Charles A. Everitt, Handsboro, MS., then St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Charles A. Everitt. In the building up of substantial business enterprises ample capital is not only requisite, the human factor being of still greater importance. There must be able, cautious men of sterling character and honesty of purpose, with judgment to inaugurate and courage to carry out policies, and also to secure and to keep the confidence and good will of the public. A man of this type is found in Charles A. Everitt, prominent in business circles at Slidell, Louisiana, for a long period, and one of the organizers of the Bank of Slidell, of which he is president and acting head. Mr. Everitt was born at Handsboro, Mississippi, October 16, 1879. His parents were Charles E. and Effie (Liddle) Everitt, the latter of whom, born in 1857, resided at Pass Christian, Mississippi. His father, Charles E. Everitt, was born in 1856, at Decatur, Mississippi, a son of Dr. George G. Everitt, for many years a leading physician and surgeon, in his native state, his home being at Newton during the greater part of his life. His wife was a member of the well known old Mayers family of Mississippi. Charles E. Everitt was identified with large business concerns all his life, for many years prior to coming to Slidell in 1899, being with the Liddle Lumber Company in Mississippi, and afterward, until his death in February, 1904, was connected with the Salmen Brick & Lumber Company of this place. His political support was always given to the democratic party, and from youth onward he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. i-us four children all survive: Charles A.; George William, who lives in Honduras, a locomotive engineer for the Bragman Bluff Lumber Company; Elere, who resides at Picayune, Mississippi, the widow of Norman Gillis, who died at Covington, Louisiana, while serving as deputy clerk of the court of St. Tammany Parish; and Dona, who is the wife of Levere V. Cooley, an attorney at law at Slidell. Charles A. Everitt was instructed in private schools in boyhood, also attended the high school at Handsboro later on, but his school days were practically over by the time he was sixteen years old. He came to Slidell in 1896 and was employed as a bookkeeper and in other capacities in business houses until 1906, in which year he assisted in the organization of the Bank of Slidell, of which he was made cashier. In 1920 he was made its vice president and active head of the institution also, and was elected president in 1924. The Bank of Slidell was opened for business in January, 1906, capital stock $30,000; surplus and profits $40,000; deposits ~300,000. Its officers are: C. A. Everitt, president; A. E. Carr, cashier; E. F. Hailey, J. Peterson, H. Alens and T. J. Eddins, vice presidents. Mr. Everitt married, January 8, 1906, at New Orleans, Miss Alice Carr, daughter of Fred and Henrietta (Chilcott) Carr, the former of whom died at New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Everitt have one daughter, Janice C., who is a student in the Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette. Mrs. Everitt, who is a graduate of the New Orleans High School and of the New Orleans Normal School, taught school in that city for one year before marriage. The family belongs to the Episcopal and Baptist churches. Mr. Everitt has important business interests besides those of his bank. He owns a comfortable residence on Brakefield Avenue, Slidell; is vice president of the Southern Garage & Motor Company of this place, and is vice president of the Slidell Ice & Light Company. He is somewhat active in democratic politics and at present is treasurer of the town of Slidell. During the World war he was chairman of the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross drives for Slidell District of St. Tammany Parish and in every situation proved his patriotism and trustworthiness. Long prominent in Masonic circles, he is a member of Slidell Lodge No. 311, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master; Pontchartrain Chapter No. 68, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is a past high priest; and Jaques de Molay Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar, New Orleans. He belongs also to the Knights of Pythias and is a past chancellor of Rathbone Lodge No. 103 of this order. A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 152-153, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.