Louisiana Descendants of Jean Francisco ACOSTA Sr. of Galicia, Spain

Notes


130. Albert FALCON

Albert was named "Chun" due to his sister Kate mispronouncing his name.  When he was older and when Kate was born, Simon would call Albert his "son".  But Kate couldn't say "son" so she said "chun".

Chun was a hard working man. He loved to garden. He had 9 acres next to Simon Falcon. He would make a garden 50 feet wide with no tractor, just a shovel and hoe.  He would drive sticks in the ground with strings to line up his plants in his garden.  He kept a neat garden with no weeds.  He would sleep late and get up and use a jug of water in the summer around 10 am, water the garden and would go home around 5pm.  He would plant tomatoes and corn.  He hated birds and wouldn't let any birds near his garden.  He would shoot the birds, no matter what type.  He would collect the birds and when there was enough, Onita would make a 'bird jambalaya'. Occasionally, he would work so hard he would pass out.  When he awoke, he would continue on working.  He loved to raise garlic.  He would bring garlic to his co-workers and they nick named him "Al the Garlic Man" or "Aly-Garly" (Oly-Golly).

He had one severe heart attack and was sent to Baton Rouge. One day, after a long hard day of work.  He sat down at the kitchen table.  He laid back with his legs stretched out and died immediately.

During the war, he was a welder on Higgins boats. He worked for Ethel. He is buried in the Donaldsonville cemetery in a mosoleum.


131. Clifton FALCON

Left home and joined the Navy.  Retired and worked as a civilian for the Navy in Washington DC.  He died of a heart attack.  He's buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Military: Entered the navy in 1919 as a sixteen year old and worked his way up to chief petty officer by 1941. He was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.


132. Aimee FALCON

She was a florist in Donaldsonville and started Ourso Funeral Home.  She died of old age.


133. Kate FALCON

She loved her family, no matter what. Died of old age.


Lilia

She died of alcoholism


189. Paul FALCON

Got hit from a baseball hit.  Died of a hemorage in his sleep.


135. Glynn Peter FALCON

Served in the Navy. He wanted Warren to join the Navy even though he was too skinny.  He was a chief gunners mate in the Pacific and ship he served on almost sank.  He stayed in the Navy and retired from the Navy in Hayward, CA.  After retirement, he had a lawn service.

He was a joker and played card tricks on the kids.  

He moved to Donaldsonville and left his family in California.  He knew he had a bad heart and after 6 months he died of a heart attack. He wanted to be cremated but his son Glynn took some ashes and placed them at the feet of his father Simon.


136. Warren FALCON

Graduated in 1935 from Donaldsonville HS. Drove a sugar cane truck and then a herse for a funeral home.  Wanted to join the Navy before WWII however he was too skinny. His brother Glynn took him to Bourbon Street in New Orleans to eat bananas until he weighed enough.  He ate until he couldn't eat anymore but he didn't make the weight.  During his stay in New Orleans, he played a gambling machine and won 5 dollars.  He used his money for a trip to Atlanta to see his brother Simon and met his wife Geneva.  While in Atlanta, he was drafted as a private in Army.  He took the test for officer school (OCS) and was only 2 of a group that passed.  He flew 30 missions B-24s over Germany and 2 volunteer missions.  He volunteered to do flights measuring the weather for the D-Day invasion.  He finished as a major in the Air Force.  

After the war, he worked for the National Weather Service as a forcaster.  He quit the weather service and went to work for the FAA as a traffic controller.  He transferred to Baton Rouge and Memphis. He retired due to Alzheimers.  He loved to garden and made his own compost.  He died of Alzheimers in a VA home and is buried in Greenville, SC.

Obituary: A resident of Greenville, S.C., he died Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998, fol-lowing a period of declining health. He was 81, born in Donald-sonville, son of the late Simon and Orlean Alleman Falcon. He was a retired Federal Aviation Authority air traffic controller with Green-ville Jetport and a retired major in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Visit-ing at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown, Greenville, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Serv-ices at the funeral home chapel at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Burial with mili-tary honors in Graceland East Memorial Park Survived by wife, Geneva H. Falcon, Greenville; a daughter, Lynelle F. Chudoba, Taylors, S.C.; five sons, Leroy W. Falcon, Baton Rouge, the Rev. Larry Falcon, Philadelphia, War-ren C. Falcon Jr., New York City, Richard A. Falcon, Fountain Inn, S.C., and Leonard J. Falcon, Greenville; a brother, Stewart J. Falcon, Baton Rouge; eight grand-children and a special friend, Jimmy Campbell, Zion, Ill. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 301 University Square, Greenville, SC, 29601, or to a charity of choice.


Elaine Rose LANDRY

Extremely intelligent and validictorian at LSU.  She died of a heart attack. Her father graduated from LSU.