Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Claverie, Sephronie Anne nee Blanchard - December 24, 1917 ************************************************ 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@yahoo.com August 1, 2019, 11:45 pm source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871 - current, December 29, 1917, Image 3 TRAGIC DEATH OF AGED LADY. Mrs. J. J. Claverie Fatally Injured When Struck by Automobile. A most deplorable accident occurred in Donaldsonville at about 4 o'clock last Monday afternoon, when Mrs. J. J. Claverie, aged 78 years, was run down by an automobile driven by Miss Mildred Corbo, 17 years of age, of Brusley Sacramento, and suffered injuries which resulted in her death twenty minutes later. The accident occurred in Railroad avenue at the intersection of Claiborne street, and eye-witnesses assert that the young woman who was driving the automobile was in no way to blame. Mrs. Claverie, who resided at Barton with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wilson, had come to Donaldsonville for a Christmas eve visit to relatives, and after calling on friends residing at the corner where the accident occurred, was in the act of crossing Railroad avenue and had proceeded several feet from the curb when for some reason she turned around and started back toward the sidewalk. The car driven by Miss Corbo was proceeding up Railroad avenue from the direction of the Texas & Pacific passenger station, and had turned in close to the curb to pass behind Mrs. Claverie, when the aged woman suddenly turned around and stepped immediately in front of the machine. She was thrown to the street pavement with great force and dragged several feet. The wheels of the car did not pass over her body, but it became wedged under the front axle and some effort was required to extricate the prostrate form. A physician residing nearby was summoned and responded immediately, but the victim of the accident passed away in a few minutes. Mrs. Claverie was formerly Miss Sophronie Blanchard, and was a native and life-long resident of this city. Her husband, the late Dr. J. J. Claverie, was a former prominent physician and banker of Donaldsonville, and was widely known throughout this section of the state. A woman of culture and refinement, endowed with admirable qualities of mind and heart, Mrs. Claverie personified the highest type of christian matron and in every detail of life measured up to the most exalted conceptions of honor and integrity. The world is the better and purer for her having lived in it, and her memory will ever be fondly cherished in the hearts of all who knew her. The unfeigned sorrow caused by her demise is a tribute to her worth more feeling than any mere words of eulogy could possibly express. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Wilson, one son, Dr. Arthur Claverie, of Baltimore, and two brothers, P. Leo Blanchard and J. J. Lafargue, of this city, survive. The funeral took place from the residence of Mr. Blanchard at 4 p. m. Tuesday, with services and interment in the Catholic church and cemetery. A throng of mourners accompanied the remains of the lamented lady to their last resting place, laying aside for the moment the festal spirit of Christmas to gather around the bier of their departed friend and pay to her memory the final tribute of respect accorded by mortals to those who have solved the great mystery. Miss Mildred Corbo, who was at the wheel [ink smudge] which struck Mrs. Claverie, [ink smudge] daughter of Augustin Corbo, a [ink smudge] farmer of the Brusley [ink smudge] neighborhood of Ascension parish. Additional Comments: www.findagrave.com memorial # 154956976 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ascension/obits/c/claverie7891gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb