According to her Death Certificate, Felicia is the daughter of General Felix Kirk Zolliecoffer and Louise (Gordon) Zolliecoffer, and she was the widow of James Metcalf, 83 years old and a resident of Fayetteville, Tennessee when she died of a cerebral thrombosis in Nashville in 1937. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, and the undertaker was from Fayetteville.
The informant on the Death Certificate was Miss Felicia Metcalf of Birmingham, Alabama.
The tombstone is a large headstone with a footmarker only bearing the initials "F. Z. M.". Right beside her is another foot marker bearing the initials "J. M. M." (her husband, James M. Metcalf). No dates on either... (Their daughter Felicia Metcalf is buried right beside them.)
Her Obituary:
Last rites were held at 4:30 Sunday afternoon at the Fayetteville Episcopal Church for Mrs. Felicia Zollicoffer Metcalfe, who died early Saturday morning, January 23, 1937, in a Nashville hospital. Rev. McGehee of Tullahoma and Rev. Ellis Bearden of Sewanee officiated. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. A daughter of Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer , U. C. S., and Louise Gordon Zollicoffer, she was born in Columbia, Tennessee, but moved to Nashville as a young lady. Her father was a congressman at one time and editor of the Whig newspaper in Nashville. He was the first Confederate general to be killed in the Civil War. She had made her home in Fayetteville since her marriage to James Martin Metcalf in 1878. Her husband died about 12 years ago. She was a leader in church work, president for the U. D. C. for a number of years, instrumental in erecting the confederate monument on the courthouse square, an active member of the W. T. Y. U. and Episcopal church, and a charter member of the Alpha Kappa Senior club. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Isom of Sarasota, Florida, and Miss Felicia Metcalfe of Birmingham, Alabama; three grandchildren, Marion Isom, Birmingham, Felix Isom, Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Evelyn Isom, Sarasota, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. O. Z. Bond, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mrs. Mrs. R. H. Sansom, Knoxville; and several nieces and nephews.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 28, 1937
The informant on the Death Certificate was Miss Felicia Metcalf of Birmingham, Alabama.
The tombstone is a large headstone with a footmarker only bearing the initials "F. Z. M.". Right beside her is another foot marker bearing the initials "J. M. M." (her husband, James M. Metcalf). No dates on either... (Their daughter Felicia Metcalf is buried right beside them.)
Her Obituary:
Last rites were held at 4:30 Sunday afternoon at the Fayetteville Episcopal Church for Mrs. Felicia Zollicoffer Metcalfe, who died early Saturday morning, January 23, 1937, in a Nashville hospital. Rev. McGehee of Tullahoma and Rev. Ellis Bearden of Sewanee officiated. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. A daughter of Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer , U. C. S., and Louise Gordon Zollicoffer, she was born in Columbia, Tennessee, but moved to Nashville as a young lady. Her father was a congressman at one time and editor of the Whig newspaper in Nashville. He was the first Confederate general to be killed in the Civil War. She had made her home in Fayetteville since her marriage to James Martin Metcalf in 1878. Her husband died about 12 years ago. She was a leader in church work, president for the U. D. C. for a number of years, instrumental in erecting the confederate monument on the courthouse square, an active member of the W. T. Y. U. and Episcopal church, and a charter member of the Alpha Kappa Senior club. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Isom of Sarasota, Florida, and Miss Felicia Metcalfe of Birmingham, Alabama; three grandchildren, Marion Isom, Birmingham, Felix Isom, Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Evelyn Isom, Sarasota, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. O. Z. Bond, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mrs. Mrs. R. H. Sansom, Knoxville; and several nieces and nephews.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 28, 1937
According to her Death Certificate, Felicia is the daughter of General Felix Kirk Zolliecoffer and Louise (Gordon) Zolliecoffer, and she was the widow of James Metcalf, 83 years old and a resident of Fayetteville, Tennessee when she died of a cerebral thrombosis in Nashville in 1937. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery, and the undertaker was from Fayetteville.
The informant on the Death Certificate was Miss Felicia Metcalf of Birmingham, Alabama.
The tombstone is a large headstone with a footmarker only bearing the initials "F. Z. M.". Right beside her is another foot marker bearing the initials "J. M. M." (her husband, James M. Metcalf). No dates on either... (Their daughter Felicia Metcalf is buried right beside them.)
Her Obituary:
Last rites were held at 4:30 Sunday afternoon at the Fayetteville Episcopal Church for Mrs. Felicia Zollicoffer Metcalfe, who died early Saturday morning, January 23, 1937, in a Nashville hospital. Rev. McGehee of Tullahoma and Rev. Ellis Bearden of Sewanee officiated. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. A daughter of Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer , U. C. S., and Louise Gordon Zollicoffer, she was born in Columbia, Tennessee, but moved to Nashville as a young lady. Her father was a congressman at one time and editor of the Whig newspaper in Nashville. He was the first Confederate general to be killed in the Civil War. She had made her home in Fayetteville since her marriage to James Martin Metcalf in 1878. Her husband died about 12 years ago. She was a leader in church work, president for the U. D. C. for a number of years, instrumental in erecting the confederate monument on the courthouse square, an active member of the W. T. Y. U. and Episcopal church, and a charter member of the Alpha Kappa Senior club. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Isom of Sarasota, Florida, and Miss Felicia Metcalfe of Birmingham, Alabama; three grandchildren, Marion Isom, Birmingham, Felix Isom, Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Evelyn Isom, Sarasota, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. O. Z. Bond, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mrs. Mrs. R. H. Sansom, Knoxville; and several nieces and nephews.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 28, 1937
The informant on the Death Certificate was Miss Felicia Metcalf of Birmingham, Alabama.
The tombstone is a large headstone with a footmarker only bearing the initials "F. Z. M.". Right beside her is another foot marker bearing the initials "J. M. M." (her husband, James M. Metcalf). No dates on either... (Their daughter Felicia Metcalf is buried right beside them.)
Her Obituary:
Last rites were held at 4:30 Sunday afternoon at the Fayetteville Episcopal Church for Mrs. Felicia Zollicoffer Metcalfe, who died early Saturday morning, January 23, 1937, in a Nashville hospital. Rev. McGehee of Tullahoma and Rev. Ellis Bearden of Sewanee officiated. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. A daughter of Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer , U. C. S., and Louise Gordon Zollicoffer, she was born in Columbia, Tennessee, but moved to Nashville as a young lady. Her father was a congressman at one time and editor of the Whig newspaper in Nashville. He was the first Confederate general to be killed in the Civil War. She had made her home in Fayetteville since her marriage to James Martin Metcalf in 1878. Her husband died about 12 years ago. She was a leader in church work, president for the U. D. C. for a number of years, instrumental in erecting the confederate monument on the courthouse square, an active member of the W. T. Y. U. and Episcopal church, and a charter member of the Alpha Kappa Senior club. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Louise Isom of Sarasota, Florida, and Miss Felicia Metcalfe of Birmingham, Alabama; three grandchildren, Marion Isom, Birmingham, Felix Isom, Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Evelyn Isom, Sarasota, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. O. Z. Bond, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Mrs. Mrs. R. H. Sansom, Knoxville; and several nieces and nephews.
Source:
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Thursday, January 28, 1937
Family Members
Siblings
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Virginia Pocahontas "Sis Jennie" Zollicoffer Wilson
1837–1912
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Ann Maria "Ridie" Zollicoffer
1844–1902
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Octavia Louise Zollicoffer Bond
1846–1941
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Infant Daughter Zollicoffer
1848–1848
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Mary Dorothy Zollicoffer Gaither
1849–1871
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Infant Daughter Zollicoffer
1852–1852
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Loulie Gordon Zollicoffer Sansom
1856–1949
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