Obituaries: Althea Curry Teddlie, 1963, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 3, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Mrs. J. W. Teddlie Held Here Oct. 1

Mrs. Althea Curry Teddlie, 92, died in a Winnfield hospital early Monday
morning following a lengthy illness.  She was the widow of the late J. W.
Teddlie of Winnfield.

Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Church with the pastor,
Rev. George Ross officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Tracy Harrel, Jr., E. H. Farr, W.
J. Austin, Jim Russell, and Max Crowe, Sr.

Born on a plantation near Montgomery, March 14, 1871, Mrs. Teddlie was the
daughter of S. C. Curry and Jane Hicks Curry, pioneers of that area.  She
attended the Atlanta Academy and Mt. Lebanon College, and later taught as a
governess and gave private music lessons.  She was married to John W. Teddlie
in 1894 and they moved to Winnfield in 1903.

Soon after her arrival here she joined the Methodist Church where she taught
the Wesley Bible class for many years.  She also served as organist for a time
and served in many capacities n the church during her lifetime.

A writer for an early Winnfield newspaper once said, "When I think of
versatility I think of Mrs. J. W. Teddlie, for among her outstanding
characteristics is patience, kindness, gentleness, and love of beauty, even
of common things.  A beautiful Southern hostess, who is a musician, an artist,
a most interesting conversationalist, and an ideal mother, and inspirational
Christian, but above them all is the ability to be a friend, a friend in
need.  She has reached the highest degree of perfection in society and
lives and helps others to live by the Golden Rule."

In celebrating her 80th birthday, Mrs. Teddlie remarked, "It used to be
said that old age is honorable, but to me it is a tragedy, for you never
learn the secret of life until you open the gates of death."

Surviving are one son, John W. Teddlie, Winnfield; two daughters, Miss
Lowice Teddlie and Mrs. Bess T. Davis, Baton Rouge; two granddaughters,
Mrs. H. L. Hill, Dallas, and Mrs. J. L. Shevnin, Memphis, Tenn.; and six great
grandchildren.