Idell Stokes

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February 26, 2010
"American Indian Renaissance: The Deep South Connection" (Houma)
March 2, 2010

Idell Stokes, 58, a resident of Franklin, La., died at 8:23 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, at Franklin Foundation Hospital.


She is survived by her sons, Jeremy Frank Stokes and Jamal B. Williams; daughter, Thelma (Derrick) Jackson; one grandson; Ashjohn “Nias” Alexander, all of Franklin; sister; Lille Lee of New Orleans, La.; sister-in-law, Eula Williams; aunts, Jessie Bolden, Ethyl Walters and Lillian Bolden, all of Franklin; and a host of relatives.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Thelma B. Williams; brothers, Webster Lee and Nathan Williams; and the father of her children, Nathan Williams.

She is buried at St. Joseph Baptist Church Cemetery.