Calcasieu Parish Louisiana Archives News.....100 year old dies December 4, 1954

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Lake Charles American Press December 4, 1954

100 year old dies

Funeral services for J.N. CART of Lake Charles, who died yesterday at the age
of 100 and leaves 150 descendants, were to be held at 2:30 pm today from the
First Church of the Nazarene.

He celebrated his 100th birthday on July 20 of this year. At that time he was
honored then with a family reunion given at the Housiere Park in Jennings. He
lived in Lake Charles for about 35 years.

Mr. Cart was born in 1854 in St. Landry parish at the community now called
Iota. However, at the time of his birth the community was named Cartville for
his father

His grandfather was Antoine Belisair Cart, who came from Morge, Switzerland,
many years ago to Opelousas, where he taught school.

He is survived by two sons. F.N. and R.E. Cart of Lake Charles; three
daughters, Mrs. A. E. Milner of Lake Charles, Mrs. Charles Carter of Houston,
Texas, and Mrs. L. Bernard of Iota; 44 grandchildren; 101 great-grandchildren;
and 5 great-great-grandchildren.