Harrison County MsArchives Obituaries.....Folkes, Teresa Lopez July 26, 1951
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Biloxi Daily Herald on 27 July 1951
"Mrs. H. M. Folkes Dies After A Long Illness"

"Mrs. Theresa Lopez Folkes, 78, lifelong Biloxian, and daughter of daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lazaro Lopez, pioneer residents of Biloxi, died at her home, 1306 West
Beach, at 2:35 p.m. Thursday after a year's illness . Mrs. Folkes' father was a
pioneer packer of Biloxi. Mrs. Folkes was educated at St. Simon's Select School for
Young Ladies in New Orleans and at St. Josephan illne's Acadam, Emmettsburg, Md.,
and had devoted her life to her home and church. She married Dr. Hyman M. Folkes in
1900. His death occurred in May 1926. She was a member of Church of Nativity.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Folkes Kelly, Waukegan, Ill., and Mrs.
Josephine Folkes, Biloxi.; two sisters, Mrs. Noreta L. Yerger, Biloxi, and Mrs.
Rowena L. Caldwell, Chicago and a brother, Julius M. Lopez, Sr., Biloxi; and four
grandchildren. Funeral will take place Saturday morning at 8:45 a.m. from Bradford
Funeral Home with requiem mass at 9 a.m. at Church of Nativity and burial in Biloxi
Cemetery."

Additional Comments:
Teresa was born September 12, 1873.  She was the daughter of Lazaro Lopez
(1850-1903) and Julia Dulion (1857-1918).

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