THELMA AOLA (BORN) HARRIS, ALLEN, ANSWERED THE MASTERS CALL AT 12:45 PMJUNE 12TH 2015 AND STEPPED FROM EARTH TO GLORY WHILE AT LANDMARKCARE-FACILITY, LAKE CHARLES, LA.

THELMA WAS BORN MARCH 2ND 1920 IN CHACAHOULA, LA., TO THE LATE ROBERTHENRY HARRIS AND MARY ANN ELORA ROBERTA (COOK) HARRIS. SHE WAS BAPTIZEDAT AN EARLY AGE, IN THE WATERS THAT FLOWED FROM THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPIRIVER.

UPON MOVING TO LAKE CHARLES, FROM NEW ORLEANS, SHE UNITED WITH WOODBURYCONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CORNER OF BELDON AND ENTERPRISE BLVD.; WHICHLATER BECAME WOODBURY CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST LOCATED ONTHE CORNER OF ST. JOHN AND PRATER STREET. THERE SHE SERVED GOD AND THECOMMUNITY IN VARIOUS WAYS, UNTIL SHE MOVED TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN, WHERESHE BECAME A MEMBER OF HARTFORD AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THEPASTORAL-SHIP OF THE REV. CHARLES ADAMS

ON HER RETURN TO LAKE CHARLES SHE REUNITED WITH WOODBURY CONGREGATIONALUNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, UNDER THE PASTORAL-SHIP OF HER SON REV. MORRIS(MC) CALVIN LEWIS. UPON HIS RETIREMENT SHE MOVED HER MEMBERSHIP TO ZIONTABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH UNDER THE PASTORAL-SHIP OF REV. ALVIN BRASS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND JUDGE ALLEN, HER PARENTS AND 4SISTERS; NANNIE AMELIA (HARRIS) PIERT, ALMEDIA H.(HARRIS) PIERT, DOROTHYMAE (HARRIS) TURSON, EARNESTINE V.(HARRIS) MOSS, AND ONE GRANDSON DARRYLW. LEWIS

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORY ONE SON REV. MORRIS (MC) CALVIN(CATHERINE) LEWIS, 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 8GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, INCLUDING HER FAVORITENIECE BARBARA (TUTSON) WASHINGTON, AND NEPHEW''S RELATIVES AND FRIENDS

THE FAMILY OF THELMA AOLA HARRIS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPESTAPPRECIATION AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SENT CARDS, FOOD,FLOWERS, CALLED OR JUST DROPPED BY TO EXPRESS WORDS OF COMFORT IN OURTIME OF GRIEF.

TO THE NURSES, CNA''S, OFFICE PERSONNEL, MAINTENANCE MAN, HOUSEKEEPING,FOOD SERVICE, BUS DRIVER, DIRECTOR OF ACTIVITIES TO ALL WHO CARED FOR MYMOTHER OVER THE YEARS, AT LANDMARK CARE FACILITY, LAKE CHARLES. IF ILEFT ANYONE OUT CHARGE IT THE HEAD AND NOT THE HEART. MAY GOD BLESS EACHAND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY.

TO THE KIND OF DOCTOR PATIENTS PRAY FOR, A GOD FEARING, PRAYING,COMPASSIONATE IN TOUCH WITH A CARING HEART, THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCHDOCTOR PETER KARAM

AND TO ALL, AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; YOU WERE GREAT

SERVICE INFORMATION

Service date: June 20, 2015

Funeral will be at 11am Saturday, June 20, in Zion Tabernacle Baptist church. The Rev. Alvin Brass will officiate. Burial will be in Combre Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Combre Funeral Home. Visitation is from 9am to 11am Saturday in the church.