The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-06
Carrie A. Tuggle, Prom
inent Educator, Is
Dead

Carrie B. Tuggle, 65, president and
founder of the Tuggle institute, negro
educator, welfare and fraternal worker,
termed by her white friends the female
Booker r. Washington, died at 8 :O7
o'clock Wednesday night at her resi-
dence, 903 Thirteenth avenue, north,
following a long illness.
While she had been confined to her
bed for approximately six months from
a nervous breakdown, her condition was
not considered serious until Sunday.
Carrie Tuggle was born May %,
1852 at Eufaula, Ala. After the Civil
war Carrie, with her parents, who had
been slaves, remained with 'her white
folks''-as she was wont to term them
until young woman. Her first move
carried her to Montgomery, whence she
came to Birmingham 40 years ago. Here
she met and married J. L. Tuggle, a
postal carrier and negro fraternal
worker. Carrie, who at that time we
employed why the Ward family, lived
with her husband in the rear of the
Ward home.
In 1908 the welfare worker was sum
moned for the first time into court as
witness in the case of two negro boys
While there the judge said in hearing
of the court: Something will have to
be done about the negro waits of this
city. Running loose as they do breeds
criminals"
Opens Institute
This set Carries mind to working
and on September 3, 1903, with $3.50
she started what is now known as Tug
gle institute. 1t proved fight from
the beginning. At first she and some
working negro women managed to erect
a wooden building without floors and
began to collect negro orphans into it.
The school and ophanage grew. Five
years ago, as they were preparing to
burn the last mortgage, the buildings
burned to the ground. Carrie, however,
was not discouraged. She rallied the
negro women around her and appealed
to the white friends she had made for
aid. For the second time her efforts
met with success. At the date of her
death the school stands, two two-story
buildings, one one-story building, three
cottages and a hospital a memorial to
her unceasing efforts.
Her activities did not end with her
educational work. She took part and
promoted church work and was one of
the oldest members of st. John A. M. e.
church. She is said to have been a
member of every negro woman's or
ganization in the state of Alabama and
several national negro women's organ
iZations.
Founded Order
Seventeen years ago she founded the
Rising Sons and Daughters of Protec-
ton and for a number of years had
served as mother protector She was
grand protector of the order of Calanthe.
During her 81 years of welfare work
among the members of her race she had
collected to her standard 1000 negro
working women who were always ready
to support her in anything she under
took to do.
She secured two very competent Off
Gals to carry on her work after death.
Her son-in-law, D. D. Mitchell, superin-
tendant, and s. G. BGvins, vice presi-
dent, will take up her work where she
left off.
Carrie Tuggle is survived by one
daughter and five grandchildren. Fun
erar arrangements had not been made
Wednesday night. Some of her closest
friends were discussing the burial of
her body on the campus of the school.