Anna Hope McCullough, known to her family and friends as Hope, was the second of four children and the only daughter born to Julius W. McCullough (1843-1883) and his wife Mary Ann Page Capps McCullough (1853-1933) of Huntington, Cabell Co., W.Va. Her father was from a prominent Cabell Co. family and captained steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers before health and family obligations compelled him to find work in Huntington as a grocer and later as a clerk for the C&O Railroad. Her mother was the daughter of a steamboat captain from Washington, St. Landry Parish, La.
After the early death of Hope's father, the family was left in straightened circumstances. Hope's brothers were expected to help support their widowed mother and sister. On June 30, 1896, Hope married Joseph Columbus LeSage (1871-1941), the second son of Bettie Dovel LeSage (1839-1917) and the late Joseph Achilles LeSage (1838-1892). Husband Joe was a letter carrier for the US postal Service and would later become the Postmaster of Huntington. The couple had one daughter: Mary Josephine LeSage (b. 1898), later the wife of Raymond Anthony Snow. After her husband's death in 1941, Hope moved into the household of her daughter in Raleigh, N.C. There she became a beloved member of an extended family. To her seven great-grandchildren she is remembered as Grandmama, a quiet, diminutive woman with white hair and loving, sad eyes.
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Mrs. Anna H. Lesage Dies; Burial To Be Here Sunday
Mrs. Anna Hope Lesage, 87, former Huntington resident, died Tuesday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Raymond A. Snow of Raleigh, N.C.
She was the widow of Joseph C. Lesage, former Huntington postmaster, who died about 1940.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at the Pennington-Smith Funeral Home at Raleigh by Dr. Charles Lynn Brown. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery here following graveside rites Saturday at 11 a.m. with Dr. Andrew R. Bird officiating.
Born January 26, 1875, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Julius W. and Ann Page Capps McCullough, Mrs. Lesage lived here until about 20 years ago.
Survivors in addition to the daughter include two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a brother, Stanard B. McCullough of Huntington.
The body will be brought to the Steele Funeral Home.
[Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.), February 8, 1962, p.14.]
After the early death of Hope's father, the family was left in straightened circumstances. Hope's brothers were expected to help support their widowed mother and sister. On June 30, 1896, Hope married Joseph Columbus LeSage (1871-1941), the second son of Bettie Dovel LeSage (1839-1917) and the late Joseph Achilles LeSage (1838-1892). Husband Joe was a letter carrier for the US postal Service and would later become the Postmaster of Huntington. The couple had one daughter: Mary Josephine LeSage (b. 1898), later the wife of Raymond Anthony Snow. After her husband's death in 1941, Hope moved into the household of her daughter in Raleigh, N.C. There she became a beloved member of an extended family. To her seven great-grandchildren she is remembered as Grandmama, a quiet, diminutive woman with white hair and loving, sad eyes.
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Mrs. Anna H. Lesage Dies; Burial To Be Here Sunday
Mrs. Anna Hope Lesage, 87, former Huntington resident, died Tuesday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Raymond A. Snow of Raleigh, N.C.
She was the widow of Joseph C. Lesage, former Huntington postmaster, who died about 1940.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at the Pennington-Smith Funeral Home at Raleigh by Dr. Charles Lynn Brown. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery here following graveside rites Saturday at 11 a.m. with Dr. Andrew R. Bird officiating.
Born January 26, 1875, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Julius W. and Ann Page Capps McCullough, Mrs. Lesage lived here until about 20 years ago.
Survivors in addition to the daughter include two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a brother, Stanard B. McCullough of Huntington.
The body will be brought to the Steele Funeral Home.
[Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.), February 8, 1962, p.14.]
Anna Hope McCullough, known to her family and friends as Hope, was the second of four children and the only daughter born to Julius W. McCullough (1843-1883) and his wife Mary Ann Page Capps McCullough (1853-1933) of Huntington, Cabell Co., W.Va. Her father was from a prominent Cabell Co. family and captained steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers before health and family obligations compelled him to find work in Huntington as a grocer and later as a clerk for the C&O Railroad. Her mother was the daughter of a steamboat captain from Washington, St. Landry Parish, La.
After the early death of Hope's father, the family was left in straightened circumstances. Hope's brothers were expected to help support their widowed mother and sister. On June 30, 1896, Hope married Joseph Columbus LeSage (1871-1941), the second son of Bettie Dovel LeSage (1839-1917) and the late Joseph Achilles LeSage (1838-1892). Husband Joe was a letter carrier for the US postal Service and would later become the Postmaster of Huntington. The couple had one daughter: Mary Josephine LeSage (b. 1898), later the wife of Raymond Anthony Snow. After her husband's death in 1941, Hope moved into the household of her daughter in Raleigh, N.C. There she became a beloved member of an extended family. To her seven great-grandchildren she is remembered as Grandmama, a quiet, diminutive woman with white hair and loving, sad eyes.
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Mrs. Anna H. Lesage Dies; Burial To Be Here Sunday
Mrs. Anna Hope Lesage, 87, former Huntington resident, died Tuesday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Raymond A. Snow of Raleigh, N.C.
She was the widow of Joseph C. Lesage, former Huntington postmaster, who died about 1940.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at the Pennington-Smith Funeral Home at Raleigh by Dr. Charles Lynn Brown. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery here following graveside rites Saturday at 11 a.m. with Dr. Andrew R. Bird officiating.
Born January 26, 1875, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Julius W. and Ann Page Capps McCullough, Mrs. Lesage lived here until about 20 years ago.
Survivors in addition to the daughter include two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a brother, Stanard B. McCullough of Huntington.
The body will be brought to the Steele Funeral Home.
[Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.), February 8, 1962, p.14.]
After the early death of Hope's father, the family was left in straightened circumstances. Hope's brothers were expected to help support their widowed mother and sister. On June 30, 1896, Hope married Joseph Columbus LeSage (1871-1941), the second son of Bettie Dovel LeSage (1839-1917) and the late Joseph Achilles LeSage (1838-1892). Husband Joe was a letter carrier for the US postal Service and would later become the Postmaster of Huntington. The couple had one daughter: Mary Josephine LeSage (b. 1898), later the wife of Raymond Anthony Snow. After her husband's death in 1941, Hope moved into the household of her daughter in Raleigh, N.C. There she became a beloved member of an extended family. To her seven great-grandchildren she is remembered as Grandmama, a quiet, diminutive woman with white hair and loving, sad eyes.
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Mrs. Anna H. Lesage Dies; Burial To Be Here Sunday
Mrs. Anna Hope Lesage, 87, former Huntington resident, died Tuesday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Raymond A. Snow of Raleigh, N.C.
She was the widow of Joseph C. Lesage, former Huntington postmaster, who died about 1940.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at the Pennington-Smith Funeral Home at Raleigh by Dr. Charles Lynn Brown. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery here following graveside rites Saturday at 11 a.m. with Dr. Andrew R. Bird officiating.
Born January 26, 1875, in Huntington, a daughter of the late Julius W. and Ann Page Capps McCullough, Mrs. Lesage lived here until about 20 years ago.
Survivors in addition to the daughter include two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a brother, Stanard B. McCullough of Huntington.
The body will be brought to the Steele Funeral Home.
[Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.Va.), February 8, 1962, p.14.]
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