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Dr. Howard C. Sevier - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post, October 30, 1944

LAST RITES FOR DR. SEVIER HELD HERE TUESDAY

Madison Parish Physician, Coroner To Be Buried At Tallulah

TALLULAH, La. Oct. 30-Dr. Howard C. Sevier, 55, well known physician of Tallulah and 
coroner of Madison parish since 1926, died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minn. Saturday 
night after a long illness.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sevier, pioneer citizens of Madison 
parish. Funeral services will be held at Fisher's Funeral Chapel in Vicksburg Tuesday 
morning at 9 o'clock with the Rev. Dean L. Maurer of Trinity Episcopal church of Tallulah 
officiating. Burial will be In Silver Cross cemetery, Tallulah, at 10:30 a. m.

Dr. Sevier is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clyde Scott Sevier; three brothers, George W. 
Sevier of Baton Rouge, Andrew L. Sevier and Albert V. Sevier of Tallulah; a sister, Mrs. 
Tom Cassity of Tucson, Ariz., and several nephews and nieces.

Pallbearers will be: Honorary-Mason Spencer, Lewis Collens, Colvin Todd, Dr. A. P. Palmer, 
Dr. E. O. Edgerton, Walter M Scott, Gus Auranches, all of Tallulah, and Dr. Gus Street and 
Dr George Street, both of Vicksburg.

Active-Edward Buckner, R. C Gaines, Jim Parker, Lucien Farr, Dr. Roy Medlin, all of 
Tallulah, and Basil Brown of Vicksburg.

From Tallulah Madison Journal, October 1944

Funeral Is Held Here Tuesday for Dr. H. C. Sevier

Dr. Howard C. Sevier, prominent physician of Madison parish was buried in Silver Cross Cemetery 
Tuesday, October 31, with the Rev. J. Dean Maurer, Episcopal Rector, officiating.
 
Pallbearers were E. A. Buckner, Dr. J. Roy Medlin, Jim Parker, Elmer Platt, Lucian Farr and 
Basil Brown of Vicksburg.

Dr. Sevier's death occurred Saturday, October 28 at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, N. Y., where he was 
being treated. His wife was with him during his entire illness and brought the body to Tallulah 
for interment.

Dr. Sevier was a native of Tallulah, having spent his childhood on the family plantation home south 
of Tallulah. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Sevier.

After finishing high school, he Attended Tulane University, New Orleans, where he graduated in medicine 
in 1912. He has been a practicing physician since 1913. He was 56 years old, and a member of Sigma Nu 
Fraternity. He entered the armed forces of World War I in the Medical Corps. He was elected Coroner 
of Madison Parish in 1926 and was re-elected continually until he resigned due to ill health. 

He was a Mason, a member of the Episcopal Church and a member of Scott-Nicols-Voak Post No. 100, 
American Legion.

He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Tom Cassidy, of Tucson, Ariz., and three brothers, 
Andrew L. Sevier, State Senator and planter, Albert V. Sevier, prominent planter, of Tallulah, and 
George W. Sevier, businessman, of Baton Rouge.