| | The couple had one child, Betty Ann Caldwell Morgan Burke (1923-2015), whose first husband, John Morgan, died in 1959. She then wed the late Milton Pope Burke. Betty's daughter and the mayor's granddaughter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149588590|title=Betty Ann Caldwell Morgan Burke (Sam Caldwell's daughter)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' on findagrave.com|date=July 20, 2015|accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref> Polly Morgan Decker Griffith (1951-1992), suffered from a mental illness for which experimental drugs were unavailable because they had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149598715|title=Polly Decker Morgan Griffith (Sam Caldwell's granddaughter)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> The Caldwells were members of the First [[Presbyterian]] Church. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge.<ref name=annacaldwell/><ref name=lahist/> | | The couple had one child, Betty Ann Caldwell Morgan Burke (1923-2015), whose first husband, John Morgan, died in 1959. She then wed the late Milton Pope Burke. Betty's daughter and the mayor's granddaughter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149588590|title=Betty Ann Caldwell Morgan Burke (Sam Caldwell's daughter)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' on findagrave.com|date=July 20, 2015|accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref> Polly Morgan Decker Griffith (1951-1992), suffered from a mental illness for which experimental drugs were unavailable because they had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149598715|title=Polly Decker Morgan Griffith (Sam Caldwell's granddaughter)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> The Caldwells were members of the First [[Presbyterian]] Church. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge.<ref name=annacaldwell/><ref name=lahist/> |
| − | Caldwell died in Shreveport of an unspecified [[lung]] ailment at the age of sixty, almost five months after he had been treated at the [[Mayo Clinic]] in Rochester, [[Minnesota]]. He is interred along with other family members at the Masonic Rest Section of Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=polgr/><ref name=caldwelladm>{{cite web|url= http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/07/26/history-former-mayors-impact-recalled/30707485/|title=Our History: Former mayor’s impact recalled|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 26, 2015|author=John Andrew Prime|accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref> | + | Caldwell died in Shreveport of an unspecified [[lung]] ailment at the age of sixty, almost five months after he had been treated at the [[Mayo Clinic]] in Rochester, [[Minnesota]]. He is interred along with other family members at the Masonic Rest Section of Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=polgr/><ref name=caldwelladm>{{cite web|url= http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/07/26/history-former-mayors-impact-recalled/30707485/|title=Our History: Past mayor’s impact recalled|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 26, 2015|author=John Andrew Prime|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref> |