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::Boxwell Brothers FH--Amarillo TX

James Thomas Lewis

James Thomas Lewis, 71, of Red River, N.M., and formerly of Amarillo, 
died Monday, May 3, 1999.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. today in Boxwell Brothers 
Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, in Amarillo, with 
the Rev. Glendell Smith, chaplain with Baptist St. Anthony's Health 
System, officiating.

Mr. Lewis was born in Tom, Okla., and was a longtime Amarillo 
resident before moving to Red River in 1993. He retired as chief of 
branch finance for the Helium Plant. After retirement, he was a 
Realtor with Coldwell Banker First Equity Realtors and owned and 
managed rental properties in Amarillo.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of First Baptist 
Church in Amarillo.

He married Barbara Berry in 1966 at Booker.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Carolyn Teresa Lewis Miller 
of New Boston; a son, John Thomas Lewis of Texarkana; a stepson, 
Berry Skipper of Amarillo; two brothers, Charles Lewis of Tom and 
Steve Lewis of New Boston; two sisters, Billie Lewis of Tom and 
Sandra Gibson of Amarillo; and a grandson.

The family requests memorials in lieu of flowers be to the American 
Heart Association, 2404 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106; or the 
American Cancer Society, 3915 Bell St., Amarillo, TX 79109.

The body will not be available for viewing.

Amarillo Globe News 5 May 1999
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