Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Felton, Mary Alice Callen May 12, 1941 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Flinn Peyton apeyton@midsouth.rr.com June 27, 2005, 3:16 pm Source of Clipping Unknown Obituary of Mary Alice Callen Felton Mary Alice Callen, daughter of John Ross Callen and Elizabeth Culverhouse Callen, b. 18 February1862 in Summerfield, Dallas County, Alabama d. 12 May 1941 in Mer Rouge, La., Morehouse Parish Married first to James Gallagher on 28 May 1882 and second to C.C. Felton 12 December 1894 The following obituary is one of several that appeared following her death. Source of this obituary is not given. There are several errors in it, typographical and mathematical, but it lists many persons of the Mer Rouge area. Obituaries were also in the Morehouse Enterprise and the Shreveport Times. Mrs. Mary Alice Felton of Mer Rouge, Louisiana’s ‘Cotton Queen’ Succumbs Morehouse parish lost another highly respected and prominent citizen Monday when Mrs. Mary Alice Felton, beloved “cotton queen of the parish,” succumbed at her Mer Rouge plantation home. Her death occurred shortly after suffering a heart attack at 10 o’clock p. m. The efforts of her physician were futile as the dominant character fielded (sic) to a greater power. A native of Alabama , the deceased was born in Summerfield, Dallas county, February 18, 1862, She was 79 fears (sic) of age. At age of 16 * (sic) she came to Morehouse parish, Mary Alice Callen, with her parents. On March 28, 1882 she became the bride of James Gallagher in a ceremony at Oak Ridge, where she resided. Two children born to this union are her immediate survivors. They are T. G. Gallagher, Mer Rouge, and Jessie Mae Graves, Shreveport. Following the death of her husband and three of their children she became the bride of the late C.C. Felton in 1894 and of this marriage one son, Lewis Felton, was born. His death occurred a few years ago. Mrs. Felton’s body was laid to rest in the family plot in Bartholomew cemetery Tuesday afternoon following services at the First Methodist church in Mer Rouge. The Rev. A.C. Lawton, minister, was in charge of the rites and was assisted by the Rev., J. F. Dring, of Oak Ridge. Active pallbearers were Ferdinand Wolff, E. M. White, Arthur Fowler, F.W. Rives, C.E. Vaughn, D.E. Wilson, W.H. McKelvey, J.D. McAdams, E.W. Anders, J.H. Michie, E.T. Davidson, E. H. Montgomery, Warren White and R.C. Windsor. Honorary pallbearers were all her friends and acquaintances present from all parts of the parish annd various sections of the state. Foster sons and daughters, numbering several, could be mentioned among her survivors. Mrs. Felton reared in addition to her own children, several grandchildren and other children of the community. Her immediate survivors include in addition to her two children, previously named, a grandson, ross Graves, Mer Rouge; a granddaughter, Mrsa. Clifton Flinn, Monroe; and two great-grandchildren, who are Stella Ann Nelson annd Bettye Ross Graves, Mer Rouge. Eighteen years ago, the date of her funeral, the St. Louis Post-dispatch devoted its entire front page of section six to a feature article, written by staff correspondent, F. A. Behymer. The publication was dated May 13, 1923, and contained information fromm which excerpts have been reproduced only recently inn the Ennterprise and other state publications concerning the life of this benefactor and friend who acquaintances were varied and whose influence in the community was linked with leadership. * Actual age was approximately 8. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb