Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Mavor, Allen Francois - July 19, 1908
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current,
July 25, 1908, Image 3


Death of A.F. Mavor. - It is with sincere regret that The Chief records the 
death of Allen Francis Mavor, a former resident of this community and for some 
time connected with this paper and our local contemporary, the Times, as an 
editorial writer. The sad even occurred last Sunday evening at the residence of 
Will S. Mavor, elder brother of the deceased, No. 4919 Magazine street, New 
Orleans, where the aged mother of the brothers also resides. Mr. Mavor had been 
in failing health for several months, and was stricken with paralysis about 
seven weeks before his death. His condition was precarious for some time, and 
the attending physician could hold out no greater hope to the devoted mother 
than that, while the life of the sufferer might be prolonged indefinitely, he 
could never be else than a cripple and more or less helpless. A sudden sinking 
spell set in about 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and within less than two hours 
the end had come and the troubled spirit passed peacefully into eternity. Always 
a Catholic by rearing and conviction, the patient was particularly devout during 
the months of his suffering, and in the agony of impending dissolution he called 
for the little cross, his mother's gift, that he had carried on his person for 
years, and held it to his breast as he breathed his last.

The remains were brought to Donaldsonville via the Texas and Pacific Railway 
Tuesday forenoon and laid to rest in the Mavor family tomb in the Catholic 
cemetery, a numerous concourse of relatives and friends attending the mourful 
ceremony.

Allen Francis Mavor was the second son of the late Conrad Lumsden Mavor and 
Camilia Comstock, and was born at Shreveport in November, 1864, five months 
before the close of the civil war between the states. He was christened in honor 
of Gov. Allen and Gen. Francis T. Nicholls, both intimate friends of the family. 
He was an apt scholar and possessed a degree of literary talent that would have 
made him eminent in the world of letters had his efforts and opportunities led 
to the full development of his marked capacities in that direction. He wrote a 
beautiful hand and for two years or more preceding his death gave evidence of 
his excellent proficiency as a bookkeeper and correspondent in the employ of an 
extensive lumber firm at Pearlington, Miss. He was a goods peaker (sic), also, 
and an able and erudite editorial writer. He was fond of poetry and the drama 
and was the author of unpublished compositions that plainly indicated the 
possession of a marked measure of poetic and dramatic talent. One of the most 
beautiful traits of his character was his unbounded love and admiration for his 
mother, who, in turn almost idolized him, and the tender relations existing 
between these two furnished to all who knew them an edifying example of maternal 
devotion and filial affection.

Beside the bereaved old mother, whose white head is bowed in grief over the loss 
of her darling boy, there are left to mourn him a brother, already named, a 
sister, Mrs. J. Arthur Melancon, nee Emily Mavor, and many other relatives, to 
whom the heartfelt sympathy of The Chief is extended.



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