Obituaries of SEPTEMBER 1954 Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

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Submitted by: Nancy Wright
The Houma Courier, September 24, 1954, page 8, col. 3

WILLIAM T. DAVIS     

Final rites will be held at St. Matthew's Episcopal church today at five
in the afternoon for Mr. William Thomas Davis, beloved husband of Mrs. Marie
Elise Pertuit Davis who succumbed to a brief illness at his residence at 511
Point street on Thursday morning at 11:40.

Mr. Davis was 75 years of age and a native of Terrebonne being the son of
Mr. James Harrison Davis and the former Laurie Jane Wright.  He reared
his family of nine children in the town of Houma and resided here except
for a period of work as a logging engineer in Florida.

Mr. Davis was an employee of Southdown Realty Operators for the past
twenty three years and, up until Saturday, was regularly on the job.

He is survived by his widow; three sons, George, William and Eugene
Davis and five daughters, Mrs. Claude Daspit, Mrs. Jimmy Millet, Mrs. A.
M. Young, Mrs. Marshall Eschete, of here and Mrs. Peter Burcin of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  His is also survived by 22 grandchildren.

Services will be conducted by the Rev. G. P. Pardington, pastor of St.
Matthew's church, with interment in St. Francis de Sales cemetery.

Chauvin Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

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Submitted by: Nancy Wright
The Houma Courier, September 24, 1954, page 8, col. 3

CALISTE PELLEGRIN, MRS. Services Held Thursday

On Thursday, September 23, at 9:30 in the morning, funeral services were held 
for Mrs. Caliste Pellegrin, the former Myrtle Picou, who succumbed to a 
lingering illness on September 21 at 10:30 p.m. in New Orleans.

Mrs. Pellegrin, a native of Chauvin, had been bed-ridden for the past five
years.  She was 84 years of age and was preceded in death by seven
months by her husband who lived to be 86 years old.

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