Tennie Mae Lewis was born on October 20, 1909 in Indian Territory to Fount Elzie Lewis and Lou Vennie Lee.

She married Clyde Joseph Faulkner on September 21, 1925 in Moffett, Oklahoma.

They were the parents of Audrey U Faulkner, Hershel Faulkner, and Margie Lou Faulkner.

She died on October 24, 1933 in Muldrow, Oklahoma.

The Sequoyah County Historical Society published “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” in 1976. The following article was written by Ruby (Lewis) LaBass and printed on page 302.

LEWIS, FOUNT ELZIE

Fount Elzie Lewis was born January 23, 1883 at Lafayette, Tennessee. He came to Oklahoma when a young man and married Lou Vennie Lee of the Lee’s Chapel community, southeast of Muldrow. She was one-eighth Indian, a member of American Indian Federation 38-39. She was the daughter of Robert E Lee, a well known Cherokee descendant.

Elzie and Lou Vennie lived on an eighty acre farm, which they owned and farmed, close to Lee’s Chapel community. He also had a strip pit near Lee’s Chapel that he worked.

Mr and Mrs Lewis were the parents of ten children. They were Tennie Mae, Robert, Ruby Easter, EJ, Hubert, Ted and Fred (who were twins), Dorothy, Tom, and one who died in infancy.

Tennie Mae married Clyde Faulkner, the son of Mr and Mrs George Faulkner. There were four children born to them: Audrey, Margie Lou, Hershel, and Versa Okla.

Robert married Cassie Rogers, daughter of Charlie and Ella Rogers. They had six children: Fern, Carolyn, Bobby, Billy Ed, Buddy Don, and Freddie Patton.

Ruby married Ernest LaBass, son of Frank and Dovie LaBass. Three children were born to them: Donald Dale, June Faye, and Norma Ruth

EJ married Lillie Mae Ryan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Ryan. Two girls were born to them, Betty Lou and Mary Lee.

Hubert married Ora Lee Gilkey, daughter of Oscar and Melissa Gilkey. Four children were born: Loy Fern, Hubert Jr, Kenneth, and Barbara Jean.

Ted married Ruby Singleton, daughter of Tom and Mae Singleton. They had twelve children: Jimmy Ted, Tommy Fred, Judy, Linda, Donnie and Ronnie (who were twins), Lloyd Ray, Eddie Joe, Robert Lee, Jewel Faye, Jackie Dee and Dianna.

Fred married Alice Butterfield. They had four children: Shirley, Jerry, Larry and Vickie Jan.

Tom married Nora Mae Farmer, daughter of Lee and Mary Farmer. One child was born to them, Nora Jean.

Lou Vennie Lewis passed away at the age of 54, in 1942. Elzie passed away in 1964, at the age of 81.

~Sequoyah County Historical Society, “The History of Sequoyah County, 1828-1975” (OK: Sequoyah County Historical Society, 1976) page 302.

Obituary published October 26, 1933 in The Democrat-American (Sallisaw, Oklahoma).

Mrs Tennie Mae Faulkner
Mrs Tennie Mae Faulkner, 24 years old, passed away at her home in Muldrow Tuesday morning after an illness of about two weeks. Funeral service was held at the Lee’s Chapel cemetery. Wednesday afternoon with interment under the direction of the Moore Funeral Home.
Surviving are the husband, Clyde Faulkner and three children, Audrey 4 and Hershell 1 year old and an infant two weeks old, the parents, Mr and Mrs Elgie Lewis all of Muldrow.
Mrs Faulkner was a member of the Pentecostal church for the past three years.