after the war, in 1918 sevier married the former retta brooks (1899-1992) of shreveport in northwestern louisiana. the couple had three children: carolyn s. yerger (1921-1997), who married rufus taft yerger, sr. (1914-1973); roberta sevier gandy (1924-2006), who married robert wyly gandy, jr. (1915-1987), and henry clay sevier, jr. (born c. 1926), who became an attorney and a partner in his father's law firm for a time. he later moved to covington in st. tammany parish.