Obituaries:  Ellen Lester, Sabine Parish       L-236
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 5, 1934
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Ellen Lester

  5 Jan 1934 - Mrs. Ellen Lester, age 85, relict of the late William
W. Lester died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. J. Herrington,
Florien, Route 1, early Sunday morning.

  Funeral services and interment were Sunday afternoon, being
conducted by the Rev. W. G. Bailey, Baptist pastor at the Middle
Creek church and cemetery.

  Mrs. Lester came to Sabine parish at the age of five from Alabama
with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coburn, was a life-long
member of the Middle Creek Baptist Church, an active community worker
and number friends in her sphere by the hundreds.

  Deceased is survived by four daughters; Mrs. P. J. Herrington,
Mrs. Elizabeth Addison, Mrs. J. W. Druett, Mrs. J. C. Leach, all
of Florien, Route 1 and two sons, W. M. Lester of Nederland, Texas,
and Dr. W. D. Lester of Many.  She is also survived by a large
number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.