CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Melvin G. Lewis, Sr., 27 Feb 2003
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Melvin G. Lewis, Sr.

Melvin G. Lewis, Sr., 82, U.S. Highway 91, Elizabethton, died 
Thursday, February 27, 2003 at Johnson City Medical Center following 
an extended illness.
A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Pearl and Annie 
Lewis. He was a member of Union Baptist Church. Mr. Lewis was a retired 
truck driver for ET & WNC.
He was a member of Dashiell Masonic Lodge No. 238 F & AM. He was a U.S. 
Army veteran having served in World War II.
He was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Goldie Carden Lewis, of the home; one daughter 
and son-in-law, Annetta and Harold Hall, Elizabethton; four sons and two 
daughters-in-law, Melvin Lewis Jr. and Betty Lewis, Elizabethton; Gary R. 
and Margie Lewis, Elizabethton; Ted Lewis, Elizabethton; Hubert Lewis, 
Elizabethton; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one brother, Raymond 
K. Lewis, Elizabethton, and one sister, Georgia Shoun, Elizabethton. Several 
nieces and nephews also survive.

LEWIS -- The funeral service for Melvin G. Lewis, Sr., 82, who died Thursday, 
February 27, 2003 will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, February 28, 2003 at 
the Tetrick Funeral Home Riverside Chapel with Rev. Teddy Ray Lewis 
officiating. A Masonic service will be conducted by Dashiell Masonic Lodge 
No. 238 F &AM following the funeral service. The graveside service and 
interment will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1 at Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Rev. Teddy Ray Lewis, Keith Lewis, 
Chris Estep, Gary Lewis, Larry Lewis, and Jeffery "Bo" Lewis. Those who plan 
to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home at 9:15 
a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive 
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, February 28, 2003 at Tetrick Funeral Home 
Riverside Chapel. On line condolences may be sent to the family through our 
Web site www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge of 
arrangements. 

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