Obit: Miss Levenia Alice Kelly, Grant Parish La Submitted by: Houston Tracy, Jr. The Colfax Chronicle January 30, 1886 Former librarian, Helen Sorrell, at the Grant Parish Library had gone through some of the microfilm of the newspaper files of the Chronicle and made copies of obituaries and/or news items, which led to death. These were found in a folder on the book shelf at that library on a research trip there 13 February 1999. Copies were made and then extracted to post here in the LaGenWeb archives for Grant and Caddo Parishes. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Died - Kelly At the residence of her uncle, Hon. Geo. A. Kelly, near Winnfield, La. on Sunday, Dec. 27, 1886, Miss Levenia Alice Kelly, aged 16 years, 9 months and 29 days. Deceased was the oldest daughter of the late Dr. R.O. Kelly of Grant Parish, who died with smallpox about two years ago. She was a bright young lady, possessed of an admirable disposition and had many friends. Her uncle had become attached to her, since adoption into his family, and feels her loss keenly. We join with many friends in sympathy for his bereavement.