Obituaries:  Mrs. W. J. Lewis, Sabine Parish       L-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 9, 1934
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Mrs. W. J. Lewis

  9 Feb 1934 - Mrs. W. J. Lewis was born March 17, 1856 in Butler
County, Alabama, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E.
Laurent, Zwolle, Louisiana, February 4, 1934. She was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Dees.  She united with Beara Creek Baptist
church, Wilcox county, Colo., when quite young and lived a Christian
life, was a member of the Jerusalem Baptist church when she left us.
She was a sympathetic friend to the sick and needy.  She said on her
dying bed she was ready to go because she was prepared.  She read her
Bible and said her prayers daily.  She married W. J. Lewis in 1876
and he preceded her to better home 33 years ago.  To this union was
born 13 children of whom eight survive as follows:  Mrs. J. M. Pucket,
Fisher; Mrs. J. M. Quarles, Zwolle, Mrs. B. E. Richardson, Goss, Mrs.
C. C. Alford, Liberty, Texas; Andrew Lewis, Fisher, Dolph Lewis,
Fisher, Mrs. C. E. Laurent, Zwolle,  Ms. Mae Sadler, Houston, Texas.
 All were at her bedside when she died except Mrs. Sadler.  Deceased
had 47 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.  She has three
brothers and one sister who survive as follows:  Ed and Jim Dees,
Many, Kirk Dees, Fort Jesup, and Mrs. Mattie Smith, Fort Jesup.
There is a voice we love that's still, there is a place vacant in our
home that can never be filled.