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Ada Graves Sevier - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post, April 11, 1955

MRS. ADA SEVIER DIES; SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON

TALLULAH, La. - Mrs. Ada Graves Sevier, prominent resident of Madison Parish, died 
yesterday afternoon after a long illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl Warrick, 
in Tendal, La. She was 77 years of age.

Born in Madison Parish, Mrs. Sevier has lived here her entire life. She was a member of the 
Methodist Church and was active in the women's work of the church.

Mrs. Sevier is survived by three sons, W. P. Sevier, Jr., mayor of Tallulah and executive 
vice-president and cashier of the Tallulah State Bank, Jim Sevier and Barton Sevier, both 
of Tallulah: four daughters, Mrs. W. W. Ziegler of Tallulah, Mrs. T. E. McNeel of Manila, 
Philippine Islands, Mrs. Dan Donald of Jennings, La. and Mrs. Earl Warrick of Tendal, two 
sisters, Mrs. George Davis of Jonesville, La., and Mrs. George Jordan of Tallulah and nine 
grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Tallulah Methodist Church 
with the Rev. W. F. Mayo, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in the Silver Cross Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be Ben Jordan ,George Jordan, Francis Jordan, John Sevier, Albert Sevier, 
H. C. Sevier Sr., A L. Sevier Jr. and Jim Folk.

Crothers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


From Tallulah Madison Journal, April 15, 1955


Mrs. Ada Sevier Of Tallulah Dies; Rites Held Monday

Was Life Long Resident Of Madison; Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Ada G. Sevier, age 77, mother of W. P. Sevier, Jr., mayor of Tallulah and executive 
vice president and cashier of the Tallulah State Bank & Trust Company, died at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Warrick at Tendal, near Tallulah at 1 p. m. Sunday afternoon. 
She had been ill for more than a year.

She was a member of the Tallulah Methodist Church, and before her illness was active in the 
Sunday School and Women's Society of Christian Service. She was born at Milliken's Bend, and 
spent her entire life in Madison Parish.

Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Monday afternoon at the Methodist Church with the 
Rev. W. F. Mayo officiating. Burial followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction 
of Crothers Funeral Home.

She is survived by three sons, W. P. Sevier, Jr., Jim Sevier and Barton Sevier, all of Tallulah; 
four daughters, Mrs. Earl Warrick of Tendal, Mrs. Dan Donald of Jennings, Mrs. T. E. McNeel of 
Manila, Philippine Islands, and Mrs. W. W. Ziegler of Tallulah; two sisters, Mrs. George Davis, 
Jonesville, La., and Mrs. George Jordan of Tallulah, and nine grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Ben Jordan, George Jordan, Francis Jordan, John Sevier, Albert Sevier, A. L. Sevier, Jr., 
and Jim Folk.