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NOTE: As reported by both sisters, Mildred and LaWanda, her birth name was Reva Nell. During her late teen years, she changed her name to "LaReva Nelda." Nelda was the name of a girl she knew while attending Job's Daughters in Richmond, California. She liked the name and adopted it as her own. The sisters didn't know why she chose to add the "La" to her first name.
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GENEALOGICAL FACTS
PARENTS:
Martha Estella (Williams) Lewis [1892-1959]
Oscar Wilbert "O.W." Lewis [1892-1976]
SIBLINGS:
Perry Spurgeon Lewis; Mildred Lea (Lewis) McGuyer; and LaWanda Estella (Lewis) Post
SPOUSES:
1st husband ~
James William Parker, Jr. [1929-2006]
(mar. 1951 in Reno, Nevada; div. abt 1961 in Texas)
2nd husband ~
Richard Benton Kahle, Jr. [1920-1987]
(mar. 2 Mar 1962; div. 3 Dec 1975; remarried 31 Dec 1976 ~ all in Harris County, Texas)
CHILDREN:
1st marriage ~
James Brady Parker [1952-2019]; Wendi Lea Parker; and Alicia Marie (Parker) Schmidt [1958-2009]
2nd marriage ~
none
GRANDPARENTS:
Anna Jane (Mason) Lewis
Charles Alexander "Charley" Lewis, Sr.
Nancy Clara (Phelps) Williams
James Martin Williams
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NOTE: As reported by both sisters, Mildred and LaWanda, her birth name was Reva Nell. During her late teen years, she changed her name to "LaReva Nelda." Nelda was the name of a girl she knew while attending Job's Daughters in Richmond, California. She liked the name and adopted it as her own. The sisters didn't know why she chose to add the "La" to her first name.
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GENEALOGICAL FACTS
PARENTS:
Martha Estella (Williams) Lewis [1892-1959]
Oscar Wilbert "O.W." Lewis [1892-1976]
SIBLINGS:
Perry Spurgeon Lewis; Mildred Lea (Lewis) McGuyer; and LaWanda Estella (Lewis) Post
SPOUSES:
1st husband ~
James William Parker, Jr. [1929-2006]
(mar. 1951 in Reno, Nevada; div. abt 1961 in Texas)
2nd husband ~
Richard Benton Kahle, Jr. [1920-1987]
(mar. 2 Mar 1962; div. 3 Dec 1975; remarried 31 Dec 1976 ~ all in Harris County, Texas)
CHILDREN:
1st marriage ~
James Brady Parker [1952-2019]; Wendi Lea Parker; and Alicia Marie (Parker) Schmidt [1958-2009]
2nd marriage ~
none
GRANDPARENTS:
Anna Jane (Mason) Lewis
Charles Alexander "Charley" Lewis, Sr.
Nancy Clara (Phelps) Williams
James Martin Williams
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