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Lucy Sevier Folk - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, January 23, 1969

Funeral Rights Held Here for Mrs. Lucy Sevier Folk

Mrs. Lucy Sevier Folk died Saturday Jan. 18 arriving to the hospital in Jackson, Miss, following an 
illness of about a week.

Mrs. Folk, a native of Madison Parish, was born Jan. 21, 1893. She was the daughter of the late Roxie 
Allen Sevier and the late James Douglas Sevier. She was married to Benjamin Perry Folk and for many 
years owned and operated a plantation six miles south of Tallulah. For the past few months Mr. and Mrs. 
Folk have been residents of Heritage Manor in Newellton, La.

Mrs. Folk was a charter member of the Tallulah Presbyterian Church and for many years was active in 
both church and club work.

She is survived by her husband Benjamin Perry Folk; three sons Dr. Benjamin Perry Folk, Jr. of Jackson, Miss., 
Jim Sevier Folk and Jack Haynes Folk, both of Tallulah; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Folk Booth of 
Nashville, Tenn.; one brother, Henry C. Sevier of Tallulah and fourteen grandchildren.

Funeral services were held in the Tallulah Presbyterian Church Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3:00 p.m. with the Rev. 
William Mansell of Vicksburg officiating. Burial followed at Silver Cross Cemetery with Crothers Funeral 
Home officiating.

Pallbearers were Jim Sevier, Barton Sevier, Henry C. Sevier, Jr., Malcolm Sevier, Howard Sevier and 
George Spencer.