Nellie was affectionately known to the family as "Aunt". She became the matriarch of the clan. Married to Charles Fettis, she lived in Covington at 1414 Jahncke Avenue in the house now occupied by her nephew. Mr. and Mrs. Fettis were well-known to Covington, Mr. Fettis having accumulated sizable wealth as a successful broker in the Cotton Market in New Orleans.
However, the unforgettable "Crash of 1919" left them in a financial debacle and they barely survived with their Jahncke Avenue home as products of the "Great Depression".
Nellie Fettis acted as a surrogate mother to Miriam and Nellie Garic and repeated this same role as grandmother to Dr. Lawrence Palmer O'Meallie and Garic Kenneth Barranger, Covington attorney, both her grandnephews.
Following an eye infection, Nellie died with a pulmonary embolism at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New Orleans in 1959. "Legends of Covington Cemetery No. 1" researched and written by Paula Petecek Johnson.
However, the unforgettable "Crash of 1919" left them in a financial debacle and they barely survived with their Jahncke Avenue home as products of the "Great Depression".
Nellie Fettis acted as a surrogate mother to Miriam and Nellie Garic and repeated this same role as grandmother to Dr. Lawrence Palmer O'Meallie and Garic Kenneth Barranger, Covington attorney, both her grandnephews.
Following an eye infection, Nellie died with a pulmonary embolism at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New Orleans in 1959. "Legends of Covington Cemetery No. 1" researched and written by Paula Petecek Johnson.
Nellie was affectionately known to the family as "Aunt". She became the matriarch of the clan. Married to Charles Fettis, she lived in Covington at 1414 Jahncke Avenue in the house now occupied by her nephew. Mr. and Mrs. Fettis were well-known to Covington, Mr. Fettis having accumulated sizable wealth as a successful broker in the Cotton Market in New Orleans.
However, the unforgettable "Crash of 1919" left them in a financial debacle and they barely survived with their Jahncke Avenue home as products of the "Great Depression".
Nellie Fettis acted as a surrogate mother to Miriam and Nellie Garic and repeated this same role as grandmother to Dr. Lawrence Palmer O'Meallie and Garic Kenneth Barranger, Covington attorney, both her grandnephews.
Following an eye infection, Nellie died with a pulmonary embolism at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New Orleans in 1959. "Legends of Covington Cemetery No. 1" researched and written by Paula Petecek Johnson.
However, the unforgettable "Crash of 1919" left them in a financial debacle and they barely survived with their Jahncke Avenue home as products of the "Great Depression".
Nellie Fettis acted as a surrogate mother to Miriam and Nellie Garic and repeated this same role as grandmother to Dr. Lawrence Palmer O'Meallie and Garic Kenneth Barranger, Covington attorney, both her grandnephews.
Following an eye infection, Nellie died with a pulmonary embolism at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in New Orleans in 1959. "Legends of Covington Cemetery No. 1" researched and written by Paula Petecek Johnson.
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