Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lewis, John David October 24, 2009 ************************************************ 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: Jean Frost http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006103 November 7, 2011, 8:52 pm Tante Funeral Home BV GA October 2009 TANTE FUNERAL home 1052 Dr. Deryl Hart Road – P.O. Box 382 Buena Vista, GA 31803 Phone (229)649-2478 Fax (229)649-2446 John David Lewis, age 87, of Waverly, Alabama, died Saturday, October 24, 2009 in Buena Vista, Georgia at his daughter’s home. Funeral services were held Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 2:00 PM Central Time at Pleasant Hill Methodist Protestant Bible Church in Ashland, Alabama, with Military Honors. Burial immediately followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends at Tante Funeral Home, Wednesday October 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 and at the church from 11:00 AM until funeral time on Thursday. Mr. Lewis was born March 7, 1922, the son of William Faulton & Episy Cordelia Lewis. He had lived in Crisp County until 1962 and moved to Alabama and resided until 2004 when he moved to Buena Vista with his daughter. While living in Alabama, he owned and operated a farm. He later sold the farm and became a carpenter. Working through the South East, he also became a supervisor working for Concrete Metal Forms building commercial buildings. After retiring from construction, he had a logging business. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, and the widower of Steller Elizabeth Hayes Lewis. In addition to his parents and wife he was preceded in death by nine brothers and seven sisters. Survivors include his sons: David Wayne Lewis and Vickie of Auburn, Alabama, John Wendell Lewis, Notasulga, Alabama; daughters, Myrtle Marie Underwood, Buena Vista, Georgia, Nita Faye Denson and Mitch, Lineville, Alabama, Judy Darleen Ingram and Brian, Auburn, Alabama; brother, Lewis Daniel Lewis, Cordele, Georgia; sisters, Margaret Virginia Shaddix, Americus, Georgia, and Lula Mae Jones, Cordele, Ga.; 15 Grandchildren and 15 Great Grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/obits/l/lewis10255gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb