Louis E.R. Stennis
Sept. 26, 1893-April 5, 1987
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, April 6, 1987, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Louis E.R. Stennis, 93, 497 Gumwood Road, Niles, died at 4:23 a.m. Sunday at Pawating Hospital following an extended illness.
He was a retired employee of the U.S. Post Office, Chicago, and was a member of Franklin A.M.E. Church. He also was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I.
Born Sept. 26, 1893 in Meridian, Miss., he lived in this area since 1938, coming from Chicago.
On Mary 2, 1961 in Niles, in[sic] married Lela McMillon, who survives. He previously was married to Sarah Louise Wilkes,who died Oct. 28, 1973.
Also surviving is a son, Louis E.R. Stennis Jr., of Chicago; three stepdaughters, Addie Driver, Dorothy Powell and Christinea Southerland, all of South Bend; a brother, Ulysses Stennis of Chicago; two sisters, Rosa Marie Bufkin of Meridian and Fredna Blanks of Daleville, Miss.; 14 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Franklin A.M.E. Church, Niles, with Rev. Louis T. Perry of that church officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Berrien County Cancer Service.