The name on the grave is marked: Inf McNeese, (infant). His mother named him Marcus and was never allowed to even see him even though she had asked. She also told me that the health department regularly sent her notices to have his cleft palette fixed months after he died. Apparently, Marcus had multiple birth defects and died five days after birth. His mother, at that time, was named Mary Alice Morgan McNeese. She was from Rayville, Louisiana. In 1964, she legally changed her name to Teeta Morgan Smith. His father was named James N. McNeese and he was from Oklahoma.
The name on the grave is marked: Inf McNeese, (infant). His mother named him Marcus and was never allowed to even see him even though she had asked. She also told me that the health department regularly sent her notices to have his cleft palette fixed months after he died. Apparently, Marcus had multiple birth defects and died five days after birth. His mother, at that time, was named Mary Alice Morgan McNeese. She was from Rayville, Louisiana. In 1964, she legally changed her name to Teeta Morgan Smith. His father was named James N. McNeese and he was from Oklahoma.
