Mittie Muse
Published The Advocate February 22, 1979

MUSE, MITTIE

Died at 7 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, 1979 at Hood Memorial Hospital, Amite. He was 90, a resident of Route 1, Box 32C Greensburg, and a native of St. Helena Parish. Body at Friendly Service Funeral Home, Greensburg, with visiting from noon to 5 p.m. Friday. Wake services from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at Pipkin AME Chapel Church, Chipola. Funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, conducted by the rev. John Smith. Burial in the church cemetery. Survived by seven daughters, Mrs. Martha Ellen Jones, Mrs. Iola Rankins, Mrs. Forda Bell Wicker, Mrs. Louise Johnson, Mrs. Mitte M. Tucker, Mrs. Lillie Mae Hughes and Mrs. Gladiola Donahue, all of Greensburg; two sons, Emmitt Muse, Baton Rouge, and Columbus B. "C.B." Muse, Greensburg; a foster son, Alfred Spears, New Orleans; three daughters-in-law, Mrs. Doretha Muse and Mrs. Alice Muse, both of Greensburg, and Mrs. Thelma Muse, Baton Rouge; 107 grandchildren, 76 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Mattie L.W. Muse; a sons, Charlie Muse Sr. He was a member of Pipkin Chapel AME Church and served on the trustee board and was a member of Rocky Hill Benevolent Society.