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Rufus Riley Lewis

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Rufus Riley Lewis

Birth
Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
19 Jun 2001 (aged 84)
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Burial
Sturdivant, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
B2 #122
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father: Carl Monroe Lewis; mother: Jennie Elizabeth Cain; md. 10 Jan 1960 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, TX

Rufus R. Lewis, 84, Spade
Services for Rufus R. Lewis, age 84, of Spade, Texas will be at 10:00 am Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 5th & Igoe Church of Christ in Anton, Texas with Mr. Paul Wyly officiating. Burial will be in Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells, Texas under the direction of Chapel of Angels Funeral Homes.

He died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at University Medical Center. He was born April 26, 1917 in Hollis, Oklahoma. He married Dora Holland on January 1, 1960 in Mineral Wells, Texas. She died September 28, 2001.

Mr. Rufus attended school in La Casa Oklahoma. He moved to Lamb County in 1958 where he was engaged in farming. In 1962 they returned to Mineral Wells where they owned and operated Lewis Laundry until his retirement in 1979 at that time he returned to Spade, Texas. He was a member of Lamb county Senior Citizens in Littlefield, Texas and also a member of 5th & Igoe Church of Christ in Anton, Texas.

Survivors include: one son,, Randy Lewis of Big Spring, Texas; one daughter, Joy Hayes of Sierra Vista, AZ; he has a brother, Ralph Lewis of Anton, Texas; two sisters, Reba Hail of Lubbock, Texas, and LaNorma Stringer of Lubbock, Texas; three grandchildren.

Chapel of Angels Funeral Home - obituary

1. 1920 census - Harmon Co., OK: Martin Twp., E.D. 96, p. 11B, 187/187 [age 2 4/12; b. OK] [parents b. TX].
2. 1930 census - Harmon Co., OK: Hollis Twp., E.D. 29-9, p. 4A [196A], 62/63 [age 12; b. OK] [parents b. TX].
3. Marriage record.
4. Obituary, "Mineral Wells Index", 21 Jun 2001 [died at University Medical Center; of Spade, TX; funeral services held at Anton, TX].
5. SSDI [466-16-2218 TX].
6. "Descendants of James Wesley Merritt," 1969.
father: Carl Monroe Lewis; mother: Jennie Elizabeth Cain; md. 10 Jan 1960 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, TX

Rufus R. Lewis, 84, Spade
Services for Rufus R. Lewis, age 84, of Spade, Texas will be at 10:00 am Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 5th & Igoe Church of Christ in Anton, Texas with Mr. Paul Wyly officiating. Burial will be in Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells, Texas under the direction of Chapel of Angels Funeral Homes.

He died Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at University Medical Center. He was born April 26, 1917 in Hollis, Oklahoma. He married Dora Holland on January 1, 1960 in Mineral Wells, Texas. She died September 28, 2001.

Mr. Rufus attended school in La Casa Oklahoma. He moved to Lamb County in 1958 where he was engaged in farming. In 1962 they returned to Mineral Wells where they owned and operated Lewis Laundry until his retirement in 1979 at that time he returned to Spade, Texas. He was a member of Lamb county Senior Citizens in Littlefield, Texas and also a member of 5th & Igoe Church of Christ in Anton, Texas.

Survivors include: one son,, Randy Lewis of Big Spring, Texas; one daughter, Joy Hayes of Sierra Vista, AZ; he has a brother, Ralph Lewis of Anton, Texas; two sisters, Reba Hail of Lubbock, Texas, and LaNorma Stringer of Lubbock, Texas; three grandchildren.

Chapel of Angels Funeral Home - obituary

1. 1920 census - Harmon Co., OK: Martin Twp., E.D. 96, p. 11B, 187/187 [age 2 4/12; b. OK] [parents b. TX].
2. 1930 census - Harmon Co., OK: Hollis Twp., E.D. 29-9, p. 4A [196A], 62/63 [age 12; b. OK] [parents b. TX].
3. Marriage record.
4. Obituary, "Mineral Wells Index", 21 Jun 2001 [died at University Medical Center; of Spade, TX; funeral services held at Anton, TX].
5. SSDI [466-16-2218 TX].
6. "Descendants of James Wesley Merritt," 1969.


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