Individual Details
Judge Samford Christian Fullilove
(23 Jan 1877 - 16 Aug 1933)
biography taken from "History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders"
by Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe, 1937, Shreveport, LA.
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Samford C. Fullilove
In the religious, legal and political life of the City of Shreveport, Samford C. Fullilove was a prominent figure for more than a quarter of a century, and no man of the present generation was more universally loved or more highly respected. Throughout all of his adult life he was identified with the forces making for moral uprighteousness, law and order, cultural and spiritual growth and educational advancement.
It was as judge of the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court that Judge Fullilove rendered his greatest service to society. Clean in mind and deed, kind and sympathetic by nature, and with an understanding heart, he devoted himself to the task of helping underprivileged youth. He, somehow, understood the problem of boys and girls who were victims of economic conditions which they had no part in making, and in his gentle and persuasive manner he turned many errant ones back into the paths of rectitude from which they had strayed. Many boys and girls whose pathways through life were clogged with difficulties, sought his counsel and obeyed his advice. It is related that one of the highest tributes paid him at the time of his death, was the presence of a ragged urchin at the grave, when all that was mortal of his friend and benefactor was being consigned to the earth. With distress and sorrow written into the features of his face, he approached the grave, timidly, and cast a tiny flower upon the coffin as it was being lowered into the earth, then turned away with eyes blinded by tears. A tribute of love which came from his young heart, in remembrance, no doubt, of some kindly service rendered him.
Judge Fullilove was a native of Caddo parish, born January 23, 1877. His quest for an education was begun in private schools in Keatchie and completed at Tulane University in 1902, when he was awarded the degree of LL.B. Prior to that time he had graduated from Centenary College, then located at Jackson, La., taking the A. B. degree in 1896. He then entered George Washington University from which he graduated in 1901, also taking the LL.B degree from that institution.
Returning to Shreveport after completing his work at Tulane, Judge Fullilove began the practice of law and later formed a partnership with Judge E. P. Mills, under the firm name of Fullilove & Mills, which was later dissolved when he was elected to the office of city judge, which he held for a period of four years. He then formed a partnership with the late Judge J. C. Pugh which continued until 1910, when he was elected Commissioner of Public Safety, under the city's first commission form of government, known as the Eastham administration. Following his retirement from this post he became a member of the law firm of Fullilove and Scarborough, which continued until he became Judge of the Juvenile Court, which post he held until his death.
Judge Fullilove was identified with the First Methodist Church and was long active in the affairs of the congregation. In fraternal circles he was aligned with the Elks and Kiwanians.
He was married to Miss Amanda Stringfellow, member of a prominent Caddo parish family, in 1895, and to their union three children were born, Samford C., Jr., Levert S. (deceased), and Howell.
by Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe, 1937, Shreveport, LA.
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Samford C. Fullilove
In the religious, legal and political life of the City of Shreveport, Samford C. Fullilove was a prominent figure for more than a quarter of a century, and no man of the present generation was more universally loved or more highly respected. Throughout all of his adult life he was identified with the forces making for moral uprighteousness, law and order, cultural and spiritual growth and educational advancement.
It was as judge of the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court that Judge Fullilove rendered his greatest service to society. Clean in mind and deed, kind and sympathetic by nature, and with an understanding heart, he devoted himself to the task of helping underprivileged youth. He, somehow, understood the problem of boys and girls who were victims of economic conditions which they had no part in making, and in his gentle and persuasive manner he turned many errant ones back into the paths of rectitude from which they had strayed. Many boys and girls whose pathways through life were clogged with difficulties, sought his counsel and obeyed his advice. It is related that one of the highest tributes paid him at the time of his death, was the presence of a ragged urchin at the grave, when all that was mortal of his friend and benefactor was being consigned to the earth. With distress and sorrow written into the features of his face, he approached the grave, timidly, and cast a tiny flower upon the coffin as it was being lowered into the earth, then turned away with eyes blinded by tears. A tribute of love which came from his young heart, in remembrance, no doubt, of some kindly service rendered him.
Judge Fullilove was a native of Caddo parish, born January 23, 1877. His quest for an education was begun in private schools in Keatchie and completed at Tulane University in 1902, when he was awarded the degree of LL.B. Prior to that time he had graduated from Centenary College, then located at Jackson, La., taking the A. B. degree in 1896. He then entered George Washington University from which he graduated in 1901, also taking the LL.B degree from that institution.
Returning to Shreveport after completing his work at Tulane, Judge Fullilove began the practice of law and later formed a partnership with Judge E. P. Mills, under the firm name of Fullilove & Mills, which was later dissolved when he was elected to the office of city judge, which he held for a period of four years. He then formed a partnership with the late Judge J. C. Pugh which continued until 1910, when he was elected Commissioner of Public Safety, under the city's first commission form of government, known as the Eastham administration. Following his retirement from this post he became a member of the law firm of Fullilove and Scarborough, which continued until he became Judge of the Juvenile Court, which post he held until his death.
Judge Fullilove was identified with the First Methodist Church and was long active in the affairs of the congregation. In fraternal circles he was aligned with the Elks and Kiwanians.
He was married to Miss Amanda Stringfellow, member of a prominent Caddo parish family, in 1895, and to their union three children were born, Samford C., Jr., Levert S. (deceased), and Howell.
Events
| Birth | 23 Jan 1877 | Keachie, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Jan 1905 | Louisiana - Amanda Galbraith Stringfellow | |||
| Death | 16 Aug 1933 | Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana | |  | |
| Burial | Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Amanda Galbraith Stringfellow (1883 - 1965) |
| Child | Samford Christian Fullilove Jr. (1908 - 1997) |
| Child | Levert Stringfellow Fullilove (1911 - 1931) |
| Child | Howell Harmon Fullilove (1913 - 1998) |
| Father | Thomas Pope Fullilove (1832 - 1897) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jane Samford (1838 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Susan Tabitha Fullilove (1861 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Preston Greer Fullilove (1862 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Katherine Elizabeth Fullilove (1867 - 1950) |
| Sibling | William James Fullilove (1868 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Thomas Louis Fullilove (1870 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Sarah George Fullilove (1872 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Mary Hill Fullilove (1874 - 1874) |
| Sibling | John Oppe Fullilove (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Jack Pope Fullilove (1875 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Lucy Caroline Fullilove (1878 - 1959) |
Notes
Birth
or Caddo Parish, LouisianaDeath
S C FulliloveSex Male
Age 56y
Death Date 16 Aug 1933
Death Place Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
Marital Status Married
Race White
Father's Name T B Fullilove
Mother's Name Elizabeth J Samford
Birth Date 1877
Birth Year (Estimated) 1877
Birthplace Keatchie, Louisiana
Endnotes
1. Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3Q2-52V.
2. Find a Grave Memorial 20690536.