St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-03-09
MEMBER OF PROMINENT.
ST. LANDRY FAMILY
dies IN TEXAS
Mrs. Harris, Formerly Miss
Mary LittelI of This City,
Brought to Old Home for
Interment

MIS-. NJ. e. s41dIIlS ulGu dt 1l0T
home in San Antonio, Texas, at
6 o'clock on the morning of
last Saturday, March 2. In
the death of this sweet woman
ST. Landry mourns the death of
one of her fairest daughters.
Mrs. Harris was the young
est daughter Of the late DR.. R.
III. Littell, the nestor Of the
medical profession Of st. Lam
dry parish, and for long time
the president of its police jury.
She was one of the chief oper-
ators (district) of the Western
Union, with which corporation
she had been associated for
the past % years, first at Lafa-
yette, then in Opelousas, later
in Natchitoches and Lake
Charles, and finally in San An
tonic, where her earthly labors
came to an end.
She was a woman with a
high sense Of duty well per-
formed, and very popular with
her employers and the public.
Her sweetness Of disposition
and amiability made her a IN.
iversal favorite. Even in her
unconscious moments, the
movements of her operating
hand gave mute and pathetic
evidence that the thoughts of
her labors were obsessing her,
and in her lucid moments she
thought even Of the little ne
gro errand boy that waited on
her office. She was stricken
two weeks ago, but her true
condition was not sensed until
growing Inconsistencies
alarmed her friends, who
wired her brother, DR.. B. A.
Littell. He promptly respond
ed and finding her in so alarm
ing a condition, despite able
medical assistance, he wired.
for hs wife, who arrived the
next day.
Mrs. Harris body was en1-
balmed and lay in The NOR
tuary chamber at Hays IN
San Antonio. It was brought
to Opelousas on the Southern
Pacific train Of last Sunday,
and was viewed by relatives
and many friends, as it lay
stretched on a bed of the
spring flowers she loved SO
well, and in the home of her
childhood to which she was SO
devoted and wherein it was
her oft expressed wish she
could close her eyes when the
last summons came. She look
ed ais beautiful as in her child
hood before the sorrows and
cares of life had left their
traces, and as one gazed At
that placid face with a faint
suspicion of a smile lurking
there as though some pleasant
dream had arrested her atten-
ton, the thought occurred:
"Then doth the aspiring soul
the body leave,
Which we call death, but were
it known to all
What life our souls do by this
death receive,
Men would call it birth or goa
delivery call,
for her lips, though DUMB
seemed TO say:
"My soul is on her journey, de
not now
Divert or lead her back to lost
herself
In the maze and winding laoy
rinths O. the world :
At s o'clock the body, fol
lowed by vast concourse O
friends, was carried TO IN
Episcopal church where 1T
Diggs, the Episcopal rector g
New Iberia, read the impres
sive service. Lead klndE
Light" Abide With Me- an
Nearer Ny God to Thee
were sung by friends Of ne
youth, and interment foiloWe'
in the Protestant Cemetery.
The Clarion extends its cor
dolences to DR.. R. M. Littell
DR.. Theo. Littell, of Evangelln
parish, Mrs. K. T. Catlett an
Mrs. Florence Wartelle. Ma
Leonce Littell and DR.. and Mrs
B. a.. Littell her sorrow1n
brothers and sisters, the las
two standing in locus paternl
to the deceased.
Mrs Auouste Elter an