***Contributor note: Bettie Farless was my gg-aunt.***
Bettie (Harrell) Farless Lewis was the daughter of Ed Harrell and Nancy Hathcock. Her father is listed on her death certificate as Edd Herod as his last name is sometimes found. Her mother's name is not given on the certificate. The two half sisters mentioned in her obituary as survivors were Liddie Richardson and Fannie Baltimore - both daughters of her father by his second (or third) marriage. She married John Frank Farless in July 1880 in Coffee County, TN. A few years after John died, she married Tom Lewis.
Missing from the links below to Bettie and John's children are their son, Frank Farless, two children who were born and died before 1900 and two children who were born and died between 1900 and 1910.
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Cannon Courier (Cannon County TN newspaper)
June 2, 1944 - Friday
Last Rites Are Held for Mrs. Bettie Lewis
Mrs. Bettie Lou Lewis, 85, died Monday at her home in the 5th district near Ivy Bluff after a short illness.
She has been a member of the Methodist church since early in life.
She was first married to John Farless and to this union eleven children were born; three of whom still survive, Vernie Summars, of this county; Willie Farless, of Coffee County and Frank Farless, of Alabama.
She later married Tom Lewis, who preceeded her in death several years ago.
Other survivors are two half sisters and several grand children.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Gilley Hill by Rev. James F. (Rowlett). Burial at Gilley Hill, with Winnett Funeral Company in charge.
Active pallbearers were; Mack and Willie Driver, Elonzo and Jesse Bryant, Lee Farless and Belford Lewis.
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Bettie (Harrell) Farless Lewis was the daughter of Ed Harrell and Nancy Hathcock. Her father is listed on her death certificate as Edd Herod as his last name is sometimes found. Her mother's name is not given on the certificate. The two half sisters mentioned in her obituary as survivors were Liddie Richardson and Fannie Baltimore - both daughters of her father by his second (or third) marriage. She married John Frank Farless in July 1880 in Coffee County, TN. A few years after John died, she married Tom Lewis.
Missing from the links below to Bettie and John's children are their son, Frank Farless, two children who were born and died before 1900 and two children who were born and died between 1900 and 1910.
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Cannon Courier (Cannon County TN newspaper)
June 2, 1944 - Friday
Last Rites Are Held for Mrs. Bettie Lewis
Mrs. Bettie Lou Lewis, 85, died Monday at her home in the 5th district near Ivy Bluff after a short illness.
She has been a member of the Methodist church since early in life.
She was first married to John Farless and to this union eleven children were born; three of whom still survive, Vernie Summars, of this county; Willie Farless, of Coffee County and Frank Farless, of Alabama.
She later married Tom Lewis, who preceeded her in death several years ago.
Other survivors are two half sisters and several grand children.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Gilley Hill by Rev. James F. (Rowlett). Burial at Gilley Hill, with Winnett Funeral Company in charge.
Active pallbearers were; Mack and Willie Driver, Elonzo and Jesse Bryant, Lee Farless and Belford Lewis.
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***Contributor note: Bettie Farless was my gg-aunt.***
Bettie (Harrell) Farless Lewis was the daughter of Ed Harrell and Nancy Hathcock. Her father is listed on her death certificate as Edd Herod as his last name is sometimes found. Her mother's name is not given on the certificate. The two half sisters mentioned in her obituary as survivors were Liddie Richardson and Fannie Baltimore - both daughters of her father by his second (or third) marriage. She married John Frank Farless in July 1880 in Coffee County, TN. A few years after John died, she married Tom Lewis.
Missing from the links below to Bettie and John's children are their son, Frank Farless, two children who were born and died before 1900 and two children who were born and died between 1900 and 1910.
~~~~~~~~~~
Cannon Courier (Cannon County TN newspaper)
June 2, 1944 - Friday
Last Rites Are Held for Mrs. Bettie Lewis
Mrs. Bettie Lou Lewis, 85, died Monday at her home in the 5th district near Ivy Bluff after a short illness.
She has been a member of the Methodist church since early in life.
She was first married to John Farless and to this union eleven children were born; three of whom still survive, Vernie Summars, of this county; Willie Farless, of Coffee County and Frank Farless, of Alabama.
She later married Tom Lewis, who preceeded her in death several years ago.
Other survivors are two half sisters and several grand children.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Gilley Hill by Rev. James F. (Rowlett). Burial at Gilley Hill, with Winnett Funeral Company in charge.
Active pallbearers were; Mack and Willie Driver, Elonzo and Jesse Bryant, Lee Farless and Belford Lewis.
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Bettie (Harrell) Farless Lewis was the daughter of Ed Harrell and Nancy Hathcock. Her father is listed on her death certificate as Edd Herod as his last name is sometimes found. Her mother's name is not given on the certificate. The two half sisters mentioned in her obituary as survivors were Liddie Richardson and Fannie Baltimore - both daughters of her father by his second (or third) marriage. She married John Frank Farless in July 1880 in Coffee County, TN. A few years after John died, she married Tom Lewis.
Missing from the links below to Bettie and John's children are their son, Frank Farless, two children who were born and died before 1900 and two children who were born and died between 1900 and 1910.
~~~~~~~~~~
Cannon Courier (Cannon County TN newspaper)
June 2, 1944 - Friday
Last Rites Are Held for Mrs. Bettie Lewis
Mrs. Bettie Lou Lewis, 85, died Monday at her home in the 5th district near Ivy Bluff after a short illness.
She has been a member of the Methodist church since early in life.
She was first married to John Farless and to this union eleven children were born; three of whom still survive, Vernie Summars, of this county; Willie Farless, of Coffee County and Frank Farless, of Alabama.
She later married Tom Lewis, who preceeded her in death several years ago.
Other survivors are two half sisters and several grand children.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. at Gilley Hill by Rev. James F. (Rowlett). Burial at Gilley Hill, with Winnett Funeral Company in charge.
Active pallbearers were; Mack and Willie Driver, Elonzo and Jesse Bryant, Lee Farless and Belford Lewis.
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