Clegg Caffery, Zeta Zeta '38

Clegg "Doc" Caffery, 90, a lifelong resident of Franklin, died Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 

at 1:07 A.M. at Franklin Foundation Hospital. Mr. Caffery is survived by his son, Clegg 

Caffery, Jr. and wife Andrea, of Franklin; daughter, Margaret Boyd Caffery of Sebastopol, 

CA; son-in-law, Michael Garff of Bethel, CT; brother, Don T. Caffery, Sr. of Franklin; sister, 

Lydia Caffery Hilliard of Houston; eight grandchildren, Joshua Caffery, Ruth Caffery, Brennan 

 Caffery, Caffery Garff, Malachi Garff, Cooper Garff, Gabriel Phillips and Noah Phillips; 

great-granddaughter, Isabelle Blake Mahfouz; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ann Boyd West Caffery; daughter Ann Caffery Garff; 

brother, John M. Caffery, Jr.; sister, Mary Caffery Jones; father, John M. Caffery; and mother, 

Mary Frere Caffery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at 

Ibert's Mortuary in Franklin. Visiting at the Caffery House, 15434 La. 182 West, Franklin, 

from 11 a.m. Saturday until a memorial service at 1 p.m. officiated by the Rev. Bobby Hodnett. 

Mr. Caffery received a bachelor of science degree in agronomy and an ROTC commission
from LSU in 1938. With one year of active duty in the Army at Fort Sam Houston, he returned 

to LSU for graduate work. On Aug. 10, 1940, he again entered the Army and reported to Fort 

Benning, Ga. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Armored Regiment. On Sept. 23, 1943, 

he was assigned to the 712th Tank Battalion and  became the S-3 officer. Later in France, he 

became the battalion executive officer and was attached to the 90th Infantry Division in the 

hedgerows of Normandy. The following days, weeks and months made history, as the division 

became one of Gen. Patton's famed Third Army divisions. 

After the war, he returned to Louisiana and resumed his life on the sugarcane farm and factory 

that he left years before   He served for many years on the St. Mary Soil and Water Conservation 

District Board of Supervisors. He was a former president of the St. Mary Parish Landmark Society 

when the Grevemberg House was rebuilt. He was instrumental in the construction of the Belleview 

Golf and Country Club and was its first president. He served on the Commercial Bank Board of 

Directors and served as chairman of Franklin Foundation Hospital. He also owned and operated 

the shrimp boat "Buttercup." Memorial contributions may be made to the Alex P. Allain Branch, 

St. Mary Parish Memorial Library, 206 Iberia St., Franklin, LA 70538."