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- Bessie Lee Bourne Lewis
Birth 3 Jun 1924
Bokoshe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 29 Jun 2010 (aged 86)
Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Twin Oaks Memorial Park
Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
Memorial ID 54311947
Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 2, 2010 at Terpening & Son Chapel, Artesia, New Mexico.
Mrs. Lewis, 85, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Heartland Nursing Center in Artesia.
Mrs. Lewis was born July 3, 1924 in Bokoshe, Oklahoma; the daughter of David Edward Bourne and Myrtle Della (Davis) Bourne.
On Aug. 17, 1940 she was married to William James Lewis in Bokoshe. She came to Artesia in 1953 from Oklahoma. He preceded her in death August 3, 1989.
She was a housewife and member of First Baptist Church, Women of the Moose, and the Eddy County Line Dancers.
She was preceded in death by parents, and by 6 brothers & 2 sisters.
Survivors include son Larry Lewis of Artesia; daughters Doris Reiser of Artesia, Dean Baskett of Gardendale, Texas, and Ramona Karr of Artesia; sisters Naomia McKinney of Bokoshe, Alfloue Bryant of Terleton, Oklahoma, Mabel McKinney of Bokoshe, and Joyce Johnson of Eugene, Oregon; sisters-in-law Betty Hatch of Roswell, N.M. and Bessie Major of Artesia; 5 grandchildren and 9 great-Grandchildren.
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1924 - 2010 (86 years)
