Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Batts, Mary Adeline nee Gonzales - May 16, 1931 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K. Creamer marykcreamer.00@gmail.com May 16, 2022, 4:12 pm source: www.findagrave Denham Springs, May 18. - Mrs. Mary Batts, 87 years of age, one of the oldest citizens of Ascension parish, died Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, at her home near Acy, in East Ascension. Having been feeble for some time, her death is attributable to injuries she suffered when she fell from the steps of her home, breaking a wrist and injuring her back the day before her death. Services were conducted by the Rev. J.F. Arceneaux from New River Baptist church, near St. Amant, of which deceased had been a member for nearly 60 years, and her body laid to rest in the church cemetery, at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Batts, formerly Miss Mary Gonzales, was born in East Ascension, March 9, 1844, a member of one of the pioneer families of that section. She was first married to John Sevario who lived but a few years following the marriage. She was later married to Frederick Hickson Batts, a veteran of the Civil war, who has also been dead a number of years. Besides one half-sister, Mrs. Allen W. Martin of Gonzales. Mrs. Batts is survived by one son, Michael G. Sevario of Acy, a member of the Ascension parish police jury for several years and prominently connected with the civil and political life of the parish for the past 30 years, one grandson, John Sevario of Sorrento, one grand-daughter, Mrs. Solomon Barman of Baton Rouge, two great-grand-children and a large family connection. Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 186918239 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ascension/obits/b/batts8494gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb