Obit: Jennie Lee Bethea,Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Franklin Sun----Winnsboro, Louisiana Page 5 A-------- August 16, 2000 Volume 144----No. 1 Jennie Lee Bethea Funeral services for Jennie Lee Bethea, 91, of San Francisco, California, formerly of Wisner, were held Sunday at St. Paul Baptist Church in Sicily Island with the Rev. Andrew Powell officiating. Burial followed in New Salem Cemetery in Sicily Island under the direction of Richardson and Sims Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Mrs. Bethea died Wednesday, July 26, 2000 in San Francisco following a brief illness. Survivors include three daughters, Geraldine Bethea, Deloris Bethea, Jean Bethea; three sons, James Bethea, Max Bethea, Donald Bethea; one sister, Osea Cash; 40 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great- grandchildren. Pallbearers were Jimmie Williams, Cleveland Williams, Leroy Williams, Earl Williams, Charles Williams and Donald R. Williams.