Obituaries:  W. E. Lewing, Sabine Parish       L-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 4, 1943
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - W. E. Lewing

  4 Jun 1943 - Last rites for W. E. Lewing, age 76 years, were
held Sunday at 10 o'clock at the Lewing cemetery near Fisher.
Rev. L. H. Newcomb, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene of Many,
officiated. Interment was in the Lewing cemetery under the
direction of Dennis-Green funeral Home. Active pallbearers were:
Lyman Crittenden, Jack Woodson, C. A. Rials, Odis Derr, Ray
Lewing and Amos Knippers. Honorary pallbearers were friends of
the family.

  Surviving are nine sons, Claude, Floyd, Aud, Don, Lester, Hoyt,
Gran and Con, all of Many, Cleve of Coushatta; five daughters,
Mrs. Maude Bounds, Mrs. Ocie Hammonds, Mrs. Vallie Tedder, and
Mrs. Elsie Adams of Many, Mrs. Effie Connor of Indian Town Gap,
Pa.; 31 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; five sisters,
Mrs. J. S. Leggett, Mrs. Sallie Fox, Mrs. Mamie Derr, Mrs. Surie
Crittenden of Many and Mrs. Lola Bounds of California;
stepmother, Mrs. Fannie Lewing of Fisher; step-brothers, Ed
Lewing; two step-sisters, Mrs. Tressie Driggers and Mrs. Flossie
Miller of Many.

  Mr. Lewing was a life-long resident of Sabine Parish,
having lived and died within a mile of his birthplace three miles
south of Many.