Doris Riola Lewis

1911 -

• Name	Doris Riola Lewis  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	30 Jul 1911	Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Notes	She is a daughter of Acie Marion Lewis. The Sabine County Reporter July 20, 2011, page 2 July 27, 2011, page 6 (reprinted with headline "Cooper to celebrate 100th" Local Resident has 100 birth anniversry celebration Doris Lewis Cooper will celebrate the her 100 birthday on July 30, at the Christian Life Center of the First Baptist Church in Pineland. She was born on July 30, 1911 in Bleakwood. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Lewis, who served in the first Texas Congress as representative for what is now Jasper. She lived in Newton County until she was 15 years old. At that time she moved with her family to a farm near Milam. She amrried James (Jim) Cooper in 1932. They had five children: Winona WILSON of Richardson, Jimmie ADDISON of Crowley, Ruth CATES of Fort Worth, Arlon COOPER of Pineland and Doris FISK of Forth Worth. The family moved to Hemphill in 1951. After all the children graduated from Hemphill High School, the family moved to Fort Worth, she she lives now alone in her own home. Three daughters live near by. She cooks her meals, takes care of herself, and the house. She uses a walker, because of arthritis; otherwise she is in fairly good health. She has been an active church member most of her life. She loves to play "42" a domino game, and she reads Christian novels. She did not have a career. She was a housewife, who spent her summers canning the produce the farm provided. She was a wonderful mother to her children. She is grandmother to 11, great grandmother to 22, and great-great grandmother to four. She is favorite aunt to many nieces and nephews. If you knew her when she lived in Sabine County, or if you knew her children, you are welcome to attend her birthday party from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong)
  Person ID	I33080	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	James Alexander "Jim" Cooper,   b. 7 Jul 1898, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 25 Apr 1983, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1932  [2]
  	They had five children: [Joy] Winona WILSON of Richardson, Jimmie ADDISON of Crowley, Ruth CATES of Fort Worth, Arlon ["Buddy"] COOPER of Pineland and Doris FISK of Forth Worth.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2011
  Family ID	F10546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Jul 1911 - Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Wilson, Sam (dalrichcps@yahoo.com). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), July 20, 2011, Page 2 (Reliability: 3). [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 8 Enumerated April 26, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-12 Shhet 11B Rock Springs Road Row 47 216 (Reliability: 3).