Individual Details
Mary Alice "Molly" Morgan
(15 May 1865 - 19 Nov 1955)
Obituary: Alvin Sun
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Froberg Funeral Chapel for one of Alvin's pioneer citizens -- and one of the best known people in this area. She was Mrs. Mary Alice Savell, affectionately known as "Aunt Molly" and "Grandma Savell".
Mrs. Savell, 90, was buried in the Confederate Cemetery after services conducted by the Rev. Dr. Monroe Vivian of Houston, a former pastor at the First Methodist Church here. He was assisted by the Rev. L. A. Reavis, pastor of the church currently.
Mrs. Savell was Alvin's oldest "charter resident". She came here with her family when she was only seven years old, riding horseback from her native Crowley, La., and had lived in the town named for her father for 79 years.
She took a vast interest in the growing town as well she might. She lived with her family in the first house built in what is now a thriving city, but was then only bald prairie without benefit of its beautiful trees which were planted later.
Her father was Alvin Morgan and it is from him that the town gets it's name. A picture of Mr. Morgan, complete with the big white goose and the shaggy brown dog which followed him constantly, now hangs in the City Hall, given by Mrs. Nettie Savell and Jack Harrison.
Mrs. Savell was present for the presentation of the picture though she has not been getting around so well for several years past. In fact, recently she has seldom left her bed or wheelchair and passersby on Sealy Street where her home was located had missed her from a customary spot on the screened porch or front window.
She was the widow of the late Theodore Savell, cattleman. Since his death she has lived in the home they shared after his retirement.
She is survived by two sons, A. A. Savell is deputy sheriff of Brazoria County and Johnnie E. Savell is a local cattleman. Both live in Alvin and are well known.
She is also survived by six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were John Wehrly, Emmett Felts, Dick Dawson, Gerald Abbott, Herman Booth, Leslie Booth, Frank Turner, and Allen Crainer.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Froberg Funeral Chapel for one of Alvin's pioneer citizens -- and one of the best known people in this area. She was Mrs. Mary Alice Savell, affectionately known as "Aunt Molly" and "Grandma Savell".
Mrs. Savell, 90, was buried in the Confederate Cemetery after services conducted by the Rev. Dr. Monroe Vivian of Houston, a former pastor at the First Methodist Church here. He was assisted by the Rev. L. A. Reavis, pastor of the church currently.
Mrs. Savell was Alvin's oldest "charter resident". She came here with her family when she was only seven years old, riding horseback from her native Crowley, La., and had lived in the town named for her father for 79 years.
She took a vast interest in the growing town as well she might. She lived with her family in the first house built in what is now a thriving city, but was then only bald prairie without benefit of its beautiful trees which were planted later.
Her father was Alvin Morgan and it is from him that the town gets it's name. A picture of Mr. Morgan, complete with the big white goose and the shaggy brown dog which followed him constantly, now hangs in the City Hall, given by Mrs. Nettie Savell and Jack Harrison.
Mrs. Savell was present for the presentation of the picture though she has not been getting around so well for several years past. In fact, recently she has seldom left her bed or wheelchair and passersby on Sealy Street where her home was located had missed her from a customary spot on the screened porch or front window.
She was the widow of the late Theodore Savell, cattleman. Since his death she has lived in the home they shared after his retirement.
She is survived by two sons, A. A. Savell is deputy sheriff of Brazoria County and Johnnie E. Savell is a local cattleman. Both live in Alvin and are well known.
She is also survived by six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were John Wehrly, Emmett Felts, Dick Dawson, Gerald Abbott, Herman Booth, Leslie Booth, Frank Turner, and Allen Crainer.
Events
| Birth | 15 May 1865 | LA |  | ||
| Marriage | 1883 | Theodore Madison Savell | |||
| Marriage | Bef 3 Sep 1886 | Theodore Madison Savell | |||
| Death | 19 Nov 1955 | Alvin, Brazoria County, TX | | ||
| Burial | Confederate Cemetery, Alvin, TX |
Families
| Spouse | Theodore Madison Savell (1860 - 1939) |
| Child | Theodore Wharton Savell (1886 - 1904) |
| Child | Armour Alvin Savell (1890 - 1964) |
| Child | John Elmer "Johnny" Savell (1892 - 1963) |
| Father | Alvin Morgan (1842 - 1909) |
| Mother | Alice ? (1840 - 1876) |
Endnotes
1. 1880 census of Brazoria County, TX.
2. J. W. Moore, The History of Liverpool, Texas and Its People, 341.
3. J. W. Moore, The History of Liverpool, Texas and Its People, 341.