Alice descended from a long line of patriotic Americans. Her great-great-great-grandfather George Elliott (birth unknown – 11 Sep 1777) fought with George Washington and was killed along with one of his sons at the Battle of Brandywine. Her great-great-grandfather, Lieutenant Thomas Elliott (1761-1805), became the aide-de-camp of General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and witnessed the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. Her great-grandfather William David Elliott (1795-1865) fought with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, serving as a quarter-master sergeant in the 10th and 20th Regiments. Her grandfather Rev. William Daniel Godwin (1818-1907) served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, according to research by Frances Morrow Conway, granddaughter of Edwin Morrow and Alice Cleo Godwin. And her father Edwin E. Morrow (1846-1890) served in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry during the Civil War as well. Finally, her son-in-law Sgt. Charles Harris Vickers, Jr., (1909-1944) was killed in WWII on the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
Alice Elliott Morrow was born on 4 September 1884 in Big Cane, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were Edwin E. Morrow and Alice Cleo Morrow (nee Godwin) (1849-1919). She was the sixth of seven Morrow children. Her siblings were: Mary Madella Bailey (nee Morrow) (1873-1961); William Reynolds Morrow (1875-1962); Elizabeth Georgie Morrow (1877-1880); John Godwin Morrow, Sr., (1879-1945); Eva Edwina Gill (nee Morrow) (1881-1944); and Stella Maubry Toler (nee Morrow) (1887-1964).
Her father, Edwin Morrow, was tragically killed in a cotton gin accident when she was only six years old. Her mother took over operating their plantation and also ran a plantation school. Likely Alice helped her mother teaching the children, and it was probably where she developed her interest in education and music.
She attended Brenau University 1903-1904 and received a teaching certificate. After that she taught music in various places, including Long Beach, Mississippi. In 1907, she taught high school music at Winfield High School in Winn Parish, Louisiana. That year she married Louis Cornelius Stewart (1885-1916). They first lived in Jefferson, Alabama, where he worked as a street car conductor. Later they moved to Long Leaf, Louisiana. They had three children: Kathryn Corine Vickers (nee Stewart) (1909-1999), William Morrow Stewart (1911-1988), and Louise “Lucy” Lockett (nee Stewart) (originally named Madeline Cleo Stewart) (1915-2009).
Tragically Alice’s husband Louis was killed in a train accident when Alice was 31. She moved her family to Shreveport, Louisiana, and supported them by teaching piano lessons and renting out rooms in her home.
Alice died on 15 February 1974 in Shreveport and was buried in Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.
Published in The Shreveport Times, February 18, 1974, Pg 10A
Mrs. Alice Stewart
Mrs. Alice M. Stewart, 89, of
518 McCormick, died at 9:30
a.m. Monday in Schumpert
Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Big Cane, she
had lived in Shreveport since
1919 and had taught music in
Shreveport for 40 years prior
to her retirement.
Funeral services will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in
the Marshall Street Chapel of
the Rose Neath Funeral
Home. The Rev. Dr. James
Taylor, pastor of Highland
Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Forest Park
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son,
William M. Stewart of
Amarillo, Tex.; two
daughters, Mrs. Kathryn S.
Vickers of Shreveport and
Mrs. William R. Lockett Sr.
of San Antonio, Tex.; and two
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be K.E.
Bailey Sr., George P. Adcock,
Dr. Clinton R. Gill, Jack M.
Bailey, Dr. Kent F. Toler and
K.E. Bailey Jr.
Alice Elliott Morrow was born on 4 September 1884 in Big Cane, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were Edwin E. Morrow and Alice Cleo Morrow (nee Godwin) (1849-1919). She was the sixth of seven Morrow children. Her siblings were: Mary Madella Bailey (nee Morrow) (1873-1961); William Reynolds Morrow (1875-1962); Elizabeth Georgie Morrow (1877-1880); John Godwin Morrow, Sr., (1879-1945); Eva Edwina Gill (nee Morrow) (1881-1944); and Stella Maubry Toler (nee Morrow) (1887-1964).
Her father, Edwin Morrow, was tragically killed in a cotton gin accident when she was only six years old. Her mother took over operating their plantation and also ran a plantation school. Likely Alice helped her mother teaching the children, and it was probably where she developed her interest in education and music.
She attended Brenau University 1903-1904 and received a teaching certificate. After that she taught music in various places, including Long Beach, Mississippi. In 1907, she taught high school music at Winfield High School in Winn Parish, Louisiana. That year she married Louis Cornelius Stewart (1885-1916). They first lived in Jefferson, Alabama, where he worked as a street car conductor. Later they moved to Long Leaf, Louisiana. They had three children: Kathryn Corine Vickers (nee Stewart) (1909-1999), William Morrow Stewart (1911-1988), and Louise “Lucy” Lockett (nee Stewart) (originally named Madeline Cleo Stewart) (1915-2009).
Tragically Alice’s husband Louis was killed in a train accident when Alice was 31. She moved her family to Shreveport, Louisiana, and supported them by teaching piano lessons and renting out rooms in her home.
Alice died on 15 February 1974 in Shreveport and was buried in Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.
Published in The Shreveport Times, February 18, 1974, Pg 10A
Mrs. Alice Stewart
Mrs. Alice M. Stewart, 89, of
518 McCormick, died at 9:30
a.m. Monday in Schumpert
Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Big Cane, she
had lived in Shreveport since
1919 and had taught music in
Shreveport for 40 years prior
to her retirement.
Funeral services will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in
the Marshall Street Chapel of
the Rose Neath Funeral
Home. The Rev. Dr. James
Taylor, pastor of Highland
Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Forest Park
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son,
William M. Stewart of
Amarillo, Tex.; two
daughters, Mrs. Kathryn S.
Vickers of Shreveport and
Mrs. William R. Lockett Sr.
of San Antonio, Tex.; and two
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be K.E.
Bailey Sr., George P. Adcock,
Dr. Clinton R. Gill, Jack M.
Bailey, Dr. Kent F. Toler and
K.E. Bailey Jr.
Alice descended from a long line of patriotic Americans. Her great-great-great-grandfather George Elliott (birth unknown – 11 Sep 1777) fought with George Washington and was killed along with one of his sons at the Battle of Brandywine. Her great-great-grandfather, Lieutenant Thomas Elliott (1761-1805), became the aide-de-camp of General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and witnessed the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. Her great-grandfather William David Elliott (1795-1865) fought with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, serving as a quarter-master sergeant in the 10th and 20th Regiments. Her grandfather Rev. William Daniel Godwin (1818-1907) served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, according to research by Frances Morrow Conway, granddaughter of Edwin Morrow and Alice Cleo Godwin. And her father Edwin E. Morrow (1846-1890) served in the 8th Louisiana Cavalry during the Civil War as well. Finally, her son-in-law Sgt. Charles Harris Vickers, Jr., (1909-1944) was killed in WWII on the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
Alice Elliott Morrow was born on 4 September 1884 in Big Cane, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were Edwin E. Morrow and Alice Cleo Morrow (nee Godwin) (1849-1919). She was the sixth of seven Morrow children. Her siblings were: Mary Madella Bailey (nee Morrow) (1873-1961); William Reynolds Morrow (1875-1962); Elizabeth Georgie Morrow (1877-1880); John Godwin Morrow, Sr., (1879-1945); Eva Edwina Gill (nee Morrow) (1881-1944); and Stella Maubry Toler (nee Morrow) (1887-1964).
Her father, Edwin Morrow, was tragically killed in a cotton gin accident when she was only six years old. Her mother took over operating their plantation and also ran a plantation school. Likely Alice helped her mother teaching the children, and it was probably where she developed her interest in education and music.
She attended Brenau University 1903-1904 and received a teaching certificate. After that she taught music in various places, including Long Beach, Mississippi. In 1907, she taught high school music at Winfield High School in Winn Parish, Louisiana. That year she married Louis Cornelius Stewart (1885-1916). They first lived in Jefferson, Alabama, where he worked as a street car conductor. Later they moved to Long Leaf, Louisiana. They had three children: Kathryn Corine Vickers (nee Stewart) (1909-1999), William Morrow Stewart (1911-1988), and Louise “Lucy” Lockett (nee Stewart) (originally named Madeline Cleo Stewart) (1915-2009).
Tragically Alice’s husband Louis was killed in a train accident when Alice was 31. She moved her family to Shreveport, Louisiana, and supported them by teaching piano lessons and renting out rooms in her home.
Alice died on 15 February 1974 in Shreveport and was buried in Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.
Published in The Shreveport Times, February 18, 1974, Pg 10A
Mrs. Alice Stewart
Mrs. Alice M. Stewart, 89, of
518 McCormick, died at 9:30
a.m. Monday in Schumpert
Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Big Cane, she
had lived in Shreveport since
1919 and had taught music in
Shreveport for 40 years prior
to her retirement.
Funeral services will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in
the Marshall Street Chapel of
the Rose Neath Funeral
Home. The Rev. Dr. James
Taylor, pastor of Highland
Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Forest Park
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son,
William M. Stewart of
Amarillo, Tex.; two
daughters, Mrs. Kathryn S.
Vickers of Shreveport and
Mrs. William R. Lockett Sr.
of San Antonio, Tex.; and two
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be K.E.
Bailey Sr., George P. Adcock,
Dr. Clinton R. Gill, Jack M.
Bailey, Dr. Kent F. Toler and
K.E. Bailey Jr.
Alice Elliott Morrow was born on 4 September 1884 in Big Cane, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Her parents were Edwin E. Morrow and Alice Cleo Morrow (nee Godwin) (1849-1919). She was the sixth of seven Morrow children. Her siblings were: Mary Madella Bailey (nee Morrow) (1873-1961); William Reynolds Morrow (1875-1962); Elizabeth Georgie Morrow (1877-1880); John Godwin Morrow, Sr., (1879-1945); Eva Edwina Gill (nee Morrow) (1881-1944); and Stella Maubry Toler (nee Morrow) (1887-1964).
Her father, Edwin Morrow, was tragically killed in a cotton gin accident when she was only six years old. Her mother took over operating their plantation and also ran a plantation school. Likely Alice helped her mother teaching the children, and it was probably where she developed her interest in education and music.
She attended Brenau University 1903-1904 and received a teaching certificate. After that she taught music in various places, including Long Beach, Mississippi. In 1907, she taught high school music at Winfield High School in Winn Parish, Louisiana. That year she married Louis Cornelius Stewart (1885-1916). They first lived in Jefferson, Alabama, where he worked as a street car conductor. Later they moved to Long Leaf, Louisiana. They had three children: Kathryn Corine Vickers (nee Stewart) (1909-1999), William Morrow Stewart (1911-1988), and Louise “Lucy” Lockett (nee Stewart) (originally named Madeline Cleo Stewart) (1915-2009).
Tragically Alice’s husband Louis was killed in a train accident when Alice was 31. She moved her family to Shreveport, Louisiana, and supported them by teaching piano lessons and renting out rooms in her home.
Alice died on 15 February 1974 in Shreveport and was buried in Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.
Published in The Shreveport Times, February 18, 1974, Pg 10A
Mrs. Alice Stewart
Mrs. Alice M. Stewart, 89, of
518 McCormick, died at 9:30
a.m. Monday in Schumpert
Hospital after a short illness.
A native of Big Cane, she
had lived in Shreveport since
1919 and had taught music in
Shreveport for 40 years prior
to her retirement.
Funeral services will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in
the Marshall Street Chapel of
the Rose Neath Funeral
Home. The Rev. Dr. James
Taylor, pastor of Highland
Baptist Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Forest Park
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son,
William M. Stewart of
Amarillo, Tex.; two
daughters, Mrs. Kathryn S.
Vickers of Shreveport and
Mrs. William R. Lockett Sr.
of San Antonio, Tex.; and two
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be K.E.
Bailey Sr., George P. Adcock,
Dr. Clinton R. Gill, Jack M.
Bailey, Dr. Kent F. Toler and
K.E. Bailey Jr.
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