Helen Dewey Latham

Helen Dewey Latham

• Father: John W. Latham b. 24 September 1860, d. 27 April 1944
• Mother: May Emily Rembert b. 28 September 1866, d. 15 January 1959

• Helen Dewey Latham was born on 13 August 1899 in Louisiana.
• John W. Latham and May Emily Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Helen Dewey Latham, Gladine Latham, William Blair Latham, L. Vivian Latham and Grady Latham.
• John W. Latham and May Emily Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, at Converse & Hamlin Road. Other members of the household included Helen Dewey Latham, Gladine Latham, William Blair Latham, Grady Latham, Adina Maude Latham and Zella M. Latham.
• She married Huriosco Ford, son of Joshua Ford and Ophelia Childress, circa 1917.
• John W. Latham and May Emily Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Helen Dewey Latham, Adina Maude Latham, Zella M. Latham, Huriosco Ford and Thurman L. Ford.
• John W. Latham and May Emily Rembert appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Helen Dewey Latham, Thurman L. Ford, Mildred Beverly Ford, Francis Edward Ford, Zella M. Latham and James Thomas Cates Jr.
• She was employed as a housekeeper for a private family, according to the 1930 census.
• She married Charles Morgan Miles.
• Charles Morgan Miles and Helen Dewey Latham appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Lois Miles, Thurman L. Ford and Francis Edward Ford. Also in the household was Charles' daughter Joyce Miles (age 7) from an earlier marriage.
• The following appeared on 13 January 1956 in the Sabine Index: Funeral services for William Blair Latham, who passed away at Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 29, were held Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Baptist church in Converse, with the pastor, the Rev. Ben Worley, officiating assisted by the Rev. James Lawton, pastor of the First Methodist church.
       Graveside services were held by Floyd Jordan American Legion Post of Many.
       Mr. Latham had been employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Anchorage for the past 10 years.
       Surviving are his mother, Mrs. J. W. Latham of Converse, and four sisters, Mrs. S. L. Asby of Newton, Texas, Mrs. Helen Miles of Pleasant Hill, Mrs. L. G. Edwards of Noble and Mrs. J. T. Cates of Converse.
        Interment was in the Oak Grove cemetery under the direction of the Drewitt Funeral home of Mansfield.
• The following appeared on 23 March 1978 in the Sabine Index: Adina M. Edwards, 76, of Ada, Okla., died Saturday, March 18, at her residence, following a short illness. Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, in the Noble Methodist Church, with burial following in the Noble Cemetery, under the direction of the Drewett Funeral Home of Mansfield. Mrs. Edwards is survived by one daughter, Marilyn Cates; one son, Winston B. Edwards; three sisters, Zell Cates, Grady Ashby and Helen Miles of Pleasant Hill; four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
• Helen Dewey Latham died on 9 August 1985 at age 85 in Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
• She was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, Converse, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

• Last Edited: 5 Nov 2015