Mary Armenta "Mollie" Lewis

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune Thursday, March 20, 2003 Extracted from her obituary

Mary Armenta "Mollie" Stokes, 89 passed away March 17, 2003 at Garden Terrace in Houston. Mrs. Stokes was a resident of West Columbia, Texas from 1955 to 2000. Mollie was born on April 28, 1913 in Chinquapin, Texas. Her father, George A. LEWIS was born in 1868 and mother, Laura Henrietta LOGGINS was born in 1875. Mollie had eight brothers and two sisters. She was a fourth generation Texn and particularly proud of being a descendant of Pocahontas and Jim BOWIE. On May 12, 1937, she married the love of her life, Clyde Alston STOKES. The couple had one son, Robert C. STOKES. The couple lived in California and Nevada from 1937 to 1952 until they moved back home to Chinquapin. After the death of her husband, she moved to West Columbia, Texas to live near her sister, Lillian EALY, whom Mollie loved dearly. Mollie graduated from Stephen F. Austin University and taught the third grade in West Columbia Texas from 1955 through 1974. She was very proud of teaching and loved every one of her students. Mrs. STOKES was preceded in death by her husband in 1955. She is survived by her sister, Lillian EALY of Tomball, Texas; her son, Robert C. STOKES and daughter-in-law, Donna FAUST Stokes of Houston, Texas; granddaughter, Jennifer Ann STOKES and her husband, Jerry McFadden YOUNG of Houston; grandson Robert C. STOKES, Jr. of San Francisco, California, and her great grandchildren, Victoria Anne YOUNG and Grace McFadden YOUNG of Houston, and her namesake niece, Molly Francis LOVETT of Tomball, Texas, and numerous other loving nieces and nephews. Interment will be in the Chinquapin Cemetery.

The March 26, 2003 Sabine County Reporter had a condensed version of this obituary. They instead showed the date of death as Sunday, March 16.