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Theo Docia Barber James

Birth
Louisiana, USA
Death
21 Dec 1964 (aged 65)
Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Theo Barber James of the Burroughs community in ward two, died Monday morning at a Natchitoches hospital. She was 65.

At the time of her death, Mrs. James was making her home with a daughter, Mrs. Erma T. Lewis, who is teaching school in the Natchitoches Parish school system. Her death was attributed to cancer.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Burroughs Community Church with the Rev. K. D. Mills and Rev. T. O. Arrington, pastor of the Sandy Bayou Baptist church, in charge.

Burial was made in the Welcome Home cemetery, east of Grayson on Holum Road, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include a son, V. T. (Buck) Tarver, Jr., of ward 7; two daughters: Mrs. Erma T. Lewis of Natchitoches and Mrs. Lottie T. Wilkins, who is the visiting teacher for Caldwell Parish schools; four s[i]sters: Mrs. Frank Tarver and Mrs. Carmil [sic Carmel] Williams, both of Kelly; Miss Maggie [sic Mattie] Barber of Monroe, and Mrs. Roy Cook of Natchitoches; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Published in The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA), Thursday, December 24, 1964
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Mrs. Theo James, 65, died Dec. 21, in Natchitoches Parish Hospital after an illness of several months. She was the mother of Mrs. Clarence Lewis.

Funeral services were held in Burroughs Community Church with the Rev. Dee Mills and the Rev. T. O. Harrington officiating. Interment was in Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson.

Mrs. James was of Columbia, but had made her home here with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis since her illness.

She is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Boyd Williams [sic Wilkins], visiting teacher for Caldwell Parish, and V. T. (Buck) Tarver.

Published in The Natchitoches Times, January 7, 1965
Mrs. Theo Barber James of the Burroughs community in ward two, died Monday morning at a Natchitoches hospital. She was 65.

At the time of her death, Mrs. James was making her home with a daughter, Mrs. Erma T. Lewis, who is teaching school in the Natchitoches Parish school system. Her death was attributed to cancer.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Burroughs Community Church with the Rev. K. D. Mills and Rev. T. O. Arrington, pastor of the Sandy Bayou Baptist church, in charge.

Burial was made in the Welcome Home cemetery, east of Grayson on Holum Road, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia.

Survivors include a son, V. T. (Buck) Tarver, Jr., of ward 7; two daughters: Mrs. Erma T. Lewis of Natchitoches and Mrs. Lottie T. Wilkins, who is the visiting teacher for Caldwell Parish schools; four s[i]sters: Mrs. Frank Tarver and Mrs. Carmil [sic Carmel] Williams, both of Kelly; Miss Maggie [sic Mattie] Barber of Monroe, and Mrs. Roy Cook of Natchitoches; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Published in The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA), Thursday, December 24, 1964
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Mrs. Theo James, 65, died Dec. 21, in Natchitoches Parish Hospital after an illness of several months. She was the mother of Mrs. Clarence Lewis.

Funeral services were held in Burroughs Community Church with the Rev. Dee Mills and the Rev. T. O. Harrington officiating. Interment was in Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson.

Mrs. James was of Columbia, but had made her home here with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis since her illness.

She is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Boyd Williams [sic Wilkins], visiting teacher for Caldwell Parish, and V. T. (Buck) Tarver.

Published in The Natchitoches Times, January 7, 1965


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12132362/theo_docia-james: accessed ), memorial page for Theo Docia Barber James (1 Jul 1899–21 Dec 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12132362, citing Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).