Mrs. Louise LeVert  McFaddin “Tootie” Gould died peacefully at Cedar Hill Assisted Living Facility in Selma, Alabama, on September 18, 2015, at the age of 96.

Mrs.Gould is survived by her daughter Grace Gould Hobbs (Ralph) of Selma; and son Robert Heyward Gould (Laurie) of Montgomery; grandchildren Hugh Nicolson Hobbs (Bonnie) of Marion Junction, Robert Heyward Gould Jr. (Katherine) of Tuscaloosa, Camilla Webber Gould Moss (Walker) of Birmingham and Alexander Nelson Gould (Kelly) of Birmingham; great-grandchildren, Lillie Howland Gould, Millinee Alexander Gould, William Webber Moss, Virginia Walker Moss and Hugh Sellers Hobbs; favorite cousins Page Sharp Jackson of Saint Louis, Missouri; Beverley Sharp Amberg of Montgomery; and Carroll Carter Long of Washington, D.C.; devoted friends; goddaughter, Margaret Elizabeth “Pokie” Trippe of Birmingham; neighbor, Frances Bugg Revel of Montgomery; and helpmeet, Earline Roller of Selma. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her granddaughter, Aimée Louise Hobbs Gaddy.

Mrs. Gould was born in 1918 in Selma, Alabama, to Grace Louise Nelson McFaddin and  Robert Heyward McFaddin. She attended Mrs.Strider’s School, Dallas Academy, Selma Junior High School on Washington Street and Selma High School on Tremont Street.  She graduated from the University of Alabama in 1941 with a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in history and French. In 1942 she married Captain Robert Austin Gould Jr. who was stationed at Craig Air Force Base in Selma as an Air Force instructor pilot.  After living for several years in Washington, D.C., she moved back to Selma to take care of her mother and raise her two children. She taught first grade at Saint Paul’s Episcopal School for 10 years and third grade in the Selma Public School System, primarily at Meadowview Elementary, for 11 years. She was an empathetic and caring teacher who loved her students and their families with whom she maintained contact through the years and generations.

Mrs. Gould was an active and dedicated member of the Kappa Delta sorority, the Trellis Garden Club and The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America. She was a life-long member of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church where she was baptized, confirmed, married, and served for many years as wedding coordinator, and from where she will be buried.

A funeral service is scheduled for Monday, September 21, at 3 p.m. at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Selma. The Rev. Jack Alvey will officiate. The family will receive friends in Saint Paul’s lower parish hall beginning at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or a charity of choice. The family expresses gratitude to the caregivers at Vaughan Place Senior Living and Homestead Hospice for their compassionate care. The family also wishes to thank Mrs. Gould’s many friends, young and old, whose frequent visits gave her so much pleasure.