Obituary of Mrs. Eva Humble, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: The Caldwell Watchman-Progress, August 21, 1975
Date: April 2005



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Obituary of Mrs. Eva Humble
The Caldwell Watchman-Progress, August 21, 1975

Mrs. Eva Lillian Humble, 85, died at Columbia Heights Nursing
Home, August 15, 1975, after a lengthy illness.

She was a descendant of two pioneer families, of this area.  Her
parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. L. N. and Mary Nethery Humble.
Her maternal grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. E. T. and Susan Du Bose
Nethery.  Her paternal grandparents were the Reverend and Mrs. T.
J. and Emily Mixon Humble.  Mrs. Humble was the widow of the late
Henry C. Humble who predeceased her by many years.  She is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Grupe, of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Ruth
Bradshaw and Miss Harriet C. Humble, of Columbia and a son, Richard
Humble, of Lafayette; two granddaughters, one grandson and two great-
grandsons.

Mrs. Humble was a former teacher of Caldwell Parish and a member of 
Louisiana and National Retired Teachers Association.  She enjoyed a 
wide range of interests among which were crafts, painting, nature
study and Horticulture.  She was a member of The American Camelia
Society and a charter member of the Columbia Garden Club.

Funeral services were in the Chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia
at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, 1975 with Mr. W. W. Causey, Sr.
officiating.  Interment followed at the family plot at Old Bethel
Cemetery, west of Clarks.