LILY DONNIE BAI

 

Youngest Daughter of LEWIS the Youngest Son of REV.J.JOSHUA

 

 

 

Joshua       Lewis      Lily Donnie Bai

 

 

 

 

 

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Lily Donnie Bai

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Violet Swornabai

 

             Mr.G.Johnson Fletcher was the eldest of the five sons of Mr.& Mrs.W.Gabriel Fletcher of Cheruvarakkonam, Parassala.  Their family is  well known as the Fletcher family of Parassala/Marthandam. 

 

            He married Lily Donnie Bai the youngest daughter of Mr.J.Lewis son of Rev.J.Joshua the second Pastor of NAGERCOIL Home Church, and Mrs.Maisie Lewis in September 1933.  They had an only daughter Violet who was given in marriage to Mr.Y.Richardson, son of late Mr.D.Yesudhason.  Mrs.Violet Richardson died after a brief illness on2nd June 1991 at Madras leaving behind her husband and two children Prabhu and Selin.

 

            Mr.Fletcher served in the Travancore Government Judicial Service.  He died on 18th November 1948.

 

            Mrs.Lily Fletcher was a very active, kind and helpful lady, always with a smiling face.  She was mainly responsible for the collection of funds from the members of the family of Rev.J.Joshua for construction of the Rev.J.Joshua Memorial Church at Henrypuram, Vadasery, NAGERCOIL in the year 1969.

 

            She died on 30th June 1987 and was interred in the Home Church Cemetery.  The funeral was well attended by many relatives and a lot of friends.