St Landry-DeSoto-Orleans County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Fountleroy, Eliza Henry March 19, 1911
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, May 06, 1911, Image 4

A Tribute

The following extract is from a tribute to the memory of Mrs. Eliza Henry 
Fountleroy, which appeared in the New Orleans Christian Advocate, on April 27. 
Mrs. Fountleroy was a resident of Opelousas for some time, and gained numerous 
friends while here, who will deeply regret the knowledge of her death:

The subject of this sketch, Mrs. Eliza Henry Fountleroy, was born in Fayette 
County, Tenn., October 3, 1864, and died in Keachie, La., March 19, 1911. She 
was the daughter of the late Dr. John S. and Eliza H. Young. She was married to 
Charles Benj. Morgan of Somerville, Tenn., June 27, 1866, Rev. C. A. Steele 
officiating. To this union four children were born, one of whom survives her, 
Dr. W. H. Morgan, of Keatchie, La. Several years after the death of Brother 
Morgan she was married to the late Rev. T. K. Fountleroy, who for years was a 
faithful member of the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
South. This marriage was celebrated at Magnolia, Ark., Dr. J. A. Parker 
officiating. Three children were born of this union, all of whom survive her: 
Mrs. Scott Flower, of New Orleans, La.; C. Morgan Fountleroy, of Keachie, La.; 
and John Y. Fountleroy, of Lake Providence, La, She is also survived by one 
brother and two sisters: Col. John S. Young, of Shreveport, La.; Mrs. A. M. 
Power, of Magnolia, Ark., and Mrs. D. M. White, of Winnsboro, Tex.

She was a true type of the Mary of old who broke the alabaster box and anointed 
her Savior, which not only prepared him for burial, but filled the whole room 
with its fragrance, touching and thrilling the lives of others. All her life 
she willingly belonged to the Lord, and at the tender age of twelve united with 
the Church, thus professing her faith in him and love for him, as well as a 
desire to do the most possible for him and his kingdom. Even there the box of 
affection for Christ was broken and every bit of its contents poured out upon 
her Lord, but its unexcelled sweetness and fragrance going out into the great 
room has blessed the lives of multitudes all along the way and shall still so 
live among earth's weary ones until thousands shall rise at the judgement and 
both bless her and praise God for such life.


Additional Comments:
NOTE: The family spelled the name as Fauntleroy. Eliza Henry Fauntleroy is buried 
at the Keatchie Cemetery located in Keatchie, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.

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