Lou Nelle Sutton
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Lou Nelle Sutton (1905-1994) was a business woman and former state representative from San Antonio, Texas.
Born Lou Nelle Callahan, she married Garlington G J Sutton in 1958. Together they would raise his daughter Jefridine.
With the encouragement of her husband's best friends Claude Black, Ms. Sutton ran and succeeded her late husband in the Texas House of Representatives She represented her district from 1976-1987.
Ms. Sutton owned and operated Sutton and Sutton Mortuary and Gates of Heaven Memorial Gardens in San Antonio until her death in July 1994. She was interred next to her husband in that cemetery.