Obituary: John Colvin Drewett, Lincoln Parish, LA
Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526


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Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, Feb. 4, 1976


Colvin Drewett, Winn Native, Dies In Ruston

   Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. in Kilpatrick's Chapel
for John Colvin Drewett, 69, long-time Ruston resident and retired
businessman.

   Officiating at the service was Dr. Dan Day, pastor of First Baptist
Church, where Mr. Drewett was a member.
   
   Mr. Drewett died Thursday, January 29, 1976 at 7:15 p.m. in Lincoln
General Hospital in Ruston after a brief illness.  He resided at 1304
Mesa at the time of his death.

   A native of Winnfield, Mr. Drewett was employed as a highway surveyor
there.  He and Mrs. Drewett moved to Ruston in 1930. On moving to Ruston
he became involved in a number of business enterprises, including a
cotton exchange, service station operation, mineral, land and timber
dealings until his retirement.

   Mr. and Mrs. Drewett resided for a long period at 608 Eastland Ave.
where he developed a tulip garden that became the subject of area
newspaper and television coverage and annually drew visitors from a
three state area.

   Mr. Drewett is survived by his wife, Pauline Barham Drewett of
Ruston; two sisters, Mrs. Pauline LaCroix of Winnfield and Mrs. Helen
Mae Johnson of Ventura, Calif.; two sons, John Clem Drewett of Lake
Charles and Jerry Stephen Drewett of Ruston, five grandsons and one
granddaughter.

(NOTE: John Colvin Drewett, born Nov. 11, 1906, was the son of Mr. and
Mrs A. T. Drewett, Sr.)