Nan Sevier McNeel - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Richard P. Sevier 5/21/05

USGenWeb NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb remain the property of the 
contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and 
Regulations.

In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents 
may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial 
entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices 
and submitter information are included.

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit.

Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the 
contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites.

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
************************************************

Nan Sevier McNeel - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post, January 4, 1968

Mrs. Nan McNeel Dies, Services Set Wednesday

TALLULAH-Mrs. Nan Sevier McNeel member of a well-known Madison Parish family died at a 
Vicksburg hospital today after  a long illness.

A native of Madison Parish, Mrs. McNeel had lived here most of her life. She lived for a 
while also in the Philippines and in Mexico.

Active in civic organizations, she was former regent of the Tallulah chapter, Daughters of 
the American Revolution, and had held offices in the women's organization of the 
Presbyterian Church, The American Legion Auxiliary and the Good Earth Garden Club.

She was a member of the Tallulah Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her husband, 
Col. Travis McNeel: three brothers, Mayor W. P. Sevier, Jr., James D. Sevier and Barton 
Sevier of Tallulah; three sisters, Mrs. W. W. Ziegler, and Mrs. E. E. Warrick of Tallulah 
and Mrs. Dan Donald of Jennings, La.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Tallulah Presbyterian Church, 
with the Rev Lyndon Brown of officiating. Burial will be in Silver Cross Cemetery with 
Crothers Funeral Home in charge.

From Tallulah Madison Journal January 5, 1968

Nan Sevier McNeel Dies Early Wednesday After Lengthy Illness

Mrs. Travis McNeel, the former Miss Nan Sevier, succumbed early Wednesday morning January, 3, 1968 
in a Vicksburg Hospital after a long illness.

Mrs. McNeel, beloved wife of Col. Travis McNeel, was active until her illness in church 
and civic work. She was born in Madison Parish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will P. Sevier, on 
a plantation south of Tallulah, La. Her mother was Ada Graves of Milliken's Bend. She was a 
graduate of Tallulah High School, and Northwestern State College. She taught school in Madison 
Parish Schools, before her marriage to Col. McNeel on June, 17, 1929. 

They lived in Florida and several southern states, and Col McNeel's work took them to Mexico 
and the Phillipines.

She is a past president of Tallulah Chapter D. A. R., past president of Women of the Presbyterian 
Church and of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Good Earth Garden Club.

Services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 P. M. from the Tallulah Presbyterian Church, with 
the Rev. Lyndon Brown officiating. Internment followed in Silver Cross Cemetery, with Crothers 
Funeral Home in charge. 

Pallbearers were all officials of the Presbyterian Church, C. T. Crow, A. W. Willett, Malcolm Sevier, 
Jim S. Folk, H. C. Sevier, Jr. and John Simpson.

Mrs. Sevier, or Nan as she was affectionately known, was well known in social circles for her charm 
as a gracious hostess, and her sincere friendship.

She is survived by her husband, Col. Travis McNeel, three sisters, Mrs. E. E. Warrick, Mrs. 
Dan Donald of Jennings, La. and Mrs. W. W. Ziegler, and three brothers, Mayor W. P. Sevier, Jr., 
James D. Sevier, and Barton Sevier all of Tallulah.