Obit: Mildred Batte Lewis,  1999, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291 




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           The Ruston Daily Leader, Tuesday, September 28, 1999

                      Mildred Batte Lewis

Services for Mildred Batte Lewis, 87, of Ruston, will be held
Thursday, September 30,1999, at 2:30 p.m. in the Kilpatrick Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev.  Rolly Walker and Rev.  Doug McGuire
officiating.  Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery under the
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.

Mrs. Lewis died September 27, 1999, in Lincoln General Hospital
after a brief illness.

Mrs. Lewis was born March 24, 1912, in Garland City, Ark., and was
a resident of Ruston since 1940.  She was active for many years in
the cultural life of Ruston. She was a charter member of the Ruston
Garden Study Club and a member of the Cosmos Club.  She was an
active member of Trinity United Church for many years belonged to
the Miriam and Ruth Church Circle groups.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ardis Lewis, and
son, Thomas Taylor Lewis.

Survivors include one son, William J. Lewis of Ruston; her sister,
Lois Batte of Austin, Texas; three grandchildren, Katharine Lewis
of Houston, Texas, Cristin Lewis of
Rayville, and Lauren Lewis of Ruston.

Pallbearers will be Richard N. Lewis, Neil Lewis, W. A. J. Lewis,
III, Ray Harris, Larry Ginn and Jerry Morris.

Honorary pallbearers will be  W.A.J. Lewis, Hunt Lewis and Alex
Boyd.

Any planned memorials may be made to the Methodist Children's
Home or La.  Special Olympics.

 Family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday between
the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.