Mrs Laura Lewis
Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Lewis,
95, who died Sunday afternoon in an Athens hospital after a
lengthy illness, were held Monday afternoon at the Carroll and
Lehr Memory Chapel. The Rev. Marvin Johnson
conducted the services and burial was in the Oaklawn Memorial
Park. Mrs. Lewis, affectionately known as
"Aunt Dutch" was born Jan. 17, 1868, in Mississippi and
came to Texas when she was five years of age. She had lived in
Henderson County since then, most of the time in the Murchison
area. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Murchison
and widow of John B. Lewis, who died in 1909.
Survivors are three sons, Jack Lewis of
Murchison, Walter Lewis of Athens, and Percy Lewis
of Denton; and six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-great-grandchildren.
The Athens Weekly Review
Thursday, July 2, 1964
Obit Submitted by Peggy Trammell Allen
NOTE:
Death Certificate shows born Jan 17 1868 and died June 28 1964.
Informant for death certificate was Walter Lewis
(LGR)
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