Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Saturday, April 6, 1963

FLETCHER LEWIS

ROSEPINE (Spl.) -- Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Rosepine Pentecostal church for Fletcher Lewis, 71, of Rosepine.

Rev. O. C. Dyess and Rev. W. H. Owens will conduct funeral services. Burial will be in Rosepine cemetery with Hixson funeral home in charge.

Mr. Lewis died Thursday at 10:40 p.m. in a DeRidder hospital.

He is survived by his wife, of Rosepine; two sons, Arthur and Horace Lewis, both of Dallas, Tex.; five daughters, Mrs. Oscar Stephens of Leesville, Mrs. Winston Lyles of Bell, Mrs. Pearl Midkiff and Mrs. Mildred Dunn, both of DeRidder, and Mrs. Charles Brister of Baton Rouge; a brother, W. I. Lewis of DeRidder; a sister, Mrs. Naomi Moses of DeRidder; and 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.