CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Kenneth P. Lewis Sr., 2 Mar 2001
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Kenneth P. Lewis Sr.

   Kenneth Pearl Lewis Sr., 84, 111 Hazelwood Hollow Road, Hampton, died 
Friday, March 2, 2001, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital 
following an extended illness.
   Mr. Lewis was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Pearl and 
Annie Carden Lewis. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ressie 
Hazelwood Lewis; two sons, Kenneth Pearl Lewis Jr. and Robert Wayne Lewis; 
a granddaughter, Celia Ann Campbell; and an infant daughter, Gaynell Lewis.
   Mr. Lewis was a member of the Union Baptist Church and a retired employee 
of Raytheon Corporation. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #750 F&AM and a 
World War II Decorated Veteran, having serve in the U.S. Navy.
   Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Eugene and Renee Lewis, 
Hampton, and Kyle and Diane Lewis, Elizabethton; three daughters and sons-in-l
aw, Kay and Ralph Pierce and Sandra and Charlie Isakson, all of Hampton, and 
Mary and Harold Parrish, Babson Park, Fla.; ten granddaughters; three 
grandsons; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Raymond Lewis and Melvin 
Lewis, both of Elizabethton; three sisters, Beulah Lewis, Hampton, Georgia 
Shoun, Elizabethton, and Lena Lawson, of Indiana; a lifelong friend, Bill 
Campbell, Hampton; and two sisters-in-law, Vivien Lewis, Elizabethton, and 
Margie Lewis, Hampton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   LEWIS -- Funeral services for Kenneth Pearl Lewis Sr., 84, 111 Hazelwood 
Hollow Road, Hampton, who died Friday, March 2, 2001, will be conducted at 8 
p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with the Rev. 
Ronnie Campbell and the Rev. Mickey Beal officiating. Music will be under the 
direction of Linda Ramsey, organist. Graveside services and interment will be 
at 11 a.m. Monday, March 5, at Union Baptist Church Cemetery with Military 
Honors accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post #2166. Active 
pallbearers will be Glenn Campbell, Jeffrey Holtsclaw, Bob Lewis Jr., Charlie 
Isakson, Jerry Heaton, Randy Payne, Bill Austin, Terry Montgomery and Dean 
Maxwell. Honorary pallbearers will be Staff of the VA Extended Care Facility 
and Nurses and Staff of Ivy Hall Nursing Home. Everyone will meet at the 
cemetery at 10:55 a.m. Monday for the graveside services. The family will 
receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may also 
call at the residence, 111 Hazelwood Hollow Road, Hampton, at any time. 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick