Obituaries:  Thelma Elizabeth McCollister Dewil, Sabine Parish       D-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 5, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Thelma Elizabeth McCollister Dewil (Photo)

  Thelma Elizabeth McCollister Dewil, 80, died May 30, 2002, at
her residence in Florien.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., June 1, at Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church in Toro, with interment following at Pleasant Hill
Cemetery. The Rev. Jimmie Evans, and the Rev. Wilton Anthony
officiated.

  Survivors include her husband, Willie Dewil of Florien; son
Raymond Dewil and wife Linda; and daughter, Loretta Law, all of
Stonewall; daughter, Jaquetta Dailey and husband Tommy, Joe Dewil
and wife Jeannet, and Cricket Withers and husband David, all of
Florien; three sisters, Dorothy Satkamp of Panama City, Fla.,
Gwen Wilkerson of Shreveport, and Cumiea Rains of Florien;
life-long friend, Sylvia Brown of Florien; sister-in-law, Betty
McCollister of Mooringsport; 14 grandchildren; 26 great
grandchildren; and a multitude of nieces, nephews, and friends.

  She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, J. A.,
and Frankie McCollister.

  Pallbearers were grandsons, John Dailey, Joe Dewil Jr., Chuck
Withers, and Charlie Law; and grandsons-in-law, Carney
Chamberlain, Mark McMillian, Vic Ortiz, and Mike McComic.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.