Obituaries: Rebecca Angie Fletcher Stevens, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 30, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Beloved Couley Resident Claimed By Death Aug. 27

Mrs. Rebecca Angie Fletcher Stevens of Couley, who would have been 87 years
old Oct. 27, died at a Winnfield hospital at 12:20 noon, August 27, after
an illness of several weeks.

Funeral services were held at the Couley Methodist Church, at 5 p.m., Tuesday,
August 28, with the Rev. Mrs. Lula Wardlow and Rev. A. N. Baum officiating. 
Assisting with the services were Rev. Henry Isgitt and Rev. C. C. Lee.  Burial
was in the Couley Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were J. E. Rikard, Gary Fletcher, Jesse Logan, Willard
Smith, Perry Killingsworth, and Andrew Jones.

Mrs. Stevens, born October 27, 1864, was the daughter of the late Rebecca
O'Quin and James Fletcher of Grant Parish.  She was married to Alfred Stevens
in 1883 in Grant Parish and they established their home in the Couley
Community of Winn Parish in about 1900.  Mr. Stevens, a prominent farmer
and stock raiser, passed away in 1944 at the age of 86.

Mrs. Stevens, who affiliated with the Iatt Baptist Church at the age of 13,
was widely known for her charming personality and kindly ways.  She had
legions of friends in Winn and Grant Parishes.  She was the last of 14
children in her family.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ettie Nugent, Alexandria, Mrs. W. F.
Owens, Baton Rouge, and Miss Millie Stevens of Couley; three sons, J. Cheston
Stevens of the Couley Community, Crawford H. Stevens of Atlanta, Ga., and
Crawford H. Stevens of Colfax; one grandchild, Louis Earle Stevens of Colfax.