Catherine Lewis Harrell

Catherine Harrell was the oldest of ten children born to Jasper Leon Harrell, Sr., and Josephine Richardson Harrell in1932 in Tangipahoa Parish. She lived in New Orleans for years. She died in Amite, Louisiana in 1978. She was married to Ernest Lewis, Sr. She was the mother of Jo-Ann Lewis Frazier, Ernest Lewis, Jr. Diane Lewis Wilson, James Lewis, Cheryl Lewis Stamant, Alvin Lewis, Elaine Lewis Dianels, Winifred Lewis, Darren Lewis, Kenneth Bergeron, Dwayne Bergeron, Christopher Bergeron, and Demetric Bergeron. 

Her reputation as an exceptional cook preceded her. Her daughters and son informed me later that she enjoyed crocheting and needlework. Her siblings were Jasper Harrell, Sr., Frank Harrell, Sr. Roosevelt Harrell, Sr., Isabel Harrell, Henry Harrell, Herbert Harrell, Leon Charles Harrell, Raymond Harrell, Sr., Deloris Harrell Washington, and Oliver Jackson. Oliver Jackson was adopted by Jasper and Josephine after the death of his mother Ethel Temple. Josephine and Ethel were sisters.