Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Monday, June 5, 1978

Aletha E. Dew

Aletha E. Dew, 65, of Hornbeck died at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital.

Survivors include a son, Walter J. Brown Jr. of Houston, Texas; three daughters, Bessie Stephens of Leesville, Laverne Lam of Hornbeck and Mary L. Connally of Pascagoula, Miss.; three brothers, Johnny J. Savell and Leo E. Savell, both of Starks, and Herman J. Savell of Thibodaux; a sister, Maebell Gilcrease of Hemphill, Texas; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services were at 10 a.m. today in Prewitts Chapel, Hornbeck, with the Rev. James Flanagin officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction [of] Hixson, Leesville.