Obituary of Katie A, Humble of Richland Parish Louisiana-1944
Submitted by Patricia McConnell Taylor



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Kate A. Humble 

Civic Worker and Philanthropist Succumbs at Mangham 
 
Mrs. Kate A. Humble, 69, prominent Mangham resident and 
well known throughout this section of the state, died here 
Monday morning at the home of a niece, Mrs. Massey McConnell. 
She had been seriously ill since Friday. 

Mrs. Humble, who was affectionately known as "Aunt Kate", was 
the wife of the late W. D. Humble who died last February. She 
was born here in 1875, a daughter of the late Roger S. and 
Elizabeth Jamar Boughton. Active in civic and church affairs 
and interested in the welfare of Mangham's children, Mrs. Humble
who had also been a member of the Business and Professional Women's 
Club at Monroe, contributed much to the benefit of schools and 
churches throughout Richland Parish. 

She was a member of the building committee which had charge 
of the erection of the Mangham First Methodist Church, and she 
also vigorously supported tax measures that resulted in the construction 
of Mangham's school system. 

Her closest surviving relative is a sister, Mrs. May Sayre, 
Rayville. other relatives include two brothers-in-law, 
S. R.Humble and G. W. Humble, of Mangham; and two 
sisters-in-lay, Mrs. Charles King, Mangham and Mrs. O. 
Wahls, Winnsboro. 
 
Funeral arrangements, relative to the hour for services, had not be
 completed Monday night, but last rites will be conducted at the 
Mangham First Methodist Church with the Rev. J. P. McKeithen, 
Mangham Methodist minister and the Rev. C. W. Jones, Mangham Baptist minister, 
officiating. Interment will be made in the Mangham Cemetery under the direction 
of the First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Services are expected to be 
held some time Wednesday. 

Pallbearers, nephews of Mrs. Humble, will be W.E. Hixon, R. B. Boughton, 
W. O. Boughton, L. G. Bledsoe, F.E. Lyles, and Jake King