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Obituaries A - C

Mrs. Rosalie Virginia Anderson (nee, Hackler)
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, newspaper. Thursday April 3, 1969, page
#16B.
Mrs. Anderson Dies, Funeral Set On Friday. Mrs. Rosalie Virginia Hackler Anderson, 85, of 506
B. Street died at a local hospital at seven-fifty p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Anderson was born
February 11, 1884 in Natchez. She was a member of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. She
is survived by four grand-children; James Anderson Koerber, Brinton Anderson Koerber and
Paul Anderson Koerber and Kara Barett Koerber, all of Vidalia, LA one sister Mrs. Grace
Cooper, Natchez, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at ten a.m.
Friday from the Jefferson Street Methodist Church with the Rev. W. S. Cameron officiating.
Interment will be in the Natchez City Cemetery.
 



 

Mr. Ward Burke Anderson
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, newspaper. Wednesday February 25, 1953.
Ward Anderson Dies; Funeral Scheduled Today. Ward Burke Anderson, retired railroad
engineer, died at 5:45 p.m. yesterday following an extended illness. Mr. Anderson was born
August 15, 1876. He was the son of the late Edward D. Anderson and Mrs. Laura Miller
Anderson. He was employed by the Illinois Central Railroad for 48 years, until he retired in
1944. He was a member of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. He was a member of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The Woodmen of the World, and the Masonic Lodge. He
was a member of Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge in Natchez. Surviving  relatives include: the
widow, Mrs. Rose Hackler Anderson; a son, Ward B. Anderson, Jr.; a grandson, James Ward
Anderson, all of Natchez; a sister, Mrs. Nona Pattey of McMinnville, Tenn.; a brother, Thad
Anderson of Chattanooga, Tenn. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 506 B Street
at 4:30 p.m. today, with interment to follow in the City Cemetery with the Foster Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. The Rev. W.L. Elkin will officiate. Named to act as pallbearers are:
Joe Gillen, Harold Frost, John Cooper, William F. Riley, Jack Cook and Russell Godard, Sr.


Mr. Ward Burke Anderson Jr.
OBITUARY: Ward Anderson Died On Sunday, Funeral Monday.  Funeral Services for Ward B.
Anderson, well known pharmacist of this community, who died on Sunday, were held at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon from the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. Rev. B.B. Rogers,
pastor, conducted the services which were attended by members of his family and a large number
of friends who had known and highly esteemed this splended young man. Mr. Anderson was
born in Natchez, Miss., on May 22, 1935, being the son of Mrs. Rose Hackler Anderson and the
late Ward Burke Anderson, Sr.  He attended and graduated from the Natchez High School in
1984. He later graduated from the school of pharmacy of Alabama Polytechnic at Auburn, Ala.
Mr. Anderson was a vetran of World War Two, having served two years of service. He has been
engaged as a pharmacist in Natchez for some time and was very active in druggist circles.
Recently he was elected Chairman of District 10 of the Mississippi Pharmaceutical Association.
He was a devoted husband and loving father and his passing brings heartfelt sorrow to his many
friends, as well as the members of his family. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Sims
Anderson, three sons, James Ward Anderson, Ward Brinton Anderson and Paul Sims Anderson,
and his mother, Mrs. Rose Hackler Anderson. Following the services at the church, interment
was made in the City Cemetery with Foster's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The
following gentlemen served as pallbearers: William F. Riley, Butler Barksdale, William
Bucciantini, Roy Maddox, Abe Geisenberger, Paul Klotz, Sheldon Kaiser and Rawdon
Blankenstein. HONORARY; Joe Ernst, Glenn Middleton, Prospero DeMarco, Jr., L. S. Pickle,
A. C. Tipton, Sidney Haney, Howard Grubbs and Frank Kyle.


Mrs. Annie G. Aubic (nee, Garrity)
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper, Friday, September 26, 1969.
(same obit with addition of pall bearers was in the Sat. Sep. 27, 1969 paper) Mrs. Annie G.
Aubic, 86, of 600 Washington Street died at six thirty p.m. in a local hospital. Mrs. Aubic was
born in Natchez, November 18, 1882, the daughter of the late William and Louise Rizzi Garrity.
She is survived by her niece, Mrs. Sam B. Evans with whom she made her home, two sons, John
L. Aubic, Natchez and Conway Aubic, Vidalia, La., a brother, F. L. Garrity, Sr., of Natchez, two
grandchildren and a number of nieces also survive. A Rosary will be said Friday evening at
seven p.m. at Foster Funeral Home. Mass will be said Saturday at nine a.m. at St. Mary's
Cathedral with interment to follow in the Natchez City Cemetery. Pall Bearers will be Charles
Burns, Andrew Burns, LeRoy Garrity, Jr., Robert Garrity, Billy Garrity and Pat Burns
 


Captain Jack Aubic (Mr. John Lawrence Aubic Sr.)
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat newspaper, Sunday July 13, 1941.
Captain Jack Aubic, River Pilot, Passes after Active Day - Had lived in Natchez Thirty-Five
years. Captain Jack Aubic, veteran river pilot and citizen for the past thirty-five years, died
suddenly at his home, 306 South Union, at 5:10 Saturday afternoon. His death, which came as a
shock to relatives and friends, followed a day of normal activity during which there were no
signs of illness. Captain Aubic was born in New Orleans, La., on July 5, 1876. He moved to
Natchez as a young man and operated out of Natchez for thirty-five years as a Mississippi River
Pilot, employed by the United States Engineers. Surviving relatives are: his widow, Mrs. Annie
Garrity Aubic; two sons, John L. Aubic, Jr., and Conway Aubic, both of Natchez; two brothers,
J. B. Aubic, St. Francisville, La., and Joe Aubic, Baton Rouge, La., and two sisters, Miss May
Aubic and Miss Francis Aubic, both of St. Francisville. Named pallbearers for the last rites are
Edward Salmon, R. P. Petkovsek, Gus Olsen, Captain Walter Reed, T. J. Furr, Alex Broussard,
Capt. Bennie Bernstien, Ray Fleming, Sam Evans, S. P. Hornsby and Capt. Walter Rutherford.
Funeral services will be held from the family home at 306 S. Union St. at 5:00 p.m. today.
 


Mr. Lawrence Conway Aubic Sr.
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat newspaper, Tuesday, November 6, 1979.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from St. Mary's Cathedral for Lawrence Conway
Aubic Sr., 63, of Vidalia, who died Sunday at his residence. Msgr. Henry Beckers and the Rev.
Louis Voorhies will officiate with burial in the Natchez City Cemetery. A rosary was said
Monday at the Laird Funeral HomeChapel. A native of Natchez, Aubic was a member of Our
Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidalia. He attended the Cathedral Schools in Natchez and
was a riverboat pilot for more than 40 years before his retirement. He was aveteran of World War
II. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Noreen Burns Aubicof Vidalia; one son, L. Conway Aubic
Jr. of Vidalia; one brother, J. L."Jack" Aubic Sr. of Natchez; one nephew, J. L. "Jack" Aubic Jr.
of Natchez.Pallbearers will be Andy Burns, Parnell Burns, Peter Burns Jr., John Burns, Tim
Burns, Charles Conner Burns, Byron Garrity and Charles Garrity. Laird Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
 


Mr. Charles Cameron Bahin
OBITUARY:  The Natchez Democrat, Thursday, May 4, 2000, page 6A, column 5/6.
CHARLES CAMERON BAHIN  Jan. 29, 1917 - May 3, 2000
Services for Charles Cameron Bahin, 83, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, May 3, 2000 at
Glenburney Nursing Center, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Laird Funeral Home with the Rev.
Mitchell Cochran officiating. Burial will be at the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of
Laird Funeral Home. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Funeral home. Mr. Bahin was
born Jan. 29, 1917 in Natchez, the son of Walter and Bessie Holden Bahin. He was a retired City
of Natchez Chief of Police and a Mississippi Highway Patrolman. He served as patrolman and
chief of detectives. He also served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. Bahin was
preceeded in death by his parents; daughter, Jean "Tootsie" Bahin Thompson; grandson, Jeffery
Hudnall; and wife, Jennie Rose Perrault Bahin. Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Bahin
Hudnall of Vidalia, La. and Janine Bahin Haile of Natchez; three grandaughters, Lisa Hudnall
Friedrichs of Petaluma, Calif., Natalie Thompson Arthur of Metarie, La. and Jennifer Thompson
of Baton Rouge, La.; two grandsons, Andrew Haile of Jackson and Brandon Haile of Natchez;
two great-grandaughters, Sarah and Jessica Friedrichs of Petaluma, Calif.; two great-grandsons,
Weston and Will Arthur of Metarie; two neices, Bess P. Cavin and Anne B. Henderson of
Natchez; and a number of great-nephews and great-nieces.



 

David Beer
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper, Tuesday June 25, 1929.
David Beer, youngest son of the late Abraham Beer and Mrs. Ester Beer, passed away in
Memphis at 3 o'clock Sunday Morning and his death came as a profound shock to his loved ones
and a wide circle of warm friends.  Mr. Beer was a native of Natchez and he spent the early part
of his life in this city, numbering his friends here by the countless hundreds.  He is survived by
two brothers, Simon Beer of New Orleans and Fred Beer of this city. and two sisters, Mrs Robt.
Mayer of New Orleans and Mrs. Sol Beer of Memphis.  The remains reached Natchez at 3:30
o'clock Monday Morning via the Y. & M. V. train and the funeral services were held in the
parlors of Fosters Funeral Home yesterday at noon. Rabbi Brav officiated and the following men
served as pallbearers: Max Ullman, Jake S. Laub, Dunbar Adams, B. Clarence Gisenberger,
Jonas B. Lehman and ????? L. Tillman. The interment followed in the family plot, city cemetery.
A large concourse of ????? friends attended the services ?????? beautiful flowers were sent ????
of the family.
 



Mrs. Mary Meath Butchart (nee Mary Meath)
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat newspaper, Tuesday Morning, August 11, 1925.
Butchart - At the family residence, No. 144 St Catherine street at 6:45 o'clock a.m. Monday
August 10th, MRS. MARY MEATH BUTCHART, age 69 years, beloved wife of Byron B.
Butchart. The funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Cathedral this (Tuesday) August 11th, at
9 o'clock a.m.  The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend.
 


(2nd) Mrs. Mary Meath Butchart (nee Mary Meath)
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat newspaper, Tuesday Morning, August 11, 1925.
Mrs. Mary Meath Butchart. After a long illness, borne throughout uncomplainingly, Mrs. Mary
Meath Butchart passed away at the family residence, No. 144 St. Catherine street yesterday
morning at 6:45 o'clock and while her death had been expected for several days past, still it came
as a shock to her loved ones and to a wide circle of friends. Mrs. Butchart was born in Natchez
March 15th, 1856, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Meath and Mrs. Sarah Coyne Meath.
She is survived by her husband, Byron B. Butchart, three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Weeks, Mrs.
Leroy Garrity, Miss Sarah Butchart and one son, Tom Butchart, one sister Mrs. J. H. Sanguinetti
and one brother, Joseph P. Meath. Mrs. Butchart was a devout member of St. Mary's Cathedral,
she was a devoted wife andd mother, a loyal and generous friend and her death has brought
sorrow to many hearts. The funeral services will be held in St. Mary's Cathedral at 9 o'clock
Mass this morning. The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers: Tom Gorman, Thomas J.
Holmes, P. W. Mulvihill, Allen T. Bowie, J. G. Stutzman and Thomas J. Junkin. The interment
will follow in the family plot, city cemetery. Many friends of the family deeply sympathize with
them in their sorrow.
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DISCREPANCY NOTICE: This above listed death notice lists her birth date as March 15th,
1856, the church baptismal record lists a birth date as March 2nd, 1856.
 


BYON, DR. PHILLIP JOSEPH

OBITUARY: "Natchez Democrat" newspaper dated Sunday September 3, 1989.

Services for Dr. Phillip Joseph Bayon, 84, of Ormonde Plantation in Natchez, who died Saturday (Sept.2) at Jefferson Davis Memorial Hospital, are today at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Visitation will be today from 6 to 7 p.m. at the church. Burial will be Monday (Sept. 4) in Metairie, La. under the direction of Laird's Funeral Home of Natchez. Born in New Orleans on May 12, 1905, the son of Henry and Jeanne Bayon, he was a graduate of Tulane Medical School and was formerly associated with Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. He had practiced in Natchez since 1947 before retiring. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral in Natchez. His professional affiliations included the American Board of Otolaryngology, Mississippi State Medical Association, American Medical Association, the Trilogical Society and Homochitto Valley Medical Society. He was past chief of staff of Jefferson Davis Memorial Hospital. He was a veteran of World War II, during which he served in Africa and the Mediterranean theater. He was a charter member and a director of the board of Natchez Community Concert Association and a former member of the Natchez School Board. He is survived by two daughters, Laura Bayon of New Orleans, and Lucille Bayon Landry of Natchez, a grandson, Phillip Bayon Landry, and granddaughter, Ormonde Butler Landry, both of Natchez; a brother, Maurice M. Bayon, and a sister, Lucille Bayon, both of New Orleans. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ormonde Butler Bayon. Pallbearers will be Jerry Beach, Dr. Howard Kisner, Dr. Thomas H. Gandy, Dr. Hugh Tedder, Robert Lehman, B. Chandler Jordan, Richard A. Campbell and Jack Stevens.


BEEKMAN, DR. MARCUS

Obituary, Natchez Democrat Newspaper, April 25, 1939:

Marcus Beekman Called by Death, Funeral Services to be held here at Eleven Thirty This Morning -- Dr. Marcus Beekman, born in New York City on July 21, 1884, died in New Orleans, La. on April 23, 1939, where he had been at Turo Infirmary for the past three weeks for medical attention. His death brings heartfelt sorrow to everyone who knew him. Dr. Beekman was a graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn N. Y., in 1906 in electrical engineering. He later entered Tulane Medical School and graduated in 1911. He then served two years internship at the Natchez Charity Hospital in 1911 and 1912. He began the active practice of medicine in Natchez in 1912 and continued here in active practice until a few years ago, when, on account of his health, he retired. Until his retirement, he was associated with his uncle, the late beloved Dr. Phillip Beekman. He was a member of the American Medical Association and Radiological Society of North America, the Adams County Medical Society and Homochitto Valley Medical Society. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lena Trich Beekman; his mother, Mrs. Libbie W. Beekman and his sister Miss Evadne Beekman, all of Natchez. Funeral services will be held from the residence on North Commerce street at eleven-thirty o'clock this (Tuesday) morning with Rabbi Meyer Marx officiating. Interment in the city cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Active, Dr. Francis Dixon, Robert Dixon, Daniel Scharff, Frank Perrault, Robert McNeely and W. D. Hobgood. Honorary: Drs. J. W. D. Dicks, J. S. Ullman, W. K. Stowers, George Logan, Wallace Smith, E. E. Benoist, R. D. Sessions, George Dicks, L. S. Gaudet, Fred Geisenberger, H. M. Smith, H. A. Whitington, Louis Magee.
 


BENBROOK, DR. OTIS BAKER

OBITUARY: Died, ENBROOK - In St. Joseph, La. Friday, July 14th, 1899, Dr. Otis B. Benbrook. The friends and acquaintance of the deceased and of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, to proceed from Trinity Church, this (Saturday) afternoon, at 5 o'clock. Natchez, July 15th, 1899.
 



BYRNE, FRANK PATRICK

OBITUARY: newspaper, The Natchez Democrat, Louisiana Edition, Monday, July 31, 2000, page #6A, column 1 & 2.

FRANK PATRICK BYRNE March 17, 1938 - July 29, 2000

Services for Frank Patrick Byrne, 62, who died Saturday, July 29, 2000, will be at 1 p.m. today at St. Mary Basilica with the Revs. Alfred Camp and Walter Brown officiating. Burial will be at Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time today at St. Mary Basilica. Mr. Byrne was born March 17, 1938, in Natchez the son of Nell Delphine Fatheree and William Joseph Byrne Sr. He was a member of St. Mary Basilica, the Knights of Columbus and the Elks Lodge. He also served as the inaugural St. Patrick for the Krew of Killarney and was an active member of the Santa Claus Committee and served as Santa in 1977. He was president of Byrne Insurance Agency and Byrne and Laird Development Corporation. He was a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of America and served as past-president of the Southwest Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi. Mr. Byrne was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Ann Blair Byrne; and two brothers, William Joseph Byrne Jr. and John Phillip Byrne Sr. Survivors include his wife, Audrey Lynn Byrne; two daughters and their husbands, Laura Lynn and Dale Lund and Tara Byrne and Paul Brooks all of Natchez; one son and his wife, F. Patrick and Amy Byrne of St. Louis; four grandchildren, Lynne Byrne Young, Crystal Ann Young, Blair Sulliven Brooks and Paul Chase Brooks, all of Natchez. Pallbearers will be Joe Eidt, Col. Jack Pitchford, Joe Fortenberry, Lucien Gaudet, Hiram Burkes, Delton Porter, Hayden Kaiser and Paul Byrne. Honorary pall bearers will be Jimmy Carter, Jerry Hawthorne, Charlie Brown and Jere Ferrill Sr. The family requests memorials be made to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.


Mrs. Grace H. Cooper (nee, Hackler)
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, newspaper, Wednesday April 4, 1973, page 3A
MRS. GRACE COOPER. Mrs. Grace H. Cooper, 81, 716 Pearl St., died Monday at the Jefferson
Davis Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Jefferson Street
Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Whaley and Rev. James Conner officiating. Burial will be in
the Natchez City Cemetery with the Laird Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. She was
born in Natchez and was a member of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. She was a member
of the Kings Daughters and was on the board of the Protestant Orphanage Home. She was an
honorary member of the board of directors of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. Survivors
include three daughters, Mrs. May Gilliespie, Jackson, Mrs. Virginia Gillen and Mrs. Ruby
Frost, both of Natchez. Pallbearers will be Delynn Braswell, Dr. Oscar Lofton, Ben Credle,
Bernard Woods, Floyd McCalip, Barney Boyles. The family requests that in lieu of flowers
donations be made to the Protestant Orphanage Home.
 


Mrs. Michael C. Phalen (nee, Kathrine Brown)
DEATH: Obituary, Natchez (Miss.) Democrat Tuesday Morning February 23, 1937.
[Abstracted] Mrs. Katie Phalan called by death. Died Monday, Funeral at nine this morning.
Died early Monday.. 3:45 o'clock.. illness of several weeks.. spent 75 years in Natchez... was in
her 76th year of age... born in Vicksburg, brought to Natchez in her infancy... last of three sisters,
Mrs. Thomas Brown of this city and Mrs. Duttrey of Tacoma Washington, both passing on
several years ago, the latter was a twin sister to Mrs. Phalan. She is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. Catherine Koerber and three sons Mike P., John L. and Tom Phalen all of whom were with
her at her last illness and death..... also 7 nephews, 3 neices and eighteen grand-nephews and
grand-nieces. Her funeral will be held from St. Mary's Cathedral........
 


Mrs. Elodie Garrity (nee, Butchart)
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, Tuesday Morning March 24, 1931.
The sudden and untimely death of Mrs. Elodie Butchart Garrity, yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock, brought sorrow and grief to the large number of   citizens of this community who had
known this splendid Christian woman during her lifetime. A loving mother and devoted wife -
possessing all of the characteristics of a true Christian woman - kindly in her thoughts of others -
charitable to those in need and distress, and possessing a pleasing personality, the death of Mrs.
Garrity brings sorrow, not only to the members of her family, but to her legion of friends. Mrs.
Elodie Butchart Garrity was born in Natchez, January 31, 1889, being the daughter of the late
Byron B. Butchart and Mary Meath Butchart. She spent her entire life in this community and
received her education in the schools of this city. She was a devout member of the congregation
of St. Mary's Cathedral. She is survived by her husband, Leroy Garrity, six children, Leroy
Garrity, Jr., Mary Louise Garrity, Mildred Garrity, Robert Garrity, Joseph Garrity, William
Garrity; one brother, Thomas Butchart and one sister, Sarah Butchart. The funeral services will
be held this afternoon at four-thirty from the residence at No. 156 St. Catherine street. The
following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: W. Y. Kester, Capt. George Prince, R. Lee Parker,
Jr., Herman Popp, Clifton Blythe and J. P. Serio.
 


Mr. Byron B. Butchart
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper  (20 July 1930)
Byron Butchart Called By Death On Sunday Night. Stricken with a sudden heart attack at his
residence, No. 144 St. Catherine Street Sunday night, Mr. Byron B. Butchart succumbed before
medical aid, hurriedly summoned could reach him. The sudden death of Mr. Butchart came as a
great shock to his devoted loved ones and to a wide circle of friends. Mr. Butchart was a quiet
unassuming gentleman, a man of unquestioned honesty, a devoted father to his children, a kind
neighbor and a loyal friend; he numbered a wide circle of friends who sincerly morn his passing.
Mr. Butchart is survived by three children, Mrs. Leroy Garrity, Tom A. Butchart and Miss Sarah
Butchart. He was born in Canada October 11, 1863, his wife, Mrs. Mary Butchart preceeded him
to the grave some few years ago. The funeral services were held in St. Mary's Cathedral Monday
afternoon at five o'clock. Rev. Father Charles Hunter officiated and the following gentlemen
served as pallbearers: A. T. Bowie, Sr., J. G. Stutzman, Joseph W. Kaiser, Jake Richards, Capt.
George Prince and Ferdinand L. Passbach. A large concourse of friends joined the family in
paying their respects to the family expressing their love and sympathy in their sorrow. The
interment was made in the family plot, City Cemetery.



Mr. Thomas A. Butchart
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat newspaper, Tuesday morning January 23, 1940.
Passing of County road patrolman brings sorrow to many friends. Many sorrowing friends paid
tribute to the memory of Thomas A. Butchart when last rites were held for him at St. Mary's
Cathedral on Monday morning at eleven o'clock. The church was filled for the service, for Mr.
Butchart was widely known and numbered his friends from all ranks of life. State Highway
Patrolmen, members of the Natchez police force, city and county officials, with whom the
deceased had been associated, joined others in attending the funeral. Mr. Butchart passed away at
his home on St. Catherine street at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. He had been ill for only a short while and
his death came as a shock to all who knew him. For some time past he had served as county road
patrolman, and he served so efficiently in this position that he was unanimously re-elected by the
Adams County Board of Supervisors, when the new administration took over on the first of
January. He was an enthusiastic member of the Natchez Volunteer Fire Department, being a
member of Eagle Hook and Ladder No. 2 Company, and he was also a veteran of the world war.
Mr. Butchart was born in Natchez on August 30th, 1892, being the son of the late Byron and
Mrs. Mary Meath Butchart. He is survived by his sister, Mrs Sarah Butchart Peters and a number
of nieces and nephews. He spent his entire life in Natchez. Interment was made in the City
Cemetery and the following gentlemen served as pallbearers: Leroy Garrity, Billie Garrity and
Robert Garrity, Clarence Weeks, Chas. Weeks and Richard Sanguinetti. County and city officials
served as honorary pallbearers.


Mrs. William J. Byrne, Sr. (nee, Nell Fatheree)
OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper, Tuesday, May 17, 1994, page 6A
Services for Nell Fatheree Byrne, 90, of Natchez who died Monday, May 16, 1994 at the
Natchez Regional Medical Center will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, at St. Mary
Catholic Church with the Rev. Alfred Camp officiating. Burial will be in the Natchez City
Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. Visitation is from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today
at the church. She was born Nov. 8, 1903, in Natchez, the daughter of Charles Ernest and Delia
Miller Fatheree. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church; and past Altar Society
member; and member of Natchez Garden Club. She was preceded in death by her husband,
William J. Byrne, Sr.; sons Jack Byrne and Billy Byrne, grandaughter, Blair Byrne; sister Irma
Kaiser; and brother, Earnest Fatheree. Survivors include son Frank P. Byrne of Natchez;
daughter Delia Popp of Memphis, Tenn.; daughter-in-law, Andrey Lynn Byrne, Joan Vance and
Nancy Byrne, all of Natchez; grandsons, Bill Byrne, Johnny Byrne, Harry Byrne, Bryan Byrne,
Patrick Byrne; grandaughters, Nell Gandy, Karen Burgess, Laura Lyn Young, Brenda Rasco,
Tara Brooks; and nine great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Bill Byrne, Johnny Byrne, Harry
Byrne, Bryan Byrne, Patrick Byrne, Mike Burgess, Chuck Rasco, Paul Brooks, and Warred
Gandy. Donations may be made to Cathedral School, St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis,
Tenn. or any other charity.


Mr. Nathan Meredith Calhoun
OBITUARY: The Natchez Democrat (newspaper) Saturday, February 27, 1999, page
6A, columns 3 & 4. Nathan Meredith Calhoun Feb. 10, 1926 - Feb. 26, 1999.
Services for Nathan Meridith Calhoun, 73, of Vidalia, who died Friday, Feb. 26, 1999, at
Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church with Father Paul Kunnumpurum officiating. Burial will be at Natchez City Cemetery
under the direction of Laird Funeral Home. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral
home with a Rosary service at 7 p.m. Mr. Calhoun was born Feb. 10, 1926, in Vidalia, the son of
Robert Dabney and Anna Maria Perrault Calhoun. He was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in
1950. He was a graduate of Preparatory Education, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, College of
Wooster, legal education, Louisiana State University and A & M College with a J.D. in 1950. He
was a member of Phi Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternities. Mr Calhoun was the
Vidalia town attorney from 1950 to 1962. He was a member of the Seventh Judicial District,
Louisiana State and the American Bar Associations, American Judicature Society. He was a
Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church,
where he was an active member of the Mens Club and Parish Council. Mr. Calhoun was
preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert D. Calhoun Jr. Survivors include his wife
Jean Falkenheiner Calhoun of Vidalia; daughter, Katherine Calhoun of Vidalia; daughter and
son-in-law, Mary Ann and Mark Carter of Vidalia; two grandsons, Mark Carter Jr and Will
Carter; one sister, Anna Elizabeth Calhoun of Vidalia of Vidalia; nephew, Robert M. Calhoun of
France; and a great niece, Tamara Calhoun of France. The family requests memorials be made to
Cathedral School Endowment Fund or the Cathedral School Building Fund.


CAMPBELL, DR. ERVIN MORRIS

OBITUARY: Natchez Democrat Newspaper, Thursday morning May 18, 1944.

Concordia Parish pays tribute to one of it's leading physicians, officials and citizens and mourns the death of Dr. Ervin Morris Campbell who passed away on Tuesday. Friends from throught the parish with whom Dr. Campbell was so long associated will gather at the Methodist Church in Ferriday at three o'clock this afternoon for the funeral services conducted by Rev. John H. Sewell, assisted by Rev. J. H. Hamilton with special music by the choir. Dr. Campbell was born in Jackson Parish La., in 1875. He was married to Miss Lucille Cordell of Winnsboro in 1910 and they established their residence in Ferriday in March, 1927. The three sons of Dr. Campbell will be unable to attend his funeral for they are in the armed services - William Cordell Campbell and Charles Morris Campbell are serving in the South Pacafic, while the third, Russell Ervin Campbell is stationed in San Diego. Dr. Campbell is survived by his brothers and sisters, Albert C. Campbell, Pioneer, La., John P. Campbell, Oak Grove, La., Iley Campbell, Angolia, La., Mrs. Frances Fowler, Oak Grove, La., Mrs. Elizabeth McGrew, Pioneer, La., Mrs. A. Roberts, Texas. The following will serve as pall bearers at the funeral which will be in charge of Young's Funeral Home; W. M. Heckler, E. W. Vogt, Dr. A. B. Brown, R. C. Murray, C. T. Jones, J. T. Jacobs, Ralph Henderson and L. C. Vance. Interment will be made in the City Cemetery in Natchez.


CHAPPIELER, DR. FRANCIS

OBITUARY: DIED: On Monday Night last, (November 20, 1854,) Dr. Francis Chappellier, for many years a resident of this city. This estimable gentleman, whose death will be so much deplored, and by so large a circle of friends here and elsewhere, was born on the 1st of January, 1805, at Neufchateau, Department of the Vesges, France. He graduated from the University of France on the 15th November, 1828, and received his diploma as Doctor of Medicine from said University on the 16th August, 1838. Dr. C. emigrated to the United States and settled at Natchez, in June 1840, where he has resided ever since, with the exception of a brief sojourn in New Orleans of six or eight months in the fall and winter of 1852-3 for the benefit of his health. He leaves an aged mother, two brothers and a married sister, residing now in France. He enjoyed to an enviable degree the respect, confidence, esteem and friendship of every member of the medical faculty of Natchez - and dies lamented by the entire community. His remains were borne to their last resting place in the Catholic Cemetery, from St. Mary's Cathedral where funeral services were celebrated at 3 P. M. yesterday. By M. F. Grignon.


COLLINS, DR. R.D.

OBITUARY: newspaper, Daily Democrat, July 13, 1900 Brother of Mrs. Dan M. Slocumb of Fairview plantation, La. Native of White Apple (village near Natchez) where interment was to be. Resident of Point Coupee Parish and practiced medicine on Palmetto plantation in La., of Mr. O. K. Wilds. Died of apoplexy in Natchez Hotel, July 2, 1900.


Mrs. Anna P. Calhoun (nee, Anna Mary Perrault)
OBITUARY: The Natchez Democrat newspaper, Tuesday, April 13, 1982, page 2,
col. 3.
Vidalia, La. - Services for Mrs. Anna Perrault Calhoun, 88, of 304 N. Magnolia [Vidalia], who
died Sunday at Jefferson Davis Memorial Hospital, will be held today at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidalia. Officiating will be Msgr. Beckers. Burial will be in Natchez
City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home of Natchez. Mrs. Calhoun was a
member of the Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the Ladies Altar Society and the Secular
Carmelite Order. Survivors include a son, Nathan M. Calhoun of Vidalia; a brother, Francis D.
Perrault of Natchez; two granddaughters, Katherine Calhoun of Baton Rouge, La., and Mary Ann
Carter of Jackson; one great-granddaughter, one great-grandson and one nephew. Pallbearers will
be S. A. Murray Jr., W. C. Falkenheiner, P. L. Roundtree, Conway Aubic, Joe S. Schiele, Jack
McLemore Jr., George C. Murray and John Dale III.
 



Mr. Robert Dabney Calhoun Sr.

OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat newspaper, Sunday October 19, 1941, page
#1, col. #4.
ROBERT CALHOUN PASSES AWAY AT HOME IN VIDALIA. Funeral Services Will Be
Held In Union Church in Vidalia At Three o'clock with Interment in Natchez. Robert D.
Calhoun, Concordia Parish treasurer and prominent attorney died at his residence in Vidalia at
seven a.m. on Saturday.  Mr. Calhoun was born at Houma, La., on December 21st, 1879, being
the son of Mrs. Nannie Williams Calhoun and the late Judge Nathan M. Calhoun.  He is survived
by his wife Mrs. Anna Perrault Calhoun, three children, Robert D. Calhoun, Jr., Anna Elizabeth
Calhoun and Natham Calhoun.  His mother Mrs. Nannie Williams Calhoun.  The deceased was a
member of Masonic Lodge 305 at Vidalia and a member Knights of Pythias.  Funeral services
will be held from the Union Church at Vidalia at 3:00 p.m. today (Sunday) Oct. 19th, and
interment will be made in the family plot, city cemetery.  Rev. Joseph Kuehnle officiating. Pall
Bearrers: G. M. Strickler, Edward Schiele, Fred Faulkenheiner, John Dale, Jr., S. L. Winston, Jr.,
Leslie Murray.


Mrs. Elizabeth Cotham (nee, Elizabeth Beatrice Perrault)
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat newspaper, Sunday, October 6, 1957, page
8A, col. 6.
Natchez Native Died Yesterday in New Orleans. Mrs. Elizabeth Cotham, widow of the late
William Cothman, died in New Orleans, La. on Saturday morning. Funeral Services will be held
here from Foster's Funeral Home at ten thirty o'clock this (Sunday) morning. Mrs. Cothman was
a native of Natchez, being the daughter of the late James Oliver and Gregory Perrault. She was
born Feb. 26, 1884. She is survived by two sons, Earl Goodwin of Baton Rouge, La., and
Houston J. Goodwin, New Orleans, and two sisters, Mrs. E. D. Hammet, Natchez, Miss., and
Mrs. G. T. Millican, Baton Rouge, La.  Following the services at the funeral home interment will
be made in the Natchez City Cemetery with the following serving as pallbearers: M. Bianca, Otto
Young, Johnny Cooper, Lenore Black, Roy Gardner and Bob Mulvihill.
 



Dr. James Lawrence Clayton MD
OBITUARY: newspaper, The Daily Democrat, Natchez, Miss. Sunday, December 25, 1910.
Dr. J. L. Clayton Dead. Funeral of Well Known Louisianian Will Take Place In Natchez This
Morning. The funeral cortege of Dr. J. L. Clayton, who died shortly after 6 o'clock Friday
evening at his home in Clayton, La., will start from Foster's funeral parlors in Main street this
morning at nine o'clock. Devine services will be held at the grave at 9:30 a.m.  Dr. J. L. Clayton
was one of the most prominent residents of Concordia Parish, La., and was well known over the
state. He had been in bad health for more than a year and his death was not unexpected. He was
52 years old. Dr. Clayton had long been prominent in the affairs of the section of the state in
which he lived. He formerly represented his parish in the state legislature, was a former member
of the district levee board, and until recently a member of the school board. He practiced
medicine for twenty years and probably no one in that section had a wider acquaintance. The
deceased was a son of the late Captain John M. Clayton, of Clayton. He was prominent in several
fraternal orders, belonging to the Masonic Lodge of Florence, La., and to the Vidalia Lodge of
the Knights of Pythius. His wife, Mrs. Annie Blocksom Clayton, and four children, three girls
and a boy survive him, besides the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. J. S. Johnson, Arkansas
City, Ark.; Hon. J. E. Clayton, Vidalia, La.; S. M. Clayton, Clayton, La.  Dr. Clayton will be
buried with Masonic Honors. Harmony Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M. of Natchez will conduct the
service and will be assisted by the Vidalia Lodge. The members of the latter lodge will
accompany the remains to this city. Rev. E. Stirling Gunn, rector of Trinity Church will conduct
the Devine service.
 


Mr. John Elliott Clayton Jr.
OBITUARY: newspaper, Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, Sunday Morning, July 29, 1956, page #7,
columns #6 and 7.
Vidalia Native Died Yesterday In Shreveport. (special to the Democrat) SHREVEPORT, La.,
July 28 - John Elliott Clayton, Jr., native of Vidalia, La., and founder of the Concordia Parish
Fair, died at a local hospital at three fifty o'clock this morning, following an extended illness. Mr.
Clayton was a member of the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association and was manager of
the Young Men's Department of the New Orleans Association of Commerce for a number of
years. He was acting secretary for Chamber of Commerce in the following cities; Roswell, N.M.,
Homa, La., Oakdale, La., Columbus, Miss., and Jackson, Tenn.  In addition to the Concordia
Parish Fair, he also organized the Moorehouse Parish Fair. Recently and until about three years
ago he was the president of the National Organization Service which specialized in raising funds
for commercial and other organizations. He was a member of the Elks, Knights of Pythias, Lions
International and American Legion. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. D. M. Campbell,
Shreveport, La., one brother, Rev. R. L. Clayton, New Orleans, La., three nieces Mrs. E. S.
Koechel, Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. M. T. Tatum, Shreveport, La., and Mrs. J. R. Thomas, San Gabriel,
Cal., and one nephew R. L. Clayton, Jr., of New Orleans, La.  Funeral services will be held on
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at Rose-Neath Funeral Chapel in Shreveport, La., with Rev.
John J. Rasmusson, officiating.  Monday morning the body will be taken overland to Natchez,
Miss., where it will lie in state at Fosters Funeral Home from ten until eleven o'clock. Interment
will be made in the Natchez City Cemetery at eleven o'clock.
 


(2nd) Mr. John Elliott Clayton Jr.
OBITUARY: newspaper, Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, Sunday Morning, July 29, 1956, page 5,
column 4.
John Clayton, Vidalia Native, Dies; Rites Here. SHREVEPORT, La., July 28. John Elliott
Clayton Jr. 68, died today after a long illness. He retired three years ago from the National
Organizations Service which he organized. He was a native of Vidalia. He had served with the
New Orleans Assn. of Commerce and also as secretary ot he Chamber of Commerce of Roswell,
N. M., Columbus, Miss., Jackson, Tenn., and Houma and Oakdale, La.  Funeral services will be
held here Sunday. Burial will be in Natchez, Miss., Monday.
 


Capt. John M. Clayton
OBITUARY: newspaper, The Daily Democrat, Natchez, Miss., Friday, May 8, 1903, page 4,
column 3.
Capt. John M. Clayton, a wealthy planter of Clayton Station, Concordia parish, La., died at his
home at that place Wednesday night, aged seventy-two years. Capt. Clayton was a distinguished
soldier in the war between the states. He organized a company of Confederate soldiers and was
elected Captain. He was very popular with his men as he was with all men with whom he came
in contact. He was a prominent member of the order of Knights of Pythias and local members of
the order will attend his funeral which takes place from Foster's Funeral Parlors this afternoon at
1 o'clock.  Capt. Clayton was twice married and is survived by his second wife. He also leaves
five children - four sons and a daughter. The sons are Messrs. R. W. Clayton, J. L. Clayton, J. E.
Clayton, Shelton M. Clayton and the daughter Mrs. J. S. Johnson.
[Editors Discrepancy Notice]  The middle name Miles comes from an undocumented and
unsigned document purporting to be a transcription from an old history series of Louisiana  titled
"Chambers, Louisiana History, Volume 3" Others in the family believe the middle name to be
McBride.
 


Mr. Robert Waddell Clayton Jr.
OBITUARY: The Natchez Democrat newspaper. Tuesday, August 30, 1994, page 6A.
Robert W. Clayton, Ferriday, La. - Services for Robert W. Clayton, 67, of Clayton, who died
Sunday, Aug. 28, 1994, in Ferriday, will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church
with the Revs. Jack Stewart and his brother Murray Clayton, officiating. Burial will be in the
Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Comer Funeral Home. Visitation is from 9 a.m.
until time of service in the funeral home. A Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Monday in the funeral
home. He was born Dec. 21, 1926, in Natchez, the son of Robert W. Sr. and Lucille Murray
Clayton. He was a retired farmer and a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Ferriday. He
was a longtime resident of Concordia Parish and a veteran of World War II, having served in the
United States Navy, and also a past president of the Huntington School Board. Survivors include
his wife, Anna Krueger of Clayton; two sons, Robert W. Clayton III of Ferriday and Charles
Elliott Clayton of Vidalia; two daughters, Diane C. Martin and Mary C. Harner of Lake St. John;
one brother, the Rev. Murray Clayton of Shreveport; and 11 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be
Arthur K. Landcaster, Robert E. Jones, Gregory Clayton, Rob Clayton, Jason Martin Glenn
Elliot, George Murray, Jr. and J. D. Martin. Honorary pallbearers will be Pat Powers, Bob
Shumway, Dave Brenegar, Larry Clayton, Dr. Herman Gibson Jr., George Comer, Fred Johnson,
Cecil Ferrington and Woddie Davis. The family request that all memorials to be made to St.
Patrick's Catholic Church, Huntington School, or a favorite charity.
 


Mr. Shelton Meng Clayton Sr.
OBITUARY: newspaper, Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, Wednesday Morning, September 28, 1955,
page #1, column #6.
S. M. Clayton, Sr. Taken by Death; Rites Here Today. (special to the Democrat) Clayton, La.,
Sept. 27 - S. M. Clayton, Sr., lifelong Concordia Parish resident and prominent Clayton citizen,
died today in a Ferriday Hospital. He was 73. Mr. Clayton was a son of the man for whom this
thriving Louisiana town was named. According to family records, Mr. Clayton's father was one
of seven brothers all of whom moved to different states and for each of whom a town was named
after he took up residence in his new state. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Wednesday)
from the Clayton Methodist Church, with the pastor, the Rev. Don Alverson officiating.
Interment will be in the City Cemetery at Natchez. Mr. Clayton is survived by three sons and
three daughters: John Clayton of Nederland, Texas; S. M. Clayton, Jr., of Clayton; Guy Clayton
of Lake Charles, La.; and Mrs. J. P. Slaughter of Nederland, Mrs. E. N. Langham of Vogt, Texas,
and Mrs. R. E. Loomis of Sulpher, La.  Eighteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild also
survive.
 



 

Mrs. Grace H. Cooper (nee, Hackler)
OBITUARY: Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, newspaper, Wednesday April 4, 1973, page 3A
MRS. GRACE COOPER. Mrs. Grace H. Cooper, 81, 716 Pearl St., died Monday at the Jefferson
Davis Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Jefferson Street
Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Whaley and Rev. James Conner officiating. Burial will be in
the Natchez City Cemetery with the Laird Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. She was
born in Natchez and was a member of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. She was a member
of the Kings Daughters and was on the board of the Protestant Orphanage Home. She was an
honorary member of the board of directors of the Jefferson Street Methodist Church. Survivors
include three daughters, Mrs. May Gilliespie, Jackson, Mrs. Virginia Gillen and Mrs. Ruby
Frost, both of Natchez. Pallbearers will be Delynn Braswell, Dr. Oscar Lofton, Ben Credle,
Bernard Woods, Floyd McCalip, Barney Boyles. The family requests that in lieu of flowers
donations be made to the Protestant Orphanage Home.


Mr. Benjamin Franklin Crooks
Undated and unsourced Newspaper clipping dated March 27 (no year) states that Ben Crooks
was 64 years old when he died on the preceding Tuesday night at the Ferriday Hospital. The
Funeral was held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday from Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Vidalia, Fr.
Kronemeyer officiating. He is buried in the Natchez City Cemetery.
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Another undated and unsourced newspaper obituary adds that he was the husband of the late
Blanche Loupe Crooks, had two surviving sisters, Mrs. E. M. Stanly of Ferriday and Mrs.
George Murray of Vidalia, one brother, Charles M. Crooks serving in the U.S. Army at
Barksdale Field [Shreveport, La.]


Mr. Charles Madison Crooks
An undated newspaper obituary states that the Requiem Mass was concelebrated by Rev.
Matthew Scanlon and Rev. Murray Clayton, burial was in the Natchez City Cemetery, he retired
from the army in 1949, he died at the Veterans hospital in Alexandria, La., survivors include a
sister, Mrs. George A. Murray of Vidalia; two nieces, Mrs. Robert Shumway and Mrs. R. W.
Clayton Sr., both of Vidalia; and a nephew, George Crooks Murray of Vidalia.


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