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Mary Armenta "Mollie" Lewis

Female 1913 - 2003  (89 years)


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  • Name Mary Armenta "Mollie" Lewis  [1, 2
    Nickname Mollie 
    Born 28 Apr 1913  Chinquapin, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Mar 2003  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • San Augustine Tribune Thursday, March 20, 2003 Extracted from her obituary

      Mary Armenta "Mollie" Stokes, 89 passed away March 17, 2003 at Garden Terrace in Houston. Mrs. Stokes was a resident of West Columbia, Texas from 1955 to 2000. Mollie was born on April 28, 1913 in Chinquapin, Texas. Her father, George A. LEWIS was born in 1868 and mother, Laura Henrietta LOGGINS was born in 1875. Mollie had eight brothers and two sisters. She was a fourth generation Texn and particularly proud of being a descendant of Pocahontas and Jim BOWIE. On May 12, 1937, she married the love of her life, Clyde Alston STOKES. The couple had one son, Robert C. STOKES. The couple lived in California and Nevada from 1937 to 1952 until they moved back home to Chinquapin. After the death of her husband, she moved to West Columbia, Texas to live near her sister, Lillian EALY, whom Mollie loved dearly. Mollie graduated from Stephen F. Austin University and taught the third grade in West Columbia Texas from 1955 through 1974. She was very proud of teaching and loved every one of her students. Mrs. STOKES was preceded in death by her husband in 1955. She is survived by her sister, Lillian EALY of Tomball, Texas; her son, Robert C. STOKES and daughter-in-law, Donna FAUST Stokes of Houston, Texas; granddaughter, Jennifer Ann STOKES and her husband, Jerry McFadden YOUNG of Houston; grandson Robert C. STOKES, Jr. of San Francisco, California, and her great grandchildren, Victoria Anne YOUNG and Grace McFadden YOUNG of Houston, and her namesake niece, Molly Francis LOVETT of Tomball, Texas, and numerous other loving nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Chinquapin Cemetery.

      The March 26, 2003 Sabine County Reporter had a condensed version of this obituary. They instead showed the date of death as Sunday, March 16.
    Person ID I17517  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father George Allison A. Lewis,   b. 5 Aug 1868, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1952, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Laura Henrietta Loggins,   b. 5 Oct 1875, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1975, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Married 21 Jan 1893  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F6508  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Apr 1913 - Chinquapin, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Mar 2003 - Houston, Harris County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    San Augustine County Teachers for 1933-1934
    San Augustine County Teachers for 1933-1934
    Miss Mollie Lewis was listed as a teacher at Chinquapin

  • Sources 
    1. [S302] Dalby, Jane (dalby@direcway.com) "Dalby_Huffman" Ver. July 8 08:13:15 2003 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=j1dalby.

    2. [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.), Thursday, March 20, 2003 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S475] Woodall-Ivey, Emily "SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, TEXAS MARRIAGE BOOKS", (10 May 1998 Printed in the State of Texas, U.S.A. Author and Publisher Emily Woodall-Ivey Rt. #1 Box 164, 88 Forecastle Drive Broaddus, TX 75929-9743).