Obituaries: Mary Collier Lewis, 1934, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 27, 1934 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Services for Mrs. M. C. Lewis Held at Atlanta

Former Winn Parish Citizen Dies at Home of Granddaughter in Alexandria

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C. Lewis, who died at the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. Vivian Bonnette Rust, in Alexandria, Sunday night, were
concluded at Atlanta Methodist Church and interment made in the Atlanta
Cemetery Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.

Mrs. Lewis, 81 years old, had made her home in Atlanta until a little more
than two years ago when she removed to Alexandria to live with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Rust, who with her daughter, Miss Helen Rust, are the
only surviving near relatives.

Mrs. Lewis was born on October 5, 1852, at Newman, Georgia, and came to
Louisiana in a covered wagon in 1859, settling in Winn Parish.  Her
father, who was Rev. Thomas Stokely Collier, was a native of Tennessee
and was instrumental in the founding of Atlanta College, one of the early
educational institutions of this section, and was also an aid in getting the
public schools of Atlanta recognized by the State Department of Education. He
was a physician as well as an educator.  

Mrs. Lewis followed in the footsteps of her father by helping in educational
work in Winn Parish, spending the early part of her life teaching.  She has
helped to educate twenty people.  Her mother was Miss Lucinda Smith and the
family is related to the Hardman family of Georgia.

She was one of the early graduates of the Louisiana State Normal College.  She
was married twice, once to George A. Thrasher.  To this union was born one
daughter, Irene, who was the wife of the late Dr. J. V. Bonnette of
Alexandria.  She was later married to George C. Lewis.

She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church.