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Reece Davis Lewis Jr
3 May 1883 – 29 Dec 1960
| Birth | 3 May 1883 |
| Death | 29 Dec 1960 |
| Cemetery | Lewis New Cypress Cemetery Vernon Parish , Louisiana , USA |
| Added by | SFC USA RET Duffie and Kathy on 16 Jun 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22922492 |
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Reese Davis Lewis •Suffix: Jr •Sex: M •Birth: 3 May 1883 in Mississippi •Death: 29 Dec 1960 •Burial: Cypress Cemetery, Vernon Parish, LA •Note: Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA) Friday, December 30, 1960 LEWIS FAMILY DERIDDER (Spl.) -- Combined funeral services for four members of the Reece D. Lewis family are scheduled Saturday. Mr. Lewis, 77, and a son, Jesse Wallace [sic Wallis], 46, died in an automobile accident at 12:20 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Highway 190 six miles south of DeRidder. Another son, Junior Ray Lewis, 40, and Mrs. Katie C. Lewis, wife of Wallace [sic Wallis] died about three hours later in a DeRidder hospital. Bodies of the four are at the Hixson funeral home in DeRidder. Time of services will be announced by the funeral home. Services will be in the First Pentecostal church with Rev. A. W. Buie officiating. Burial will be in Cypress cemetery. Survivors of Mr. Reece Lewis are four sons, Herman, R. P. and Fred Lewis, all of DeRidder and Guthrie Lewis of Lake Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Luther J. Goins and Mrs. Rufus Goins, both of DeRidder; 24 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; two brothers, W. I. and Fletcher Lewis, both of DeRidder; and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Baggett of Kinder and Mrs. Naomi Moses of DeRidder. Survivors of Mr. Wallace [sic Wallis] Lewis are five daughters, Mrs. Orville Bass and Mrs. Billie Jean Lester, both of Alexandria, Miss Peggy Lewis, Miss Velva Lewis, and Miss Deborah Lewis, all of DeRidder; a son, Wallas Lavon Lewis of DeRidder; four brothers; two sisters and three grandchildren. Mrs. Lewis is survived by her father, Arthur Midkiff of DeRidder; five brothers, Byron Midkiff of Waco, Tex., Newland, Hoyt and Beeman Midkiff, all of Lake Charles and Wesley Midkiff of Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. R. P. Lewis of DeRidder and Mrs. Orval Stevinson of Lake Charles; five daughters and three grandchildren. Junior Ray Lewis is survived by four brothers and two sisters. Father: Reese Davis LEWIS b: 11 Jan 1849 in Mississippi Mother: Nancy Ann COOLEY b: 26 Sep 1850 in Jasper County, Mississippi Marriage: Nora SOILEAU b: 1887 •Married: Children 1. Herman S. LEWIS b: 6 Oct 1905 2. Virgie Etta LEWIS b: 1 May 1908 in Louisiana 3. Jettie LEWIS b: 21 Mar 1910 4. Reese Peerliss LEWIS b: 19 Jul 1912 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana 5. Wallis Jesse LEWIS b: 22 Sep 1914 in Louisiana 6. Fred LEWIS b: 16 Dec 1916 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana 7. Guthra LEWIS b: 1919 in Louisiana 8. Junior Ray (JR - Bud) LEWIS b: 22 Jul 1921
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Siblings
- Berry L. Lewis 1866–1935
- Walden B. "Wally" Lewis Sr 1872–1932
- Willis P. Lewis 1873–1949
- Malinda Lewis Bailey 1875–1946
- John A. Lewis 1877–1922
- William Irvin Lewis 1880–1969
- Henry H. Lewis 1885–1958
- Nancy A. Lewis Moses 1887–1957
- Martha M. Lewis Baggett 1889–1962
- Alonzo Fletcher Lewis 1891–1963
- Naoma Lewis Moses 1893–1980
Children
- Herman Lewis 1905–1990 FaG
- Vergie Lewis Goins 1908–1999 FaG
- Jettie L. Lewis Goins 1910–1981 FaG
- Peerliss Reese Lewis 1912–2000 FaG
- Jesse Wallis Lewis 1914–1960 FaG
- Fred Lewis 1916–2008 FaG
- Guthra Lewis 1918–2004 FaG
- Junior Ray "Bud" Lewis 1921–1960 FaG
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