Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Thursday, February 13, 1964

Thomas Lewis, 71, of Oakdale Dies, Rites Set

OAKDALE (Spl.) -- Thomas Jefferson Lewis, 71, of Oakdale, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at his residence here.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the First Baptist church with Rev. H. T. Sullivan and Rev. Bob Wilson officiating.

Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery under direction of Ardoin funeral home.

Mr. Lewis was a member of the Oakdale Masonic lodge, a former member of the Allen parish school board and at one time served as its president. He also served on the Oakdale city council.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Lewis of Oakdale; a son, Thomas O. Lewis of Freeport, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Crawford and Mrs. Marjorie Sanderson, both of Oakdale; two sisters, Mrs. David Dean and Mrs. Morris Lewis, both of Kentwood; and eight grandchildren.