Biography of W E "Ed" Lewis, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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W. E. (Ed) Lewis, a native of Forrest City, now affiliated with the (C. I. T. )
Commerical Investment Trust Corp. of New York City, Financing and Industrial
Banking Division, lives in Little Rock, but frequently visits his mother, Mrs.
Wright Lewis, and to renew old acquaintances. He was born here Oct. 24, 1904,
the son of Mrs. Mary (Stark) Lewis and the late Wright Lewis. His grandparents,
Mr. & Mrs. H. Walter Lewis, who came here from Virginia were charter members of
the Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church in Forrest City. His mother's parents,
Mr. & Mrs. Bonaparte Stark, were from Georgia. A graduate of the Forrest City
High School in 1922, Mr. Lewis attended Nelson's College in Memphis,. He has had
positions in banking, playing baseball, buying cotton, and in politics. On Apr.
23, 1931 he married Miss Shirley Jane Ahrens, daughter of Mrs. Lillian (Hyde)
Ahrens and the late J. D. Ahrens of Little Rock. They have one daughter. He is a
member of the Presbyterian church, the Little Rock Country Club, Little Rock
Club, Little Rock Engineers' Club, Arkansas Engineers' Club, and the Elk's Club.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas