and she always recalled that Henry Record of Monument, president of the Open Range Cowboys Association, always attended with his pretty young wife who rode horseback on a side saddle.
She opened the first furniture store in Lea County at Lovington. The funeral home was operated in connection with the store. She sold this business to E.B. Yarbro, who still owns it.
Mrs. Gaither is a part of this West, and her remains were placed by the side of her husband of whom she always spoke so kindly, and she returned in death to the land she loved.
Mrs. Gaither was born June 30, 1874 in Italy, Texas. She was 77 at the time of her death on November 11, 1951 at Heavener, Oklahoma. She was ill a week before her death. She had been living with her son, Jack Gaither, of Zoe, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Gaither was married to John B. Gaither in 1894 and moved to Lea County in 1902. She lived here until 1941. She is a charter member of the First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston, Mass.
Survivors include the son, a daughter, Mrs. John Milligan of Lubbock, Texas; two grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jane Jackson and A. Milligan, Jr. of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. B. Hardin of Roswell, and Mrs. R.L. Cathey of Amarillo, Texas.
In 1948, Mrs. Gaither's daughter-in-law passed away and was returned to Lovington for burial. A mix-up in the names resulted in the Lovington Leader carrying an obituary for Mrs. Ida Gaither. She wrote later, "It's so nice to know that when I pass away that you will say such nice things about me".
Mrs. Gaither was a personal friend of the Leader publisher, and a friend of the county. While it hurts, the Leader is glad to publish this tribute to this great woman.
Funeral services were held at Smith-Yarbro Chapel at 2 p.m., November 13, with Rev. Ray Ross, Methodist Minister officiating. Burial followed in the Lovington Cemetery.
-----Obituary courtesy of David Minton
Her obituary: Lovington Leader, November 16, 1951
PIONEER LEA COUNTY WOMAN BURIED HERE ON WEDNESDAY
The little woman who started the first Sunday School in Lea County has passed over the beyond that she believed in so much. She is Mrs. Ida B. Gaither, who moved to Lea County in the Monument area back in the hectic days of the turn of the 19th century and worried more about the lack of a Church than she did about the dangers of the wild animals, Indians, or the distance from a trading post, water and food supply.
Mrs. Gaither goes down in Lea County history as one of the most noble of the early day ranch women. She talked preachers from Carlsbad into coming to Monument to hold services, and often talked about how much she appreciated the traveling preachers who came by horseback and would stop by to hold meetings for the little group at Monument. She loved to recall old times and as long as she was able, returned from Oklahoma to attend the Open Range Cowboys Meeting each September. She liked to recall how some of the preachers thought there were so many widows at the Sunday school and Church because no men attended. She was quick to add that the men were watching the cattle, and she always recalled that Henry Record of Monument, president of the Open Range Cowboys Association, always attended with his pretty young wife who rode horseback on a side saddle.
She opened the first furniture store in Lea County at Lovington. The funeral home was operated in connection with the store. She sold this business to E.B. Yarbro, who still owns it.
Mrs. Gaither is a part of this West, and her remains were placed by the side of her husband of whom she always spoke so kindly, and she returned in death to the land she loved.
Mrs. Gaither was born June 30, 1874 in Italy, Texas. She was 77 at the time of her death on November 11, 1951 at Heavener, Oklahoma. She was ill a week before her death. She had been living with her son, Jack Gaither, of Zoe, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Gaither was married to John B. Gaither in 1894 and moved to Lea County in 1902. She lived here until 1941. She is a charter member of the First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston, Mass.
Survivors include the son, a daughter, Mrs. John Milligan of Lubbock, Texas; two grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Jane Jackson and A. Milligan, Jr. of Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. B. Hardin of Roswell, and Mrs. R.L. Cathey of Amarillo, Texas.
In 1948, Mrs. Gaither's daughter-in-law passed away and was returned to Lovington for burial. A mix-up in the names resulted in the Lovington Leader carrying an obituary for Mrs. Ida Gaither. She wrote later, "It's so nice to know that when I pass away that you will say such nice things about me".
Mrs. Gaither was a personal friend of the Leader publisher, and a friend of the county. While it hurts, the Leader is glad to publish this tribute to this great woman.
Funeral services were held at Smith-Yarbro Chapel at 2 p.m., November 13, with Rev. Ray Ross, Methodist Minister officiating. Burial followed in the Lovington Cemetery.
-----Obituary courtesy of David Minton
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