Obituaries of NOVEMBER 1987, Daily Comet Newspaper, Lafourche Parish, La. NOTE: The obituaries below may not be a complete listing for the date Submitted by: Chris Tidwell Source: Unless otherwise noted, this file was derived from publications of the Terrebonne Genealogical Society. TGS has granted permission to re-format and publish this data on Genweb Archives. The TGS file was derived from sources as noted aboveLast modified: 13 Oct 2009 ********************************************* Copyright. All rights reserved. ********************************************* NOTE: The date of publication for each record was not available. The date of death has been used to order the file. ========================================================================== November 15, 1987 Louis Robertson 112-year old Thibodaux man dies By Sara DiamondStaff writer Louis Robertson Clean living, positive thinking and hard work were what helped Thibodaux resident Louis Robertson to live to be 112 years old, according to one of his 112 grandchildren.Robertson died Sunday after having lived through the events most of us have only read about in history books. He was born Sept. 28, 1876 on Magnolia Plantation in Terrebonne Parish during the end of the Civil War Reconstruction era.As a young boy he lived and worked on the plantation along with his parents, ten brothers and three sisters. His sister, Ms. Lavinia Blackledge is his only surviving sibling.Robertson also worked on other plantations in Lafourche Parish, plowing, setting and cutting the sugar cane. He said in a 1986 magazine article the job he enjoyed the most was being a "bolster," the person who loaded the sugar cane into wagons or cars of the plantation railroad. He retired from plantation work in the early 1940s to his own house and garden plot in the Johnson Ridge area of Schriever. He lived there until 1974 when he moved to Thibodaux to live with his daughter, Ceola FletcherRobertson returned to Johnson Ridge often to attend services at Morning Star Baptist Church where he had been a member since 1916He also served with the deacons in the church until the time of his deathRobertson's granddaughter Shuhuada Ra-oof said her grandfather was a beautiful, kind man "His motto was, If you can't be yourself and do it right don't do anything at all." she said.Twice widowed, Robertson was the father of nine children. He is survived by his sister, Lavinia Blackledge; his daughter, Ceola Kletcher and his daughter in-law, Christine Robertson. He is also survived by approximately 112 grandchildren, 97 great-grandchildren and 73 great-great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a great number of other relatives and friends. Wake services will be held Friday night at 8 p.m. at the Morning Star Baptist Church on Johnson Ridge. The funeral service will also be at the church at noon on Saturday. Interment will be in the Livas Cemetery on Johnson Ridge.The funeral arrangements are being handled by Williams and Southall Funeral Home in Thibodaux.