Family Tree ~ Mazerat and Huff

Della Antionette had one son, Marion Edward Love, Sr.  Della Antionette Love died on August 20, 1938.  Marie Eulalie Mazerat (LaLie) born March 27,  1878, for whom her father, Numa Joseph Mazerat, showed special affection, on January 23, 1900, entered the Congregation of the Marianites Sisters of the Holy Cross.  She (Sister Mary Ligouri) taught until she was eighty-two years old.  On August 10, 1960, she retired but lived out her years at the Provincial House of Our Lady of Holy Cross.  Myra Cecilia Clark Gaines Mazerat, born, June 9, 1880, and at the age of nineteen, she married Watson Blanchard Huff, an accountant who belonged to a very respectable family of Columbus, Georgia.  Of this union were born three sons, Steven Blanchard, William Blanchard, and Thomas Blanchard, also three daughters, namely, Eusebia, Emily, and Justina.  (Steven Blanchard did not marry).  Eusebia died in her twenties.  William Blanchard also died in his twenties.  Emily Francis ( a deaf-mute) never married, Justina "Tina" married Herbert Fielder and was blessed with two children.  Margaret Mary (Gretchen) and Erich Joseph.  Gretchen married Robert Peters and they had three children, Albert Joseph (DOB) February 26, 1965 (married Angela Volk) and they have one son Andrew Joseph Born July 6, 1996.  Myra Emilie (DOB) October 7,  1967) married Raymond Madere and John Fredrick (DOB) February 17, 1973.  Erich Joseph DOB: August 14, 1949 (DOD) 1993 married Michele Lecourt (DOB: August 10, 1949).  They had two children, Laura Marian Ann (DOB) May 31, 1970 (married name Bianchini).  They have one son, Eric.  Rebecca Ruth (DOB) April 10, 1972 (married name Colgin and have two sons, Josh Micca and Justin, and reside in Gonzales, LA.  Thomas Blanchard married Josephine Meiers.  They had one daughter, Tomi Lynn (DOB: December 10, 1954) married Earl Gravois on December 27, 1975, for 4-1/2 years and remarried Paul Alvin Bourgeois and they had four children together.  Laura Christine (DOB: February 17,  1982, Samuel Thomas (DOB) July 12, 1983, Katherine Elizabeth (DOB) April 7, 1989, and Madeleine Rose (DOB) October 23, 1990.  Josephine Meiers "Josie" (DOB) ? (DOD) December  1994 had two other children ( Ann Louis (DOB) July 6, 1939, and James 'Jimmy"" Gene Meiers (DOB) August 12, 1940, by a previous marriage.  Ann married John Fitzgerald Kleese and they had five children.  Anne Marie (DOB) August 29, 1958 (married name DeCell), Elizabeth Ann (DOB) February 22, 1960 (married name Barrere), John Fitzgerald IV (DOB) June 5, 1961, Catherine Marie (DOB) September 1963 (married name Staton) and Barbara Marie (DOB) April 26, 1964 (married name French).  Jimmy married Mary Gracia and they have four children.  Suzette Marie (DOB) November 22, 1964 (married name Burkhalter), James Gene II (DOB) January 25, 1966; Jeanne Marie (DOB) October 9, 1969 (just married and name not known at this time); Jon Paul (DOB) November 5, 1970.  Ann and Jimmy were adopted by Thomas Blanchard Huff in 1995, a year after Josie's death.

Most of the Wilder, Mazerat, Love, and Huff families are entombed at the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana.   By Mark Palms Jan 2014 by Mark_Palms

Uncle Leroy and Katie Mason's Tombstones/Obits

 

Today, I had the opportunity to go by the Raymond, MS, cemetery to see my Uncle Leroy and Aunt Katie's gravesites.  My daughter Debra Ann took me there.  Debi is moving back into her home in Raymond, MS from Magee and should be back in by Sunday.  I always wanted to see their graves and today I had a chance to take pictures as well and to document graves on my Mother's side of the family.

FRANCIS MASON ~ DIES IN RAYMOND 
Born: August 28, 1914 ~ Died: December 21, 1977

Raymond - Francis Leroy Mason, 64, of Raymond, was buried in the Raymond Cemetery on Thursday following funeral services at the Baldwin Funeral Home.  He died Wednesday following a long illness.

Born in Arkansas, Mason lived most of his life in Vicksburg.  He attended Redwood and Jett schools.  For 20 years, he made his home at Raymond.

He was a retired employee of the Mississippi Power and Light Co. and member of the Raymond Baptist Church. 

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Katie Parker Mason of Raymond; a son, Robert Lane Mason of Raymond; three daughters, Mrs. Penny Moody of Jackson, Miss Janet Mason of Raymond and Mrs. Susan Davis of Salt Lake City, Utah; his mother, Mrs. Francis Mason of Kingston, NY; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Mason Duncan of Chaffee, MO, Mrs. Bunnetta (Bonita) Mason Rielly of Kingston, NY, and Evelyn Mason Love of Vicksburg, and one brother, Charles Wesley Mason of Kingston, NY.

Katie Parker Mason, 89 years old, died at Brandon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, March 11, 2010, following an extended illness.

Visitation will be 5-7 pm today and 10 am Saturday, March 13, 2019, at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home in Raymond.  Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the funeral home with burial to follow in Raymond Cemetery.

She was a member of Frist Baptist Church, Raymond for 53 years where she taught preschool children and missions.  She served as librarian for the Public Library System in Raymond, and later, assisted with registration at Hinds Community College.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Francis Leroy Mason; and daughter; Penne Mason Moody.

She is survived by daughters, Susan M. Davis and Janet M. Pilgrim (Jim); son, Robert Lane mason (Susan); six grandchildren and one great-grandson, Katherine, Matthew, B.B., Jacob, Chelsea, Penne, and Alan.

She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Memorials can be made to FBC-Raymond Build Fund, PO Box 728, Raymond, MS  39154.

Grandmother Della Antionette Mazerat Love

In the center in black is my Grandmother Della with Great Aunt Laura and Great Aunt Myra.  Great Aunt, Mother Ligouri (Marie Eulalie) was a Marianite Sister of the Holy Cross.  Della Mazerat Love died on August 19, 1938, of lobar pneumonia, in Vicksburg, MS, at 62 years of age.  Her body was shipped to New Orleans, and her funeral took place from Union Station upon arrival of train No. 31, on August 20, 1938.  She was interred in the Wilder Framily Tomb, in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery No. 1, on Louisa Street, in New Orleans, LA.

Happy 8th Birthday To Granddaughter Kate

I’m wishing my youngest granddaughter, Kate, a very Happy 8th Birthday! Miss Kate took her own birthday picture today. She lives in Virginia and coming to see me in a few months. I love you, Kate! Gran-Gran xoxo

Kate holding the reindeer pillow that I sent to her for her 8th Birthday!