Obituaries:  Mrs. Exie Butler McInnis, Sabine Parish       M-252
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 3, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Exie Butler McInnis (Photo)

  Mrs. Exie Butler McInnis, 100, died Monday, July 1, 2002, in
Lake Charles.

  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, at
Pine Grove Baptist Church in the Peason Community. Burial will
follow at Middle Creek Cemetery. The Rev. Glenn Flenniken, and
the Rev. Bobby Shirley will officiate.

  Mrs. McInnis was born in the Peason Community on January 8,
1902, to the late Allen and Ella Butler. She married Lev McInnis
on January 17, 1934. She was a graduate of Peason High School,
and Louisiana Normal College. She taught for many years in Sabine
Parish schools. She was a former social reporter for the Sabine
Index, and the Natchitoches Times, a member of the Retired
Teachers Association, Sabine Parish Homemakers Extension, and was
the oldest member of Pine Grove Baptist Church.

  Survivors included her children, Marlynn and James Burt of
Shreveport, Mariella and L. C. Welch of Lake Charles, and Margie
and Roy Lee Brown of Peason; grandchildren, Beverly and Dale
Watkins, and Rhonda and Dane Caskey of Keithville, Kathy Burt,
and Kristie Brown of Shreveport, Cheryl and Jeff O'Neal of Moss
Bluff, Kim and Terry McCollough of Peason, Kayla and Lewis
Hopkins of Mt. Carmel, and Robyn Welch of Greenville, S. C.;
great grandchildren, Steve Burt, Jessica McCollough, Randi, and
Kati Morgan, and Marissa Brown of Shreveport, Jennifer and Paul
Grayson, D. J., and James Caskey of Keithville, Nancy McCollough
of Peason, Cody, Kyle, and Chase Hopkins of Mt. Carmel, David
O'Neal of Kansas City, Mo., Philip and Nicole O'Neal of Sulphur,
and Michael, and Timothy O'Neal of Moss Bluff; her nieces, Janet
Mackenzie of Rome, Ga., and Jimmie Feuge of DeRidder; nephew,
Cliff Lockwood of DeRidder; and a host of extended family and
friends.

  Mrs. McInnis was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two
brothers, Monroe, and Elijah Butler; two grandchildren, Phillip
Welch, and Karen Brown; and two great grandchildren, Angel
Caskey, and Jamie Burt.

  Honorary pallbearers will be James Burt, L. C. Welch, Roy Lee
Brown, Dale Watkins, Jeff O'Neal, Dane Caskey, Terry McCollough,
Lewis, Cody, Kyle, and Chase Hopkins, and Rickey Robertson.
Pallbearers are Steve Burt, David Phillip, Michael, and Timothy
O'Neal, D. J., and James Caskey, and Paul Grayson.

  Memorial donations may be made to Pine Grove Baptist Church of
Peason, or the charity of your choice.

  Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Charles.