AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Rev. Lewis Braswell, 27 Feb 2002
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REV. LEWIS BRASWELL
INGALLS – Rev. Lewis Braswell, 73, died Wednesday, February 27, 2002, 
following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Bert and Mae Church 
Braswell. An evangelist and pastor for 41 years, he was retired from Henredon 
Furniture and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife, Irene Fletcher Braswell; sons, Floyd Braswell of 
Bakersville, and Wayne and Kenneth Braswell of Spruce Pine; daughters, Vanessa 
Redish of Jonas Ridge, Martha Braswell of the home, Sharon Braswell of Spruce 
Pine and Wanda Cooper of Burnsville; sisters Ruth Holden and Mary Church, both 
of Newland, Edna Martin of Pineola, and twin sister Lucille Poteet of 
Morganton; 13 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

A celebration/homecoming service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Grindstaff 
Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Revs. Howard Riddle, 
Pauline Riddle, Eugene Moore and Scotty Jenkins officiated. Burial was in 
Newland Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the 
funeral home.