East Baton Rouge County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Landry, John F December 10, 1907 ************************************************ 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 November 13, 2022, 1:18 am source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, December 14, 1907, page 3 Death of John F. Landry. - John F. Landry, who was stricken with paralysis about 8 o'clock in the morning of Friday, Nov. 29, died at his home on Riverside plantation at midnight of Tuesday, the 10th inst., aged fifty years, nine months and twenty-one days. The entire right side of Mr. Landry's body was affected by the stroke, and although perfectly conscious and fully aware of everything that went on about him, he was unable to speak or utter a sound, was not even being able to write, owing to his weakened condition. Mr. Landry sustained the fatal attack while superintending the operations of a gang of field hands on Riverside plantation, and it was apparent from the first that his case was a hopeless one, although everything that medical science could suggest or devoted nursing accomplish was done in an effort to mitigate the effects of the stroke and restore the patient to health and strength. An omnipotent Proyidence (sic) willed otherwise, however, and after battling against the Fell Destroyer for ten days filled with agony and suspense, Mr. Landry finally closed his eyes in the long sleep that knows no waking and peacefully yielded his soul to its maker. The funeral took place Wednesday forenoon at 9:30 o'clock, services being held at the local Catholic church one hour later in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The remains were subsequently escorted to the T. and P. depot and placed on the 11:35 a.m. west-bound train for transportation to Baton Rouge, where they were laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery in that city at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The members of Ascension Council No. 1087, Knights of Columbus, and St. Francis of Assissium Branch, C.K. of A., of which organizations deceased was a prominent and popular member, attended the funeral obsequies in a body. Mr. Landry had filled the position of manager of Mrs. Walter I. Barton's Riverside plantation for more than a quarter of a century, and was regarded as one of the most capable and experienced cultivators of the soil and handlers of labor in this section of the state. He took an active interest in public affairs, and at the time of his death was serving as a member of the school board from the fourth police jury ward of the parish. As a token of respect to his memory, classes were suspended at the Donaldsonville high school on Wednesday and many of the teachers and pupils attended the funeral. Mr. Landry is survived by his devoted wife, two sons, Sam and Jack Landry; seven daughters, Mrs. S.L. Davis, Jr., Misses Rena, Kate, Ethel, Lucille, Lillian and Blanche; two brothers, Sam Landry, of Leftwich, and T.S. Landry, manager of the Gay Company's St. Louis plantation in Iberville parish; three sisters, Mrs. Camilla Skolfield and Miss Leda Landry, members of the public school teaching corps of this parish, and Sister Yttala, of Charenton Convent, in Pointe Coupee, and his venerable mother, Mrs. Amelie Landry, of Donaldsonville. To these afflicted ones the sincere sympathy of an exceptionally wide circle of friends and acquaintances is extended. Additional Comments: NOTE: www.findagrave.com memorial # 69631384 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/eastbatonrouge/obits/l/landry8602gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb