Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Stokes, Mary A. nee Jones - October 23, 1910
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source: The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, October 29, 1910,
Image 2

Mrs. Mary A. Stokes, nee Jones, aged 71 years, died Sunday at the home of her 
son, J. J. Forgey. Interment was made Monday at Franklin, services being 
conducted by Rev. K. W. Dodson, of the M. E. Church. Besides her son Mrs. 
Stokes is survived by a brother, Capt. Will T. Jones, of Franklin, and Miss 
Mary Merritt and two grandchildren, Bessie and Elizabeth Forgey.
 
 
source: New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer. (New Iberia, La.)
1902-1944, October 29, 1910, Image 3

OBITUARY.

On Sunday afternoon, last, October 23d, death claimed for its own, Mrs. Mary A. 
Stokes, mother of our fellow-townsman, Mr. Jeff J. Forgey. Mrs. Stokes has been 
a resident here for the past four years, since the demise of Mr. F. E. Stokes 
in Opelousas, but prior to that time lived in this City with her son. Mrs. 
Stokes was 72 years of age and a staunch member of the Methodist church, taking 
an active part in all of its charitable and missionary work. Her life as a 
Christian worker was felt in other communities besides New Iberia, where she 
was loved and admired by a host of friends, and her sudden death on Sunday 
afternoon came as a great schock (sic) to the community, especially her many 
friends who had greeted her in church only few hours before her death. Deceased 
was first married to Capt. Forgey, one of the pioneer steamboatmen of the Teche 
country prior to and after the war. One child was born to them, being J. J. 
Forgey. Besides her son, she leaves one sister and one brother and two grand-
children to mourn her loss. The funeral was held in Franklin, her native home, 
on Monday last in the presence of a large assembly of grief-stricken relatives 
and friends.


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