Helena was the daughter of Dr. Robert Henry Sibley and Mary Wells. Helena grew up on her family's plantation, Mount Elan, which her mother inherited from her father, Samuel Levi Wells. This was located near Lamothe Bridge in Rapides Parish. After her marriage, the homeplace was known as "Sibley's Hill." The Sibleys were reknowned for their hospitality and entertaining. The marriage of the Sibleys and the Flournoys was a merging of two prominent families of Louisiana. Helena and John Silas married on December 8, 1859 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
The Shreveport Caucasian.
January 11, 1920
Page 8 & 1
Bereavement.
Departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1920, Mrs. Helena Sibley Flournoy.
Such was the New Year's sorrowful message - a bereaved family mourning the loss of a beloved mother.
A brief illness, serious from the beginning, aroused the deepest solitude of her family and called from El Paso, Texas, her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Flournoy Land who reached here before the end came, but the gentle spirit of her mother [unreadable].
Mrs. Flournoy had lived nearly all of her loving, devoted, useful life in Shreveport, coming here in her girlhood from Rapides Parish. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Sibley, though long ago gone [are most] remembered by the early citizens of Rapides for their abounding hospitality, their generosity and refinement.
Mrs. Flournoy was the wife of James S. Flournoy, son of Dr. Alford Flournoy, sturdy pioneer citizen and man of affairs in Caddo Parish.
Her supreme effort was to rear her family of little children with correct ideas of life, to have them obedient, respectful and considerate of others. She lived to see all this realized.
The crown of years lay lightly upon her, and seemed to soften with all that was good and gracious the hard lines that come, however shielded the life may be. Sorrow did not embitter, but drew her close to Him the source of all comfort.
A devoted and lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. The pastor, Dr. Jasper K. Smith, conducted the funeral services Sunday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hutchinson.
A devoted family mourn her loss. Her daughters, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Land, Miss Gilpin Flournoy, her son, Alfred Flournoy, her grandchildren, Isabel and Katherine Flournoy, Helen and John Hutchinson, her devoted sister, Mrs. T. H. Morris, nieces and nephews, who loved her well and many dear friends.
She was laid at rest in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Shreveport Caucasian.
January 11, 1920
Page 8 & 1
Bereavement.
Departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1920, Mrs. Helena Sibley Flournoy.
Such was the New Year's sorrowful message - a bereaved family mourning the loss of a beloved mother.
A brief illness, serious from the beginning, aroused the deepest solitude of her family and called from El Paso, Texas, her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Flournoy Land who reached here before the end came, but the gentle spirit of her mother [unreadable].
Mrs. Flournoy had lived nearly all of her loving, devoted, useful life in Shreveport, coming here in her girlhood from Rapides Parish. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Sibley, though long ago gone [are most] remembered by the early citizens of Rapides for their abounding hospitality, their generosity and refinement.
Mrs. Flournoy was the wife of James S. Flournoy, son of Dr. Alford Flournoy, sturdy pioneer citizen and man of affairs in Caddo Parish.
Her supreme effort was to rear her family of little children with correct ideas of life, to have them obedient, respectful and considerate of others. She lived to see all this realized.
The crown of years lay lightly upon her, and seemed to soften with all that was good and gracious the hard lines that come, however shielded the life may be. Sorrow did not embitter, but drew her close to Him the source of all comfort.
A devoted and lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. The pastor, Dr. Jasper K. Smith, conducted the funeral services Sunday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hutchinson.
A devoted family mourn her loss. Her daughters, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Land, Miss Gilpin Flournoy, her son, Alfred Flournoy, her grandchildren, Isabel and Katherine Flournoy, Helen and John Hutchinson, her devoted sister, Mrs. T. H. Morris, nieces and nephews, who loved her well and many dear friends.
She was laid at rest in Greenwood Cemetery.
Helena was the daughter of Dr. Robert Henry Sibley and Mary Wells. Helena grew up on her family's plantation, Mount Elan, which her mother inherited from her father, Samuel Levi Wells. This was located near Lamothe Bridge in Rapides Parish. After her marriage, the homeplace was known as "Sibley's Hill." The Sibleys were reknowned for their hospitality and entertaining. The marriage of the Sibleys and the Flournoys was a merging of two prominent families of Louisiana. Helena and John Silas married on December 8, 1859 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
The Shreveport Caucasian.
January 11, 1920
Page 8 & 1
Bereavement.
Departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1920, Mrs. Helena Sibley Flournoy.
Such was the New Year's sorrowful message - a bereaved family mourning the loss of a beloved mother.
A brief illness, serious from the beginning, aroused the deepest solitude of her family and called from El Paso, Texas, her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Flournoy Land who reached here before the end came, but the gentle spirit of her mother [unreadable].
Mrs. Flournoy had lived nearly all of her loving, devoted, useful life in Shreveport, coming here in her girlhood from Rapides Parish. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Sibley, though long ago gone [are most] remembered by the early citizens of Rapides for their abounding hospitality, their generosity and refinement.
Mrs. Flournoy was the wife of James S. Flournoy, son of Dr. Alford Flournoy, sturdy pioneer citizen and man of affairs in Caddo Parish.
Her supreme effort was to rear her family of little children with correct ideas of life, to have them obedient, respectful and considerate of others. She lived to see all this realized.
The crown of years lay lightly upon her, and seemed to soften with all that was good and gracious the hard lines that come, however shielded the life may be. Sorrow did not embitter, but drew her close to Him the source of all comfort.
A devoted and lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. The pastor, Dr. Jasper K. Smith, conducted the funeral services Sunday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hutchinson.
A devoted family mourn her loss. Her daughters, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Land, Miss Gilpin Flournoy, her son, Alfred Flournoy, her grandchildren, Isabel and Katherine Flournoy, Helen and John Hutchinson, her devoted sister, Mrs. T. H. Morris, nieces and nephews, who loved her well and many dear friends.
She was laid at rest in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Shreveport Caucasian.
January 11, 1920
Page 8 & 1
Bereavement.
Departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1920, Mrs. Helena Sibley Flournoy.
Such was the New Year's sorrowful message - a bereaved family mourning the loss of a beloved mother.
A brief illness, serious from the beginning, aroused the deepest solitude of her family and called from El Paso, Texas, her daughter, Mrs. Sallie Flournoy Land who reached here before the end came, but the gentle spirit of her mother [unreadable].
Mrs. Flournoy had lived nearly all of her loving, devoted, useful life in Shreveport, coming here in her girlhood from Rapides Parish. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Sibley, though long ago gone [are most] remembered by the early citizens of Rapides for their abounding hospitality, their generosity and refinement.
Mrs. Flournoy was the wife of James S. Flournoy, son of Dr. Alford Flournoy, sturdy pioneer citizen and man of affairs in Caddo Parish.
Her supreme effort was to rear her family of little children with correct ideas of life, to have them obedient, respectful and considerate of others. She lived to see all this realized.
The crown of years lay lightly upon her, and seemed to soften with all that was good and gracious the hard lines that come, however shielded the life may be. Sorrow did not embitter, but drew her close to Him the source of all comfort.
A devoted and lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. The pastor, Dr. Jasper K. Smith, conducted the funeral services Sunday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hutchinson.
A devoted family mourn her loss. Her daughters, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Land, Miss Gilpin Flournoy, her son, Alfred Flournoy, her grandchildren, Isabel and Katherine Flournoy, Helen and John Hutchinson, her devoted sister, Mrs. T. H. Morris, nieces and nephews, who loved her well and many dear friends.
She was laid at rest in Greenwood Cemetery.
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