Obituaries: Ellen A. Wells Dick, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winnfield News-American 
Date: October 7, 1938
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Sister of Local Woman Dies At Port Arthur, Tex.

Mrs. Ellen A. Dick, age 74, of Port Arthur, Texas and a sister of Mrs. R. L.
Lewis, local citizen, died Friday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Lewis returned
Monday from Port Arthur, where she attended the funeral services, held Sunday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev. R. E. Day, pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Port Arthur.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church. She came to Port Arthur from
Leesville, La., where she had lived for many years. Mrs. Dick, formerly Miss
Ellen Wells, was married to E. L. Dick in Lake Charles, La., in 1888. Mr. and
Mrs. Dick would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on December
12, is she had lived.

Mrs. Dick was the eldest daughter of the late Judge George H. Wells of Lake
Charles and the great great granddaughter of the late Seth Lewis of Opelousas,
La., first district judge in Louisiana.

Besides the husband surviving are three sons, E. J. Dick, of Baton Rouge, J.
L. Dick of Los Angeles, and H. A. Dick of Port Arthur; four daughters, Mrs.
Elma Johnstone and Mrs. George R. Davis, both of Port Arthur, Mrs. Clyde E.
Miller of Houston, and Mrs. Roy Sutter of Leesville, La.; her stepmother, Mrs.
Jessie B. Wells, Doucette, Texas, and three sisters, Mrs. R. L. Lewis of
Winnfield, Mrs. Charles I. Almquist of LaPorte, Texas, and Mrs. Archie Fox of
Port Eads, La.; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.