Ouachita-Winn County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Stubbs, Francis Peter May 1, 1908
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The Southern Sentinel (Winnfield, LA), Friday, May 8, 1908
Last Friday evening, May 1st, 1908, Col. Frank P. Stubbs, Sr., passed away at 
the age of 78, carrying with its announcement a wave of deep sorrow not only to 
the citizens of Monroe, but throughout the State. He was born at Millegeville, 
Ga., but spent most of his life in Monroe. His whole life was one of strenuous 
activity and beneficial usefulness. A graduate of Oglethorpe college at 17, he 
taught school for two years and began the practice of law in Monroe in 1851.

The began his career that made him prominent and distinguished and of State-wide 
fame. He was the general attorney of the V., S. & P., and other corporations for 
several years, and was vice-president of the Central Savings Bank & Trust Co., 
of Monroe.

When Louisiana  seceded in 1861 he responded to the call to arms as first 
lieutenant of the Pelican Grays, 2nd Louisiana Infantry. He was active, 
energetic and heroic in his service to the South and distinguished himself in 
the Virginia campaigns. Retired because of ill health he served as provast 
marshal of the Louisiana District.

Active in politics, he was a member of the State Senate in 1876 and a member of 
the State Constitutional Conventions of 1879 and 1898.

He married Miss Margaret Linton of Georgia in 1855 and she died one year later, 
leaving one son, Linton W. Stubbs. In 1858, he married Miss Georgia Tucker, of 
Georgia, who died some years ago. Six children survive, Col. Frank P. Stubbs, 
Jr., Guy P. Stubbs, Mrs. Gene Layton, Mrs. Victor C. Barringer, Misses Lyda and 
Anna Stubbs.

Prominent in Masonic circles, he was once an officer of the Grand Lodge and a 
Past Master of Western Star Lodge of Monroe and member of the Royal Arch 
Chapter. He was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was an 
active worker.

Kind and affable, generous and charitable, his character and career were rounded 
off with a life of Christian usefulness that proclaimed a noble manhood.

His funeral was the attestation of the deep sorrow of a stricken community and 
of the lasting affection of the people among whom he had lived and labored.

With the handsome casket that encased his mortal remains, covered with white 
lilies, and enfolded with the Bars and Stripes under which he so gallantly 
fought, they were followed to their final rest by a vast concourse of sorrowing 
citizens. In the cortege were embraced the Masons, Confederate Veterans, members 
of the bar, Ouachita Guards, Daughters of the Confederacy, and an unusual number 
of citizens and visitors from abroad.

Deeply affected by the touching tribute to his life and character and the 
solemnly sad strains of "Nearer my God to Thee" and "He Leadeth Me," his 
favorite hymns, a deep hush and weeping eyes attested the poignant sorrow of the 
multitude. Thus righteous and modest, noble in usefulness, exalted in character 
there has passed from time into eternity, from death unto life everlasting the 
spirit of a Christian gentleman, humored, beloved and whose memory will be long 
and deeply cherished.

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