Dougherty-Worth-Turner County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lewis, John L.  July 7, 2007
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Ann Yeager annmarkvii@yahoo.com July 13, 2007, 6:04 pm

The Albany Herald -  Obituaries
John L. Lewis 

SYLVESTER — John L. Lewis, 79, of S. Henderson St., Sylvester, died Saturday, 
July 7, 2007, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. 

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2007, at First African 
Baptist Church, Sylvester, with interment in Shepard Memorial Gardens in 
Sylvester. The Rev. Terrell Carter will officiate. 

Born January 31, 1928, in Turner County, Mr. Lewis was educated in the Worth 
County Public School System. He was a machine operator with Worth Milling 
Company in Sylvester. 

Survivors include eight daughters, Geraldine McKnight of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 
Sherry Lewis of Albany, Anita Brown, Brenda Morris, Annette Bullington, 
Gwendolyn Lewis, Ethel Barber, Sarah Jones, all of Sylvester; an adopted 
daughter, Rosetta Dunham of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; five sons, David Lewis of 
Tifton, Charles Lewis of Albany, Rickey Lewis Sr. of Columbus, Jeremy Blake and 
Michael Moore, both of Sylvester; two sisters, Thelma Washington of Toledo, OH, 
and Edna Mae Walker of Valdosta; his very special secretary, Courtnie Walker; 
34 grandchildren; 57 great- grandchildren. 

Shipp’s Funeral Home 
Sylvester 229/776-1355 



File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dougherty/obits/l/lewis10016ob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 1.8 Kb