Cecilia Ellerbe
b. 6 January 1910, d. 6 September 1987
- Father: Clarence Ellerbe b. 29 April 1874, d. 6 August 1937
- Mother: Cecilia Leonard b. 2 December 1880, d. 25 December 1967
- Cecilia Ellerbe was born on 6 January 1910 in Louisiana.
- Albert Leonard appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 902 Commerce. Other members of the household included Cecilia Ellerbe, Clarence Ellerbe, Cecilia Leonard, Lucy Leonard Ellerbe and Charlotte Walker Cobbs.
- Clarence Ellerbe and Cecilia Leonard appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at 520 Marshall. Other members of the household included Cecilia Ellerbe, Lucy Leonard Ellerbe and Mollie Ellerbe.
- She married Samuel Webb Smith.
- The following appeared on 8 August 1937 in the Monroe Morning World: (Shreveport, Aug. 7) Clarence Ellerbe, 65, for 40 years a resident of Shreveport and one of the leading planters of the Red river valley for years, died last night at his home here, following a heart attack.
He had been in ill health several years which forced his retirement from business. He is survived by his widow and three daughters, Mrs. Sam Webb Smith, Mrs. Charles Egan and Miss Mollie Ellerbe, all of Shreveport, and a sister, Mrs. W. B. Hall of Selma, Ala., was born at Montgomery, Ala., and was a grandson of Bishop Nicholas Cobb, first Episcopal bishop of Alabama.
He came to Shreveport in 1897 as assistant to the president of the L. R. and N. railroad, now the Louisiana and Arkansas, but later engaged in planting. - Cecilia Ellerbe became a widow at the 27 December 1968 death of her husband Samuel Webb Smith.
- Cecilia Ellerbe died on 6 September 1987 at age 77.
- She was interred at Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 12 Sep 2015