# RIP Willie Mae Seaton

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mae-seaton/732311>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mae-seaton/732311 "2015-09-23T15:51:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mae-seaton/732311/1 "2015-09-23T15:51:19Z")

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[Willie Mae Seaton of Willie Mae’s Scotch House dies at 99](http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2015/09/willie_mae_seaton_dies.html)

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been to New Orleans. I’ve always wanted to go to Willie Mae’s for some of her famous fried chicken.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mae-seaton/732311/2 "2015-09-23T20:34:41Z")

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[Willie Mae Seaton, owner of Willie Mae’s Scotch House, New Orleans, LA, 2006.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPf8HuujKIs) Part of a project documenting the Tabasco Guardians of the Tradition in New Orleans. Interview & photographs by Sara Roahen, with photo help from Pableaux Johnson and the SFA archives.