Evelyn Seymour Cady Sullivan Cosgrove

Evelyn Mary Seymour Cady Sullivan Cosgrove died on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Evelyn, known by her family as “Tootsie,” was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 29, 1924, to Warren Benjamin Seymour and his wife, Bessie Bertha Boudreaux Seymour. She was a lifelong resident of the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, as were her parents and grandparents. Her great-grandfather, Judge William Henry Seymour, was the author of the original History of Algiers and a New Orleans historian.
Evelyn was the oldest of three children. Both of her siblings, Vernon Louis (Buddy) Seymour and Doris Seymour Ernst, preceded her in death. She attended Martin Behrman High School in Algiers, worked as a telephone operator and studied nursing before marrying and raising her six sons. Evelyn was married and widowed three times. All three of her husbands served their country in World War II. Her first husband, Howard Leslie Cady, died in 1946. He was the father of her oldest son, Kenneth Peter, who died in 2012. She married her second husband, Melvin Nicholas Sullivan, on Oct 20, 1951. Melvin died in 1979. He was the father of her five living sons. In late life, as a widow, she married Robert Alvin Cosgrove. Robert Cosgrove preceded her in death in June 2019.
She is survived by five sons, William Melvin Sullivan and his wife, Rebecca Bien Sullivan, and their children and families, Tara Sullivan Giles and Todd Giles, parents of Owen and Oliver Giles all of Virginia and Nicholas Leigh Sullivan and Jamie Hayes Sullivan and their children, Ashlyn, Alexander and Aaron Sullivan of South Carolina; Brian Patrick Sullivan and his wife, Donna Bromley of Arizona, and Brian’s children and families, Ashley Caroline Sullivan and fiancé, Ryan Francis White of New York, and Charles Patrick Sullivan, his wife, Kate Meehan, and their daughter, Julia who reside in Idaho. Evelyn is also survived by her sons Daniel Chanel Sullivan of New Orleans and Robert Paul Sullivan of Lafayette, Louisiana.
The last year of her life she lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where her son, Timothy Michael Sullivan, cared for her along with his family, Patty Henson Sullivan and their children, Warren Benjamin and Sarah Christian Sullivan. The family would like to thank the staff of Avenir Senior Living for their care and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, for their many visits and support.

Relatives and Friends of the Family are invited to attend the Memorial Visitation at Mothe Funeral Home, 1300 Vallette St, New Orleans, LA on Monday, June 7, 2021 from 9 AM until 10:30 AM. A Memorial Graveside Service will be held at McDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna, LA at 11 AM where Evelyn will be interred in the Sullivan family tomb with her dear husband, Melvin and previous generations of Sullivans. To view and sign the online guestbook visit www.mothefunerals.com