Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Monday, February 19, 1990

BRISTER, PEARL RUTH LEWIS

Died 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, 1990, in Baton Rouge. She was 60, a native of Lillie and a resident of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., 8 a.m. until religious services at 3:30 p.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Johnny Rogers. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Baker.

Survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Phillip and Tootie Brister, Baton Rouge; four sisters, Vernice Lyles, Reeves, Willie Mae Stephens, Hazel Midkiff, and Mildred Stephens [sic Stevison], all of DeRidder; two brothers, Arthur Lewis, DeRidder, and James Horace Lewis, Lake Charles; and a grandson, Jordan Michael Brister.

Preceded in death by husband, Charles Morgan Brister.

She was a member of Zoar Baptist Church.

Donations may be made to the Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge, P.O. Box 80497, Baton Rouge, 70898, or the Cancer Society of Greater Baton Rouge, 650 Steele Blvd., Baton Rouge, 70806.