Submitted by Linda Piper

The Longview Texas Daily News 
January 16, 1940
Page 7

Mrs. S.B. Catterton, 94, Whose Husband Was Lee Courier, Dies

	Mrs. Sarah Beth Catterton, one of Longview's most beloved
pioneer women, died of a heart attack, Monday afternoon at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. R. H. Bortle, at 311 North First street. She was 94.
	Mrs. Catterton had been a resident of Longview for 60 years. She
moved here from Albemarle county, Virginia, her birthplace. She was the
widow of the late B. N. Catterton, retired railroad man, who died 17
years ago. During the Civil War, Mr. Catterton was a courier for Gen.
Robert E. Lee. 
	Known to scores of Longview citizens for her gentility and
gracious manner, Mrs. Catterton was a true Southern aristocrat. She was
a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She belonged to the
Eastern Star and was honored by that organization in Longview every year
with a special birthday service. Mrs. Catterton was a devout church
woman and attended the First Methodist church regularly.
	Funeral services are to be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday from the home
of Mrs. Bortle. Rev. Fred Few of the First Methodist church will
officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery under direction of
Welch's Funeral home.
	Pallbearers will be: George A. Miller, Bill Padon, Richard
Bortle, W. H. Whittington, Dush Shaw, and Will Rothwell.
	Besides her daughter, Mrs. Catterton is survived by a son, R. L.
Catterton of Paris; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.