Mrs. Althea Curry Teddlie, 92, died in a Winnfield hospital early Monday morning following a lengthy illness. She was the widow of the late J. W. Teddlie of Winnfield.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. George Ross officiating. Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Acting as pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Tracy Harrel, Jr., E. H. Farr, W. J. Austin, Jim Russell, and Max Crowe, Sr.
Born on a plantation near Montgomery, March 14, 1871, Mrs. Teddlie was the daughter of S. C. Curry and Jane Hicks Curry, pioneers of that area. She attended the Atlanta Academy and Mt. Lebanon College, and later taught as a governess and gave private music lessons. She was married to John W. Teddlie in 1894 and they moved to Winnfield in 1903.
Soon after her arrival here she joined the Methodist Church where she taught the Wesley Bible class for many years. She also served as organist for a time and served in many capacities in the church during her lifetime.
A writer for an early Winnfield newspaper once said, "When I think of versatility I think of Mrs. J. W. Teddlie, for among her outstanding characteristics is patience, kindness, gentleness, and love of beauty, even of common things. A beautiful Southern hostess, who is a musician, an artist, a most interesting conversationalist, and an ideal mother, and inspirational Christian, but above them all is the ability to be a friend, a friend in need. She has reached the highest degree of perfection in society and lives and helps others to live by the Golden Rule."
In celebrating her 80th birthday, Mrs. Teddlie remarked, "It used to be said that old age is honorable, but to me it is a tragedy, for you never learn the secret of life until you open the gates of death."
Surviving are one son, John W. Teddlie, Winnfield; two daughters, Miss Lowice Teddlie and Mrs. Bess T. Davis, Baton Rouge; two granddaughters, Mrs. H. L. Hill, Dallas, and Mrs. J. L. Shevnin, Memphis, Tenn.; and six great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, October 3, 1963
Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. George Ross officiating. Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Acting as pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Tracy Harrel, Jr., E. H. Farr, W. J. Austin, Jim Russell, and Max Crowe, Sr.
Born on a plantation near Montgomery, March 14, 1871, Mrs. Teddlie was the daughter of S. C. Curry and Jane Hicks Curry, pioneers of that area. She attended the Atlanta Academy and Mt. Lebanon College, and later taught as a governess and gave private music lessons. She was married to John W. Teddlie in 1894 and they moved to Winnfield in 1903.
Soon after her arrival here she joined the Methodist Church where she taught the Wesley Bible class for many years. She also served as organist for a time and served in many capacities in the church during her lifetime.
A writer for an early Winnfield newspaper once said, "When I think of versatility I think of Mrs. J. W. Teddlie, for among her outstanding characteristics is patience, kindness, gentleness, and love of beauty, even of common things. A beautiful Southern hostess, who is a musician, an artist, a most interesting conversationalist, and an ideal mother, and inspirational Christian, but above them all is the ability to be a friend, a friend in need. She has reached the highest degree of perfection in society and lives and helps others to live by the Golden Rule."
In celebrating her 80th birthday, Mrs. Teddlie remarked, "It used to be said that old age is honorable, but to me it is a tragedy, for you never learn the secret of life until you open the gates of death."
Surviving are one son, John W. Teddlie, Winnfield; two daughters, Miss Lowice Teddlie and Mrs. Bess T. Davis, Baton Rouge; two granddaughters, Mrs. H. L. Hill, Dallas, and Mrs. J. L. Shevnin, Memphis, Tenn.; and six great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, October 3, 1963
Mrs. Althea Curry Teddlie, 92, died in a Winnfield hospital early Monday morning following a lengthy illness. She was the widow of the late J. W. Teddlie of Winnfield.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. George Ross officiating. Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Acting as pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Tracy Harrel, Jr., E. H. Farr, W. J. Austin, Jim Russell, and Max Crowe, Sr.
Born on a plantation near Montgomery, March 14, 1871, Mrs. Teddlie was the daughter of S. C. Curry and Jane Hicks Curry, pioneers of that area. She attended the Atlanta Academy and Mt. Lebanon College, and later taught as a governess and gave private music lessons. She was married to John W. Teddlie in 1894 and they moved to Winnfield in 1903.
Soon after her arrival here she joined the Methodist Church where she taught the Wesley Bible class for many years. She also served as organist for a time and served in many capacities in the church during her lifetime.
A writer for an early Winnfield newspaper once said, "When I think of versatility I think of Mrs. J. W. Teddlie, for among her outstanding characteristics is patience, kindness, gentleness, and love of beauty, even of common things. A beautiful Southern hostess, who is a musician, an artist, a most interesting conversationalist, and an ideal mother, and inspirational Christian, but above them all is the ability to be a friend, a friend in need. She has reached the highest degree of perfection in society and lives and helps others to live by the Golden Rule."
In celebrating her 80th birthday, Mrs. Teddlie remarked, "It used to be said that old age is honorable, but to me it is a tragedy, for you never learn the secret of life until you open the gates of death."
Surviving are one son, John W. Teddlie, Winnfield; two daughters, Miss Lowice Teddlie and Mrs. Bess T. Davis, Baton Rouge; two granddaughters, Mrs. H. L. Hill, Dallas, and Mrs. J. L. Shevnin, Memphis, Tenn.; and six great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, October 3, 1963
Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. George Ross officiating. Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Acting as pallbearers were Harper Terrill, Tracy Harrel, Jr., E. H. Farr, W. J. Austin, Jim Russell, and Max Crowe, Sr.
Born on a plantation near Montgomery, March 14, 1871, Mrs. Teddlie was the daughter of S. C. Curry and Jane Hicks Curry, pioneers of that area. She attended the Atlanta Academy and Mt. Lebanon College, and later taught as a governess and gave private music lessons. She was married to John W. Teddlie in 1894 and they moved to Winnfield in 1903.
Soon after her arrival here she joined the Methodist Church where she taught the Wesley Bible class for many years. She also served as organist for a time and served in many capacities in the church during her lifetime.
A writer for an early Winnfield newspaper once said, "When I think of versatility I think of Mrs. J. W. Teddlie, for among her outstanding characteristics is patience, kindness, gentleness, and love of beauty, even of common things. A beautiful Southern hostess, who is a musician, an artist, a most interesting conversationalist, and an ideal mother, and inspirational Christian, but above them all is the ability to be a friend, a friend in need. She has reached the highest degree of perfection in society and lives and helps others to live by the Golden Rule."
In celebrating her 80th birthday, Mrs. Teddlie remarked, "It used to be said that old age is honorable, but to me it is a tragedy, for you never learn the secret of life until you open the gates of death."
Surviving are one son, John W. Teddlie, Winnfield; two daughters, Miss Lowice Teddlie and Mrs. Bess T. Davis, Baton Rouge; two granddaughters, Mrs. H. L. Hill, Dallas, and Mrs. J. L. Shevnin, Memphis, Tenn.; and six great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, October 3, 1963
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