The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-01-14
YOUNG WOMAN M0URHED.

YOUNG MOMaH MOORnED.
Youngest Daughter of Hon II. G..
Brand Succumbs to Attack of
Typhoid Fever at st. Joseph r.
Was Popular Debutantes
Seldom before has this community been
so profoundly shocked and saddened as
was the case yesterday morning, when an
| nouncement was made that Miss Virgies
Braud. the youngest daughter OF Hon. Il. e.
Braud of Burnside, who was stricken with
a severe case of typhoid fever while on a
visit to friends at ST. Joseph, La, had
yielded to the attack Of the grim Angel Of
4 Death and in the bloom and beauty of her
perfect young womanhood had passed
/ from this life to the Dim Beyond. The
sorrow that shadows the Braud home
broods alike upon many homes in Donald
sonville and Ascension parish, for her in
4 fluence, socially and otherwise, her gifts
of intellect and charm of person, and the
rare characteristics which distinguished
her throughout her short span Of life had
. made her one of the best loved and most
a admired young women of the community.
She numbered her friends here, and else
q where, as all with whom she had come in
4 contact, and the recollection of her sunny
Z smile, her bright, cheering presence and
= her many lovable traits of character and
4 personality is indelibly engraved in the
memory Of those who knew her and had
the pleasure of her companionship and
association
The warm heart of the community beats
Il in sympathy with the sorely afflicted
!, father, brother, sister and other relatives
4 in their sad bereavement, and their bur-
J. den of sorrow is shared by many true and
loving friends. May the Almighty Ruler Of
the Universe comfort them in Their pro.
found grief and afford them the solace Of
! His divine protection and blessing.
/, The New Orleans Picayune of even date
! pays the following pretty tribute to the
me mory of this beloved and lamentec
! young woman:
Just one year after enc of the mos
; brilliant debutante receptions ever giveI
in this city family circle is, plunged int
the deepest grief by the death Of one Q
:, the young ladies who was hopored.
will be recalled that Misses Virginia [
I :
Braud and Mary Ellis Leake, cousins
!. were given coming-Out reception at tn
!. EAthenaeum, which was one Of the socia
triumphs of the early winter last yeal
and was largely attended.
There were few more gracious debu
tantes than Miss Braud and she was be
loved by all of those who knew her. t
them it will be a source of the creates
sorrow to learn that the hand of death wa
: laid upon her sweet life at St. Joseph, La
= yesterday, and she was called TO her etc,
: nal sleep. She was 10 years old.
. miss Braud was visiting her sister. Mr.
: James G. Bates, at Shreveport, shortly be
: i fore Christmas. She came home to Burr
Il side because Of her desire to be with he
oS father, Hon. Henry c. Braud, who was de
= voted TO her. The day after Christina
~ Miss Braud went to ST. Joseph to act q
i bridesmaid for Miss Inez Losey
ri Miss Braud reached there on Dec. 9
= but she was taken sick the same day wit
;el typhoid fever. he wedding was he'll
but it was Of necessity quiet celebrate
s because everyone realized. what bio
= the young ladys illness was to them.
mir Braud went to his daughters be6
= side ten days ago, taking the family dot
tor and a trained nurse. Nothing shoul
stand in the way of trying to save the Lii
\ of his beloved daughter. But it was willie
Ell otherwise. and gradually the young lad
grew worse until the end came yesterda.
I'll Miss Leake felt the death most keenl.
n as did everyone who had the pleasure (
a meeting Miss Braud. The funeral wi
Il be held this morning at 8 o'clock froI
Christ Church Cathedral, the body arrivin
~ on the $50 o'clock Mississippi Vale
r train. The interment will be in Metairi
= Cemetery.
VI 1.-THE Braud family is one of the mos
I prominent in Ascension parish. Colon
~ Henry c. Braud served in the state legiE
+ lature for several years, and has also bee
It prominent on the Pontchartrain leye
board.
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u s.. j. G. I. Notes.
5 This week the pupils have been hard {
work preparing for the first biannual e.
- l orn;pns;n,, All fhn taaabnre f,aun a,