Obituary of   Gussie Short McElwee  of Richland Parish , Louisiana
As printed in the Monroe News Star May 25, 2004

Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 05/28/2004



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GUSSIE SHORT McELWEE 

Funeral services for Gussie Short McElwee, of Delhi, will be held at 
3:00 PM Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at the Delhi United Methodist Church 
where she was a member. Visitation will be held at the church from 
2:00 until 3:00 PM immediately preceding the services. Rev. Joe Rountree 
will officiate. Burial will follow in the Delhi Masonic Cemetery under 
the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi.

Mrs. McElwee  was born in Winnsboro, LA December 8, 1918 and died Monday, 
May 24, 2003 at the Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi after a lengthy illness.

She was a native of Winnsboro and was "Miss Louisiana" in 1938. She graduated 
from Northwestern State College in 1939 and taught high school in Franklin 
Parish for several years afterward. She was married to Dr. Newell McElwee Jr., 
now deceased, and they moved to Delhi in 1947. She was actively involved in her 
church, the garden club, and other community activities.

She is survived by one daughter, Margie McElwee of Monroe, LA; one son: Dr. Newell 
McElwee III, of Verona, NJ; and three grandchildren: Brant Jones of Ruston, LA, Sara 
Klug of Albany, OH, and Frederick McElwee of Verona, NJ.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Hopson, Tommy Bradley, Bruce Bagwell, Mike Thompson, Jimmy 
Strong, and Roy McIntyre.

Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Cutler, Dr. Sam Scurria, Dr. Kenneth McDonald, 
and Dr. George Edwards.
The family requests, in lieu of flowers, that memorial contributions be made to 
the Delhi United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.